Hunter Thompson on "To Tell the Truth" (February 20, 1967)

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Writer Hunter Thompson appears as a contestant in this segment from a 1967 episode of "To Tell the Truth" shortly after the publication of his book "Hell's Angels", with host Bud Collyer and panelists Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Barry Nelson, and Kitty Carlisle.

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@THEbadlnb 4 жыл бұрын

Strange really, to see Thompson without a cigarette in his mouth.

@Dorelaxen 3 жыл бұрын

Or with hair.

@lronbutters5688 2 жыл бұрын

I will smoke one for him

@thealchemist7819 4 жыл бұрын

It’s weird to see HST be still for longer than one second.

@fennis26 3 жыл бұрын

HST came to my college on a speaking tour in 1979. He appeared to be sober but was virtually unintelligible for the entire hour. He tried to tell a joke in his mumbling monotone but it was impossible to understand him. Still, a fkn legend in print!

@Gonzo7HC 2 жыл бұрын

Dude that's insane. What was life like in the 70s? Also was it really that unintelligible or maybe his microphone did him injustice

@fennis26 2 жыл бұрын

If you watch video clips of HST, especially as he got older, e.g., his Letterman appearances, he progressively becomes more difficult to understand. He drank whiskey and smoked some weed with us later that night but his behavior and speaking cadence didn’t change. He just mumbles a lot.

@Gonzo7HC 2 жыл бұрын

@@fennis26 I know the answer should be obvious but did you ever take your time to watch the movie Fear and loathing in las vegas?

@fennis26 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, Johnny Depp did a spot-on job of channeling HST.

@Gonzo7HC 2 жыл бұрын

@@fennis26 That's awesome. I wish I could've met HST. Do you remember what his speech was about?

@tonydalcon 8 жыл бұрын

Another one of those things where you can't believe it ever really happened...

@colesteele3594 4 жыл бұрын

Books don’t sell themselves.

@infinitefuture5163 2 жыл бұрын

What I thought

@amyntut 2 жыл бұрын

But it did.

@jigsaw10181 8 жыл бұрын

Feb 20 1967...I get chills....38 years to the day...Thompson killed himself...RIP Gonzo

@hamupinhere 5 жыл бұрын

He was 67 years of age when he did it. This aired in '67. Peculiar observation, that.

@-GodIsMyJudge- 5 жыл бұрын

My birthday was 30 years after this :'/

@thatspartyguy7328 4 жыл бұрын

Sandy Howell So you knew the real HST and spent time with him in Woody Creek? You saw this degenerate behavior? Did you? Or are you just projecting?More likely envious of his legacy. As flawed as he was, you’ll never aspire to his worst day. But you can try.

@acjnse8258 3 жыл бұрын

67 likes!

@efcq 3 жыл бұрын

Feb 20 1967. The day Kurt Cobain was born...

@joanbradshaw333 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this at the time. We heard of some guy "joining" the Angels so he could write a book (he was an instant legend) and I was suprised that he popped up on this show. "Hey, this is the guy!"

@truejaneysue8269 3 жыл бұрын

That was back when I could understand what he was saying😉

@stinkywizzleteats420 3 жыл бұрын

That's before the drugs began to take hold.

@angusyoungwannabe1897 3 жыл бұрын

Hunter looks so awkward and shy, it makes me wanna go back in time and hug him lmao

@studiokohl1 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he would of lightened up if number1. Someone bitch slapped anyone on that arrogant panel. (Except, what's his face.. the comedian) Number 2. any female under 30 would of flashed him. Number 3. He got the wiff of something wrapped in a zigzag waiting for him off stage.

@juanmonge8 6 жыл бұрын

in a rare sober moment. He wanted to be referred to as Dr.Hunter Thompson.

@yvonnematthews951 6 жыл бұрын

wow ..my sons middle name is hunter because of Hunter..long live Gonzo!!!!!

@sandyhowell8833 4 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Cooney Right, THANK YOU!!!!These people in this comment section are pathetic! They worship this scumbag when they have no clue what he truly was! On top of that, when they have access to the true information they're all to dumbed down and brainwashed to beleive it. Sorry, I'm just ranting because I'm so sick of ignorant people. Truly ignorant and they've all been fooled, unbelievable!! Thank you for your comment , it's nice to know there are people out there that know the actual truth!!

@sandordula5207 4 жыл бұрын

- Buy the ticket, take the ride!" ♡.♡

@cb8673 8 жыл бұрын

Always wanted to catch this clip, thanks for uploading!

@Staszu13 5 жыл бұрын

Recognized him straight away.

@drbreeden4093 4 жыл бұрын

Martin Fuller Kinda tough to mistake him for any other person, especially when the others are shorter, look nothing like him and he isn’t wearing biker attire...

@519djw6 3 жыл бұрын

@@drbreeden4093 Well, this is 1967, before he became as well-known as he became in the '70's. Moreover, the entire panel was made up of showbiz types who all knew World War II as adults, and for whom "beatniks" or "hippies" were just a punchline.

@baktash.4206 6 жыл бұрын

im so thankful to you for uploading it this was unbelievable

@damienholland8103 2 жыл бұрын

Notice how careful they are not to disrespect or insults the Hells Angels in their answers. Very neutral.

@13loomisst 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much.

@NewHollowEarth 8 жыл бұрын

Rare shit, Hunter Thompson is my spirit animal.

@OuterGalaxyLounge 5 жыл бұрын

The panel killed it.

@fcukjones6709 Жыл бұрын

He's the only one who didn't come off as an actor. It was pretty obvious, I'm sure.

@123TauruZ321 6 ай бұрын

No way, that woman has the most annoying voice ever.

@chadinmich1 6 жыл бұрын

The two other guys dressed like bikers, but not him. Lol.

@blazingbleezy668 3 жыл бұрын

I reckoned to show society the illusion of a motorcycle club member (or ex) that its not just a stereotype

@chadinmich1 3 жыл бұрын

@@blazingbleezy668 I doubt that’s why lol.

@dvlry 5 жыл бұрын

This is such a beautiful video. I miss Hunter's writings so much and I have dreamed of visiting Woody Creek. I hope that The Mutineer finally gets published soon just to fill this void.

@kyle-style 4 жыл бұрын

5:31 when he says three listen to how low his voice trails down wow

@NobodyCaresALot 3 жыл бұрын

MK trigger?

@keithbellew4101 8 жыл бұрын

American accents have changed a lot in 50 years. Obviously they vary from state to state but when I watch the Twilight Zone, old films or even this I find the accents far more pleasant. What the hell happened

@comradethoth9629 8 жыл бұрын

It's a TV voice and bad sound. If you find a clip with good sound and casual conversations, it's a pretty normal sound. Check out Hunter's tapes from that era!

@austinreed3360 8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Bellew Too much inbreeding

@hawthorneaberdson7277 7 жыл бұрын

+Burkley Reed Also don't forget the whiskey!

@fuckchocouch 7 жыл бұрын

Burkley Reed Your parents being a fine example.

@nickbuckingham9291 6 жыл бұрын

Keith Bellew laziness

@michaelloparco2173 3 жыл бұрын

Barry Nelson was in the Shining...woah... THE INTERVIEW

@PHanomaly 5 жыл бұрын

My new line "They're laughing at all the wrong things!"

@johngrayatkinson1214 6 жыл бұрын

This is so surreal . Of course making it totally appropriate.

@steveperry1344 5 жыл бұрын

wow, glad to see this on youtube. always enjoyed that show and still watch it on gsn. i knew who it was cause i read the bookand had seen him before. i'm sure his answers or any comments were a bit guarded and i don't blame him.

@tomservo56954 8 жыл бұрын

Imagine Kitty reading Tom Wolfe...

@stephanieleach2767 7 жыл бұрын

I so wish I could have met Hunter Thompson.

@lieutenantawol1579 7 жыл бұрын

Saammee here.

@dalehubert-c9b 7 жыл бұрын

Yea, in the 60s maybe. Before he turned into a child killer. Google RUSTY NELSON, and the Franklin Cover up if you care to educate yourself.

@AdrianDeVore Жыл бұрын

It would have been way above her head.

@foghornleghorn8674 4 жыл бұрын

Watched this show as a kid , seems so long ago.

@sadhu7191 Жыл бұрын

I watched it today and it seemed like I watched it today!

@willbergie55 4 жыл бұрын

This took place one week before my 13th birthday.

@maxdoubled4800 2 жыл бұрын

Tom Poston is the man!!!

@troyboy2050 4 жыл бұрын

The counterculture was call beatnix until 1967 when the word hippie came into existence that year ! Beatnix's were totally different than hippys !

@videoluvr4204 4 жыл бұрын

i think its spelled Beatniks

@furbabydaddy5604 3 жыл бұрын

Alrighty then!!

@Faxxxanadu 2 жыл бұрын

#1 was Janice Pennington's (longtime Price is Right model) husband, and she was one half of The Models.

@juliusgonzo7527 8 жыл бұрын

Shear madness. Hunter must have lost a bet with his publisher or some drunk in a bar....gotta love when Tom Posten talks tough and says he'd rather beat up number two vs. the others....he would pee his pants in a fight with any of those guys....

@tonydalcon 8 жыл бұрын

"talks tough"? lol

@hawthorneaberdson7277 7 жыл бұрын

Well, "Hell's Angels" was his second novel, and his first "Rum Diary" he didn't publish at that time yet, so if I was a young and starving for money and wrote my 1st published piece of work - i'd likely go on a dumbass gameshow to promote my book too.

@juliusgonzo7527 7 жыл бұрын

Agreed....

@tonydalcon 7 жыл бұрын

Of course, this coming from a guy who lived in the High Cassel...

@fuckchocouch 6 жыл бұрын

Julius Gonzo 60’s niggas were different tho

@GuyCybershy 8 жыл бұрын

Priceless, compared this to the mindless game shows we have now.

@svenlittlecross 8 жыл бұрын

+GuyCybershy what are you on about this is horrible its demeaning to persons participating

@averagereviews3389 4 жыл бұрын

@@svenlittlecross i found it incredibly boring

@RomanovYunging Жыл бұрын

First man talking seemed like someone who really knew how to ask questions.

@AT-kt4wy 2 жыл бұрын

Love 60s television

@sidarthur8706 5 жыл бұрын

damn, i guessed number 3

@Ajthelizard1100 2 жыл бұрын

It’s weird to see him so still and nervous. He must be sober

@triplucid3563 6 жыл бұрын

WOW THE DAY HE DIED YEARS EARLIER...CHILLING!

@adamtarleton1537 4 жыл бұрын

He threw himself on the ground and missed. Boy, that Tom Poston is a laugh riot.

@Guzzilunatic 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I remember when Robin Williams used that joke in the early 80's.

@TheJackflash85 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@euckb 3 жыл бұрын

i actually found it kinda true though. lsd is a plain old mindfuck. love the old offhand talk about psychedelics on mainstream TV. coming back in recent times

@NorthernChev 3 жыл бұрын

Not Tom Poston’s joke. He’s quoting Leonard Lyons.

@PropaneWP 2 жыл бұрын

@@euckb It's very interesting how today's media is in many ways a lot more sanitized than it used to be. For example, most videos released on KZfaq are heavily censored. Every video is automatically screened and if they're found to contain anything at all that KZfaq's robots don't consider "family friendly", they are instantly demonetized (i.e. the uploader won't receive any money). It could be words like "fuck" or "shit", sensitive topics (like sex or drugs), etc. It's actually quite disturbing and dystopic in my opinion.

@amyntut 2 жыл бұрын

This show made it obvious who the real Hunter was by having him casually dressed while the other 2 guys had leather etc on.

@torturelounge Жыл бұрын

Especially after the first quote they use from his book is shitting on their leather jackets

@gloriboigaming7583 4 жыл бұрын

6:37 "will the real slim shady please stand up"

@SirCorneliusBlack 4 жыл бұрын

I can't fucking believe this......that his lyrics are from Hunter

@videoluvr4204 4 жыл бұрын

the lyrics aren't from Hunter, they are from this Game Show they say it in every episode and Hunter was only in 1 episode lol

@gloriboigaming7583 4 жыл бұрын

@@SirCorneliusBlack yeah man

@danielj1063 4 жыл бұрын

😆

@steveperry1344 4 жыл бұрын

i didn't think they were going to get it because hunter was so quiet and and a bit guarded with his answers but then again he had reason to be. the merry pranksters indeed.

@michaeldebellis4202 Жыл бұрын

I don’t get your comment about the Merry Pranksters. They weren’t violent at all. Probably broke laws about petty theft and definitely broke drug laws but otherwise they were peaceful hippies, nothing like the Hell’s Angels.

@steveperry1344 Жыл бұрын

@@michaeldebellis4202 yes, you're correct on all counts.

@nbethke7 8 жыл бұрын

Kitty Carlisle is one hip chick!

@douglassrnsky3398 3 жыл бұрын

Stoned.. ripped. Good people.

@billjones8503 6 ай бұрын

😅😂🤣 Hunter on that! Hilarious, but why? Oh, paycheck. 😉 ~ Must be serendipitous. I'm reading Hell's Angels right now! 😹

@charleswinokoor6023 3 жыл бұрын

And had some hair on top. Amazing. I never knew this existed.

@TheJackflash85 3 жыл бұрын

RIP - HST ~

@jonsrecordcollection7172 5 ай бұрын

I think Glenn Jacobson (panelist #1) was married to Janice Pennington, a model who was one-half of the group, The Models. The Models recorded a psychedelicized version of "Bend Me, Shape Me," which was later a hit for the American Breed. Janice Pennington later posed in Playboy in the 1970s, but she had a much longer career as one of "Barker's Beauties" on the Price Is Right.

@pmvoice88 5 жыл бұрын

This is just bizarre but I'm guessing it was part of a publicity tour to promote his book. He got the plug on TV and it only took 10 minutes. Hunter's either sober or he's so high he just appears sober. I say it's the latter.

@raoul3016 4 жыл бұрын

wow hunter's pretty tall

@villanelle8888 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Johnny Depp was too small looking to play him, I thought.

@jbsmith966 2 жыл бұрын

in 1967 , $150 was a still worth something.

@rancemohammitz2304 3 жыл бұрын

Da Man...

@kevinmills2699 7 жыл бұрын

theyd usually talk with the guest of honor afterwards... shame really, though they could see his nervousness to be on public media

@ManInTheBigHat 8 жыл бұрын

that's funny. good publicist hunter had.

@sdfotodude 6 жыл бұрын

What a merry prankster.

@scotsman6712 5 жыл бұрын

Read tom wolfes book, the' electric kool aid acid test.then you will know.

@Raphsophomes 5 жыл бұрын

Now we know

@daniellecarlin3518 5 жыл бұрын

it's not the same without David Mitchell and Lee Mack

@geraldking4080 5 жыл бұрын

Three looks like Kerouac.

@PC-iv5so 2 жыл бұрын

Was the point for the real person to throw them off, I feel like Hunter was playing it down to try and fool them.

@incaseofamnesia6380 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and the show tries to confuse the guessers by dressing the three of them oddly too. See how 1 was dressed like a biker and hunter like an average joe?

@PHanomaly 5 жыл бұрын

Where do they get their income? Oh, some of them work, some of them 2:39( bleep!)

@yegenek 7 жыл бұрын

Why Hunter Thompson always looks at the ground?

@TheGrimReaper54321 7 жыл бұрын

Nervous? Drugs?

@nknighton70 6 жыл бұрын

yegenek Because honest people often look down and left when they're recalling things. Liars look up and right.

@MTG1207 5 жыл бұрын

No coke

@ericwharton213 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't want to be there, shy maybe

@tyronejones4245 5 жыл бұрын

Hunter was extremely awkward.

@badtrips5975 2 жыл бұрын

not trying to brag but i knew which one was hunter from the beginning

@edwisdom4291 4 жыл бұрын

Hey is #3 Tony Hawk's Father? Same name, Sure is a Pretty Trippy small world.

@dusty2080 4 жыл бұрын

Just did a quick search, his first name is the same as Tony Hawk's father's middle name, so maybe?

@CDU916 6 жыл бұрын

Regarding the third group of contestants: (spoiler alert!) I definitely thought number three was the truth teller. She provided the best answers even if she didn't always present the information with the utmost confidence. I wanted to vote for her but couldn't understand why she was so nervous. She was constantly playing with her beads and covering her face with her fingers. Did it strike anyone else as odd that a woman in a position of authority, who also happens to have a bold personal style, would be so anxious to be appearing on television?

@123TauruZ321 6 ай бұрын

She WTF?????

@smalltownhugs3332 2 жыл бұрын

HST, Paul Bonacci, bohemian Grove.

@elite_lurker7589 5 жыл бұрын

What’s going on here??

@Basieeee 5 жыл бұрын

hahahah, *LSD PROPAGANDA*. hahahaa

@PHanomaly 5 жыл бұрын

'Tried to throw himself on the ground, but missed' bwaaa..

@davidgreen7835 Жыл бұрын

What is the word missing @2:41 ?

@RND_ADV_X Жыл бұрын

Wondering the same. I think he may have said "drift around"?

@theeecandlemaker2197 4 жыл бұрын

Who is Gut? Gut Terk of course!

@details78 4 жыл бұрын

"HOLY JESUS, WHAT ARE THESE GOD DAMNED ANIMALS!?"

@thomascorder6686 6 жыл бұрын

Peggy Cass is a babe!

@georgebethos7890 3 жыл бұрын

BOHICA sent me

@Sublime_37 Жыл бұрын

Sounds as if the beatnik’s were the first hipsters.

@Yourmomgoestocolledge 2 жыл бұрын

Only hunter spoke correctly 🤣🤣

@deejannemeiurffnicht1791 4 жыл бұрын

i get the impressionthe two opther guys are actually two of the Angels that ''stomped'' him after the phase he spent with them... seems to be an ''uncomfortable'' easiness between them... maybe he got them the job on the show as they (especially Skip Workman) complained about him not giving them a keg of beer for letting him spend time with them.

@ButterBallTheOpossum 2 жыл бұрын

Hunter is tall af

@plasteredbastard 2 жыл бұрын

hunter s thompson, thorn in the side of society and we have the hells angels as well.

@born4thstime 5 жыл бұрын

That was......strange

@uyuyuy99 5 жыл бұрын

why

@jwc3o2 5 жыл бұрын

@@uyuyuy99 plausibly at the very least because we know who Thompson is & they clearly don't, which just seems, as is said, strange. too, is this not the most laconic version of Thompson available? besides which, this is just an absolutely bizarre cultureclash, sticking him in such an environment (though Carlisle comes across here as uniquely determined in what otherwise rates as pretty lowrent questioning; the dynamic shifts briefly with her). great to see this: thanks rrgomes!

@larryhovekamp4318 3 жыл бұрын

The odd thing was that Hunter could not fool them. These incurably irritating celebrities on the panel actually picked the right person- Hunter! Must be the blotter acid.

@enkiea8322 5 жыл бұрын

The day of Kurt Cobain's birth. Also the date Thompson died, years later.

@-GodIsMyJudge- 5 жыл бұрын

My birthday too :'/

@drbreeden4093 4 жыл бұрын

Zero significance

@piratepop7115 Жыл бұрын

@@drbreeden4093 I disagree

@harrymonk6 3 жыл бұрын

Its number 1 ffs

@yurakhunt5586 5 жыл бұрын

Will the real Dr of Gonzo journolism please stand up

@awesomeguy2005 3 жыл бұрын

Stop I laughed

@sweatervestfest918 6 жыл бұрын

#3 looks a lot like the first man to not walk on the moon

@vintagetvandexciting 8 жыл бұрын

doug walker's inspiration for his character raoul puke

@Thefa11engamer 7 жыл бұрын

Up next on Whats my Crime

@bobjob3456 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and his crime (like the rest of us) is being born on this godforsaken planet.

@michael575538 6 жыл бұрын

“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”

@PHanomaly 5 жыл бұрын

@@michael575538 from...?

@michael575538 5 жыл бұрын

@@PHanomaly Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, part 1, chapter 9.

@PHanomaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Michael! Who can keep up with the lines out of F&L, lol?

@CriticalShot1 2 жыл бұрын

I think the whole dressing the two squares in biker gear really gave it away. They both look soo silly, like the school nerd with a drawn on mustache and a visible frown

@chuckhurlocker2180 4 жыл бұрын

No comment

@ronlight7013 2 жыл бұрын

Let me see: Is it one of the two guys who look like they were sent by Central Casting, or is it the scruffy looking tall guy who looks like he just jacked a motorcycle?

@sk8trryan1997 3 жыл бұрын

this is twilight zone, Thompson almost had it worse than Nietzsche

@somethingsisee 2 жыл бұрын

How the fuck do they not know who he is?

@PHanomaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hunter, why did you choose to leave on a day that people now connect with grunge boy??!! Please dont put the 2 together in any serious conversation, people!

@drbreeden4093 4 жыл бұрын

Really! Thank you! Thompson was much more refined and interesting of a person and certainly more accomplished overall! Who would be most entertaining to hang with? Either Thompson or Dave Grohl imho...