October 29, 1971 | Frank Zappa's 200 Motels by Tony Palmer & FZ | 98 min. |
December 21, 1979 | Baby Snakes by FZ | 165 min. |
October 31, 1982 | The Dub Room Special! by FZ | 90 min. |
January 15, 1985 | Does Humor Belong in Music? by FZ | 57 min. |
January 15, 1987 | Video From Hell by FZ | 62 min. |
September 15, 1987 | Uncle Meat by FZ | 100 min. |
January 31, 1989 | The True Story Of 200 Motels by FZ | 59 min. |
May 15, 1989 | The Amazing Mr. Bickford by FZ & Bruce Bickford | 52 min. |
May 1, 2007 | Classic Albums: Apostrophe(')/Over-Nite Sensation by Matthew Longfellow | 50 min. |
May 29, 2008 | The Torture Never Stops by Clark Santee | 116 min. |
June 3, 2013 | A Token Of His Extreme by Dick Darley | 90 min. |
October 30, 2015 | Roxy—The Movie by John Albarian | 95 min. |
This is a list of known FZ's appearances on TV, video and/or film, either as composer, guest, player, director or in some other role. It was first posted as plain text on the alt.fan.frank-zappa newsgroup as part of the FAQ by Rob Sweet in January, 1994, later taken over by Robbert Heederik in 1995 (last good text version here), then HTMLd and maintained by Reverend Patrick Neve from January, 1999 to September, 2003 (see here the old preformatted text list, no longer updated). Since then, it has been maintained by yours truly.—Román
c. 1953 | Madcap Puppets | |
c. 1954 | TV Talent Show | |
c. 1956 | "Motion" Lancaster, CA | |
c. 1956-57 | "Mixed Media Presentation" Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, CA | 10 min. |
c. 1958 | Early Experimental Films | |
c. 1958-62 | The Omens Footage Unknown place and date | B&W |
c. May, 1962 | Experimental Films Projected On Don Preston's Garage | |
c. 1959-63 | FZ's 8mm Home Movies ("G-Spot Tornado") | |
c. 1962-63 | Early Studio Footage Unknown place (probably Pal Studio) and date | Color |
January 30, 1963 | The World's Greatest Sinner directed by Timothy Carey (music by Frank Zappa) | 82 min. B&W, 35mm |
March 14, 1963 (first aired on March 27, 1963) | The Steve Allen Show ABC Channel 5 | 17 min. B&W |
c. 1965 | The Mothers at Mondo Hollywood party | Color |
November 19, 1965 | "The Big T.N.T. Show," Moulin Rouge, LA (FZ in the audience) | |
December 15, 1965 | Run Home, Slow directed by Tim Sullivan (music by Frank Zappa) | 78 min. B&W |
c. 1965-1966 | FZ Home Movies | |
July 12, 1966 | Swingin' Time Hosted by Robin Seymour CKLW-TV, channel 9, Windsor, Ontario, Canada | |
July 23, 1966 | Club 1270 Hosted by Dave Prince WXYZ-TV, channel 7, ABC, Southfield, Michigan | |
July 23, 1966 | GUAMBO, Danish Center, LA, CA | 2 min. |
July 24, 1966 | Louis E. Lomax Show, KTTV, channel 11, LA, CA | |
c. July, 1966 | Sump'N Else Hosted by Ron Chapman WFAA-TV, Channel 8, Dallas, TX | |
c. July, 1966 | Wing Ding Hosted by Kerby Scott (aka Kerby Confer) WDCA-TV, Washington, DC (Studios in Bethesda, MD) | |
August 13, 1966 | Son Of GUAMBO—Shrine Exposition Hall, LA, CA | |
September 17, 1966 | Shrine Exposition Hall, LA, CA | |
c. September, 1966 | TTG Studios, LA—Freak Out (for The David Susskind Show?) | |
October 22, 1966 | The Joe Pyne Show KTTV-11 | |
October 28, 1966 | The Big T.N.T. Show directed by Larry Peerce | 93 min. |
January 4 or 11, 1967 | Sex In Today's World ABC-TV, NYC, NY (a.k.a. Sex In The Sixties) | 28 min. |
1967 | Ride For Your Life directed by Robin Spry (music by The Mothers Of Invention) | 9 min. 38 sec. |
1967 | Mondo Hollywood directed by Robert Carl Cohen | |
April 26, 1967 | Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution CBS | 45 min. |
1967 | The Big Squeeze Luden's Cough Drops TV Commercial; animation by Ed Seeman | |
Spring-Summer, 1967 | Garrick Theatre, NYC, NY | |
1967 | News Report On Garrick Theatre | |
c. July 18, 1967 | Construction of the Zappa Dummy | |
July 18, 1967 | We're Only In It For The Money Cover Photo Session NYC, NY | |
c. July-September, 1967 | Mayfair Studios, NYC, NY | Color |
1967 | We're Only In It For The Money Recording Sessions Footage Mayfair or Apostolic Studios, NYC, NY | B&W |
c. 1967 | Unidentified interview | |
September, 1967 | Garrick Theatre, NYC, NY | |
September, 1967 | London, 1967 | |
September 23, 1967 | Royal Albert Hall, London, UK | |
September 24, 1967 | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
September 30, 1967 | Good Evening! ATV, UK | |
c. September 29-30, 1967 | Gothenburg Photo Session, Sweden | Silent, 2 Min |
October 9, 1967 | Hoepla VPRO, Netherlands | B&W 5 min. |
October 15, 1967 | From The Bitter End Hosted by Fred Weintraub WOR-TV NYC, NY | 15 min. |
December, 1967 | The Rise And Fall Of Suzy Creamcheese (treatment) | |
1967 | Fantabulous Inc. by Sergio Spina | |
Late 1967-Early 1968 | Charles St. Footage Charles St., NYC, NY | |
c. 1967-68 | Recording session | |
1968 | Frank Zappa And The Original Mothers Of Invention (a.k.a. Suzy Creamcheese, What's Got Into You? a.k.a. Raw Meat) by Ed Seeman & Frank Zappa | 42 min. (short version: 3 min.; complete version: 14 hours) |
c. 1968 | Alan Burke Show NY | |
March 11, 1968 | "Monkees Blow Their Minds" The Monkees #57 NBC-TV | 3 min. |
May 5, 1968 | The Les Crane Show (taping date) | |
May 18, 1968 | 1968 Pop Festival Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, FL | |
July 23, 1968 | MOI & GTO's, Whisky à Go-Go | B&W |
July 24, 1968 | The Steve Allen Show Filmways | |
c. 1968 | Kitchen B&W Footage | B&W |
September 9, 1968 | The Joey Bishop Show hosted by Shelley Winters, ABC-TV | |
September, 1968 | You Are What You Eat directed by Barry Feinstein | 75 min. |
1966/67/68 | Palace Of Pleasure directed by John Hofsess | 38 min. |
c. September 27, 1968 | FZ Interview, Germany, 1968 | |
September 27, 1968 | Olympia-Kino um Wasserturm, Internationale Essener Song Tage 1968, Essen, Germany | 3 min. |
September 28, 1968 | Grugahalle, Internationale Essener Song Tage 1968, Essen, Germany | 14 min. |
1968 | Zwischen Pop und Politik—Internationale Essener Song Tage 1968 (BR, 1968) | 41 min. |
October 4, 1968 | Central Station, Hamburg | B&W |
October 6, 1968 | Beat Club Radio Bremen TV, Bremen, Germany | |
October 11-13, 1968 | Vienna & Vienna Woods, Austria. Filmed by Herman Jauk. | B&W |
October 16, 1968 | Sportpalast Berlin, Germany | B&W |
c. October 16, 1968 | Hotel Room, Berlin, Germany | |
1968 | Culture Rock (French TV) | 1 min. |
October 23, 1968 (Broadcast date) | Forum Musiques RTF/ORTF, Paris, France | B&W 10 min. |
October 23, 1968 | Colour Me Pop BBC2 TV | 31 min. |
c. 1968 | Unidentified orchestra & chorus; MOI | |
c. October 24, 1968 | Festival Hall Rehearsal Seven Sisters Road, London, UK | |
October 25, 1968 | Royal Festival Hall London, UK | |
November 3, 1968 | All My Loving directed by Tony Palmer, BBC 1, UK | 55 min. |
November 6, 1968 | Head directed by Bob Rafelson | color 85 min. |
December 6-7, 1968 | Shrine Exposition Hall (MOI & GTO's) | color |
Early 1969 | Captain Beefheart | |
c. 1968-1969 | MOI rehearsal c. 1968-69 | B&W |
c. 1968-1969 | Unidentified MOI live footage, c. 1968-69 | |
c. 1968-1969 | MOI 8mm Home Movies Filmed by Motorhead Sherwood | |
April 30, 1969 | Burnt Weeny Sandwich directed by FZ, The Dilexi Series KQED TV, San Francisco, CA | 18 min. B&W and color |
May 19, 1969 | The Day It Is (CBC TV, Canada) | 30 min. |
May 26, 1969 | Late Night Line Up (BBC2, UK) | |
1969 | "Sleeping In A Jar" (animation set to the song) | 1 min. |
June 21, 1969 | Forum Musiques (RTF/ORTF, France) | 8 min. |
July 5, 1969 | Newport Jazz Festival | 7 min. |
August 3, 1969 | Atlantic City Pop Festival Atlantic City Race Track, Atlantic City, NJ | 8 mm audience film, 4 min. & 10 min., no sound |
August 10, 1969 | Musicarnival, Warrensville Heights, OH | 8 mm, silent, 2 min. |
August 15, 1969 | TV Show CJOH-TV Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
August 16, 1969 | Like Young, CFCF-TV, Montréal, Canada | |
August 27, 1969 | Medium Cool directed by Haskell Wexler | 107 min. |
October 24-28, 1969 | Actuel Festival, Mont de l'Enclus, Amougies, Belgium | |
October 25, 1969 | ABC News Archive | |
November 17, 1969 | RTBF Belgian TV Documentary on Actuel Festival, Belgium | 19 min. B&W |
December 30, 1969 | Último grito (TVE 2, Spain)—photomontage of The MOI | 2 min. |
1969 | Lions Love by Agnes Varda |
February 21, 1970 | Murray Roman's TV Show (KTTV Ch 11) | |
March 17, 1970 |
Was Ist Protest?—Part 2 (HR TV, March 17, 1970) |
2 min. |
March 23, 1970 | Un dos tres, al escondite inglés by Iván Zulueta | |
1970 | Switched On Symphony | |
March 30, 1970 (5 days) | Shooting of Uncle Meat at Zappa's house, Hollywood Ranch Market and Wadleigh Maurice edit room; photography by Haskell Wexler | |
c. March-April, 1970 | Billy Mundi & Aynsley Dunbar Toilet Brush Drum Duo at Zappa House | |
May, 1970 | Music Power by Jérôme Laperrousaz (Actuel Festival, Belgium) | 215 min. |
May 9, 1970 | Fillmore East, NYC, NY (8 mm. color) | 1 min. |
June 18, 1970 | Piknik VPRO TV Uddel, Netherlands | |
June 19, 1970 | Radio Bremen TV Interview Bremen, Germany | 87 min. |
June 24, 1970 | UK Press Conference | |
June 28, 1970 | Bath Festival Of Blues And Progressive Music, Shepton Mallet, UK | 1 min., 8 mm. color |
July 3, 1970 | Late Night Line-Up (BBC) | 14 min. |
August 15, 1970 | Beat-Club #59 | 4 min. |
October 15, 1970 | Lieder-Liches Radio Bremen TV, Bremen, Germany | 39 min. |
1970 | Shooting for VPRO at Zappa Home, Woodrow Wilson Dr. | |
1970 | Interview | |
Fall 1970 | Sunday Night Magazine Show CBC, Canada | 10 min. |
October 17, 1970 | Hamilton College, NY (8 mm., color) | 3 min. |
November 6, 1970 | Fillmore West San Francisco, CA | 15 min. |
November 13-14, 1970 | Backstage at Fillmore East & NYC | |
December 4, 1970 | Onsdagsjournalen, Swedish TV interview | 10 min. |
December 5, 1970 | Pop 2 (RTF/ORTF, France) | 50 min. |
December 15, 1970 | Gaumont Palace, Paris | 20 min. B&W/color |
December 31, 1970 | Beat-Club #62 | 5 min. |
January 9, 1971 | Pop 2 (ORTF, France) | 40 min. |
January 10, 1971 | Anatomy Of Pop. Episode #1 (BBC, UK) | 24 min. |
January 16, 1971 | Pop 2 (ORTF, France) | 40 min. |
January 17, 1971 | Anatomy Of Pop. Episode #2 (BBC, UK) | 12 min. |
January 24, 1971 | Anatomy Of Pop. Episode #3 (BBC, UK) | 24 min. |
January 31, 1971 | Anatomy Of Pop. Episode #4 (BBC, UK) | 15 min. |
January-February, 1971 | Shooting of 200 Motels Pinewood Studios, UK | |
February 8, 1971 | BBC News (BBC, UK) | 22 min. |
February 11, 1971 | Frank Zappa directed by Roelof Kiers, VPRO | 60 min. |
February, 1971 | 200 Motels editing TVR, Windmill St, London, UK | |
1971 | Sky 1: London, UK | |
February 14, 1971 | Weekend (CBC TV, Canada) | 2 min. |
May 8, 1971 | Pop 2 (ORTF, France) | 40 min. |
June 6, 1971 | The Mothers with John & Yoko. Fillmore East, NYC, NY | 24 min. |
June 30, 1971 | Fenway Theater, Boston, MA | 8mm., B&W |
September 23, 1971 | What's My Line? | |
October 15, 1971 | The David Frost Show | |
1971 | 200 Motels Theatrical Trailer | 3 min. |
October 29, 1971 | Frank Zappa's 200 Motels directed by Tony Palmer & Frank Zappa | 98 min. |
November 12, 1971 | The Dick Cavett Show ABC | |
November 16, 1971 | Old Grey Whistle Test BBC2 | audio tape: 40 min. |
November 20, 1971 | Spotlight: Stockholm, Sweden | 11 min. |
c. November 27, 1971 | Netherlands | 5 min. |
c. December 2, 1971 | News report: Vienna Airport, Austria | B&W, 1 min. |
December 4, 1971 | Spotlight: Stockholm, Sweden | 24 min. |
December 11, 1971 | Pop 2 (ORTF, France) | 48 min. |
December 23, 1971 | Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels directed by Roelof Kiers, VPRO (a.k.a. Making of 200 Motels) | 35 min. color |
December 27, 1971 | Stork (directed by Tim Burstall, Australia)—FZ toilet poster appears on a wall | |
December, 1971 | La Mortadella (Lady Liberty) (Mario Monicelli) | |
1971 | Zappa (National Film School, UK) | 15 min. color |
The Merv Griffin Show | ||
1972 | Unidentified Interview | |
September, 1972 | The Grand Wazoo Tour Home Movies | |
October 27, 1972 | Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 4 min. |
November 4, 1972 | Pop 2 (ORTF, France) | 44 min. |
December 9, 1972 | Paramount Northwest, Portland, OR | 1 min. color silent 8mm |
1972 | Dija Get Any Onya | |
February 24, 1973 | Cameron Stadium, Duke University, Durham, NC | B&W |
March 30-31, 1973 | Winterland, San Francisco, CA | |
May 9, 1973 | Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ | |
May 18, 1973 | Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY | |
June, 1973 | Australian interview | 17 min. B&W |
June, 1973 | Rehearsal at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia | 6 min. B&W |
June, 1973 | GTK episode 689 | 11 min. B&W |
June 22, 1973 | The Bob Rogers Show GTV, Australia | 14 min. B&W |
June 24, 1973 | The Mike Willesee Show GTV, Australia | 4 min. B&W |
June 29, 1973 | Rehearsal at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia | 5 min. |
July 2, 1973 | Monday Conference ABC TV, Australia | 48 min. |
c. July 4, 1973 | Adelaide Tonight NWS Channel Nine, Adelaide, Australia Hosted by Ernie Sigley | |
July, 1973 | 4-Corners Australian TV | 40 min. B&W |
c. July-August, 1973 | LA rehearsal at FZ's studio | 2 min. |
August 21, 1973 | Solliden, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden | 75 min. |
c. August-September, 1973 | Oppåpoppa Swedish TV | 20 min. |
August 28, 1973 | TV2 Finland | 5 min. |
September 11, 1973 | TV2 Finland | 7 min. |
Late 1973 | Oppåpoppa Special Swedish TV | 55 min. |
December 8-10, 1973 | The Roxy Performances Roxy, Los Angeles, CA | 4 hours |
December 12, 1973 | Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA | |
c. 1973-74 | Mothers On Tour (home movies) | |
c. 1973 | Kennedy & Company ABC-TV, Chicago | |
1974 | Apostrophe by Cal Schenkel | 43 s. |
1971-74 | Cal Schenkel's Reel by Cal Schenkel | 11 min. |
May, 1974 | Chicago, WIZZ TV | 10 min. (audio) |
May 25, 1974 | Speakeasy KNBC-4, LA; WNBC-4, NY | c. 60 min. |
June 21, 1974 | DiscReet Studios TV Special | |
August 27, 1974 | A Token Of His Extreme KCET Sound Stage B Los Angeles, CA | |
September 6, 1974 | Rome, Italy | |
October 3, 1974 | TV2 Finland | 9 min. |
October 4, 1974 | Barcelona Airport, 1974 (Spanish TV) | B&W |
October 4, 1974 |
Nuevo Pabellón del Club Juventud de Badalona, Badalona, Spain |
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October 31, 1974 | Felt Forum, NYC, NY | |
c. 1974 | Unidentified Interview | |
1974 or 1975 | The Down And Dirty Duck by Charles Swenson | 70 min. |
August 29, 1975 | The Ashman File KTTV-TV—interview by Chuck Ashman | 25 min. |
c. August-September, 1975 (aired January, 1976) | Norman Gunston Show ABC, Australia | 4 min. |
September 14, 1975 | Calendar KTLA-TV—interview by Mark Elliott | 10 min. |
1975 | Applause Please (Ivan Gaal) | 19 min. |
January, 1976 | Australian Press Conference | |
January 22, 1976 | The Mike Willesee Show GTV, Australia | 16 min. B&W |
January 30, 1976 | The Midnight Special NBC TV | 11 min. |
February 12, 1976 | A Token Of His Extreme—French TV (prob. "Juke Box," Antenne 2) | |
March 8, 1976 | Paris, France | |
March 18, 1976 | Rockpalast (WDR)—short interview | 1 min. |
March 19, 1976 | Iltatähti (TV2, Finland) | 3 min. |
1976 | Gabby & Debby (Israel TV) | |
October 28, 1976 | The Mike Douglas Show NBC TV | 15 min. |
November 4, 1976 | Capital Centre, Landover, MD (with Bianca) | |
November 19, 1976 | Frank Zappa Special Mit Den 'Mothers Of Invention', Vernissage, ZDF | |
December 6, 1976 | Flo & Eddie with FZ: "What Kind Of Girl?" The Bottom Line, NYC, NY | 5 min. |
December 11, 1976 | Saturday Night Live NBC TV | 90 min. |
December 22, 1976 | Midday Live hosted by Bill Boggs (interview) WNEW 5, NYC | 10 min. |
December 26-29, 1976 | The Palladium, NYC, NY | |
January 31, 1977 | Böblingen, Germany (concert footage & interview) | |
March 22, 1977 | The Tomorrow Show NBC-TV—interview by Tom Snyder | 15 min. |
May 21, 1977 | All You Need Is Love—Episode 15—All Along The Watchtower: Sour Rock by Tony Palmer | 52 min. |
September 13, 1977 | Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX—home movie, color, silent | 3 min. |
October 28-31, 1977 | The Palladium, NYC, NY | |
February 19, 1978 | Swedish TV | 21 min. |
March 30, 1978 | Ohne Maulkorb (aka: Rudi's Cadillac Extravaganza; prob. aka: "Austrian TV (interviews & music) 30 min.") | 34 min. |
Spring 1978 | Village Recorders, LA | |
August 26, 1978 | Open Air Festival, Friedrichsau Festplatz, Ulm, Germany | |
c. August-September, 1978 | We Don't Mess Around by Ulrich Schramm (Cirkus Krone, Munich, Germany) | 60 min. |
October 13, 1978 | Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ | |
October 21, 1978 | Saturday Night Live NBC TV | |
1978/1979? | Nightmoves (HSV, Australia)—footage from A Token Of His Extreme | |
c. 1979 | Unidentified Interview | |
1979 | More American Graffiti directed by Bill L. Norton | 110 min. |
1979 | unknown location ("Meek" live clip) TV | |
March 2, 1979 | Ekeberghallen, Oslo, Norway | 7 min. |
March 3, 1979 | Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden—Audience 8mm color silent | 3 min. |
c. 1979 | "City Of Tiny Lites"—Bruce Bickford clay animation | 5 min. |
March 27, 1979 | Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV | 7 min. |
c. April, 1979 | Village Recorders, LA | |
May 18, 1979 | Dinah! (CBS TV) | 13 min. |
September 30, 1979 | The Robert Klein Show—interview and music | 35 min. |
1979 | Make Me Laugh | 6 min. |
1979 | Make Me Laugh—Backstage Outtake | 1 min. |
1979 | Newscenter, KCST-TV, San Diego, CA | |
1979 | Bill Boggs show | 1 min. |
December, 1979 | Profile: Washington, DC (tv) | 1 min. |
December 21, 1979 | Baby Snakes by Frank Zappa (premiere at Victoria Theater, NYC, NY) | 165 min. |
December 25, 1979 | WNEW-TV, NYC, NY | 3 min. |
1980 | Report on Baby Snakes | 1 min. |
1980 | German TV item about Fritz Rau & FZ | 1 min. |
January 8, 1980 | Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV | 8 min. |
Early 1980 | Countdown (Dutch TV) | 4 min. |
March 16, 1980 | Sunday (At Le Lycée Français De Los Angeles) KNBC, LA, Interview by Kelly Lange | 10 min. |
April 1, 1980 | San Francisco Airport | |
April 6, 1980 | Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA | |
c. April 6, 1980 | NewsCenter 4 KNBC, LA, Interview by Kelly Lange | 7 min. |
May 2, 1980 | Five All Night Live All Night, Boston TV, hosted by Matt Siegel | 27 min. |
1980 | 1980 Tour | |
May 8, 1980 | Mudd Club, NYC, NY | |
May 10, 1980 | Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA | |
c. 1980 | Frank Zappa: New York und Anderswo by Rudolf Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher | 45 min. |
May 24, 1980 | Dance Fever | 5 min. |
May 24, 1980 | The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands | 5 min. |
June 11, 1980 | Palais des Sports, Paris, France | 140 min. |
June 12, 1980 | Dick Cavett Show | 20 min. |
June 12, 1980 | Videowest PBS TV | 5 min. |
June 14, 1980 | Chorus hosted by Antoine de Caunes (Antenne 2) | 41 min. |
October 12, 1980 | Albuquerque, NM | 8 min. |
October 13, 1980 | Albuquerque, NM—News Story (KGGM-TV) | 3 min. |
October 28, 1980 | Netherland Blazer Ensemble | 4 min. |
November 12, 1980 | St. Louis Probe (Interview and Q&A from audience) | 22 min. |
December 9, 1980 | San Diego, CA TV |
1981 | FZ Interviews FZ | 5 min. |
March 7, 1981 | Saturday Night Live (no FZ appearance) | |
March 22, 1981 | IT1 Nuit (TF1) | 1 min. |
August 17, 1981 | The Stanley Siegel Show (ABC TV) | 17 min. |
August 28, 1981 | Tomorrow Coast To Coast (NBC) Interview with Dr. Demento | 12 min. |
October 4, 1981 | McArthur Court, University Of Oregon, Eugene, OR, October 4, 1981 | |
October 26, 1981 | Freeman Reports (CNN interview) | 47 min. |
October 26, 1981 | Netherlands Wind Ensemble (WNET-TV) | 30 min. |
October 31, 1981 | "You Are What You Is" Videoclip | 4 min. |
October 31, 1981 | The Palladium, NYC (early & late shows) | |
November, 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (NBC TV) | 2 min. |
November, 1981 | Halloween Concert Ad (MTV) | 1 min. |
November, 1981 | That's Life (FZ interviews FZ on Canadian TV) | 6 min. |
November 3, 1981 | Talking With . . . Frank Zappa with Chuck Ash (Pennsylvania State Police) | 34 min. |
November 6, 1981 | Two On The Town (KCBS-TV) | 9 min. |
November 7, 1981 | Case Center, Boston University, Boston, MA | |
November 17, 1981 | Ritz, New York, NY | |
November 21, 1981 | The New Music (Citytv, Canada) | 15 min. |
November 25, 1981 | Studio 3 (TF1) | 30 min. |
November 27, 1981 | Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL | |
November 28, 1981 | Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN | |
December 5, 1981 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO | |
December 6, 1981 | Rock radio interview | 6 min. |
December 7, 1981 | Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT | |
c. late 1981 | Video Telethon (London TV) | 6 min. |
1981 | Nightmoves (HSV, Australia)—"You Are What You Is" videoclip | 5 min. |
1982 | The Torture Never Stops | 116 min. |
1982 | MTV Interview | 1 min. |
1982 | Backstage Pass | 3 min. |
1982 | Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Ad (Europe) | 1 min. |
1982 | We Are What We Watch (TV) | |
1982 | French TV (mention of SUNPYG) | |
1982 | ZDF Music Box: Germany (TV) | 3 min. |
April 4, 1982 | L'écho des bananes (FR3, France) | 56 min. |
May, 1982 | Les Roadies—the story of FZ's roadies in France | 26 min. |
May 16, 1982 | Entrez les artistes (A2, France) | |
May 16, 1982 | Paris, France promotional shot—videotaped by Thomas Nordegg | |
May 22, 1982 | Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
May 28, 1982 | Palais des Sports, St. Etienne, France | |
May 29, 1982 | Fréjus, France—videotaped by Thomas Nordegg | |
June 5, 1982 | Schüttof, Germany—videotaped by Thomas Nordegg | |
June 10, 1982 | Rockstar (RAI, Italy) | 2 min. |
June 18-19, 1982 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK | |
June 13, 1982 | Feste Marienberg, Würzburg, Germany | |
June 22, 1982 | Le Parc des Expositions, Metz, France | |
c. June 28, 1982 | Rudi Dolezal interviews FZ (prob. Vienna, Austria) | |
July 3, 1982 | Stadio Comunale, Bolzano, Italy | 23 min. |
July 8, 1982 | Stadio Comunale, Pistoia, Italy | |
July 9, 1982 | Ex Mattatoio do Testaccio, Rome, Italy | |
July 14, 1982 | Stadio Communale La Favorita, Palermo, Italy | |
July 31, 1982 | Take Off—Night Flight—FM TV—Profile | 8 min. |
1982 | Interview with Moon Unit, Dweezil & FZ (prob. FM TV) | 2 min. |
1982 | Solid Gold—"Valley Girl" Performance by Moon | 4 min. |
August 4, 1982 | Today Show (NBC)—Interview with FZ, Moon & Dweezil | 6 min. |
August, 1982 | Interview with Richard Hart | |
August, 1982 | Compact Video, LA, CA | |
c. August, 1982 | Valley Girl Documentary by Steve Durgin | 7 min. |
August 10, 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman Frank & Moon (NBC) | 13 min. |
1982 | Norm Seeff Photo Shoot | |
1982 | Uncle Meat shooting | |
September 18, 1982 | Hollywood Closeup—interview | 4 min. |
September 21, 1982 | Good Morning America—interview (ABC) | 5 min. |
October 30, 1982 | Night Flight—You Are What You Is (Palladium, NYC, October 31, 1981) | 58 min. |
October 31, 1982 | CBS News Nightwatch | |
October 31, 1982 | The Dub Room Special! by Frank Zappa (premiere at Ritz, NYC, NY) | 90 min. |
November 1, 1982 | Interview with John A. Gallagher | 21 min. |
November 16, 1982 | Newsnight (BBC) a report on Cocaine by Robin Deneslow | 25 min. |
November, 1982 | Bio Days, Bio Nights (Manhattan Cable) | 21 min. |
c. late 1982 | FZ interviewed by Denny Tedesco | |
December 19, 1982 | Cal Arts rehearsals | |
1983 | unknown location (European tv) | |
1980s | The Rock And Roll Years BBC TV | 3 min. |
1983 | Photo Play—Frank comments on Hollywood | 1 min. |
1983 | Take Off—FZ on groupies (Night Flight) | 5 min. |
1983 | Two On The Town—interview | 5 min |
January 3, 1983 | Night Flight—You Are What You Is (Palladium, NYC, October 31, 1981) | 58 min. |
January 6, 1983 | Channel Four News (BBC2) | 2 min. |
January 7, 1983 | Southeast At Six—interview (BBC TV) | 3 min. |
January 7, 1983 | Nationwide (BBC TV) | 3 min. |
January 10, 1983 | Newsnight (BBC TV) | 9 min. |
January 22, 1983 | Arena: Burroughs (BBC 2) | 90 min. |
1983 | Cocaine Blues by John Langley | 52 min |
c. February, 1983 | MTV Report about Varèse Music Program in San Francisco | 2 min. |
c. February, 1983 | Unidentified interview | |
February 12, 1983 | Worldwide (CBC TV, Canada) | 30 min. |
June 15, 1983 | Late Night with David Letterman—brief comments at end of show (NBC TV) | 2 min. |
June 16, 1983 | Late Night with David Letterman (NBC TV) | 11 min. |
June 17, 1983 | Sounds (Parts I, II, III) (Australian TV) | 28 min. |
August 27, 1983 | Rock Around The Clock (BBC) | 34 min. |
October 3, 1983 | Andy Warhol's TV—interview (MSG) | 5 min. |
October 31, 1983 | Late Night with David Letterman (NBC TV) | 5 min. |
October 31, 1983 | CBS News Nightwatch—interview w/ Frank, Moon, Dweez (CBS TV) | 12 min. |
November 2, 1983 | Live At Five—Frank, Moon, Dweezil (New York) | 7 min. |
November 11, 1983 | American Songwriter (US TV) | 5 min. |
December 21, 1983 | Birthday Spots (MTV) | 4 min. |
1984 | The T.A.M.I./T.N.T. Show (That Was Rock) (includes footage from The Big T.N.T. Show) | |
January 9-11, 1984 | Paris, 1984—FZ & Pierre Boulez | |
January 9, 1984 | IT1 20h (TF1, France) | 1 min. |
January 9, 1984 | JA2 20h (A2, France) | 2 min. |
1984 | Écoutez votre siècle 6 : La 4X en temps réel, Ircam | 26 min. |
February 1, 1984 | Livewire—Frank & Moon, Children's TV show, Q&A from audience (Nickelodeon) | 16 min. |
February 11, 1984 | Rock Palace—Grace Slick interviews FZ | 7 min. |
February 28, 1984 | CBS News Nightwatch CBS TV | 10 min. |
March 30, 1984 | Thicke Of The Night—interview (TV) | 9 min. |
c. March 30, 1984 | FZ & A Zappa Affair Puppets Photo Session | |
May 20, 1984 | Speaking Of Music With Frank Zappa Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA | |
May 21, 1984 | Entertainment Tonight (TV) | |
May 30, 1984 | Thicke Of The Night—interview (TV) | 11 min. |
c. June, 1984 | A Zappa Affair rehearsals (ET) | |
June 15, 1984 | "A Zappa Affair" Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley; Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano | |
c. June, 1984 | Tonight, Ch. 7 | |
June 18, 1984 |
Nightmoves (HSV, Australia)—"A Zappa Affair" mentioned |
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c. August, 1984 | The New Music (Citytv, Canada) | 5 min. |
August 12, 1984 | Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio—Interview by Dave Tarbert | |
c. August, 1984 | WNEW, NYC | |
August 25, 1984 | The Pier, NYC | 135 min., Aud. |
August 26, 1984 | The Pier, NYC | 126 min., Aud. |
August 27, 1984 | Jack Morse interviews FZ at the Hancock Airport, Syracuse, NY | 6 min. |
September, 1984 | Dutch TV—interview | 7 min. |
September 1, 1984 | Paris Interview | B&W, 3 min. |
September 7, 1984 | Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium (Belgium TV) | |
September 7, 1984 | Backstage Interview, Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium | 3 min. |
September 13, 1984 | Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway | |
September 16, 1984 | Ahoy Hall, Rotterdam, Netherlands (French TV) | |
September 17, 1984 | IT1 20h (TF1, France) | |
c. September 17, 1984 | French TV (New Albums) | 20 min. |
1984 | A2: France (TV) | |
1984 | TV1: France (TV) | |
1984 | SBS—interview and Pier footage (Australian TV) | 26 min. |
c. September 13, 1984 | Interview & live footage (Swedish TV) | 3 min. B&W |
September 14, 1984 | Tele-Illustrierte (ZDF) | 3 min. |
September 17, 1984 | Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: "The Boy Who Left Home To Find Out About The Shivers" Showtime | 52 min. |
September 17, 1984 | Palais Omnisport de Bercy, Paris, France | 97/87 min., aud. B&W/color |
September 18, 1984 | Angel Casas Show (TV-3, Spain) | |
September 24, 1984 | London Plus (BBC1 TV) | 3 min. |
September 25, 1984 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK | |
1984 | Music Box (UK TV) | 9 min. |
October, 1984 | Italy | 13 min. |
October 4, 1984 | Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria | 37 min., aud. rec. |
c. October 4, 1984 | Ohne Maulkorb (ORF, Austria) | 17 min. |
c. October 4, 1984 | Hungarian TV Interview | 6 min. |
October 6, 1984 | FR3 Provence méditerranée le journal (Méditerranée, France) | 3 min. |
October 8, 1984 | IT1 13h (TF1, France) | 3 min. |
October 8, 1984 | Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy (RAI) | 2 min. |
c. October 8, 1984 | DeeJay Television (Italian TV, Milan) interview with Kay Rush (a.k.a. Zappa Flip) | 9 min. |
c. October, 1984 | Red Ronnie interview, Italian TV | |
1984 | Discoring (RAI) | 3 min. |
October 12, 1984 | Villa Tempo—interview and soundcheck (Belgian TV) | 7 min. |
October 30, 1984 | Livewire | |
October 31, 1984 | Felt Forum, NYC, NY | |
November, 1984 | Sky Channel (BBC TV) | 24 min. |
December 8, 1984 | MTV interview | 19 min. |
December 10, 1984 | Majestic Performing Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas | 118 min. |
December 14, 1984 | La télévision des téléspectateurs (A2, France) | 21 min. |
December, 1984 | Rock Influences—Jethro Tull (MTV) | 46 min. |
1984 | Rock Around The World (SBS, Australia)—"Moggio" used in the intro |
January 15, 1985 | Does Humor Belong in Music? by Frank Zappa | 57 min. |
1985 | Hollywood Closeup (TV) | |
1985 | European TV Ad | |
1985 | Nightlife Chicago | 6 min. |
May 7, 1985 | Be-Bop-A-Lu-La (Italian TV) | 4 min. |
July 1-5, 1985 | Video 22—Interviews | 13 min. |
August, 1985 | Entertainment Tonight—censorship (NBC TV) | 1 min. |
August, 1985 | An Interview With Frank Zappa, Baltimore, MD | 26 min. |
August 13, 1985 | Larry King Live—Interview (CNN TV) | 36 min. |
August 20, 1985 | Music Box Special—Interview and some rock videos | 46 min. |
August 24, 1985 | Hollywood Close-Up—censorship (KABC) | 5 min. |
August 26, 1985 | CBS News Nightwatch (CBS TV) | 33 min. |
August 30, 1985 | Secrets Of The U.M.R.K. | |
September, 1985 | KHJ-TV | 3 min. |
September 6, 1985 | Take Two—censorship (CNN TV) | 11 min. |
September 12, 1985 | CBS Evening News (1985) | 4 min. |
September 13, 1985 | Nightline (ABC TV) | 20 min. |
September 18, 1985 | CBS Morning News (CBS TV) | 9 min. |
September 19, 1985 | Senate Commerce, Technology and Transportation Committee Hearings CSPAN TV | 33 min. |
September 19, 1985 | ABC News | 2 min. |
September 19, 1985 | CNN News | |
September 19, 1985 | Channel 5 News NY—clips on hearings | 6 min. |
September 19, 1985 | Channel 4 News NY—clips on hearings | 1 min. |
September 19, 1985 | Channel 9 News NY—clips on hearings | 2 min. |
September 19, 1985 | INN News—clips on hearings | 4 min. |
September 19, 1985 | Capitol Journal with Hodding Carter (PBS TV) | 8 min. |
September 19, 1985 | various news spots on record ratings—just a short FZ clip | 14 min. |
September 26, 1985 | The Morning Show (ABC TV) Hosted by Regis & Kathy Lee | 14 min. |
September 29, 1985 | Town Meeting (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA) | 51 min. |
1985 | French TV, PMRC Ratings | |
c. September-October, 1985 | Liner Notes—subject is censorship (MTV) | 4 min. |
1985 | Porn Wars work tape w/ timing strip | 7 min. |
October, 1985 | New Music Seminar (MTV) | 4 min. |
October, 1985 | American Songwriter (A&E TV) | 4 min. |
October 2, 1985 | Register To Vote PSA's—12 of them | 8 min. |
October 24, 1985 | Porn Wars on Night Flight—Frank's commentary on the Senate hearings | 14 min. |
October 28, 1985 | Radio 1990 | 11 min. |
October 29, 1985 | Radio 1990 | 13 min. |
October 30, 1985 | Radio 1990 | 9 min. |
October 31, 1985 | AM Philadelphia (WPVI TV) | 17 min. |
October 31, 1985 | The Ten O'Clock News (WGBH) | 14 min. |
October 31, 1985 | Radio 1990 | 6 min. |
November 1, 1985 | Radio 1990 | 7 min. |
November, 1985 | U 68 (WWHT)—Bill Roller interviews FZ | 26 min. |
November 5, 1985 | Perifèric (TV3, Spain) | |
November 10, 1985 | Children's Express—quick FZ interview by kids at the capitol (CBS TV) | 2 min. |
November 10, 1985 | 60 Minutes (TV) | |
November 20, 1985 | Entertainment Tonight w/ Rona Barret—subject is censorship, short FZ clips (NBC TV) | 4 min. |
November 21, 1985 | Entertainment Tonight w/ Rona Barret—subject is censorship, short FZ clips (NBC TV) | 4 min. |
November 24, 1985 | Weekend Boston—FZ phone-in (WBCN TV) | 22 min. |
December 4, 1985 | Comedy Tonight—1st subject is censorship | 7 min. |
December 8, 1985 | MTV Basement Tapes with Martha Quinn (MTV) | 20 min. |
c. 1985 | FZ & Nicolas Slonimsky | |
1986 | European TV; ad for "Does Humor..." | |
1986 | "Porn Wars" (TV) | |
1986 | MTV Ad (MTV) | 1 min. |
January, 1986 | Rocker | 2 min. |
January 5, 1986 | School Beat—interview (KHJ TV, Los Angeles, CA) | 20 min. |
January 14, 1986 | News Night (BBC1 TV) | 14 min. |
January 25, 1986 | The NewMusic (CITY-TV, Canada) | 16 min. |
March 8, 1986 | Playboy At Night (Playboy Channel TV) | 8 min. |
March 14, 1986 | Miami Vice (NBC TV) | 48 min. |
March 18, 1986 | Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings | |
c. 1986 | Maryland TV Interview Unidentified Maryland TV | |
March 20, 1986 | The John Barbour Report (KHJ TV, Los Angeles, CA) | 18 min. |
March 28, 1986 | Crossfire CNN TV | 21 min. |
April 3, 1986 | The Tonight Show—interview (NBC TV) | 10 min. |
April 6, 1986 | ABC News (TV) | |
April 6, 1986 | Sex, Violence & Family Values (ABC TV) | 14 min. |
May 1, 1986 | MTV-About The Monkees | |
June 10, 1986 | Addicted To Style—3 clips about the way people dress (MTV) | 1 min. |
August 5, 1986 | CBS Morning News (CBS TV) | 6 min. |
August 14, 1986 | Mother's Day with Joan Lunden (Lifetime Television) | 18 min. |
c. 1986 | Unidentified live speech | |
August 22, 1986 | Interview | |
August, 1986 | KHJ-TV | 14 min. |
September, 1986 | Ch.09: Los Angeles, CA | |
September, 1986 | Ch.11: Los Angeles, CA | |
September 15, 1986 | Comment on drug testing | 3 min. |
September 23, 1986 | Nightlife David Brenner interviews FZ, Dweezil, Moon (Fox TV) | 16 min. |
October 11, 1986 (also listed as November 10, 1986) | Rock 'N Roll Evening News—subject is censorship (MTV) | 9 min. |
October 24, 1986 | California People Los Angeles | 5 min. |
October 31, 1986 | People Are Talking Phila.—partial interview (KYW TV) | 4 min. |
November 7, 1986 | Dweezil Zappa—"Let's Talk About It" (Music video) | 4 min. |
November 21, 1986 | The Late Show with Joan Rivers (FOX TV) | 10 min. |
November 29, 1985 | West Coast Story: Frontiers Of New Music (BBC 2) | 75 min. |
November 29, 1986 | Rock 'N Roll Evening News | 8 min. |
December 7-11, 1986 | Future Shock Week—guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV) | 8 min. |
December 19, 1986 | Sigma TV Interview | |
c. January, 1987 | "G-Spot Tornado" | 3 min. |
January 15, 1987 | Video From Hell directed by FZ | 62 min. |
1987 | Bunny, Bunny, Bunny directed by FZ | |
March 5, 1987 | Nightlife with David Brenner—interview (Fox TV) | 13 min. |
March 8, 1987 | MTV's Closet Classics—Dweezil VJ's MTV—Frank is a guest (MTV) | 39 min. |
March 22, 1987 | Lean On Me (WOR) | 5 min. |
April 11, 1987 | ABC News—feature on Larry Flynt, comment by FZ (ABC TV) | 3 min. |
1987 | The Night School TV Show Project | |
May 30, 1987 | Howard Stern FOX Pilot#4, episode 104 (FOX TV) | 9 min. |
June 13, 1987 | Crossfire CNN TV | 22 min. |
June 21, 1987 | The Robertson Report | |
June 28, 1987 | The Cutting Edge (MTV) | 4 min. |
June 28, 1987 | IRS Show—includes G-Spot Tornado video (MTV) | 8 min. |
July, 1987 | Ch.02: Los Angeles, CA (TV) | |
July 16, 1987 | Nightline (ABC TV) | 12 min. |
August 7, 1987 | John Barbour's Live Friday Night Talk Show (KHJ TV) | 43 min. |
c. 1987 | "Peaches En Regalia" | 3 min. |
September 15, 1987 | Uncle Meat directed by FZ | 100 min. |
September 22, 1987 | Danish TV | 2 min. |
November 18, 1987 | We Are What We Watch—promo for new company Honker Video (USA Night Flight) | 25 min. |
1988? | Behind The Stage Door—The Groupie StoryGroupies Report | 5 min. |
1988 | The Oprah Winfrey Show | 34 min. |
c. early 1988 | "Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk" rehearsal | |
February 2, 1988 | Palace Theater, Albany, NY | |
February 2, 1988 | FZ Photos By Marc DeCarlo w/Audience recordings (Palace Theater, Albany, NY?) | 49 min. |
February 4, 1988 | Beacon Theatre, NYC—audience recording | 130 min. |
February 5, 1988 | Beacon Theatre, NYC—audience recording | 12 min. |
February 5, 1988 | Beacon Theatre, NYC. Voter Registration | 8 min. |
February 6, 1988 | Beacon Theatre, NYC—audience recording | 72 min. |
February 4-5, 1988 | FZ Photos By Marc DeCarlo w/Audience recordings (Beacon Theatre, NYC?) | 49 min. |
February 9, 1988 | Steve Blame Interviews FZ (MTV Europe) | 9 min. |
February 10, 1988 | Boston League Of Women Voters (TV) | 20 min. |
February 10, 1988 | CBS Nightwatch—interview (CBS TV) | 15 min. |
February 12, 1988 | Zappa! Ballet—Detroit, MI | 60 min. |
February 12, 1988 | Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA (soundcheck and rehearsal) | 30 min. |
February 12, 1988 | Action News, Philadelphia (WPVI TV) | 1 min. |
February 14, 1988 | Talking With Frank Zappa . . . Some More with Chuck Ash (Penn. State Police) | 26 min. |
February 19, 1988 | Everyone, That Is Except Frank Zappa!—League Of Women Voters—Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA | 24 min. |
February 26-28, 1988 | Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, MI | |
March 2, 1988 | The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS TV) | |
March 5, 1988 | ABC News—World News Saturday (ABC TV) | 3 min. |
March 5, 1988 | Music Hall, Cleveland, OH | 120 min. |
March 6, 1988 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH | |
March 9, 1988 | Buffalo After Midnight—Shea's Theater, Buffalo, NY (1 Song, 2 Interviews) | 30 min. |
March 11, 1988 | Kippevel—Interview w/ video clips | 22 min. |
March 11, 1988 | War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY | 11 min. |
March 16, 1988 | NewsWatch10, Channel 10, Providence, RI | 3 min. |
March 17, 1988 | WBNG Interview, Binghamton, NY | |
March 20, 1988 | Rothman Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ | |
March 26, 1988 | Week In Rock (MTV) | 3 min. |
March 26, 1988 | Taboo Video (MTV) | 2 min. |
March 28, 1988 | CBS This Morning (CBS TV) | 6 min. |
c. April, 1988 | MTV Register To Vote | 1 min. |
April 1, 1988 | Today Show (NBC TV) | 5 min. |
April 7, 1988 | Nightflight Scandinavia | 14 min. |
April 10, 1988 | IT1 (TF1, France) | 2 min. |
April 11, 1988 | Abendschau (SFB1, Germany) | 2 min. |
April 12, 1988 | Rock T.L. (RTLPlus, Germany) | 17 min. |
April 14, 1988 | Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany | 120 min., aud. |
April 19, 1988 | Wembley Stadium, London, UK—Backstage interview (BBC TV) | 7 min. |
April 26, 1988 | Sydnytt (SVT, Malmö, Sweden) | 3 min. |
April 26, 1988 | Olympen, Lund, Sweden | 120 min., aud. |
April 27, 1988 | Nattpatrullen (Oslo, Norway) | |
April 28, 1988 | Norway Press Conference & Interview | 43 min. & 10 min. |
May 1, 1988 | Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden | 100 min., aud. |
May 2, 1988 | Kippevel (interview + clips) | 23 min. |
May 5, 1988 | Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany | Aud. |
May 7, 1988 | Nightflight Scandinavia (interview & concert) | 14 min. |
May 8, 1988 | Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria | 75 min., aud. rec. |
c. April-May, 1988 | German Interview 1988 | |
May 13, 1988 | Zappa On Zappa (BBC TV) | 8 min. |
May 13, 1988 | Bilbao, Spain | |
May 14, 1988 | Informe Semanal (TVE, Spain) | |
May 14, 1988 | Auditorio de la Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain | |
May 17, 1988 | Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona, Spain (TV) | 135 min. |
May 27, 1988 | Bains de minuit—Interview by Ardisson (5, France) | 9 min. |
May 25, 1988 | Rosengarten/Mozartsaal, Mannheim, Germany | 135 min., aud. |
c. June 2, 1988 | Interview w/ Black Page excerpt (Videomusic, Italy) | 3 min. |
1988 | Italian Tour ad—just pics from the Jazz From Hell album cover (Rai-Uno Italian TV) | 1 min. |
June 29, 1988 | The Tonight Show hosted by Jay Leno (NBC TV) | 9 min. |
July 6, 1988 | Kippenvel: Holland (TV) | |
July 2, 1988 | P.I.T. (3Sat) | 10 min. |
August 26, 1988 |
Rock Arena (ABC, Australia)—"You Are What You Is" & Dweezil's "My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama" videoclips |
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August 31, 1988 | Good Morning Australia (Network Ten, Australia) | 7 min. |
September 24, 1988 | Documentary on Essen w/ Oh, In The Sky (B&W GERMAN TV) | 6 min. |
October, 1988 | Unidentified Interview | |
1988 | 60 min. | |
c. October, 1988 | Zappa & Kuryokhin | |
November 8, 1988 | USA TODAY (Fox TV) | 1 min. |
November 11, 1988 | Satellite Of Love (Kanal-1, Swedish TV) | 59 min. |
c. 1988 | Unidentified Interview (Sweden TV?) | |
December 10, 1988 | Cover Story—profile (USA Network) | 23 min. |
December 19, 1988 | Showbiz Today (CNN) | 3 min. |
1984-89 | US Interviews | 120 min. |
c. 1989? | Rudi Dolezal & FZ in LA | |
January 31, 1989 | The True Story Of 200 Motels directed by FZ | 59 min. |
1989 | Funny directed by Bran Ferren | 60 min. |
1989? | The Cutting Edge (MTV) | 1 min. |
1989 | Frank Zappa—20 Jahre Extravaganza (X-Large, Austrian TV) | 45 min. |
February, 1989 | German TV Special | |
February, 1989 | "Schöner Poesie Is Krampf..."—Internationale Essener Songtage 1968 (West 3, Germany) | 9 min. |
February, 1989 | Mcneil-Leherer Report (TV) | |
c. 1989 | "Night School" (Bruce Bickford clay animation) | 4 min. |
February 1, 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (FOX TV) | 12 min. |
March 3, 1989 | FZ Phone Interview with Chris Boulet | 18 min., aud. |
March 20, 1989 | MTV Deja Video Clip (Mention) (TV) | |
April?, 1989 | Prozor (TVZ, Zagreb, Yugoslavia) | 15 min. |
May 15, 1989 | The Amazing Mr. Bickford by FZ & Bruce Bickford | 52 min. |
June, 1989 | Satellite Of Love Sweden (TV) | |
June, 1989 | Vara Holland (TV) | |
June 5, 1989 | Larry King Live (CNN TV) | 13 min. |
June 6, 1989 | FZ signing his book in NYC | 1 min. |
June 7, 1989 | The Today Show (NBC TV) | 5 min. |
June 9, 1989 | CBS This Morning (interview) | 15 min. |
June 9, 1989 | In The Spotlight New Haven, CT(?) (CH.8) | 3 min. |
June 12, 1989 | Mothers Day (TV) | |
June 13, 1989 | MTV News (TV) | |
June 19, 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (FOX TV) | 10 min. |
June 19, 1989 | About Home Studios—Los Angeles, CA (KNBC TV) | 2 min. |
June 21, 1989 | Fuera de serie (Ibiza 92 Special) (TVE, Spain) | 80 min. |
June 28, 1989 | Fuera de serie (Ibiza 92 Special) (TVE, Spain)—FZ as guest MC | 65 min. |
July 3, 1989 | Headline News (CNN TV) | 2 min. |
September 7, 1989 | Showbiz Today (NBC TV) | 5 min. |
November 7, 1989 | Focus—Frank is guest (FNN TV) | 20 min. |
November 12, 1989 | Pro-Choice Rally, Rancho Park, LA, CA | |
November 16, 1989 | Crossfire—The Art Of Censorship? (CNN TV) | 22 min. |
November 22, 1989 | Circus Of The Stars #14 (CBS) | |
December 1, 1989 | MTV Fineline (GTV, Australia) | 1 min. |
December 1, 1989 |
MTV Satellite Interview (GTV, Australia) |
11 min. |
December 13, 1989 | Decade (MTV) | 1 h. |
c. 1989 | Unidentified interview c. 1989 | |
January 6, 1990 | MTV Week In Rock (TV) | |
January 7, 1990 | MTV Week In Rock—talks about drug legalization (MTV) | 3 min. |
January 20, 1990 | FZ in Prague, Czechoslovakia (private) | 444 min. |
January 22, 1990 | "Frank Zappa v Praze" (Televizní noviny, Československá televize) | 4 min. |
January 24, 1990 | MTV News—FZ in Czechoslovakia (MTV) | 1 min. |
January 30, 1990 | CBS This Morning (CBS TV) | 5 min. |
January 30, 1990 | Business Tonight (FNN) | 5 min. |
February 1, 1990 | MTV News Clip | 1 min. |
February, 1990 | MTV Interview | |
February 26, 1990 | FNN Focus—FZ is guest host (FNN) | 24 min. |
February 27, 1990 | FNN Focus—FZ is guest host (FNN) | 23 min. |
February 27, 1990 | Hard Copy—Subject is censorship, short FZ clip (NBC TV) | 5 min. |
February 28, 1990 | FNN Focus—FZ is guest host (FNN) | 21 min. |
March 22, 1990 | Today Show (NBC TV) | 4 min. |
March 25, 1990 | Alaska: Outrage At Valdez (TBS) | 48 min. |
c. April, 1990 | Frank Zappa Two Way for Nu Joysy | |
April 8, 1990 | Musik Werkstatt (ZDF TV, Germany) | 15 min. |
May 12, 1990 | Saturday Night Live (Spoof) | |
June, 1990 | Zappa V Praze (Czech TV) | 30 min. |
June, 1990 | Zappa V Praze (Czech TV, pre-broadcast) | 62 min. |
1990 | Pražákum, tem je hej by Karel Smyczek (aka Prager leben gut) including "Fine Girl" videoclip | 93 min. |
June 6, 1990 | Ch.09: Los Angeles, CA (TV) | |
June 8, 1990 | NBC: Los Angeles, CA (TV) | |
July 17, 1990 | The Journal (CBC TV, Canada) | 7 min. |
September 18, 1990 | Sex In The 90's (MTV) | 1 min. |
c. 1990 | Lost Interview c. 1990 | |
c. 1990-93 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose—an episode of sitcom used "You Are What You Is". | |
c. 1991 | Unidentified Interview | |
1991 | Portland General Electric Ad | |
April 14, 1991 | The Naked Truth—Tom Arnold Special (HBO TV) | 1 min. |
May 20, 1991 | Today Show (NBC TV) | 1 min. |
May 27, 1991 | Bain De Minnit (French TV) | 9 min. |
June 4, 1991 | Showbiz Today (CNN TV) | 4 min. |
June 24, 1991 | "Adieu CA", Nahranove Sportoni Hale, Prague, Czechoslavakia | |
June 30, 1991 | Taban Szinpada—Budapest, Hungary (Maygar TV 2) | 43 min. |
June 30, 1991 | FZ In Budapest—Bucse jam & nightclub | 84 min. |
June 30, 1991 | Eridqnus—Hungarian Documentary | 52 min., aud. |
1991 | Stúdió (MTV, Hungary) | 8 min. |
1991 | Bobby Brown (Hungarian TV) | 3 min. |
1991 | Zappafest—FZ in Hungary (Hungarian TV) | 27 min. |
July 1, 1991 | POP11—FZ visit to Budapest clips | 11 min. |
July, 1991 | FZ & The Ensemble Modern in LA | |
July 21, 1991 | The New Music (Canadian TV) | 10 min. |
August 13, 1991 | IT1 20h (TF1, France) | 2 min. |
August 23, 1991 | Raw Power—interview & pier footage (BBC TV) | 7 min. |
August 31, 1991 | Raw Power (ITV) | 7 min. |
September 7, 1991 | Seattle Power and Light TV Ad (KOIN TV) | 1 min. |
September 22, 1991 | Hopela—promo film from Flo & Eddie period, shows Mothers in London. (Dutch TV) | 4 min. |
October 10, 1991 | Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko by Henning Lohner | 60 min. |
October 24, 1991 | Your Vote—FZ as host/narrator (TLC) | 28 min. |
November 7, 1991 | Various News Spots on Frank's cancer—announcement by Moon & Dweezil | 6 min. |
November 30, 1991 | Sounds Of The 60s: 1968-9—In Living Colour (BBC 2) | 30 min. |
December 3, 1991 | Geraldo—Groupie Report | 1 min. |
December 11, 1991 | Ivo Niehe—Profile (TROS DUTCH TV2) | 19 min. |
January-April, 1992 | The Class Of The 20th Century (A&E) | 10 hours. |
1992 | Class of the 20th Century—(A&E) | 1 min. |
1992 | Culturesending on Arte—Yellow Shark (Germany AIDA) | 9 min. |
1992 | Yellow Shark—comments and press conference (Austrian TV) | 2 min. |
June 1, 1992 | From The Vault (zappa.com) | |
July, 1992 | FZ & The Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt | |
July 21, 1992 | Yellow Shark press conference (Frankfurt Germany) | 85 min. |
August 15, 1992 | Ren & Stimpy—Powdered Toast Man (Nickelodeon) | 19 min. |
August 17, 1992 | Devórame 2 (TVE 2, Spain) | 7 min. |
September 16, 1992 | Rehearsals for Yellow Shark, Alte Oper, Frankfurt | 36 min. |
September, 1992 | Interview in Frankfurt | |
September 17, 1992 | E! News Daily (E! TV) | 1 min. |
September 17, 1992 | AAAFNRAA. Yellow Shark Rehearsals (German PPV) | 30 min. |
September 17, 1992 | The Yellow Shark (Premiere, German PPV) | 88 min. |
September 17, 1992 | Frank Zappa—25 Jahre Extravaganza (DoRo) | 29 min. |
September 16-17, 1992 | Backstage footage from Yellow Shark, Alte Oper, Frankfurt | 4 min. |
September 23, 1992 | E! News Daily—Telephone Interview With Howard Stern | 10 min. |
September 24, 1992 | CNN Headline News—3 clips (CNN TV) | 1 min. |
October 21, 1992 | MTV election spot (MTV) | 1 min. |
October 23, 1992 | Democracy In Action, Pheonix Arizona (KAET TV) | 3 min. |
c. October, 1992 | Aida (German TV) | 3 min. |
December 21, 1992 | Entertainment Tonight—birthday spot (NBC TV) | 1 min. |
1993 | Rykodisc Retail Reel #5 | |
1993 | BBC TV special—documentary, with new BBC68 footage | 90 min. |
1993 | Beastiak Beasts—animation to G-Spot/Cleetus | 8 min. |
January 8, 1993 | "Salad Party 93" (BBC raw footage) | 90 min. |
March 11, 1993 | The Late Show (BBC-2 TV) | 48 min. |
1993 | The Revenge Of The Dead Indians by Henning Lohner | 130 min. |
May 14, 1993 | Today Show (NBC TV) | 10 min. |
June 27, 1993 | E! Howard Stern interviews Moon with FZ call-in | 22 min. |
July 11, 1993 | Amerikanische Traeume (Varese & Zappa) (ZDF German TV) | 8 min. |
July, 1993 | FZ & Ensemble Modern Warner Bros. Soundstage, Burbank, California | |
August, 1993 | BBC-2 TV video compilation—all but two vids are commercial releases (BBC-2 TV) | 86 min. |
c. October, 1993 | Interview about Slonimsky | 1 min. |
December 6, 1993 | CNN Prime News (CNN TV) | 4 min. |
December 6, 1993 | Entertainment Tonight (NBC TV) | 3 min. |
December 6, 1993 | MTV News At Night—interviews JCB & MIchael Gray (MTV ENGLAND) | 9 min. |
December 6, 1993 | Showbiz Today—FZ Tribute (CNN) | 3 min. |
December 6, 1993 | Tagesthemen (German news) | 3 min. |
December 6, 1993 | Various Memorial Clips | |
December 11, 1993 | Talkin' Jazz FZ Tribute—Peaches & G-Spot video (Superchannel) | 8 min. |
December 11, 1993 | The Week In Rock (MTV) | 3 min. |
December 16, 1993 | Sista Filmen—Documentary | 30 min. |
December, 1993 | A.M Philadelphia (WPVI TV) | 2 min. |
December, 1993 | The Year in Rock (MTV) | 1 min. |
January 7, 1994 | An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa (Videomusic, Italy) | 78 min. |
January 16, 1994 | Much Music Special (Canadian TV) | 12 min. |
January 19, 1994 | The Last Extravaganza Arte Special | 48 min. |
January, 1994 | Mystery Science Theater 3000—Tribute (COM) | 1 min. |
January, 1994 |
Rage (ABC, Australia)—Slash introduces the "You Are What You Is" videoclip |
5 min. |
1994 | A Touch Of Genius—The Life And Times Of Nicolas Slonimsky/The First 100 Years by John Huszar | 57 min. |
1994 | Moka Choc—FZ Portrait (Italian TV) | 13 min. |
March 5-June 11, 1994 | Duckman—series (USA Network) | |
May 23, 1994 | The Crazy World Of Frank Zappa (World Video Distributors) | 20 min. |
c. July, 1994 | Tuvans Invade America, directed by Jeff Cook. | 90 min. |
August 17, 1994 | Biography Promos—4 promos for 08/18 show (A&E) | 1 min. |
August 18, 1994 | A&E Biography (TV) | 46 min. |
September 24, 1994 | London Plus Interview | 6 min. |
October, 1994 | Beavis And Butthead—"Canoe" ("You Are What You Is" videoclip) | |
December, 1994 | Ein Leben als Extravaganza—Das Genie Frank Zappa by Rudi Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher (DoRo, 1993; ZDF, Germany, 1994) | 50 min. |
January 18, 1995 | Induction to R&R Hall of Fame—with Lou Reed and Moon (MTV) | 10 min. |
July 1, 1995 | Celebrity Photographers—F,A & D (E!) | 3 min. |
October, 1995 | Strictly Commercial Ad (Ch 31 Melbourne) | 1 min. |
December 7, 1995 | Die Frühen Mutter: Frank Zappa—Jam Folge 19 (Viva II) | 45 min. |
December 16, 1995 | Vilnius Zappa Statue | 3 min. |
1995 | Psychomania: The Best Of Psychedelic Rock | |
January 28, 1996 | Friends #2.13 | |
March 29, 1996 | Peter Rundel interviewed by Bas Andriessen | 12 min. |
September 15, 1996 | The Straight Dope (A&E) | 3 min. |
1996 | The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll | |
1996 | Live From Greenwich Village | |
1996 | Sex Hygiene Scare Films, Vol. 2 Something Weird Video | |
1996 | Zappa's Joe's Garage, 1996 | 2 min. |
Unknown date | Amerika (VHS tape) | 180 min. |
August 19, 1997 | Rock Cults: The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart (BBC2) | |
November 22, 1997 | Bogdie Dada (ABC-TV) | |
1997 | Happy Together (Cheun gwong tsa sit) by Wong Kar-Wai | 93 min. |
1997 | The Ice Storm by Ang Lee | 113 min. |
January 30, 1999 | Pamela Des Barres biography | |
March 22, 1999 | Antiques Roadshow (PBS) | |
May 5, 1999 | WDR TV documentary (Germany) | |
August, 1999 | Biography Channel Commercial | |
1999 | The Male Swagger | |
June 23, 2000 | My Wasted Life (BBC 2, UK) | 30 min. |
July 2, 2000 | Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die by Frank Scheffer (VPRO) | 52 min. |
2000 | Hollywood Rocks The Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) AMC-TV (includes footage from The Big T.N.T. Show) | |
2000 | In The Ocean by Frank Scheffer | 52 min. |
December, 2000 | 100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock #36: Frank Zappa (VH1) | 2 min. |
December 25, 2000 | The Roxy Performances (Trailer) (zappa.com) | 3 min. |
May 6, 2001 | Y tu mamá también by Alfonso Cuarón | 105 min. |
2001 | Plaster Caster by Jessica Villines | 97 min. |
2001 | VH-1 Groupies show | |
April 21, 2002 | Warning: Parental Advisory by Mark Waters (VH1) | 100 min. |
June 20, 2002 | Frank Zappa: Phase Two—The Big Note by Frank Scheffer (VPRO) | 90 min. |
March 8, 2003 | Metropolis (Arte) | 9 min. |
May 9, 2003 | Aspekte (ZDF) | 7 min. |
September 11, 2003 | September 11: Bearing Witness To History (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX) | 10 min. |
October 29, 2003 | Conspiracies Episode 5: The truth behind Satan's servants... (TECH TV) | |
November 26, 2003 | Musikbyrån (Swedish TV, SVT2) | 35 min. |
December 7, 2003 | The E! True Story Hollywood #314. Rock Star Daughters | |
December 11, 2003 | Surround Music Awards Presentation | 2 min. |
January 23, 2004 | Dweezil & Lisa "St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast Party" (Food Network) | |
2004 | Vinilo. La historia del rock. Frank Zappa (MuchMusic, Argentina) | 26 min. |
2004 |
Here's A Piano I Prepared Earlier: Experimental Music In The 1960s (BBC Four) |
50 min. |
March 13, 2005 | Derailroaded by Josh Rubin | 86 min. |
July 21, 2005 | Trafic.Musique (France 2) | 15 min. |
July 14, 2006 | I Love The 70s: Volume 2 Episode #10: 1979 (VH1) | 60 min. |
December 8, 2006 | Classic Albums: Over-Nite Sensation/Apostrophe (') (NRK 1, Norway) | 50 min. |
December, 2006 | U2 "Window In The Skies" | 4 min. |
April 22 & 29, 2007 | Frank Zappa—A Pioneer Of The Future Of Music, parts I & II by Frank Scheffer (Nederland 2) | 120 min. |
November 26, 2007 | Frank Zappa—Music In Review (DVD, Classic Rock Legends) | 65 min. |
June 25, 2008 | Vinyl—Rock & Pop Geschichten—1968 (EinsFestival, Germany) | 28 min. |
August 28, 2008 | Roboter essen kein Sauerkraut. Die Anfaenge deutscher Rockmusik (Arte, Germany) | 90 min. |
December 12, 2008 | The Story Of Beat-Club 1968-1970 (DVD, ARD Video) | 3 min. |
2008 | The Wrecking Crew by Denny Tedesco | 98 min. |
February 16, 2009 | Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention—In The 1960s (DVD) | 134 min. |
November 13, 2009 | Regional Info, France 3 | 2 min. |
February 22, 2010 | Frank Zappa—The Freak-Out List (DVD) | 88 min. |
April 1, 2010 | Joe Travers—Vaultmeister (zappa.com) | 9 min. |
April 8, 2010 | Le Dispositif 46—Rituel de la décapitation du Pape by Thomas Bertray & Pacôme Thiellement | 19 min. |
September 19, 2010 | Zappa Back In Baltimore (ABC 2) | 2 min. |
December 4, 2010 | Today In History (AP) | 2 min. |
December 11, 2010 | Visión 7 Internacional (Televisión Pública Argentina) | 3 min. |
c. December 21, 2010 | Metropolis (Cmais+, Brazil) | 12 min. |
March 9, 2011 | Ed Mann: Frank Zappa Collaborator (Breakfast Television, Edmonton) | 4 min. |
December 31, 2011 | "Montana" (3sat & ZDFkultur) | 3 min. |
January 20, 2012 | 1982: L'estate de Frank (Salvo Cuccia, Rai Storia, Italy) | 30 min. |
May 31, 2012 | ZDF heute nacht (ZDF) | 3 min. |
July 17, 2012 | History Detectives (PBS) | 14 min. |
October 13, 2012 | The Legends Of Laurel Canyon by Tina Malave (Eye On LA, ABC7) | 60 min. |
November 28, 2012 | Ritual Of Pope Decapitation—Teaser by Thomas Bertray & Pacôme Thiellement | 2 min. |
December 19, 2012 | Frank Zappa Bio: Life And Career (Watchmojo) | 8 min. |
2012 | Where's The Beer And When Do We Get Paid? by Sigrun Köhler and Wiltrud Baier (Böller und Brot) | 86 min. |
June 20, 2013 | Frank Zappa's Classical Come-Back (Financial Times Videos) | 7 min. |
July 26, 2013 | Ruhm ohne Richtum (ZDF) | 3 min. |
August 28, 2013 | Todavía es temprano (TV Pública, Argentina) | 10 min. |
August 29, 2013 | Summer 82 When Frank Zappa Came To Sicily by Salvo Cuccia | 83 min. |
2013 | Frank Zappa—Mini Biography (Biography.com) | 5 min. |
October 27, 2013 | Sostiene Bollani (Rai 3) | 8 min. |
November 5, 2013 | Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin (Bob Smeaton) | 120 min. |
December 4, 2013 | La tinta y la imagen: Frank Zappa (Milenio Televisión, Mexico) | 4 min. |
December 8, 2013 | Pierre Boulez, le geste musical (France 5) | 52 min. |
December 17, 2013 | "Cheepnis" (iTunes) | 10 min. |
May 14, 2014 | Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water (Official Film Clip) | 6 min. |
May 16, 2014 | Uhr Die kurze Nacht der langen Haare (ARD, Germany) | 155 min. |
2014 | Frank Zappa—1969-1973—Freak Jazz, Movie Madness & Another Mothers | |
September 4, 2015 | Roxy—The Movie (Trailer) | 2 min. |
October 14, 2015 | Roxy—The Movie (premiere at Grauman's Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles, CA) | 116 min. |
January 17, 2016 | Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words / Teaser | 1 min. |
January 25, 2016 | Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words by Thorsten Schütte | 90 min. |
January 12, 2017 | "Llegan las rock stars" Ochéntame otra vez (LA 2, RTVE, Spain) | 49 min. |
March 17, 2017 | Zapped—Frank Zappa par Frank Zappa (Arte TV, France) | 61 min. |
Frank Zappa—The Man And His Music (unreleased) | ||
Frank Zappa: Civilization Phaze III by Frank Scheffer | ||
Freak Out In Cucamonga by Adam Fiorenza | ||
December 21, 2014 | Ritual Of Pope Decapitation by Thomas Bertray & Pacôme Thiellement | |
2017 | Who The F*@% Is Frank Zappa by Alex Winter |
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