Classic, great to see Frank having a Laugh, he was such a great guy, Thanks to Gunston for putting another one on the board for Oz. Thanks Norman...xxx
wasn't directed at you, was just too lazy to remove your name when I hit reply. I've noticed that in the majority of interviews, Frank seemed rather discontent with the whole thing
Amazing stuff! Gunston plays the ABC TV news theme at the end and mentions that last part had a nice ring to it! Go Norman! Frank didn't pick up on that one. Thanks heaps for this one!
Two brilliant minds come together. It's always good to see this happen, despite personas. Each can see through it and enjoy eachother for it, yet play along.
Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief?
You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin' by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups.
It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and sometimes that shark he go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes.
When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour.
Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist.
At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol' fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
Not often you see Frank Zappa play the straight man. . .
eveningtsar 2 months ago
Love it, all time classic from the little Ausie bleeder.
sarcasmisthelowest 6 months ago
Frank was such a great sport
imsuckingwind 6 months ago
Classic, great to see Frank having a Laugh, he was such a great guy, Thanks to Gunston for putting another one on the board for Oz. Thanks Norman...xxx
recyk1 9 months ago
That guy is hilarious
superagnitio 9 months ago
The soptisticate wall was up as usual but I agree, Frank must have been going through the comic options half way through..good post
pykkervots 1 year ago
Im thinking the comb-over just might be making a come back soon.....
mcnowski 1 year ago
zappa's thinking about having this guy in the band...just about the middle of the interview.
dexterpointexter 1 year ago
The sequence of laughs is one of the most ridiculous I've heard. Cool stuff anyhow.
Jornev 1 year ago
he makes everyone look like a fool... he is so humble... patient with the average idiot...
axeofgod72 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing.
TonyBtheEG 2 years ago
@TonyBtheEG Crazy, Frank looks like he's actually having fun on this one
TheAwesomeClub 2 years ago
When did I write he wasn't? I'm confused a bit from that reply.
TonyBtheEG 2 years ago
wasn't directed at you, was just too lazy to remove your name when I hit reply. I've noticed that in the majority of interviews, Frank seemed rather discontent with the whole thing
TheAwesomeClub 2 years ago
Truth.
TonyBtheEG 2 years ago
WOW never even knew this existed.. 2 legends on one piece of film!! Nice one :)
Boweavel 2 years ago
he's no little walter, but he didn't suck.
ironbuttermilk 2 years ago
Amazing stuff! Gunston plays the ABC TV news theme at the end and mentions that last part had a nice ring to it! Go Norman! Frank didn't pick up on that one. Thanks heaps for this one!
maxahol 2 years ago
thanks for pointing out what the theme mr.gunston played was, cheers.
bastardtubeuser 2 years ago
Gunston can actually play. far out
krootman12 2 years ago 3
Oh, what a gem! Thanks for sharing!
AstAMoore 2 years ago
brilliant piece of work
wickedmatt282 3 years ago
i think frank approved of his harp playing
SudoJim 3 years ago 8
Norman actually did join Frank on stage too...
tomlang555 3 years ago 4
awesome!
CusterFlux 3 years ago 2
some if not all of thats from fear and loathing right...fucking right im right
bigbabyjesusaddf 4 years ago
NOpe. Only one line is from Fear and Loathing. How can you not get: "No, I am your father"!!
crazykb 3 years ago
Two brilliant minds come together. It's always good to see this happen, despite personas. Each can see through it and enjoy eachother for it, yet play along.
naganokumas 4 years ago
Good to see Frank at his best, before he started getting a little too cynical later on (not that you could blame him, but still ...)
CusterFlux 4 years ago
I think he was less cynical in this interview because he seemed to like the interviewer.
crazykb 4 years ago 2
Cool to see Frank laugh. Hardly ever see that.
Incongruent 4 years ago 12
Yeah, freaky - Frank sort of hid his face 'cause Gary is so good as Norm, he even managed to get Frank to break character.
CusterFlux 4 years ago
so true
SudoJim 3 years ago
@Incongruent Frank laughed so much it's insane. And it was a maniacal laugh too. good stuff
ThePiperPunk 1 year ago
@Incongruent Maybe in interviews but if you watch anything else then you see him smile and laugh a lot. The guy was very happy.
LuneyTune72 8 months ago
Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half-hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that in the water, Chief?
braundiealte 4 years ago
You can tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know, was that our bomb mission was so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin' by, so we formed ourselves into tight groups.
braundiealte 4 years ago
It was sorta like you see in the calendars, you know the infantry squares in the old calendars like the Battle of Waterloo and the idea was the shark come to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and sometimes that shark he go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark looks right at ya. Right into your eyes. And the thing about a shark is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes.
braundiealte 4 years ago
When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... 'til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all your poundin' and your hollerin' those sharks come in and... they rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks there were, maybe a thousand. I do know how many men, they averaged six an hour.
braundiealte 4 years ago
Thursday mornin', Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water, he was like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist.
braundiealte 4 years ago
At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol' fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
braundiealte 4 years ago 2
"Mr. Hooper!" "I don't think I can take this abuse much longer."
cvjucla3 4 years ago