Steve Allen show, Frank Zappa Playing music on a Bicycle 1963

citizenterryk Says:

Aug 28, 2011 - @ShitFromShinolla well, that's as good an explanation as any!!......oh, the enlightenment i receive by being a YouTube addict!!.......a story like that may well have made you a candidate to be one of Steverino's guests way back when(or for that matter, to tour with FZ)........peace!!

ShitFromShinolla Says:

Aug 28, 2011 - @citizenterryk Who is Steverino and FZ? Do they sell their own tit glue too?

geeksgaloremarmora Says:

Aug 30, 2011 - Frank proved then, he could get more sound out of a bicycle than most new bands today

esxp Says:

Sep 9, 2011 - in Spite of Allens drawbacks (and is it really that different than the current crop of late nite hosts?) he always pushed the envelope as far as guests; Lenny, Dylan etc etc... Steve delivered what was then the weirdest most bohemian stuff available... one of the regulars on the show was an LA street guy named Gypsy Boots who looked like Charlie Manson

petehuws Says:

Sep 18, 2011 - I like 2:45 when FZ hints you'll know of me from next week!!! Too true, he only turned out to be one of the biggest musical genius's to date.. Go Frank!

rustysexton Says:

Sep 24, 2011 - "How long you been playin' bike?" "Two weeks" Perfect.

citizenterryk Says:

Sep 24, 2011 - @rogo2043 i'm glad somebody mentioned Partch......hey, when ya think about it, this wouldn't have sounded out-of-place at a Tom Waits concert!!

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superkulmedkniv25 Says:

Sep 30, 2011 - I love how they constantly pronounce Zappa wrong

manifestgtr Says:

Oct 4, 2011 - haha steve allen was such an empty suit...he had no idea that he was mocking one of the great musical minds of the 20th centuryI'm sure if you'd asked him what he thought would become of "the kid who played the bike" he'd laugh at you...and I'm sure that opinion changed dramatically later in his life

masterpadman1951 Says:

Oct 4, 2011 - allen was a good sport also gave zappa exposure

mrsgstd Says:

Oct 13, 2011 - Great googly moogly!

catspiker60 Says:

Oct 13, 2011 - "You can't write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say sometimes, so you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream." -fz

SongHooks1993 Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - @kenwahman well i mean...to be honest elvis was a talentless hack, the blacks the decade before elvis hit it big where already doing what he was doing. Elvis was the king of Copy not the king of rock, shit half his music isnt even rock its rock-a-billy or country...

plasticjesus108 Says:

Nov 17, 2011 - THIS IS REALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GENIOUS MEETS GENIOUS.

countofla Says:

Dec 4, 2011 - Allen was brilliant--a really quick mind. Who else could make such cacophony funny?

sfdrummer68 Says:

Dec 5, 2011 - @timmy54416trey .......Allen was anything.but an asshole(as you say). The premise was totally stupid, yet Allen played right along. Steve Allen was a very, bright, intelligent, quick and funny guy. He helped make the absurd premise actually funny and fit into the concept of the show. If, Zappa was their by himself banging on the bicycle, nobody would think it's a funny bit!!!

mrhdbnger Says:

Dec 7, 2011 - It is a combination of comic and musical genius. Allen never once actually mocked Zappa and graciously complimented his vision when they were done. Compare this to any bit on the modern day late night shows and you will notice that Allen gives this 3 times the segment that any artist would get today. This is pretty cool.

GeorgeDRange Says:

Dec 10, 2011 - Science!

caroltubeyou Says:

Dec 22, 2011 - Steve Allen was smart and funny and knew how to share the brilliant Frank Zappa with the American audience. This was before people knew Zappa - and the fact that Allen even had him on the show is a testament to how interested he was Zappa's creativity. Steve Allen's style and the expectation of what he'd deliver was about commentary and punch lines. Zappa's just getting started! You can hear his wit in understatement. Zappa had so many gifts.

tierno1922 Says:

Dec 29, 2011 - Frank Zappa was a very eccentric musician and outspoken individual. The Steve Allen Show was great for early rock musicians - before Ed Sullivan, etc.

DELHOOLY Says:

Jan 10, 2012 - alot of talent in that duet!

pedrothatguitarist Says:

Jan 11, 2012 - hes really not funny. hes quite a dickhead. i bet zappa was like take this bitch! in your faace! when he became highly noticed.

Bongofury361 Says:

Jan 14, 2012 - The thing that I can't figure out is...WTF is Allen doing with the jacket? Did he piss himself? Have half a woody...or what?

dermagrafa Says:

Jan 18, 2012 - Early television comedy..Who Knew...