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Don Cerveris, name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them", was one of FZ's high school teachers (English). He was the writer of (the movie) "[[Run Home Slow]]". He is also name-checked in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989).
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<blockquote>My English teacher at [[Antelope Valley High School|A.V.]] was [[Don Cerveris]]. He was also a good friend. Don got tired of being a
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teacher and quit -- he wanted to be a screenwriter. In 1959, he wrote the screenplay for a super-cheap
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cowboy movie called [[Run Home Slow]], and helped me get my first film scoring job on it. </blockquote>
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<div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
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Introduced Zappa to [[Mark Cheka]].
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[[Don Cerveris]] is included in the [[:Category:Freak Out! (The List)|list of names]] on the cover of [[Freak Out!]].
  
 
[[Category:Supporting Cast|Cerveris, Don]]
 
[[Category:Supporting Cast|Cerveris, Don]]
 
[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Cerveris, Don]]
 
[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Cerveris, Don]]
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Cerveris, Don]]
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Cerveris, Don]]

Revision as of 06:56, 7 April 2007

My English teacher at A.V. was Don Cerveris. He was also a good friend. Don got tired of being a

teacher and quit -- he wanted to be a screenwriter. In 1959, he wrote the screenplay for a super-cheap

cowboy movie called Run Home Slow, and helped me get my first film scoring job on it.

The Real Frank Zappa Book

Introduced Zappa to Mark Cheka.

Don Cerveris is included in the list of names on the cover of Freak Out!.