I have a friend who saw The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band live at The Fillmore in ’69. Member Roger Ruskin Spear (how’s that for a name?!) was a sculpturer and electronic tinkerer, and had made a robot in very human form. He brought it along on that USA tour, controlling it’s onstage movements with a remote control.
The group’s first four albums are really great. We first saw them as the band performing in the underground club scene in The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour film. Member Neil Innes would later create (along with Monty Python’s Eric Idle) the Beatles parody group The Rutles. They made an album and the mockumentary film All You Need Is Cash (before This Is Spinal Tap. Funnier, too). Neil plays the "John" character, Eric the "Paul". George Harrison appears in the film playing a reporter. Playing drums in The Rutles is one-time Beach Boys member Ricky Fataar. See it if you can.