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* BassoProfundo: Theodore Bikel belting out the first verse of "Strictly Genteel".
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* LongTitle: "Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture"; "Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers", "This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich", "Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude", "Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?", "A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes", "The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts", "The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth", "Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce".
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''200 Motels'' is an [[MissingEpisode unfinished rock movie]] by Music/FrankZappa from 1971 (Zappa and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Palmer Tony Palmer]] are credited as co-directors; Zappa directed the performances, Palmer did the visuals). It was released with an eponymous soundtrack. Both the film as well as the album are a surreal {{Satire}} of a rock band on tour. The film stars Zappa's own band members- the Mothers of Invention- as caricatures of themselves. The film also has supporting roles for Music/RingoStarr as Larry the Dwarf (aka Frank Zappa), [[Music/TheWho Keith Moon]] as a nun groupie, Theodore Bikel as Rance Muhammitz and the notorious groupie Pamela des Barres as a reporter. [[TroubledProduction Various problems caused the project to change direction during recordings]]. The budget was cut and one of the band members, Jeff Simmons, left the group halfway. As a result only one third of Zappa's script could be filmed. While the man tried to make something coherent out of it in the editing room the film still ends up as a confusing mess.

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''200 Motels'' is an [[MissingEpisode unfinished rock movie]] by Music/FrankZappa from 1971 (Zappa and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Palmer Tony Palmer]] are credited as co-directors; Zappa directed the performances, Palmer did the visuals). It was released with an eponymous soundtrack. Both the film as well as the album are a surreal {{Satire}} of a rock band on tour. The film stars Zappa's own band members- the Mothers of Invention- as caricatures of themselves. The film also has supporting roles for Music/RingoStarr as Larry the Dwarf (aka Frank Zappa), [[Music/TheWho Keith Moon]] as a nun groupie, Theodore Bikel Creator/TheodoreBikel as Rance Muhammitz and the notorious groupie Pamela des Barres as a reporter. [[TroubledProduction Various problems caused the project to change direction during recordings]]. The budget was cut and one of the band members, Jeff Simmons, left the group halfway. As a result only one third of Zappa's script could be filmed. While the man tried to make something coherent out of it in the editing room the film still ends up as a confusing mess.
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* CoolPet: Motorhead Sherwood's newts.
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* MissFanService: Miss Lucy is seen bare breasted in some scenes.

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* MissFanService: MsFanService: Miss Lucy is seen bare breasted in some scenes.
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* TheReptilians: The dancing newts during "The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts".

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