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I'm sure this is not the origin, but Bez is a celebrity in England, a member of a 90s band called happy Mondays who didn't sing or play anything but just danced. Famous on the panel show circuit

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Author here, yes this is the origin. I was trying similar names and a friend reminded me of Bez. Done.

Slander! What about the (occasional) maracas?

Those were bowling pins, it was all fake

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