00:00:00:00 VO/NAT Musician Frank Zappa, w pony tail and grey beard, conducts off camera band/orchestra. (0:00)/

FRANK ZAPPA - VOTER REGISTRATION

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SHOWBIZ / Music: Frank Zappa interview; ENGLAND: London: INT MS FRANK ZAPPA (Musician) SOF: "This is the only think I know how to do -- from the inquisition" VIDEO ex ENG(Garner) 2.18mins
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Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 ? December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concr�te works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Var�se and 1950s rhythm and blues music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar. plugging new film Baby Snakes

Interview (AUDIO ONLY)

Musician Frank Zappa continues to play classical music after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Photos of Zappa smoking and playing guitar appear on screen. Zappa speaks at the PCMR senate hearing beside his lawyer. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

FRANK ZAPPA & MOTHERS OF INVENTION AT NEWPORT. VARIOUS SHOTS OF ZAPPA CONDUCTING BAND MEMBERS. CU BASS PLAYER PLAYING.

Exterior of Frank Zappa house - Los Angeles - night - hippie gathering - market on hillside at night - hippie guy plays guitar sings, others sell jewellery - play bongo and tabla drums - guy juggles with fire - old Volkswagen hippie bus - tie die clothing - psychedelic

Frank Zappa on stage plays guitar

Interview (AUDIO ONLY)

CUT TO FRANK ZAPPA INTERVIEW. CU ON ZAPPA. ZAPPA TALKS WITH UNSEEN INTERVIEWER TALKS ABOUT VIGOROUS REHEARSAL SCHEDULE BEFORE EACH SHOW AND TOUR, AUDITIONS AND TRY OUTS FOR HIS BAND, THE ADVENT OF MUSIC TELEVISION AND VIDEO IN THE 80'S, FM RADIO IN THE 60'S, MASS MEDIA, EARLY DAYS OF AM RADIO, OWNING A HENDRIX GUITAR, HIS CAREERS AND HUDREDS OF SONGS HE'S WRITTEN. *** (HF-YTV) ***

03:40 - 03:56 ""Julie Harding"" by Jay April. In Los Angeles: ""My name is Julie Harding. I'm a legal secretary and I'm also a bridge tournament referee. I think Frank Zappa should be President because he can carry a tune and he eats his broccoli."

00:00:00:00 SOT Frank Zappa comments on Tipper Gore & the senate hrgs on obscene rock lyrics. (0:00)/

The Big TNT Show - 1966 b&w trailer - musical - David McCallum - Roger Miller - Joan Baez - Ike and Tina Turner - Bo Diddley - the Ronettes - Ray Charles - The Lovin’ Spoonful - Petula Clark - The Byrds - Donovan - brief shots of all these rock stars in concert with Clark - Miller - Charles - Baez sings - The Byrds - he Lovin’ Spoonful - Donovan - Ike and Tina Turner with the Ikettes - backup singers - Bo Diddley - the Ronettes all both seen and heard - Frank Zappa seated in audience of screaming teens - splash graphics thoughout - graphics of It’s Fantastic & It’s Boss - teens scream – fans scream – girls scream, teenagers scream, screaming teens, screaming girls – screaming fans – screaming teenagers - audience screams - screaming audience - pop music - rock - rock & roll - rock and roll - folk - soul - rhythm & blues - country swing - country western - music - go-go dancers in background

SEVERAL SQUARE BLOCKS REMAIN CORDONED OFF TONIGHT AS POLICE LOOK FOR A FUGITIVE IN SAINT PAUL.

01:00:06:17 BARS. CU INTV/W RECORDING ARTIST FRANK ZAPPA WHO CRITICIZES THE LATEST ATTEMPT TO CENSOR ROCK N ROLL RECORDS AND VIDEOS. CI: PERSONALITIES: ZAPPA, FRANK.

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Frank Zappa on stage conducts his band, registering voters

Yoko Ono and John Lennon press conference for the opening of Ono’s first museum show, This Is Not Here, featuring work by her, John Lennon and other Fluxus artists, at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. John Lennon answers a question about Frank Zappa.

02:02 ""Covering the Coverage: The 1990 Nicaraguan Elections"" by Bob Hercules. A Chicago TV crew travels to Managua and reports on U.S. television journalists' coverage of the historic elections. NBC's Jane Whitney: ""I'm scared by reporters misconception, preconceived ideas, frames of reference... if you're only getting your news from TV... you're not getting your news."" Photojournalist: ""There's problems communicating here...reporter's contacts aren't good, there's political baggage and it's tough to see the other side of the coin..."" 08:48 ""TV Addicts"" by The Media Foundation. A PSA for the Media Foundation urging parents to monitor children's TV habits. ACCESS ONLY 09:02 ""Todd Alcott"" by Skip Blumberg. Another rant from 90's regular, Todd Alcott. Todd speaks as a TV. ""Look at Me... Look at me!!"" ""People try to tell you that I'm bad for you... you tell them I've been here through thick and thin, 110% of the time!... You'll get crime, thrills, sex, right here, all in the next 8 minutes... it's miracle... look at me... look AT ME!!!"" 16:00 ""Kids TV."" A group of grade six students from Chicago take part in Panasonic Corp's video contest and make their own television newscast. 17:41 ""Revolution: What a Crock"" by John Walden and Paper Tiger TV. A critique of Ted Koppel's recent report on the increased use and influence of home video on television news. ""It's the same old thing... Ted and Co. trivialize images, render them empty of meaning an maintain control of the message which doesn't encourage us to be active, which doesn't empower us to take part in the world around us. It's the same old stuff in a brand new box... under the pretense of telling us something new."" 24:23 ""Free Speech"" by Skip Blumberg. On the streets of New York City, a spokesman attracts a crowd with his advice to blacks and Latinos to avoid assimilation and support only black and Latino businesses. A white policeman tries to disperse the crowd but is denounced: ""The man has a right to voice his opinions, and we have a right to listen!"" 30:07 ""Popeye the Sailor Man"" by Eddie Becker. At the Earth Day celebrations in Washington, D.C., Popeye joins the ecology movement. ""I'm Popeye the sailor man, I recycle my spinach can... Anyone who pollutes the air, earth, or ocean is nothing more than a criminal!"" 34:40 ""Dee Davis"" by Appalshop. Davis comments on TV: ""The problem with television is that programming is developed to sell things. TV should change people's lives, should offer new enthusiasm, should make the lame walk and the blind see."" 35:16 ""Don Cherry"" by Starr Sutherland. A musician at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco plays a 3 in 1 instrument: a kazoo, a ""Jew's harp"" and a clicker. 36:49 ""The Today Show"" by Nancy Cain. Cain observes a live outdoor taping of The Today Show in Venice Beach, California. We see Bryant Gumbel and Frank Zappa, Jay Leno visits a falafel stand and attracts a crowd. yes--don't know whether there are issues with using Jay Leno's image/set, but he was outdoors 40:29 ""Selling Gold"" by Skip Blumberg. On Chambers and Broadway in New York City, a street vendor sells gold jewelry. 41:05 ""Cutaways"" by R.D. Rosen. A comedic piece in which Rosen demonstrates how to shoot cutaways, a TV production trick to cover jump cuts in an interview. The camera records the interviewer pretending to listen intently, looking doubtful, mildly astonished, etc. He also shows us the wrong way to appear in the cutaways: nodding off to sleep, flossing your teeth, etc. 43:13 ""Export TV: Anatomy of an Electronic Invasion"" by Monica Melamid. A short documentary about TV Marti, a U.S. broadcast from Key West, FL aimed at the people of Cuba. Its mission is broadcast anti-Castro propaganda in order to influence Cuban public opinion. 48:13 ""The Surf Report"" by Nancy Cain. It focuses on a Misha, a street vendor on Venice Beach. Originally from the Soviet Union, Misha sells ""Gorby"" T-shirts on Venice Beach and sings a song. 49:40 ""Nestle Quick Commercial."" A ventriloquist and his dog, Farfel, sell Nestle's instant chocolate. 54:13 ""Contrasts"" by Lillian Liberman. We see the contrast between the wealthy and the poor in Mexico City.