I wrote in my column Friday about a young Frank Zappa’s appearance in 1963 on “The Steve Allen Show,” in which Zappa, who then lived on Ontario’s G Street, and Allen play a pair of bicycles as if they were musical instruments. A real pop-culture treasure. I noted that I’d seen the video clip on YouTube but that it had been removed before I could get the column into print.

This prompted notes from two readers who offer links to other sites where you can watch the video. First, here’s Dawayne Bailey:

“I used to live in Alta Loma, CA in 1987 when I first joined the band Chicago as their new guitarist at the time. I lived near Carnelian Street. I’m also a huge Zappa fan/collector and have written songs with Jimmy Carl Black from The Mothers.

“I know youtube.com removed the Zappa/Steve Allen bicycle video but you can still direct your readers to the video either on my myspace page and/or on myspace videos page.

“Enjoy!!”

That link takes you to the full video. And I also got a note from Dominick, who sent me a link to the first half of the video, which you can view below:

“As a Zappa fan, I love it whenever you write about him in your column — it makes my day.

“One little piece of Zappa/Ontario history I found interesting is in the book Zappa by Barry Miles. In one chapter he explains a time where he stole a Christmas tree from ‘The Sav-ons around the corner.’ This is when he lived in Ontario on G street, so I’m guessing it’s referring to what is now the Rite-Aid near Euclid. I also wonder if he had to do anything with Ontario Music as I’m pretty sure it was around in the mid ’60s. Just some random thoughts.”

Dom, I’ve heard tales he used to buy guitar strings at Ontario Music, but that may just be local lore.

Thanks for the links, guys. The video has to be seen to be believed.

Update: The YouTube video gets taken down now and then, but as of late 2017, this link works.