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FZ Videography

The Official Videos

October 27, 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.
January 15, 1988 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.

The Main List

1940-64

c. 1956-58 "Mixed Media Presentation" Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, CA 10 min.
c. 1958-62 Early Blackouts Footage Unknown place and date B&W
c. May, 1962 Experimental Films Projected On Don Preston's Garage  
June, 1962 The World's Greatest Sinner directed by Timothy Carey (music by Frank Zappa) 82 min. B&W, 35mm
c. 1962-63 "G-Spot Tornado"  
c. 1962-63 Early Recording Studio Footage Unknown place and date Color
March 14, 1963 (first aired on March 27, 1963) The Steve Allen Show ABC Channel 5 17 min. B&W

1965-69

c. 1965 The Mothers at Mondo Hollywood party Color
December 15, 1965 Run Home, Slow directed by Tim Sullivan (music by Frank Zappa) 78 min. B&W
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 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)  
c. September-October, 1966 The David Susskind Show Hosted by David Susskind  
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 Theater Footage Garrick Theater, NYC, NY  
1967 News Report On Garrick Theater  
c. Spring-Summer, 1967 Garrick Theater Pipco T-shirt footage  
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-August, 1967 We're Only In It For The Money Recording Sessions Footage Mayfair or Apostolic Studios, NYC, NY Color
1967 We're Only In It For The Money Recording Sessions Footage Mayfair or Apostolic Studios, NYC, NY B&W
September 16, 1967 From The Bitter End Hosted by Fred Weintraub WOR-TV NYC, NY 10 min.
September, 1967 Garrick Theater, NYC, NY  
September, 1967 London, 1967  
September 23, 1967 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK  
September 24, 1967 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands  
c. September 29-30, 1967 Swedish Press Coverage Silent, 5 Min, A-
October 9, 1967 Hoepla VPRO, Netherlands B&W 5 min.
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 Allan 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 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.
c. September 28, 1968 FZ Interview, Germany, 1968  
c. September, 1968 Unidentified "King Kong" Performance  
September 28, 1968 Internationale Essener Songtage 1968 Grugahalle, Essen, Germany 50 min.
October 6, 1968 Beat Club Radio Bremen TV, Bremen, Germany  
c. October 12, 1968 Vienna & Vienna Woods, Austria 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 TV Studio, Paris, France B&W 10 min.
October 23, 1968 Colour Me Pop BBC2 TV 31 min.
c. October 24, 1968 Festival Hall Rehearsal Seven Sisters Road, London, UK  
October 25, 1968 Royal Festival Hall London, UK  
c. 1968-69 Unidentified MOI live footage, c. 1968-69  
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.
c. November-December, 1968 MOI live footage Los Angeles, CA Filmed by Cal Schenkel  
c. 1968-69 GTOs with The Mothers on stage B&W
Early 1968 Captain Beefheart  
Early 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
1969 El último grito (TVE 2, Spain) -- photomontage of The MOI 2 min.
1969 "Sleeping In A Jar" (animation set to the song)  
August 3, 1969 Atlantic City Pop Festival Atlantic City Race Track, Atlantic City, NJ 8 mm audience film, 4 min., no sound
August 19, 1969 TV Show CJOH-TV Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  
August 27, 1969 Medium Cool directed by Haskell Wexler 107 min.
October 24-28, 1969 Music Power directed by Jerome Laperrousaz (Actuel Festival, Mont de I'Enclus in Amougies, Belgium)  

1970-75

c. May, 1970 Shooting of Uncle Meat at Zappa's house, Hollywood Ranch Market and Wadleigh Maurice edit room  
June 18, 1970 Piknik VPRO TV Uddel, Netherlands  
June 19, 1970 Radio Bremen TV Interview Bremen, Germany 4 min.
June, 1970 UK Press Conference  
c. 1970? Lieder-Liches Radio Bremen TV, Bremen, Germany 39 min.
1970 Shooting for VPRO at Zappa Home, Woodrow Wilson Dr.  
Fall 1970 Sunday Night Magazine Show CBC, Canada 10 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 15, 1970 Palais Gaumont, Paris 20 min. B&W/color
January 9, 1971 Pop 2 (ORTF, France) 40 min.
January 16, 1971 Pop 2 (ORTF, France) 40 min.
January-February, 1971 Shooting of 200 Motels Pinewood Studios, UK  
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  
  Report on Royal Albert Hall banning (UK TV) 2 min. B&W
May 8, 1971 Pop 2 (ORTF, France) 40 min.
June 5, 1971 The Mothers with John & Yoko. Fillmore East, NYC, NY 24 min.
September 23, 1971 What's My Line?  
1971 200 Motels Theatrical Trailer 3 min.
October 27, 1971 Frank Zappa's 200 Motels directed by Tony Palmer & Frank Zappa 98 min.
November, 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
1972 Stork (movie with poster excerpts)  
  The Merv Griffin Show  
1973 Space Boy directed by Renate Druks  
May 9, 1973 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ  
May 18, 1973 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY  
June, 1973 Australian interview 17 min. B&W
June, 1973 Australian concert rehearsal 6 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
August 21, 1973 Soliden, 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.
c. August-September, 1973 Unidentified 1973 Concert Footage 2 min.
Late 1973 Oppåpoppa Special Swedish TV 55 min.
December 8-10, 1973 The Roxy Performances The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA 4 hours
c. 1973-74 Mothers On Tour (home movies)  
c. 1973 Kennedy & Company ABC-TV, Chicago  
early 1974 Bolic Sound Studios  
1974 Apostrophe by Cal Schenkel 43 s.
1971-74 Cal Schenkel's Reel by Cal Schenkel 11 min.
May-October, 1974 NBC TV (13 part series)  
May, 1974 Chicago, WIZZ TV 10 min. (audio)
August 27, 1974 A Token Of His Extreme KCET Sound Stage B Los Angeles, CA  
September 6, 1974 Rome, Italy  
September 7, 1974 Speakeasy WNBC-4, NY  
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

 
1974 or 1975 The Down And Dirty Duck by Charles Swenson 70 min.

1976-80

January, 1976 Norman Gunston Show ABC, Australia 4 min.
January 30, 1976 The Midnight Special NBC TV 11 min.
March 8, 1976 Paris, France  
March 18, 1976 Rockpalast (WDR) -- short interview 1 min.
October 28, 1976 The Mike Douglas Show NBC TV 15 min.
October-November, 1976 Zappa Band (with Bianca)  
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  
May 21, 1977 All You Need Is Love -- Episode 15 -- All Along The Watchtower: Sour Rock by Tony Palmer 52 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  
September 8, 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  
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 27, 1979 Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV 7 min.
c. April, 1979 Village Recorders, LA  
May 18, 1979 Dinah! (CBS TV) 13 min.
December, 1979 Make Me Laugh 6 min.
December, 1979 Profile: Washington, DC (tv) 1 min.
December, 1979 Make Me Laugh--Backstage Outtake 1 min.
December 21, 1979 Baby Snakes by Frank Zappa (premiere at Victoria Theater, NYC, NY) 165 min.
December, 1979 or January, 1980 Dance Fever 5 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.
March 16, 1980 Sunday At Le Lycée Français De Los Angeles KNBC, LA, Interview by Kelly Lange 10 min.
April 6, 1980 Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA  
c. April 6, 1980 NewsCenter 4 KNBC, LA, Interview by Kelly Lange 7 min.
c. 1980 Interview (with Dutch subtitles) 1 min.
May 8, 1980 Mudd Club, NYC, NY  
May 10, 1980 Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA  
c. 1980 Frank Zappa: New York und Anderswo by Rudolf Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher 45 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.
October 12, 1980 Albuquerque, NM 8 min.
c. October 12, 1980 Albuquerque, NM -- News Story 3 min.
1980 Chorus hosted by Antoine de Caunes (Antenne 2) 41 min.
November 12, 1980 St. Louis Probe (Interview and Q&A from audience) 22 min.
December 9, 1980 San Diego, CA TV  

1981-84

1981 FZ Interviews FZ 5 min.
1981 The New Music (Canadian TV interview) 10 min.
February 9, 1981 Tomorrow Coast To Coast (interview with Dr Demento?) 12 min.
March 7, 1981 Saturday Night Live (no FZ appearance)  
August 17, 1981 The Stanley Siegel Show (ABC TV) 17 min.
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 (KBCS-TV) 9 min.
c. late 1981 Video Telethon (London TV) 6 min.
1982 The Torture Never Stops 116 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)  
May, 1982 Les Roadies--the story of FZ's roadies in France 26 min.
May 28, 1982 Palais des Sports, St. Etienne, France  
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 9, 1982 Ex Mattatoio do Testaccio, Rome, Italy  
July 14, 1982 Stadio Communale La Favorita, Palermo, Italy  
July 31, 1982 FM TV--Profile 8 min.
1982 Valley Girl TV Performance by Moon 4 min.
August 4, 1982 Today Show--Interview W/ Frank, Moon, Dweez (NBC) 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 Uncle Meat shooting  
September 18, 1982 Hollywood Closeup--interview 4 min.
September 21, 1982 Good Morning America--interview (ABC) 5 min.
October 31, 1982 CBS News Nightwatch  
October 31, 1982 The Dub Room Special! by Frank Zappa (premiere at Ritz Theater, NYC) 90 min.
November 1, 1982 Interview with John A. Gallagher 21 min.
November, 1982 Bio Days, Bio Nights (Manhattan Cable) 21 min.
1983 unknown location (European tv)  
1980s The Rock And Roll Years BBC TV 3 min.
1983 Cocaine Blues by John Langley 52 min
1983 Photo Play--Frank comments on Hollywood 1 min.
1983 Takeoff--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) broadcast 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, 1983 Unidentified UK TV show 1 min.
January 10, 1983 Newsnight (BBC TV) 9 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.
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 Nightwatch--interview w/ Frank, Moon, Dweez (CBS TV) 12 min.
November 2, 1983 Live At Five--Frank, Moon, Dweezil (New York) 7 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)  
1984 Grace Slick Interviews FZ 15 min.
February, 1984 Rock Palace (USA?) (TV)  
February 1, 1984 Livewire--Frank & Moon, Children's TV show, Q&A from audience (Nickelodeon) 16 min.
February 11, 1984 Rockplace--strange interview by Grace Slick 6 min.
February 28, 1984 Nightwatch CBS TV 10 min.
March 30, 1984 Thicke Of The Night--interview (TV) 9 min.
May 20, 1984 The Life Of Francesco Zappa lecture Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA  
May 21, 1984 Entertainment Tonight (TV)  
May 30, 1984 Thicke Of The Night--interview (TV) 11 min.
June 15, 1984 "A Zappa Affair" Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley; Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano  
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.
September, 1984 Dutch TV--interview 7 min.
September 1, 1984 Paris Interview B&W, 3 min.
September 16, 1984 Ahoy Hall, Rotterdam, Netherlands (French TV)  
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, 1984 Interview & live footage (Swedish TV) 3 min. B&W
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 100 min., aud.
September 19, 1984 Barcelona, Spain  
September 24, 1984 London Plus (BBC1 TV) 3 min.
1984 Music Box (UK TV) 9 min.
October, 1984 Italy 13 min.
c. October 4, 1984 Rudi Dolezal interviews FZ (prob. Vienna, Austria)  
October 4, 1984 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria 37 min., aud. rec.
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.
October 15, 1984 Villa Tempo--interview and soundcheck (Belgian TV) 7 min.
November, 1984 Sky Channel (BBC TV) 24 min.
December, 1984 Rock Influences (TV)  

1985-93

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.
May 7, 1985 Video-22--Interview 13 min.
August, 1985 Entertainment Tonight--censorship (NBC TV) 1 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 Nightwatch (CBS TV) 33 min.
September 6, 1985 Take Two--censorship (CNN TV) 11 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 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 (TV)  
October, 1985 American Songwriter (A&E TV) 4 min.
October 2, 1985 Register To Vote PSA's--about 8 of them 8 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 Radio 1990 6 min.
November 1, 1985 Radio 1990 7 min.
November, 1985 U 68 (WWHT) -- Bill Roller interviews FZ 26 min.
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, 1985 Night Flight--Take Off To Censorship (TV)  
December, 1985 Porn Wars--Frank's commentary on the Senate hearings 14 min.
December 4, 1985 Comedy Tonight--1st subject is censorship 7 min.
December 8, 1985 MTV Basement Tapes with Martha Quinn (MTV) 20 min.
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.
February 14, 1986 Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings  
c. 1986 Maryland TV Interview Unidentified Maryland TV  
March 8, 1986 Playboy At Night (Playboy Channel TV) 8 min.
March 14, 1986 Miami Vice (NBC TV) 48 min.
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 This Morning (CBS TV) 6 min.
August 14, 1986 Mother's Day with Joan Lunden (Lifetime Television) 18 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) 7 min.
October 24, 1986 California People Los Angeles 5 min.
October 31, 1986 People Are Talking Phila.--partial interview (KYW TV) 4 min.
November 21, 1986 The Late Show with Joan Rivers (FOX TV) 10 min.
November 29, 1986 Rock N Roll Evening News  
December 7, 1986 Future Shock Week--guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV) 8 min.
December 8, 1986 Future Shock Week--guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV) 8 min.
December 9, 1986 Future Shock Week--guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV) 8 min.
December 10, 1986 Future Shock Week--guest host: FZ introduces 5 films for The Movie Channel (TMC TV) 8 min.
December 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  
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 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.
May 30, 1987 Howard Stern FOX Pilot#4, episode 104 (FOX TV) 9 min.
June 13, 1987 Crossfire CNN TV 22 min.
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 / January 15, 1988 Uncle Meat directed by FZ 100 min.
November 18, 1987 We Are What We Watch--promo for new company Honker Video (USA Night Flight) 25 min.
1988? Groupies Report 5 min.
February, 1988 Action News, Philadelphia (WPVI TV) 1 min.
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 130 min., aud.
February 4-6?, 1988 Beacon Theatre, NYC--concert footage from Beacon shows 88 min., aud.
February 4, 1988 FZ Photos By Marc DeCarlo w/Audience recordings (Beacon Theatre, NYC?) 49 min.
February 5, 1988 Beacon Theatre, NYC. Voter Registration 8 min.
February 5, 1988 FZ Photos By Marc DeCarlo w/Audience recordings (Beacon Theatre, NYC?) 49 min.
February 7, 1988 P.I.T.: Germany (TV)  
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 Theatre, Upper Darby, PA (soundcheck and rehearsal) 30 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--interview w/ League of Women Voters 24 min.
February 26-28, 1988 Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit, MI  
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 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--Interview & Chunga's Revenge news crew footage 11 min.
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.
April 1, 1988 Today Show (NBC TV) 5 min.
April 7, 1988 Nightflight Scandinavia 14 min.
April 11, 1988 Abendschau (SFB1, Germany) 2 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 Olympen, Lund, Sweden 120 min., aud.
April 27, 1988 Oslo, Norway--Nitepatrol (TV)  
May 1, 1988 Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden 100 min., aud.
c. May 1, 1988 Nightflight Scandinavia (interview & concert) 14 min.
May 2, 1988 Kippenville (interview + clips) 30 min.
May 5, 1988 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany Aud.
c. May 8, 1988 Rudi Dolezal interviews FZ (prob. Vienna, Austria)  
May 8, 1988 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria 75 min., aud. rec.
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.
c. May 20, 1988 French Interview by Ardisson (5, France) 9 min.
May 25, 1988 Rosengarten/Mozartsaal, Mannheim, Germany 135 min., aud.
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)  
August 31, 1988 Good Morning Australia (Network Ten, Australia) 7 min.
September 24, 1988 Documentary on Essen w/ In The Sky (B&W GERMAN TV) 6 min.
1988   60 min.
November 8, 1988 USA TODAY (Fox TV) 1 min.
November 11, 1988 Satellite Of Love (Kanal-1, Swedish TV) 59 min.
December 10, 1988 Cover Story--profile (USA Network) 23 min.
c. 1988 Swedish TV  
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)  
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)  
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 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 (re-broadcast) (FOX TV) 10 min.
June 19, 1989 About Home Studios--Los Angeles, CA (KNBC TV) 2 min.
June 28, 1989 Ibiza 92 (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 16, 1989 Crossfire--The Art Of Censorship? (CNN TV) 22 min.
November 22, 1989 Circus Of The Stars #14 (CBS)  
December 1, 1989 MTV Australia (TV)  
December 1, 1989 Satellite Interview (MTV Ch 9) 11 min.
December 17, 1989 MTV Decade 1980 (MTV) 3 min.
1990 "Fine Girl" music video--Prager leben gut  
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 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 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.
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.
June 6, 1990 Ch.09: Los Angeles, CA (TV)  
June 8, 1990 NBC: Los Angeles, CA (TV)  
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".  
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 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  
August 23, 1991 Raw Power--interview & pier footage (BBC TV) 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.
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.
c. 1992 Unidentified interview c. 1992  
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 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 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.
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, 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.
December 6, 1993 CNN Prime News (CNN TV) 4 min.
December 6, 1993 Entertainment Tonight (NBC TV) 3 min.
December 6, 1993 In Rememberance Of Frank Zappa (various news spots, PBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS) 15 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 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.

1994 et sq.

January 7, 1994 An American Dissident--Profile/ Tribute (Italian TV) 57 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.
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.
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.
1995 Psychomania: The Best Of Psychedelic Rock  
January 28, 1996 Friends #2.13  
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  
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  
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)  
December, 2000 100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock #36: Frank Zappa (VH1) 2 min.
December 25, 2000 The Roxy Trailer 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.
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  
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.
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--Pioneer Of Future 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.

Undated or (Still) Unreleased

  Nightflight--FZ Profile (USA) 10 min.
  Frank Zappa--The Man And His Music (unreleased)  
  Frank Zappa: Civilization Phaze III by Frank Scheffer  
  Freak Out In Cucamonga by Adam Fiorenza  

 

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