A list of Zappa's video and film output. Created (as a text document) by Rob Sweet;
later taken over by Robbert Heederik [last good text version (1994)],
then HTMLd and maintained by Reverend Patrick Neve from September 1994 on,
and since September 28, 2003, maintained by Román García Albertos.
Mail all information you'd like to add to donlope@gmail.com.
First off, here are the 8 most popular Zappa videos, the ones normally thought
of as the main official output. This represents all of Honker Home Video's
product, with the exception of 200 Motels, which was MGM/UA.
1971 Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1979 Baby Snakes
1982 The Dub Room Special
1985 Does Humor Belong in Music?
1987 Video From Hell
1987 Uncle Meat
1988 The True Story of 200 Motels
1989 The Amazing Mr. Bickford
OK, now the "big list".
(dates are displayed as month-day-year)
06-??-62 The World's Greatest Sinner
03-14-63 The Steve Allen Show
12-15-65 Run Home, Slow
??-??-65 The Joe Pyne Show, LA
??-??-66 Detroit (ref: Electric Don Quixote p.61) FZ: Detroit's first whiff of homemade prime-time Dada
??-??-66 Dallas (ref: Electric Don Quixote p.61)
07-??-66 Dance Party, Scott Kerby's, WDCA (ref: Mother! p.77)
07-12-66 Robin Seymour's Swingin' Time, CKLW-TV, channel 9, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
07-23-66 Club 1270, Dave Prince, WXYZ-TV, channel 7, ABC, Southfield, Michigan
??-??-66 David Susskind Show
10-03-66 Sex In The Sixties, ABC-TV, NYC (aired January 1967)
10-28-66 The Big T.N.T. Show
??-67-68 Steve Allen appearance #2
??-??-67 Suzy Creamcheese What's Got Into You?
??-??-67 The Bitter End, NYC
??-??-67 Luden's Cough Drop Ad
??-??-67 Years Of Lightning (1 min, clips from a documentary)
??-??-67 Mondo Hollywood
??-??-67 Swedish Press Coverage (Silent, 5 Min, A-)
??-??-67 News Report On Garrick Theater
??-??-67 Garrick Theatre, New York (fragments in: Peaches en Regalia clip, Uncle Meat, Video From Hell)
??-??-67 Recording session WOIIFTM (fragments in: Video From Hell)
??-??-67 Ride For Your Life (MOI scored, 9 min 38 sec)
04-26-67 Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution (CBS, 45 min.)
??-??-68 Culture Rock (1 min, French TV)
??-??-68 You Are What You Eat
??-??-68 Marine Doll Killing Explanation (4 Min B+)
03-11-68 The Monkees (tv show) (filmed on November, 1967)
05-18-68 Miami Pop Festival- Gulf Stream Race Track, Miami, Florida
08-18-68 All My Loving (BBC TV)
09-28-68 Essen, Germany- Grugahalle Songfestival
10-06-68 Liederliches- Live from the Beat Club
10-16-68 SportPalast, Berlin
10-23-68 Colour Me Pop (BBC) live in the studio
10-25-68 Royal Festival Hall
10-26-68 Olympia, Paris (10 mins, B+/B, NTSC)
11-06-68 Head
??-??-68 Sex in Today's World
??-??-68-69 Raw Meat (Moi Clips W/ Dubbed Music) B+
??-??-69 Medium Cool
??-??-69 Sleeping In A Jar (animation set to the song)
08-03-69 Atlantic City Pop Festival
08-19-69 Ottawa, T.V. Show (ref: Rolling Stone Oct 18, 68)
10-25-69 Music Power Actuel Festival in Amougies, Belgium (w/ Pink Floyd)
??-??-70 Burnt Weeny Sandwich
06-18-70 Piknik, Uddel, VPRO, NL audio: Wino Man
06-19-70 BRD Studios Radio Bremen, Germany
Fall -70 Sunday Night Magazine Show- on Canadian CBC
11-06-70 Fillmore West (15min, TV, A)
12-04-70 "Onsdagsjournalen", interview (Swedish TV, 10 min, NTSC, B+/B+)
12-15-70 Palais Gaumont, Paris (20 min, TV, B&W, C)
??-??-71 Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
02-??-71 VPRO Documentary
??-??-71 Another VPRO documentary, The Making of 200 Motels
??-??-71 Rock & Roll Years
??-??-71 Sky 1: London, UK
??-??-71 News report: Vienna Airport, Austria
??-??-71 200 Motels movie trailer (4 min)
06-05-71 Fillmore East w/ Lennon, Ono, Mothers
09-23-71 What's My Line?
11-??-71 Dick Cavett Show #1
11-16-71 Old Grey Whistle Test (audio: tape 40 min)
11-20-71 Spotlight: Stockholm, Sweden (11 min)
12-04-71 Spotlight: Stockholm, Sweden
??-??-72 Stork (movie with poster excerpts)
??-??-70's Merv Griffin
05-18-73 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
??-??-73 In Adelaide Tonight with Ernie Sigley
06-??-73 Australian interview- 17 mins, B&W
06-??-73 Australian concert rehearsal- 6 mins, B&W
07-03-73 Monday Conference
07-??-73 4-Corners- Australian TV, 40 mins, B&W
08-21-73 Stockholm TV- Skansen Soundstage, 75 minutes
08-28-73 Finnish TV2
09-11-73 Finnish TV2
09-11-73 Finnish TV (The Silliest Thing) 10 min A-
08/10-12-73 The Roxy Film
??-??-71-74 Cal Schenkel's Reel
??-??-74 Apostrophe (') promo ad TV/CM ?
??-??-74 Unknown Location: Live w/ Flo & Eddie 5 min, B+ (Penis Dimension)
??-??-74 Speakeasy
05-??-74 NBC TV (13 part series)
05-??-74 Chicago, WIZZ TV (an audio tape is in circulation that is 15 min in length)
08-27-74 A Token of His Extreme- the KCET LA show.
08-27-74 Mort Liebou—A Token Of His Extreme Outtakes
10-03-74 Finnish TV (Why The Mothers Got Fired)
12-08-74 Indiscreet Picture Show (53 min, KCET.. is this just AKA "Token Of His Extreme"?)
??-??-75 Dirty Duck
01-??-76 Norman Gunston TV show
01-30-76 Midnight Special TV show
10-28-76 Mike Douglas Show
12-06-76 What Kind Of Girl?, Flo & Eddie W/ FZ 5 Min B-
12-11-76 Saturday Night Live #1
12-22-76 Midday With Bill Bogs (Interview) 10 Min B-/C
10-31-77 Baby Snakes
??-??-78 Austrian tv (Interviews & Music) 30 Min B-
02-??-78 Swedish TV
03-30-78 Ohne Maulkorb (aka: Rudi's Cadillac Extravaganza)
08-??-78 We Don't Mess Around
08-26-78 Ulm, Germany—Open air festival (fragments in: Jam)
10-02-78 Saturday Night Live #2
??-??-79 More American Graffiti (uses some Mothers music)
??-??-79 unknown location ("Meek" live clip) TV
03-02-79 Ekeberghallen, Oslo, Norway (7 min aud. recording)
03-27-79 Old Grey Whistle Test
05-18-79 Dinah Shore Show
12-??-79 Dance Fever
12-??-79 Make Me Laugh
12-??-79 Profile: Washington, DC (1 min, tv)
12-??-79 Make Me Laugh- Backstage Outtake (1 min)
??-??-80 Report on Baby Snakes (1 min)
??-??-80 German TV item about Fritz Rau & FZ (1 minute, VG quality)
??-??-80 LA News- 7 min, KNBC TV (Another Kelly Lang Interview)
01-08-80 Old Grey Whistle Test
03-16-80 Sunday at Le Lycee Francais
04-00-80 KNBC:Los Angeles, CA TV/NR ? 05 8/9
05-08-80 New York & Elsewhere (Mudd Club)
05-10-80 Philadelphia, PA, Tower Theater or 10-29-80 (fragments in: Jam)
05-24-80 Rotterdam, Netherlands
06-11-80 Palais Des Sports- Paris, France (2 Hr 20 Min B+/B)
06-12-80 Dick Cavett Show #2 (2O mins B-)
06-12-80 Videowest
11-12-80 St. Louis Probe (22 min, Interview and Q&A from audience)
12-09-80 San Diego, CA TV
??-??-81 FZ Interviews FZ (5 Min, A-)
??-??-81 The New Music (Canadian TV interview, 10 min) (NTSC B+)
02-09-81 Tomorrow Coast To Coast w/ Dr. Demento
03-07-81 Saturday Night Live #3 (no FZ appearance)
??-??-81 You Are What You Is (videoclip)
08-17-81 Stanley Siegel Show (ABC TV, 17 min)
10-26-81 Freeman Report (CNN interview, 47 min)
10-26-81 WNET-TV (Netherlands Wind Ensemble)
10-31-81 Palladium, NYC (Early Show-You Are What You Is) 1 Hr A-/B-
10-31-81 Palladium, NYC Palladium, NYC (Late Show-MTV Broadcast) 1 Hr 20 Min A-/B+
11-??-81 Entertainment Tonight (NBC TV, 2 min.)
11-??-81 Halloween Concert Ad (MTV, 1 min.)
11-??-81 That's Life (FZ interviews FZ on Canadian TV, 6 min.)
11-03-81 Penn State Police Reel (police video, 30 Min C)
11-03-81 Talking With Frank Zappa, w/ Chuck Ash (Philadelphia, 34 min., NTSC)
11-06-81 Two On The Town (interview, tv broadcast, 8 min.)
??-??-82 Backstage Pass (3 min.)
??-??-82 Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Ad (Europe, 1 min.)
??-??-82 We Are What We Watch (tv)
??-??-82 French tv (mention of SUNPYG)
??-??-82 2DF Music Box: Germany (tv)
05-??-82 Les Roadies- the story of FZ's roadies in France (26 min.)
05-28-82 St. Etienne, France (fragments in: Video From Hell and Jam)
07-03-82 Bolzano
07-31-82 F.M. TV- Profile (8 min.)
08-04-82 Today Show- Interview W/ Frank, Moon, Dweez (NBC, 6 min.)
08-10-82 Late Night w/ David Letterman #1- Frank & Moon (NBC, 13 min.)
09-18-82 Hollywood Closeup- interview (4 min.)
09-21-82 Good Morning America- interview (ABC, 5 min.)
10-31-82 CBS News Nightwatch
10-31-82 Dub Room Special
11-??-82 Bio Days, Bio Nights (Manhattan Cable, 21 min.)
??-??-83 Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater: The Boy Who Left Home To Find Out About The Shivers
??-??-83 unknown location (European tv)
??-??-83 Cocaine Blues- 4 FZ clips from documentary (1 min.)
??-??-83 Photo Play- Frank comments on Hollywood (1 min.)
??-??-83 Takeoff- FZ on groupies (Night Flight, 5 min. NTSC, A-)
??-??-83 Two On The Town- interview (5 min.)
01-06-83 CH.04/BBC2: London, UK (tv)
01-07-83 Southeast At Six- interview (BBC tv, 3 min.)
01-07-83 BBC1: Nationwise (BBC tv, 9 min.)
01-10-83 BBC2: Newsnight (tv)
06-15-83 Late Night w/ David Letterman- brief comments at end of show (NBC TV, 2 min.)
06-16-83 Late Night w/ David Letterman #2 (NBC TV, 11 min., talks about LSO records)
06-17-83 Sounds (Parts I, II, III) (Australian TV, 28 min.)
10-03-83 Andy Warhol's TV- interview (MSG, 5 min.)
10-31-83 Late Night w/ David Letterman #3
10-31-83 Nightwatch- interview w/ Frank, Moon, Dweez (CBS TV, 12 min.)
11-02-83 Live At Five- Frank, Moon, Dweezil (New York, 7 min.)
12-21-83 Birthday Spots (MTV, 4 min.)
??-??-84 Grace Slick Interviews FZ (15 min, A-)
??-??-84 French tv (New Albums)
??-??-84 A2:France (tv)
??-??-84 TV1:France (tv)
??-??-84 SBS- interview and Pier footage (Australian TV, 26 min.)
01-09-84 Paris Interview (b&w, 3 min.)
02-00-84 Rock Palace: (Usa?) (tv)
02-01-84 Livewire- Frank & Moon, Children's tv show, Q&A from audience (Nickelodeon, 16 min., A-)
02-11-84 Rockplace- strange interview by Grace Slick (6 min.)
02-28-84 Nightwatch (CBS TV, 10 min.)
03-30-84 Thicke Of The Night- interview (tv, 9 min.)
05-21-84 Entertainment Tonight (tv)
05-30-84 Thicke Of The Night- interview (tv, 11 min.)
06-15-84 A Zappa Affair- Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano
08-25-84 The Pier, NYC (aud, 135 min A-)
08-26-84 Does Humor Belong in Music? (released in '85)
08-26-84 The Pier, NYC (aud, 126 min)
09-??-84 Dutch TV- interview (7 min.)
09-17-84 Palais Omnisport De Bercy- Paris, France (aud, 100 minutes, A-)
09-24-84 BBC1: London Plus (tv)
10-??-84 Italy- (13 min., PAL, A/A-)
10-04-84 Vienna, Austria (audience concert recording, 37 min.)
10-15-84 Villa Tempo- interview and soundcheck (Belgian TV, 7 min.)
11-??-84 Sky Channel (BBC TV, 24 min.)
12-??-84 Rock Influences (tv)
??-??-85 French TV, PMRC Ratings (tv)
??-??-85 Komo: Seattle, Wa (tv)
??-??-85 Hollywood Closeup (tv)
??-??-85 European TV Ad
??-??-85 Liner Notes- subject is censorship (MTV, 4 min, probably from Sept or Oct)
??-??-85 Nightlife Chicago (6 min)
??-??-85 Porn Wars work tape w/ timing strip (7 min.)
05-07-85 Be-Bop-A-Lu-La (Italian TV, 4 min)
05-07-85 Video-22- interview (13 min.)
08-??-85 Entertainment Tonight- censorship (NBC TV, 1 min.)
08-13-85 Larry King Live- interview (CNN TV, 36 min.)
08-20-85 Music Box Special- Interview and some rock videos. (46 min., PAL, A-/A-)
08-24-85 Hollywood Closeup- censorship (3 min.)
08-26-85 Nightwatch- Frank debates Candy Stroud (CBS TV, 33 min.)
09-06-85 Take Two- censorship (CNN TV, 11 min.)
09-13-85 Nightline- FZ, Donnie Osmond & Candy Stroud.
09-18-85 CBS Morning News- FZ debates Sen. John Danforth (CBS TV, 9 min., PAL)
09-19-85 CNN News (tv)
09-19-85 Channel 5 News N.Y.- clips on hearings (6 min.)
09-19-85 Channel 4 News N.Y.- clips on hearings (1 min.)
09-19-85 Channel 9 News N.Y.- clips on hearings (2 min.)
09-19-85 INN News- clips on hearings (4 min.)
09-19-85 Senate Commerce Committee (CSPAN TV, 33 min.)
09-19-85 Capitol Journal w/ Hodding Carter (PBS TV, 8 min.)
09-19-85 various news spots on record ratings- just a short FZ clip (14 min.)
09-26-85 Morning Show w/ Regis & Kathy Lee (12 min.)
09-29-85 Town Meeting, Seattle Washington (KOMO TV, 51 min.)
10-??-85 New Music (tv)
10-??-85 American Songwriter (A&E TV, 4 min.)
10-02-85 Register To Vote PSA's- about 8 of them (8 min.)
10-28-85 Radio 1990- Frank co-hosts for the week, introduces videos (USA TV, 11 min.)
10-29-85 Radio 1990- (13 min.)
10-30-85 Radio 1990- (9 min.)
10-31-85 AM Philadelphia News- interview & phone-in, subject is censorship (WPVI TV, 17 min., PAL)
10-31-85 Radio 1990- (6 min.)
11-01-85 Radio 1990- (7 min.)
11-10-85 Children's Express- quick FZ interview by kids at the capitol (CBS TV, 2 min.)
11-10-85 60 Minutes (tv)
11-20-85 Entertainment Tonight w/ Rona Barret- subject is censorship, short FZ clips (NBC TV, 4 min.)
11-21-85 Entertainment Tonight w/ Rona Barret- subject is censorship, short FZ clips (NBC TV, 4 min.)
11-24-85 Weekend Boston- FZ phone-in (WBCN TV, 22 min.)
12-??-85 Night Flight-Take Off To Censorship (tv)
12-??-85 Porn Wars- Franks commentary on the Senate hearings (14 min.)
12-04-85 Comedy Tonight- 1st subject is censorship (7 min.)
12-08-85 MTV Basement Tapes
??-??-86 European TV; ad for "Does Humor..."
??-??-86 "Porn Wars" (tv)
??-??-86 MTV Ad (MTV, 1 min.)
??-??-86 CNN Crossfire (25 Min A-)
01-??-86 Rocker (2 min)
01-05-86 School Beat, Los Angeles CA- interview (KHJ TV, 20 min.)
01-14-86 News Night (BBC1 TV, 14 min.)
03-08-86 Playboy At Night (Playboy Channel TV, 8 min)
03-14-86 Miami Vice (NBC TV, 48 min)
03-20-86 The John Barbour Report (KHJ LA TV, 18 min.)
03-28-86 Crossfire- really amusing debate with John Lofton (CNN TV, 21 min.)
04-03-86 The Tonight Show w/ Johnny Carson- interview (NBC TV, 10 min., NTSC, A-)
04-06-86 ABC News (tv)
04-06-86 Sex, Violence & Family Values (ABC TV, 14 min.)
05-01-86 MTV-About The Monkees
06-10-86 Addicted To Style- 3 clips about the way people dress. (MTV, 1 min.)
08-05-86 CBS This Morning (CBS TV, 6 min.)
08-14-86 Mothers Day w/ Joan Lunden- interview (LIF TV, 18 min.)
09-??-86 Ch.09: Los Angeles, Ca
09-??-86 Ch.11: Los Angeles, Ca
09-15-86 Comment on drug testing (3 min.)
09-23-86 Nightlife W/ David Brenner- interviews FZ, Dweezil, Moon (Fox TV, 16 min.)
10-11-86 Rock N Roll Evening News
10-24-86 California People Los Angeles (5 min.)
10-31-86 People Are Talking, Phila.- partial interview (KYW TV, 4 min.)
10-11-86 Rock N Roll Evening News- subject is censorship (MTV, 7 min.)
11-21-86 The Late Show w/ Joan Rivers- interview (FOX TV, 10 min., also listed as 11-26-86)
11-29-86 Rock N Roll Evening News
12-07-86 Future Shock Week- guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV, 8 min.)
12-08-86 Future Shock Week- guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV, 8 min.)
12-09-86 Future Shock Week- guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV, 8 min.)
12-10-86 Future Shock Week- guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV, 8 min.)
12-11-86 Future Shock Week- guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV, 8 min.)
??-??-87 The Amazing Mr. Bickford
??-??-87 Video From Hell
??-??-87 Uncle Meat
??-??-87 Bunny, bunny, bunny
03-05-87 Nightlife W/ David Brenner- interview (Fox TV, 13 min.)
03-08-87 Dweezil VJ's MTV- Frank is a guest. (MTV, 39 min.)
03-22-87 Lean On Me (WOR, 5 min.)
04-11-87 ABC News- feature on Larry Flynt, comment by FZ (ABC TV, 3 min.)
05-30-87 Howard Stern FOX Pilot#4, episode 104 (FOX TV, 9 min.)
06-13-87 Crossfire (CNN TV, 22 min.)
06-28-87 MTV The Cutting Edge
06-28-87 IRS Show- includes G-Spot Tornado video (MTV, 8 min.)
07-??-87 Ch.02: Los Angeles, Ca (tv)
07-16-87 Nightline (ABC TV, 12 min.)
08-07-87 John Barbour's Live Friday Night Talk Show (KHJ TV, 43 min.)
11-18-87 We Are What We Watch- promo for new company Honker Video (USA Night Flight, 25 min.)
??-??-88 Rochester, NY (10 Min A-)
??-??-88 Italina tour ad- just pics from the Jazz From Hell album cover (Rai-Uno Italian TV, 1 min.)
??-??-88 X-Large 20 Jahre Extravaganza (Austrian TV, 45 min.)
02-??-88 Beacon Theater, NYC- concert footage from Beacon shows (audience, 88 min.)
02-??-88 Action News, Philadelphia (WPVI TV, 1 min.)
02-02-88 FZ Photos By Marc DeCarlo w/Audience recordings (49 min.)
02-04-88 Beacon Theater, NYC (audience, 130 min B-/C+)
02-04-88 FZ Photos By Marc DeCarlo w/Audience recordings (49 min.)
02-05-88 Beacon Theater, NYC. Voter Registration. (8 Min, A-)
02-05-88 FZ Photos By Marc DeCarlo w/Audience recordings (49 min.)
02-07-88 P.I.T.: Germany (tv)
02-10-88 Boston League Of Women Voters (tv, 20 min)
02-10-88 CBS Nightwatch- interview (CBS TV, 15 min.)
02-12-88 Zappa! Ballet-Detroit, Mi (60 min)
02-12-88 Philadelphia, PA- Tower Theater (soundcheck and rehearsal, 30 min.)
02-14-88 Talking With Frank Zappa- Some more with Chuck Ash (26 min.)
02-19-88 Everyone, That Is, Except Frank Zappa- interview w/ League of Women Voters (24 min.)
03-05-88 ABC World News Saturday (ABC TV, 3 min.)
03-05-88 Cleveland, Ohio-Cleveland Music Hall (120 mins, B-. Poor first 20min, frequent obstructions)
03-09-88 Buffalo, NY (1 Song, 2 Interviews, 30 min.)
03-11-88 Kippevel- Interview w/ video clips (22 min.)
03-11-88 The War Memorial Rochester, NY- Interview & Chunga's Revenge news crew footage (11 min.)
03-26-88 Week In Rock (MTV, 3 min.)
03-26-88 Taboo Video (MTV, 2 min.)
03-28-88 CBS This Morning (CBS TV, 6 min.)
04-01-88 Today Show (NBC TV, 5 min.)
04-07-88 Night Flight- Scandinavia (14 min.)
04-11-88 local news 'Abendschau' (local german station SFB1) (2 min.)
04-14-88 Koln, Germany- Sporthalle (aud, 120 min., B+)
04-19-88 BBC Review- Olde Grey Whistle Test (BBC TV, 7 min.)
04-26-88 Lund, Sweden-Olympen Stadium (aud, 120 min., B-/C+)
04-27-88 Oslo, Norway- Nitepatrol (tv)
05-01-88 Stockholm, Sweden- Isstadion (audience, 100 min.)
05-02-88 Kippenville (interview + clips) 30 min., A-/B
05-05-88 Dortmund, Germany (audience shot)
05-08-88 Vienna, Austria-Stadthalle (aud, 75 min)
05-13-88 Zappa On Zappa- profile/interview (BBC tv, 8 min.)
05-14-88 Madrid, Spain- Auditorio de la Casa de Campo
05-17-88 Barcelona, Spain- Palacio de los Deportes (pro-shot tv) 120 min, A-
05-25-88 Mannheim, Germany- Rosengatden Mozartshall (audience, 135 min., B+)
06-29-88 The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno- Interview (NBC TV, 9 min.)
07-06-88 Kippenvel: Holland (tv)
08-31-88 Good Morning Australia (5 min.)
09-24-88 Documentary on Essen w/ In The Sky (B&W GERMAN TV, 6 min.)
11-08-88 USA TODAY (Fox TV, 1 min.)
11-11-88 Satellite Of Love (Kanal-1, Swedish TV, 59 min.)
12-10-88 Cover Story- profile (USA TV, 23 min.)
??-??-84-89 US Interviews A-/C+ 120 mins
??-??-89 The True Story of 200 Motels
??-??-89 Funny
??-??-89? The Cutting Edge (MTV, 1 min.)
??-??-89 20 Year Extravaganza : Austria (tv)-Ap L 60 9
02-??-89 German TV Special
02-??-89 Schone Poesie Is Krampf- documentary film on Essen, Germany w/ FZ excerpts (9 min.)
02-??-89 Mcneil-Leherer Report (tv)
02-01-89 Arsenio Hall Show (FOX TV, 12 min.)
03-03-89 FZ Phone Interview w/ Chris Boulet (Aud, 18 min.)
03-20-89 MTV Deja Video Clip (Mention) (tv)
06-??-89 Satellite Of Love: Sweden (tv)
06-??-89 Vara: Holland (tv)
06-05-89 Larry King Live (CNN TV, 13 min.)
06-07-89 NBC Today Show (NBC TV, 5 min.)
06-09-89 CBS This Morning (interview, 15 min)
06-09-89 In The Spotlight New Haven, CT(?) (CH.8, 3 min.)
06-12-89 Mothers Day (tv)
06-13-89 MTV News (tv)
06-19-89 Arsenio Hall Show (FOX TV, 10 min.)
06-19-89 About Home Studios- Los Angeles California (KNBC TV, 2 min.)
07-03-89 CNN Headline News (CNN TV, 2 min.)
09-07-89 Showbiz Today (NBC TV, 5 min.)
11-07-89 Focus- Frank is guest (FNN TV, 20 min.)
11-16-89 CNN Crossfire- The Art Of Censorship? (CNN TV, 22 min.)
11-22-89 Circus Of The Stars #14 (CBS)
12-01-89 MTV Austraila (tv)
12-01-89 Satellite Interview (MTV Ch 9, 11 min.)
12-17-89 MTV Decade 1980 (MTV, 3 min.)
??-??-90 Fine Girl music video- Prager leben gut
01-06-90 MTV Week In Rock (tv)
01-07-90 MTV Week In Rock- talks about drug legalization (MTV, 3 min.)
01-20-90 FZ in Prague, Czechoslovakia (private, 444 min.)
01-24-90 MTV News- FZ in Czechoslovakia (MTV, 1 min.)
01-30-90 CBS This Morning (CBS TV, 5 min.)
01-30-90 Business Tonight (FNN, 5 min.)
02-26-90 Focus- FZ is guest host (FNN, 24 min.)
02-27-90 Focus- FZ is guest host (FNN, 23 min.)
02-27-90 Hard Copy- Subject is censorship, short FZ clip (NBC TV, 5 min.)
02-28-90 Focus- FZ is guest host (FNN, 21 min.)
03-22-90 Today Show (NBC TV, 4 min.)
03-25-90 Alaska: Outrage At Valdez (TBS, 48 min.)
05-12-90 Saturday Night Live (Spoof)
06-??-90 Zappa V Praze (Czech TV, 30 min.)
06-??-90 Zappa V Praze (Czech TV, pre-broadcast, 62 min.)
06-06-90 Ch.09: Los Angeles, Ca (tv)
06-08-90 NBC: Los Angeles, Ca (tv)
09-18-90 Sex In The 90's (MTV, 1 min.)
??-??-91 Portland General Electric Ad
??-??-91 Bobby Brown (Hungarian TV, 3 min.)
??-??-91 Zappa in Prague (Austrian TV, 7 min.)
??-??-91 Zappafest- FZ in Hungary (Hungarian TV, 27 min.)
04-14-91 The Naked Truth- Tom Arnold Special (HBO TV, 1 min.)
05-20-91 Today Show (NBC TV, 1 min.)
05-27-91 Bain De Minnit (French TV, 9 min.)
06-04-91 Showbiz Today (CNN TV, 4 min.)
06-24-91 Prazsky Vyber- Prague, Czechoslovakia (11 min.)
06-30-91 Taban Szinpada- Budapest, Hungary (Maygar TV 2, 43 min.)
06-30-91 FZ In Budapest- Bucse jam & nightclub (84M)
06-30-91 Eridqnus—Hungarian Documentary (Aud, 52 min.)
07-01-91 POP11- FZ visit to Budapest clips (11 min.)
08-23-91 Raw Power- interview & pier footage (BBC TV, 7 min.)
09-07-91 Seattle Power and Light TV Ad (KOIN TV, 1 min.)
09-22-91 Hopela- promo film from Flo & Eddie period, shows Mothers in London. (Dutch tv, 4 min.)
10-10-91 PEE-FEE-YATKO (German TV w/ Austrian subtitles, 60 min.)
10-24-91 Your Vote- FZ as host/narrator (TLC, 28 min.)
11-07-91 Variosu News Spots on Frank's cancer- announcement by Moon & Dweezil (6 min.)
12-03-91 Geraldo- Groupie Report (1 min.)
12-11-91 Ivo Niehe- Profile (TROS DUTCH TV2, 19 min.)
??-??-92 Class of the 20th Century- (A&E, 1 min.)
??-??-92 Culturesending on Arte- Yellow Shark (Germany AIDA, 9 min.)
??-??-92 Yellow Shark- comments and press conference (Austrian TV, 2 min.)
07-21-92 Yellow Shark press conference (Frankfurt Germany, 85 minutes)
08-15-92 Ren & Stimpy- Powdered Toast Man (Nickelodeon, 19 min.)
09-17-92 E! News Daily (E! TV, 1 min.)
09-17-92 AAAFNRAA- Yellow Shark rehearsals. (German PPV, 30 min.)
09-17-92 The Yellow Shark (German PPV, 125 min.)
09-23-92 E! News Daily. Telephone Interview With Howard Stern (10 Min. B+)
09-24-92 CNN Headline News- 3 clips (CNN TV, 1 min.)
10-21-92 MTV election spot (MTV, 1 min.)
10-23-92 Democracy In Action, Pheonix Arizona. (KAET TV, 3 min.)
12-21-92 Entertainment Tonight, birthday spot (NBC TV, 1 min.)
??-??-93 Rykodisc Retail Reel #5
??-??-93 BBC TV special- documentary, w/ new BBC68 footage (90 min)
??-??-93 Beastiak Beasts- animation to G-Spot/ Cleetus (8 min.)
01-??-93 Salad Party 93 (BBC raw footage, 1 h. 30 min.)
03-12-93 The Late Show (BBC-2 TV, 48 min.)
05-14-93 Today Show (NBC TV, 10 min.)
06-27-93 E! Howard Stern interviews Moon with FZ call-in.
07-11-93 Amerikanische Traeume (Varese & Zappa) (ZDF German TV, 8 min.)
08-??-93 BBC-2 TV video compilation- all but two vids are commercial releases (BBC-2 TV, 86 min.)
12-06-93 CNN Prime News (CNN TV, 4 min.)
12-06-93 Entertainment Tonight (NBC TV, 3 min.)
12-06-93 In Rememberance Of Frank Zappa (various news spots, PBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS)
12-06-93 MTV News At Night- interviews JCB & MIchael Gray (MTV ENGLAND, 9 min.)
12-06-93 Showbiz Today- FZ Tribute (CNN, 3 min.)
12-06-93 Tagesthemen (German news, 3 min.)
12-11-93 Talkin' Jazz FZ Tribute- Peaches & G-Spot video (Superchannel, 8 min.)
12-11-93 The Week In Rock (MTV, 3 min.)
12-16-93 Sista Filmen- Documentary (30 min.)
12-??-93 A.M Philadelphia (WPVI TV, 2 min.)
12-??-93 The Year in Rock (MTV, 1 min.)
??-??-93 The Revenge Of The Dead Indians (Henning Lohner, 1993) (130 min.)
??-??-94 Nicholas Slominsky Documentary- 2 min. FZ interview, one of his last (57 min.)
??-??-94 Moka Choc- FZ Portrait (Italian TV, 13 min.)
??-??-94 Ein Leben als Extravaganza—Das Genie Frank Zappa (DoRo, 1993; ZDF, 1994) (50 min.)
01-07-94 An American Dissident- Profile/ Tribute (Italian TV, 57 min.)
01-16-94 Much Music Special (Canadian TV, 12 min.)
01-19-94 The Last Extravaganza Arte Special (48 min.)
01-??-94 Mystery Science Theater 3000- Tribute (COM, 1 min.)
04-02-94 Duckman- did score for episodes (tv, 30 min)
05-23-94 The Crazy World Of Frank Zappa (World Video Distributors, 20 min.)
08-17-94 Biography Promos- 4 promos for 08/18 show (A&E, 1 min.)
08-18-94 A&E's Biography (tv, 60 min)
08-18-94 Biography- Repeat of NNC Late Show from 1993 (A&E, 45M)
09-24-94 London Plus Interview (6 min.)
10-??-94 Beavis And Butthead-"Canoe" ("You Are What You Is" videoclip)
01-18-95 Induction to R&R Hall of Fame- w/Lou Reed and Moon (MTV, 10 min.)
07-01-95 Celebrity Photographers- F,A & D (E!, 3 min.)
12-07-95 Die Frühen Mutter: Frank Zappa- Jam Folge 19 (Viva II, 45 min.)
10-00-95 Strictly Commercial Ad (Ch 31 Melbourne, 1 min.)
??-??-95 Psychomania: The Best of Psychedelic Rock
09-15-96 The Straight Dope (A&E, 3 min.)
??-??-96 The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll
??-??-96 Live From Greenwich Village
??-??-97 Happy Together (Cheun gwong tsa sit)
??-??-97 The Ice Storm
01-30-99 Pamela Des Barres biography
03-22-99 Antiques Roadshow
05-05-99 WDR TV documentary (Germany)
08-??-99 Biography Channel Commercial
??-??-99 The Male Swagger
07-02-00 Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die by Frank Scheffer (VPRO)
12-25-00 The Roxy Trailer
05-06-01 Y tu mamá también
??-??-01 Plaster Caster (The Movie)
??-??-01 VH-1 Groupies show
??-??-02 Frank Zappa: Phase Two-The Big Note by Frank Scheffer (VPRO)
10-29-03 Conspiracies Episode 5: The truth behind Satan's servants...
11-26-03 Musikbyrån (Swedish TV, SVT2, 35 min.)
12-07-03 The E! True Story Hollywood #314. Rock Star Daughters
??-??-?? Parker Lewis Can't Lose- an episode of sitcom used "You Are What You Is".
??-??-?? Nightflight- FZ Profile (USA, 10 min.)
??-??-?? Unknown Segment (1 min.)
??-??-?? Frank Zappa- The Man And His Music (unreleased)
??-??-?? The Class of the 20th Century
??-??-?? Sex Hygiene Scare Films, Vol. 2
01-23-04 Dweezil & Lisa "St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast Party" (Food Network)
Zappa References in The Simpsons
Zappa Refs on MST3K
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