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This will take you back.  <br><br>Sitting in my neighborhood saloon last evening, the topic turned to classic television (there's an oxymoron for you).  Anyway, the subject was talk shows and someone mentioned Joe Pyne.  He had a syndicated TV talk show in the 1960’s that I recall watching because it was such an oddity, sort of Jerry Springer meets Rush Limbaugh.  Joe was an ultra conservative (what we called a Hawk in those days) who had a rather dogmatic point of view very much like Limbaugh’s.  Additionally, Joe had a wooden leg, a replacement for the one he lost while serving in the military, something he loved to throw in the face of anyone who might suggest that all was not perfect in America.  He had a very combative style and loved to belittle people who didn’t share his political views and was rather accomplished at shouting them down and making them look foolish.  <br><br>The point for sharing this here is that a friend of mine made the comment that Frank had been on the program and was the only person he had ever seen that not only held his own with the combative Pyne, but actually gigged him.  The exchanged he described was Pyne, upon introducing the long-haired Zappa (a complete affront to the conservatives of the day) turns to him and says, "So I guess all this long hair means you a woman."  To which Frank responded immediately, "So I guess that means your wooden leg makes you a coffee table."<br><br>My question is this; did this improbable pairing of polar 60’s personalities actually occur?  If so, does anyone have greater details or better still a copy of the video?  I’d love to know more about this if it actually happened.  <br><br>

I've read the hair/woman ~ wooden leg/table quote before, it's a pretty famous one, but I've never heard anything about the source of the interview. Your story is great! I hope it's true. It would be even better if an audio copy of it surfaced.

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“The person who stands up and says, 'This is stupid,' either is asked to behave or, worse, is greeted with a cheerful 'Yes, we know! Isn't it terrific!" -Frank Zappa

[quote author=boblisity link=board=tv-film;num=1087243791;start=0#0 date=06/14/04 at 13:09:51]... "So I guess that means your wooden leg makes you a coffee table."[/quote]great quote, bobli ;D don't ever remember reading that, don't know of any video clip circulating...evidently it took place in '65; here's some corroboration:<br><br>[quote author=by s. upham, pres.<br>claremont university link=board=tv-film;num=1087243791;start=0#2 date=18-march-99]<br>[center]WOODEN LEG OR TABLE?:<br>THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF GRADUATE EDUCATION [/center]<br>....The popular press had called Zappa un-American because of his views on ending the Vietnam War and legalizing marijuana. So here was a promising confrontation: Pyne, the arch conservative, former Marine and combat veteran, poised to lock horns with Zappa, the dope-smoking, expletive spewing, anti-war rocker.<br><br>I don't remember Pyne's exact introduction of Zappa, but I do remember his first question to the shaggy haired, unshaven rock star. He said, “Well, I see you have long hair. You must be a girl.” Without shifting expression, Zappa fired back, “So, I see you have a wooden leg. You must be a table.” Zappa’s flash of wit and humor put both men at ease and set the tone for what I remember to be a wonderful conversation...[/quote]<br><br><br><br>

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Wow! I never heard of the guy, but finally there's a name to that quote now. ;D<br><br>  Speaking of weird tv personalities. <br>There was this one guy with beard who smoked a cigar.<br>Zappa mentioned him on Arsenio Hall one time, and did<br>an impression of him. "I'm not going to say another word, until those phones ring," and Zappa stared at<br>the camera. That dude actually did that act! <br>  Forget his name; he was an entertaining as Jimmy<br>Swaggart in his prime.....speaking in tongues. etc.  ;D<br>

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Hi, I think here she was not talking about the coffee table, she was talking about console table which you can see as an example here https://www.clicknbuyaustralia.com/console-tables/ btw newly arrived here from Sydney Australia.