Monuments in Ruin Episode #77 10.25.09 FZ's 200 Motels

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Monuments in Ruin Episode #77 10.25.09 Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
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Frank Zappa - PMRC Senate Hearing (09-19-1985)

Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (Audio Taken From the Full Length VHS Version)

• Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
• Mystery Roach
• Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
• This Wont Take Long (Just A Few Questions)
• Centerville
• The Sealed Tuna Bolero
• Lonesome Cowboy Burt
• Magic Fingers
• The Lad Searches The Next For His Newts
• The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth
• The Girls Dream
• Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
• A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
• Dental Hygiene Dilemma
• Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You
• Penis Dimension
• She Painted Up Her Face
• Janet's Big Dance Number
• Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
• Lucys Seduction Of A Bored Violinist
• Shove It Right In
• What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
• Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
• What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
• Mysterioso
• Dental Hygiene Reprise
• Strictly Genteel
• The Finale
• Postlude

Featuring:
The Mothers Of Invention, as themselves:
Frank Zappa
Mark Volman (also as the voice of the Good Conscience)
Howard Kaylan (also as the voice of Jeff, the cartoon)
Ian Underwood
Aynsley Dunbar
George Duke

Theodore Bikel as Dave and mainly as Rance Muhammitz

introducing:
Ringo Starr as Larry The Dwarf
Keith Moon as The Hot Nun
Janet Ferguson as herself
Lucy Offerall as herself
Jimmy Carl Black as himself and also as Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Martin Lickert as Jeff
Dick Barber as The Industrial Vacuum Cleaner
Don Preston as himself and also as The Monster
Pamela Miller as Rock & Roll Interviewer
Ruth Underwood as herself
Judy Gridley
Motorhead Sherwood as himself and also as Larry Fanoga and the fake Lucy
Jim Pons as voice of the Bad Conscience

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elgar Howarth
The Top Score Singers conducted by David Van Asch
Phyllis Bryn-Julson soprano
Classical Guitar Ensemble supervised by John Williams

music composed and arranged by Frank Zappa
story and screenplay by Frank Zappa
shooting script by Tony Palmer
characterizations directed by Frank Zappa
visuals directed by Tony Palmer