P, Z and The M's

[LBernier at tribune.com]

Ooh, ooh, something I know something about!!!!

Mike Nesmith and Frank Zappa appear together in a vignette at the 
beginning of the next to last episode ever, called "Monkees Blow their 
Minds."  Mike pretends to be Frank (with fake little beard), and Frank 
pretends to be Mike (wool hat and all.)  They demolish a car with 
motorcycle chains while a Zappa symphony plays in the background.  The 
episode features a mentalist who hypnotizes Peter.

Frank also shows up in "Head" after Davy does a paltry song and dance 
number on a soundstage.  He walks by, leading a cow with a big bell 
around it's neck, and comments to Davy in passing:  "Man, that was 
pretty white."  This quote is also on the soundtrack.

(Hey, hey, what can I say, I've got EVERY SINGLE EPISODE on 
videotape.)

Sleepy Jean.

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Subject: RE: P, Z and The M's
Author:  "Wolfe; Skip" <crw4 at NIP1.EM.CDC.GOV> at Internet_tco
Date:    11/1/96 10:19 AM


     
     
     
>posting from memory here, but I believe the Zappa/Monkees session is 
>appocryphal. Will check the (obsessively-detailed) FAQ over at a.f.f-z and 
>let you know.
     
>As I recall, there IS a Zappa/Nesmith connection somewhere, perhaps having 
>to do with a post-Monkees productin of some sort...but probably having 
>nothing whatever, alas, to do with TRP.
     
Zappa had a cameo in the Monkees feature film "Head."  Don't know of any 
other connections (but my knowledge of Monkee lore is quite limited).
     Skip