Frank Zappa debates Tipper Gore, summer 1987

Frank Zappa (in L.A.) in a debate with PMRC honcho Tipper Gore (from Washington, DC) over placing warning/rating labels on record albums, in a television news broadcast from summer 1987. The BetaGems channel also has "Dweezil Zappa 9-5-86 Rock 'N' Roll Hair video essay," "Frank Zappa November 1985 TV interview & profile," "PMRC Senate hearings 1985: Dee Snider, John Denver, Tipper Gore," "X-Rated Rock Music 1987 TV news report with Tipper Gore of PMRC," "Frank Zappa 10-31-83 late night TV appearance," "Moon Unit and Frank Zappa TV interview 2-1-84 daytime TV show," "Z (Frank Zappa sons) with John Tesh 3-3-95 late night TV performance," "Frank Zappa 6-19-89 describes cancelled network talk show plans," "Frank Zappa takes listener calls and talks Mothers lawsuit August 1985," "Frank Zappa & Pamela Des Barres (GTOs) March 1989 TV interview," and "Dweezil & Moon Unit Zappa - Born Famous March 1989."

BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, old TV news segments, made-for-TV movies and documentaries, religious programming, variety shows, talk show interviews, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online. Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads.

In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.

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