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[[The Twilight Zone]] is referenced in [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]] and [[Rhymin' Man]].
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[[The Twilight Zone]] (1959-1964) was a popular and influential American TV series, written and hosted by [[Rod Serling]]. It featured mysterious, paranormal, futuristic, dystopian or disturbing stories, usually with a plot twist and Serling's moral message.
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The theme of this TV program is referenced in [[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]] and [[Rhymin' Man]] and again during some live concerts.  
  
 
[[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] once said that the enthusiastic response of the Czechs during political meetings with [[Václav Havel]] sometimes felt like ''"The Twilight Zone".''
 
[[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] once said that the enthusiastic response of the Czechs during political meetings with [[Václav Havel]] sometimes felt like ''"The Twilight Zone".''
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*[[wikipedia:The Twilight Zone|Wikipedia article on The Twilight Zone]]
 
*[[wikipedia:The Twilight Zone|Wikipedia article on The Twilight Zone]]
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*[http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Twilight_Zone.html| Article with all the Twilight Zone Theme references in Zappa's work]
  
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Twilight Zone, The]]
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Twilight Zone, The]]
 
[[Category:Favorite TV shows|Twilight Zone, The]]
 
[[Category:Favorite TV shows|Twilight Zone, The]]
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[[Category:Covers And Musical Quotes|Twilight Zone, The]]

Revision as of 04:57, 18 January 2011

The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) was a popular and influential American TV series, written and hosted by Rod Serling. It featured mysterious, paranormal, futuristic, dystopian or disturbing stories, usually with a plot twist and Serling's moral message.

The theme of this TV program is referenced in Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk and Rhymin' Man and again during some live concerts.

Zappa once said that the enthusiastic response of the Czechs during political meetings with Václav Havel sometimes felt like "The Twilight Zone".

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