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 '''Zappa''': ''Hi.''
-'''Audience''': ''Frank, i just wanna know what prompted [[John Lennon]] joining you on stage at the Filmore in ’71 and secondly if there was a rock’n roll band in the great hereafter, what instrument is the [[Khomeini|ayatollah]] playing?''
+'''Audience''': ''Frank, i just wanna know what prompted [[John Lennon]] joining you on stage at the Fillmore in ’71 and secondly if there was a rock’n roll band in the great hereafter, what instrument is the [[Khomeini|ayatollah]] playing?''
 '''Zappa''': ''Heh. It’s a type of flute.''
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 '''King''': '''What happened with the John Lennon thing?'''
-'''Zappa''': ''He was introduced to me that afternoon by a journalist and that was the first time I’ve met him and i, we were already recording at Filmore east that night and i invited him to come down and join us on stage. Just a simple invitation.''
+'''Zappa''': ''He was introduced to me that afternoon by a journalist and that was the first time I’ve met him and i, we were already recording at Fillmore east that night and i invited him to come down and join us on stage. Just a simple invitation.''
 '''King''': '''You’ve done over fifty albums. You’re interested in a wide range of music. Did you like [[The Beatles]]' music?'''

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 '''King''': '''Don’t you feel better about this administration than the prior one?'''
-'''Zappa''': ''Well, I try to give it the benefit of doubt. I didn’t vote for [[George Bush]], but I would say, to be fair, you know you gotta let him develop and see what he’s going to do. I’m waiting, I’m waiting for some positive results from this administration but basically what I see is indecision, a mugwump syndrome where you’re sitting on a fence and trying not to really do anything because along with the deed comes the responsibility for the deed.''
+'''Zappa''': ''Well, I try to give it the benefit of doubt. I didn't vote for [[George H.W. Bush|George Bush]], but I would say, to be fair, you know you gotta let him develop and see what he's going to do. I'm waiting, I'm waiting for some positive results from this administration but basically what I see is indecision, a mugwump syndrome where you're sitting on a fence and trying not to really do anything because along with the deed comes the responsibility for the deed.''
 '''King''': '''Okay, you are angry about televangelists too, are you not?'''

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 '''King''': '''Okay, we go to, where?, Caro, Michigan. hello!'''
-''Audience'': ''Hello Larry and Frank. I have two comments and a question. My first comment is that i like to thank Frank for fighting the [[PMRC]] with all his heart, my second is that i think your musical version of [[Stairway To Heaven]] is beautiful.''
+''Audience'': ''Hello Larry and Frank. I have two comments and a question. My first comment is that i like to thank Frank for fighting the [[Parents Music Resource Center|PMRC]] with all his heart, my second is that i think your musical version of [[Stairway To Heaven]] is beautiful.''
 '''Zappa''': ''Hehe, thank you.''

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 King - Okay. Some other things, we’ll take your calls by the way if you wanna talk to Frank Zappa, “[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]” is out from [[Poseidon]] at 202-8987600. You named your kids ‘[[Moon Zappa|Moon Unit]]’, ‘[[Dweezil Zappa|Dweezil]]’, ‘[[Ahmet Zappa|Ahmet Rodan]]’ and ‘[[Diva Zappa|Diva]]’.
-Zappa - [[Ahmet Emuukha Rodan]].
+Zappa - Ahmet Emuukha Rodan.
 King - Ameeka Rodan?
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 Audience - Frank, your music in the earliest 70’s was considered outrageous, in fact the lyrics were –in my opinion- incoherent and unacceptable to the times. I’d like to know how you developed your lyrics.
-Zappa - I write songs about whatever happens to pop into my head. The last album and in fact the cd version of this album “[[Broadway or the Hardway]]” has just come out and most of the lyrics on that album had to do with the 1988 political campaign and just whatever was happening at the time that i write the song.
+Zappa - I write songs about whatever happens to pop into my head. The last album and in fact the cd version of this album “[[Broadway The Hard Way]]” has just come out and most of the lyrics on that album had to do with the 1988 political campaign and just whatever was happening at the time that i write the song.
 King - What period is he ref... in the earliest 70’s... was that a particular period of memory do you, Frank, find the lyrics incoherent?
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 King - Okay, we go to, where?, Caro, Michigan. hello!
-Audience - Hello Larry and Frank. I have two comments and a question. My first comment is that i like to thank Frank for fighting the [[pmrc]] with all his heart, my second is that i think your musical version of [[stairway to heaven]] is beautiful.
+Audience - Hello Larry and Frank. I have two comments and a question. My first comment is that i like to thank Frank for fighting the [[PMRC]] with all his heart, my second is that i think your musical version of [[Stairway To Heaven]] is beautiful.
 Zappa - Hehe, thank you.

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 King - No. allright. But you would not deny their right to purchase the time?
-Zappa - No, i think they do have the right to purchase the time. What i do object is the fact that when a man purchases time on a television channel, and he is paying very good money for this time especially in some of the independent channels, in some cases an extremely high rate for this time, it gives him a certain amount of leverage to control the rest of the content on the channel. In other words, if i went to a broadcaster and said i wanna do a show on your channel, and [[Jimmy Swegart]] for example was another person buying time on the channel, and he was paying a large amount of money for this time, he could in fact say “i don’t want to be on the same channel with this type of entertainment or that type of entertainment or i’m taking my show –which pays you a lot of money mr. Licenseholder- to another channel.” So it gives him leverage to control the content of the rest of what’s on the air.
+Zappa - No, i think they do have the right to purchase the time. What i do object is the fact that when a man purchases time on a television channel, and he is paying very good money for this time especially in some of the independent channels, in some cases an extremely high rate for this time, it gives him a certain amount of leverage to control the rest of the content on the channel. In other words, if i went to a broadcaster and said i wanna do a show on your channel, and [[Jimmy Swaggart]] for example was another person buying time on the channel, and he was paying a large amount of money for this time, he could in fact say “i don’t want to be on the same channel with this type of entertainment or that type of entertainment or i’m taking my show –which pays you a lot of money mr. Licenseholder- to another channel.” So it gives him leverage to control the content of the rest of what’s on the air.
 King - There. Economic threat?

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-Larry King Live,
+[[Larry King]] Live,
-CNN Studios, 1989.
+[[CNN]] Studios, 1989.
-King - The famed Frank Zappa has just written a new book: "The Real Frank Zappa Book", written with my friend Peter Occhiogrosso who wrote my book with me. There you see Frank's book "The Real Frank Zappa", it is published by Poseidon, it is an autobiography but really not as more of an entertainment as Frank waxes poetic on many things in a wide range of subjects. What do we mean by the title? is there a fake Frank Zappa?
+King - The famed Frank Zappa has just written a new book: "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]", written with my friend [[Peter Occhiogrosso]] who wrote my book with me. There you see Frank's book "The Real Frank Zappa", it is published by Poseidon, it is an autobiography but really not as more of an entertainment as Frank waxes poetic on many things in a wide range of subjects. What do we mean by the title? is there a fake Frank Zappa?
 Zappa - The title of the book is “The Real Frank Zappa Book”. There are a number of, i would say, rather stupid exploitation type books that have been written about me by other people.
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 King - Well, elaborate for me. You think that’s not a big deal we should not be concerned about?
-Zappa - We should not be concerned about it. I say this: if lyrics on records could produce the kinds of negative results that certain people claim they produce, then take this example: most of the records which are broadcasted on the radio are songs about love. Ninety-nine percent is about love. And all we hear on the radio is love. So if the lyrics were impressing our society what would we have here: disneyland. But we don’t.
+Zappa - We should not be concerned about it. I say this: if lyrics on records could produce the kinds of negative results that certain people claim they produce, then take this example: most of the records which are broadcasted on the radio are songs about love. Ninety-nine percent is about love. And all we hear on the radio is love. So if the lyrics were impressing our society what would we have here: Disneyland. But we don’t.
 King - So therefore the lyrics aren’t working?
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 Zappa - That’s right.
-King - Okay. Some other things, we’ll take your calls by the way if you wanna talk to Frank Zappa, “[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]” is out from [[Poseidon]] at 202-8987600. You named your kids ‘[[Moon Unit]]’, ‘[[Dweezil]]’, ‘[[Ahmet Rodan]]’ and ‘[[Diva]]’.
+King - Okay. Some other things, we’ll take your calls by the way if you wanna talk to Frank Zappa, “[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]” is out from [[Poseidon]] at 202-8987600. You named your kids ‘[[Moon Zappa|Moon Unit]]’, ‘[[Dweezil Zappa|Dweezil]]’, ‘[[Ahmet Zappa|Ahmet Rodan]]’ and ‘[[Diva Zappa|Diva]]’.
 Zappa - [[Ahmet Emuukha Rodan]].
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 King - You find nothing on the radio that’s interesting?
-Zappa - No. I like the news, if there is news radio and if i’m in a car i’ll listen to news radio, but i don’t like the american entertainment radio.
+Zappa - No. I like the news, if there is news radio and if i’m in a car i’ll listen to news radio, but i don’t like the American entertainment radio.
 King - You have not driven a car in twenty years?
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 King - (laughs)
-Zappa - ...and i’m not going anywhere, anyway, so i’m just gonna stay home and i only need to go from my house to the airport or from my house down to Cnn every once in a while, why?
+Zappa - ...and i’m not going anywhere, anyway, so i’m just gonna stay home and i only need to go from my house to the airport or from my house down to CNN every once in a while, why?
 King - Ehhehe ehe ehe hehhehe. Okay Frank, let’s take some calls. “[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]” is out from Poseidon. Ridgewood, New Jersey, hello!
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 Zappa - He was introduced to me that afternoon by a journalist and that was the first time i’ve met him and i, we were already recording at Filmore east that night and i invited him to come down and join us on stage. Just a simple invitation.
-King - You’ve done over fifty albums. You’re interested in a wide range of music. Did you like the Beatles music?
+King - You’ve done over fifty albums. You’re interested in a wide range of music. Did you like [[The Beatles]] music?
 Zappa - Hmm a few songs. I have my favorites, but most of it i didn’t like.