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|    toncuz68@gmail.com to Mark LoPresti    |
|    Re: FZ on "The Tonight Show" circa 1987-    |
|    16 Jan 18 12:16:03    |
      Yes...I have it. I like to show people how Reagan stole credit.              On Friday, October 27, 2000 at 9:16:22 PM UTC-4, Mark LoPresti wrote:       > Anyone have a copy of FZ on "The Tonight Show" in which he outlined a plan to       > tear down the Berlin Wall while "performing music conducive to the sounds of       > demolition". He talked of phoning Russian officials to see about tearing down       > The Wall while also staging a concert, but he never received a call back. I'm       > certain that I saw this appearance of his well in advance of the actual       demise       > of The Wall and communism itself.       >       > Classic sounding FZ to be sure, but some friends of mine at work claim that       I'm       > mixing my Zappa with my Pink Floyd.       >       > FWIW, I think that the Russians *did* call Frank back, but got Pink Floyd's       > number by mistake!       >       > Any info. would be very much appreciated!       >       > Mark LoPresti, Buffalo NY       > ________________________________________________       > "You can't cheat an honest man, never give a sucker an even break,       > and never smarten-up a chump." - W.C. Fields              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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