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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters (doc)
Jeremy Fluff, YouTube, Sept. 27, 2016; Seth Auberon, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Tripping (documentary)
(Jeremy Fluff) Broadcast by Channel 4 in August 1999 in anticipation of Ken Kesey's trip to the UK for the total eclipse, this is a well-constructed documentary look at Kesey, the Merry Pranksters, the bus trip, the Electric Acid Tests, and all the other fun they got up to in the 1960s.
Now all folks can have a bus: VW bus
It features lots of great archive footage, contemporary (late 90s) footage filmed at Kesey's home and on the road with the latest bus, and interviews with a relevant writer (a subtitled Hunter S. Thompson) and the curious (Malcom McLaren and Fatboy Slim).
There is no trace of this interesting artifact online (or maybe the generic title just makes it hard find with a usual Google search). So [Jeremy Fluff has] extracted his first-generation VHS video copy, for which he makes no copyright claim.
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