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Dogs appear regularly in Zappa's work:
 
Dogs appear regularly in Zappa's work:
  
 
* On the cover of ''[[Absolutely Free]]'' an advertisement for a dog collar can be seen, with the slogan ''"Buy a Fydo. Fits swell!"''  
 
* On the cover of ''[[Absolutely Free]]'' an advertisement for a dog collar can be seen, with the slogan ''"Buy a Fydo. Fits swell!"''  
 
* On the covers of ''[[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]], [[Just Another Band From L.A.]]'' and ''[[Ahead Of Their Time]]'' Zappa and his band members are depicted with dog noses. Illustrator [[Cal Schenkel]] did this as a tribute to the dog characters in Carl Barks' comic strips about [[Donald Duck]].  
 
* On the covers of ''[[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]], [[Just Another Band From L.A.]]'' and ''[[Ahead Of Their Time]]'' Zappa and his band members are depicted with dog noses. Illustrator [[Cal Schenkel]] did this as a tribute to the dog characters in Carl Barks' comic strips about [[Donald Duck]].  
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* A dog with sunglasses named Patricia can be seen on the covers of [[Francesco Zappa]], [[Them Or Us]] and of [[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]].
 
* In ''[[The Story Of Ruben & The Jets]]'' it is revealed that Ruben has three dogs: Benny, Baby and Martha. The names Martha and Benny appeared earlier on the artwork of the cover of ''[[Absolutely Free]]'', along with Ruben's name.  
 
* In ''[[The Story Of Ruben & The Jets]]'' it is revealed that Ruben has three dogs: Benny, Baby and Martha. The names Martha and Benny appeared earlier on the artwork of the cover of ''[[Absolutely Free]]'', along with Ruben's name.  
* ''[[Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?]]'': ''"A dog, a car, an epidemic of body lice with your own record company"''
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*''[[Andy]]'': Dogs can be heard barking during the intro.
* ''[[Strictly Genteel (The Track)]]'':'' "Reach out your hand to the girl in the dog book."''
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*''[[Babbette]]'' is about a dog, and includes [[Arf!]]
* A dog with sunglasses named [[Patricia]] can be seen on the covers of [[Francesco Zappa]], [[Them Or Us]] and of [[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]].
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*''[[Cheepnis]]'': ''"'Cause she just might box yer dog/She just might box yer doggie/ An' leave you a dried-up dog biscuit"'' (...) the people try to catch Frunobulax by calling ''"Here Fido, here Fido..."''
* ''[[Evelyn A Modified Dog|Evelyn, A Modified Dog]]''
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*''[[Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?]]'': ''"A dog, a car, an epidemic of body lice with your own record company"''
* ''[[Stink-Foot]]'': a dog, Fido, is called to fetch some slippers and goes into an argument about the essence of [[Conceptual Continuity]]
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*''[[Dog Breath]]'', even though the term is also American slang for a person with very bad breath
* Dogs can be heard barking during the intro of ''[[Andy]]''
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*''[[Evelyn A Modified Dog|Evelyn, A Modified Dog]]''
* ''[[Nanook Rubs It]]'': while Nanook is rubbing a chorus sings ''"Here Fido, here Fido...."''
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*''[[Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me]]'': ''"He had an Irish setter"''
* ''[[Cheepnis]]'': ''"'Cause she just might box yer dog/She just might box yer doggie/ An' leave you a dried-up dog biscuit"'' (...) the people try to catch Frunobulax by calling ''"Here Fido, here Fido..."''  
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*''[[Later That Night]]'': ''"You threw my best sharkskin suit out on the lawn, right on top of some dog waste"''
* ''[[Dog Breath]]'', even though the term is also American slang for a person with very bad breath
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*''[[My Head?]]'': ''"WOOF!"''
* ''[[Zomby Woof]]'': ''"woof"'' is a sound associated with dogs
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*''[[Nanook Rubs It]]'': while Nanook is rubbing a chorus sings ''"Here Fido, here Fido...."''
* ''[[Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me]]'': ''"He had an Irish setter"''
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*''[[Stink-Foot]]'': a dog, Fido, is called to fetch some slippers and goes into an argument about the essence of [[Conceptual Continuity]]
* ''[[Later That Night]]'': ''"You threw my best sharkskin suit out on the lawn, right on top of some dog waste"''  
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*''[[Strictly Genteel (The Track)]]'':'' "Reach out your hand to the girl in the dog book."''
* ''[[Take Me Out To The Ball Game]]'': ''"That goes for your little dog too!"''
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*''[[Take Me Out To The Ball Game]]'': ''"That goes for your little dog too!"''
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*''[[Zomby Woof]]'': ''"woof"'' is a sound associated with dogs
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==Specific articles about dogs==
 
==Specific articles about dogs==
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* [[Dogess]]
 
* [[Dogess]]
 
* [[Shillelagh]]
 
* [[Shillelagh]]
* [[Patricia]]
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* Patricia
  
 
==Specific references to poodles==
 
==Specific references to poodles==
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* [[Hunchentoot]] and [[Cheepnis]]: ''"The monster which the peasants in this area call [[Frunobulax]] and apparently a very large poodle."''
 
* [[Hunchentoot]] and [[Cheepnis]]: ''"The monster which the peasants in this area call [[Frunobulax]] and apparently a very large poodle."''
 
* [[Food Gathering In Post-Industrial America]]: ''"as the denizens of New Perfect America dine on rats, poodles,..."''
 
* [[Food Gathering In Post-Industrial America]]: ''"as the denizens of New Perfect America dine on rats, poodles,..."''
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==Meta==
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*The mascot for this wiki is a poodle wearing sunglasses.
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==See also==
 
==See also==

Latest revision as of 08:51, 4 January 2022


Dogs appear regularly in Zappa's work:


Specific articles about dogs

Specific references to poodles

Meta

  • The mascot for this wiki is a poodle wearing sunglasses.
Hello.jpg

See also