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Burnt Weeny Sandwich
April 30, 1969
The Dilexi Series
KQED TV, San Francisco, CA
18 min. B&W and color
Includes (footage in order of appearance):
00:00 JCB, Gail eating a banana, Don Preston/Uncle Meat, some girls (B&W)
01:29 Early Blackouts Footage/The Bug (c. 1958-62)
03:44 Mothers live with the GTO's (& Ray Collins?)
04:54 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band at homne with a mannequin
07:16 MOI Footage c. 1968-69
07:56 FZ whipping a GTO onstage (& Ray Collins?)
08:50 Video production facilities?
09:03 Unknown couple at home (?)
09:26 FZ/Herb Cohen/MOI slide show
09:38 Mothers live with Ray Collins and Doll leg (Garrick?)
09:46 Berlin 1968 Riot
11:44 Mayfair Studios Footage (or Apostolic?) (with Billy Mundi)
13:51 MOI Footage c. 1968-69
13:54 Dog Breath Whipping Footage, 1968
13:56 Calvin, Ray & FZ at the kitchen
14:48 Dom DeWild attacked by the other MOI
15:00 Dom DeWild at Royal Festival Hall, 1968
15:10 Vienna Woods Footage, 1968
From the Pacific Film Archive (c. 1991)
Aired on KQED TV in 1969, the Dilexi Series represents a pioneering effort to present works created by artists specifically for broadcast. The 12-part weekly series was conceived and commissioned by the Dilexi Foundation, an off-shoot of the influential San Francisco art gallery founded by James Newman. Newman, who operated the Dilexi Gallery from 1958 until 1970, saw this innovative series as an opportunity to extend the influence of the contemporary arts far beyond the closeted environment of the commercial gallery.
Formal agreement was reached with KQED in 1968 with the station's own John Coney designated as series producer. No restrictions, regarding length, form or content, were imposed upon the works, except for Newman's stipulation that they be aired weekly within the same time-slot. Upon their completion, the 12 works were broadcast during the spring and summer of 1969.
Of the 12 artists invited to participate in the Dilexi Series, ten of them completed new works, and two, Andy Warhol and Frank Zappa, submitted extant works. The tapes and films are far-reaching in their approaches to the medium and the circumstance of the broadcast series. Some of the artists chose to intervene in the relationship of broadcaster and audience by broaching the subject of communications. (...)
Burnt Weeny Sandwich is another rarity. Created by Frank Zappa, the film, in one form or another, found its way into a larger work, Uncle Meat. Something of a high-speed home movie, Burnt Weeny Sandwich features the original Mothers of Invention, along with Captain Beefheart. This is one of the works that exists only within the Dilexi Series.
Once broadcast, the Dilexi Series was stored on the original 2" videotape masters, a now archaic video format. Some masters were transferred to a contemporary format in 1982 and presented at the S.F. Video Festival. Through the generosity of KQED, the last of the Dilexi Series was just transferred to an exhibition format. This marks the first time in 22 years that all the Dilexi tapes are available. (...)
BURNT WEENY SANDWICH
by Frank Zappa
broadcast: 4/30/69
Antics of the Mothers of Invention are further accelerated by heavily processed film footage. Zappa is seen performing music from the "Uncle Meat" LP. This work was completed about 10 years before MTV went on the air.
Music by Zappa, "mostly from Uncle Meat." Photographed by Zappa and others. Special Optical Effects by Burton C. Gershfield. Produced by Herb Cohen. With the Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart.
18:00 B&W and Color 16mm
