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I did earn my living as a commercial artist
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I did earn my livingas a commercial artist for a little while.I did greeting cards

Zappa • 2020
I did earn my living
as a commercial artist for a little while.
I did greeting cards

Full Transcript

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I did earn my living as a commercial artist
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for a little while. I did greeting cards.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
69
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:59
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
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Movie Summary

An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
I wrote advertising copy for the place I was working for, - Zappa 00:07
I wrote advertising copy for the place I was working for,
I talked 'em into letting me do my own line of greeting cards - Zappa 00:19
I talked 'em into letting me do my own line of greeting...
The one that I got paid for, - Zappa 00:12
The one that I got paid for,
I don't have anything to eat except peanut butter, - Zappa 00:06
I don't have anything to eat except peanut butter,
I go around gathering up pop bottles - Zappa 00:04
I go around gathering up pop bottles
But I've got all the electronic stuff I need - Zappa 00:04
But I've got all the electronic stuff I need
So, there was a certain amount of resentment - Zappa 00:06
So, there was a certain amount of resentment
And this mysterious 13.50 an hour recording studio - Zappa 00:08
And this mysterious 13.50 an hour recording studio
So, they designed to, uh, get me out of there. - Zappa 00:04
So, they designed to, uh, get me out of there.
Eventually this guy came to me and said - Zappa 00:12
Eventually this guy came to me and said
And I said, "Are you kidding?" - Zappa 00:20
And I said, "Are you kidding?"
But suddenly, the next day, - Zappa 00:11
But suddenly, the next day,
Pictures. Flash bulbs, - Zappa 00:05
Pictures. Flash bulbs,
They took every tape, - Zappa 00:07
They took every tape,
They sentenced me to six months in jail - Zappa 00:07
They sentenced me to six months in jail
That's the kind of stuff I had to put up with - Zappa 00:06
That's the kind of stuff I had to put up with
But it's very difficult to do the kinds of things - Zappa 00:06
But it's very difficult to do the kinds of things
And the only thing I wanted to do was write music. - Zappa 00:05
And the only thing I wanted to do was write music.
And so, if I was ever going to hear what I wrote, - Zappa 00:06
And so, if I was ever going to hear what I wrote,
All right. This is a song that we've been work-- working on - Zappa 00:07
All right. This is a song that we've been work--...