Johnny Depp hung out with hunter S Thompson.

Depp spent 2 years shadowing Hunter before the movie to learn every single aspect of his mannerisms

Right? It's one of my favourite films, but when I first saw it, I thought it was a parody. Johnny Depp absolutely became Hunter S Thompson. (Saying that, I also love the Bill Murray portrayal of him).

@@anthonymcbride855 in his basement

Became so close, ​johnny helped “scatter” hunter’s ashes

he's so self conscious and neurotic, it's probably about true. The words are popping into his mind and he is reading the words

His blood's too thick for the Letterman studio

How do know

​@@nicholasmoore8629 Re: see "notoriously"

​@@Billostohes never fully been able to explain himself in that clime

​@@MarquetteTheFourchetteGood one! 😂

So you haven't read his books, they're some of the funniest books ever, some parts of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas had me HOWLING, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved is also a gem in terms of comedy.

​@@DaniboyBR2I think hes referring to HST in person not usually being this open and humorous. Like i know in his interview with Conan hed hardly say two words, and only when prompted. Mainly, most likely, because he was absolutely hammered and perhaps even blackout drunk at the time of the interview. But of course, as a writer, Hunter is going to be far funnier and far better at comminicating his thoughts and jokes. As thats the case with nearly all writers. Stephen King is pretty good in interviews and at speaking in general, but when it comes to many writer's, if not most, they are often times awkward or at least no where near as comfortable conversing in person as they are with the written word, of course.

@@ibrown3KC Age kicked him like a mule, he didn't like it and he said so in his farewell note.

90% of his guests are heavily medicated

Peak David!

I think he fit right in, I bet more than half the people working there are self medicated

@@Originalred04 meanwhile... Hunter peaking on acid.

It's called a loser addict but hey let's put people like this on a pedastil.

haha interesting

For all the youngsters seeing this for the first time go watch the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

@@MrBuketmanthat’s usually how they find him I recommend the bill Murray one “where the Buffalo roam” that one came out way before the Johnny depp one both amazing but I prefer the bill Murray.

Hell yeah. I never really realized how awesome David Letterman was for a significant portion of his time on the air, he always just seemed like the better late show host out of him and Leno, but little pieces like this here and there. I finally realized how fxxxin great he was when Warren Zevon was dying and he gave him an entire show to perform 3 songs and talk with him in all the guest slots. Living Legend. While Carson is probably the undeniable "great" of all the late night talk format shows, Letterman is definitely the most diverse, genuine and respectable one as an artist and human.

@@dowhatiwantc7637 "Hunter? Ain't nobody doin' no huntin' in here! This is a PARTY, not a SAFARI!"

@@joshuanipps9106 Leno didn’t have a tenth of Dave’s passion imo. I agree ☝️

Johnny is the way he is now because of Hunter 😂

I'm waiting for the historic part to happen.

@@petermgruhn are you slow? or just young

He loved mescaline I guess.

No, in the years that Late Night and the Late Show were airing and having him as a guest (80s/90s), it was cocaine and hash. Mostly cocaine. And a lot of Chevas Regal, the 12 year old stuff, always with a handful of ice cubes. You're right that he was always fairly functional no matter what he was on. I don't think he ever "quit" anything, so on any given day, sure, he might have had shrooms for breakfast and smoked DMT for lunch, you know, as a palate cleanser. 😅 Edit: in the late 90s, opiate painkillers were added to the mix due to his health issues.

@@mantia39 Everybody loves mescaline.

He's probably on both.

😂😂😂😂

The nbc years are the best guests

He was far more easy going and less ego centric back in this era. Seems more lad back and less scripted.

hes far better at old age imo...in his late shows he talked too much and acted like a creep.

But it never got weird enough for me..........

There he goes, one of gods own mutants. Too weird to live, too rare to die.

Don’t take any guff from these swine!

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.

​@@unknown.mp4 But, it still never got weird enough for me. 👍

He was in this era. He only died in 2005.

Truly interesting people no longer exist. Sad

To be honest, I think the current state of the world would've gotten the better of him. Suicide all over again.

Lou Reed that guy that featured on a Gorillaz song?

@@fenz1 yes

He was nothing but a drug attic psychopath.

@@crazycat1345 yes he was, and thank God for it

What lord? He and his wife were killed and deleted from existence 23th of May 2013.

Sorry excuse for a man... can't stand animal abusers

Thanksgiving with the whole family on 3 tabs I think were 160ug each hahah, great time and nobody even knew a damn thing!😂😂

@@ryanof3004 🤣 that's awesome 😃

What did this Johnny write ?

@@bubstacrini8851 He wrote home, often. 😜

So casually.

Yes... he could be very dangerous.

@@dejuren1367 Ur point?! He "could" be very dangerous. AND he was - 😂 to himself! He blew his brains 🧠 out!! So, life is dangerous. Tell me something I don't know.

You have exquisite taste. Those three are the holy trifecta of Letterman Guests. I had the honor of interviewing Harvey Pekar once on the radio, and it was one of the greatest moments of my life.

Olivia reed was up there

Letterman had so many great guests, though. I still remember every appearance by folks like Hunter, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, Norm Macdonald, Tom Hanks, etc…

@@bigt9374 In a very different way, so is Crispin Glover.

Brother Theodore!

Eh. Not ALL that prescient, and not particularly deep imo. We knew by then it was islam (again). He just happened to be more educated about how shxvtty and barbaric islam is than most Americans.

Kingdom of fear is a great book

Shenanigans 😆 👍

Perhaps, but it's never a great idea to poke a bear like HST. His idea of fun was shooting at homemade propane bombs.

He was very snarky with Hunter in their last interview

Like you know anything.

​@@lewisc215 You seem like a nice human being. Ever get tired of the constant negativity?

For a guy who liked to give the impression that much of his writing was a spontaneous, unedited screed, Thompson is surprisingly(?) uncomfortable and discomforting as a talk show host/live storyteller. Whatever he wants us think about how his best writing came to fruition, I get the sense that he was actually a highly dedicated craftsman who took a lot of time and effort to create that edgy, spontaneous feel to his work.

@@cgbleak Dude was a hype job. A limp-wristed word-style hero, same as any other journalist, but with this gonzo badass image to set him apart from the pack.

@@jfjnpxmy Nah; Hunter was definitely one of kind on the page. You need to go back and read him sgaiin. You missed something........

@@davidowens5898 He doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Obviously a young kid who calls people "dude".lol

@@davidowens5898 Easy to see he didn't read HST's Hells Angels book.

He was on Conan.

big same. show us the uncut interview, you cowards!

I was wondering if it was a commercial break they snipped out. But, yeah, would be nice.

More like a sorry excuse for a man. I hate animal abusers

There’s a striking moment in the film in which we can see Hunter tormenting his pet bird and you say you sometimes felt like that bird. What did you mean by that? He had that bird, Edward. And he’d rattle its cage or hold it and squeeze it and say, “Edward, there’s no bird god that will save you now.” And sometimes I was the bird. I’d internalize what he was doing to that bird. Because I was the innocent abroad, you see.

I always thought this

Where the Buffalo Roam is highly underrated.

@@MrSulfor Agreed. Murray's Hunter Thompson was spot on.

Watch the movies Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, and Where the buffalo roam. Preferably having a few beers before and during.

Then read his book of letters

Boy are you in for a surprise!

Forget the movies! Read the books Especially The Proud Highway and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.....then Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas..... Then watch the movies!!!

greygreygrey!

Agreed, it adds a rawness and reality to it that the later, slicker years didn't always have. But we also have it back in what Dave is doing now, bolstered by a lifetime of experience and wisdom. I'd give anything to see 2022 Dave sit down with Dr. Thompson for an hour on the Netflix show.

@@alandoane9168 Yes indeed. That would be a fun interview, too.

@@alandoane9168 Or somehow have current Dave interview this Dave.

@@alandoane9168I just read some excerpts in Songs of the Doomed. Pretty crazy