Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws

[@MarkMasters...]

'He who makes a Beast of Himself, gets rid of the pain of being a Man....'

[@evancooper7510]

Very relevant with all things going on right now

[@toddbaker1425]

Thank you... Your inspiration gives me the courage to become a serial killer. ☕

[@MarkMasters...]

@@toddbaker1425 Good Luck in your endeavors...make sure to social distance though.😈

[@mirkowehrhahne]

'...huuUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAOOOGHH Caught here in a fiery blaze...'

[@destroya3303]

HST was a POS

[@awolpeace1781]

"Vengeance for not getting an opportunity" is great way to put it.

[@WilkineBrutus]

"The Angels reflect not only the lower segments of the society, but the higher and, you know, where violence takes a more sophisticated and respectful form"

[@sloaiza81]

you would make a good editor

[@aaronpieczarka631]

Thanks for that, we're all listening because we can't hear. So, thank you again for quoting something we're listening to.

[@Chunda8]

Yes- why should I fistfight you when I can just outsource your manufacturing, clerical or call center job to India? I'd call that an economic beatdown, much harder to recover from. You may even have to move to find a job....Why should we insult and shove each other when I can just automate your warehouse management gig, now you are laid off...This is much more powerful than any punch ever thrown, game over.I don't fear the Hell's Angels as much as I fear the MBA/CPAs out there trying to make their numbers.

[@SynthApprentice]

Chunda8 If you're not valuable to society, it's society's own damn fault for not giving you the tools needed to be valuable. If the plant decides your manufacturing job can be replaced with a machine, it's because nobody showed you how to tell that damn machine what to do. It's just like Hunter said. The people who are hurt worst by this are the same people who are least likely to understand why it's happening to them.

[@Chunda8]

There does seem to be some disconnect between school and work to say the least. Plus, let's say I do the math, get the credentials and become a C/C++ Software Developer/Programmer. I put my resume out there, I have a portfolio of working code, I'm asking 60K / year to start. They want someone in India to do the same job but for 30K /year tops. Hard to know what to do next, you could do the right things and still be screwed.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

You know, I've read his books but I've never heard his voice before. I always thought of him as this really eccentric, drug fueled writer with a taste for the macabre and bizarre. I guess because of the movie. He's really a down to earth, very intelligent and insightful guy.

[@VertPimpin]

Paul TheSkeptic he doesn't seem to fucked up right now

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

VertPimpin Ha ha. So it's your contention that he's just sober right now?

[@ChestersonJack]

Honestly, I think those things go hand in hand. The more intelligent minds are more creative, and the more thoughtful ones are more open minded about strangeness. But that's my ASD speaking, haha!

[@GMovieSeeker]

He was a smart fellow, but hard to truly understand. He lived and wrote in a time when he believed America would become truly equal and united, but the 70's saw the dream shatter in fear and corruption. That was what Fear and Loathing is about. Escapism. He saw Nixon as the essence of evil, today we remember him as mostly a corrupt president who was not able to admit Vietnam was doomed. But possibly we are more escapist now than ever before. We see the world as too complicated and corrupt, so we want it to burn. But burning it won't make it better, of course.

[@Kaboom-du7ys]

well, dang. i kinda liked that.

[@markowhisper]

More like a honest profesional, unlike many other profesionals around, ever. R.I.P. Mr Thompson.

[@70water61]

Dylan M how the fuck do you know idiot?

[@disnothsi2218]

@@70water61 ...pretty hostile to someone who was simply calling hunter a honest professional

[@robertmiles3951]

What a brilliant man. The wild man was an act. Hunter was undoubtedly a little unhinged, but he was a brilliant man who was deadly serious about journalism and the stories he felt needed to be told.

[@spinblackcircles]

Wild man maybe was an act but he absolutely was a raging alcoholic and drug addict. Amazing writer though

[@csn583]

No, he was deadly serious about being a wild man.

[@spintheblackcircle33]

Hunter was brilliant. Listen to how clear and concise he was in this interview. He described the world we live in now. He was always so insightful.

[@julianrodriguez2604]

This made me buy the book, literally 20 minutes after watching this video I drove to barnes n noble and picked up a copy

[@Keenbeaver]

"I am a professional coward" lol I love the way he worded things

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

He is a professional writer after all

[@piliage]

That is a chilling interview. Before he brain was pickled on a bottle of Wild Turkey a day, Hunter was a flat out genius. The greatest book every written about US politics is his Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 1972. HST's comments on the science of obsolescence and technology impacting those least likely to understand the reasons for them is brilliant.

[@suppositionstudios]

piliage he makes a good case for free education not just limited to youth, maybe without even trying. its something i want to see before im old and obsolete, as selfish as that is.

[@gamefreakforlife]

Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail seemed like it was the most prophetic book I've ever read when a friend handed me it right after Trump got elected. Bernie getting backstabbed seemed like a shoddy replay of Mcgovern being forced to cut back to the party-line and losing his voters in On the Campaign trail. Brilliant historical literature.

[@experiment54]

@@suppositionstudios you can get any education you want, you have the internet, its all out there, on youtube and other websites. All for free.

[@experiment54]

Matthew Lawton speak for yourself

[@indigowendigo8464]

@@matthewlawton9241 god you sound so wound up you might just pop

[@tomitstube]

this was almost 50 years ago, his logic and insight is just as relevant today.

[@corkyvanderhaven3391]

tomitstube most classic authors are

[@allgodsnomasters2822]

ofc thats less than a lifetime its the same society

[@youarelife3437]

I like how beautifully the artist who made the caricature captures the emotions of the interviewer when he says ' the journalist who is not detached..'

[@nicholasdedless4881]

That was amazing. One of the best original things I've seen on KZbin. More Hunter please?? How about a longer interview?

[@BlankonblankOrg]

You can hear the full interview on our website. Alas we can only animate so much content.

[@nicholasdedless4881]

***** Thanks, I'll check it out. I really miss Hunter. Such a knack for cutting through the BS. Wish he had stuck around longer.

[@Mrchair-bk5ns]

+Blank on Blank please animate more! More Grace Kelly, Janis Joplin! A suggestion have Audrey Hepburn.

[@uriah9559]

more hunter ALWAYS!

[@tbird1125]

I'm bored

[@superawesomeboy]

I would LOVE to talk to Hunter, he is kind of my spirit animal. On a different note: I just discovered this channel, and these little animated interviews are so damn good. Spending the night alone and drunk watching these is such a nice way to spend the night

[@fooshyandbuster]

Hunter is a legend, a true professional, and a unique talent! More Hunter S. Thompson, please.

[@CabelloProductions]

I love this series! Hunter S. Thompson is one of my favorite writers so I'm happy to see him get the Blank on Blank treatment. Keep on the good work

[@kuumaaa]

just finished reading his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - its like nothing ive read before and can only recommend it

[@TheWorld_2099]

It was SO much better than the movie.

[@christophercontent3372]

Fear and Loathing was always a favorite novel of mine - what a fascinating man he was

[@seththomas9105]

My God! Dr.Thompson interviewed by Studs Terkel, just to be in the room with journalists of their caliber would be out of this world. RIP to both of them.

[@Redmenace96]

Studs Terkel was the greatest interviewer of all time. That is a real skill.

[@manray5140]

Ive always been fascinated by this man. My parents accidentally named me after him in the great year of 2000, and all my life I’ve had older people ask me if I knew who he was. It’s nice to know what he sounds like too now.

[@modmeemays2245]

I’d also like to give huge props to Studs Terkel he is a legend where I’m from and one of the most natural interviewers

[@Phaedo82]

This is brilliant. I've been a Thompson fan for more than a decade and this video means a lot. Thank you for this. You earned a sub.

[@yakikadafi745]

but rust is also life

[@popinmo]

To see phadeo here makes me happy

[@NotDirtMcgurt]

oof

[@michaeld2060]

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” -H.S.

[@Medevicerep]

Brilliant writer and investigative journalist. He is one of the last great ones. All they do now is interview each other and those that agree with their world view.

[@MrAwesomeangelo]

A true poet the most un appreciated artist,his wisdom wasnt limited to kind words,the man was over all honest and brutal with his views of society aongst other things,hunter s thompson shall forever remain amongst the wisest men to have walked on this very earth

[@cravinbob]

Tone it down a few notches, he was a little above ordinary but amongst the wisest men?! No.

[@justinhateswasps5816]

He wasn't unappreciated. People knew about him, but chose to not face the truth.

[@darthtortugas]

PBS and Blank on Blank thank you for doing this.

[@Slig1977]

See, this is why I love youtube so much. Thank you Blank on Blank for animating my heros :)

[@davidfuller764]

Wow, I am no expert but this is the best Hunter S Thompson doc. I have ever seen

[@jobhd1199]

Great work and a great share. Wish hew as here now to hear his voice and thoughts.

[@kamuelalee]

Thompson was such an insightful man and a great writer. His Hells Angels book is scary to read.

[@kevgh3869]

His strength was his honesty.

[@OldSethOnetooth]

I miss HST, originally got into reading FALILV and the whole "yay, he's a reckless alcoholic and drug fiend just like me" but then I stopped being a RAADF and delved deeper into his work, Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail etc, and realised that he was a hugely gifted writer who had found himself stereotyped via his non writing habits

[@musicisbrilliant]

My ALL TIME Freakin FAVORITE youtube channel!!! So cool. PLEASE NEVER STOP!!!! Thank you!

[@nosaintntx]

Thanks for posting this.R.I.P. Dr Gonzo! And the early info into the world of 1%ers and the 81.

[@jasonvorhees375]

First time I've heard his voice..Depp actually did really well and sounds like him,I could only actually picture Johnny Depp whilst he was talking,in some fear and loathing scene.The greatest movie of all time..

[@MorrisChannel4]

Wonderful nod, especially at the end. as he just kept riding down that road forever, RIP Hunter!

[@michellewind8097]

would love to see you do a piece on Kesey, met Hunter at his cabin in Aspen, 1967, his wife and baby Juan, and in 1968 I met Ken Kesey at his communal farm in Springfield, Oregon, two outstanding days with two legends, unforgettable

[@geinikan1kan]

Wonderful to hear such a trenchant reading of post-War, postmodern America. The Hell's and their violence emerged specifically within American society.

[@jimmyfischbeck9872]

I can listen to Hunter S. Thompson all day, but Studs Turkle is over the top for me.

[@dtcdtc8328]

I had friend named Sam, won't write his last name . He passed away 5 years go already. He was 81. We rarely talked about club stuff unless I asked a question, which I didn't make a habit of doing. I miss him, he helped me get off script pain meds I took for my 3 disc herniations and fractured vertebrae. He had just bought a 2016 Mustang GT , and had the dealership install a TVS supercharger , all bc of me . I still have my 2003 Cobra . Obviously he had a lot of bikes , I don't ride. Anyways, we were looking forward to going for some cruises in our rides . He end up passing away before we could, this month 5 years ago. As an aside , my parents ( I'm 52) had no idea he was 81 . He was an professional gambler and would bring back pastries from AC every Monday morning and drop them off to my parents. Sam was a good dude.

[@zackjohnson1390]

this is the best series by PBS I've ever seen

[@grimtea1715]

I love how I only read things on Google about Hunter, I do read some of his writings as well, but then I get a suggestion automatically for this video... With all that said though I love the style of how this was done and Thompson was the man, Blank on Blank you got a new Sub.

[@ADDerall509]

Hunter S. Thompson is a man that I respect and this was good to hear and see.

[@mbjac]

It's amazing how close Jonny Depp got....

[@aryanjawade6315]

The animation is sooo gooooooood!!!

[@maee1815]

I honestly wished they never stopped blank on blank its so interesting seeing into the minds of celebrities

[@kyotra]

We still have to reminded even today that we are a violent species, and that venting that drive is not bad - rather, suppressing and ignoring those urges is what causes issues.

[@snakezase2998]

That being said, war is hell

[@wwb2081]

This has got to be my new favorite channel

[@pyrotechnick420]

I just found out that Hunter's original Hell's Angel newspaper article was published on May 17th, 1965 The same day Trent Reznor was born. lol

[@jerryrichardson2799]

Thompson wrote _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_ as an example, or case study, of a couple of points he made in the last three or pages. It was a line of thought that started with his book on the Hell's Angels. It's a kind of loosely connected with _Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72._

[@jcauley9]

Still true commentary. Wish we still had Hunter.

[@Husqe2019]

This is AMAZING! Thank you, will be making sure to watch more Blank on Blank features!

[@Hal9000ize]

I'd love to see one done about Brian Wilson

[@WingedSoda]

Another awesome video. I love this series and would love to see a future episode with Issac Asimov!

[@briangoguen6798]

You have to do an Andy Kaufman video!

[@hitman109109]

I'd like to see a Mitch Hedberg or Sam Kinison one of these

[@stuvs830]

Oh, Sam, yes.

[@Ryan88881]

Stu VS I'd MUCH rather see Mitch

[@Em22-wtf]

💖💖 Mitch!!!

[@bmx2026]

Lol hedbergs would be great. " I bought an ant farm, them fellas didn't grow shit!"

[@kamuelalee]

Bill Hicks!

[@Guccicurry]

man this show was awesome, wish they'd bring it back

[@MissOkabe]

that was AMAZING. Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@Hampeeng]

Would love to see one of these with William Burroughs

[@kamuelalee]

Yes!

[@wallacechrstensen7406]

Me too

[@andrewmcgregor9691]

Wow ! what a smart guy. Totally related to today, yesterday and the days to come seemingly :/. God bless all both great and small ♥️✌️

[@ZachJenkins]

these are phenomenal. some of my favorite content on youtube! thank you.

[@vanaxana]

This is some of the best animation i have ever seen.

[@youarelife3437]

Help please! 4:25 “Unfiltered” Wayne Murray, Paul Rawson... That music is nowhere to be found. Can't find that song anywhere on youtube or spotify or APM music.. Some help please? Been looking for it for a while.

[@rubixmantheshapeshifter1769]

Incredible combination of audio tapes and animation

[@davidoberlin4186]

really great channel here. some enlightenment goin on for sure. great to listen to while i'm 'driving on parkways and parking on driveways'

[@davidoberlin4186]

btw, farth is elat.

[@boomking5889]

Love the art & animation style. Reminds me of the movie American Pop.

[@QuentinLars]

awesome... would love to see more of Hunter in future episodes!!!

[@BlankonblankOrg]

Not sure if there will be a repeat but you never know.

[@QuentinLars]

I will keep an eye out :D

[@GnarlyBroMr]

Liberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it. ~ HST

[@kylevillagomez9475]

CAPTAIN Fuck liberalism fuck conservatism fuck capitalism fuck communism fuck all isms. Be a rational thinker and form your own independent values and ideas. While the conservatives yell snowflake and the liberals yell fascists they fail to realize they are two heads to the same coin. Constantly beguiling the weak minded to join one or the other. I say Fuck the conservatives afraid of the changing tides clinging to the dying ways of the past only interested in themselves and no other. Fuck the liberals weak willed trying to force everyone to adhere to their childish views of the world. Only the weak need to hide behind a guise like labeling themselves liberal or coservative.

[@Sam-vs5kg]

CAPTAIN MMWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

[@logspeck]

@Ender Skies: Hunter S. Thompson would explain it like this: one word: "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

[@magneto44]

all political, social and economical systems fail eventually, always just a matter of time

[@pineapplejack476]

never believe 100% of anybody elses bullshit, not even your own ~ Robert Anton Wilson put that in your pipe and smoke it, fuckin hippie.

[@00jeffwc]

I'd just like to see any other interviews by Studs Terkel given the Blank on Blank treatment. (Don't know if there currently are others that have been used.)

[@katherinehunter9526]

Patrick, David and Amy my hat goes off to you. I'm a lifelong Hunter S.Thompson consumer of Hunter's work. Not sure if he ever saw your work, but I think he would be uncomfortably amused and reluctantly flattered with your work here of him. Thanks I personally loved to see someone taking a new interest in his work. I only wish he were here now and reporting on this 2020 Campaign trail. With the clown car of Democrats that are running. I'm sure Hunter would have had many choice words about them and the opposing team of TRUMPET'S. Sure miss him. Keep up your good work. It's much appreciated. KEH.

[@jiznak2000]

I would have liked to hear the interview Hunter Thompson would have given about post Trump era.

[@TheWorld_2099]

We could have used Hunter S Thompson during the Trump era

[@TheWorld_2099]

He railed against Nixon on a daily basis, writing articles, press releases and faxing the White House daily.

[@Metabohai]

I cant find the first song even with the title and the artist. Can somebody tell me on which album it is or where to find it?

[@dralenvan]

You could say the same things about the average European citizen as Hunter did about the Hell's Angels. The average citizen is relatively low-educated and find out that their practical educations don't really offer the certainty they thought it would offer them when they started the education. In come the people from Eastern-Europe who are trained on a same level as they are, but do the work for way less. The "normal" guy feels threatened in his way of life and no'one cares about him, we have social security for people like them. As those people aren't usually in tune with their actual emotions, they get frustrated. Frustraded because they subconsciously feel they are useless. Add some refugees who ARE being taken care of and ARE getting attention in the media, and you have a perfect target for the "normal" guys to shoot at. Clever politicians seeing possibilities there result in the amount of populist and extreme politicians we have now.

[@ToxicBrainSludge]

so in other words, you admit that european politicians have fucked over their own citizens by bringing in eastern europeans and refugee/migrants, and giving their jobs to them and/or putting them on welfare which again the citizens have to pay for all while not being taken care of. BUT in your tiny mind, it's the 'populist' politicians who try to actually do something about that who are the 'extreme' ones. gotcha. how about maybe the pieces of shit who BETRAYED and STOLE from the europeans are the extremists? how about that? how about maybe we start thinking about it that way? people like you really disgust me.

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

You talk about Easter Europe as it is a Middle Eastern warzone. Bloated self importance, arrogance, long winded manifesto that says nothing new or smart. You're French or British aren't you?

[@dralenvan]

@@StormDatIsApproaching Don't know whether you reply to me or the other guy. Just to be clear, the point of my comment wasn't to degrade any part of the world or the people in it. The main point I am trying to make is that free movement of labour is often spearheaded by certain types of politicians as the reason certain areas of lower skilled labour is becoming more and more redundant. My opinion is that this isn't the case. I have found Eastern-Europe in no way less pleasant to live in than Western-Europe. Most of the times, the people in Eastern-Europe are less individualist than Western-Europeans, which I like.

[@pyrotechnick420]

why aren't there more of these with Hunter? I could watch this for hours

[@johnlemus7921]

Is this like an animatic? Its great. I love Hunter Stockton Thompson. Him and Philip K Dick are my two favorite authors. Granted Hunter was a journalist and author and a lot of his works are based on his own experiences. I guess you can say he was a biographer as well as well as a documentarian. Fear and Loathing On The Campaign Trail is my favorite of his works.

[@truecombatkings2303]

Too weird to live too rare to die... buy the ticket take the ride!!

[@dickrichards9650]

Mahatma Gandhi?

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Holy crap, what an awesome theme for a channel! Kind of surprised I've never come across it before. Subscribed.

[@evileggo8]

AWESOME! i have been waiting for a Hunter S. Thompson clip!

[@jasonwalker9808]

Hunter nailed it about us right now 2020 . all of us have it in us .

[@OleanderRainbow]

Is it bad that I find Thompson's voice soothingly nonchalant? I ask as I'm aware it's creepy to say this about the voice of the deceased but at the same time. There's an ere of chaotic calm to it.

[@l.a.gothro3999]

Studs Terkel, as evidenced by his huge body of work, could talk to ANYbody and get a great story!

[@ShaktipatSeer2]

RIP Hunter S. Thompson

[@sludgeman1994]

Please make one with Charles Bukowski!

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

Absolute legend. These animations are great.

[@misterdavid9903]

I also haven't heard his voice before, but I now know where Johnny Depp got the characterisation in Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.

[@asong4thedead]

He read the shit out of them. He was a great speaker when he wasn't out of his mind on drugs and drink.

[@PogieJoe]

This channel is endlessly interesting.

[@goinghardonearth8645]

This is awesome wish there was more of these and it sound like a young hunter

[@obbeachbum69]

Brilliant work as always Patrick. I nominate you for a Congressional Medal of Freedom :)

[@PatrickSmithAnimation]

***** thanks! it's no steadman, but it was a fun one to draw.

[@obbeachbum69]

Patrick Smith Not trying to blow smoke (well, maybe a little) but you really are an amazing artist Patrick. Your animations make these otherwise dry interviews pop with an emotional resonance I would have never expected. Keep up the good work.

[@Crescenttrip]

What is the first song playing in the video???? I want to find it so badly and whenever I look up the name listed in the credits it comes up with absolutely nothing!!! I want to hear it so bad.

[@jackjones6482]

Watched this about 25 times. Great insights, but I'm really just looking for the song at the end now if anyone knows it.

[@KevinFinkbeiner]

I can't find out where to get that "Unfiltered" song. It's not in iTunes or anything. Anyone have any suggestions on where this music could be available?

[@johnolson5538]

Do we really need the music track to accompany the sound byte?

[@flockofwolves]

I love how Hunter always sounds like he’s salivating on some f*ckin* trip man.

[@watching7721]

That's because he probably is

[@bigdaddydishrags]

what is the music at :11, :28 and 4:50?

I just stumbled across this. This is fantastic!

[@thefilmfanatic5653]

Song playing in background?

[@JasonMcHenry]

In some ways I feel like the outlaw obsolescence and subsequent venom that Hunter described is sort of coming full circle. He suggested the outlaw perspective was to hold regular 'citizens' in contempt because they served as reminders that the outlaw bikers were somehow obsolete. [“The people who are most affected by this technological obsolescence are the ones least capable of understanding the reason for it, so the venom builds up much quicker. It feeds on their ignorance.”] I get that idea and don't think Hunter was wrong but I don't think he described the fullest picture. The even more interesting thing is that all these years later the 'regular citizens' are on that same edge of some similar, impending obsolescence. [Of which, I suspect, they are still ignorant of its approach.] Society needs less of those 'citizens' subscribing to the established view and more of the Wild Ones. There will always be opposing viewpoints. It's a matter of Freaks versus Squares. But the cyclical nature of things reminds us that what was once out of fashion will eventually become all the rage. [And, yeah, thanks for the consistently amazing work, ***** !]

[@kamuelalee]

The Great Recession made regular citizens more desperate for the edge or an outsider force...for something radical in America. Someone like Trump. Unfortunately, we ended up with Trump.

[@dickrichards9650]

Are you still a square, or have you come on down to the freaky side of the street? If not come jaywalk with me loverboy. I'd love to turn you out, and pander you like a nefarious lobbyist, and some multi-national corporate swine. You'd do well, in your new position. I am a Holla Back girl, and so are you!

[@dickrichards9650]

Did I describe the fullest picture? If only some of us Philistines could be as languid, and fetid, as you seem to be. If you want "the fullest picture", come to Rawhides in New Orleans. We'll fix you right the hell up. Your ready to be feed, and bred. Trust me, I can smell em..

[@mitsurugi2651]

Fuck! We need people like him nowadays. Stop being comfortable people. Be strong and chase after your dreams. Same advice i give myself everyday. Be strong, be smart

[@cockomist9110]

i always come back to this