CHEEPNIS

'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 "Frunobulax", 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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