Frank Zappa - DINAH! - Dinah Shore Show - Peaches & Herb Jan & Dean - CBS - May 18, 1979 - Multi Gen

[@gtyler7451]

Frank was mentally above ALL of these people but played the game... musical and lyrical genius

[@Harbaksh1234]

Frank, taking the piss from the very first moment, to his very last! Love him! ❤❤❤

[@AndreaAustoni]

Back when TV had intelligent conversations on

[@Lagzatzappateers]

Todays slime from the video is beyond comprehension.

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

"If there was somebody watching this who had a conscience, their conscience would probably bother them, and they would go get a sandwich."

[@Cpayne30]

Frank is hamming it up on this one. Funny stuff!

[@321snoot]

Frank really was on a tear. I thought he was going to burn the place down any minute!

[@rickpoplawski5821]

A mind is like a parachute. If it’s not open, it’s DOESNT work. Thank You MR. Frank Zappa for ALL your incredible musical contributions and for always teaching to have an open mind and seek the truth. Find something you love to do. Then find away to make money at it. ❤

[@joe_rockhead]

It occurs to me while watching this that Dinah Shore used to date Burt Reynolds, and that Frank Zappa and his family had a bird named Bird Reynolds.

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

I just finished the real frank zappa book lol

[@funkyjones]

@@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus Lol...was that in the book? It's been a while since I read it.

[@xwarx1000]

😂

[@Rupert14]

I "happened" to be home sick from school the day this aired and taped it on my little cassette recorder. Have not seen the film for 40 years. Fun to see Frank and Herb hit it off, and more fun to see and remember how great Dinah Shore was at her job. She asked great questions and instantly tamped down any friction. Ren Woods who l guess was someone for 10 seconds, back then, really had it in for Frank and l cannot figure out why. Anyway props to Dinah. She was a musician way back...Frank knew that. Wonder if anyone else there did. I doubt it. Gonna be on The White Lady Talk Show. And l am going to fan myself the whole time. Jesus, what a weird microcosm of what music was at that time. And Frank even liked Jan and Dean and they were too fucking scared to talk! Dinah Shore was a great singer. This was her retirement job and was great at it also.

[@senior_ranger]

I think Woods at the time was not far off her "Roots" fame and had a lot of racial animus.

[@321snoot]

Me and a few of my buddies knew this was going to be on TV, so we got together to watch this when it aired and passed multiple joints around for the occasion. It was pretty surreal watching this nice, safe, morning talk show hijacked by Frank. We always wondered if whoever booked Frank got the axe after the show!

[@paulcooper5748]

Reunited and it feels soo good.

[@Lagzatzappateers]

Haha!

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

Euphemistic circumlocution. 'nuff said. Frank was a genius.

[@DoomKid]

Thank you! Despite being a little blurry this is SO much better than the other versions I've seen floating.. Thank you so much

[@johnhansberry7852]

FZ is the "firecracker thrown into the room".

[@Lagzatzappateers]

Haha!

[@321snoot]

Boy you're not kidding!

[@spiritof6663]

Frank is pointedly hilarious from start to finish here. It's been almost 30 years since he left and still very greatly missed!!

[@maxsno]

And FZ misses you more . good freight good night

[@frankzappainterviewcollect2320]

WOW! Thanks so much! Never seen this "clear" version of the interview!!

[@friendofbeaver6636]

I misread the title, looking forward to hearing "Peaches en Regalia." I'm not disappointed. Great video of Frank's pre-Reagan opinions, Dinah's and the other guests' responses!

[@Lagzatzappateers]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

Interesting interplay between FZ's social/intellectual aggressiveness and DS's cool, calm chill. Cool vis...thanks!

[@NN-ul4oy]

All these little treasures... thank you!!! Frank, just a regular guy, being in focus of the means of the business world. His summary of the achievements of the music of the 60s is hilarious! So funny to see him throwing harsh truth bombs in between all of these blue check Hollywood people, how we would call them ourdays.

[@Lagzatzappateers]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching and your comments.

[@spankduncan1114]

Hadn't seen this one before. Thanks for the post. Frank was very animated and definitely there to have a good time. Dinah did a good job of going with the flow with so many guests on board. Kudos to the producer designating Frank as the last guest. Can you imagine if he was 1st?

[@321snoot]

I watched this the day it aired and, honestly, if Frank came on first I think he would have been a bit "tamer" instead of having a few other guests to work off. He was truly in rare form that morning! I've been a Zappa fan since the late 60's and I've never seen him more outrageous than on Dinah's show. It was priceless!

[@murraybartley4467]

Fantastic! ...I'd love to know if that conversation continued...those girls were pissssssed off. Thanx for posting!

[@Lagzatzappateers]

Thanks watching and your comments!

[@jamesfarrington9030]

Peaches was having none of it. I think Herb knows Zappas vibe here and rolls with it.

[@dromadrosis]

Pure gold! Thank you so much!

[@Lagzatzappateers]

You're welcome!

[@dannomusic47]

I think that is the most rock and roll thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Way to go, Frank!❤️

[@WarholSuperstar]

SO GREAT - thank you for this!! 💕💕

[@lenpey]

Frank said Americans just want to have a good time. Dinah had an album called "For the Good Times". Around this time she'd been having 'good times' with Burt Reynolds and Iggy Pop.

[@maxsno]

Yes , her energy and commitment to many people in need was her everyday life force . Excellent golfer . FZ was a culture sponge and most around Laurel Canyon figured it out.

[@p0llenp0ny]

@@maxsno and the CIA are on our side.

[@rickpoplawski5821]

@@maxsnobla bla bla bla A lesson for You: It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool. Than to open it and resolve all doubt.

[@jffgtwn9114]

what a strange brew of characters. interesting to see the kinds of discussions they had back then

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

Yes People were intelligent and had dignity and respect and manners and an appreciation for intelligent discussions...dada/ avant-garde or otherwise.

[@Jacksn42]

Renn Woods: "You already have a country." Just when you think they could have possibly gotten thru the show sans racist remarks. Frank let it bounce off. I didn't know Herb was so cool!

[@monoped8437]

he has his, 'thing fish', going full strength

[@kanen100]

this is wild i love it

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

6:35 I don't know who she is, but she started up a point about power vs. conscience and Frank wanted her to elaborate on it. Suddenly, she shuts up. I wish she did. Frank would've entertained her opinion and replied as only he could, but she wasn't up to it. Long story short, don't open your yap if you're not prepared to go all in.

[@Rupert14]

That is Ren Woods, l believe she was in The Wiz and was famous for about 15 seconds. I find it disturbing when a white person is talking about a social phenomenon that affects all of us as Americans, that someone like Ren Woods, who gets lost in the depth of the conversation, has to pivot toward some dopey reflexive racism. "At least you got a country."....what in the fuck are you talking about?? That girl managed to shut Dinah and Frank up, because she was going to go on a rant that *had nothing to do with the discussion*.

[@the_boss45]

She said it for people who understood what she was talking about. I’m sure her and frank spoke after the show because that type of discussion is not welcome on television. A serious discussion about social, political and economic power doesn’t fit with the tone & would take too long, getting cut short

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@the_boss45 Frank would have destroyed he politely.

[@the_boss45]

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 what’s the point of discussion? To win? That’s a ridiculous and unhelpful way of viewing the best way to learn if you’re thinking wrong about something

[@MrShotthat]

He was making "Joe's Garage" when this aired and you can find the same view on society on that album.

[@dajonbradford]

renn woods manages to get some zingers in!

[@alansilverman8500]

So did he get to play "Dinah - Moe Hum" ...?!

[@Paul-dz7xi]

I remember watching this in my HS days. LOL!!! Thanks for posting!!!

[@Lagzatzappateers]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Way too much brain there for the average daytime viewer. The girl with the fan was offended, but she didn't know why.

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

I didn’t think she was offended from watching it - she appeared to be completely and utterly charmed by Frank, flirty even.

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

Homeboy knocked cleopatra off her false historical high horse.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

@@JonathanNelsonOfficial 😂😁🤣

[@JonathanNelsonOfficial]

@@Frankincensedjb123 kek

[@Rupert14]

That was Peaches, next to Herb. Peaches was not into this bullshit, and kept on wit the fan. Herb seemed to understand where Frank was coming from. Probably an uncomfortable night at the Peaches and Herb household.

[@derekblaustein6013]

I believe there's more to the show that hasn't been included in this post. There was a whole segment with Jan & Dean that seems to be missing.

[@Lagzatzappateers]

Can't help there. I have posted all of the show that I have in my posession.

[@derekblaustein6013]

@@Lagzatzappateers 😔

[@Rupert14]

Well, yes, that would be....*the earlier segment of the show that focused on Jan and Dean*. They didn't just show up for the Zappa segment to just sit there. Jesus, you should have been there, l think.

[@RebelBuddha1971]

The coolest guy in the universe.

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

Jeezus. Jan and Dean, has-beens since the 60s, sitting there in their California surfer shirts, can only be sitting there in the presence of a real musician thinking, "We're such frauds."

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Thye severed a purpose for some. To each his own

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

@@Frankincensedjb123 Yeah, but their heyday was in the 60s. What the hell were they doing there in 1979?

[@321snoot]

@@Royale_with_Cheeze I think whoever booked Jan and Dean - and especially Frank - had no idea what they were doing. Frank on a nice, inoffensive, morning talk show? Bad plan! But for us hardcore Zappa fans, priceless!

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

​@@321snoot And Frank never "adjusted" his demeanor for any given host or format. Frank was always frank.

[@321snoot]

@@Royale_with_Cheeze Yup. Always. There was nothing phony about him.

[@kosmokritikos9299]

Which one is Herb Jan?

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Frank tells a great story about Paul Simon. Paul Simon is sitting at the edge of Franks bed and Paul is crying. Frank says what's the problem? Paul says I have to pay $14,000 dollars in taxes. Frank looks at Paul and says, (I paraphrase here) what are you crying for, most people would like to earn $14,000

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

Exactly. I WISH I COULD WHINE ABOUT PAYING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXES OR EVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS!

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@JohnBock-nq9lr 👍

[@alancumming6407]

Frank at his absolute best.

[@DukesMusic84]

Dinah asked Frank his opinion of the 60s and he gave her an honest answer, almost too honest for TV. I'm surprised they still aired it. Won't repeat what he said but it's absolutely SAVAGE.

[@Grithron2]

I used to have an alternate edit of this which didn't have any of the genuinely funny moments but did have a failed attempt on the part of the host* to get Frank interacting with J&D and a randomly-placed and overlong word-from-our-sponsors. (* are you Shore you identified the program correctly? Because...at best, she walked in looking like Dinah might).

[@Lagzatzappateers]

Would love to see the alternate edit.

[@edgarfoerster9831]

Can’t imagine what Frank would say were still here.

[@gregorytrotter6657]

Like all the other idiots, he would probably still be blaming Republicans for everything wrong in America.

[@edgarfoerster9831]

@@gregorytrotter6657 no,I don’t think so! He knew they were all imbeciles on the right and the left! He encouraged those engage in politics not by voting for those half wits,but by getting rid of them altogether. He knew they were useless parasitic idiots that should stick to acting.

[@javajoelradio]

@@gregorytrotter6657 I dunno. Seems like there's plenty of Democratic fun-killers.

[@Jim_L]

I didn't know Frank was developing his bald spot way back in the late 70s; I thought it came later.

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

You can see it thinning in the ROXY movie shots, back in late '73.

[@Jim_L]

@@Royale_with_Cheeze Oh, wow -- I'll have to look for that, because that's even way earlier than I would have imagined. I'm glad it never stopped him from growing his hair out. 👍

[@Royale_with_Cheeze]

@@Jim_L He grew it out until that spiffy new look in 1980, by tour '84 he was long haired again. Cut it short and wore suits for all his TV appearances when the PMRC nonsense reared its ugly head and grew it out long(ish) by the '88 tour and pretty much kept long until his untimely departure. "Who cares if hair is long or short or sprayed or partly greyed, we know that hair ain't where it's at..."

[@larryzigler6812]

WOW !!!!! How enlightening

[@janefrigoris]

If you look at the clip of Frank playing the bicycle on the Steve Allen show it looked like the bald spot was somewhat present even then when he was 21. Let's here it for bald spots!!!

[@jamescurran6277]

This is like John McWhorter going on The View . Nothing against Dinah who seems very pleasant and pretty with it. But daytime audiences aren't exactly Rhodes Scholars

[@fastinbulvis2223]

"Man. I'm sick and I know you're sick too." Bingo! One of the best things ever said about the hypoer-opionated, drastically overrated FZ. The problem with FZ's opinion isn't that he had one. It's that he presented it as the truth.

[@nikolademitri731]

@@fastinbulvis2223 You think his music was overrated, or just his opinions, or both? I certainly don’t love everything he’s ever said, but I think he was a lot more coherent than most people from his world who injected their political and philosophical perspectives into public discourse. That’s my injection of opinion.

[@rickpoplawski5821]

@@fastinbulvis2223 presenting as a truth is a far cry from accepting it as truth. If you are that feeble minded not to be able to decipher a logical perception of truth. Your already brain dead.

[@DoncampbellUSMC]

Got Frank on SNL??

[@Lagzatzappateers]

Well, I am the responsible party that introduced the 1998 Comedy Central Canada SNL 1976 and 1978 rebrodcasts into circulation. Up until then, there was only multi-gen copies out there in the trading circles. I posted requests on Usenet for individuals to tape the shows for me in Canada, in trade for some mid 1980's hockey playoff games I had recorded. I transfered the shows to DVD, and it was heavly bootlegged on ebay in 2001-2002 (NOT BY ME) as John, Dan and Me DVD. I have those, as well as SNL Commercial DVD's that were issued. Also a SVHS of the 1976 rebroadcast that aired around Christmas in 2004. I pretty much refrain from posting commercially released material. Not sure if the would get flagged here. I might consider posting though.

[@DoncampbellUSMC]

@@Lagzatzappateers Coneheads and I think, Freak Mountain? F'N Hilarious 😂

[@321snoot]

@@DoncampbellUSMC Frank hated doing those SNL skits. He thought they were incredibly lame.

[@gregoryg3256]

FZ B day 2 morrow Mike K B Day 2 day🍰🍰

[@markducharme9518]

Was cringing the whole time

[@maxsno]

FZ right winger under the hood. Most around Laurel Canyon figured that out, phoney image sponge , if it sells FZ is your freak .

[@reidwhitton6248]

He criticized Republicans an awful lot for a "right winger."

[@rickpoplawski5821]

Your uneducated opinion is insignificant 🤮 🤣

[@rickpoplawski5821]

A TRUTH teller like FZ is rarely popular for the truth he tells. His music was just a means of trying to awaken humans to have integrity.

[@bundttrundler]

Tell us you know nothing about Zappa's politics without TELLING us you know nothing about Zappa's politics.

[@reidwhitton6248]

@@bundttrundler FZ is on record as flatly rejecting the libertarian platform in 1988. But it's pretty easy to criticize any party for their bad ideas or corruption if you are paying attention. He lampooned the hippies in the 60s because he understood lasting change is accomplished through infiltration in politics. Not by holding signs in the streets. Unfortunately, the American system favors people with a lot money and it's perfectly legal to influence elections with billions of dollars. And recently we've learned that Supreme Court judges can be owned by billionaires and Congress does nothing about it.

[@igmaribanez]

was it dinah from the dinahmo the dinahmoe from the dinahmoe hum ?