Thank you so much for posting this! :) I remember this show. I was a huge Dweezil Zappa fan around the time this showed aired and have a couple of his CDs (including the album "Having a Bad Day" that contains Dweezil's minor hit "Let's Talk About It," on which sister Moon sings).
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I'm young and have never seen this because I was born right after this. But Dweezil is in my top 5 list of favorite guitar players. Damn I need to find the rest of these.
I think it’s insane that Dweezil is such a great guitarist and band leader that he can recreate all of his dad’s music live and he can’t even read music!!! Dweezil is and has always been (since he was 12 years old and wrote the excellent Police meets Van Halen rocker “My Mother is a Space Cadet”) one extraordinary person. Wow.
This show had so much heart. We had some legends to help balance the newcomers. I was a big fan of Frank Zappa. When I found out his kids had a TV show, I was immediately a fan. I'm off, I have a vegetable to call.
I forgot what a fantastic guitar player Dweezil Zappa was/is...his inspiration is most definitely Eddie Van Halen.. Thanx for posting this sadly forgotten tv show!
You have to be great to play his father's work lol Dweezil has very good albums with no Zappa stuff but it's beautiful that he also loves his father and his father's work so much.
Normal Life from the Producers of ALF, The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, NewsRadio, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, The Naked Truth, The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me and from the Co-Producer of The Royal Family Dweezil & Moon Unit Zappa teaming with ½ of Laverne & Shirley and Wojo from Barney Miller I remember this show very well when I was in the 3rd Grade This show aired on Wednesday Nights at 8/7 Central followed by Sydney with Valerie Bertinelli of One Day at a Time Fame and then both shows switched times on the same nights The problem with both Normal Life and Sydney was that both shows were up against NBC's Hit Series Unsolved Mysteries and abc's Wednesday Night Duo of Growing Pains and Head of the Class I guess you can say that the Zappas and Valerie were no match for the likes of Robert Stack, The Seavers and Charlie Moore aka Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP
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I watched every episode of this show and was sad that it didn't survive the summer. It aired before "Sydney", a sitcom with Valerie Bertinelli as a detective, so yeah, was addicted to this hour of television, truly. Moderately funny shows but I knew they didn't have the kick or zaniness that would endure to a 2nd season - besides, these shows aired against "Growing Pains" "Head of the Class" and NBC's powerhouse "Unsolved Mysteries", so yeah, couldn't win.
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@@paulinebutcherbird It lasted 1 season because it was on Wednesday Nights against NBC's Hit Reality Series Unsolved Mysteries and abc's Growing Pains and it later moved 1/2 hour later competing against Head of the Class I guess you can say that the Zappas were no match for the likes of Robert Stack, The Seavers and Charlie Moore aka Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP
@@tnawcwvictoria Thanks for that feedback. It looks like your analysis is correct. Probably a wake-up call for them because they both started out thinking they were going to make it in television.
@@paulinebutcherbird Not only that, but CBS was still in 3rd place behind abc which was in 2nd place and NBC which was still #1 thanks to the likes of The Cosby Show, A Different World, The Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Cheers and of course, HUNTER also during the 89/90 Season, The Cosby Show and Roseanne were both tied at #1 CBS only had 5 shows in the Nielsen Ratings Top 30 60 Minutes (Prime Time's #1 News Magazine) which was the only CBS show in the Top 10, Murder, She Wrote (Prime Time's #1 Drama for the 5th straight year) which was the only CBS scripted show in the Top 15, Designing Women, the CBS Sunday Movie which were in the Top 25 and Murphy Brown which was in its 2nd season in the Top 30
Nice to see Dweezil remembered to put on his "ceremonial ring of guitar power" before he practices. I mean he couldn't be married, that would be silly. ;)
Just so ya know, the late Bernie Brillstein Producer of ALF and The Blues Brothers produced this series along with Brad Grey who co-produced Newsradio, The Steve Harvey Show and Just Shoot Me Could ya imagine Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa teaming up with ALF? That would've been cool or crazy lol
That's because the show was up against NBC's Unsolved Mysteries and abc's Growing Pains and later moved 1/2 hour later up against Head of the Class That's why the show didn't last too long
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@@matthewstechel2037 Yes, I remember this show This aired during the 89/90 Season and CBS was still in 3rd place on Prime Time CBS only had 5 shows in the Nielsen Ratings Top 30 60 Minutes (Prime Time's #1 News Magazine) which was the only CBS show in the Top 10, Murder, She Wrote (Prime Time's #1 Drama for the 5th straight year) which was the only CBS scripted show in the Top 15, Designing Women, the CBS Sunday Movie which were in the Top 25 and Murphy Brown which was in its 2nd season in the Top 30
Ya know? I was thinking, where's Laverne, Lenny & Suiqqy and Barney Miller when ya need'em? I could picture Laverne saying this: "Shirl? Where the hell are your children from? Mars or Venus?" Capt. Barney Miller: "Wojo? Who the hell are they? Your children or aliens from another world?"
I wonder what Frank thought.. This is exactly the kind of cheeseball, insipid, garbage he railed against. Wholesome tv for Debbie. And what's with the awful acting?! Not to mention the GodAwful writing.
That's what I thought. Even more so when Dweezil appeared topless on the front cover of Playgirl Magazine not long after Frank's death. But if you watch some interviews with Frank, he states that he just let's the kids get into whatever they want to do, even if he doesn't share that same like. Though Frank would ask what exactly are they getting from whatever it is they're getting into.
Frank was very liberal in his attitude toward what those around him did. He encouraged us all. So he would have encouraged Moon and Dweezil in their careers if acting was what they wanted. He himself wrote lyrics to get his music heard - that was his cheesing down. He always said he would rather not write lyrics at all.
Maybe he was happy for them that they got work. You don't end up living in a mansion in Laurel canyon by living by and adhering to rigid, unshakable idealistic principles.
I always found Max to be soooo stiff in his acting. Cindy was quite good in each episode. Max had no charisma with anyone in the cast and he sure as HELL was not Frank Zappa!
You know who would have been good to play Frank Zappa? Howard Hessman! He left Head of Class by then and Max was more of a folk artist rather than rock.
the zappas are always interesting, but, man, this show sucks. crappy, cheesy writing and subpar performances...I see why it was cancelled almost before it began.
