Hunter S. Thompson Returns | Late Night with Conan O’Brien
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2023
- (Original Air Date: 2/6/03) Hunter S. Thompson reminisces about shooting guns with Conan, shooting his assistant, and having his basement dynamite discovered by Johnny Depp.
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That entrance was a total hunter moment
Only missing his attorney.
More sad than anything. He was in severe pain from hip and back problems, he couldn't walk around without assistance.
@@adamlane6453 Not to mention in the middling stages of brain cancer, so while he pulled it off in his "Hunter-esque" fashion...dude's doing Alzheimer's on Extreme mode too
Hunter was in sever pain and couldn't hold his urine anymore. He was in crazy pain, but he tried hiding it by doing Hunter type stuff!!
@@kurtiswa-k-8346😂
"I heard you had a drug problem but this is horrible" absolute killer 😂
It's kind of funny, because Sona and other of Conan's co-workers have said that Conan does funny bits almost compulsively, to the point where it disrupts their work.
@@danielwesterlund1905 It was projection, but I can see Conan doing that. ADHD works well for some of us.
@@danielwesterlund1905 Druggies always in with the excuses. They're often Cluster B Personality Disordered so it makes sense (the co-morbid Narcissism, the lying like Sociopaths so on etc).
Bro rolls out with a cocktail! 😂
@@777crossfit Could be rolls out if Hunter had been on a mission to arrest Conan, which figuratively speaking, he kind of was.
Wish someone put Ozzy and Hunter in a room and just recorded it.
You can probably still find the tape on here of a late night show of a conversation with Thompson and Keith Richards. Similar effect.
Record what? 2 old guys mumbling? I prefer to remember Oz for his singing, and Hunter for his writing. Their work will live on loong after they're gone.
There's an interview with him and Keith Richard's. It needs subtitles.
I think he's very comprehensible, just mouthing with thought behind as all great writers do
Sharon! Sharon!
Hunter was just one of those people that didn't fit into this world. But he rocked and rolled with it harder than anyone.
one of god's own prototypes. Not even considered for mass production.
So unhinged that can't deliver a single sane talks
To weird to live, too rare to die.
Nah he was just absolutely blitzed. All the time.
Young Hunter was incredibly articulate, obviously if you read any of his stuff.
@@m.b.82people that have such achievement and are always “blitzed” (terrible term by the way) tend to be so uncomfortable with the world because they don’t fit in…. Hence the drug use to feel a part of anything. Junkies….that another story
Hunter screaming while realizing his can’t find his smokes is a clip I will never forget
Never known a male smoker who didn't shout or curse when they realized they were out of smokes and had no way of getting new ones quickly. It's a terrible drug.
@@danielwesterlund1905 sema (tobacco) is sacred medicine not a drug. It’s just used wrong.
Sounds like my ex gf when she couldn't find her juul
@@danielwesterlund1905 you'll hear the same thing from an alcoholic finishing his bottle, or even someone realizing they don't have coffee
First two words on national television “fuck fuck” god I love Hunter Thompson 😂
@@ivytripper very interesting my friend tell me more another time
@ivytripperyou look like a conglomerate of a transvestite and shaggy from scooby doo.
woohoo
"Johnny Depp stayed with you?"
"It was weird" 😂 RIP HST you absolute legend.
This guy made snuff films at the bohemian grove
It was weird because for four months Johnny copied him for the movie *Fear and Loathing* 😊🙏🏼
* In Las Vegas 😂👍
@@yumyumdonuts1010 I thought that was Spielberg.
RIP to one of the most intense human beings to ever exist. Thanks for all of the words, Hunter. You were a special breed.
Too weird to live, to rare to die
@@badger519 and yet still more accomplished than you 🫢
@@badger519 spending your time watching videos to a guy you don’t even like…in order to feel better about yourself…
@badger519 who the fuck do you think you are?
@@badger519 You do half as much as he did.
What a character - and only Conan really captured him when he was comfortable, on that remote
Beautifully said 😊
fully agree!!! 💯
he wasn’t comfortable stumbling out with a drink in his hand?
That remote was great. Conan seemed to have a lot of fun there too.
CIA loves Conan
Johnny depp captured his mannerisms and attitude flawlessly.
Bill Murray did it better
there's a lot of Raoul Duke in Jack Sparrow
Depp took a massive dump on the integrity and intelligence of HST.
@@MasDoucnot really. Where The Buffalo Rome is a mid movie at best. Bill Murray sounded like Carl Spackler
@@poindextertunes I'm not talking about the movie I'm saying Bill Murray did a more accurate Hunter S Thompson
Only Hunter S Thompson could joke about making bombs, getting a laugh, and then transitioning back to normal conversation. What a legend.
Johnny Depp talks about actually shooting them and blowing them up in another interview.
Hunter was on a long sober stretch until Hollywood came around. Hunter took it like a champ though. The guy knew how to live.@@eyesofjade5621
And when he made the joke turning it around on Conan making the bombs, he sounded and moved exactly like Johnny Depp portraying him. It’s ridiculous how good Fear and Loathing is. Have watched it countless times.
Joke? He was about it for real.
“Normal”
7:32 The way Hunter switches on Conan like "What bombs? Don't talk to me about making bombs!" Is exactly like something that would happen between him and someone else in one of his stories. 😂
Because it's him mate.
Like a dialogue between him and Dr. Gonzo.
He was doing an impression of Depp's reaction. It was good and amazing to witness!
As a fan of Hunter and Conan, this is so bizarre to watch, haha, love it.
Second that motion
Why? Typical Hunter. Drinking and shooting
@@KittyCarlile-490 that’s not what they mean.
The gun range with a fully stocked bar 😂😂😂
Wow now I get why Johnny loved Hunter so much and held him in such high esteem 😂. What a character and a legend!
Hunter was himself and he was comfortable with himself. His reactions were genuine, if a little dramatic. He added some narrative to his daily interactions and understood the main driver of everything. And he brought you in to see the world through his yellow stained shooting glasses. He lived gonzo. But at this point, he was getting a little high and becoming Raoul Duke.
At this point in 2003? From what I’ve watched and read, it sounded like Hunter was pretty burnt out by the mid to late 1970s.
He was a good sport, he's up for some fun. Clearly, at this point in his life, his addictions had been getting a hold of him for some time. Yet he's present, witty, kinda crazy and warm all at the same time. Influential guy, he has enriched many lives in so many ways, mine included. I dig the whole package that was Hunter S. Thompson, cocaine mouth and all.
Well said.
@nucumber4395Shit, I didn't realize he was that bad.
@@MrBungo he wasn’t he was sharp till the end people just had trouble understanding him through the mumble
lol if you knew him he always had a problem.
Thank you for not exaggerating the man's contributions and everything his shortcomings
I miss Conan! He was the only late night show that I watched.
Although several times here he made an *rse of himself!
His was last comedy show about comedy. Now all we have is propaganda dressed up as comedy.
@@user-ty9ho4ct4k it’s just watered down and generic. It’s just celebrities promoting their movies. There will never be another Conan!
Listen to his podcast! It's great!
Word.
One of the all time greatest eccentrics to ever live. I absolutely miss you hunter. And I still read your shit to this day. Thank you sheriff Thompson. And go watch the movie “where the buffalo roam”. Bill murray plays an incredible hunter.
1991 Eugene Oregon I saw HST and Ken Kesey both were sooooooo fcuked up they could barely stand first they started 2.5 hours late but second they left the venue after about 20 minutes "to get back to the bar"😊
He sucked as a writer dude
I stayed up that night to witness the legendary Hunter S. Thompson. He was a hero of mine.
Having read three of his books and countless articles, he was one of my favorite writers. Super talented.
What a fantastic interview, only conan could’ve done this with Hunter.
Letterman too
Conan was the best interviewer from all of them past and present
Lmfao can you imagine Fallon trying to do this interview?😅
You'll find the best interviews with Charlie Rose.
@@tristanthorndykesrocknroll3082 Fallon wouldn't stop with the fake laughter. That man is cackling like an idiot whenever someone opens their mouth. I could tell to his face that I fucking hate him and I am about to piss in his coffee mug, he would just laugh.
1:26 sipping air. i love this man
It’s called water…
That entrance was something else
The reaction Conan gives when Hunter revealed the reason there's dynamite sitting next to Johnny Depp's bed is amazing. I replayed that a few times lol 😆
In the late 70s I was student body president at NYU and invited HST to speak. For a fee, of course. He was a nightmare. Refused to go on stage unless we got him some weed or booze. Then proceeded to give a rambling, unfocused speech. But I still love him because his form of journalism changed journalism forever.
People don’t realize this. The guy was hell to be around.
Imagine inviting Hunter Thompson somewhere and not even having booze.
@@HiGlowie I heard a story a while back that Hunter and Warren Zevon were sitting in a Denny's or something at like 1am, and Hunter pulled his gun out, put it to Zevon's forehead, and demanded that he write Hunter a song. I wonder if this is actually true? I would not doubt it.
Can't believe this is the first time I've seen this. It went about as well as I expected 😂 I feel like staying on track and actually completing anything around HST would be next to impossible. He has such chaotic energy.
you have to know the guy is going to expect to get loaded right?
The more clips I see of Hunter the more I realize how incredible johnny depps performance truly is. Uncanny. I see a little bit of Jack sparrow in here too..
Jack actually is mostly the HST character
Funny too because he really thought he was being made into a joke with depp’s performance. Not sure if he ever changed his mind on that, but he wrote him accusing him of playing into the dunesberry thing
Bill Murray's depiction was very good as well. Where the Buffalo Roam.
No question
@@deegeeooh oh wow. Didnt even know that existed, amd I love Bill. Gonna have to give it a watch
”So Johnny Depp lived with you?
”Yeah, it was werd”.
Lmao
Conan’s response to Hunter saying he’s a victim of the kingdom of fear exemplified his point perfectly. 😂
Conan looked a little stuck on it at the end, I think it got him thinking lol
It definitely did
Rare to see Hunter adapt and relax with a host. Conan was the best.
Hunter was a genius, I wish he was still around.
*RIP*
@@dejuren1367 Well, he said himself he didn't expect to live that long. The fact that he did is in itself unbelievable.
@@dejuren1367 he stayed a genius, he just stopped explaining himself and became uninterested with what society became. only thing he talked about with passion was sports towards the end of his life.
@@dhruvsubramanain2117 Idk the writing in his later books became..., i still enjoyed reading it, but you notice the drop in quality. Much more ranting and rambling, losing much of his eloquent charm. Just a grumpy old man that fits less and less into the world with every year that passed.
Adapt and relax!
A documentary should've been made about the time Johnny Depp spent time at Hunter's house. I'm sure they had some wild times.
There was something done, i'm sure, can't remember exactly what. I watched something along those lines some years ago. Worth checking out, can't help you with the name of and such. Good luck with that
There was something. I remember seeing it.
I think Johnny talked about it in Gonzo the documentary. I do know I remember him talking about it in Gonzo the biography. I remember him mentioned all the brown recluse spiders he lived with in Hunters basement.
They sat around drinking tea and reading books
Hunter S. Thompson is so used to crazy people he doesn’t even question Conan’s antics haha
Hunter is to me what Hemingway was to him. Long live Hunter 🫡
I remember watching a recording of some kind creative evening of Thompson with Depp as the host. As expected Thompson arrived on a Great Red Shark with an inflatable sex doll in the passenger seat. Then they started talking, and I made a tragic mistake and fast-forwarded to the middle. Oil painting: an obviously stoned Depp sits on the sofa and looks somewhere at the floor, while in the background Thompson beats up the inflatable doll he arrived with.
Do you have a link for this?
@@Plymouth_Belvedere Looks like it's this material ruclips.net/video/fljLssZYT8c/видео.html
@Plymouth_Belvedere That was 15 or 20 years ago. I think it was on DVD (obviously pirated) as an extra to the movie, so unfortunately, there is no any link from me. Sorry.
He sat on his balls. Thats why he said "oh god damnit" randomly.
That's my theory and I'm sticking to it
@itbdaniel we've all done it.
100%. Came to the comments to see if anyone else thought that was what it was
Great job CONAN for keeping this conversation going!! Ur the best!!
His wife Anita looking nervous AF behind the curtain as he comes out. 😅 HST obviously pre-gaming in the green room.
And I’m sure Conan’s peeps were told to have “top-shelf” whiskey in the Late Night mug.
Oh man, I sure do miss that man.
Here’s to the Champion of FUN
🫵😎🥃
Top Shelf??? Haha he pounded Wild Turkey and Canadian Club!
@@bobbyhelsel1160 lol oh I completely agree! That’s what he considered Top shelf lol Chivas Regal!!
Your never going to see this on any other talk show! We lost the only reason for staying up late when Conan went off the air.
I hope it was something better than Chivas 12. "Top shelf". Cmon, it's just a middle-priced booze, there is tons of better whiskies.
EXCELLENT! One of the greatest Talk-Show clips of all time! MAGNIFICENT! BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!
Every Video with Hunter s Thompson is a Highlight. What a Character.
This was a great interview.
Conan one of the best!!! What a great interview he got and from Hunter S. Thompson 👏👏👏
What a man! Hunter had a big impact on my life and was an idol to me and my friends. Tragic though, I can see his pain in this interview. He's been to hell and back and lived to tell the tale.
I love both of them beyond words
Gotta love Hunter S Thompson. Conan, in my opinion, is one of if not the best late night talk show host besides Johnny Carson.
Conan should have had Lenos spot
Cavett was also awesome
Watching Hunter and Conan together is like standing in the rain... when it's raining diamonds... and you're holding an umbrella made of pure gold... so you don't get hurt by those beautiful, sparkly diamonds that are falling from the sky.
I'm gonna be stealing that beautiful analogy!
thank you ! this is poetry
What a ridiculous comment. Most definitely doesn’t fit in with hunter s thompson
I, sir, am no Hunter S. Thompson, but then who of us is? 😄@@pmck3438
Ouch! 😁 I thought about how soft pure gold actually is, but I decided to use it anyway because I liked the way it sounded. heheh 😝@@Alex_Willis
“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 lightheaded; 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, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
It takes the a very high caliber like Conan O'Brien
to talk to a genius like Hunter S. Thompson.
a genius?
@@TerminxmanYes, he was a genius. Maybe not to you.
I agree. Just comes across as a fucked up drunk, to me.
@@Terminxman Smart people appear as idiots to dumb people. Sorry bud.
@@Terminxman Smart people seem crazy to dumb people... sad, but true bug man.
This cracked me up. Two very loveable guys
Outlaw Journalist was an interesting read. Love real characters and Hunter S is among the best. I recall watching this in my late teens, lenses change but enjoyed watching it both times, great dialog love ya Matt and Sona and other guy.
Blessed and Grateful to have been able to be on this Earth at the same time as this legendary human.
Lol he and Conan actually had a mate ship, very funny, love seeing people get along like this
The body is visibly broken but Hunter's mind was still as sharp as a razor. One of the greatest writers of a generation.
He was doing a bit
...sharp as a razor which shaved concrete for too long. Come on, let's not glorify it. He clearly was suffering from alcoholism, and it shows mentally as well. Even if he has some flashes of wit here and there.
@@geronimo8159 ROFL, I always find it hilarious when your kind downplays iconic individuals because of their drug usage and/or lifestyle, and it seems to be 99.9% of the time because of jealousy/envy.
Your sad life hasn't provided a tenth of what Hunter's has, so it's always hilarious when nobodies attempt to lambaste those who are well above and beyond their own capabilities.
@@user-xx4ft9tl4u Weird comment. HST was a terrific writer and a genuinely compelling fellow, and it's interesting to read his words from 50 years ago and see how well his judgements still stand up, but it's pretty obvious that he's not still "sharp as a razor" here. To say so isn't some kind of attempt to drag him down.
@@user-xx4ft9tl4u who hurt you?
Conan is the only person who can go toe to toe with Hunter S Thompson in a late night setting. They both have the weird.
People in the sex offenders unit at your local prison ‘have the weird’…
Why are you so smug about it?
I discovered Thompson from reading "Hell's Angels" and then "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" when I was a young impressionable teenaged boy...glad those books warped me the way they did.
This has been my favorite Conan clip for decades. And now I can watch itin HD. Thanks Conan and team!
Hunter was an absolute legend of the highest order !!
Is.
He was a burdensome junkie bum
It's amazing how well Bill Murray and Johnny Depp portrayed him.
Murray did amazing
@cablevamp3163 absolutely. He was spot on. So many Fear and Loathing fans have not seen Where the Buffalo Roam. That's a crying shame.
@@americansuperdad5769 Ive seen both (And Rums diary).
Johnny and Bill did amazing job in first two. the details are dope
I love it when the videos are so old they’re in the “letter box” 4:3 aspect ratio!
God bless Conan & the Late & truly great Hunter S. Thompson.
That's not letterboxed. It's simply 4:3 or Academy ratio. When packaged into a 16:9 hi def format with black on the sides you can call it pillarboxed. Letterboxed is the opposite...packaging 16:9 into a 4:3 frame, so the top and bottom beyond the active image are masked in black.
Best duo EVER on TV.
Complete opposites and Conan makes it work perfectly. The. Hunter compliments with complete
Chaos. 😂
Conan has an IQ of 300 with the quickest, funniest wit of all time.
He's like a tall Dick Cavett.
Damn Hunter's shoes are fire!
The man, the myth, the legend.
I needed this today 😂
The best interview ever, he was an amazing human being one of gods own creations:)
Drunk off his A$$! Lol...Only Hunter Thompson Could Pull This Off... LEGEND
Hunter was in an extraordinary amount of physical pain during this interview.
That's so obvious to me now, due to caring for an elderly person in a similar state, who also refuses to acknowledge it openly(so as not to depress others) and does so with a smile in their heart, and a joke on their lips.
He kept sitting on his balls, so I understand his pain.
He was wasted, rude, and disagreeable- you think that was because of his senior pain?
@@ccl1195He was always that way.😂😂😂
@@ccl1195 To be foolish, is to speak, without first. . .
The part with the shooting video is awesome. "The safety guy said move your whiskey before you start shooting" and "YOU DIRTY ANIMAL" blam blam blam!
This man was an original experience
Hunter aged a lot in the 90s. If you watch an interview or something from the late 80s he’s still the young looking, slim guy he always was. By 2000 he looked like an old man. It’s kinda scary how quickly it happens. Still the same character though
Is it crazy though? He consumed a lot of aging potions, you know.
Conan still has the fire for late night , rare these days . He's the modern heir to good family fun like Leno and letterman
You know this is a really old clip right?
20 years old@@Spaxcore
My favorite late night interview of all time. Simply incredible .
Legend
Now I see why Johnny Depp loves him. Always thought HST was maybe just a character. Seems as though he was coherent and really funny.
Going to read his books.
Hunter always gives me the the feelin how i am...not how i act....he is an eyopener....luv the guy/writings/deppsbit😂😂😢
He would sadly pass away two years after this interview aired. What a legend. R.I.P. HST. A true gem 💎!
I love that hunter points out the games of the ego.
One of the only times that the contents of the coffee cup are not a mystery.
What a legend
That clap at the end killed me.
What an amazing human being. ❤️ like a time traveler from some other planet, his time here was never forever. Just a visit.
What a legend!!!!
One of the most fun writers of all time. I don't even have a backup living to replace him.
Amazing
Wish he was around long enough to be on Conan’s podcast. Definitely needs to be a long format conversation. Could listen to these two all day. ❤
HUNTER BABY 😁👍🏻👍🏻
Oh my lord Hunter really is a unique man.
“Me me me huh?” 😂
Laugh my !+×@ off! This combo is amazing together.
Hunter deconstructed conans Schick without even trying
I say this as a non-American, but for me, Hunter Thompson is one of the most iconic Americans of the modern era.
It was like he was the most individualistic person ever, but at the same time he was 100% a product of his environment.
Im really glad non-Americans have this view of Thompson. He represents a pretty significant amount of the US population and the general schizophrenic mindset the public has but the media won't typically show you lol
@@RugMannwdym public schizophrenic mindset?
@@jakeisall1284 The mindset of the general population of this country is so across the board one moment they'll be protesting to be allowed the rites to something only to turn around and vilify it once it's passed into law. The American mindset is one of hypocrisy and there's an inherent endearing qaulity to it. It reminds me of the Chinese dynastic cycle lol
Absolute legend
He would be slaughtering the powers that be with his writing right now. Wish he was here.
RIP 🐐
What bear? It was a gorilla! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️ That was bloody hilarious!!!
Such an entrance.
Nah what a fucking legend
Conan can interview anyone and make it entertaining
Hunter is infinitely more entertaining than Conan.
@@nickmcintyre2060 you can pretty much say that when it comes to hunter and any celebrity
absolute legend!
RiP Hunter you were awesome!!! made me laugh so Many times x
It's amusing how we looked so forward to getting to see these people on these shows. Then they'd make one joke, talk for 30 seconds, and it was over. It's amazing this style of late night "interview" format still exists.
It is relaxing. You come home. Its really late. You turn on your tv at 22 or 23 and one of these shows are on. I must say they are cloudy, fuzzy but certsinly good memories!