Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2015
- “I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.”
- Hunter S. Thompson in 1967
As told to Studs Terkel (studsterkel.org)
Hear more from this rare interview: blankonblank.org/hunter-thompson
In the 1960s, Hunter S. Thompson spent more than a year living and drinking with members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club, riding up and down the California coast. What he saw alongside this group of renegades on Harleys, these hairy outlaws who rampaged and faced charges of attempted murder, assault and battery, and destruction of property along the way--all of this became the heart of Thompson’s first book: Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. Shortly after the book came out, Thompson sat down for a radio interview with the one and only Studs Terkel.
CHOICE QUOTES
“I can't remember ever winning a fight.”
"I used to take it out at night on the Coast Highway, just drunk out of my mind, ride it for 20 and 30 miles in just short pants and a t-shirt. It's a beautiful feeling.”
“ I tried to keep my eyes on him because I didn't want to have my skull fractured.”
“They want to get back at the people who put them in this terrible, this dead end, tunnel.”
“ 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.”
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Very relevant with all things going on right now
Dr. Dolf ya I heard abt that in Mark Dice’s book Illuminati Facts & Fiction
Dr. Dolf I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU JUST SAID WHITE BOY BUT YOU SPECIAL!
Thank you... Your inspiration gives me the courage to become a serial killer. ☕
@@toddbaker1425 Good Luck in your endeavors...make sure to social distance though.😈
"Vengeance for not getting an opportunity" is great way to put it.
"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"
you would make a good editor
Thanks for that, we're all listening because we can't hear. So, thank you again for quoting something we're listening to.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Paul TheSkeptic he doesn't seem to fucked up right now
VertPimpin Ha ha. So it's your contention that he's just sober right now?
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!
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.
well, dang. i kinda liked that.
More like a honest profesional, unlike many other profesionals around, ever. R.I.P. Mr Thompson.
Dylan M how the fuck do you know idiot?
@@70water61 ...pretty hostile to someone who was simply calling hunter a honest professional
"I am a professional coward" lol I love the way he worded things
He is a professional writer after all
Always good to hear more from Hunter S. Thompson!
Rest in Peace, sir.
That was amazing. One of the best original things I've seen on CZcams. More Hunter please?? How about a longer interview?
You can hear the full interview on our website. Alas we can only animate so much content.
***** Thanks, I'll check it out. I really miss Hunter. Such a knack for cutting through the BS. Wish he had stuck around longer.
+Blank on Blank please animate more! More Grace Kelly, Janis Joplin! A suggestion have Audrey Hepburn.
more hunter ALWAYS!
I'm bored
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.
Wild man maybe was an act but he absolutely was a raging alcoholic and drug addict. Amazing writer though
This made me buy the book, literally 20 minutes after watching this video I drove to barnes n noble and picked up a copy
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@suppositionstudios you can get any education you want, you have the internet, its all out there, on youtube and other websites. All for free.
Matthew Lawton speak for yourself
@@matthewlawton9241 god you sound so wound up you might just pop
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..'
this was almost 50 years ago, his logic and insight is just as relevant today.
tomitstube most classic authors are
ofc thats less than a lifetime its the same society
Hunter is a legend, a true professional, and a unique talent! More Hunter S. Thompson, please.
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
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
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.
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” -H.S.
Fear and Loathing was always a favorite novel of mine - what a fascinating man he was
just finished reading his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - its like nothing ive read before and can only recommend it
It was SO much better than the movie.
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.
but rust is also life
To see phadeo here makes me happy
oof
My God! Dr.Thompson interviewed by Studs Terkel, just to be in the room with journalists of there caliber would be out of this world. RIP to both of them.
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
Thanks for posting this.R.I.P. Dr Gonzo! And the early info into the world of 1%ers and the 81.
See, this is why I love youtube so much. Thank you Blank on Blank for animating my heros :)
This is AMAZING! Thank you, will be making sure to watch more Blank on Blank features!
that was AMAZING. Thank you so much for uploading this!
Great work and a great share. Wish hew as here now to hear his voice and thoughts.
Holy crap, what an awesome theme for a channel! Kind of surprised I've never come across it before. Subscribed.
My ALL TIME Freakin FAVORITE youtube channel!!! So cool. PLEASE NEVER STOP!!!! Thank you!
PBS and Blank on Blank thank you for doing this.
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.
these are phenomenal. some of my favorite content on youtube! thank you.
Thompson was such an insightful man and a great writer.
His Hells Angels book is scary to read.
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
Tone it down a few notches, he was a little above ordinary but amongst the wisest men?! No.
He wasn't unappreciated. People knew about him, but chose to not face the truth.
Another awesome video. I love this series and would love to see a future episode with Issac Asimov!
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
Wow, I am no expert but this is the best Hunter S Thompson doc. I have ever seen
Wow ! what a smart guy. Totally related to today, yesterday and the days to come seemingly :/. God bless all both great and small ♥️✌️
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.
Wonderful nod, especially at the end. as he just kept riding down that road forever, RIP Hunter!
AWESOME! i have been waiting for a Hunter S. Thompson clip!
really great channel here.
some enlightenment goin on for sure.
great to listen to while i'm 'driving on parkways and parking on driveways'
btw, farth is elat.
The animation is sooo gooooooood!!!
Wonderful to hear such a trenchant reading of post-War, postmodern America. The Hell's and their violence emerged specifically within American society.
This is awesome wish there was more of these and it sound like a young hunter
awesome... would love to see more of Hunter in future episodes!!!
Not sure if there will be a repeat but you never know.
I will keep an eye out :D
His strength was his honesty.
This has got to be my new favorite channel
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
I just stumbled across this. This is fantastic!
Hunter S. Thompson is a man that I respect and this was good to hear and see.
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..
This is some of the best animation i have ever seen.
It's amazing how close Jonny Depp got....
Absolute legend.
These animations are great.
Incredible combination of audio tapes and animation
Love the art & animation style. Reminds me of the movie American Pop.
this is the best series by PBS I've ever seen
You have to do an Andy Kaufman video!
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.
I honestly wished they never stopped blank on blank its so interesting seeing into the minds of celebrities
Still true commentary. Wish we still had Hunter.
I am really glad u guys did this video
I wish I'd found this channel sooner. Fantastic stuff!
I'd love to see one done about Brian Wilson
i always come back to this
This is beautiful. Amazing job
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
these are priceless keep 'em' coming enjoy them very much..
man this show was awesome, wish they'd bring it back
This channel is endlessly interesting.
I can listen to Hunter S. Thompson all day, but Studs Turkle is over the top for me.
The freaking man. Great job guys, this was awesome.
why aren't there more of these with Hunter? I could watch this for hours
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._
My new favorite channel. Subbed!
Interesting. Love the animation paired with the commentary.
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.
That being said, war is hell
Effin sweet boys!! Thanks for the awesome vid
Amazing videos .. Love this channel.
Damn. Good interview.
Wow this channel is a goldmine. Instant subscribe
Would love to see one of these with William Burroughs
Yes!
Me too
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.
Beautiful video. Well done.
This was absolutely awesome.
Studs Terkel, as evidenced by his huge body of work, could talk to ANYbody and get a great story!
Hunter nailed it about us right now 2020 . all of us have it in us .
I'd like to see a Mitch Hedberg or Sam Kinison one of these
Oh, Sam, yes.
Stu VS I'd MUCH rather see Mitch
💖💖 Mitch!!!
Lol hedbergs would be great. " I bought an ant farm, them fellas didn't grow shit!"
Bill Hicks!
2 awesome writers get together.
U Guys do incredible work and love watching these, keep doin your thang and keep up the good work ! Thanks !
The sound is great for ‘67
Such a character
Best book author ever and I love his not giving a shit attitude.
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.
WOW this one is good. You guys are amazing.
I was so close to being sucked into this madness luckily I had a good woman and people who loved me also. As time passed I realised that those guys were just little boys who never grew up. So sad.
Thanx Blank Excellent content Liked subscribed