Uncle Meat is a 1987 film written and directed by Frank Zappa, released on home video (VHS only, no Betamax was made available). It was conceived in 1968 as a vehicle for the Mothers of Invention, but remained unfinished until 20 years after the production began.

Plot

The film has been described as an unfinished "non-movie", consisting of three distinct plots, the first of which has been described as "Zappa filming Zappa filming". In the second plotline, a musician named Biff Debris (Don Preston) becomes obsessed with trying to produce a hit single, ultimately failing to achieve his objective before he gets old (and is now played by Stumuk, replacing Preston). The third plot is a love story between Phyllis Altenhaus and Debris as Phyllis works as an operator who falls in love with Debris while watching a video of a 1968 music performance by Debris. Years after, they meet and live happily ever after.