"Kiss my ass!"

Thanks to Kill Ugly Radio for bringing this one back around in my brain....




I hadn't watched this in a long time. It was surprising how antiquated the show seemed. The set up was two old dudes moderating a battle between Frank and a square. It's basically a 2.5 vs 1 battle with the main moderator taking a semi-impartial stand. The odd thing was that when the two old dudes gave the summary they kind of took Zappa's side in the debate. Whereas Zappa was arguing against government censorship and the square was a proto-Hannity. The two old dudes, who obviously hated rock and roll, settled on letting the music industry regulate itself with the half-assed hope that rock and roll would clean itself up. Zappa's 4th album "We're Only In It For The Money" was heavily censored on some editions, including in the U.S.. Zappa may not have liked it then but he went along with it and even reissued the heavily censored version in 1995.

Zappa seemed to detest being on the show and wouldn't even look any of the guys in the eye. The exchange the title of this post is taken from is the gem of the piece though. If you have the time to burn I recommend the clip.