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Despite my appreciation for all things Zappa, I had to live in Oregon for more than a decade before the following spot was pointed out to me. At some point during the late '80s early 90s, the folks at Portland General Electric had the good sense to enlist Frank Zappa in their energy efficiency efforts.
From PGE (with a hat tip to Dave knows):
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Ladies and gentlemen... Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici!. Posted on February 7, 2012.
Feb 25, '09
Isn't it wonderful how well business can respond to mandatory government programs?
Feb 25, '09
Zappa made this spot a year or so before he died in 1993.
Feb 25, '09
And there's so much time to make up Everywhere you turn Time we have wasted on the way
So much water moving Underneath the bridge Let the water come and carry us away