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. mystery roach
3. dance of the rock & roll interviewers
4. this won't take long (just a few questions)
5. centerville
6. the sealed tuna bolero
7. lonesome cowboy burt
8. magic fingers
9. the lad searches the night for his newts
10. the girl wants to fix him some broth
11. the girl's dream
12. little green scratchy sweaters & courduroy ponce
13. a nun suit painted on some old boxes
14. dental hygiene dilemma
15. does this kind of life look ineresting to you?
16. penis dimension
17. she painted up her face
18. janet's big dance number
19. half  a dozen provocative squats
20. lucy's seductino of a bored violinist
21. shove it right in
22. what will this morning bring me this evening?
23. daddy, daddy, daddy
24. what will this evening bring me this morning?
25. mysterioso
26. dental hygene reprise
27. strictly genteel
28. the finale
29. postlude