Twenty Twisted Questions Explained

Twenty Twisted Questions
Type:	video
Artist:	The Residents
Cover:	Residents Twenty Twisted Questions.jpg
Alt:	LaserDisc Cover
Released:	May 28, 1992^[1]
Recorded:	1972–1992
Genre:	Experimental, avant-garde, noise rock, multimedia
Length:	60 minutes
Label:	Voyager Company

Twenty Twisted Questions is a 1992 LaserDisc by American avant-garde group "The Residents". It is a compilation of the band's history up to Freak Show, their then multimedia project. The footage was released in Europe as a PAL VHS without the LaserDisc features.

Track listing

Side 1

Video and Film Art

1. The Third Reich 'n Roll
   1. (Swastikas on Parade)
2. Eloise
3. One Minute Movies
   1. Moisture
   2. Act of Being Polite
   3. Perfect Love
   4. Simple Song
4. This is a Man's Man's Man's World
5. Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers
6. Don't Be Cruel
7. Freak Show
   1. Everyone Comes to the Freak Show
   2. Harry the Head
   3. Nobody Laughs When They Leave

Side 2

Performance Art

1. The Mole Show (Narrated by Penn Jillette)
2. The 13 Anniversary Show
   1. Where is She?
3. Cube-E
   1. Buckaroo Blues
   2. Black Barry
   3. The Baby King

Music and Graphic Arts

Featured discography from The Residents from 1972 (Santa Dog) to 1991 (Freak Show)

End Credits, Bonus Track

1. Production Credits
2. Ty's Freak Show (This track was recorded on November 17, 1991, using NEC's video editing software at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA)^[2]

Production credits

Directed by The Residents Produced by The Cryptic Corp. Executive Producer: Michael Nash, The Voyager Co. Music Written and Performed by The Residents and Published by Pale Pachyderm, [BMI] Except where noted Edited by Skip Sweeny, Video Free America; Laurie Schmidt, San Francisco Production Group Technical Director: Morgan Holly Production Coordinator: Kim Finneran

The Voyager Company Package Design by Rex Ray Liner Notes by Barry Walters Music Selected by Uncle Willie Special Thanks: Chris McGregor, Ty Roberts, Light Source/NEC, OSC/Digidesign, Apple Computer, New Tek Inc. (Copyright notices for track optimized for frame by frame feature.)

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Critical response

At the time, Entertainment Weekly video critic Ty Burr rated it a C+. He said that the video "...is for undiscriminating fans only: It's the high-tech version of a souvenir T-shirt."^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: LaserDisc Database . Jan 1, 2012.
2. Web site: Related Live Events. 2012-01-01.
3. Web site: End Credits, 24:33- 24:51. 1 January 2012. The Residents. The Voyager Company . 1992.
4. News: Burr. Ty. The Residents: Twenty Twisted Questions. Entertainment Weekly. 1 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20090421064044/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310954,00.html. April 21, 2009. live. 26 June 1992.