Frank Zappa Interview about Larry Flynt - 4/8/1987

[@rudyrod100]

An intellectual giant I really liked him and wish he were still here.

[@tomscerbo1588]

I agree zappa was Italian Greek intellectual!

[@miles6593]

I agree . Zappa was a fearless dissident intellectual .

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Juan, you might find a sense of Frank 'being here' if you read 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa 1968-1971'. It's my story but reveals Frank's home life not shown in other books from getting up to going to bed, rehearsing with the Mothers of Invention, composing at the piano, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more.

[@rudyrod100]

@@paulinebutcherbird Thanks, I will look for it.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@rudyrod100 Great. Feedback will be welcome.

[@jrosner6123]

As a teen, this was the Zappa I followed. He shaped my fundamental perspective on the world, and music.

[@wolfgang4136]

Zappa was just one honest, straight shooting man. The world needs more of this honesty! 👍👍👍

[@petermaxwell2965]

I guess it up to us now .. but religious perversion seems to be protected by ..??

[@Gzjbfgghhgffggg]

Dream on

[@georgemartin4354]

i love zappa, but i don't get his pov at all. To me guys like hefner and flynt are smut peddelers, not artists. Taking photos of nude girls and selling them is like selling candy bars. People love sugar and jerking off. Its not hard.

[@dannialeflowers6440]

This video is so much more interesting than I imagined.

[@RSR423]

EVERYTHING is so much more interesting with Frank involved.

[@charlesboyle9223]

"Pass the butter! Hilarious!. What a different person we see when Frank gets an intelligent,attentive interviewer. Thanks for posting this.

[@johnking6252]

Fascinating character, the world could use more of people like him. RIP FZ ✌️🙏

[@QuiveringT]

At one point i had seen almost all the Zappa interviews on KZbin and yet we are still finding new Zappa interviews. This has to be one of the more entertaining ones. Even just shooting the shit Zappa is still a genius. Awesome...

[@crispyrobot77]

Be sure to check out the Dick Cavett interview with Zappa on KZbin. It's very good.

[@brötzmannsax]

The United Nations of Absurdity, ha, every FZ interview has gold nuggets.

[@everettamador9885]

Hunter S Thompson and Zappa...Two gravely underestimated Philosophers!!

[@pianobanter]

Thanks for uploading this. I always enjoy a FZ interview i've never seen before.

[@peterbartolomeo956]

Could watch Frank for hours. Facinating

[@williamblair9597]

Thank you for being Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa, things have not been as enlightening or entertaining since you've been gone. RIP.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Imagine what he'd have to say about Donald Trump.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

It's the first time I've seen Frank be interviewed about someone else rather than himself, and he clearly enjoyed doing it. 10/10.

[@DrMackSplackem]

Hey there, Pauline! Politics aside, KZbin stands alone in that it remains the foremost vanguard for newly unearthed archival videos like this one. I hope this can continue, but I have my doubts. On the other hand, I miss nothing about being active on Facebook except conversations I had with you and a few select others. I feel the need to say that I adore your writings about your time in the Zappa orbit, and my only issue with that book is that whenever I loaned it out to someone else, it never returned. The next copy I buy will be mine and mine only.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@DrMackSplackem Dear Joe, thank you for thinking of me and writing so graciously about my book. Why have you decided to vacate FB?

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@DrMackSplackem By the way, Joe, if you do get a new copy of my book, may I suggest you try the audio. It's upgraded, has chapter headings and better structured with a lot of the peripheral characters taken out.

[@DrMackSplackem]

@@paulinebutcherbird Oh, I saw the whole cancel culture thing way before it had a name, though at the time I didn't fully grasp the totality. I certainly understand those who need social media accounts for business reasons, but the censorship is so bad and so arbitrary that anyone who is remotely interesting is no longer tolerated. Plus, it's clear they're coming for everybody, eventually. I call it antisocial media, at this point. KZbin is about all I do anymore. I follow someone on Twitch, but that organization is also infected on a corporate level. Pauline, I will happily take your advice and get the audio version of your book. If I'm not mistaken, that's the one with the additional material, and it will be sweet to have that altogether! Kind Regards, Joseph

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@DrMackSplackem As a matter of interest, who are the 'they' you refer to? 'It's clear they're coming for everybody.'

[@vivalapsych]

Great to see Frank in such a great mood here. Also the conversation during the set-up shots at the end would have gotten them in trouble if broadcast back then! Thanks for uploading this.

[@dadduorp]

What a great interviewer. Sadly, journalist Judd Rose died of a brain tumor in 2000 at only 45 years of age. He’d won 4 Emmys by then.

[@everettamador9885]

May They all rest in peace...

[@thePsykomanteum]

Judd Rose is a stooge whose opinions are uninformed and unresearched and Larry Flynt may have been correct.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

That is very sad. Frank had little time for journalists generally, but here Frank seems to have high regard for the man interviewing him.

[@mauliebella]

Such a shame. Brain cancer sucks!

[@DawnPossession]

😢

[@mabwachildress3215]

Mixx!!! Many thanxx ...the outtakes are exxxtra special

[@mahavishnuorchestra]

Frank Zappa - dearly missed genius…

[@CrestaDMente]

Thanks for the upload, never seen this one before

[@cybertronian2005]

this video was uploaded two days before Flynt died :-o

[@BlackWhirlies]

Really great. Thanks SirMix-A-Lot.

[@BrainiacFingers]

I've seen a lot of Zappa interview footage but this one is new to me. Very funny.

[@jimbarrofficial]

Flynt was a genius, whatever you think of his publication. Ultimately, it takes all kinds in America.

[@scorchedearth8661]

That was…the Central…Scrutinizer!

[@Jaybird-zl9ve]

Keep in mind, this is Frank Zappa saying "this guy was out there." How out there do you have to be?

[@Roger-nk5ug]

They love how the cameraman knew to zoom in on the reporter when Zappa started talking about the guy from the L.A. times. Great skills! Even psychic.

[@thisklik]

Thanks!!!! This is Treasure!!!

[@clintstewart5545]

THANK YOU

[@DavidfromBA]

9:30 *"People on the screaming fundamentalist right have this strange attitude that no matter what they do of a violent nature that it's okay if they do it because God's on their side. Now that to me is bad mental health. [...] I'm a little bit angered that that kind of stuff still goes on in this country. We should have outgrown it. If we expect to move into the 21st century the sooner we can get over those twisted medieval fixations the better off we're going to be."* Spot on. Imagine how disgusted Frank would have been if he'd lived long enough to witness the shitshow that is 21st century 'Murica.

[@Tomekkplk]

You seem to forget his political side is now who he is talking about here. The left doesn't have a God in the natural sense but their religion is "transgenderism" and they will kill for it.

[@samcook3076]

wow Frank thank u brother you Fkn ROCK!!!!!

[@CVGuitar]

This is great

[@-Finlander-]

What a bummer the interview is way too short....

[@superfuzzymomma]

Remarkable stuff

[@peterbartolomeo956]

One good soul. R I P Frank

[@phideaux3]

Wow. Would love to see it w/out the cuts.

[@SirMixALotRareMusic]

This is a raw tape transfer, so what's in-between the cuts was not filmed.

[@brucecaldwell6701]

Frank seems more at ease in this interview than any other that I've seen. He clearly saw the danger that the religious right posed then & no doubt would be appalled at what it is today & also at the threat posed by the lunacy on the left that we see today.

[@michaelcassady1289]

The "religious right" is not a threat. There is nothing in the creed of the people who are right wing that compells anyone to harm another person. Infact it is forbidden. Those who harm others are literally committing an act that no good person or religious person would do or condone.

[@dadduorp]

The “threat of the loony left”? Where have you been the last 4 years?

[@brucecaldwell6701]

@@michaelcassady1289 WTF ?

[@bouzoukiman5000]

@@michaelcassady1289 except that they are consistently in everyone's business, attempt to intimidate, harass, and attack other protesters, have street gangs like Pride Bois, and attacked the Capitol! They spend on military but have no heart for regular people. Then on television they spin it all for the dummy base. They're THE problem!

[@crankystinkleton4284]

Sounds more like the product of your fertile imagination. The US for example: power is vested in a succession of major parties whose interests are only corporate lobbyists, a maintaining of the status quo, and appealing to the same pool of social conservatives, because it keeps the richest happy, and appeals to the majority of voters. Where amongst that system is any serious large-scale threat from 'the left'? Even protest movements blow over, and everyone goes back to beer and TV (or in this case, You Tube videos)

[@davidford6918]

I am taking a shot in the dark here. I saw zappa in Maine in the late 70,s if you were there you would remember this, even if you saw him 50 times. Some idiot threw a bottle and hit him in the shoulder. He stopped the show and had the house lights up and did not play until the person was identified and removed. Now comes the shot in the dark...after show we stayed at a Howard Johnson hotel near bye, I met zappa and his huge body gard in the hall 3 doors down. He said too me (the b.g. that is)you boy's have a good night and don't go knocking on mr zappa door or I'll have to break your fingers! We didn't. But the guitar and bass players came to our room to smoke up and relax. Some other guys from college were there as well. I wanted to know if you were there and remember there names? So many great players spent time with this man. Steve vi was one. I love music trivia

[@radiomindchatter7994]

I wonder what Zappa's view of the world would be if he had lived? It would be very interesting I would think...

[@mrkremko1]

Zappa would be very turned off by the cancel culture

[@nunontherunnumberone]

"I did not work for him. He hired me" and nothing said after that helps clear up the discrepancy. Still love 'im.

[@allencollins6031]

I think Zappa meant that he wasn't a day to day, fulltime operations employee of Flynt's business. Just a freelance artist for hire on a special project.

[@DinaB-zc5iy]

Exactly correct. Frank was asked by Larry (as were several other celebs) to imagine a Fantasy photo shoot for Hustler. It took about a week to plan & shoot. I worked for the Creative Director at that time & was the one who dealt directly with Mr.Zappa for this shoot & with the other celebrities for LFP, Inc.

[@rockettebob]

the rush death, little mention of larry. the local news on radio sucks. to get the weather i listen to it. no t.v. no papers. i went out to but old hustlers, all gone. this lockdown has us ! mr zappa was the best...THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! ..................rockettebob

[@tomscerbo1588]

Zappa was Italian American music genius!

[@jkorshak]

Sicilian but he's from Baltimore.

[@bouzoukiman5000]

@@jkorshak his bio says his dad was a greek arab. Whatever that means. Maybe a greek whose family came from Alexandria to Sicily.

[@jkorshak]

@@bouzoukiman5000 Father was an immigrant from Sicily with a Greek and Arab background. His mother, an American by birth, had a Sicilian and Italian background. FZ is from Baltimore.

[@bouzoukiman5000]

@@jkorshak I read his mom was part French

[@cybertronian2005]

14:09 so rare to hear Zappa laugh

[@spookybaba]

You haven't heard enough of his albums, then. Especially live albums.

[@LiveMusicSucks]

@@spookybaba seriously, go listen to the You Cant Do That on Stage Anymore series

[@spookybaba]

@@LiveMusicSucks are you talking to me? Read my comment. You got the wrong lady, Kid.

[@LiveMusicSucks]

i was supporting your argument.. hence why i suggested some live albums? feeling stand off-ish?

[@spookybaba]

@@LiveMusicSucks But, why write that to me? The original comment needed your reply. I'm over familiar with Zappa's catalogue, right up to when he died. Haven't heard that much posthumously. I could name a few songs such as The Radio Is Broken, Can't Afford No Shoes, and Dong Work for Yuda, that feature laughing from Frank, and there's many more. Not just live shows. No stand offish, as you put it. Just didn't understand your reply to me, and I definitely failed to pick up on any support you may have offered. Maybe it's the language barrier. This reply is directed at the original comment, too. 😉

[@rodkirkbride2230]

Good ole Frank!

[@mrreemann3739]

@12:07 Do you expect me to believe this is the back of Frank's head?

[@birdsongandblood]

They shouldn't pity Larry Flint. I lived with a man in a wheelchair for 24 years and the LAST thing he would want is pity. He was a survivor not a victim.

[@silkyrobinson5079]

Sir Mix Alot... Wow. Very Cool🌍🍄🌲🌈

[@markducharme9518]

Towards the end, the sound goes bad, and they're talking about someone getting killed with a baseball bat? then the Gipper, and then some other strange accusations about Reagan? and Pat Boone? What is this stuff?

[@evetsnitram8866]

I noticed recently that Larry Flynt died this year(2021). I could've sworn he died ten years ago or better! Mandela effect.

[@brandonhendrix7223]

There is no Mandela effect. It's called mistaken or misremembering. The term "Mandela Effect" is mainly used by people who want to attach some profound significance to the fact they simply remembered something wrong.

[@localcrew]

Don’t know if I missed it - but who is the interviewer here? He does a good job.

[@SirMixALotRareMusic]

Judd Rose

[@balsaboy55]

anybody here remember Beaver hunt.....??????

[@johnoldcastle789]

He looks like had a cocktail

[@isaactaylor5531]

Real..true.. Music Master... Strait Up...Funny dude... Should be an Uncle to everyone?!!....

[@martiallaitram5699]

Whoever refuses pornography says that family and a strong household is what is worth sacrificing everything for, so a foundation for financial and social security for whomever signs the deal. You look at what Zappa's family has become and you do your math

[@AndyGrazianoNYC]

huh?

[@martiallaitram5699]

@@AndyGrazianoNYC Mr Graziano you're obviously a monogamous married man with ten kids

[@AndyGrazianoNYC]

@@martiallaitram5699 huh?

[@martiallaitram5699]

@@AndyGrazianoNYC 1+1=

[@AndyGrazianoNYC]

@@martiallaitram5699 que?

[@greedyfirstalgorithmlast26]

Was Flint's Club the According to RadarOnline, Stephen Hawking is a frequenter of Larry's club Larry Flynt's Hustler Club | To think a man like Stephen Hawking-who invented the framework of general ... recalled the theoretical physicist's first appearance on the show in May 1999. ... Hawking for Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, yelling, "Larry Flynt is right! ... table reads, as executive producer and writer Matt Selman tells AV Club:Home to the gorgeous Hustler Honeys entertainers, after hours adult club entertainment, and world class service, let Larry Flynt and the Hustler Honeys show you ... We bet you didn't see that one coming. An insider at the club claims to have seen Hawking "more than a handful of times." He usually arrives with a bevy of nurses and assistants

[@imaginarycanary9956]

Judge not lest you be judged with the same measure. That goes for Larry Flint and Pat Boone and you and me. We are all sinners, no one is perfect.

[@imaginarycanary9956]

As a Christian, I don’t agree with anyone imposing their beliefs (religious or otherwise) or anything else on others by force.

[@charlesbukowski9836]

@Fryx Ur wrong... Most christians are secular in beliefs such as porn ,,, 99% really don't care one way or the other

[@jadepaulsen8456]

@@charlesbukowski9836 Christians I have met ( many) are highly judgemental. I steer clear.

[@isaiakrozell2409]

@imaginarycanary9956 You're not a Christian. Stop straw-manning the religion. I don't believe in imposing things on others with force either. I also know that pornography comes from the depths of hell. In no way are those two statements contradictory.

[@isaiakrozell2409]

​@@charlesbukowski9836What you say comes not from experience but from your belief/faith. You take the small amount of quote unquote "Christians" that you've ever encountered in real life mixed with what you see and hear on TV and youtube and now you think that's enough to make an accurate judgement on the whole of Christians? First things first. A true Christian will always tell you that the only real Christian is Jesus Christ the son of God. Western and Eastern Christianity are not the same and it is my position from years of experience both in books and real life hand to hand experience that the Only true form of Christianity is the very first Form Of Christianity that Christ and the Apostles themselves established more than 2000 years ago. The Eastern Orthodox Christian Church. Most of what the World knows about Christianity is based on false versions of Christianity as Western Christianity, i.e.:Roman Catholic, protestant, Baptist, Lutheran, etc.etc. :, are not authentically Christian by any standard. So because your hurling tomatoes at a phantom menace, the only real reprise from me to you would be to DO YOUR HOMEWORK.😉✌🏼

[@isaiakrozell2409]

​​@@jadepaulsen8456sounds like you don't have a problem with judging people yourself as long as the judging is not coming towards you. Silly how that works, isn't it?🤔

[@vote4ulvio]

Damn for Frank to say it was Weird it really must have been.

[@mrader217]

9:45.....Frank the prophet of doom

[@paulavery5889]

I was born that year lol

[@jwc3o2]

another of those celebrity photoshoots was scripted by Marjoe Gortner!

[@crispyrobot77]

Frank was/is a Musical Wonder. His daughter Moon has a great NEW book "Earth to Moon: A Memoir". A WONDERFUL read for ALL Zappa fans.

[@liverbirdxoxo1984]

mate…. what woukd he think today, abortion in us been criminalised, cancellation, trolls, censorship…

[@bouzoukiman5000]

Where is the Reagan video? Conservatives would love it! They're always getting outed for that kind of play. Lol

[@petermaxwell2965]

Fuck ..why is frank around ?

[@laughingcorpsev2024]

I don't know this guy i searched for his name i found out he died 1 day ago lol

[@KeithFortner-j5s]

😅 L l😅 l😅 l😅 l l😅 l😅 😅l

[@dreamdiction]

5:50 Flynt was a constitutional fundamentalist only when constitutional freedoms offered him a pathway to personal wealth and status. Is anyone improved by porn? Will you avoid answering that question by babbling about liberal freedoms? Look around you at America today and ask yourself if ordinary people are mentally fit to make beneficial use of personal freedom.

[@phideaux3]

"Is anyone improved by porn?" Sex workers think so. For them, it's a way to make rent.

[@dreamdiction]

@@phideaux3 Are you approving porn or are you criticizing the current state of America in which it has become normalized for people to rent out their body holes to strangers to use like a public toilet while others pay to watch ?

[@phideaux3]

@@dreamdiction I'm not judging. You asked a question. I thought it deserved a response.

[@tommym321]

“Is anyone improved by porn.” Let’s say for arguments sake, the answer is “no” (because I think that’s what you’re implying). So what? Do we only allow those freedoms that “improve” us? Since when is that the standard? I can think of a shit load of activities that don’t necessarily improve us, so what?

[@duhduh666]

@@dreamdiction You must have fond memories of the USA of the 50s and prior.

[@alexthompson9516]

This interviewer is really going for every opportunity to ridicule and demean ol' Larry.

[@suekennedy8917]

A demon possessed guy who is glorifying a pervert who was shot by some girls father.

[@alyahoodii]

Okay Sue

[@theelectrodefunhouse4651]

Lighten up Francis.

[@suekennedy8917]

@Donde Merlin Its all a conspiracy theory. Now is the time for jokes and insults and plenty of celebrity worshipping.... These data suggest that there may be an increased incidence of certain cancers among the 98 million persons exposed to contaminated polio vaccine in the U.S.; further investigations are clearly justified.

[@BigShep96]

suzy. suzy creamcheese. this is the voice of your conscience baby, uh... i just want to check one thing out with ya, you don't mind, do ya? suzy creamcheese, honey, what's got into ya?

[@suekennedy8917]

@@BigShep96 BigShekel96 Highlighted reply BigShekel96 3 hours ago suzy. suzy creamcheese. this is the voice of your conscience baby, uh... i just want to check one thing out with ya, you don't mind, do ya? suzy creamcheese, honey, what's got into ya?

[@onthepath501]

Yeah hell yeah Zappa is awesome too, my kind of people

[@onthepath501]

Larry is the kind of guy I could totally hang out with I would have been great friends with him I can tell ,l I'm kind of a f***** up outcast too LOL

[@DinaB-zc5iy]

I worked for him in the corporate office. He was devoted to standing up for the First Amendment. He was kind & soft-spoken most of the time. He absolutely adored his wife Althea & was devastated by her death. During all the trials in the early 80’s he did actually go off the deep-end a little bit. He was dealing with excruciating pain from being shot. He did actually believe a lot of conspiracy theories, etc, but later in life he had a successful surgery that ended much of his terrible pain & his mind was much clearer. TBC, that was mainly because he stopped injecting himself with Demerol shots for the pain. I have to say there was never a dull moment working for him & I met many interesting people. My favorite was Timothy Leary. Larry should be remembered for how he stood up for Free Speech not just as a smut peddler as some people like to label him, BTW, those were usually Televangelists like Jerry Falwell who were probably more perverted than Larry ever was. 👀

[@onthepath501]

S*** I got a lot of respect for Larry , he knew the Constitution Bill of Rights and he said f*** you I'm going to do what I want to do and I really respect that. I grew up under a dictator when I was a child and I can't f****** stand authority.. I'll do what I want to do or you're going to f****** kill me LOL