Phantom Five
The band in the graveyard consists of five ghostly musicians, playing instruments which back the Grim Grinning Ghosts song. From left to right, a cadaverous drummer drums on a gravestone (using bones), a hunchback plays a flute (which during recording was played backwards and the recording reversed), a ghost plays the bagpipes, another a harp, and another a horn. These instruments do not necessarily reflect the instruments used in the original recording session for the song. Marc Davis expanded upon his concept art for the Phantom Drummer of Tedworth to create the Phantom Five. The ghosts appear in the video game and reference the famous "More Cowbell" sketch from Saturday Night Live.
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