Frank Zappa - Pennsylvania State Police 1981 (1 of 5)

[1manwithstick]

when I was a kid trooper Ash would come to my school to talk about street safety and other things. Can't believe this video!

[NakedPlanet1]

He likes Dolly Parton! A bit of a surprise. But why not I suppose. Just goes to show how open minded and undogmatic he was. Frank will always be THE MAN.

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! Thanks for posting! Cool clip! Very early in his career he provided the music for a rarely seen & little known early 60's cult film called "The World's Greatest Sinner" (which was written, directed & produced by it's star, the late great eccentric character actor Timothy Carey).

[ThorAbraxas]

"Last as long as somebody in the media thinks they can make money on it by perpetuating the myth that it is actually new"

[mocthezuma]

This trooper did another interview with zappa. I saw the interview here on youtube a while back, but it has since been removed. Zappa was wearing a blue tshirt on the other interview.

Does anyone have that interview? If so, please upload again.

[juaneyosoy]

His daughter moon gave me the best pipe job know to man.

[lasoo88]

Zappa always gives such insightful answers during his interviews. And a police officer that likes Zappa music is definitely something out of the ordinary.

[duanewong]

Frank Zappa, yeah, I met his daughter Moon Unit once in 1992 at Sears Roebuck & Co. in Pittsburgh. She was the singer of the 'Valley Girl' song that was one of my favorites. I didn't know that Frank had ties to Pennsylvania at all. I thought he was from California. I was 12 when this interview was recorded.

[gkchvh]

Independent Thinker. OOOOHH scary. Fuckin cops.

[PrinceZappa]

@gkchvh lol very funny!

[nickwade1]

FUCK the police

[miRthkon]

The Penn State Troopers were in favor of this because they wanted to promote it as an anti-drug message.

[alexlancer11]

Am I halucinating ?

[myeffy]

looks a bit gay to. :P

[myeffy]

cop's are brainwashed clowns so its a wonder he could understand the man.

[1982Rafael]

This is one of the best Zappa interviews.

[radishrose]

this cop knows what he's talking about! Andy is the best tune on One Size Fits All

But did Frank need to complete some PA Community Service?

[3cho613]

what a great line "here's the secret, there are 2 things that you have to do. One of them is to NOT STOP, and the other one is that you have to KEEP GOING"

[SIatanica]

The cop asks pretty good questions

[untappedfury]

Really awesome cop

[olflatop]

Good luck trying to find any cops who are fans of Frank Zappa nowadays....

[Maza675]

@olflatop there's a few of us

[olflatop]

@Maza675 I'm pleasantly surprised. Good to know.

[ToxicWastoid]

Wow, this is one of the best Zappa interviews on YouTube. Thanks for posting it.

[glitched731]

They don't make cops like this anymore.. or musicians ;-D

[tonesterau]

what a great interview.

[mocthezuma]

This trooper has done another interview with zappa. It used to be here on youtube, but now I can't find it anymore... Anyone know where it is? Or if it's on any other site?

[cw9123mingus]

great interview....i like the cops' attitude towards zappa

[sonofdad03]

hmmm first interview where the guy is a cop in uniform whats up with that

[czgibson]

FZ was a Dolly Parton fan!

[anitasseo]

NO TE PUEDO la aclaración botona del ppio!!!........ pero bue, aunque no lo crean.. a veces el más botón, es el menos botón de todos (no sé si se entiende): OJO CON LOS BOTONES vestidos de estrellitas de mtv. (ahora se entiende??)

[sockcucker23]

FUCKING PIGSS

[23naturefreak66]

Great!! Thanks a lot for uploading this!!

Frank was the MAN!! RIP FZ

[NameNotaNumber]

What a gem. God I love YouTube.

[rbert16000]

Wonderful interview.........

[kettlezone]

I reckon this is actually a very cool interview!

[RichardBLongly]

why did this happen? B\

[mikeadk]

A cop talking about having his mind blown by Chad Wackerman...too much!

[mikeadk]

Were these series of interviews part of a community t.v. program in Pennsylvania? You gotta love the disclaimer at the very beginning if this piece! P.S. To all of you beginner guitarists out there who thin you might be to old to pick it up, remember, Frank didn't pick up the instrument until he was 18.

[BigDaddy1968]

Personal! That is a BRILLIANT answer.

Big Daddy

At so many levels...

[xxFNORDxx]

Does anyone know the history of this? Why did Frank agree to do it? Very surreal but cool interview.

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Weren't there originally 6 parts to this?

[mryellow123]

Cops get that way from hanging out with cops. They get indoctrinated into their own little world. Friends don't come over for dinner anymore and all their social and work life starts to revolve around work people.

It's the cops themselves that create this isolated and insular community not the criminals.

[mryellow123]

I'd be concerned for my safety around either.

[mrandall61]

@mryellow123 had 3 friends this happened to, thank god i became a plumber and enjoy free thought.

[dbm32c4b]

@mryellow123 Well unless you're a cop, you have no idea. You're opinion means zero.

[mryellow123]

@dbm32c4b lol........ nice demostration of how they isolate themselves :-)

[dbm32c4b]

@mryellow123 I'm not a cop. Nice demonstration of how most people are ignorant know-it-alls. Game, set, match.

[mryellow123]

@dbm32c4b Overall.... You've been a very nice demonstration of an ignorant know-it-all :-)

[dbm32c4b]

@mryellow123 I would love to discuss this further, but the rules of "game, set, match" dictate that I have already won. So i'm sorry for your loss. :-(

[mryellow123]

@dbm32c4b Won? On the internet? geez you've got some issues.

[dbm32c4b]

@mryellow123 No, I just like to mess with people like you on the these things to get your lil heart racing. Makes me laugh to hear responses from people like you. That's all. Well anyway, it's been nice talking back and forth with you.

[mryellow123]

@dbm32c4b lol heart racing? Giving yourself a little bit too much credit I think.

Just because I think you're a moron doesn't mean I'm sweating over it :-P

[dbm32c4b]

@mryellow123 You're doing it right now. Calm down. And you're definitely sweating it and I'm laughing. But really, I'm done now and you should be too. You have a battle to fight against the facists anyway.

[mryellow123]

@dbm32c4b hehe I'm laughing at you :-P Keep going, you're doing such a good job :-)

[solarwave]

Bizzzzzare, and great! Funny comments here too.

[senorsquiid]

This is a very strange and wonderful interview.

[bjoler2008]

Did that guy arrest Frank after the interview?

[mythsay66]

great footage...I would have never thought that Frank would have a fan that is a state trooper.

[Gregarious3]

Am I the only one waiting for the policeman to ask, "Sir, how much have you had to drink tonight?".

Or, "Mind if I check your trunk?".

[nittles53]

i love zappa....hate fuckin cocksuckin pigs

[kafcin]

Im definately THAT kind of person that likes Franks music.. lol :p

[ROLtheWolf]

They were extremely well practiced and talented - Frank was renowned for fastidious expectations of the performance. They sounded great at the Orphium in Boston in 1983.

WTF are you talking about.

[flockenstein]

this interviewer is annoying

[Cheepn1s]

Well, most of them are

[deepindercheema]

this stuff is great, Charles Ash; how did you manage to get this done?

I wonder what made the Pennsylvania police give the green light for this.