Gunston raps & jams with Zappa

[loinchop1]

i was an avid fan of NG and remember watching this...totally cool was Frank!

[mediumawlful]

folk rock, i love regressive music.

[racecar06]

what key are you in ? lol x 1000

[MrGRINandBEARit]

hahaha "the boys got a promising career", hilarious

[chype]

This is really awesome :)

[Stemma3]

The best interview!

[jrakarl]

Two comic geniuses... fantastic. 

[tuskedbeast]

That was just so great. I can see how FZ would totally get NG's good-hearted celebrity piss-take. It must have been a breath of fresh air for him!

I do with I could understand some of the more muttered exchanges that made Zappa smile.

[royism]

@tuskedbeast - I think Zappa says something about marrying brothers and sisters so Norman mentioned Tasmania - most aussies make fun about Tasmania's inbreeding ;-)

I love the way that Norman describes Frank as 'hopeless' after the 10 beat count-in

[andybyron1]

i've never seen this until now. wonderful stuff

[effedtiffbe]

Thanks for posting this.

[royism]

@effedtiffbe - youre welcome

[Er3b1ne]

What year was this?

[royism]

@Er3b1ne - I think it was 1976.

[cattycakes64]

Very cool-thanks for this.

[Trafa522]

"I used to pick up a lot of lint..." FZ had to laugh at that. Norman Gunston is an absolute legend - a worthy interviewer of the late, great Frank Zappa. They are both master improvisers in their fields, love this to bits....

[ToxicWastoid]

I expected this to be painful, but I think Frank enjoyed the fact that this was not yet another dry TV interview.

[youandyamum]

Norman  did get to play with the Mothers after this

[pykkervots]

Usual sophisticated veneer but it seems Frank was impressed. Check out a posthumous FZ album 'FZ:OZ' Norman was invited up to play live on one track.

[Bob6stringer]

Someone MADE FRANK LAUGH!!!

[monkeybutler20]

normans interview whith god

[DarkZekeX]

that was very silly XD

[rigmarole55]

In 1973 i saw Zappa conduct the TV channel 9 orchestra on the Ernie Sigley Show (a first degree dickhead), and basically, with minimal instruction, made them sound like the Mothers. I was overwhelmed (and teenagers don't get overwhelmed by much). It was then i realised the unique talent of the Man. Zappa that is.

[royism]

@rigmarole55 - I remember seeing that on our old black and white TV.

[hanajinks]

@rigmarole55 A first degree dickhead

[ChumChance]

@rigmarole55

I created a youtube account just to say this single comment: I am waaay high off of some premium Hawaiian seedless, and seeing the syntax, punction use, & etc. of that comment, I am willing to bet a quarter bag that 'rigmarole55' IS, in fact, Thomas Pynchon himself. I swear it. At the very least, it is someone familiar w/his work, and probably just got through watching this after reading a Zappa reference in one of his novels. How groovy is that?!?! I found Thomas Pynchon!

[ChumChance]

@rigmarole55

I created a youtube account just to say this single comment: I am waaay high off of some premium Hawaiian seedless, and seeing the syntax, punction use, & etc. of that comment, I am willing to bet a quarter bag that 'rigmarole55' IS, in fact, Thomas Pynchon himself. I swear it! At the very least, it is someone familiar w/his work, and probably just got through watching this after reading a Zappa reference in one of his novels. How groovy is that?!?! I found Thomas Pynchon!

[rigmarole55]

@ChumChance - no, not Pynchon - nor Pynchob neither - just someone who was looking for Gunston stuff and happened to be on an early FZ replay-but-also-get-to-know-so­me 'phase'. I was drawn to it, you might say. FZ stays cool, especially as Norman obviously knows what a controller Zappa is - what a tease! r55

[toobularbells]

That was great,TYVM

[acomedywebsite]

That was great! Never heard of Gary before. Frank came across well. He knew what was up but went along with it anyway.

[DarlingDown]

@acomedywebsite one of my fave aussie comedians also had another fantastic sitcom called mother and son you'll have to check out an episode about a middle aged son living with and caring for his so called alzheimic mother funny stuff

[monkeybutler20]

@DarlingDown that show is brilliant

aurthur always got the shit end of the deal on the episodes

[royism]

Yeah, I agree.. I think both are very funny

[freeze1962]

How about both Gary McDonald and Sacha Cohen.

Why does it always have to be one or the other.

Did Elvis suck when the Beatles came along?

Did the Beatles suck when Led Zepplin came along.

Let's enjoy all of them and appreciate it all.

[JohnMalcolm]

Forget Sacha Cohen

Gary McDonald forever !!!!!!!!

[LeonardRockstein]

hahaha...I remember seeing this as a kid...loved it then...love it now. Somehow I think that might have been one of the only interviews Frank ever had where he actually enjoyed himself. Garry McDonald (the guy that plays Norman) is a dead set legend!

[Jesusplant]

@LeonardRockstein ya he actually has a couple chuckles in this interview

[AgapeNea]

Du hast Recht, das passt nicht zu. Aber trotdzdem, was ist los? Warum bist so einsam?

[steeliedude]

bahahaha

[skwijeebob1]

how cool that FZ actually did get NG up to play when they played in Sydney.

[ptm5150]

Oh that was awesome, thank you for posting!

[montecore18]

No, you call it jelly don't you?

[DBV666]

The hot curly weenie song is called stick it out & is on the Joe's Garage album

[cramlybiola]

Lol. Classic.

[beefsupreme420]

That was absolutely kick ass! Norm rules on that harmonica too.

[tydiedbutterfly]

does anyone know what the hot curly weenie song is called?

[Maza675]

@tydiedbutterfly 'stick it out' on the Joes Garage album.  There is an older version, not as polished, called 'Sofa'

[PsytranceMan777]

Pause at 1:30, and you'll see Norman flipping a fast bird! :P

[bleemskip]

there allowed to marry animals oh...............how adult lol

[katanning6317]

hahaha.. farkin classic.... two ledgends in their own right together (RIP FZ). Gunston's ABC tune at the end on harmonica is classic funny!

[zaccarroll72]

that is so fukin funny!!!!

[Blundergus]

Haha, awesome video! Norman rips it up on the harmonica! What a classic moment!!!!!

[hankrango]

gunston actually ended up playing with frank a few months later at the hordern pavilion in sydney. the gig was released as a double cd a few years back called fz:oz. gunston/mcdonald plays on the torture never stops.

[skinnrod]

shit i grew up woth that shit and that was pretty fuckin mint HANDS DOWN!

[Islwynpaul]

This has to be the GREATEST thing on youtube without question. I love it. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Tait011]

true man :)

peace.

[chuckhoganlongshaw]

omg he can actually play the harmonica

[rhizomatical]

He plays the fanfare from the start of the ABC news on the radio. Co-incidentally that's the the first song that I can ever remember hearing as a kid.

[fuzzy40au]

zappa was so impressed with norman that he asked him to appear at his sydney concert, which he did.

[LaBelleJustine]

j'ai les boules de pas comprendre "l'américain" depuis ma naissance.

[gunzothesurfsailgod]

gunston rules

[SgtTravisBickle]

The boy has got a promising career and when he comes to Australia, give him a break.

[ruleta74835]

Rare to see Zappa strumming an acoustic guitar. Wish he did more of that.

[Orlor]

Yes, the only other time I've heard Frank on Acoustic was on Sleep Dirt.

[ruleta74835]

There's a lot of acoustic guitar on the older Mothers albums. We're Only in it for the Money and Uncle Meat come to mind right away. For some reason, he got away from the acoustic in later years. By the 80's, he usually just played electric guitar solos...leaving the written guitar parts to others like Steve Vai, Warren Cucurrullo, etc. As good as those cats were, I thought Zappa had the best touch of all when he played rhythym and melody lines.

[marcvdm1111]

Sleep dirt, I wonder what he had on his mind when he played that, wonderful peace of music, incredible. Very unlike other stuff he did... onde of my all time favorites

[tigerboy1966]

How many times has this guy's premise been ripped off by other comics? The original and best! I like the slightly startled expression on FZ's face when he realises that Gunston/McDonald is actually a very good harmonica player.

[poutybean]

He's not that good actually!

[Maccaism]

wtf, are you serious?

if youve ever tryed harmonica before, you would know its harder then most instruments to learn properly

[katsoinbrodo]

I remember when he said: Dont ever let her know that you're smart...

[zappaelcrappa]

I love to watch anything that Zappa had a part of awesome !

[desolationrow]

hahaha FZ towards the end "you're no Bob Dylan but..."

[wat3rbottl3]

nice...

[ookland81]

I was on the floor when Norman Gunston playing along with Frank Zappa breaks out and on his own goes on to play the intro for the ABC News.

I wonder if Frank Zapper knew what it was?

[drees71]

Anyone out there have clips from Norman Gunstons show, which was shown in the UK on Channel Four? He was jetting around on his own planr, i'd love to see him sing the banana boat song again!

[ODBINCBD]

Super stuff! Many celeberities tried to show off when interviewed by NG but Zappa played it cool and was a joy to watch.

[Jocktheterrible]

Great to see the whole interview.

Excellent.

[Gunnabee]

The ABC program the Chaser owes heaps to Gary Mac (aka Norman). Not to mention others who have employed the piss taking interview style he mastered.

Gary MacDonald's a bloody genius.

[duckmonsterX]

Gary MacDonald was doing the sasha cohen 'shock interview' thing back when Cohen was probably still in nappies. Genius.

[LeonardRockstein]

So fuckin true...Garry is legend !

[demonsbutterfly]

Superb-The ABC Theme!!! Gold

[RATTLEY67]

Cool

[Brakawolf]

One of the few guests who more or less twigged to Gunston, though I'm sure he didn't understand Gunston's rendition of the ABC news theme.

[royism]

Yep.. I reckon that FZ tries to shock Norman by suggesting that his band members were allowed to marry animals and that including Tasmania in Normans Australian tour was 'the best idea he'd had during the program' (that cracks me up)- I reckon that Frank finally twigs when Norman explains his 'static lint' problem.. I would vote this as the best interview with FZ..

[Brakawolf]

As a Tasmanian, I'll forgive you for that.

[royism]

Apologies to you and your conjoined sister :-)

[royism]

joke Joyce ( I miss Graham Kennedy)

[TubularBelle]

Frank, you're hot!!! hot !!hot!! You too Norm 8^)