Hunter S. Thompson Omnibus 1978

BBC program Omnibus features Nigel Finch's 50-minute 1978 documentary of Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman, with cameos by John Dean, Brian Doyle & Bill Murray, Ray Romano, & probably other known entities I missed.
Titled "Fear And Loathing In Gonzovision" at the beginning and "Fear And Loathing On The Road To Hollywood With Dr. Hunter S. Thompson And Ralph Steadman" at the end.
Deutschland, if you still can't watch it, tis a sad day indeed. Lawyers own your country.
And that's the way everyone seems to like it. :(
Speaking of copyright, I replaced Dylan (worldwide blocking) with Shatner at the end to avoid the strike, but UMG bots are relentless.
"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use."
I own no rights or make any profit from this video, as it's only for educational purposes and to make people aware of Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman.

[@frankensplean]

Sloppy reporting by Finch: HST was not a member of the Hells Angels, just rode with them. If you already knew, now you don't have to comment. ;) music at 18:25 - "Spem In Alium" by Thomas Tallys (unknown recording - ask the BBC)

[@renediedrich875]

I thought I was being anal in the first comment I read is yours. I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who doesn't like things to be sloppy especially when they're dealing with our hero

[@goatmanindustries7182]

Depp actually spent time with Hunter studied him and did an absolutely fantastic job in capturing his essence masterfully.

[@landwirtschaft2116]

Maybe it's this recording, or at least close: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXTRaI2Nbdmmabs

[@frankensplean]

@@landwirtschaft2116 Taverner doesn't seem to have any published recordings of Spem before 1978, when the documentary was produced. Also, this particular piece requires an unusual choral setup (40 voices!) & I found most performances sound very similar outside of room acoustics, mic quality etc. Of course, who knows what BBC has hiding in its vaults, so I give you a distinct "MAYBE". :)

[@FrankDelvalle-zz2jh]

Good job Frank. . I didn't see your comment , or I would have not brought it up myself.

[@Andre39814]

There's a fine line between genius and crazy... Hunter S. Thompson has snorted that line

[@BBQLore]

Richie Culver

[@ursweetsab]

I will use that line (snort). Brilliant.

[@B.L.K.S_808]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OblioandArrowInc]

You hit him on the nail perfect!

[@DroneifyCinemaStudios]

If thats not poesi, I don’t know. I applaud you good sir.

[@dirtbikemike150]

They were charging a nickel for beer on that flight God damn what a time to be alive

[@jon33.3]

fuck the lemonade they were sparkin up in that bitch lol

[@Turnheadcough]

Making $3 a day though?

[@libragirl4471]

I thought that was a key point as well

[@danieldanielson2650]

3.10USD per hour minimum wage around that time. @@Turnheadcough

[@guydreamr]

And you could blaze like a chimney inflight. 🚬🚬🚬

[@PANTERADAVE666]

"No thank you......I hate Popcorn" -Hunter S. Thompson

[@murraywatson9238]

I bet he didn't even hate popcorn, he just didn't wanna be there. "I asked hunter s thompson if he wanted some popcorn in 1970's hollywood and he told me 'no thank you, i hate popcorn.' " someone, somewhere can say that.

[@Goochbag8]

I mean, popcorn is over rated.

[@Fuq2]

@@Goochbag8 No it isn't.

[@dementedpuppy]

I always wondered why I hated popcorn

[@MASONMAXEY22]

Laughed my ass off at that.

[@N.A.M.LazyCloud]

24:34 "Are the cops behind us anywhere?" "No." "The guy behind me was looking at me in a very ugly way."

[@Wattsnic000]

"Careful, this is bat country!"

[@mayhemron]

Johnny deep nailed this guy in fear and loathing ...

[@chaznewby1]

Johnny Depp has nailed a lot of men.....😁

[@slopcrusher3482]

I was surprised how similar they looked and even sounded when I watched Fear and Loathing and then this, he completely nailed HST

[@GeorgieHue]

They were friends of course, Thompson even gave depp the haircut for the role!

[@johnnybgood774]

Lol

[@c-flav1084]

my god bruh die he ever lol

[@TESdubZ]

I love his reaction when he drops his weed at 18:02 lol "Help us Jesus!"

[@TheRaptorPope]

To be fair, I usually have a similar reaction when dropping weed on the ground.

[@FerrariTeddy]

+Gordon Freeman dont we all?

[@aerdwolram3938]

Thrusty Puss

[@shkwave99]

been there

[@phillip5245]

"Did you see what GOD just did to him?!?"

[@Sailor_Man_Music]

Nickel beer, and a cigarette on a flight. God what happened to those days.

[@GeometricPidgeon]

i got decent whiskey on an economy flight, ciggies there is just rude

[@Burps6]

Cancer probably

[@mewxtwo]

Uh, we discovered that those things are killing us...

[@LRGDuran]

Good and cheap coke too

[@alangray9117]

​@@LRGDuranback then blow was $100 a gram.

[@robsteries]

he's not an ex hells angel, that would do him wrong

[@Shawnkells]

Thank-you. Came here to say this. Major faux-pas!

[@drumstick74]

I read the book. He got the opportunity to ride with Hells Angels, but something made them angry and they beat him up. He left after that, calling them depraved animals on mopeds.

[@jkjerome1]

""depraved animals on mopeds" - ah thanks for saving my day at the last minute with a laugh

[@timspellman47]

drumstick74 What happened is he tried to stop one of the Hells angels from beating his old lady so they ganged up on him and beat him into the hospital.

[@TheEzmula]

robsteries nice...🖒✌

[@jeffburkhart-time]

We need a Hunter S. Thomson TODAY to explain what the hell is going on now!!!

[@ninjabreadgirl]

It's the same thing that was going on then... deep, sick corruption!!

[@goclimbsomething]

We’re still having the same conversations we were having in the 60s unfortunately.. Civil rights, human rights, worker rights.. Who gets rights? Who gets representation? But now there is unlimited corporate spending thanks Citizens United! The drugs are far deadlier than ever before despite having 2 million citizens incarcerated, record border patrol & police budgets & 100,000 Americans dead from ODs every year. Thanks drug war! The guns are deadlier, more accessible, more polarizing than ever & are now the #1 cause of preventable death of young people. Thanks NRA! People are more divided & separated than we have been prob since the 60s. Thanks internet! There are record homeless & mentally ill citizens on the streets. Thanks Reagan! We’re staring down the barrel of global warming & it’s cocked n locked. Thanks Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, Saudi Aramco..! Home buying is now off the table for wide swaths of the American working public. Thanks banks! Oh yeah, the taxpayers are out the $700 billion used to rescue those same banks after they gambled everyone’s retirements & homes away, $1.1 trillion for a pointless war in Iraq, $2.3 trillion for a ineffectual war in Afghanistan + a $15 billion loan of military equip to the Taliban. Thanks, mutual defense! The doomsday clock is 90 seconds from midnight & we are actively funding 2 wars, while ignoring a(nother) genocide in Africa. Thanks diplomacy! We have seen the largest shift in wealth from the working class, to the rich, in history. The bottom 50% of households now have 2.5% of the nations wealth, while the top 2 INDIVIDUAL American’s have as much money as the bottom 160,000,000. Thanks capitalism! Our discourse has become combative, our faith in institutions eroded & our trust in journalists, doctors, teachers, scientists & politicians at an all-time low. T! Many Americans believe in a Jewish space laser that is faking global warming, liberal lizards that eat children, that antifacists are facists, that cell phones are reverse engineered UFO tech, that the Earth is flat, that there are Martians on Mars.. Thanks, conspiracy theorists! Men at the highest levels of our spiritual institutions are guilty of assaulting children while men at the highest levels of government have rubbed elbows w/ a child trafficker. Thanks, patriarchy! of A significant portion of men in the country are allowed or even INCLINED to fly nazi or confederate flags, the flags of 2 nations the US defeated in costly wars against racism & xenophobia, while claiming to be patriots. These same patriots raised a gallows in front of our capitol. Thanks proud boys.! Oh yeah, & we in America are STILL the ONLY 1st world developed nation to deny it’s citizens comprehensive healthcare as a right. Thanks, health insurance industry! Hate to say it, but Hunter wouldn’t have answers. He would likely be disgusted with the current discourse. He would have his positions like everyone else & would provide some amazing snark. He was an amazing writer, but he was a sports writer. I think we woulda lost him to the hills in the 80s tbh. The rise of the Moral Majority, the demise of the middle class, the continued cost of an ineffectual drug war, the popularity of racist ideologies, the self-obsession of a social media & reality tv obsessed population, the demagoguery & dog-whistling.. I think he would of wrote us off like GC did, total loss of faith in humanity, but unlike Carlin, Hunter wouldn’t have hung around to keep reminding us we’re messing up. Acosta was the real revolutionary & would be much more effective in today’s hostile political atmosphere imo..

[@noiztrauma]

I have seen fear and loathing 2 times, but this is the first time i watch something with hunter s. t. and I am amazed with just how good Johnny Depps performance was.

[@aaronbrakefield]

Reporter, “Do you recognize any of these na..” HST “I don’t see any names I don’t wanna see any names just looks like a dirty sidewalk. I’d like to get out of here.” Damn

[@NowFunStarts]

Well done BBC, Great documentary. I was 15 when this was broadcast so I had to go to bed after Alias Smith and Jones :(

[@joeyattaway756]

Jesus Christ man. That plane flight looks glorious! Nickel Beer! Good God man!! 😂

[@tt-ki2dw]

I love hunter and always will. Xxxx nixon

[@califinn]

"Speak up Edward, speak up, speak up, Talk to Me!"

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

He's stupid

[@The_True_]

Bill Murray working with Hunter S. Thomson, legendarily epic!

[@EbenezarGold]

Johhny D. was a good friend, to blow Hunter's ashes into the atmosphere as was his desire.

[@faithbad666]

Thank You For Your Service

[@triplucid3563]

Why don't people thank prostitutes at LEAST this much too. Lol

[@Jeepboy]

I love following his multiplier version of natural drugs and alcohol it’s very refreshing living gonzo….

[@Tadicuslegion78]

If you truly want to understand the late 1960s-1970s, both politics...and the NFL of all things, you gotta read Hunter S. Thompson, he found the perfect way to pull pack the curtain and expose the ugly truth we all wish to forget.

[@bestfilmclips9064]

back when booze was cheap and you could smoke on a plane XD

[@Turner9090]

best film clips back when life was FUCKING GOOD MAN

[@jeremeymiller3406]

In the meantime we have suspended his monthly retainer and cancelled his credit card. During one 4 day period in Washington he destroyed two cars cracked a wall in the Hilton purchased 2 French horns for $1100 each and ran through a plate glass door in a Turkish restaurant . Dyingggg🤣🤣🤣

[@jesseashford3949]

Weird I was reading this exactly the same time it was played. Like exactly from the first word. Crazy man.

[@jeremeymiller3406]

@@jesseashford3949 🤣

[@GordiansKnotHere]

15:45 Anyone else here remember those days when you could be driving down the road with a beer between your legs with no seat belt and what come may? Good ol' days...

[@KZA518]

So I assume this is him pitching where the Buffalo roam with I think Bill Murray played hunter ? Love the fear and loathing in Las Vegas with Guillermo and Johnny and rum diaries adaptations but still haven't fully watched where the Buffalo roam tho

[@frankensplean]

never streaming. found a copy in my library system.

[@egotisticalrooster]

hahaha nobody has mentioned the fact that Bill Murray is in this documentary.

[@stephenmuth1425]

...as is Brian-Doyle, his brother.

[@jonbaird8835]

Everyone (almost) has forgotten about Where the Buffalo Roam. Dr. Thompson himself was quoted as saying that he disapproved of the final film edit. (not verified/rumor)

[@TheAcidPhosphate]

John Beaird Ahh, man that movie was so good. I think I may even enjoy it more than F&L in las vegas

[@DRsideburns]

I think Bill Murray did a shit job as Thompson. Depp did a much better job

[@rustyshackleford4438]

DRsideburns Depp seems like captain jack on either and acid. Bill did a much better job

[@get_down_funky1751]

"technology warps reality"

[@vinson311]

Thanks for uploading this. Good stuff.

[@girl123interrupted]

Excellent documentary, hunter was so beyond his time, his writing is so beautiful “I want a blond with lobotomy eyes” 💯🔥

[@juliusgonzo7527]

What a defining moment...whether "I'm Duke or Thompson".......

[@raywood4223]

Hunter is still at the forefront of journalism and he sure saw the future of Aspen. I still wonder what would have happened if HST had won the election for sheriff of Pitkin county . I still have to wonder why people think of Hunter's reporting as "Gonzo." I once had a dream where I was sitting outside at owl farm, almost like we were the farm team and those inside where in the show. :)

[@TheTokyoRejects]

WE CANT STOP HERE

[@ekthimios]

One of a kind journalist, writer

[@peepnox7747]

I COULD SIT DOWN WITH THIS GUY AND TALK ALL DAY.

[@christophersuswal9544]

🎶 SITTIN DOWNTOWN IN A RAILWAY STATIONNNNNN 🎶

[@charlieib8033]

the songs he wrote for grateful dead are one of the best songs ever written

[@glenndowling8383]

HST would’ve been impossible to hang with. But his writing made “everyone” want to hang with him. Buy the ticket....

[@jenkins80526]

Hunter S. Thompson....you go on observing the human nature! I love this thing that you did!

[@lonelychameleon3595]

It wasn't that the lesson of Watergate was forgotten, it's that the lesson of Watergate was never even learned.

[@kirkpatticalma7911]

Thompson and Steadman, a dynamic duo if there ever was one.

[@benmott8768]

There will never be another one like him

[@MedFireSL]

Nickel Beer, Lemonade and Dr Hunter S Thompson. Does it get any better or any sadder than this. I think not.

[@I8ITSK8N]

And his funeral went exactly as he had planned thanks to Johnny Depp! And it was AWESOME! Johnny Depp is it good man for doing it! REST IN PEACE HUNTER (Raoul Duke) S. THOMPSON!

[@jacklowe3429]

13:28-14:32 Thompson looks absolutely haunted. I don't remember who said it, but they said Thompson started out embodying a figure of his imagination and then, became a prisoner of it. Here, Thompson knows he's got Raoul Duke's foot on his throat. How terrible that must've been. He never got out from under that foot. Sad.

[@jeffg5579]

...it's a shame that he took his own life. I really wanted to meet him in person.

[@GirlGeorgeTVshow]

Hunter S. Thompson July 18,1937 - February 20, 2005l

[@waltersobchuk-khesanh]

He was never a Hell’s Angel. Being beaten up and tolerated, occasionally liked, doesn’t make you one. Doing terrible things does.

[@IndependantMind168]

My attorney had taken his shirt off and was pouring beer on his chest to facilitate the tanning process.

[@olofcarlsson3731]

I love that they play Thomas Tallis motett for 40 vioces as the enter Las Vegas.

[@matthewritchie9990]

Id never advocate alcohol drugs violence or insanity on anybody but its always worked for me

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

"Speak up, Edward, speak up SPEAK UP TALK TO ME!!!" *shakes cage to oblivion*

[@spritelysprite]

'Crazy how quaint Vegas and L.A. appear in this.

[@siaanwilliams7595]

Love him but feel so bad for the poor bird omg 🥹

[@PostModernDecline]

Great Video...

[@montywalton7108]

The dude was insane. But man did he carry it off well!

[@pantera29palms]

Nickel beer and a smoke on the plane...you knew this was going to be epic.

[@peterwoods83]

I want that fucking shirt.

[@paulocanecarlthedamnjohnson]

“CmOn EdWaRd SpEaK uP tALk tO mE!”

[@inthedark120]

Made my night

[@dorianhorton6805]

I read fear and loathing and hell's Angels in my twenties in the early 90s...they really got me grown, quick! I knew some types like him...some far out shit, man!😨

[@anthonyarroyo6486]

powerful Joe Rogan brought me here 👌

[@tt-ki2dw]

Correction hunter may have been a sort of an honorary member of the hells angels but ask Sonny barger about any membership after that and he most assuredly was not part of them. And he never wanted to be. I believe he despised them as one should.

[@CrackerBarrelkid555]

throwback to cigarettes on a plane lol

[@A-FrameWedge]

‘The ole Rommel tank trap’ talking about how the cop going the other way on the freeway might circle back around and behind him.

[@jamessantos9861]

Hunter was never a Hells Angel. He just hung around with them and ended it abruptly.

[@willgeldart982]

Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

[@Ivmartin91]

Joe Rogan Podcast brought me here

[@frankensplean]

everyone has to start somewhere! [thumbs up emoji]

[@BigboiiTone]

4:29 lol that almost shy smile is disarming

[@ph43draaa]

The interview with Dean is fascinating tbh

[@triplucid3563]

LOL I used to have this posted a good number of years ago.... then KZbin removed audio because of the Dylan song at the end "shakes fist" lol for REAL though. LaughingatpainUSAway youtube channel

[@frankensplean]

Bill Shatner's version to the rescue on my copy. (same problem with Dylan)

[@MichaelLasotaWheresWaldo]

47:10 --- Bob Odenkirk? Johnny Depp? Bill Murray as Bill Murray? This would totes make a great film adaptation of this.

[@ЛюдмилаСтепанова-н5и]

I want to smoke in a plane

[@slurmcarey3069]

Anyone know the brand of shirt he wears ?

[@stewpacalypse7104]

FYI: the orther actor with Bill Murray is his older brother, Brian Doyle-Murray.

[@frankensplean]

One of the guys in that scene looks like Ray Romano, also.

[@daverose9530]

Amazing watch!

[@jenniferlaraejp]

is that bill Murray on the megaphone chanting forgive nixon?

[@sarodimin]

And Sean Penn.

[@Luke18_13]

Where on the video is that?

[@jamessantos9861]

X F Right around the 37:35 mark

[@bigbenecu]

Smoking on a plain and nickel beer!!! WTF! Oh how we have fallen...

[@Calicocutpants]

“Nickel” better have been an old beer brand because if not I don’t know where I am when I land 🤣

[@slm2500]

he wasn't ever in the hells angels. he hung out with the Oakland chapter for a year while writing a book about them

[@taytay3087]

Need to reread his books, dude

[@slm2500]

+Taylor Kru. yeah I read them.all of them.and if you read them,you would know he rode British bikes...not allowed in the hell angels.watch the KZbin video of him and skip workman (an oakland hells angel)and you won't look like a complete jerkoff to everyone who reads the comment section of this video

[@taytay3087]

'I was no longer sure whether I was doing research on the Hell's Angels or being slowly absorbed by them.

[@taytay3087]

Its right in the book....

[@slm2500]

+Taylor Kru.That doesn't mean he was a member. like I said he rode British bikes, which the hells angels do not allow in their club.and he never held a patch.watch the skip workman interview, the angels beat the shit out of him for getting in their business.even skip workman calls the book 95% cheap trash

[@jelkel25]

The frightening thing about Thompson's political writings is they were seen as paranoid and delusional at the time but with retrospect he'd pretty much understated things.

[@BryceeTB]

QFT.

[@infinitepaths]

Yeh he wrote a piece a few days after 9/11 about what he thought would happen, which pretty much predicted the last decade.

[@jelkel25]

Mainstream media find so many ways to dismiss dissenting voices, he swears, he takes illegal substances, he twitches, he looks strange and many people let them take this judgmental stance on their behalf when in actuality if they saw the real personality of many politicians Hunter would be looking pretty good at that point, he knew this too but they knew he was easily dismissed or he would have been shut up a long time ago.

[@KeyonSumner]

Infinite Paths It was actually written only the day after the attacks on the 12th. It's an amazing piece. "The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now - with somebody - and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives. It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy. … We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows? Not even the Generals in what remains of the Pentagon or the New York papers calling for WAR seem to know who did it or where to look for them. This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed - for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won’t hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force."

[@EatThisBiscuit]

jelkel25 Perhaps that was the trick, making yourself dismissable

[@60RPM]

Love how Bill Murray's in this and is just described as one of "Thompson's actor friends" because no one knew who he was at the time

[@frankensplean]

At this time his bro Brian Doyle Murray (also in the scene) was probably more famous.

[@davehoward22]

He'd joined snl the year before this,a few people probably recognise his face....not many

[@215juliusgirl]

@@60RPM that and Hunter absolutely hated how he portrayed him in whatever movie he made where he played him (I honestly can’t even remember and don’t think i watched the whole thing but don’t think i haven’t noticed that Johnny Depp’s every character since he played Hunter is the same, just Hunter with a pirate hat or whatever)

[@shelsd64]

Wild I just noticed bill Murray lol what a legend

[@nickthelick]

Where The Buffalo Roam... It wasn't great, wasn't totally awful either. ​@@215juliusgirl

[@l1z4rd4]

When I saw "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" I thought Johnny Depp was doing some sort of comedy impression of the man. But no... Whoa...He's actually like that.

[@Felderos]

im sure he was being slightly comedic when he was in the reptile zoo.

[@l1z4rd4]

Felderos Some parts he definitely dramatized yeah.

[@damiencross5110]

I thought the same thing. Depp sounds almost exactly like the man.

[@Ugh-Fudge_Bwana]

Depp actually lived with Thompson for a few months just so he could get the mannerisms down. They were really good friends outside of their work, as well.

[@l1z4rd4]

***** So I've heard.

[@jburner4299]

There is a fine line between genius and crazy. Thompson walked that line about as well as a man in the depths of an ether binge.

[@robertjonsson684]

there is nothing more irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depth of an etherbinge, and i knew wed get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.....

[@MisterBones2910]

Gold.

[@qrueLfish]

hows it like?

[@thewaywelive2775]

I'm sorry, but that's such a stupid thing to say:" there's a fine line between genius and crazy". That tells me you really don't know the neurological reason for either

[@UKGraffitiWriter]

Yes

[@frankpedersen9813]

I love how Jonnhy Depp paid and arranged his funeral just as he wanted! He got shot out over the valley from a cannon! A good friend indeed

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

depp has millions and millions... doesnt make him a good friend you son of a douche. Also depp is a poser. Damn i hate you generic celeb worshipers.

[@johnnykebab3299]

@@Stoney-Jacksman go to bed nephew it’s late

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

@Jake Stockton hahaha you american celeb worshipers hilarious

[@paulsalerno6362]

@@Stoney-Jacksman you’re awful. Johnny is way better than you.

[@steffen2165]

@@Stoney-Jacksman hates Americans and celebrities. Yet, he watches an American celebrity.

[@DeltaSniperZRR]

"Want some popcorn?" "No thank you I hate popcorn."

[@yagi_661]

tht shit was great

[@skyhunter6385]

Hunter You Always take me back to Vegas like no one before

[@ztpatterztpatter1897]

but its so salty and delicious

[@LiberalSquared]

I hate popcorn too, just another thing to love about the old scamp.

[@miketython6554]

May as well go to fuckin Bangladesh

[@ryanfatal]

"Always the crazy ones were discussed with hidden interest. Some were mocked outright, and others were affectionately referred to with lines like “she’s a bit different” or “he’s a bit out there”. Whatever the case, it seemed most people had a subconscious fascination for the alternative mind. People would stand back and observe them as if they were a rare species - some kind of exotic bird with pink feathers. Mostly they fascinated me because they were the creatures who had jumped the fences of normality; they were the ones who hadn't subscribed to the current version of sanity which helped us all enjoy small-talk down the pub. To me that was a liberating quality I couldn’t help but envy. Without being shepherded on the farm of conventional thought, you were free to invent yourself and be whatever you wanted to be. And what was more desirable than that? In a world that said the winners were the rich people, or the famous people, or the good-looking people, to me it was the crazy ones - the people living life on their own terms - who were life’s greatest success stories"

[@michelleleesalay6676]

Nice writing!

[@elzerica]

Man this is one of the best things I’ve read in a long time. Is this yours? Would love to read more.

[@darkheartlightsoul]

Ryan amen to that

[@for.the.love.of.movement4688]

❤️

[@jamesbainesii8518]

Nice

[@MissTaiSah]

And Johnny Depp ended up shooting his ashes our of a cannon into the stratosphere!

[@FerrariTeddy]

and he used to blow up propane tanks in hunters yard (when they lived together) their relationship started and ended with a bang.

[@ergbudster3333]

Johnny Depp.. Freemason.

[@andrews4596]

@@ergbudster3333 that hell movie was really weird

[@sumeahsking8019]

MissTaiSah Stratosphere...

[@skullettrump3424]

@@FerrariTeddy they lived together?

[@SuperKamiGuru-i3c]

I love how they treat approaching him like approaching a dangerous animal.

[@spazoidSTS]

The part where he drops his drink and then goes on a monologue about rolling ice in the grass to absorb chlorophyl is classic.

[@barres5584]

I failed chemistry, is that actually a healthy thing to do?

[@spawn2110]

I shit myself man I try to play shit off like that

[@kabisikletamba142]

It was a joke though.

[@SpongeBath_ShitPants]

Chlorophyll? More like _borophyll!_

[@AP-mk7cf]

@@SpongeBath_ShitPants Get out

[@bforce909]

I react the same way when I drop my weed.

[@bigbelix]

Us dope fiends are all the same.

[@samsonmcgloughlin]

Then start writing

[@jeffleg8660]

I hate dropping pills on the ground they end rolling under cabinets and shit.

[@austinstevens7736]

Jeff Leg ain nobody talkin bout pills

[@PatrickRob82]

@@jeffleg8660 then you have to get on all fours and scramble around for them. Nothing makes you feel like more of an addict...

[@charmicarmicat2981]

I can’t remember the exact video I saw but it was Hunter’s first wife talking about the only two times she saw him cry. Once was about a dog(which goes to show Hunter was a dog weirdo which is awesome) and the second time was when he was describing the police action taken during a civil rights protest he was at. Not only does it say a lot about his true character as a man, but just a lot about how much personal freedom and equal rights meant to him. What really saddens me is what he talks about in this documentary, how people just always see him as the drunk drug addict crazy psycho character. In reality he was so much more than that and the more digging you do the more you realize how much of a patriot of freedom this guy really was. He described Acosta as that famous quote we all know, one of gods own freaks of however it goes. What’s truly ironic is how much that quote about Acosta might as well be him talking about himself and I don’t think he ever realized it. As Henry Rollins once said “A leopard doesn’t know they have spots, they’re too busy being a leopard.”

[@villanelle8888]

I think it was in the docu-film 'Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson', where his first wife mentions the two times she saw him cry.

[@myapalmer4206]

what i love about him is that his outward projection is that hes the craziest person in the room but if you feel the undertones of his character and rly understand what hes saying u realize hes the most sane

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

Lol big cats know they are big cats. It's why they roll about like happy little children; right before killing a few animals for dinner. "never underestimate" a big cat

[@charmicarmicat2981]

@@ShawnJonesHellion jfc man it’s a metaphor

[@lif7298]

Didn't he direct or was involved in a snuff film? That would explain his weird Letterman interview.

[@FedorMachida]

Nickel beer? I would have died on that plane.

[@Luke18_13]

Lol

[@masonnowlin6716]

Bring me 20 of them please

[@SaltyFrank1990]

Inflation man, inflation.

[@Adam-mi3hb]

@@SaltyFrank1990 75 cents with inflation

[@SaltyFrank1990]

@@Adam-mi3hb 1$ from 1978 is 3.99$ today. You don't know how inflation works.

[@JacoxNovak]

I love how he says that he doesn't know what people expect of him, whether Thompson or the Duke. That is the strongest part of the documentary for me.

[@Malouco]

Jacox "Seems we ran out of film again" "Really already, sheesh I've never seen such lame equipment" This dude would hv loved a sober mind in 2017 but convinced himself he was worn down with nothing left to offer.

[@andrews4596]

Ppl want the duke journalist and thompson needed his own life, a secretive person to enjoy and write about raols whacked escapade living

[@ReallyReall]

🕊🤍🕊

[@Effin_the_Chat]

If you could time-travel Hunter from the 1960s to the 2020s, he'd have a heart-attack from the nightmere of it all.

[@MelancholyProductions]

Yeah, thought about that too. He would’ve HATED this day and age.

[@dstaggs33]

No he wouldn’t. He’d be just as articulate as shown in the video. He knows the world is burning, and he knows he can’t change it.

[@215juliusgirl]

When he died I thought “no! We need him now!” The closest thing I’ve been able to find is chris hedges as far as the america/political/societal stuff goes but he’s not… I’d be surprised if he ever smoked a joint before. Anyone else got suggestions? And don’t bother saying Rogan because HST would eviscerate him and just no.)

[@davehoward22]

Probably be suprised the world's still in one piece

[@kaibutnor]

fr tho

[@douglasgault5458]

My brother in law called and said we're going out to dinner tonight there's somebody I want you to meet. And I walks Hunter S Thompson. These 2 had met in reform school & became the best if friends. I was in good company, I had also been a delinquent. And still am. What a night! We're had dinner at the sparks nugget up in Reno. After dinner we were escorted out of the casino about 2 hrs latter. They had us surrounded.. That's when the fear and loathing kicked in with drugs and bar hopping. I between the Casino's. Where there were always more security to protect the public & common good from hoods like us. Was around when that dinner party ended with an early breakfast and more drugs. And that's when I staggered outside and said taxi. After one of the best nights of my life. But I never made it out to Aspen as I had promised. I was too busy catching fish & selling cocaine on the Truckee river

[@frankensplean]

Wow. Thanks for stopping in!

[@markcitarella454]

This man is the embodiment of the American spirit

[@andrews4596]

General Patton is a good role model

[@GeorgieHue]

This man is the embodiment of the human spirit*

[@seankelly378]

@@andrews4596 general Patton was a terrible racist , who later would have , in his own fucked up idea of hindsight , would have had the USA collaborate with the Nazis

[@keithcroissant5640]

In which case I’m coming to the U.S

[@edmasterson4588]

given the comments ive seen not enough people are recognizing benicio del toro's great performance

[@nickreynolds8391]

Yeah that performance from Benicio was nuclear

[@PastPerspectives3]

Obviously it was great. But Johnny Depp playing Hunter S Thompson was a really special moment in the history of popular culture.

[@crooktv2800]

More than likely a celebrity you idolize uses drugs and alcohol they’re just not as open about it because they care too much for their career

[@andrews4596]

Yep most news reporters and journalism use adderall

[@beauntea8356]

Or friend or family

[@seankelly378]

Hunter , Jim Morrison and Hendrix are mine . They were pretty open about it

[@ggaccentc]

You're not giving him enough credit - he's one of the best writers ever, even if he was a mumbler :D

[@fogasterg]

isn't it the other way around nowadays ?

[@kalebjester588]

I can't imagine the anxiety that bird had lmao

[@duffdeluxe]

Yeah, kinda made me think Thompson was a dick tbh

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Kaleb Jester one drunken squeeze..jesus

[@andrews4596]

Why is that

[@andrews4596]

Thompson may have been involvedwith bohemian grove in that book franklin files, exposing hunter by one survivor of Republican politician Larry Kings deadly happenings in bohemian grove forest.

[@andrews4596]

Woodpecker type anxiety