The Wombat File Is Yours to Keep: The Friday Quiz: Special Secret Super Brain-Boiler Edition

A late start today, but today's pain in the membrane is, I hope, a sufficient diversion nevertheless. Today we combine an extra-Wombatterific level of sheer inspidity with a charming twist that'll have you throwing your Sunny Delight smoothie out the window in sheer exasperation.

Ready?

He was born in 1952, in Garden City New York. He's composed for such television extravaganzas as the animated show Bobby's World, as well as the more widely-heard theme music for The NBA on NBC. He has played a Klingon in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and voiced a character based on himself in a Flintstones direct-to-video release (in which, naturally, his last name was modified with the ending "-adactyl") He is married to one of the stars of a 1980s television show about a superhero.

Who is this multitalented man? For a super-bonus point, what connects him to the early years of the Canadian band Rush -- and prompted our choice of him as our answer?

First correct answer posted to comments wins a bucket of farina. No Googling or doing the Humpty Hump, because once you start in with that you'll be having too much fun to remember to finish with the quiz. In fact, just avoid old Digital Underground records entirely until you're ready to call it a day. Agreed? Good. Oh, and one guess per comment, please, but comment as often as you like.

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George Benson

Posted by: bootsy3000 | July 14, 2006 10:57 AM

Jon Bon Jovi?

Posted by: bootsy3000 | July 14, 2006 11:33 AM

Steve Perry.

Posted by: boxjam | July 14, 2006 12:01 PM

Wynton Marsalis.

Posted by: boxjam | July 14, 2006 12:06 PM

Kevin Eubanks.

Nothing yet. His career as a musician/composer really took off after his success in another line of work.

Posted by: BT | July 14, 2006 12:07 PM

Mr. Entertainment Tonight, John Tesch.

Posted by: bootsy3000 | July 14, 2006 12:17 PM

Garrett Morris.

Posted by: boxjam | July 14, 2006 12:21 PM

BOOTSY!

The Tesh, the Tesh, the John Tesh! Piano playing, Red-Rocks-Performing, Mary-Hart Co-Cheesinating, Connie-Sellecca -courting-in-born-again-no-sex-before-the ring-stylee TESH.

Now, for the bonus...why did I pick him? And what connects him to Canada's most beloved triumvirate of Ayn-Rand-inspired rockers?

Posted by: BT | July 14, 2006 12:26 PM

Tyler says: both in the category of things that suck?

Posted by: bootsy3000 | July 14, 2006 12:32 PM

I'll give you a hint -- both wrote musical tributes to the same occasion.

Posted by: BT | July 14, 2006 02:27 PM

Armageddon?

Posted by: boxjam | July 14, 2006 02:38 PM

Princess Di's death?

Posted by: boxjam | July 14, 2006 03:13 PM

No -- of more historical weight, and less sad...

Posted by: BT | July 14, 2006 03:25 PM

The publication of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

Posted by: Jonathan | July 14, 2006 06:32 PM

I'm gonna call it; they both recorded songs titled "Bastille Day" -- which, given the date, made Mr. Tesh a bizzarely, obliquely appropriate quiz subject.

Félicitations, Madame Bootsy!

Posted by: BT | July 14, 2006 11:25 PM

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