FZ (in Mike's Monkee chair) and Michael Nesmith (in FZ's nose and hair, giving the finger).
Nesmith: "I asked Frank Zappa if he would guest on the show. He said, 'I'll only come if I can have your part.' And I said, 'Well, that's fine. If you come on the show and be me, then I'll be you.' So I dressed him up in a shirt and gave him a wool hat so he'd look like me... He was very kind. When people hated us more than anything he said kind things about us. He was talking about the music, about how well it was produced... He offered to teach me to play lead guitar one time. It was an incredibly groovy thing to do. He worked with me for hours, but I never learned."
(From that Zappa book by Barry Miles)
By the way, if you've never heard the three LPs Nesmith made with the First National Band — Magnetic South, Loose Salute and Nevada Fighter — you're really missing out. They're out on CD now, so you have no excuse.
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