Hunter S. Thompson interview (1997)

Hunter S. Thompson on his career in journalism and his love of letter writing in this new book "The Proud Highway."
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[@appletongallery]

My issue with Hunter is that he tried to get a snuff film with a child made at Bohemian Grove. The camera guy turned him down but he probably made it with someone else. Look into this guy.

[@charliecane3621]

@@appletongallery geez man u kidding. That's some serious sick shit. Ill look into it

[@diane7912]

It must be nice to be rich enough to be yourself. But then again as some of us get canceled by our present culture, Thompson sadly canceled himself.

[@taytecook873]

“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.” ― HST

[@jeremyleclerc4750]

Strangely though he looked like the Dalaï-Lama...

[@clydenolet736]

Poor guy.

[@theaddiechannel6990]

I can’t help but to totally admire this man. He knew exactly what he was doing and doing it on his own terms is a great accomplishment

[@dh891]

Except for the whole suicide while his family was in the next room. He had some major flaws.

[@marknewton6984]

He and Hemingway and Kerouack lived their own way. 😎

[@Peppersfirst]

In 99 I was 18 and I bought every one of his books that I could find in the book store. I read his stuff so much that it changed the way I talked. I started writing letters to friends. I read more. Somehow I bettered myself as a result of reading HST. At least for a brief period of time.

[@Chazza534]

Did you get into drugs too?

[@dereksmallsuk]

My arse

[@joepollock9151]

If you did not experiment with every drug and every drug combination , you failed . If your going to do something , give it your all man.wtf.

[@ptfwang2003]

@@dereksmallsuk SOCSS ER🍌

[@ptfwang2003]

…

[@bradwood1947]

I miss Hunter. This has him more open and vulnerable than a lot of other interviews.

[@debyoung6542]

Agree fav interview

[@skyhunter6385]

Brad Wood I miss Hunter too😭😭😭😇💫

[@PresidentialOGkush]

LEGENDS NEVER DIE!

[@MrWadsox]

for me he's almost impossible to understand when he's mumbling but his work is unlike anything else I have ever read.

[@filthysock]

All depends on the specific cocktail of drugs of the day. I think in most of his interviews he was to amped up to be loose and open up. This day he had a good groove going on.

[@andyoreo333]

He's a writer not a talker and his writing is brilliant. "Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex." HST

[@MrMoon-cg2yy]

I suppose he was entitled to his crazy opinions...but he was only considered "brilliant" by liberal half-wits such as Rose.

[@MrBobboski]

M.r. Moon because you're in a position to actually pass judgement of what's constituted as brilliant? mr. moon, just by the way you testify to a liberal by being such as you said, shows how ignorant you really are. You measure a person brilliance by their political views. some of the smartest individuals ever had liberal like beliefs, proving you to be a lepton sir

[@MrMoon-cg2yy]

Hunter was a "hollow and ridiculous" loser.

[@andyoreo333]

Better a troll than an unimaginative swine lacking anything clever to say.

[@andyoreo333]

Charlie rose is a rejected Disney automaton created from mike Wallace's dryer lint and Howard cosell's nail clippings dressed in used suits moistened by the tears of weather men.

[@exiled5160]

J.K. Simmons would be excellent if cast for a Thompson biopic.

[@nickfromCO]

i was literally scrolling through the comments to see if anyone else had written this, if not, i would have. lol.

[@endomusia9410]

I think John Dunsworth AKA Mr. Lahey from Trailer Park Boys would be perfect.

[@cahookie901]

mikallink his scalp could play hunters scalp. Bout it

[@Hotelsocks]

He'd probably do a great job with his overall presence, but his personality? Not sure about that.

[@BlackHoleBrew42]

Tom Noonan would too

[@marisarae766]

HST is very honest. He knows he wasn’t the best person, but also that he produced great work. His addressing of karma was interesting, fitting and insightful.

[@TorontoIam]

The comments are sometimes more insightful than the interviews.

[@AlmightyJoeSpinell]

But what is the definition of best person?

[@ciarancantwell6417]

@@TorontoIam e P :.

[@VelmaTheID]

The older I get, the more I get Hunter S. Thompson.

[@anthonybarrow1142]

That should be on a shirt

[@mistere9099]

Yeah. I thought I understood Fear and Loathing 20 years ago, but now I really feel like I lived my generation's version of it.

[@marknewton6984]

Also Mark Twain....😮

[@owenwilberforce6138]

I read “The Proud Highway” around the time it came out by finding it in the library. It made me laugh so hard out loud the way Celine did. He showed before he got famous that he was clearly so awake and audaciously conscious of his own destiny. Poor and broke, he still had a sense of his own genius and self-worth.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Poor and broke are the same thing

[@owenwilberforce6138]

@@ThommyofThenn - I think with $100 you might be poor. Without ithat, you are broke. He came from humble beginnings and had little to show.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@owenwilberforce6138 ok so poor is like you have enough for food but not much. And then broke is like you have literally 0 money. I can agree with that

[@BixbySnyder209]

Great book. Hilarious

[@geraldking4080]

Born in the Bible Belt at the bottom of the Great Depression.

[@daymannightman9793]

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

[@skyhunter6385]

Dayman Nightman and then die,I miss him,wish I was where he is😭😇💔🕊💫

[@annamusser4542]

This makes me wonder what a Hunter and Keith Richards Dayman cover would sound like, complete with pig squeals.

[@nilsify]

When the going gets tough the tough get going

[@Mastermindyoung14]

@@nilsify no.

[@nilsify]

@@Mastermindyoung14 what? Why?

[@KQKQKQKQKQKQ]

His opinion on the draft was interesting. "It civilizes the military." That's a good point; rarely made if ever.

[@DerekCully]

The Sentry ; 🤣

[@peterjones6321]

Agreed. I have never even considered that point of view.

[@paulferranti8536]

I disagree….the draft targeted minorities, the uneducated, the people of low income, nobody smart and rich fell to the draft

[@jb1670]

Watching him listen to what he wrote is a trip.

[@hornet6969]

🤣

[@-8l-924]

same. I think he recalls the letter very well, he couldn’t time his upturned palms at 21:00 any better as if to say “here it is.”

[@t-musings3134]

I just hate that he said no one within 500 miles who he could talk to, if he was married in 63 someone should of been there.i guess we all marry for different reasons.

[@Soduhpop76]

Hunter was a rock and roll star that never sang a song

[@oooooooooooo2332]

True nigga words right there wastelandsodaPop

[@Вадим-с6д6я]

actually, he did. google "weird and twisted nights"

[@marknewton6984]

Walk Away, Renee

[@alex2993ify]

His reaction to his own excerpts being read to him was awesome

[@roddydykes7053]

Throwing the pen was hilarious

[@jackmehoff7689]

Johnny depp did such a good job playing him in Fear and Loathing, the voice is spot on

[@t-musings3134]

And he's still doing a good job

[@canorhan2903]

@@t-musings3134definitely bled into Jack Sparrow as well, so a whole generation got to hear Hunter without ever knowing they did

[@degored2073]

It’s impressive how brash yet appreciative, insightful, and genuine this man is. You disappeared into his writings.

[@LordThree]

RIP both of them. I used to drink beers and smoke pot in my garage every night for years and years and there was no cable out there so this is one of the only channels I got. I remember watching this when it happened on my old Magnavox

[@LordThree]

@@jazzfan67 he was 🙄

[@antitorpiliko]

He was what? Also what a story; like it was a different time

[@itsallgoodman4108]

Fast forward to now *did i slip into the biff tannen timeline….what is this?!*

[@LordThree]

@@itsallgoodman4108 Biff was a lot smarter than Joe 🤣

[@itsallgoodman4108]

@@LordThree more like donald

[@danosullivan7239]

Read all his books. Worship his "way" dies same day as my father. Both missed dearly. Thanks

[@GUNSHIPFLEX]

I can't get enough of this man ..

[@winros3042]

Have you ever listened to Charles Bukowski?

[@name_and_alias]

@@winros3042 he's insightful, but far too weary and dreary. hunter's down to earth demeanor screamed charisma, whereas bukowski's wisdom was muddled in malaise.

[@Wyde-awake]

When HST spoke about the rhythm of writing and typing out others works to feel what they were saying. I thought it was genius.

[@jimjambananaslam3596]

Yeah I always thought that makes perfect sense, if you want to be a musician, you start by learning other people's music that you love. You subconsciously borrow a little bit from your influences and make it your own.

[@filthysock]

If you've even written for an hour of your life, you'll see it's not even genius, it's just natural. Every piece has it's rhythm. Read it without it's rhythm and you lose everything.

[@zacm6173]

Carlin talks about the same exact thing in his interview with John Stewart.

[@genk1740]

It seems to me like Rose is a really big fan. Lay off people. I don't think it is so much that he is a bad interviewer--more likely Thomson is difficult to talk to. It looks that way to me. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@alain-nicolasrenaud7406]

What a strange avatar. I mean... why?

[@MrMoon-cg2yy]

They're both unintelligent liberal losers...pushed on society by the left wing media establishment...MAN! ...self-important twits with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

[@MrMoon-cg2yy]

***** That's right, the liberal media establishment. CBS, ABC and NBC...you know... those swine.

[@MrBobboski]

GENK I'm agreeing full heartedly with this statement. dr. gonzo makes sense in an almost poetic way. years of acid trips and hapless squandering. he's a genius in his own right, though I can't imagine it would be an easy conversation

[@MrBobboski]

@mr. moon you're quite the pathetic force aren't you? weak willed, brainwashed and full of your favorite farm animals manure

[@roddydykes7053]

19:47 classic move casually tossing the pen behind him

[@Casicieloshop]

What an extraordinary man... Thank you for posting this interview. I loved every second of it.

[@JackDaniels-1998]

“This music go with my funeral” two legends and personal idols of mine. Wish they met or that I could have met either of them! Sadly one was killed 40 years before H.S.T chose to leave us. Glad that Hunter was here before we started killing each other with fentanyl. Their legacies and energy will never die and that’s what matters most to me and I’ll cherish their work till someone eventually kills me too. Gonzo till I’m gone ❤️🙏

[@sagus_mage]

So who’s the second legend?

[@philwright2480]

My friend and I went to the Scottish Rite Temple in Los Angeles to see Dr. Albert Hoffman give a talk about LSD and how he discovered it etc, we sat on the floor about 10 feet in front of the podium, we recorded it and Hunter sat right next to us and he had a tape recorder also, we talked quite a bit before Dr Hoffman came out, I wish I woud have recorded it also.

[@bhansen52]

Thanks Phil

[@sekoivu]

So, you should haved recorded that talk with Hunter. Didn't you have enough tape..?

[@philwright2480]

@@sekoivu we weren't sure if we had enough tape, we were talking before Dr. Hoffman came out, as it turned out we did have enough tape left, would shoulda coulda ..lol

[@sagus_mage]

A Masonic temple, you say?

[@toddvanfleet8576]

The whole thing with Hunter S. ..Fascinating. Gonzo writing. Humans on the planet 60,000 years and Hunter S. invents a writing style. And a journalism style. Genius, madness, talent , luck. And balls Like Sellers , Moon , Brian Wilson, many more. Mental and genius.

[@Radnally]

Hells Angels seemed so radical when it came out. Reread it a few years ago. Times have changed

[@Mastermindyoung14]

And he was ahead of his

[@alexandersakhnenko3150]

Well, he was an agent of this change. The whole genre of journalism didn't exist before him

[@hobobluesclown7337]

Hunter’s argument about the draft should be mandatory to civilize the military just blew my mind.

[@jsrjsr6105]

This is back in my algorithm after a 6 month offseason.

[@neilgin1]

thank you SO much, this is one of the best HST interviews I have ever watched, Happy New Year!

[@AbbaZabbaMan]

What a class interview professionally done. Little do you see the genuine enthusiasm for a job when you get to interview the most interesting people

[@manderson147]

They’re clearly both been drinking. More the interviewer

[@Rayoscope]

Unless you're doing it for a laugh, don't even bother enabling subtitles/closed captioning.

[@GifCoDigital]

OMG now i cant watch it without the CC's!! lol

[@Effin_the_Chat]

I spent a lot of time with this book about 20 years ago. It's fantastic. It's good for perspective on history and it's good for your reasonable and rebellious soul.

[@michaelmorgan6674]

What a cool guy. Wish I could've met him.

[@jketcham9004]

He's into snuff movies.

[@luzangel115]

15:52 the part Mac sampled. Rip 😢

[@doctapeppur1900]

yup.

[@TxxT33]

There will never be another like him

[@puppetmaster1300]

Bs there's plenty of pedophile's

[@fkylw]

That was absolutely great. I hung on every word.

[@livin2die108]

Gotta say tho that the quality of this video is A1

[@Kiaranebot]

Im proud of you, Hunter

[@andrewblanton5397]

What a legend, I went to journalism school after reading The Rum Diaries.

[@chrisparissis990]

What a #drug addict

[@SakariHapponen]

Are you still in school?

[@simonb8464]

I just bought a copy yesterday at a second hand store.

[@emno5056]

lifelong fan of charlie rose. watching HST react to his reading is priceless.

[@pavlestanimirovic]

I wish that he met my father these guys would chop it up and what a great interview. Legend .

[@nygivenpoint]

We were somewhere around Barstow , in the middle of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold....

[@loustevens1647]

What a beautiful human being Hunter is. Charlie and him talk like old friends

[@hobobluesclown7337]

He should have kept going with that lords of karma talk that was wild 👀

[@zacm6173]

CR totally did not want to hear it. was not ready

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

@@zacm6173 what did he say and mean can someone tell me plesse

[@paulferranti8536]

Charlie pins him down beautifully, you can tell Hunter likes and respects him..

[@adampalazzola2650]

Life has a expectation of you but it's steeped on by fear this man lived his way open minded and truly Free depending on who you ask

[@paulferranti8536]

Besides his brilliant writing, he is just so Gdamn interesting….and funny….ive never seen Charlie so relaxed and funny

[@TanTanWaWa]

What a great read, as always. An essential piece of lit if you want to get to know HST from beginning to end. RIPower. ✊

[@justinnardine8564]

I dig the shirt

I like the honesty of this interview.

[@spiceinsights]

What a legend!!

[@stevefaure415]

It's nice to see Hunter on his best behavior. He's a shy Southern gentleman when called upon. Self-effacing really.

[@Pinki2019]

He said we'd still be in the Vietnam war if there hadn't been a draft. That's why we've been in Afghanistan for 20 years.

[@keeponrollin7922]

Yea,and abt too pull out and do it all over again,war is money

[@georgezuniga6298]

And look at us now, finally leaving and Afghanistan no better off.

[@roddydykes7053]

@@georgezuniga6298 the Middle East is way worse. All the region’s checks and balances fucked

[@pfzht]

"I'm a road man."~HST Same here bud.

[@Maenadsattack]

23:40 he reads his own writing out loud.

[@macstyler1610]

Ahh 1997 When no one got to offended, the unibomber of journalisms

[@godswill2260]

He (ashes) was shot out of a cannon when he died. He specifically requested this in his Will and Testament.

[@fredflintstone8998]

No big deal, so was I.

[@WinChun78]

Yep, and Johnny Depp was the guy who fired the cannon.

[@luannmblueheart9316]

@@WinChun78 And Johnny said in interview that he was the only one stupid enough to do it.... LMAO!!!

[@sekoivu]

@@luannmblueheart9316 didn't johnny said, "crazy enough to do it"?

[@luannmblueheart9316]

@@sekoivu I have lived in the Woody Creek region of the Roaring Fork Valley (from CO) for the past 6 years... I have heard so many different versions of this story. I've seen several interviews of Johnny talking about this... Crazy / Stupid... He spent 3 million dollars fulfilling that wish.. He had to wheel & deal with Pitkin County to get this done... it was not an easy task. But, he got it done, at great expense!! It could go either way. ;)

[@danielosullivan3110]

This great man passed on the same day as my Dad ❤two heroes 😊

[@johnhoran2129]

I’d loved to have been in trunk of the car headed to Las Vegas with HST and his buddy.What a trip.😎

[@aschemusicreations]

For everyone saying Charlie Rose is a bad interviewer who asks boring questions... I think most of what he asks is quite simple and open ended. His very simple questions lead to more elaborate and complex answers due to their vagueness. I think he's great because of this.

[@publicspace234]

Road man for the Great Lords of Perma. Or Permit? The Great Loop. I never heard him talk about this. I wonder what he was talking about. I like how all hosts and people who interview him are unsure of how to precede. It’s like they’re dealing with a violent child they don’t want to set off. Or a baby tiger cub. He’s hard as fuck to understand here. Props to Charlie Rose for being chipper and smiling and playing with him, having fun in the interview.

[@Zappa-F.]

“Karma” he’s talking about being judged for this lifetime and returning as what you deserve. Nothing complex.

[@peterjones6321]

"Tragically short of incoming" - that made me chuckle

[@bowlingstoned2113]

This was someone who I would have loved to just sit and talk with for a whole day.

[@jonovankirk]

As a journalistic writer, this man is why I'm not afraid to live.

[@sewerslidemg]

"too weird too live too rare too die"

[@naruii5160]

sewerslide 665mg to*

[@sewerslidemg]

@@hamsandwichindahouse too* he's taking about his attorney,

[@RTH-xo6gl]

He could turn a word as good as anyone.

[@pw3459]

Excellent interviewer. I imagine Hunter could be quite tricky. The interviewer gets the cadence right.

[@TheyBenefit]

He's actually calm here, probably sober. That makes it a bit easier, but I agree he had a good back and forth with Hunter.

[@Crimsonphilosophy]

I get it now! he listens to writing like it's Jazz.

[@marknewton6984]

Like Kerouac...

[@stephaniestrolls]

He's more relatable today.

[@dickhedd8490]

Why....?

[@drewrhodes2820]

15:30 perfect example of why I love this dude

[@HeavehBurtation]

I have no idea why I ever revered Charlie Rose the way I did as a younger person. Some of his questions could've emanated from a baboon's ass. "Did you use your talent well or squander it?" HST is one of the most iconic journalists ever, and widely regarded as a fantastic writer. I watched one of his interviews with Vonnegut recently, and he acts similarly foolish, to the point that Vonnegut says "Do you do this to all your guests?". And he wasn't being humorous in saying that to Charlie. He was essentially telling Charlie, "you aren't listening to me", in his own way of saying it.

[@jackieoman1221]

Charlie did a great job on this interview! I really enjoyed it ! this man is hard to understand but I heard 95% he has had a interesting life that's for sure !

[@christianvalladares-lopez8121]

GO THOMPSON🤸‍♀️📣GO THOMPSON 🤸‍♀️📣

[@rhinoskin7550]

This will never happen again.. It's a part of the tech evolution and we've passed this time.. Wild.

[@CrazyGodlikeAtheist]

Fucking interesting guy to at least attempt to understand.. :)

[@happy_go_lucky_arts555]

Him switching glasses shattered a mental mirror for me😳😂

[@cilinders]

Peanuts are a easy and good tasting form of nutrition. But keep in mind they are often if decelled just covered in salt.

[@es1489]

Beautiful thank you for sharing

[@CiscoZero]

He mentions Kerouac!

[@Star_Dusting]

Rum Dairies. Read it. Generational swine. That too. Dr Thompson is many wonderful things all which derive from his creative writing and expanded consciousness.

[@S7EVE_P]

Charlie comes across as a genuine fan of Hunter but his reading of those letters totally lacks any rhythm, horrible to listen to a great letter being ruined like that.

[@peacetree5000]

He risked his life for his craft.

[@stormbringer_7774]

My dream was to get drunk and high, atop a mountain, with Hitchens and Hunter S! In a heated bar of course😂🇬🇧

[@scottdalpe9069]

Looks like Red Foreman.

[@BluntStop]

Hes right bout the voice and the great hall.

[@TheClemcaster]

HST gets into some interesting stuff, ie the movement of early settlers on the continent, then bloody Rose interupts the flow.

[@tommyroyston124]

rose has always been most interested in his own voice and wants to seem universally relevant and knowing. i will never understand how he hit a good reputation out kept his job.

[@filthysock]

That was my favorite topic too. It really explains a lot about American mentality, culture and attitude. It's a shame the topic got stopped in it's tracks.

[@Jack_of_Helsinki]

The legend.

[@KreativLee]

Love this guy

[@unclebob6674]

rose switches from a laugh and smile to a question, business, hes such a dork, yet such a fake, who else sees right through this act?

[@obscure.reference]

interviewers are usually just NPC's there to get the interesting person talking, this is very standard. not like it's an actual conversation, rose is just prompting Thompson as Thompson/the interviewee is the focus/independent variable of the episode and Rose is the constant.

[@mullcrumthesage6303]

"Maybe if you could just shove me into the pool."

[@Studeb]

I was probably not the only one here guessing he would say Hemmingway before he did, partly cause they both blew their own heads off when they got tired of things.

[@ADONIS6804]

I thought it was Mr. Lahey. RIP

[@noelsplectrum9]

Genius.

[@adrianwagner336]

oh how i miss Hunter these daze...im sure he would have much comment on the state of things presently

[@marknewton6984]

He would not like them.😮

[@zacm6173]

"I am a road man for the Lords of Karma, the Great Hall. I know what happens to you, me, and everyone else when they "supposedly" die. It's a passage around the great loop. And they come eventually to be judged, or just, you know, assessed *laughs.* And they go before the Lords of Karma, and their lives - the decision has already been made. And as a road man, I'm a cog in the wheel. I know that I have to go back around way too often, frankly. And other people come back around in the form that they deserve. Now, you can come back as a three-legged dog in Bangladesh, in a hurricane, if that was the judgement of the Great Hall. But it's based entirely on what you do now, and in the Oriental Buddhist's scheme of things, karma takes a long time, but now, it's firmly sped up, so I believe you get your karma now. I don't have to believe - I'm a road man."

[@adamburdt8794]

I am, a person that served me.

[@ethanarroyo6891]

Am I high or did Mac Miller use a part of this interview in a sample for funeral ??

[@greentbizkit]

Nah g u found right!

[@kelvins111]

time stamp?

[@dapenguin333]

@@kelvins111 15:50

[@kelvins111]

@@dapenguin333 thank you!

[@dukewatson1312]

"..you took too much man,too much.....too much."

[@mikehunt8318]

6thcoment

[@dukewatson1312]

@@mikehunt8318 what are you referencing or pointing out brother? I'm kinda stoned but not that stoned.For the record I'm not a nasty belligerent tryna start fights and belittle ppl in the comments I just dont understand.Enlighten me friend

[@mikehunt8318]

@@dukewatson1312 6th like;)

[@genzgenzgenz]

Aaron Watson best comment ive ever read

[@dukewatson1312]

@@genzgenzgenz I'm just tired of going down to read the comments and ppl are always trying to make wise cracks,belittle this mentally ill person to try and garner laughs or offend ppl.Its not cool and extremely immature.Even when I disagree w a person's opinion it's like walking on egg shells to try to make sure I'm not here to argue its a waste of time and energy.Now, if the person has information that I need to know, I make sure to not offend anyone in my comments because it just seems like almost everyone is ready to unleash their wrath on internet comments-hiding behind a screen gives them the confidence and anonymity to say things they wouldn't dare say in public or to a person w mental illness or other disabilities.Cant we all just get along....