Frank was a beacon of light in a dark time! He fought the battle against idiots at every turn.

nothing beats a reagan era zappa tv interview!

God, I don't know how Frank had the patience for this.

i like that the host actually listened to what frank had to say

Besides being the most important musical genius of our time, Frank was a major troubadour for free speech. We owe him much more than most will ever know. So if he sounds arrogant, it's because you don't "get" him. He was a voice of Reason.

Frank Zappa is about 30 years and 500 books ahead of these other two trolls. Host is great however.

This is Frank's show.

17:29   Frank Zappas face !!  priceless !!!!!  
pricelesssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!

Yes, Frank shows great patience and intelligence, but I think this is also a great example of how people from different points of view used to be able to sit down and talk without resorting to diatribe. I thought the moderator did a good job too.

When I first heard Mr. Zappa talk about these social issues I didnt want to believe what he was saying. Now I know he was ahead of his time. Thanks Frank for fighting the good fight.

LOL I love this guy. It's like "yeah let's get Frank Zappa on our show, this should be a nice fair debate" and then he gets up there and just straight rails on the industry for 20 mins and completely destroys everyone.

I love how in all the interviews from this time period, they threw Frank in with a group of people who ALL disagree, yet he makes them all look silly every single time.  RIP

Yeah Zappa's music was ahead of his time and so was his thought's.
And how can he be so patience with those idiot's?
Oscar for patience.

"If a person hears a song about masturbation, it's ALL OVER". Brilliant!

I love Zappa

Man, Zappa is so brilliant and calm when making his very well researched POV.

Intelligent. Articulate. Ideologically precise. AMAZING composer and performer.
The man was a pure genius in every possible sense of the word.
(Born in Baltimore, too. REPRESENT BABY)

Oh, and Go Ravens.

I remember when I was teenager, bands would push to get the parental advisory stickers on their albums even if there wasn't a reason just so they could get more hype. A lot of my friends had the "Parental Advisory" sticker on their backpacks and the door of their bedrooms and whatnot.

Frank blindsides all parties in this discussion by forcing the discussion to follow the specific facts of the bill they are discussing.  All but Frank are attempting the modern norm, which is to fluff the hype in broad political terms pandering to the bias of the listener.  It has become an established fact that the tyranny of concision will demand that what passes for debate will be a contest in pandering to prejudice.  I'd put Frank's contribution here up against every single Presidential debate ever televised, and all "point counter-point" discussions on the tube.  Al Franken gives me the same feeling on the floor of the Senate.  Side note:  Why was Frank censored for saying the same word the host read in the opening sequence?

poor frank, he had to go through his whole life never finding an equal.