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-[[Category:Liner Notes Writers|Gilliam, Terry]]
+[[Category:Liner Notes Writers|Malkin]]
 [[Category:The MOFO Project/Object (The List)|Malkin]]

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 ==Quotes==
-'''Den Simms:''' '''You've got, needless to say, a whole bunch of exotic items lurking in your [[The Vault|vault]], such as, oh, there's something like a conversation of, or definitely, there's a video tape of [[Al Malkin]] demonstrating the blow job on a banana. [11] I've heard an interview where you're telling someone about a tape that was made, where, uh ... who was it ... Warren and someone else are fighting over the girl that each one of them is trying to fuck.'''
+'''[[Den Simms]]:''' '''You've got, needless to say, a whole bunch of exotic items lurking in your [[The Vault|vault]], such as, oh, there's something like a conversation of, or definitely, there's a video tape of [[Al Malkin]] demonstrating the blow job on a banana. [11] I've heard an interview where you're telling someone about a tape that was made, where, uh ... who was it ... Warren and someone else are fighting over the girl that each one of them is trying to fuck.'''
-'''Rob Samler:''' '''Meatball?'''
+'''[[Rob Samler]]:''' '''Meatball?'''
 '''Frank Zappa:''' '''Yeah. That's Al Malkin.'''
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	He also appeared on Warren Cuccurullo's album [https://www.discogs.com/release/4151342-DoubleYouSee-Playing-In-Tongues Playing In Tongues].		He also appeared on Warren Cuccurullo's album [https://www.discogs.com/release/4151342-DoubleYouSee-Playing-In-Tongues Playing In Tongues].
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		+	==Quotes==
		+	'''Den Simms:''' '''You've got, needless to say, a whole bunch of exotic items lurking in your [[The Vault\|vault]], such as, oh, there's something like a conversation of, or definitely, there's a video tape of [[Al Malkin]] demonstrating the blow job on a banana. [11] I've heard an interview where you're telling someone about a tape that was made, where, uh ... who was it ... Warren and someone else are fighting over the girl that each one of them is trying to fuck.'''
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		+	'''Rob Samler:''' '''Meatball?'''
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		+	'''Frank Zappa:''' '''Yeah. That's Al Malkin.'''
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		+	- Quoted from: ''[[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 2]]'', July 1990.

	==Sources==		==Sources==

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 <blockquote>''"Al Malkin is a guy who used to be a New York city cab driver. I met him when he came up on stage for a [[Audience Participation|dance contest]] at The Palladium and it turned out he was a school time chum of [[Warren Cuccurullo]]. I consequently got to know him a little bit better.  The guy's got an amazing sense of humor. He now drives a limousine in New York City and drives me around when we go to town; and as a matter of fact I am sending him to the Grammy's this year because I am going to be on the road when the Grammy's are on.... I guarantee you the best live television youv'e ever seen if they get him on that camera."'' -[https://media.duncanmoran.net/ZWJ/almalkin.mp3 Frank Zappa interview by Bill Camarata. (MP3)]</blockquote>
-Malkin played the role of [[Officer Butzis]] on ''[[Joe's Garage Act I]]'' and ''[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]'' - the track ''[[Catholic Girls]]'' is also included on the ''[[Have I Offended Someone?]]'' compilation.  He can be seen in ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]'' and ''[[Video From Hell]]''.
+Malkin played the role of [[Officer Butzis]] on ''[[Joe's Garage Act I]]'' and ''[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]'' - the track ''[[Catholic Girls]]'' is also included on the ''[[Have I Offended Someone?]]'' compilation.  He can be seen in ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]'' and ''[[Video From Hell]]'' and heard during ''[[Dave & Al]]'', where Zappa looks for a woman from the audience for him.
 Al Malkin wrote the foreword to the liner notes for the album [[Carnegie Hall]] and is included in the list of names in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)]]'' album.

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−	[[File:Al Malkin and Frank Zappa, 1979.jpg\|right\|thumb\|~~200px~~\|Al Malkin and Frank Zappa, 1979. Photo credit: [[Christine Martin]].]]	+	[[File:Al Malkin and Frank Zappa, 1979.jpg\|right\|thumb\|500px\|Al Malkin and Frank Zappa, 1979. Photo credit: [[Christine Martin]].]]

	[[image:AlMalkin.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Al Malkin from [[Video From Hell]]]]		[[image:AlMalkin.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Al Malkin from [[Video From Hell]]]]

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 [[image:AlMalkin.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Al Malkin from [[Video From Hell]]]]
 '''Al Malkin''' was a cab driver from New York.
-<blockquote> "Al's a friend - he's also known as 'Meatball'. We used to miss school together, listen to [[Biography|Frank]] and smoke pot. Frank offered to tape his life story. He was like the [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] of the 80's." - [[Warren Cuccurullo]]</blockquote>
+<blockquote> ''"Al's a friend - he's also known as 'Meatball'. We used to miss school together, listen to [[Biography|Frank]] and smoke pot. Frank offered to tape his life story. He was like the [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] of the 80's."'' - [[Warren Cuccurullo]]</blockquote>
-<blockquote>"Al Malkin is a guy who used to be a New York city cab driver. I met him when he came up on stage for a dance contest at The Palladium and it turned out he was a school time chum of Warren Cuccurullo. I consequently got to know him a little bit better.  The guy's got an amazing sense of humor. He now drives a limousine in New York City and drives me around when we go to town; and as a matter of fact I am sending him to the Grammy's this year because I am going to be on the road when the Grammy's are on.... I guarantee you the best live television youv'e ever seen if they get him on that camera." - [https://media.duncanmoran.net/ZWJ/almalkin.mp3 Frank Zappa interview by Bill Camarata. (MP3)]</blockquote>
+<blockquote>''"Al Malkin is a guy who used to be a New York city cab driver. I met him when he came up on stage for a [[Audience Participation|dance contest]] at The Palladium and it turned out he was a school time chum of [[Warren Cuccurullo]]. I consequently got to know him a little bit better.  The guy's got an amazing sense of humor. He now drives a limousine in New York City and drives me around when we go to town; and as a matter of fact I am sending him to the Grammy's this year because I am going to be on the road when the Grammy's are on.... I guarantee you the best live television youv'e ever seen if they get him on that camera."'' -[https://media.duncanmoran.net/ZWJ/almalkin.mp3 Frank Zappa interview by Bill Camarata. (MP3)]</blockquote>
-Malkin played the role of [[Officer Butzis]] on [[Joe's Garage Act I]] and [[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]] - the track [[Catholic Girls]] is also included on the [[Have I Offended Someone?]] compilation.  He can be seen in [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]] and [[Video From Hell]].
+Malkin played the role of [[Officer Butzis]] on ''[[Joe's Garage Act I]]'' and ''[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]'' - the track ''[[Catholic Girls]]'' is also included on the ''[[Have I Offended Someone?]]'' compilation.  He can be seen in ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]'' and ''[[Video From Hell]]''.
 Al Malkin wrote the foreword to the liner notes for the album [[Carnegie Hall]] and is included in the list of names in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)]]'' album.
 He also appeared on Warren Cuccurullo's album [https://www.discogs.com/release/4151342-DoubleYouSee-Playing-In-Tongues Playing In Tongues].
 ==Sources==
 <references/>
-==See Also==
+==External links==
+* [https://www.donlope.net/fz/musicians/M-Q.html#MalkinAl Globalia page.]
 [[Category:Singers|Malkin]]
 [[Category:Actors|Malkin]]
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Malkin]]

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 ==Warren Cuccurullo about Al Malkin==
-<blockquote> ''"[[Al Malkin|Al]]'s a friend - he's also known as 'Meatball'. We used to miss school together, listen to [[Biography|Frank Zappa|Frank]] and smoke pot. Frank offered to tape his life story. He was like the [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] of the 80's."''</blockquote>
+<blockquote> ''"[[Al Malkin|Al]]'s a friend - he's also known as 'Meatball'. We used to miss school together, listen to [[Biography|Frank]] and smoke pot. Frank offered to tape his life story. He was like the [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] of the 80's."''</blockquote>
 <div align=right>— [[Warren Cuccurullo]]</div>

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 He can be seen in ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]'' and ''[[Video From Hell]]''. In the later video he shows with a banana how he wants a girl to blow him.
-Al Malkin was mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> He also wrote the foreword to the liner notes of the album ''[[Carnegie Hall]]'' (2011).
+Al Malkin was mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> He also wrote the foreword to the liner notes of the album ''[[Carnegie Hall]]'' (2011).
 ==Warren Cuccurullo about Al Malkin==
-<blockquote> ''"[[Al Malkin|Al]]'s a friend - he's also known as 'Meatball'. We used to miss school together, listen to [[Biography|Frank Zappa|Frank]] and smoke pot. Frank offered to tape his life story. He was like the [[Wild Man Fischer]] of the 80's."''</blockquote>
+<blockquote> ''"[[Al Malkin|Al]]'s a friend - he's also known as 'Meatball'. We used to miss school together, listen to [[Biography|Frank Zappa|Frank]] and smoke pot. Frank offered to tape his life story. He was like the [[Larry Fischer|Wild Man Fischer]] of the 80's."''</blockquote>
 <div align=right>— [[Warren Cuccurullo]]</div>