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 * ''[[Texas Medley]]'': ''"We might go to hell, but we'll have lots of company, Falwell and [[Pat Robertson|Pat]] and that weasel."''
 * ''[[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]'': ''"The 80's arrive, everybody bends over. If, you know, Falwell's pulls a string, the enema comes out, the entire industry goes "Hey, thanks a lot! We needed that!", okay?Broadcasters have bent over, the record companies bent over, the songwriters -either out of ignorance- ah, w[eren't]- they weren't informed of what's happening or they just wanted to keep their mouth shut to protect their interest. Nobody said anything."''
 * During [[88/02/12-14 Upper Darby PA US Tower Theatre|the concert on Feb. 14, 1988 at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania]] a fan presented Zappa with a Fleet [[enemas|enema]] (a ready to use disposable enema), and Frank informed the audience, ''"See this? It's a Fleet enema. You know where they make these things? Lynchburg, Virginia, exactly the same place where (televangelist)  Jerry Falwell conducts his ministry. I suspect a symbiotic relationship."'' - [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3]]'', 1990.
 * ''[[Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother]]'': ''"As you know, the major industry in Lynchburg right now is not the Moral Majority. It's the Fleet Enema Corporation and you need to have some other kind of business there to boost the local G&P. That's true, that's the biggest employer in Lynchburg. Well, I think that there's a reason why the Fleet Enema company located its factory right next to Falwell's church. Or maybe it's vice versa. Maybe there's a reason why Jerry located his church right next to the Fleet Enema Corporation.Maybe there's a fundraising balance between them. Maybe they have something that those- they each have something that the other needs for their work."''

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−	During [[88/02/12-14 Upper Darby PA US Tower Theatre\|the concert on Feb. 14, 1988 at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania]] a fan presented Zappa with a Fleet [[enemas\|enema]] (a ready to use disposable enema), and Frank informed the audience, ''"See this? It's a Fleet enema. You know where they make these things? Lynchburg, Virginia, exactly the same place where (televangelist) Jerry Falwell conducts his ministry. I suspect a symbiotic relationship."'' - [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3]]'', 1990.	+	* During [[88/02/12-14 Upper Darby PA US Tower Theatre\|the concert on Feb. 14, 1988 at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania]] a fan presented Zappa with a Fleet [[enemas\|enema]] (a ready to use disposable enema), and Frank informed the audience, ''"See this? It's a Fleet enema. You know where they make these things? Lynchburg, Virginia, exactly the same place where (televangelist) Jerry Falwell conducts his ministry. I suspect a symbiotic relationship."'' - [[They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 3]]'', 1990.

	* ''[[Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother]]'': ''"As you know, the major industry in Lynchburg right now is not the Moral Majority. It's the Fleet Enema Corporation and you need to have some other kind of business there to boost the local G&P. That's true, that's the biggest employer in Lynchburg. Well, I think that there's a reason why the Fleet Enema company located its factory right next to Falwell's church. Or maybe it's vice versa. Maybe there's a reason why Jerry located his church right next to the Fleet Enema Corporation.Maybe there's a fundraising balance between them. Maybe they have something that those- they each have something that the other needs for their work."''		* ''[[Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother]]'': ''"As you know, the major industry in Lynchburg right now is not the Moral Majority. It's the Fleet Enema Corporation and you need to have some other kind of business there to boost the local G&P. That's true, that's the biggest employer in Lynchburg. Well, I think that there's a reason why the Fleet Enema company located its factory right next to Falwell's church. Or maybe it's vice versa. Maybe there's a reason why Jerry located his church right next to the Fleet Enema Corporation.Maybe there's a fundraising balance between them. Maybe they have something that those- they each have something that the other needs for their work."''

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 * ''[[Texas Medley]]'': ''"We might go to hell, but we'll have lots of company, Falwell and [[Pat Robertson|Pat]] and that weasel."''
 * ''[[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]'': ''"The 80's arrive, everybody bends over. If, you know, Falwell's pulls a string, the enema comes out, the entire industry goes "Hey, thanks a lot! We needed that!", okay?Broadcasters have bent over, the record companies bent over, the songwriters -either out of ignorance- ah, w[eren't]- they weren't informed of what's happening or they just wanted to keep their mouth shut to protect their interest. Nobody said anything."''
 * ''[[Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother]]'': ''"As you know, the major industry in Lynchburg right now is not the Moral Majority. It's the Fleet Enema Corporation and you need to have some other kind of business there to boost the local G&P. That's true, that's the biggest employer in Lynchburg. Well, I think that there's a reason why the Fleet Enema company located its factory right next to Falwell's church. Or maybe it's vice versa. Maybe there's a reason why Jerry located his church right next to the Fleet Enema Corporation.Maybe there's a fundraising balance between them. Maybe they have something that those- they each have something that the other needs for their work."''

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	''"I also suggested we could make the world better by going into media, which is exactly the reason why Falwell and Robertson have these colleges to train people to go into media. They're going to use the same thing to put their clones in place to keep the lid on stuff, and they're out there. There was a guy who graduated from Robertson's University who was working at Fox Television Network on the Joan Rivers Show. They're out there, they're already in place. These are like moles. You don't know that they came from that brainwash camp, but if you're talking about a Christian Lord, you're talking about doing the work of an imaginary deity that wants to keep people stupid. That's the job. So, these are people who ultimately, when they are in place, will keep "content" from managing to get into the airwaves."'' - [[Interview by Bob Marshall]], 22 October 1988.		''"I also suggested we could make the world better by going into media, which is exactly the reason why Falwell and Robertson have these colleges to train people to go into media. They're going to use the same thing to put their clones in place to keep the lid on stuff, and they're out there. There was a guy who graduated from Robertson's University who was working at Fox Television Network on the Joan Rivers Show. They're out there, they're already in place. These are like moles. You don't know that they came from that brainwash camp, but if you're talking about a Christian Lord, you're talking about doing the work of an imaginary deity that wants to keep people stupid. That's the job. So, these are people who ultimately, when they are in place, will keep "content" from managing to get into the airwaves."'' - [[Interview by Bob Marshall]], 22 October 1988.

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	==See Also==		==See Also==

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-[[Jerry Falwell]] (1933-2007) was an American preacher and televangelist, notorious for his ultraconservative viewpoints and opposition against atheists, homosexuals, feminists and supporters of abortion.
+[[File:Jerry Falwell.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Jerry Falwell.]]
 ==See Also==
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 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Falwell, Jerry]]
 [[Category:Targets|Falwell, Jerry]]
 [[Category:Religious leaders and characters|Falwell, Jerry]]

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	[[Category:Targets\|Falwell, Jerry]]		[[Category:Targets\|Falwell, Jerry]]
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 Jerry Falwell (1933-2007) was an American preacher and televangelist, notorious for his ultraconservative viewpoints and opposition against atheists, homosexuals, feminists and supporters of abortion.
-Zappa mentions him in his [[Strawberry Fields Forever]] parody ''"(Let Me Take You Down To The) Texas Motel".''
+Zappa mentions him in his [[Strawberry Fields Forever]] parody. (See [[Texas Medley]])
 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Falwell, Jerry]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Falwell, Jerry]]
 [[Category:Targets|Falwell, Jerry]]

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		+	Jerry Falwell (1933-2007) was an American preacher and televangelist, notorious for his ultraconservative viewpoints and opposition against atheists, homosexuals, feminists and supporters of abortion.
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		+	Zappa mentions him in his [[Strawberry Fields Forever]] parody ''"(Let Me Take You Down To The) Texas Motel".''
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	[[Category:Supporting Cast\|Falwell, Jerry]]		[[Category:Supporting Cast\|Falwell, Jerry]]
	[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)\|Falwell, Jerry]]		[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)\|Falwell, Jerry]]
		+	[[Category:Targets\|Falwell, Jerry]]