Cheepnis
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Cheepnis is a song by Frank Zappa written for his never-produced musical Hunchentoot, a tribute to B-movies. The song first appeared on his 1974 album Roxy & Elsewhere, from a live recording. Another live version of the song was released on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2. The beginning of the Roxy & Elsewhere version of the track has a 2 minute monologue about It Conquered The World and monster movies in general. The song talks about the general principle of cheesy special effects in early monster movies, including a monster, named "Froonobulax", that looks like a "great big poodle dog." The poodle is a recurring theme in other Zappa songs and is an illustration of what he referred to as the "conceptual continuity" of his body of work.
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