Dance bands on with the mostly funny old player (8,6)
I believe the answer is:
charlton heston
'old player' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'dance bands on with the mostly funny' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'on' could be 'to' and 'to' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for charlton heston that I've seen before include "Star player" , "old player" .)