frank zappa

200 motels

music composed and arranged by frank zappa * story and screenplay by frank zappa
shooting script by tony palmer * characterizations directed by frank zappa
visuals directed by tony palmer

lucy offerall as herself * jimmy carl black as himself & lonesome cowboy burt * martin lickert as jeff * dick barber as the industrial vacuum cleaner * don preston as himself & the monster
ringo starr as larry the dwarf * keith moon as the hot nun * janet ferguson as herself

the royal philharmonic orchestra conducted by elgar howarth * the top score singers conducted by david van asch * phyllis bryn-julson soprano
classical guitar ensemble supervised by john williams

pamela miller as rock & roll interviewer * ruth underwood as herself * judy gridley
motorhead sherwood as himself and also as larry fanoga and the fake lucy
jim pons as voice of the bad conscience

the mothers of invention, as themselves: fz * mark volman (also as the voice of the good conscience) * howard kaylan (also as the voice of jeff, the cartoon) * ian underwood * aynsley dunbar * george duke * theodore bikel as dave and mainly as rence muhammitz

1. semi-fraudulent / direct-from-hollywood overture
2. larry the dwarf
3. mystery roach
4. rance muhammitz
5. "he's watchin us"
6. "i'm deeply offended"
7. dance of the rock & roll interviewers
8. "he should retire"
9. this won't take long (just a few questions)
10. "who do you think you are?"
11. centerville
12. "don't you have any taste?"
13. the sealed tuna bolero
14. lonesome cowboy burt
15. "i am known by many names"
16. "hello, there"
17. magic fingers
18. "i gotta write this down"
19. the lad searches the night for his newts
20. the girl wants to fix him some broth
21. the girl's dream
22. little green scratchy sweaters & courduroy ponce
23. a nun suit painted on some old boxes
24. dental hygiene dilemma
25. does this kind of life look ineresting to you?
26. "i'm going to die"
27. your dick
28. penis dimension
29. she painted up her face
30. janet's big dance number
31. half  a dozen provocative squats
32. lucy's seductino of a bored violinist
33. shove it right in
34. "i am bwana dick"
35. what will this morning bring me this evening?
36. daddy, daddy, daddy
37. "i could be a star now"
38. what will this evening bring me this morning?
39. mysterioso
40. dental hygene reprise
41. strictly genteel
42. the finale
43. postlude