Frank Zappa - Make Me Laugh -Full Show- 1984 USA Network Re-Broadcast - Original Date 1979 - 1ST Gen
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Frank Zappa - Make Me Laugh -1984 USA Network Re-Broadcast - Original Airdate 1979
(December 1979?)
1ST Gen, master recorded in SLP Mode. I got this from a guy selling TV Shows in the classifieds from Goldmine Magazine in the 1990's.
I added a short backstage outtake at the end from an overseas interview that I do not know the date of. That tape was obtained in a VHS Trade. (My Tape-114)
All other YT posts are inferior to this.
This is a fresh transfer with new encoded from original recording.
My Tape-109 - Hudba
Frank was too busy thinking up his imaginary guitar solos for the upcoming recording sessions for Joe's Garage to laugh at those clowns.
20:45 Zappa: I audition a hundred jerks like this a week. This ain't gonna happen.
The commercials are surreal
Lol they left the commercials into. NRA commercial really made me laugh
Not being american, i didnt know to laugh or cry.
Loved all the shooting insurance policies, this sounded like an SNL skit.
RIP, Gallagher. Sledge A Matic is in Heaven now
Bobby Van, did the best hopping dance ever in Small Town Girl.
Linda was a banger! Gorgeous Hair as well
First time I saw him laugh was when he played a bicycle on the Steve Allen Show.
Frank was actually recruiting acts for onstage antic.
diane owes frank a big thanks for that one
Haha. How true.
Dig those styles and colors 👌
she won a discomforter and luggage so she could flee
frank starts at 18:00
Imagine if they gave every audience member a copy of Sheik Yerbouti?
The grey haired housewives would start off with I Have Been In You, get half-way through it to "Aw' little girl, there ain't no time to wash yer stinky hand...
Go 'head 'n roll over. I'm goin' in you again"
and jump out the window.
the things we do for appliances.
thats a good one
ah....the first church of appliantology
39 years
COOL SHOW ! FRIDAY 3/22/24 MARCH 22, 2024
I miss this show. I wish more episodes would show up. If it wasn't for Bobby Van's untimely death. This show would have lasted another 5-7 years easily.
Yeah that Gallagher died too I think last year. I love the Bobby van and his wife Elaine on all those TV shows
Frank was a ball of hatred this day lol
Geez Louise, that second contestant was something, wasn't she?
$14.95 was pretty expensive for a few minutes of tape.
I forgot all about this,I saw it when it aired. To me it looked like Uncle Frank was regretting this but the last two comedians almost got to Frank and you can see him smirking.
Franky was just making them feel good. The comedians were not funny at all.
Frank didn't even come within a mile of laughing. I don't know what you were watching...but I'll bet he was smirking at the stupidity of the humor which sucked.
For you I suggest two things.
One: See your optometrist immediately.
And Two...consider drinking less alcohol.
You're Welcome
Yeah, it really looked as if he were thinking, What have I done???
@@moonytheloony6516 were you wearing your fedora while typing this?
This would have aired 4/1/1985 or later because the afternoon game block on USA which a lot of people remember bowed on 4/1/1985. Make me Laugh and Gong SHow were on USA late nights starting on 10/1/1984
But the adverts, guys... those adverts are sum thin...
They are sooo 70's
@@Lagzatzappateers
Yeah but, if this is a 1984 rebroadcast, aren't those '84 commercials?
Bobby Van had a Pat Sajak hairdo.
I remember this dumb show. My friend called it make me puke.
Epic, Frank Went Down To Bobby Vann's and Put On The Eyebrows. I doubt Charlie Daniels with his fiddle playing deal with the devil could have done as well as Frank here.
You really get to see Frank put what was commonly called "The Eyebrows" on his work. Hard Work? In the pre-show backstage interview we see Frank asked the question if this is hard work, Is being a guest star contestant on this game show hard work, Frank responds "I don't know if it's hard work because I haven't done it yet" While that's the surface answer Frank was always ready to put on the eyebrows on any form of work he put his mind to. While one thing is said and done on the surface , Frank stating "...the most important thing that will occur from me doing this television show is my mother will see it". Classic FZ interview response.
It's all there. Humor does belong on television. Frank was serious and he made it through with the Eyebrows attitude getting the prizes for the lucky audience contestant he was playing for.
The skits Frank had to watch and not laugh at were funny, he just kept on the Eyebrows and did not laugh but seeing Frank propulsioned out in the guest chair and all these really cheesy 70s commercials is what was just as funny as any skit. I mean did you ever have these mass produced bagels. I mean if anyone has ever had a real NY Jewish Bagel Bakery bagel, a boiled and baked bagel, the one and only way to make a good bagel, it relates to the the phony cheese on the pizza dialog in The Blue Light.
There are just far too many cheesy commercials to comment on here but the laughs are coming from Frank's attitude and the commercials. Even how Frank took the promotion of Sheik Yerbouti. Could he seem less interested when the host took Sheik Yerbouti out and started talking about it. Frank just kept the eyebrows going, just in the zone of winning this game.
Let's get serious, having made Frank laugh, it's one of those moments in life that if you ever had the chance to get Frank to laugh at something you did in his presence, by design or by chance operation, it's great to see Frank laugh in a common setting. But here, these comedy guest stars, clearly they have talent, they had some funny skits lined up for Frank. They acted out some funny skits. Frank was in no way going to say, you can make me do anything. You can't make me laugh. Frank's energy was all into winning the prizes for that studio contestant. Whatever she won was ot flakes US frosting the cake with a paper knife item. Now the winner has to pay a very large % gift tax, was it even worth it. Well I wonder where that gal and her gifts are today. Maybe she became a Zappa fan, have his music a listen. Now that's a winner.
Thanks for sharing.
Any idea were I can see this,I don't remember Put On the Eyebrows,but I did see this show with Frank. Coming up with nothing here on YT
I bet Moon put him up to this... Lol.
in 2024 they'd be paid $4.14 every second before laughing
Really? These aren't really getting me, but they're slightly before my time (I was born around this time) but the "You wanna get dinner or smoke it later" did make me laugh, but that was alreayd almost 60 seconds.
And also . . . . But also . . . A new car!!
These ”comedians” are way more confusing than amusing.
How embarrassing. They did this to Zappa?
Sctv with tony rosoto doing make me barf was funnier.
So what if you release 5 albums in the same year and are too tied up to commit to a week's worth of episodes of a game show with celebrity panelists such as Match Game or Hollywood Squares? Then why not commit to just 5 minutes on a game show where all you have to do is not laugh for 3 minutes at a rate of a minute per comedian.😃
so what do ya want JAWS? lol
This host has a late period mid Atlantic accent.
He grew up in the Bronx, if that's what you mean
@@angelaroseneder7980mid Atlantic was a sort of American British high society accent that was popular with actors in the early 40s
My God, how embarrasing. Who the hell on the staff of that show thought for even one second that they could get Zappa to laugh at such stupid shit. I mean, c'mon - You're not going to get the guy that wrote "We're Only In It For The Money!" to laugh at the 3rd grade stupidity that Kenny Johnston is doing. Zappa had just put out "Sheik Yerbouti" at the time, one of the most humorous albums he had done in a long time (and probably one he didn't top on the humor scale for the remainder of his career).
My God, how do you know this much about Frank but still haven’t figured out the business plan he used and how TV works?
Why didn’t they give away a Zappa album
Probably because Epic records paid for promotion.
They've also given away albums such as "Discovery" by ELO and "Keep On Dancing" by Gary's Gang among others.
This is before 1984, it is 1979-80.
in the opening, it says 1979, rebroadcast 1984
@@monoped8437 Yes, thank you for your correction sir.☺
USA NETWORK reran these from 1984-1987.
The commercials were funnier...
WOW! I hope they paid Frank a lot for that appearance! Why would he do it? Embarrassing!
"The most important thing that will occure for me doing this television show is: my mother will see it!"
Yeah, that was just sad!
USA Network was clearly one of the few networks to repeatedly give Frank Zappa a platform in the 80s and 90s. It's not that other networks never had Frank on but if you added up the times FZ was on USA in the 80s and 90s we should all be thankfully Frank had a platform.
Back in those times fans were grateful for any presence, now we see far too many fans bitching and moaning about Zappa.
John has been so very nice to share his TV source archives. This is clearly a Sheik Yerbouti promo opportunity on TV. As a fan of FZ from the 60s I well understood that Radio and TV opportunities were very limited. As time has moved forward and we can see a large sampling over a long period of time I find it best to keep a perspective of the moment in time these opportunities presented themselves. Speaking of in the moment, many socially restarted areas did not have cable TV during the original broadcast. Many regions of NYC , one of the largest metropolitan areas on God's Grey Earth did not have cable TV until 1986. So many people never saw the original broadcast or repeat broadcast in 84' Even MTVs Halloween 81' original broadcast escaped many New Yorkers that could not leave a VHS or Betamax recording while they were at the shows.
This is no Bogus adventure. This is something Frank was doing that helped get his image and product on TV. What's sad is that fans would give little care or concern of not so simply achieved promotional opportunities of his work. We can see a part of FZs eyebrows, a serious attitude even if it seemed like a waste of time. Frank was playing the production, as he did in many interviews and TV appearances with his own unique energy..It's clearly Zappa and it's clearly sad that some fans just don't get it.
John, thanks for sharing. If someone does not appreciate any portion of your archive that is understood but I for one want to give you thanks for your care of sharing these TV appearances. Cheers to you mate.
That answer comes at the beginning before the comics come out: promotion.
He did for the national exposure and free publicity for his new album, Sheik Yerbouti.
Why don't they bring back this show? Because nobody is funny anymore.
i dont think any of those guys were particularly funny which leads me to believe is why the show no longer exists
@@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533 Yes, and with time, things have really become worse .
@@briankeenan4901 sounds like you don't know any funny people
@@MixMastaCopyCat I do now.
The "too cool for the room" attitude does not age well. Zappa was a genius, but also a bit standoffish and condecending.
You have to consider the fact that he's being brought on to a ridiculous show where his objective is to remain unamused and unfazed.
@AB-io4ug - Do you understand the point of the show he's appearing on???????
Zappa was great at playing the ‘bad guy’. Plus, he managed to get a bunch of suitcases and a washer/dryer for Diane.
15:23 wow $15 for 7 goofy answering machine messages... So cool.
You have to wait for the 3 minute songs to finish before you can leave a message. Plus the prizes - a wet-willy LP, some taps and a tub of plaster!
@@MrMusicbyMartin and a genuine mexican poncho...
As a big fan of both goofy answering machine messages and rap music…
@@Charlie_Monroe_FZ and also . . . But also . . . . A new car!!
@@Charlie_Monroe_FZ “you’re the next contestant on “So What!!”
With this woke culture,it would be impossible to play such short comedies or sketches... Is it right? Or is it another attempt to define the perimeter of what we can say and what cannot???
This show was fucking stupid.
@@findlesplurb Not for it's time.
You're just a stupid person under the age of 40 that doesn't appreciate clean comedy.
@@arthuridis🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You have no idea who you're talking to, or what the f**k you're talking about.
That has to be the dumbest show I ever watched. I sympathize with FZ, that shit was boring AF. The things you have to put up with to promote a new album…