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i'n not a fan of this show, actually i didn't like it at all. but channel surfing the other day i came upon a repeat with FZ playing a weasel dust pusher, holding his nose and diving into the water from the back of a boat. weasel dust, *snicker*

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i just caught a few minutes where Frank was making his exit. would like to see it all just, well, because. don't remember his ensemble. wtf was he doing on miami vice?

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[quote author=EvelynamodifiedDog link=board=tv-film&num=1031084294&start=0#2 date=09/03/02 at 21:05:24]<br>wtf was he doing on miami vice?<br>[/quote]<br><br>If the story I've heard is true, they offered him the role, and he initially turned it down.  Dweezel, who was a fan of the show at the time, was upset that he declined to do the show, so Frank decided to do it.  What a swell father!  Ha, and I believe Dweezel played on Don Johnson's album too!

I saw this way back when...It's the only Miami Vice I ever bothered to watch. I remember Frank's acting wasn't too convincing - but it was fun to see him on TV. <br><br>Wouldn't it be funny if there were a Scooby Doo cartoon with FZ instead of the Harlem Globetrotters?

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i got the (italian) VHS (PAL). <br>frank jumped out of the ship at the end (or don johnson pushed him, i don't remember). i saw also the one with miles davis...

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bzzz!

the things we do for our children... ;D

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Frank was sick from being on that boat all day!!!<br>The diver is a stand in...Zappa could not swimm...that is what I have been told.<br>Don Johnson is a friend of the family.<br>Rutger Hauer and Beverly d'Angelo are too!!!

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I´ver seen it only once on german TV. There`s is just this one scene on the boat(?) I don`t remember any more, only two or three sentences which were synchonized for german audience with an italian accent. Frank looked sick - seasick?<br>The jump was good and possibly a stand in. Zappa was a non-swimmer? No wonder. He woundn`t find the time to learn it. Or are Americans tought swimming in school, like we in Germnay?  

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I couldn't help but reply to this thread.  FZ was indeed on the show, peddling "weasel dust."  But none of you mentioned his name on the show---Mario Fuente.  I almost busted a gut a year or so after the show ran when I saw a boot with the band listed as:  "Mario Fuente and his Multi-Racial Band."  Just thought I'd throw that atcha!

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Don Johnson was friends with the Zappa family for years. Don offered Frank a cameo, and Dweezil talked him into it. Frank played a drug lord on a dinky (he called his product weasel dust) after a few lines, Don made him jump into the water to be eaten by sharks! Funny stuff!!

Don Johnson is currently on VH-1's One Hit Wonders and they show a clip of his hit video (the one Dweezil played on)<br>The song was Heartbeat  ::)<br>

Yes... Me too... I would like to see that

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Thats classic.<br><br>We need to have access to all these TV spots. <br>ie. Steve Allen show, Letterman, Arsenio, Larry King, The Monkees.

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<br><br>payback was the name of the episode of miami vice that featured fz as drug dealer mario fuente

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I have an original tape of that show coming from Mike Talbot who was on the show as one of the other detectives, I dont remember which.  Anyway, I saw him at my uncles house on Xmas day.  He grew up across the road from my uncle and still owns the house.

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What a hoot! Frank as a drug kingpin who refuses to do business on land. I saw it about two yrs ago and they teased Frank's appearance. I remember 30 min into the episode for his scene. It was stupidly funny. ;D

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[glow=red,2,300]Miami Vice was a super-cool show[/glow]<br>

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i am pleased that there is a site about frank's appearance in miami vice. i used to watch it avidly, to me it epitomized us of a; fast cars faster women cool policemen beautiful weather. however i missed this vital episode so i have never seen it. i don't think frank could have been that good as he never seemed menacing. but i would like to see it.