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

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  • @ManufacturingIntellect
    @ManufacturingIntellect  6 років тому +31

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    • @GB3770
      @GB3770 5 років тому

      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 4 роки тому +1

      Great shark hunt....

  • @ryanmfalla
    @ryanmfalla 6 років тому +712

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

    • @fefefilmprod8688
      @fefefilmprod8688 5 років тому +32

      UFC was already around when this interview took place.

    • @TheJobberHunter
      @TheJobberHunter 5 років тому +4

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

    • @WWare16
      @WWare16 5 років тому +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 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +9

      I'm so high. This fucked with me bad

  • @countblue
    @countblue 4 роки тому +188

    I really like youtube for stuff like this.

  • @yulmp2
    @yulmp2 2 роки тому +204

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

    • @oldboywoody3835
      @oldboywoody3835 Рік тому +3

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

    • @oinkooink
      @oinkooink 10 місяців тому

      @@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 10 місяців тому +2

      prescient.

    • @profile2047
      @profile2047 9 місяців тому +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 6 місяців тому

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

  • @drgonzo4329
    @drgonzo4329 3 роки тому +75

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

    • @EyeAmMyOwn777
      @EyeAmMyOwn777 2 роки тому +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

  • @techsture
    @techsture 4 роки тому +268

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

    • @JAKPM
      @JAKPM 3 роки тому +13

      He’s drinking water, not wild turkey

    • @user-kd6bz1bk5g
      @user-kd6bz1bk5g 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @andrewhoyle1521
      @andrewhoyle1521 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @lauramalizia9636
      @lauramalizia9636 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @perjonsson8033
      @perjonsson8033 3 роки тому +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.

  • @john-martin
    @john-martin 2 роки тому +60

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

  • @zachdrejza8515
    @zachdrejza8515 3 роки тому +43

    Never seen him smile as much as he does here.

    • @elijah6342
      @elijah6342 Рік тому +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.

  • @sadbadmac
    @sadbadmac 4 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +10

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

    • @wakhfeign
      @wakhfeign 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @sheanroche2548
      @sheanroche2548 2 роки тому +2

      because he actually was a buddy of hunters

    • @kathypiazza4567
      @kathypiazza4567 Рік тому +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”.

  • @staceymac9335
    @staceymac9335 3 роки тому +56

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

  • @kbrown4ou
    @kbrown4ou 2 роки тому +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.

  • @rehmix48
    @rehmix48 4 роки тому +47

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

    • @alberthockenberry4091
      @alberthockenberry4091 4 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @TheDarthPurple
    @TheDarthPurple Місяць тому +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!

  • @dennisddd8243
    @dennisddd8243 3 роки тому +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 Рік тому

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

  • @kennyburrow7744
    @kennyburrow7744 4 роки тому +207

    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.

  • @jonvia
    @jonvia 2 роки тому +10

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

  • @shiftlessinseattle
    @shiftlessinseattle 2 роки тому +13

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

  • @spicy1570
    @spicy1570 2 роки тому +5

    man comes geeking to his interview i love him

  • @NewArchipelago
    @NewArchipelago 3 роки тому +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

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 3 роки тому +10

    This is a fascinating interview

  • @crunchycrails1071
    @crunchycrails1071 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @coolness-vt4mu
    @coolness-vt4mu 5 років тому +19

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

  • @RabbitSimmons
    @RabbitSimmons 3 роки тому +19

    His intense love for flowers is amazing.

    • @brandonluck159
      @brandonluck159 3 роки тому +5

      Definitly due to the acid

    • @That_Guy_Says_Hi
      @That_Guy_Says_Hi Рік тому +1

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

    • @brandonluck159
      @brandonluck159 Рік тому +1

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

    • @That_Guy_Says_Hi
      @That_Guy_Says_Hi Рік тому

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

    • @brandonluck159
      @brandonluck159 Рік тому +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.

  • @serialexperimentspain
    @serialexperimentspain 2 роки тому +27

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

    • @chris1142A
      @chris1142A 2 роки тому +1

      Guy gave Dana white the idea

  • @thedeadd.c.207
    @thedeadd.c.207 2 роки тому +48

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

    • @Rickydiculus
      @Rickydiculus 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

      Well

    • @axlldarkbear6184
      @axlldarkbear6184 Рік тому +4

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

    • @GeoffreyBronson
      @GeoffreyBronson 8 місяців тому

      @@Rickydiculus That was about Dr Gonzo.

  • @777jamesrc
    @777jamesrc 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @yelizaveta1278
      @yelizaveta1278 2 місяці тому

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

  • @user-xj2sm3xd5l
    @user-xj2sm3xd5l 5 років тому +39

    The rum diary is one of my favorite books ever

    • @ryanvernon871
      @ryanvernon871 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @user-xj2sm3xd5l
      @user-xj2sm3xd5l 3 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @Nebuloid1
      @Nebuloid1 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @shelbyligon1136
    @shelbyligon1136 3 роки тому +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.

  • @lancefraijo8585
    @lancefraijo8585 6 років тому +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 4 роки тому +19

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

    • @derekkelley7490
      @derekkelley7490 3 роки тому +6

      We have Joe Rogan

    • @wildcardartsent
      @wildcardartsent 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @dwaynebruny
      @dwaynebruny 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @vincentroberson6624
    @vincentroberson6624 2 роки тому +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.

  • @drumstick74
    @drumstick74 6 років тому +146

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

    • @andrews4596
      @andrews4596 5 років тому +6

      Hes on speed or cocaine lol

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 5 років тому +10

      Rose is a prick. Always was.

    • @dss6209
      @dss6209 5 років тому +8

      They ate mescaline in the green room

    • @ComplecksHD
      @ComplecksHD 5 років тому +5

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

    • @kitbigelowful
      @kitbigelowful 4 роки тому +1

      Lots of coke. He cant even talk.

  • @mbonar2694
    @mbonar2694 7 років тому +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 5 років тому +11

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

    • @1romancatholic
      @1romancatholic 5 років тому +1

      wassupwifyoface dawg Charlie, is that you? Hi.

    • @truthinspector6390
      @truthinspector6390 5 років тому +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 5 років тому +1

      wassupwifyoface dawg
      thats what i wanted to say, godammit

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 5 років тому +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.

  • @hakashaqU812
    @hakashaqU812 6 років тому +9

    This vid made me smile...

    • @C.Hawkshaw
      @C.Hawkshaw 2 роки тому

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

  • @GFY60NiNe
    @GFY60NiNe 4 роки тому +60

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

    • @BCS1105
      @BCS1105 3 роки тому

      For sure!

    • @JSTNtheWZRD
      @JSTNtheWZRD 3 роки тому

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

    • @GFY60NiNe
      @GFY60NiNe 2 роки тому +1

      @@JSTNtheWZRD look up his daily routine

    • @christivncvstro1118
      @christivncvstro1118 2 роки тому

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

    • @JSTNtheWZRD
      @JSTNtheWZRD 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @christinawilson7312
    @christinawilson7312 Рік тому +2

    Hunter Thompson….. a Beautiful Mind 🤩

  • @bargepoled
    @bargepoled 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому +6

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

    • @lutherthompson2250
      @lutherthompson2250 Рік тому

      Did you expect less

    • @JohnDoe-og2bt
      @JohnDoe-og2bt Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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 10 місяців тому +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.

  • @chriswertz1438
    @chriswertz1438 Рік тому +1

    Great interview!!

  • @chinxwraps7777
    @chinxwraps7777 5 років тому +18

    He literally almost cried and dude didnt even notice

  • @abrazalves
    @abrazalves Рік тому +1

    Nice to listen to Hunter Thompson interview

  • @edgarsibold3482
    @edgarsibold3482 Рік тому

    Thank you for interviewing brilliance!

  • @deborahcookston9373
    @deborahcookston9373 Рік тому

    I could watch this all day

  • @2ndjoshua268
    @2ndjoshua268 3 роки тому +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.

  • @pakhtoonincanada8918
    @pakhtoonincanada8918 2 роки тому +16

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

  • @flaviochavez1747
    @flaviochavez1747 4 роки тому +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...

  • @MyManDan
    @MyManDan 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @MrJboogie04
    @MrJboogie04 5 років тому +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 4 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @chrystagraumann6252
      @chrystagraumann6252 3 роки тому

      @@beemoney217 Agreed!

  • @fkylw
    @fkylw 3 роки тому +3

    Man they are such good buddies.

  • @erasmoganceres4376
    @erasmoganceres4376 4 роки тому +54

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

    • @erasmoganceres4376
      @erasmoganceres4376 4 роки тому +1

      Cool man, heavy.

    • @Nice-ck7rq
      @Nice-ck7rq 4 роки тому +6

      Too rare to die to rare to live

    • @erasmoganceres4376
      @erasmoganceres4376 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @erasmoganceres4376
      @erasmoganceres4376 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @randomguy-
    @randomguy- 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @erickelm4974
    @erickelm4974 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +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

  • @vincentaurelius2390
    @vincentaurelius2390 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @davidrbargas1191
    @davidrbargas1191 5 років тому +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 5 років тому +1

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

    • @wesmcgee1648
      @wesmcgee1648 2 роки тому

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

  • @SophieBird07
    @SophieBird07 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @carrielucas5672
    @carrielucas5672 9 місяців тому

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

  • @rohamg.havaei9480
    @rohamg.havaei9480 6 років тому +42

    Extremely intelligent

  • @stevelegreid
    @stevelegreid 5 років тому +24

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

    • @ryanvernon871
      @ryanvernon871 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @2ndjoshua268
      @2ndjoshua268 3 роки тому

      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🤙

  • @colonialb
    @colonialb 6 років тому +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.

  • @Jfladager
    @Jfladager 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @healthymealthy775
      @healthymealthy775 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @alberthockenberry4091
      @alberthockenberry4091 4 роки тому +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.

  • @d.e.harrod8863
    @d.e.harrod8863 2 роки тому +1

    RIP and LOVE

  • @NBAFAKEGAMES
    @NBAFAKEGAMES 6 років тому +46

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

    • @turneraround8389
      @turneraround8389 5 років тому

      Patrick Moore there's an interview where he inhales them

    • @wasfizureikat3364
      @wasfizureikat3364 5 років тому +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 5 років тому +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 2 роки тому

      @@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 28 днів тому

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

  • @davehall4343
    @davehall4343 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

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

  • @dsldrvr69
    @dsldrvr69 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @TheBustedNut
    @TheBustedNut 2 роки тому +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✊

  • @Drjoshington
    @Drjoshington Рік тому +4

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

  • @kitbigelowful
    @kitbigelowful 4 роки тому +9

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

  • @russellbaldridge2433
    @russellbaldridge2433 5 років тому +8

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

  • @mushroomanjcc1954
    @mushroomanjcc1954 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @nicholasjames8576
    @nicholasjames8576 2 роки тому +3

    Hunter s Thompson is a Master.

  • @ExxylcrothEagle
    @ExxylcrothEagle Рік тому +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

  • @faffaflunkie
    @faffaflunkie 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @GVGames1986
    @GVGames1986 3 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @daniellyons914
      @daniellyons914 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @metaldetectingwithlugnut
      @metaldetectingwithlugnut Рік тому +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 Рік тому

      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

  • @iammine7325
    @iammine7325 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @aidanwoodford8195
    @aidanwoodford8195 3 роки тому +26

    It seems like he got Chatlie Rose high before this.

  • @tylerk2211
    @tylerk2211 4 роки тому +20

    This in a interview with Dr Thompson, not Duke

    • @kaidengathings3096
      @kaidengathings3096 4 роки тому +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.

  • @lucyboswell7584
    @lucyboswell7584 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @SomeGuy-cq3yv
    @SomeGuy-cq3yv 5 років тому +31

    11:55 when the acid hits

  • @yourheadlmao
    @yourheadlmao Рік тому

    i luv this man

  • @joaobrandao9482
    @joaobrandao9482 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @wheelerking8380
    @wheelerking8380 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 11 місяців тому

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

  • @TheMaxFusionGaming
    @TheMaxFusionGaming 4 роки тому +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

  • @813lynch
    @813lynch 6 років тому +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 2 роки тому

      Exactly understood. Sparring partners snd friends.

  • @coolworx
    @coolworx 4 роки тому +18

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

    • @jagerbomb
      @jagerbomb 4 роки тому +10

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

    • @MarkMasters...
      @MarkMasters... 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @MarsLonsen
      @MarsLonsen 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @Boxscot49
      @Boxscot49 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому

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

  • @jameslachance8159
    @jameslachance8159 Рік тому +1

    A beautiful mind.

  • @klgamit
    @klgamit Рік тому +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...

  • @sonomawinetourdrivers3895
    @sonomawinetourdrivers3895 4 роки тому +4

    The sign of a great journalist is empathy

  • @breakit46
    @breakit46 2 роки тому +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.

  • @kanesanders157
    @kanesanders157 4 роки тому +13

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

    • @RardTangler
      @RardTangler 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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.

  • @davidsmart8594
    @davidsmart8594 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @raymemichaels
    @raymemichaels 4 роки тому +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 2 роки тому

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

    • @raymemichaels
      @raymemichaels 2 роки тому

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

  • @shanemackinnon3575
    @shanemackinnon3575 6 років тому +38

    The end of the interview was very interesting for me. When Hunter says,"Hey man it's always a pleasure" the way he said that hit me hard. Wow that was said with love. The tone in his voice and the body language so very genuine. I don't think I ever had a video manifest emotional experience this strong before. I feel like I took a mild drug or had religious experience of some sort. This man seemed so good in that moment. I wanted to be friends with him instantly.
    Then Hunter puts himself out there and asks Charlie to hangout with him after the show and Charlie gives no love back man. None! WTF CHARLIE! So Hunter asks Charlie to hangout at a club where Hunters' friend Doug will be doing a reading and Charlie says Oh that's tonight? Then silence for a second, Charlie you stupid F! So he doesn't give Hunter an answer immediately. Hunter continues on after that second or two of silence and kind of gives a depressed laugh and then starts to stumble over his words then Charlie cuts him off abruptly and Hunters' body language and tone in his voice seems so sad to me. Like this man really wants to hangout with a friend he sincerely appreciates. He seemed so sad and embarrassed to me at the end and o god his face soo sad :(

    • @nitroexpress2438
      @nitroexpress2438 6 років тому +7

      maybe charlie was remembering the accusations of snuff films and pedophilia.

    • @vanomaden
      @vanomaden 6 років тому +9

      Hunter is a human being not following the perverted rules these interview hosts have. He is himself, a man interested in other humans. For these show hosts it's a show - not more.

    • @ZekeMan62
      @ZekeMan62 6 років тому +8

      Nitro Express
      I've read Thompson and studied the circles he ran in. Anyone who thinks his dark twisted wit didn't come from a dark twisted source is exactly the sort of rube that Hunter wouldn't have had much more than contempt for. He was an undeniable odd bird, but far stranger even than was readily apparent.

    • @nitroexpress2438
      @nitroexpress2438 6 років тому

      i never followed him very closely. i've seen him do a few interviews (generally later in life). might have caught a documentary or some such. he seemed like a strange druggie/drunk that could be interesting at times. but to me, he wasn't of much interest. RIP Hunter, the world needs a few strange ones.

    • @cybrunel1016
      @cybrunel1016 6 років тому +3

      Read his books.

  • @giftedgypsy
    @giftedgypsy 2 роки тому +3

    "Where’s my knife? I want to show you how temporal life is and, goddamnit, I don’t have my tools."
    "I’m a road man, really, for the, for the Lords of Karma."

  • @chokin78
    @chokin78 2 роки тому

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

  • @tru2harris998
    @tru2harris998 Рік тому

    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!

  • @karljohansen7251
    @karljohansen7251 5 років тому +4

    feck, this host is awesome.
    not even being sarcastic.

  • @aschemusicreations
    @aschemusicreations 5 років тому +4

    Hunter correctly predicts the existence of UFC.... strange insight from a brilliant dude.

    • @lordj.8962
      @lordj.8962 5 років тому +5

      Urine Denial no, because this video was from 98 I believe UFC started around 93, 94..

  • @AussieGirl235
    @AussieGirl235 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @fkylw
    @fkylw 3 роки тому +5

    "HELP! … HELP! Nobody's helping me…" Hahaha

    • @brandonm5650
      @brandonm5650 3 роки тому

      Wanted a time out for a little coke

  • @BazIrvine
    @BazIrvine 5 років тому

    Brinkley's reading oh yes and I'm sorry I missed it.

  • @sonomawinetourdrivers3895
    @sonomawinetourdrivers3895 4 роки тому +6

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