Hunter S. Thompson interview on "The Rum Diary" (1998)

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  • @ManufacturingIntellect
    @ManufacturingIntellect  Před 6 lety +31

    Check out these Hunter S Thompson books on Amazon!
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    • @GB3770
      @GB3770 Před 5 lety

      Typical great artist - sees things others cant see for decades - calling out Clinton as someone who should be hung by his heels - oh how right he was...

    • @denisgrey4387
      @denisgrey4387 Před 4 lety +1

      Great shark hunt....

  • @ryanmfalla
    @ryanmfalla Před 6 lety +716

    "Boxing and wrestling are about to merge"
    Jesus this guy is on point

    • @fefefilmprod8688
      @fefefilmprod8688 Před 5 lety +32

      UFC was already around when this interview took place.

    • @TheJobberHunter
      @TheJobberHunter Před 5 lety +4

      @@fefefilmprod8688 at first I thought he watched the WrestleMania with Mike Tyson.

    • @WWare16
      @WWare16 Před 5 lety +5

      Yeah, Mixed Martial Arts was the national sport in Brazil at this time - but so much more to this Hunter Thompson interview.

    • @joeytrimble1558
      @joeytrimble1558 Před 5 lety +4

      boxing really HAS become like pro wrestling ..did you see where they made canola a "franchise wbc" champ .. so he wouldn't have to fight a guy? it's insane lmao

    • @xXCP1993Xx
      @xXCP1993Xx Před 4 lety +9

      I'm so high. This fucked with me bad

  • @countblue
    @countblue Před 4 lety +190

    I really like youtube for stuff like this.

  • @yulmp2
    @yulmp2 Před 2 lety +206

    His essay on 9/11 days after the attack is disturbingly accurate. Shows his complete understanding of the American military machine.

    • @oldboywoody3835
      @oldboywoody3835 Před rokem +3

      I read the Essay, or editorial from 9/12/2001. It was dead on about the events to take place.

    • @oinkooink
      @oinkooink Před 11 měsíci

      @@oldboywoody3835 The events to take place were written in around 1992 or so by some think tank. Can't recall the name. But it was all laid out...into the Mid East starting with Afghanistan etc etc. So Hunter wasn't so special. It had already been written about. I think they even referred to the fact that America needed "a new Pearl Harbour" as an excuse for going into the Mid East and effecting "regime change" etc. And bingo, what do you know....911 fell right into their lap. What a lucky coincidence HUH?! The EXACT plan written about in the early 90's materialized perfectly when 911 occurred. Spooky!

    • @JD-jr9nv
      @JD-jr9nv Před 11 měsíci +2

      prescient.

    • @profile2047
      @profile2047 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I think it’s a lack of responsibility to separate it to the American military. I think America was responsible, and wanted it. I am an American, and was there watching all the rhetoric. I have a hard time seeing it as some separate entity that made these decisions.

    • @anthonybryant7390
      @anthonybryant7390 Před 7 měsíci

      Has any college or other institutions archiving everything than can get a hold of for the H.S.T. estate?

  • @drgonzo4329
    @drgonzo4329 Před 3 lety +77

    Lauderman: "YOU DRANK 162 MINIATURES!?" Thompson: "were they not complimentary"

    • @EyeAmMyOwn777
      @EyeAmMyOwn777 Před 2 lety +3

      Lotterman: "how does anyone drink a 161 miniatures, you're averaging 93 miniatures a week" :D That's basically a bottle of rum a day. Astounding

  • @john-martin
    @john-martin Před 2 lety +62

    They both were vibin during this interview. Tremendous respect between the two of them.

  • @sadbadmac
    @sadbadmac Před 4 lety +96

    That interviewer is asking some of the best questions in the best ways I've ever seen... He doesn't drill for answers, he let's him open up but still leads the conversation.

    • @ryanvernon871
      @ryanvernon871 Před 3 lety +10

      LOL YA, IT's CHARLIE FUCKIN ROSE 😂😂😂. Are you not familiar with him???

    • @wakhfeign
      @wakhfeign Před 3 lety +3

      @@ryanvernon871 man m*&*& "me too" him I was so upset nicest guys ever. Used to be his driver in DC

    • @sheanroche2548
      @sheanroche2548 Před 2 lety +2

      because he actually was a buddy of hunters

    • @kathypiazza4567
      @kathypiazza4567 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ryanvernon871 I always loved Charlie’s interviews, like millions of people. Sadly his ego led him to abuse women & his success allowed others to turn a blind eye to his abusive ways for the sake of this show, until they couldn’t anymore. I still, however miss this “space”.

  • @kbrown4ou
    @kbrown4ou Před 2 lety +39

    This, and an interview with Hunter by Harrison Salisbury called “Hunter S. Thompson Interview on Gonzo Journalism (April 16, 1975” are the two most lucid discussions by Hunter that I’ve come across in my decades of watching and listening to entertaining portrayals of Hunter and various talks, interviews, and observations made by Hunter of politics, etc. I’ve always found him (when intelligible) to be one of the most knowledgeable minds on the theater of politics, on the craft of writing, and the art of living. Thank you Dr. Thompson for being a person, and oft times a character, the world has needed to help point out the foibles of life, universe, and everything.

  • @techsture
    @techsture Před 4 lety +269

    This might be the most coherent I've ever seen Dr. Thompson in an interview.

    • @JAKPM
      @JAKPM Před 3 lety +13

      He’s drinking water, not wild turkey

    • @user-kd6bz1bk5g
      @user-kd6bz1bk5g Před 3 lety +2

      Lmao that’s the only reason I’m here. The first 2 videos I watched I couldn’t understand a word

    • @andrewhoyle1521
      @andrewhoyle1521 Před 3 lety +6

      He's coherent in the other interviews he just rambled on.

    • @lauramalizia9636
      @lauramalizia9636 Před 3 lety +5

      I agree. You can actually understand him. He's not talking too fast, mumbling or slurring.

    • @perjonsson8033
      @perjonsson8033 Před 3 lety +4

      @Z Malek I know what you're talking about. The persons doing this, from other famous guys (a lot of actors) to people on the net are as a rule doing it because of his wild living, the legendary amounts of drugs/booze consumed and some really outrageous things he's done. But, for a long, long time NOT because of his journalism and books. They've missed the point.

  • @zachdrejza8515
    @zachdrejza8515 Před 3 lety +43

    Never seen him smile as much as he does here.

    • @elijah6342
      @elijah6342 Před rokem +2

      i think because he's always seen himself as a novelist and a member of the American literary tradition, which he of course is undeniably now but perhaps this was one of those moments where he truly realized it and was satisfied with his work.

  • @staceymac9335
    @staceymac9335 Před 3 lety +56

    The way Dr. Thompson looks at Rose for placing his gift on the floor is hilarious!

  • @TheDarthPurple
    @TheDarthPurple Před 2 měsíci +2

    Great great interview! Love seeing a friendly interaction between them, you can see the admiration Charlie have for Thompson. Wish I could see more of this kind of Hunter. Think of all the stories and ideas he would have told. Imagine Joe Rogan episode with this man!

  • @coolness-vt4mu
    @coolness-vt4mu Před 5 lety +19

    Sincere, entertaining, informative, stimulating, enjoyable, ah a lovely lovely interview. Alright Mr. Hunter S. Thompson see ya later.

  • @shiftlessinseattle
    @shiftlessinseattle Před 2 lety +13

    "Every character has the sensibilities of their creator: the author."

  • @NewArchipelago
    @NewArchipelago Před 3 lety +15

    I had no idea what he's really like but I love that he doesn't have a gruff facade or tries to be brooding and hard to read. Just like his writing he seems genuine and to the point

  • @dennisddd8243
    @dennisddd8243 Před 3 lety +17

    I love Hunter Thompson, when I was younger I did not appreciate but when I got older I easily participate but now I can only imitate or possibly simulate

    • @AhoyYee
      @AhoyYee Před rokem

      Man’s made a whore rap in dedication to hunter s. Thompson

  • @spicy1570
    @spicy1570 Před 2 lety +5

    man comes geeking to his interview i love him

  • @rehmix48
    @rehmix48 Před 4 lety +47

    Brooo, I love how he ends this interview. Invites Charlie Rose to have a night out on the town. Lol

    • @alberthockenberry4091
      @alberthockenberry4091 Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah. Will Ferrell and his writing partner wrote a very similar interview between Jackie Moon and his friend who was interviewing him in the movie Semipro, and I wonder it they had this interview in mind.

    • @EarthAltar
      @EarthAltar Před 3 lety +5

      Anything other than accepting the offer would have been a fool's errand.

  • @jonvia
    @jonvia Před 2 lety +10

    People like Hunter dont come around too often. EMBRACE THE WEIRD!!!

  • @777jamesrc
    @777jamesrc Před 2 lety +13

    Thinking back on how those gifted flowers could be grown and regrown in memory of Hunter. Pretty awesome.

    • @yelizaveta1278
      @yelizaveta1278 Před 2 měsíci

      Definitely, I'd show em off "These are Heirloom Hunter blooms"

  • @kennyburrow7744
    @kennyburrow7744 Před 5 lety +208

    When he takes a drink out of the coffee cup he occasionally chews on some ice, it's filled with Chivas. If it wasn't he wouldn't be doing this interview.

  • @serialexperimentspain
    @serialexperimentspain Před 3 lety +27

    "I believe boxing and wrestling are about to merge" spot on haha

    • @chris1142A
      @chris1142A Před 2 lety +1

      Guy gave Dana white the idea

  • @thedeadd.c.207
    @thedeadd.c.207 Před 2 lety +48

    Hunter S. Thompson was something else. He was one of the universe's rare creations.

    • @Rickydiculus
      @Rickydiculus Před 2 lety +19

      There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

    • @lutherthompson2250
      @lutherthompson2250 Před rokem

      Well

    • @axlldarkbear6184
      @axlldarkbear6184 Před rokem +4

      @@Rickydiculus i came to say this very thing, hoping someone already had.....

    • @GeoffreyBronson
      @GeoffreyBronson Před 9 měsíci

      @@Rickydiculus That was about Dr Gonzo.

  • @shelbyligon1136
    @shelbyligon1136 Před 3 lety +12

    Honestly, I knew this interview was gonna be great from the start. Hunter's almost sweet reaction to the Birds of Paradise had me rolling.

  • @vincentroberson6624
    @vincentroberson6624 Před 2 lety +5

    This is so much better than the first intervirw where they went over the letters. Thompson is so much more comfortable in this one.

  • @christinawilson7312
    @christinawilson7312 Před rokem +2

    Hunter Thompson….. a Beautiful Mind 🤩

  • @mbonar2694
    @mbonar2694 Před 7 lety +120

    everyone of charlie's videos have comments telling him to shut up, but he's a great host. he treats his guests with respect, and as equals. that's why his conversations have a natural flow and terrific content.

    • @damienholland8103
      @damienholland8103 Před 5 lety +11

      Charlie doesn't overtalk his guests at all. This site is full of morons.

    • @1romancatholic
      @1romancatholic Před 5 lety +1

      wassupwifyoface dawg Charlie, is that you? Hi.

    • @truthinspector6390
      @truthinspector6390 Před 5 lety +2

      The guy that's a good friend is a murder and a Satanist, so Charlie is a creep. If a murderer and a Satanist in a man who does snuff films is his good friend he's part of it

    • @karljohansen7251
      @karljohansen7251 Před 5 lety +1

      wassupwifyoface dawg
      thats what i wanted to say, godammit

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 Před 5 lety +2

      @@truthinspector6390 those allegations are absolutely unfounded. Name your source? You should be arrested for saying things like that about someone. Thats a criminal act saying that about someone when its unfounded.

  • @user-xj2sm3xd5l
    @user-xj2sm3xd5l Před 5 lety +39

    The rum diary is one of my favorite books ever

    • @ryanvernon871
      @ryanvernon871 Před 3 lety +6

      You ever read, Bukowski? Ham on Rye, is one of my all-time FAVORITES and you would probably enjoy it if you like that melancholy style of Hunter S.. Charles Bukowski is one of the best American authors EVER, in my (biased) opinion lol

    • @ryanvernon871
      @ryanvernon871 Před 3 lety +2

      nonetheless, I feel you'd enjoy him and his writtings

    • @user-xj2sm3xd5l
      @user-xj2sm3xd5l Před 3 lety +1

      @@ryanvernon871 hell yeah man! Coincidentally I just kinda discovered him shortly before reading this and ordered a couple books. Very much looking forward to diving into his works

    • @chokin78
      @chokin78 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ryanvernon871 I love em both, and they do seem to share some magic don't they?

    • @Nebuloid1
      @Nebuloid1 Před 3 lety +2

      I've worn out 3 copies, taking it with me all the time travelling... Just open it at any page and go !

  • @bargepoled
    @bargepoled Před 2 lety +34

    It's a brilliant book. Probably his most traditional novel. Such a shame the film with Depp and Heard led to such insanity.

    • @milesdaly2979
      @milesdaly2979 Před 2 lety +6

      Agreed. Great book. The movie is still pretty enjoyable, despite the fallout from it.

    • @lutherthompson2250
      @lutherthompson2250 Před rokem

      Did you expect less

    • @JohnDoe-og2bt
      @JohnDoe-og2bt Před rokem +2

      Every movie since rum diary I have been like "her acting was so good what happened?". Now I know she wasn't acting, she was just being herself on camera.

    • @oxfordpictionary
      @oxfordpictionary Před rokem +1

      The book was great. They should have cast an actor in his early 20s for the role of Paul in the film. The story is so very much that of a young man, not a man pushing 40.

    • @JD-jr9nv
      @JD-jr9nv Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@oxfordpictionary “But I knew it was pure masturbation, because down in my gut I wanted nothing more than a clean bed and a bright room and something solid to call my own at least until I got tired of it. There was an awful suspicion in my mind that I'd finally gone over the hump, and the worst thing about it was that I didn't feel tragic at all, but only weary, and sort of comfortably detatched.”
      We all hit that moment.

  • @chinxwraps7777
    @chinxwraps7777 Před 5 lety +18

    He literally almost cried and dude didnt even notice

  • @RabbitSimmons
    @RabbitSimmons Před 3 lety +19

    His intense love for flowers is amazing.

    • @brandonluck159
      @brandonluck159 Před 3 lety +5

      Definitly due to the acid

    • @That_Guy_Says_Hi
      @That_Guy_Says_Hi Před rokem +1

      @@brandonluck159 You don't have to be on Acid to have a deep appreciation for flowers. Grow up.

    • @brandonluck159
      @brandonluck159 Před rokem +1

      @@That_Guy_Says_Hi No, but he was on it everyday.

    • @That_Guy_Says_Hi
      @That_Guy_Says_Hi Před rokem

      @@brandonluck159 Sez you. At least I know nothing that comes out of this address need be paid any attention.

    • @brandonluck159
      @brandonluck159 Před rokem +1

      @@That_Guy_Says_Hi not says me, says him… in an interview. Look up Hunter S. Thompson daily routine and educate yourself instead of picking a losing fight with me.

  • @pakhtoonincanada8918
    @pakhtoonincanada8918 Před 2 lety +16

    He lived his life the way he wanted to. What a man.

  • @lancefraijo8585
    @lancefraijo8585 Před 6 lety +87

    Mr. Thompson seems like a smart guy who knows how to get around the media. I miss Charlie Rose one of the only brilliant shows on TV, now we have nothing.

    • @Nantosuelta
      @Nantosuelta Před 4 lety +19

      Dick Cavett was another. Gone are the days of true interviewers

    • @derekkelley7490
      @derekkelley7490 Před 3 lety +6

      We have Joe Rogan

    • @wildcardartsent
      @wildcardartsent Před 2 lety +1

      I like Theo Von and Joey Diaz as far as comics go, Graham Norton for television, Johnboy and Billy for radio and Lex Fridman for more intellectual conversations. Peace & Blessings Lance

    • @KarensOpinionsMayDiffer
      @KarensOpinionsMayDiffer Před 2 lety +4

      We have people like Amber to thank for Charlie Rose not being on the air anymore

    • @dwaynebruny
      @dwaynebruny Před 2 lety

      Charlie Rose is a disgusting little sycophant. That fake laugh and sleazy demeanor. His morning show flirting was nauseating. Highly overrated host. Glad he's history.

  • @MyManDan
    @MyManDan Před 2 lety +4

    5:16 chewing some ice from that “coffee” mug. Great guy.

  • @crunchycrails1071
    @crunchycrails1071 Před 4 lety +1

    What an interview- i shook with the table. And the descriptive afterthought he had

  • @2ndjoshua268
    @2ndjoshua268 Před 3 lety +12

    Dr. Thompsons ideas about politicians have always been accurate. Hearing him talk about Bill Clinton running all the last good ones out was dead on.

  • @GFY60NiNe
    @GFY60NiNe Před 4 lety +60

    sips "coffee" and crunches ice at 5:15.... thats chivas with ice

    • @BCS1105
      @BCS1105 Před 3 lety

      For sure!

    • @JSTNtheWZRD
      @JSTNtheWZRD Před 3 lety

      You don't put ice in Chivas, not even, especially Thompson would never do such an evil thing.

    • @GFY60NiNe
      @GFY60NiNe Před 3 lety +1

      @@JSTNtheWZRD look up his daily routine

    • @christivncvstro1118
      @christivncvstro1118 Před 2 lety

      @@JSTNtheWZRD he always drank chivas with ice check his daily routine

    • @JSTNtheWZRD
      @JSTNtheWZRD Před 2 lety +2

      @@christivncvstro1118 he drank anything with ice, rum, vodka, wild turkey, Chivas, grapefruit juice, water. Check his daily routine - I am f*ckin hunter thompson

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 Před 4 lety +10

    This is a fascinating interview

  • @erasmoganceres4376
    @erasmoganceres4376 Před 4 lety +54

    Does anybody notice that he is smoking and NO smoke comes back out, this man literally consumes everything

    • @erasmoganceres4376
      @erasmoganceres4376 Před 4 lety +1

      Cool man, heavy.

    • @Nice-ck7rq
      @Nice-ck7rq Před 4 lety +6

      Too rare to die to rare to live

    • @erasmoganceres4376
      @erasmoganceres4376 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Nice-ck7rq there is no other journalist like Thompson man, the partying alone writes a 10000 pages of not more. Hails bro

    • @ip6750
      @ip6750 Před 4 lety +4

      Conspiracy Theory: Hunter never really liked smoking and he just pretended to hit it to look cool😎

    • @erasmoganceres4376
      @erasmoganceres4376 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ip6750 did not know that, thanks for the info man. Stay safe

  • @vincentaurelius2390
    @vincentaurelius2390 Před 3 lety +5

    "I know I have to come back around.. and I like to get a little rest between trips" - Classic HST

  • @chriswertz1438
    @chriswertz1438 Před 2 lety +1

    Great interview!!

  • @abrazalves
    @abrazalves Před rokem +1

    Nice to listen to Hunter Thompson interview

  • @flaviochavez1747
    @flaviochavez1747 Před 5 lety +7

    Reminds me of my grandfather, down to the face, glasses, and cigarettes with tar guards. I wish I could ask him if he knew about HST, he seemed so wise, he might’ve...

  • @edgarsibold3482
    @edgarsibold3482 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for interviewing brilliance!

  • @hakashaqU812
    @hakashaqU812 Před 6 lety +9

    This vid made me smile...

    • @C.Hawkshaw
      @C.Hawkshaw Před 3 lety

      he’s got an infectious smile doesn’t he?

  • @MrJboogie04
    @MrJboogie04 Před 5 lety +60

    He seemed like a tortured soul so brilliant in one way but lost as one of the members of the generation of literary thinkers. It's great that Johnny Depp made this into a movie which I thought was a pretty good representation of the book and showed the depravity of the characters in general. Hunter was more than just an icon of the drug generation but a amazing political voice that is lost today in a world where ignorance is king. Gone but not forgotten on of the icons of the lost art of the pen to paper of creating art in the literary fashion. We all remember the madness yet sweet and true heart of HST let him rest in peace and his written voice not fade away into dust.

    • @chrystagraumann6252
      @chrystagraumann6252 Před 5 lety +2

      Joshua Banks I was actually really disappointed in the movie, they cut out so many critical parts in the book along with some main characters, and putting Chenault with Sanders in the movie made me soooo upset. She was with Yeamon! I don’t know how they can just change something like that around like it’s nothing.

    • @beemoney217
      @beemoney217 Před 3 lety +1

      @@chrystagraumann6252 It was hollywood trash and if made during HST lifetime would have never reached the theatres.

    • @chrystagraumann6252
      @chrystagraumann6252 Před 3 lety

      @@beemoney217 Agreed!

  • @drumstick74
    @drumstick74 Před 6 lety +145

    For once, the interviewer (Rose?) seems to be drunk, and Hunter seems relatively sober :)

    • @andrews4596
      @andrews4596 Před 5 lety +6

      Hes on speed or cocaine lol

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 Před 5 lety +10

      Rose is a prick. Always was.

    • @dss6209
      @dss6209 Před 5 lety +8

      They ate mescaline in the green room

    • @ComplecksHD
      @ComplecksHD Před 5 lety +5

      Thompson prob looks sober drunk and high, and high and drunk when hes sober

    • @kitbigelowful
      @kitbigelowful Před 4 lety +1

      Lots of coke. He cant even talk.

  • @SophieBird07
    @SophieBird07 Před 2 lety +5

    One of a kind, who doesn’t suffer fools.

  • @erickelm4974
    @erickelm4974 Před rokem +6

    Looking back, I believe HST had become so disillusioned with his own existence sadly, and likely realized after The Rum Diaries was finally released(being the first novel he had ever actually produced). After he was finally convinced to release it, he genuinely felt like this was his last(or first) great work and that he maybe felt like he didn't have anything worthwhile left to offer.
    As a fan, I only hope that they come across some other unreleased previously unknown work that can be appreciated by current literary fans and future fans of this man's work!

    • @markcarey67
      @markcarey67 Před rokem +2

      If you read his son's book "Stories I Tell Myself" it seems like he was in a lot of physical pain from decades of coke fueled drinking smashing his body up finally catching up with him

  • @randomguy-
    @randomguy- Před 2 lety +2

    What I liked best was the casual "what are you doing later?".
    For some reason it cracked me up.

  • @nicholasjames8576
    @nicholasjames8576 Před 2 lety +4

    Hunter s Thompson is a Master.

  • @deborahcookston9373
    @deborahcookston9373 Před 2 lety

    I could watch this all day

  • @davidrbargas1191
    @davidrbargas1191 Před 5 lety +18

    He smokes back to back Dunhill cigarettes but never actually inhales, all while drinking Chivas Regal whisky out of a coffee mug with crushed ice. Only hunter s.Thompson can do this on charlie rose and still be respected!!!!! love this man!!!!!!

    • @jasonparsons7653
      @jasonparsons7653 Před 5 lety +1

      He inhales but it's just being absorbed into his lungs,

    • @wesmcgee1648
      @wesmcgee1648 Před 2 lety

      Don't forget the tons of cocaine the man snorted.

  • @TheBustedNut
    @TheBustedNut Před 2 lety +1

    HUNTER THOMPSON was such an American writer. ALL of his books are Excellent. Johnny Depp did an Awsome job captureing Thompsons likes and manorisms. in Fear n loathig in las Vegas. I REALLY wonder what he would say about the state of EVERYTHING going on in our country the last 10,15 yrs? And with ALL the censorship now? Bet it wouldn't be very nice. I REALLY Miss the guy. RIPsir✊

  • @dsldrvr69
    @dsldrvr69 Před 4 lety +6

    I was on a Chivas and coke trip with some hardcore folks for few days. Not for the weak at heart.

  • @mushroomanjcc1954
    @mushroomanjcc1954 Před 2 lety +5

    The fact that they only got twenty-two minutes together is criminal

  • @fkylw
    @fkylw Před 3 lety +3

    Man they are such good buddies.

  • @davehall4343
    @davehall4343 Před 2 lety +5

    American expat teaching in Taiwan off and on for 25 years...I could to relate to the motley crew of professionals, losers , martial arts enthusiasts, wanderers, men on the prowl, missionaries, Asian Studies graduates...the "Rum Diary" is a great story for those of us from the continental USA who can "never go home."

    • @lixibao
      @lixibao Před 2 lety

      As one of those forementioned I will be checking it out. 多謝!

  • @kitbigelowful
    @kitbigelowful Před 4 lety +9

    Wow is he coked up in this interview... super jammed up

  • @colonialb
    @colonialb Před 6 lety +34

    You can tell that they are friends and peers, and thinkers.... theyve had this conversation before; drunk in a bar or at a party. Rum. lol.

  • @Drjoshington
    @Drjoshington Před rokem +4

    It's a masterpiece, is what it is. Right up there with the Sun Also Rises and The Great Gatsby.

  • @ExxylcrothEagle
    @ExxylcrothEagle Před rokem +1

    "You could have made time in the 80's"
    I thought basically the same thing at the exact time. Probably my best moment with Charlie Rose ever

  • @russellbaldridge2433
    @russellbaldridge2433 Před 5 lety +8

    Raul Duke feared in the 80's and Loathed in the 2000's

  • @carrielucas5672
    @carrielucas5672 Před 10 měsíci

    So amazing! Love how Depp actually lived with him for to carry his character

  • @NBAFAKEGAMES
    @NBAFAKEGAMES Před 6 lety +46

    I honestly don't think Hunter Thompson ever inhaled his cigarettes.

    • @turneraround8389
      @turneraround8389 Před 6 lety

      Patrick Moore there's an interview where he inhales them

    • @wasfizureikat3364
      @wasfizureikat3364 Před 5 lety +9

      he does truely inhale them and the smoke being absorbed in his lungs not escaping out! just like my gone father doing while solving math equations for me at school

    • @randymiracle4958
      @randymiracle4958 Před 5 lety +8

      He clearly inhales in this video. Not the whole drag but he does inhale. If he was, like I am now, after the first 10-15 cigs of the day your throat can get a little sore and it helps to inhale slower or less of the smoke at once. You inhale slower to reduce the heat, at least I do. That might be part of the reason he used the plastic or glass extender thing(don't know the name) but I bet he mostly used it to keep the cig farther from his face when he was typing to reduce the chance of getting smoke in his eye(s).

    • @craigjackson6883
      @craigjackson6883 Před 2 lety

      @@randymiracle4958 it's a targard and god are they helpful. Smoother smoke. They catch all the shit that doesn't go in your lungs.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 Před měsícem

      ​@randymiracle4958LLike Clinton, I don't inhale haha! 😎

  • @rohamg.havaei9480
    @rohamg.havaei9480 Před 6 lety +42

    Extremely intelligent

  • @stevelegreid
    @stevelegreid Před 5 lety +24

    Sorry everyone who’s saying he predicted MMA...the UFC had already been around for five years

    • @ryanvernon871
      @ryanvernon871 Před 3 lety +2

      Ya, but it had close to NO popularity. HE WAS ahead of the curve

    • @2ndjoshua268
      @2ndjoshua268 Před 3 lety

      I was 12 when the first UFC was aired and I knew it was the future. That's why I started training. 40 years old and still rolling. Oss🤙

  • @wheelerking8380
    @wheelerking8380 Před 2 lety +4

    Charlie Rose has gotta be the biggest tool I've ever laid eyes on

  • @d.e.harrod8863
    @d.e.harrod8863 Před 2 lety +1

    RIP and LOVE

  • @faffaflunkie
    @faffaflunkie Před 3 lety +2

    Puerto Rico in the '50's- A great novel.

  • @sonomawinetourdrivers3895

    The sign of a great journalist is empathy

  • @andysaunders3708
    @andysaunders3708 Před rokem +1

    Wish I'd got wasted with Dr Hunter.

  • @aidanwoodford8195
    @aidanwoodford8195 Před 3 lety +26

    It seems like he got Chatlie Rose high before this.

  • @tylerk2211
    @tylerk2211 Před 5 lety +20

    This in a interview with Dr Thompson, not Duke

    • @kaidengathings3096
      @kaidengathings3096 Před 4 lety +3

      Raoul was simply a catalyst for Thompson to write with no hold backs. One in the same, seperate but whole. The duality of a man, for us to read and see.

  • @breakit46
    @breakit46 Před 2 lety +1

    I have a large Delsey suitcase, Delsey did a tv ad throwing one off a building, it was intact, mine is full of everything Hunter had in print, including Fire In The Nuts. One day someone will buy it in a charity shop, it will be locked and with no key, the buyer just might have the right eyes to see you slide the latch to open not push, hopefully on opening their mind will be blown. Sleep easy Doc.

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet Před rokem

    Thanks Hunter ✌ I'm drinking 🍸 brio Aranciata Soda ...lovely ...enjoy Italian sodas immensely 😊

  • @Jfladager
    @Jfladager Před 4 lety +4

    One of my favorite people ever. I admire this man so much.

    • @healthymealthy775
      @healthymealthy775 Před 4 lety +1

      Why? I've never understood this guy's appeal.

    • @alberthockenberry4091
      @alberthockenberry4091 Před 4 lety +4

      @@healthymealthy775 I think it comes down to this - he did want he wanted, he wrote what he wanted, he got paid to do it and a almost never had to punch a clock. Of course, a lot of people have managed all of that, but Hunter also managed to be funny and unique. I think the combination of all of that is what led to his very large fanbase.

  • @klgamit
    @klgamit Před rokem +1

    His speech is something that you need to get attuned to lol, like a very unique accent... a dialect he created for himself... but once you are attuned it actually contributes to the content of the words...

  • @GVGames1986
    @GVGames1986 Před 3 lety +9

    Comes home from Nam with his head fried by the horrors of war then pratfalls his way through several books and films seemingly drunk on every talk show.. well played sir!

    • @aaronneely6040
      @aaronneely6040 Před 2 lety +3

      Thompson never went to Vietnam he was in Puerto Rico in 1959 did you watch the interview

    • @daniellyons914
      @daniellyons914 Před 2 lety +3

      @@aaronneely6040 He was in the Air Force, too... but it was well before the Vietnam era.

    • @metaldetectingwithlugnut
      @metaldetectingwithlugnut Před 2 lety +2

      @@aaronneely6040 Hunter did go to Vietnam for Rolling Stone but Werner canceled his insurance after he was in Saigon, things went sideways and he ended up in Cambodia while trying to get back to the US alive.

    • @maxk880
      @maxk880 Před rokem

      He was never a true soldier. Got honorably discharged after a few years. Didn't do much bad things but was just very lazy and didn't accept authority

  • @coolworx
    @coolworx Před 5 lety +18

    I love the fact that he blew his head off.
    Always on his own terms to the end.

    • @jagerbomb
      @jagerbomb Před 5 lety +10

      That's crude. But true enough, I think the same.

    • @MarkMasters...
      @MarkMasters... Před 4 lety +2

      Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride....understand your sentiment Brother, absolutely true, always on his terms...Stay Strong...🙏😎

    • @MarsLonsen
      @MarsLonsen Před 2 lety +1

      That's Hard-core. The fact that he did it and the fact that you love it

    • @Boxscot49
      @Boxscot49 Před 2 lety

      Now thinking about it as dark and sad as it is I couldn’t have imagined him going out any other way than that. Not because of what led him to do it so much but like you said he was gonna go when he decided it was time to go, not when life decided it for him

    • @coolworx
      @coolworx Před 2 lety

      @@MarkMasters... Better than spending your last days shitting in bed pans

  • @yourheadlmao
    @yourheadlmao Před rokem

    i luv this man

  • @jameslachance8159
    @jameslachance8159 Před rokem +1

    A beautiful mind.

  • @iammine7325
    @iammine7325 Před 2 lety +1

    Polo is my life,I listened to that line 10 times 😂

  • @lucyboswell7584
    @lucyboswell7584 Před 3 lety +3

    Love his books n the movie Johnny Depp n Benetzio del Torro

  • @davidsmart8594
    @davidsmart8594 Před 3 lety +13

    A friend of mine calls me 'Hunter', because apparently I resemble him in looks and character.
    What an honour!

  • @chokin78
    @chokin78 Před 3 lety

    Wow HST discussing Conrad? This can't get any better...

  • @joaobrandao9482
    @joaobrandao9482 Před 3 lety +1

    -"That's where 'Polo is my life' comes from". Epic

  • @813lynch
    @813lynch Před 6 lety +16

    Charlie Rose & Hunter S. Thompson
    Excellent interview. Charlie & Hunter were both probably drinking during this hahaha.
    I wish people could still smoke on the news like the old-school reporters

    • @Mina-gm3pg
      @Mina-gm3pg Před 2 lety

      Exactly understood. Sparring partners snd friends.

  • @AussieGirl235
    @AussieGirl235 Před 2 lety +3

    Little did he know the havoc that book/script would spawn...

  • @EyeAmMyOwn777
    @EyeAmMyOwn777 Před 2 lety +4

    What an honest interview. There are so many layers here to tell you that. The cup from which he drinks being the starting point. The crush of ice, the conservative sips. That is a cup of bourbon or rum. His controlled outbursts and subtle touches of the nose suggest cocaine. But the words... man, the words. Threadbare and impatient to tell us the truth.

  • @TheMaxFusionGaming
    @TheMaxFusionGaming Před 4 lety +8

    Maybe it’s just me but I’m pretty sure ol duke just foreshadowed his premeditated suicide over 6 years prior to it happening with his “I don’t expect to be here...” line

  • @AnneDavis-ve2jg
    @AnneDavis-ve2jg Před 4 měsíci +1

    RIP MAESTRO~

  • @sonomawinetourdrivers3895

    The U.S. Navy gave Hunter an honorable distrarge...."the guy was great for morale"...

  • @kanesanders157
    @kanesanders157 Před 4 lety +13

    I feel like the “where did you steal this from” comment kind of rubbed HST wrong

    • @RardTangler
      @RardTangler Před 4 lety +5

      Kane Sanders I doubt it.
      Back then, people didn’t take offense like they do today. I’d bet more on him taking it as old fashioned ribbing with a friend.

    • @alberthockenberry4091
      @alberthockenberry4091 Před 4 lety +3

      No, that would have been Hunter's typical motis operandi. After he died, his wife returned some elk horns that he stole from Hemingway's museum in Idaho (he had meant to return them before he died, but never had the chance). He wasn't a real thief, but part of his antics would include stuff like this.

  • @ALRULZ1965
    @ALRULZ1965 Před rokem +1

    I've never seen a video or photo where he isn't wasted.

  • @tru2harris998
    @tru2harris998 Před 2 lety

    Truth Inspector- well said!!! Spot on, exactly right. If you want to know what someone's like look at their friends - and you did and got it right. Hes known for evil doings, with children too, you saw that clever clogs!

  • @takacsdani6867
    @takacsdani6867 Před rokem +1

    At 20:00 It is very obvious he already though about suicide. It's a miracle he made it for another 7 years

  • @SomeGuy-cq3yv
    @SomeGuy-cq3yv Před 5 lety +31

    11:55 when the acid hits

  • @raymemichaels
    @raymemichaels Před 4 lety +3

    I loved "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," his first published novel, but I didn't care for "The Rum Diary." It really bored the shit out of me but was quaint to read while I was on vacation myself, in Cebu, Philippines, where there are also a lot of stray dogs.

    • @C.Hawkshaw
      @C.Hawkshaw Před 3 lety

      Didn’t Random House publish “Hell’s Angels…” in 1966?

    • @raymemichaels
      @raymemichaels Před 3 lety

      @@C.Hawkshaw yes, of course, but that’s not a novel.

  • @xstensl8823
    @xstensl8823 Před 3 lety +7

    i would have loved Hunters take on
    Trump, sadly we need him now