I was homeless in Honolulu when I read the Curse of Lono. The book was in the Reference Section of the State Library near Downtown. They had a square doughnut shaped library where the center was open to the sky and you could sit there as the rain came pouring down into that little jungle they had growing in the center of the place. I laughed so hard while reading The Curse of Lono that Security got called on me and the guy was polite and asked me if I was OK and he went away and I quieted down but I had to go back multiple times to finish the book and I laughed like a jibbering lunatic every time I went there. The Curse of Lono, Great Book!
Can you believe there was a time HE was journalism…curious, intelligent, entertaining, honest and now we are absolutely saturated with media and all of it combined can’t touch HST. Helluva guy!
No matter how many drugs the man did he was one of the most astute political commentators of the 20th century into the 21st. He saw the bullshit factor in all politicians regardless of party.
Man, I have never heard Hunter talk before. Listening to this I am awestruck at how spot on Johnny Depps Hunter Thompson impersonation was. Fear and Loathing is one of my favorite movies, I had no idea Depp was so accurate in his portrayal of him.
@@colbygill533lived with him for over a year. Took everything in like the true talent he truly is. He even backed his suicide with that his ashes be blown out of a cannon costing him £1.5m. Absolute legend Jonny depp. He even bought a place here in the U.K. to relax and when he moved in I heard he took pictures with fans and told them to tell there friends to come, he’ll give them 5 mins. Proper top fella. Hats off to you Mr. Depp. 👍🏻🏴🇺🇸
He did these college talks for years. Saw him @ Arizona State in 1982. He would preface these things, or at least he did that night, by explaining he had a speech impediment. When he solicits drugs from the audience he wasn't kidding. 16:24
Agreed. His son Juan suggests that Hunter's varsity-level self-abuse ruined his ability to write. If you have read Curse of Lono then you can see that his writing really struggled from fairly early on. Hunter became an effective columnist after Lono. His book writing days were over by then. Which is a shame...but like so many others from his era, self-abuse opened doors in Hunter's mind that led to some truly excellent writing. Then came the Law of Diminishing Returns.
Of course drugs & alcohol had an effect on him, but Hunter has said in interview, or a recorded discussion, I forget which, that he felt that he was sort of stuck between the self, that is Hunter, and the character, that the public saw him as. The two identities, sort of blended together, I think, as happens with many people who are in the public's eye, for a long period of time. This was later in his life, and the recording took place at his ranch. I wish I could recall who he was talking with, at that time, it slips my mind… probably due to my own self-abuse. @@chadwik4000
Dude was a snuff filmer and beyond demonic. He would be shocked anyone liked him and would rather not. Hince he blew his brains out. Obviously you know nothing about him, why miss him??????
Brave?!? Killing yourself with drugs and booze and offing yourself isn’t brave that’s a very narrow minded naive thing to say what would’ve been braver is him get clean live life with out having to slowly commit suicide I love HST but the more I grow up the more I realize facing life on life’s terms is the bravest thing you could do reading this response was like having a flash back of 16 year old me
@@1skeevie change is certainly a better way of committing a kind of suicide - he could have had another chapter with sobriety but the drugs worked for him for a time, there's no denying that
@@1skeevieplz. That’s such a weak hack normie statement. None of you would have the balls to kill yourselves. I’d say it takes the most courage. Some people can’t go on when to many illness takes over and no there is no cure. More pain that physical torture then your also sick all the time. Be grateful your healthy. You wouldn’t survive a month let alone that many years with it growing worse by the day.
Being funny, creative, entertaining is the most effective way to drive a good point home. Brilliance just hits different when it makes you laugh. Many comics like Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, Lenny Bruce knew this all too well.
@@ebinflo102 yes this I know. He was a funny guy. but the parts where he is plainly speaking just facts and about things that are serious people are laughing. he isn’t hard to read but some people just dont get it.
@@coco_b Because most people wanted to meet Raul Duke and not real HST, you know this fear and loathing guy doing lots of drugs and getting into crazy situations. I love that film of course and it introduced me to Hunter, but after i have read his other works I realised he is so much more than just a funny junkie. Man was very intelligent and insightful and was right about many things back in his day and sadly its still relevant in our times.
@@coco_b Yes, this fact is a bit frustrating to me. When they laugh about him bragging about being good at 'violence'. When they laugh at any of his horrific statements and stories, really. Most people just cannot accept that they are looking and listening to a man that should probably have spent his life behind bars.
Perhaps he would Lance the boil that is the Maga qanon cooked prosperity Bible catastrophe if he could sharpen his words on today's problematic hysteria
@egatycasiSince the Times recognized his writings on the Hells Angels in the late 60s, HST was basically part of the elite. Granted, the elite loved HST for his ability to relate to the common people, he was nonetheless an elite. I mean, Senators John Kerry and George McGovern along w half of hollywood were among those that participated in his private funeral.
@@Trump2024asw I'm not saying he made any concessions. Just that he was undeniably elite. Much of the elite associated w him because he was a novelty of what they could never publicly be.
18:18 he’s saying “sugar cube”. sugar cubes are one of the many vessels that manufacturers put acid on. they have nothing to do with the kind of acid that you’re doing though. and yes, there are different LSD’s. I’ve heard people say there are strains, but I’m not fully convinced of that. I lean more towards the belief that LSD comes out different sometimes, depending on the manufacturer (due to variances in the manufacturing process)
It should be synthesized in a certain process. Anything that differs is based on either impurity or volume of use. Some blotters have more chemical soaked in than others.
Man, I miss this guy! He passed away the same day as my father. Two great men. Could not be any more different,but both very smart,and funny . RIP both of you ❤❤
People laugh when he says they probably can't handle it, and that they should give to him what they have, but I understand exactly what he's saying and he's right. And he's being helpful.
Indeed. I see how you got there for sure. I’d recommend Joseph Campbell’s “Hero with a thousand faces” but I’m guessing you may have already enjoyed this bit of brilliance. If not, please do seek it out immediately and then share your thoughts … nuff respect mate! 💯
@@thedude-jb7wxBill Murray has never identified as conservative. He has, however, extolled the virtues of figures and policies of both sides of the aisle
The drugs don't guarantee anything other than inebriation. A bright, free thinking mind on the right drug or combination of drugs might just happen to see and say some very profound and funny things
Maybe you don't know but Hunter eventually did find that dark bubble inside himself. It was found right before he blew part of his head off with a revolver at the kitchen table with his son & wife steps away in the next room - after hearing another random shot, the slow walk began, it was not unusual in this household to hear random gunfire - but to find the canoe shaped head of Hunter face down was.... an unusual event. "Some may never live, but the crazy never die." -The End? “We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like ‘I feel a bit light-headed; maybe you should drive…’ And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats.” R.I.P.
i used to look up to thompson, but the ugliness of his last act makes his whole schtick seem juvenile and nihilistic. in that sense it’s not surprising that so much of the hollywood elite worship him
No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
@@mj.l i know what you mean. I don’t think he was like them, though. He may have gone to a bad in his mind at the end, but mostly on a physical level, messed with his brain chemistry for the worst and for good. There’s a certain conceit, self important, shallowness combined with a view of themselves as more intelligent and non-conventional thinking than they really are that I can’t see in Hunter. If I were to guess I’d assume he wouldn’t be able to stand those types, and in the event that he actually didn’t like them, he strikes me as the type that doesn’t put himself above treating others differently than anyone else as long as they aren’t disrespectful around him, and they did adore him. The truth may never be known, he could have been a true monster. I just can’t see it like i can in them, and i doubt he ever puts on an act, or is even capable of it
@@twistedbydesign5216 yeah, he was definitely not a 'hollywood type', but the way people like Depp idolised and romanticised some of the more fucked up, macho parts of his personality creeps me out a bit. the dude wrote some brilliant stuff - that is undeniable - and i appreciate his political perspectives, but i can't help but feel he lost control of his wild man persona and it destroyed him and tainted his work and legacy to some extent. Hunter was an intellectual, however misguided, which most of the hollywood elite are most definitely not.
@@mj.ldidn't he say after fear and loathing came out everyone expected that crazy guy and he felt obligated to bring him out? A shame he couldn't just mature probably the drugs.
17:18 RIGHT before he says he used to buy weed for fifteen dollars an ounce, I was thinking of the cheapest an ounce is around here and I said aloud "I could get an ounce for fifteen dollars."
@@Fausto_4841 That`s what I was thinking. Back then you could get weed cheap, but it was usually dry, seedy and dusty and if you smoked enough to get a sore throat you might just get high.
@@chadwik4000 I smoked marijuana as a teenager from roughly 76 to 78 and an ounce was always 20 to 40 dollars. Oh, I forgot there was some real Acapulco gold around at one time and that went for 50.
"A vote is like a dollar bill, if you don't use it, somebody will." - Hunter was a true genius who helped me understand American Politics...as your Attorney, I advise you to read, "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 ."
u really should learn more about this man if hes your hero. oh wait 11 u said, i hope he wasnt grooming you personally at that age. no joke he was ok that people are into kids and he for facts made snuff films and sold them.
@@Hi-lb8cq That is also the title of a great HBO documentary on Hunter, with many insightful interviews. Great writer, especially his writings on the 1972 presidential campaign. If only he was here today to share his unique insights on Trump. What if...
I met the oldest and youngest Hells Angels in 1997, and was handed a book to read by this guy. I wasn't allowed to leave the room with it. Highly recommend that one (if you can ever locate an actual Angel who has a copy). A friend of mine gave me what I thought was a copy of that book many years later, however it's definitely not the same book (just the same title). Those are the only two books I've read, but I'd say well worth your time to read them both.
@@chadwik4000 Exactly, if you can amuse, entertain, and present yourself as a "rebellious free-thinking pioneering soul" (true, or not) the shallow vain masses will confer Elite god like status upon you. Kind of pathetic to see the worshipful accolades of this guy in the comments. He seems to be a drug addled degenerate, of course that endears you to clueless "hero" worshippers.
Drugs are a hell of a drug, and he did them as well as I imagine a person could. Had something to show for them too. I’d wager that Johnny Depp’s portrayal of him was the most accurate portrayal of a human to ever have been attempted. Some of what was said in this talk was indistinguishable from Depp . Also find it hilarious that Hunter probably never tried to be unique in the way he holds a cigarette, it just what makes sense for his posture or something. The guy next to him seems amused, terrified, bored, in admiration, and like he has somewhere to be all at once somehow
Depp was great, Murray was a bit better. Fear and Loathing is a MUCH better movie than Where the Buffalo Roam, but Bill Murray's Hunter performance was incredible.
@@jamesoblivionwatching where the buffalo in high school computer class high when i already knew F&L was amazing. It took me a minute to realize but i was pretty much hunter in highschool without trying to be. I had already gone down the path before i saw F&L. Only embraced the lifestyle once i saw someone made it famous 40+ years before me
I knew Hunter. I knew acid. Hearing 2001 Space Odyssey would be good a friend and I went. The Donald Duck cartoon beforehand was trippy. My friend lost it when the monkeys went nuts so we had to leave. It didn't bother me at all since the trip continued on a beautiful night. Orange barrels were special.
@@HisWordsAreTruth you can see him intermittently use the ash tray, when he wipes the desk he’s wiping the whole thing even when he’s not ashing on the table. it’s clear to see he was doing it a lot in the video without noticing himself.
The ashes fly everywhere just from moving your hands around. Like I said...old smokers habit. I should know. I take it you've never smoked indoors?@@dougbowser50
"when the going gets weird the weird turn pro" words to live by maybe. It's difficult to admire him in the sense of aspiring to be like him since he was a man of his era Journalists for Rolling Stone could not do now what he did then.
My favorite thing about this interview is Hunter's tic where he keeps wiping the table with his hands...idk if he's wiping off condensation from his drink, wiping off cig ash, or it really is a nervous tic. Hunter was one of a kind!
yea, its nervous energy, if you snort enough of it you will constantly be wiggling your jaw back and forth or grinding your teeth, its an easy way to spot someone that is off of their tits on blow.
Jim Jordan in good company then. Even Steven there. Hell Bobbit didn't pass the GED four times! The list goes on....do wish Hunter had stayed around...least he kept it real. One hell of a researcher no doubt! Respect.
University of Texas. Late 70’s. Anybody got a question? Bottle of Jack, the ever present cigarette (in the holder), the dark glasses: just a treat. He’s a talker. Loved telling stories. Like Woody Guthrie on acid discussing the American dream. Hilarious and mildly disturbing. Just a unique character that will never walk this world again. Drugs are an experience: he describes it well. Vegas on acid? Why not. A trip within a trip.
People sleep on Murray as Thompson. Most people don't even know he played him in a movie before Johnny Depp. He was perfect in Where the Buffalo Roam! He's as good if not better than Depp.
Never forget in S.F. once I think it was some 60s thing back in the was it the 80s Anyway I met Abby Hoffman Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary together A Treat !
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Thank god this is subtitled
Hahahahaha
Yeah RUclips subtitles wouldn’t have helped
The cocaine babble is hard to follow along with 😂
And from the 80's, not later, as he got worse as time went by
Definitely! Otherwise I couldn’t understand almost a thing he said!
I was homeless in Honolulu when I read the Curse of Lono. The book was in the Reference Section of the State Library near Downtown. They had a square doughnut shaped library where the center was open to the sky and you could sit there as the rain came pouring down into that little jungle they had growing in the center of the place. I laughed so hard while reading The Curse of Lono that Security got called on me and the guy was polite and asked me if I was OK and he went away and I quieted down but I had to go back multiple times to finish the book and I laughed like a jibbering lunatic every time I went there. The Curse of Lono, Great Book!
The part where his car rolls off the cliff & he yells to everyone staring at him 'it's ok I've got more beer in the car'
Before Goku there was, Hunter. Kamehameha!
Now some bum's gonna steal and sell it, thanks.
It's in the Reference Section.
So, she'll have his Library Card.
Ahahahahaa letdown barbie.
Can you believe there was a time HE was journalism…curious, intelligent, entertaining, honest and now we are absolutely saturated with media and all of it combined can’t touch HST. Helluva guy!
Good people
I can't
No matter how many drugs the man did he was one of the most astute political commentators of the 20th century into the 21st. He saw the bullshit factor in all politicians regardless of party.
@@jmsjms296 me neither. Tried reading one of his books; it's like listening to him: tedious. Enjoyed Jack Keruoac tho...
Please read Curse of Lono. It very funny!
PLEASE upload this full unaltered video, the world needs more of this.
Shitshow
Buy a Book Fanboy.
@@levithomas915What book?
@levithomas915 Buy some Rope Pos.
@@Dustin-ux6flall of them
Man, I have never heard Hunter talk before. Listening to this I am awestruck at how spot on Johnny Depps Hunter Thompson impersonation was. Fear and Loathing is one of my favorite movies, I had no idea Depp was so accurate in his portrayal of him.
Johnny Depp lived with him and did what he did for a while. Look into it. Super interesting.
@@colbygill533lived with him for over a year. Took everything in like the true talent he truly is.
He even backed his suicide with that his ashes be blown out of a cannon costing him £1.5m.
Absolute legend Jonny depp. He even bought a place here in the U.K. to relax and when he moved in I heard he took pictures with fans and told them to tell there friends to come, he’ll give them 5 mins.
Proper top fella.
Hats off to you Mr. Depp. 👍🏻🏴🇺🇸
@@iam_blitz_ I have always wanted to see that. I'm gonna ck it out.
Introduce yourself to William s. Burroughs if your not familiar... Find who influenced Hunter ❤
@@ZootZinBootZ I will be sure to do that. Thanks!!
He did these college talks for years. Saw him @ Arizona State in 1982. He would preface these things, or at least he did that night, by explaining he had a speech impediment. When he solicits drugs from the audience he wasn't kidding. 16:24
Saw him do a show like this in '89. Got to meet the Good Dr. He signed my copy of Generation of Swine, I still have it.
That's awesome
lucky you
Be sure to cherish that gem forever
By sign you mean shot a hole through it?
I'm so jealous
Thats awesome man
The way he walks and talk, Depp's nailed it in Fear & Loathing. One of those immortal people. You can't just forget them.
>by god there i was
Thank you for posting this. Best HST Interview I ever heard
Thank you for making this public. Great slice of the persona.
Loved reading him in college. In his later years he seemed a great intellect trapped in a juvenile caricature. His passing remains a tragedy.
Agreed. His son Juan suggests that Hunter's varsity-level self-abuse ruined his ability to write. If you have read Curse of Lono then you can see that his writing really struggled from fairly early on. Hunter became an effective columnist after Lono. His book writing days were over by then. Which is a shame...but like so many others from his era, self-abuse opened doors in Hunter's mind that led to some truly excellent writing. Then came the Law of Diminishing Returns.
@@chester-chickfunt900 100%
Opinions are like assholes
Part of it might be the fact that he fried his brains over the years
Of course drugs & alcohol had an effect on him, but Hunter has said in interview, or a recorded discussion, I forget which, that he felt that he was sort of stuck between the self, that is Hunter, and the character, that the public saw him as. The two identities, sort of blended together, I think, as happens with many people who are in the public's eye, for a long period of time. This was later in his life, and the recording took place at his ranch. I wish I could recall who he was talking with, at that time, it slips my mind… probably due to my own self-abuse. @@chadwik4000
We were in barstool when the interview began to take hold 🤣
God damn I miss you Hunter. This world sucks without you.
Dude was a snuff filmer and beyond demonic. He would be shocked anyone liked him and would rather not. Hince he blew his brains out. Obviously you know nothing about him, why miss him??????
@@St.petersEyewhere is the proof of this?
@@St.petersEye why are you here then? GTFO
@@the-engneer Adreena
@@AhYesIndeedItsFunTime Gross
Rare videos of thompson? Worth more than diamonds
This was great to watch. Thank you so much.
It’s not cheating that you get punished for, it’s getting caught….That’s what you learn when you go to jail.
Unfortunately although that doesn't mean one will keep cheating.
Went out on his own terms. Good show, we should all be as brave in both life and in death.
Brave?!? Killing yourself with drugs and booze and offing yourself isn’t brave that’s a very narrow minded naive thing to say what would’ve been braver is him get clean live life with out having to slowly commit suicide I love HST but the more I grow up the more I realize facing life on life’s terms is the bravest thing you could do reading this response was like having a flash back of 16 year old me
Brave in both life and death...yes.
But to commit suicide?
....HELL NO!!! That's no way for anyone to check out. Ain't nothing grand about that..
It’s braver to live
@@1skeevie change is certainly a better way of committing a kind of suicide - he could have had another chapter with sobriety but the drugs worked for him for a time, there's no denying that
@@1skeevieplz. That’s such a weak hack normie statement. None of you would have the balls to kill yourselves. I’d say it takes the most courage. Some people can’t go on when to many illness takes over and no there is no cure. More pain that physical torture then your also sick all the time. Be grateful your healthy. You wouldn’t survive a month let alone that many years with it growing worse by the day.
Everyone is laughing like this is satire. HST spoke absolute truth.
Satire is Truth
Being funny, creative, entertaining is the most effective way to drive a good point home. Brilliance just hits different when it makes you laugh. Many comics like Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, Lenny Bruce knew this all too well.
@@ebinflo102 yes this I know. He was a funny guy. but the parts where he is plainly speaking just facts and about things that are serious people are laughing. he isn’t hard to read but some people just dont get it.
@@coco_b Because most people wanted to meet Raul Duke and not real HST, you know this fear and loathing guy doing lots of drugs and getting into crazy situations. I love that film of course and it introduced me to Hunter, but after i have read his other works I realised he is so much more than just a funny junkie. Man was very intelligent and insightful and was right about many things back in his day and sadly its still relevant in our times.
@@coco_b Yes, this fact is a bit frustrating to me. When they laugh about him bragging about being good at 'violence'. When they laugh at any of his horrific statements and stories, really. Most people just cannot accept that they are looking and listening to a man that should probably have spent his life behind bars.
I would love to see how Hunter would describe “ the state of affairs” these days
Perhaps he would Lance the boil that is the Maga qanon cooked prosperity Bible catastrophe if he could sharpen his words on today's problematic hysteria
@@ZootZinBootZ Or he might like Trump, like he did JFK, very similar historic figures
@@whaletaggingand failed miserably 😂
@@ZootZinBootZ💩
@@ZootZinBootZsure commie
i miss the good doctor, but he has taken up residence in my mind and we have great trips and laughs together. Very colorful man, he is. Quite a hoot!
Thompson had so many great ideas he was truly a unique man who definitely thinks outside the box.
He was also a psychopath and degenerate . He knew plenty about the elite circles
@egatycasiSince the Times recognized his writings on the Hells Angels in the late 60s, HST was basically part of the elite. Granted, the elite loved HST for his ability to relate to the common people, he was nonetheless an elite. I mean, Senators John Kerry and George McGovern along w half of hollywood were among those that participated in his private funeral.
@@jmwilsoNDYou don't get to KEEP that level of fame access or wealth without making some concessions.
@@Trump2024asw I'm not saying he made any concessions. Just that he was undeniably elite. Much of the elite associated w him because he was a novelty of what they could never publicly be.
Fear and Loathing is the only movie I know of that mentions or shows Adrenochrome 😅
18:18 he’s saying “sugar cube”. sugar cubes are one of the many vessels that manufacturers put acid on. they have nothing to do with the kind of acid that you’re doing though. and yes, there are different LSD’s. I’ve heard people say there are strains, but I’m not fully convinced of that. I lean more towards the belief that LSD comes out different sometimes, depending on the manufacturer (due to variances in the manufacturing process)
It should be synthesized in a certain process. Anything that differs is based on either impurity or volume of use. Some blotters have more chemical soaked in than others.
Yes Sir
Man, I miss this guy! He passed away the same day as my father. Two great men. Could not be any more different,but both very smart,and funny . RIP both of you ❤❤
🤟
He didn't pass away....he blow his brains out.
With his son there...POS
Much the same with Christopher Hitchens!
One wonders what he'd make of todays GOP and the Trump MAGA Cult . Probably say I told you so .
@@neilmccormick2064 Asia has the best sex slaves
Thank God for captions
Thank you so much!😉👊🏿
Thank you for this. I’ve needed this my whole life
People laugh when he says they probably can't handle it, and that they should give to him what they have, but I understand exactly what he's saying and he's right. And he's being helpful.
Of all that I've seen and read of HST, this explains what the heroes journey is about.
Indeed. I see how you got there for sure. I’d recommend Joseph Campbell’s “Hero with a thousand faces” but I’m guessing you may have already enjoyed this bit of brilliance. If not, please do seek it out immediately and then share your thoughts … nuff respect mate! 💯
I think Bill Murray learned his Hunter Thompson role so well, he never snapped back
Bill Murray is a conservative and Hunter couldnt stand conservatives. Youre probably young.
@@thedude-jb7wx I’m talking about the movie, “Where the Buffalo Roam” Not their politics.
@@thedude-jb7wxBill Murray has never identified as conservative. He has, however, extolled the virtues of figures and policies of both sides of the aisle
@@thedude-jb7wxyou’re quick to jump to conclusions my friend, cool down and think before you believe you know everything
@@chickenbiscuitbabyyewww9580 i retract my apology lol
RIP bro.❤
what a legend!may he rest in peace
This is great
Fabulous. Thanks for the subtitles too. And at the end, Hunter walks off just like Johnny Depp, or vice versa.
Thank you this is amazing to see!
I’m realizing now that Johnny depps portrayal of hst was pretty damm spot on. Hst, bukowski would make a hell of an Oval Office!
i dunno, most US presidents have been misanthropic drunks
Say what you will about those of us who indulge in libations. This man had a razor-cutting insight.
The drugs don't guarantee anything other than inebriation. A bright, free thinking mind on the right drug or combination of drugs might just happen to see and say some very profound and funny things
Maybe you don't know but Hunter eventually did find that dark bubble inside himself. It was found right before he blew part of his head off with a revolver at the kitchen table with his son & wife steps away in the next room - after hearing another random shot, the slow walk began, it was not unusual in this household to hear random gunfire - but to find the canoe shaped head of Hunter face down was.... an unusual
event.
"Some may never live, but the crazy never die."
-The End?
“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like ‘I feel a bit light-headed; maybe you should drive…’ And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats.” R.I.P.
i used to look up to thompson, but the ugliness of his last act makes his whole schtick seem juvenile and nihilistic.
in that sense it’s not surprising that so much of the hollywood elite worship him
No point mentioning those bats, I thought. The poor bastard will see them soon enough.
The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.
@@mj.l i know what you mean. I don’t think he was like them, though. He may have gone to a bad in his mind at the end, but mostly on a physical level, messed with his brain chemistry for the worst and for good. There’s a certain conceit, self important, shallowness combined with a view of themselves as more intelligent and non-conventional thinking than they really are that I can’t see in Hunter. If I were to guess I’d assume he wouldn’t be able to stand those types, and in the event that he actually didn’t like them, he strikes me as the type that doesn’t put himself above treating others differently than anyone else as long as they aren’t disrespectful around him, and they did adore him. The truth may never be known, he could have been a true monster. I just can’t see it like i can in them, and i doubt he ever puts on an act, or is even capable of it
@@twistedbydesign5216 yeah, he was definitely not a 'hollywood type', but the way people like Depp idolised and romanticised some of the more fucked up, macho parts of his personality creeps me out a bit.
the dude wrote some brilliant stuff - that is undeniable - and i appreciate his political perspectives, but i can't help but feel he lost control of his wild man persona and it destroyed him and tainted his work and legacy to some extent.
Hunter was an intellectual, however misguided, which most of the hollywood elite are most definitely not.
@@mj.ldidn't he say after fear and loathing came out everyone expected that crazy guy and he felt obligated to bring him out? A shame he couldn't just mature probably the drugs.
17:18 RIGHT before he says he used to buy weed for fifteen dollars an ounce, I was thinking of the cheapest an ounce is around here and I said aloud "I could get an ounce for fifteen dollars."
is it any good tho? if it's gas they send it out of state where it's still 400$ oz.
@@Fausto_4841 That`s what I was thinking. Back then you could get weed cheap, but it was usually dry, seedy and dusty and if you smoked enough to get a sore throat you might just get high.
@@Fausto_4841 it is Shake that is pretty much usually all Keef.
Good stuff though. Last two were grease monkey and ms. moon dancer.
@@chadwik4000 I smoked marijuana as a teenager from roughly 76 to 78 and an ounce was always 20 to 40 dollars. Oh, I forgot there was some real Acapulco gold around at one time and that went for 50.
"A vote is like a dollar bill, if you don't use it, somebody will." - Hunter was a true genius who helped me understand American Politics...as your Attorney, I advise you to read, "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 ."
Fantastic book
@@danstone2615 As Hunter used to say, "Indeed"...
@@3chorddave352 at the advice of “my attorney “ and his racial handicap is
this is spectacular thx for the subtitles lol
He was so correct
My favorite writer/ journalist
Woaw Thank you
4:37 ashes on floor instead of ash tray right there😂
OUTSTANDING
Loved Hunter. Brilliant man
This needs more views
Forever one of my heroes since the age of 11 or so.
A deranged psychopathic drug addict petophile? 😬
u really should learn more about this man if hes your hero. oh wait 11 u said, i hope he wasnt grooming you personally at that age. no joke he was ok that people are into kids and he for facts made snuff films and sold them.
"buy the ticket,take the ride!"
When they hand you a first class ticket through the worst part of Hell......
Hang on and enjoy the ride.
@@Hi-lb8cq That is also the title of a great HBO documentary on Hunter, with many insightful interviews. Great writer, especially his writings on the 1972 presidential campaign. If only he was here today to share his unique insights on Trump. What if...
He must like that shirt as he's got it on In the 1978 british tv interview 10 years before this😊
was thinking the same... he also wore it in one of his letterman interviews... rad shirt
Never heard him speak and I’m all for it, would love to read one of his books
I met the oldest and youngest Hells Angels in 1997, and was handed a book to read by this guy. I wasn't allowed to leave the room with it. Highly recommend that one (if you can ever locate an actual Angel who has a copy).
A friend of mine gave me what I thought was a copy of that book many years later, however it's definitely not the same book (just the same title).
Those are the only two books I've read, but I'd say well worth your time to read them both.
Read all of them
You can listen to some audio books of his on here. Some sound good, others not. Dig around
Read Hell’s Angels and some collection called Great Shark something.
The great shark hunt.
@@notseekingconverts
my inspiration for majoring in journalism we’re bringin back gonzo
Hunter was one of a kind
when it comes to drug use almost two of a kind
I remember Dunhill International.
They were a favourite of mine.
My favorite author.
Read more books...
@@chadwik4000 Exactly, if you can amuse, entertain, and present yourself as a "rebellious free-thinking pioneering soul" (true, or not) the shallow vain masses will confer Elite god like status upon you. Kind of pathetic to see the worshipful accolades of this guy in the comments. He seems to be a drug addled degenerate, of course that endears you to clueless "hero" worshippers.
@@chadwik4000let people like what they wanna like, weirdo.
@@chadwik4000 One of the most important writers. Believe it or not.
Drugs are a hell of a drug, and he did them as well as I imagine a person could. Had something to show for them too. I’d wager that Johnny Depp’s portrayal of him was the most accurate portrayal of a human to ever have been attempted. Some of what was said in this talk was indistinguishable from Depp . Also find it hilarious that Hunter probably never tried to be unique in the way he holds a cigarette, it just what makes sense for his posture or something. The guy next to him seems amused, terrified, bored, in admiration, and like he has somewhere to be all at once somehow
Depp was great, Murray was a bit better. Fear and Loathing is a MUCH better movie than Where the Buffalo Roam, but Bill Murray's Hunter performance was incredible.
A lot of Asians, Koreans, Chinese, hold,held, their 🚬🚬🚬like that back in the day when smoking was much more prevalent.
@@jamesoblivionwatching where the buffalo in high school computer class high when i already knew F&L was amazing. It took me a minute to realize but i was pretty much hunter in highschool without trying to be. I had already gone down the path before i saw F&L. Only embraced the lifestyle once i saw someone made it famous 40+ years before me
I meet people at the Park like this All the time today. 🤗
Hunter and Jerry. Great pair. Bill Murray does him good in Where the Buffalo roam...
Awesome spirit!
12:45 I'd say the cops instincts were appropriate in regards to Juan being around Allen Ginsberg...
🤖 < DANGER! DANGER, JUAN THOMPSON!!!
That's the same shirt he wore on the BBC interview in 1978.
He wore the same shirts often. Sometimes decades apart.
@@Adam-kn3tvHe's saying he wore the same running shoes since he was 13! so I believe this!
I knew Hunter. I knew acid. Hearing 2001 Space Odyssey would be good a friend and I went. The Donald Duck cartoon beforehand was trippy. My friend lost it when the monkeys went nuts so we had to leave. It didn't bother me at all since the trip continued on a beautiful night. Orange barrels were special.
Love this gentleman. American legend.
what type of whiskey is that with the gold label?
I ate 19 green microsofts one night and was growling at my buddys doberman he dint like that lol
We used to do orange and purple barrels early 70 s
Blotters ect
Taught me more than I'll ever learn in school !!!
This is gold!
I remember when microdot used to be around all the time. That stuff seemed to totally disappear though. Great interview btw
Purple Double Done.. Mescaline yeah you do it and say never again then the next day your snorting it instead of eating it
Had 5 orange ones around '97 and I was never the same. A 20 hour trip in all. Wonderful.
It's still around. Those and the gel pyramids he references. Really good stuff if you know where to get it.
@@magickmarckI remember that at that time.
@@FLYNNER.you need to lay off those bathsalts dude
the constant wiping away of the imaginary dust on the desk for twenty minutes is priceless
He's wiping cigarette ashes. It's a habit a lot of smokers had before it was banned indoors.
@@HisWordsAreTruth you can see him intermittently use the ash tray, when he wipes the desk he’s wiping the whole thing even when he’s not ashing on the table. it’s clear to see he was doing it a lot in the video without noticing himself.
The ashes fly everywhere just from moving your hands around. Like I said...old smokers habit. I should know. I take it you've never smoked indoors?@@dougbowser50
Cocane was on point back then...😂😂😂
Drug wipe
"when the going gets weird the weird turn pro" words to live by maybe.
Hunter S. Thompson was the best. No one will ever come close to the man. R.i.p.
Depp really did an amazing job capturing this mans essense.
If it were not Thompson saying these things, but someone else, you'd say the dude was crazy.
It's not what is said, it's who says it.
What was he on during this talk?
Man, i bet that table never got dusted off and cleaned as good as it did on this day.
I dare someone to count each wipe, dust, dab, etc. on the table
Damn, Johnny Deep did a great impression. Probably cause they were buds. 😂
@La0770 what?
What a TRIP he took 😎👍🏻
Hunter loves that shirt, I don't know how many clips I seen him wearing it for a good decade or so
"when the going gets weird the weird turn pro" words to live by maybe. It's difficult to admire him in the sense of aspiring to be like him since he was a man of his era Journalists for Rolling Stone could not do now what he did then.
No chance. Today they are all cookie-cutter Wokes.
Absolutely.
My favorite thing about this interview is Hunter's tic where he keeps wiping the table with his hands...idk if he's wiping off condensation from his drink, wiping off cig ash, or it really is a nervous tic. Hunter was one of a kind!
It's called cocaine.
yea, its nervous energy, if you snort enough of it you will constantly be wiggling your jaw back and forth or grinding your teeth, its an easy way to spot someone that is off of their tits on blow.
Jim Jordan in good company then. Even Steven there. Hell Bobbit didn't pass the GED four times! The list goes on....do wish Hunter had stayed around...least he kept it real. One hell of a researcher no doubt! Respect.
researcher?
@@mj.l🤔... in bed with the Hells Angels...yeah I believe that qualified as research. Don't think any journalist proper would disagree.
@@samiam3297do you have any idea who you’re talking about
That was fun!
where can i get that hat?
Hunter would have had a field day in today's garbage so called disinformation 😡👎
The dude was a Genius and out of the Box 😁👍🏻
The wit of the man is great.
University of Texas. Late 70’s. Anybody got a question? Bottle of Jack, the ever present cigarette (in the holder), the dark glasses: just a treat. He’s a talker. Loved telling stories. Like Woody Guthrie on acid discussing the American dream. Hilarious and mildly disturbing. Just a unique character that will never walk this world again. Drugs are an experience: he describes it well. Vegas on acid? Why not. A trip within a trip.
Not jack, he drank chivas regal.
@@King_Flippy_Nips I was there. On the third row. He was hilarious
Bill Murray knocked it out of the park in Where The Buffalo Roam. At times I can’t tell the difference between their voices.
People sleep on Murray as Thompson. Most people don't even know he played him in a movie before Johnny Depp. He was perfect in Where the Buffalo Roam! He's as good if not better than Depp.
Johnny really picked up alot of hunters speech patterns
Biden humor at 1:55
Man, Hunter S Thompson is truly one of kind
"A vote is like a Dollar Bill...
If you don't use it... Somebody else will."
Johnny Depp should have won an academy award!
I REMEMBER YOU COULD STILL SMOKE IN THE WAITING ROOM IN THE HOSPITAL BACK THEN 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I like how they drip check him
sound like J. Jonah Jameson at 0:33 “are you serious?”
haha yeah he does
high as a kite
Please tell me what his hat says on it???
I think the second big word says "marina" on it, but not sure. The rest I can't make out.
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Imagine the cancelation on him if he would have had a social media presence today. RIP HST
Never forget in S.F. once I think it was some 60s thing back in the was it the 80s
Anyway I met Abby Hoffman Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary together
A Treat !
brilliant