Futurist Frank Zappa (1976 SNL): I Am The Slime

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Frank Zappa's first performance
on Satuday Night Live.

Originally broadcast 
December 11, 1976












 

  




Frank's image goes thermal
with audience reflection...

He was truly Rock & Roll's
Godmother of Invention







 

YOU WILL OBEY BE
WHILE I LEAD YOU
AND EAT THE 
GARBAGE
THAT I
FEED
YOU
...

sung by DON PARDO

The band

consisted of


a string section

and


a horn section

+ Mr. Pardo
(off-stage)

+ Ruth Underwood
(vibraphone:
  unphotographed)  

+ Bare-chested boy
(drummer:
 unphotographed)

It

Did

Happen

Here


in


2014


THE SLIME 

is the symbolic sibling of
 
 CHINESE VOMIT*



Don Pardo, the unseen voice of
Satuday Night Live since 1975,
was still the announcer in 2014.

He died on August 18th.

He is photographed here
with Fred Armison,
an (n-1)th generation
performer of SNL.

Google for Fred Armison
if you so desire.

* Chinese Vomit is a term
coigned by Mrs. CarPeo.

Google for the phrase
if you so desire. 

R.I.P
Don Pardo & Frank Zappa


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