Flashback | Frank Zappa Makes TV Debut On Steve Allen Show
By Team JamBase Jul 14, 2014 • 12:50 pm PDT
Before Frank Zappa rose to fame as the leader of The Mothers Of Invention, he made his television debut on a 1963 episode of The Steve Allen Show. The clean-shaven Zappa, who was 22 at the time, played bicycle -yes, bicycle -on his visit to Allen’s program. 
Watch Steve introduce Frank, who shows off his trademark wit, followed by Zappa’s performance of “Concerto For Two Bicycles”:
As a bonus, watch Zappa’s 1971 visit to What’s My Line?:
