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Soundtrack:

• In Production
• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. Slovenka (2009) (completed) (writer: "Bobby Brown goes down")
   ... aka Slovenian Girl (International: English title)
   
   
2. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) (writer: "The Little House I Used To Live In", "Black Napkins") (performer: "The Little House I Used To Live In", "Black Napkins")
3. Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) (producer: "Rodney")
4. Y tu mamá también (2001) (performer: "Watermelon in Easter Hay")
   ... aka And Your Mother Too (USA: informal literal title)
   
   
5. Se buscan fulmontis (1999) ("Dirty Love" (Overnite Sensation version))
6. The Ice Storm (1997) (writer: "Dirty Love") (performer: "Dirty Love")
7. Chun gwong cha sit (1997) ("Chunga's Revenge", "I Have Been In You")
   ... aka Happy Together (Hong Kong: English title) (USA)
   ... aka Buenos Aires Affair (International: English title)
   ... aka Chun guang zha xie (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
   ... aka Happy
8. Le péril jeune (1994) (performer: "Dirty Love")
   ... aka Good Old Daze
   ... aka Les années lycée: péril jeune - 1975 (France)
9. "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (3 episodes, 1994)
       - Not So Easy Riders (1994) TV episode (music: "Disco Boy" (uncredited), "Help, I'm a Rock" (uncredited), "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" (uncredited), "Friendly Little Finger" (uncredited))
       - Ride the High School (1994) TV episode (music: "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" (uncredited))
       - Psyche (1994) TV episode (music: "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" (uncredited), "Dirty Love" (uncredited), "Grand Wazoo" (uncredited), "Sinister Footwear II" (uncredited)) (lyrics: "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" (uncredited))
10. "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1 episode, 1993)
        - Canoe (1993) TV episode (writer: "You Are What You Is") (performer: "You Are What You Is")
11. "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (1 episode, 1990)
    ... aka "Parker Lewis" (USA: new title)
        - Operation Kubiak (1990) TV episode (performer: "You Are What You Is")
12. Waiting for the Light (1990) (writer: "Memories of El Monte")
13. Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990) (writer: "Harder Than Your Husband")
    
    
14. Hellgate (1989) (writer: "MEMORIES OF EL MONTE")
15. Colors (1988) (writer: "MEMORIES OF EL MONTE")
16. The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987) (writer: "Naval Aviation In Art?", "Dupree's Paradise", "The Perfect Stranger")
17. Uncle Meat (1987) (writer: "The Uncle Meat Variations", "Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague", "Mr. Green Genes", "Holiday In Berlin, Full-Blown", "Mother People", "I'm Not Satisfied", "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta") (performer: "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta")
18. "Alvin & the Chipmunks" (1983) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka "The Chipmunks Go to the Movies" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Chipmunks" (USA: new title)
19. Animalympics (1980) (writer: "I Don't Think I Can Go Through This Again") (producer: "I Don't Think I Can Go Through This Again")
    
    
20. Baby Snakes (1979) (writer: "(The Adventures of) Greggery Peccary", "Hot Poop") (performer: "Baby Snakes", "Titties 'N Beer", "The Black Page #2", "Jones Crusher", "Disco Boy", "Dinah-Moe-Humm", "Punky's Whips", "I Have Been In You", "I'm So Cute", "City Of Tiny Lites", "Dancin' Fool", "Duck Duck Goose", "Yo' Mama's Rubber Shirt", "Return Of The Son of Shut Up and Play Your Guitar", "Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World?", "Wait A Minute...We Gotta Get Into Something Real", "Revenge of The Knick Knack People", "(The Adventures of) Greggery Peccary", "Sexual Harrasment In The Workplace", "Time Is Money") (producer: "(The Adventures of) Greggery Peccary", "Hot Poop")
21. More American Graffiti (1979) (performer: "Lumpy Gravy")
    ... aka Purple Haze
22. "Saturday Night Live" (2 episodes, 1976-1978)
    ... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" (USA: complete title)
    ... aka "SNL 25" (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka "SNL" (USA: informal title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live '80" (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live 15" (USA: fifteenth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live 20" (USA: twentieth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live 25" (USA: twentiefifth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night" (USA: first season title)
        - Frank Zappa (1978) TV episode (performer: "Dancing Fool" (uncredited), "Meek" (uncredited), "Rollo" (uncredited))
        - Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa (1976) TV episode (writer: "I'm the Slime", "Lagoon", "Peaches & Regalia") (performer: "I'm the Slime", "Lagoon", "Peaches & Regalia")
    
    
23. Medium Cool (1969) (writer: "Oh No", "Who Needs the Peace Corps?", "Mom and Dad") (performer: "Oh No", "Who Needs the Peace Corps?", "Mom and Dad")
24. "The Monkees" (1 episode, 1968)
        - Monkees Blow Their Minds (1968) TV episode (writer: "Mother People" (uncredited))
    

Composer:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note (2002)
   
   
2. "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (11 episodes, 1994)
       - Joking the Chicken (1994) TV episode
       - Cellar Beware (1994) TV episode
       - It's the Thing of the Principal (1994) TV episode
       - Not So Easy Riders (1994) TV episode
       - A Civil War (1994) TV episode
         (6 more)
3. The Yellow Shark (1992)
4. Peefeeyatko (1991)
   
   
5. Cousteau: Alaska: Outrage at Valdez (1989)
6. The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) (V)
7. The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
8. Uncle Meat (1987)
9. Video from Hell (1985) (V)
10. Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985) (V)
11. The Dub Room Special (1984) (V)
    
    
12. Baby Snakes (1979)
13. 200 Motels (1971) (music composed by)
    ... aka Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (USA: complete title)
    ... aka Two Hundred Motels
    
    
14. Run Home Slow (1965)
15. The World's Greatest Sinner (1962) (as Zappa)
    

Actor:

• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. "The Ren & Stimpy Show" .... The Pope (1 episode, 1992)
   ... aka "VH-1 Ren and Stimpy Rocks" (USA: cable TV title)
       - In the Army/Powdered Toastman (1992) TV episode .... The Pope
   
   
2. "Miami Vice" .... Mario Fuente (1 episode, 1986)
       - Payback (1986) TV episode .... Mario Fuente
3. "Faerie Tale Theatre" .... Attilla (1 episode, 1984)
   ... aka "Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre" (USA)
       - The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) TV episode .... Attilla
   
   
4. 200 Motels (1971) (uncredited) .... Member of Mothers of Invention
   ... aka Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (USA: complete title)
   ... aka Two Hundred Motels
   
   
5. Head (1968) .... The Critic
6. "Colour Me Pop" (1 episode, 1968)
   ... aka "Late Night Line-Up Presents Colour Me Pop" (UK: long title)
       - Episode dated 23 October 1968 (1968) TV episode
7. "The Monkees" .... Mike Nesmith (1 episode, 1968)
       - Monkees Blow Their Minds (1968) TV episode (uncredited) .... Mike Nesmith
8. Sex in Today's World (1968)
9. "The Steve Allen Playhouse" .... Guest (1 episode, 1963)
   ... aka "The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show" (USA: alternative title)
       - Episode dated 31 October 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Guest
   

Director:

• 1980s
• 1970s

1. The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) (V)
2. The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987)
3. Uncle Meat (1987)
4. Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985) (V)
5. Video from Hell (1985) (V)
6. The Dub Room Special (1984) (V)
   
   
7. Baby Snakes (1979)
8. 200 Motels (1971) (characterizations)
   ... aka Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (USA: complete title)
   ... aka Two Hundred Motels
   

Writer:

• 1980s
• 1970s

1. The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) (V) (writer)
2. The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987) (writer)
3. Uncle Meat (1987) (writer)
4. Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985) (V) (writer)
5. Video from Hell (1985) (V) (writer)
6. The Dub Room Special (1984) (V) (writer)
   
   
7. Baby Snakes (1979) (writer)
8. 200 Motels (1971) (story and screenplay)
   ... aka Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (USA: complete title)
   ... aka Two Hundred Motels
   

Producer:

• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s

1. Peefeeyatko (1991) (producer)
   
   
2. The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987) (producer)
3. Uncle Meat (1987) (producer)
   
   
4. Baby Snakes (1979) (producer)
   

Editor:

1. Baby Snakes (1979)
   

Music Department:

1. 200 Motels (1971) (music arranger)
   ... aka Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (USA: complete title)
   ... aka Two Hundred Motels
   

Thanks:

1. "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (dedicatee) (1 episode, 1994)
       - I, Duckman (1994) TV episode (dedicatee)
   

Self:

• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. "The Howard Stern Interview" .... Himself (1 episode, 1993)
   ... aka "The Howard Stern 'Interview'" (USA: promotional title)
       - Episode #1.23 (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Himself
2. The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993) .... Himself
   ... aka Die Rache der toten Indianer (Germany)
3. The Yellow Shark (1992) .... Himself
4. Prazakum tem je hej (1991) .... Himself
5. Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth (1991) (TV) .... Himself
6. Peefeeyatko (1991) .... Himself
7. "Focus" .... Himself - Guest Host (1 episode, 1990)
       - Episode dated 26 February 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host
   
   
8. Circus of the Stars #14 (1989) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
9. Funny (1989) .... Himself
10. Decade (1989) .... Himself
11. The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) (V)
12. The Howard Stern Show (1987) (TV) .... Himself - Guest
13. Uncle Meat (1987) .... Himself/The Imaginary Director
14. "Crossfire" .... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
        - Rock 'n' Roll Ruckus (1986) TV episode .... Himself
15. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
    ... aka "The Best of Carson" (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 4 March 1986 (1986) TV episode .... Himself
16. Video from Hell (1985) (V) .... Himself
17. Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985) (V) .... Guitar/Vocals
18. "Livewire" .... Himself (1 episode, 1984)
        - Livewire (1984) TV episode .... Himself
19. "Thicke of the Night" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 1984)
        - Episode dated 2 May 1984 (1984) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
20. The Dub Room Special (1984) (V) .... Himself
21. Cocaine Blues (1983) .... Himself
    
    
22. Baby Snakes (1979) .... Himself
23. "Dinah!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1979)
    ... aka "Dinah! & Friends"
        - Episode dated 18 May 1979 (1979) TV episode .... Himself
24. "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself - Host / ... (2 episodes, 1976-1978)
    ... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" (USA: complete title)
    ... aka "SNL 25" (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka "SNL" (USA: informal title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live '80" (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live 15" (USA: fifteenth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live 20" (USA: twentieth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night Live 25" (USA: twentiefifth season title)
    ... aka "Saturday Night" (USA: first season title)
        - Frank Zappa (1978) TV episode .... Himself - Host/Musical Guest
        - Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa (1976) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
25. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
        - Episode dated 11 November 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Himself
26. "Iltatähti" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
        - Episode dated 11 September 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself
27. "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
        - Episode dated 15 October 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
28. "Anatomy of Pop" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
        - Episode #1.3 (1971) TV episode .... Himself
    
    
29. All My Loving (1968) (TV) .... Himself
30. "Hoepla" .... Himself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Vreemd, vaag, verdacht (1967) TV episode (as the Mothers of invention) .... Himself
31. "Good Evening!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1967)
    ... aka "Good Evening I'm Jonathan King" (UK: long title)
        - Episode #1.1 (1967) TV episode .... Himself
32. Mondo Hollywood (1967) .... Himself
33. "The Steve Allen Playhouse" .... Himself - Musical Bicyclist (1 episode, 1963)
    ... aka "The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show" (USA: alternative title)
        - Episode dated 27 March 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Bicyclist
    

Archive Footage:

1. "I Love the '70s: Volume 2" (2006) .... Himself
2. Derailroaded (2005) .... Himself
3. "100 Most Metal Moments" (2004) .... Himself
4. Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (1980 interview)
5. The Male Swagger (1999) .... Guitarist
6. Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Mike Nesmith (episode "Monkees Blow Their Mind")
7. You Are What You Eat (1968) .... Himself