Merry Prankster George Walker talks about Neal Cassady's driving.

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  • @Sfsmacks
    @Sfsmacks 3 роки тому +21

    Neal, the OG based god speedfreak with a legend so exceptionally unique that it’s simply unbelievably beautiful. You can see the excitement when describing how Neal drove the bus. I can only imagine being a Prankster on Further as Neal’s passenger at one point of my life…

    • @EnigmaticAlien
      @EnigmaticAlien 25 днів тому

      Me too brother me too, there is a point in my life where riding on that bus could have been an even more magical time in my life haha

  • @raymondcwhite8552
    @raymondcwhite8552 Рік тому +9

    One of the great ‘on the road’ lines about Cassidy (Moriarty) from Kerouac I recall is when they were driving past Salt Lake City with a few stranger passengers and all of a sudden Neal pulls over and goes to sleep. Kerouac writes the lady said in a suppressed hysterical whisper, we can’t let him drive anymore, he’s absolutely crazy. They must have let him out of an asylum or something. Lmfao.

  • @achtsieben87
    @achtsieben87 2 роки тому +23

    Neal was the exception, do not try this at home, kids.

    • @raverave4667
      @raverave4667 2 місяці тому

      U mean, don't try driving on acid 😂

  • @lumpygasinavacuum8449
    @lumpygasinavacuum8449 2 роки тому +5

    You guys are awesome all you pranksters.

  • @ThymeMcKernan777
    @ThymeMcKernan777 4 роки тому +13

    I saw a kid in Noblesville who had a jacket like that I think he made it cuz I said I liked it and he said thanks my friend made it he’s a prankster

    • @billbeliakoff5589
      @billbeliakoff5589 Рік тому

      I somehow managed to keep the tuxedo from my wedding and was going to tie die it, but as luck would have it it got ruined in a flood a couple of days after I got the idea.

  • @diamondstar1200
    @diamondstar1200 10 місяців тому +5

    Alot can happen in 15 seconds.

    •  6 місяців тому

      Neal accounted for possibilities and exceptions to the rules. You just had to see it, to see it.

  • @mellilore
    @mellilore Рік тому +5

    I think it would be pretty safe to assume traffic was different back then. I cannot see anyone doing that nowaday.

  • @pnwalternativebeauty8001
    @pnwalternativebeauty8001 3 роки тому +12

    George walker is a legend 🙌

  • @MoneySavingVideos
    @MoneySavingVideos 2 роки тому +8

    Looking back, this was very careless. We should not put him on a pedestal. Neal hurt a lot of people around him.

    • @I_do.not_fearyou
      @I_do.not_fearyou 2 роки тому +6

      Nobody's perfect. Neal was a legend.

    • @sadoid
      @sadoid 2 роки тому +14

      Yeah well, safety wasn't exactly the reason why people are still looking back to this trip almost 60 years later. Kinda feels like you're in the wrong audience.

    • @davidschlotterback8374
      @davidschlotterback8374 7 місяців тому +3

      I completely agree. I used to think this was awesome the first time I heard of this, but these days, some tripping goof driving a bus down the road and getting out of his seat walking down the aisle just sounds completely foolish. Totally an irresponsible thing to do, even in 1964.

    • @williamdonnelly224
      @williamdonnelly224 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes. And in turn, hanging out with the Pranksters was Neal's undoing. He became a babbling, shiftless person with nothing to show for his life. Hanging out with the Pranksters turned Neal into a burned out shell of a person who was just entertainment for Kesey and his gang. They really didn't give a shit about him. A sad end for what was once an amazing life.

    • @wowitch17
      @wowitch17 3 місяці тому

      pretty good metaphor for the entire generation, imo. no wonder they are all Qanon and trump supporters now.

  • @moorefacts6605
    @moorefacts6605 Рік тому +4

    George is among a small group of folks who can accurately talk about Neal from a personal perspective. His accounts are interesting and informative. Great video here, and while he is sitting in the driver's seat of Kesey's second bus creation. Neal never had a chance to drive this one as he passed in 1968 in Mexico(that's another story that George can tell accurately).

  • @kevinodriscoll3904
    @kevinodriscoll3904 9 місяців тому

    There is a passage in "On The Road" where Kerouac describes how Cassady critiqued other drivers, and the way they took corners at speed. The point was that the other drivers slowed down too soon and then turned but then ran out of road at the exit of the corner and had to slow again. This is called understeer in racing terms. Cassady was a very sophisticated driver with the skill of a racing driver. The ideal line in a corner is to brake late and then turn in so that you hit the apex of the turn on the other side of the corner. Then it is just a matter of feeding back in the throttle until you are flat out and you will not experience the dreaded understeer that makes people go off the road.

  • @holygoof7755
    @holygoof7755 3 роки тому +5

    I think of Neal Cassady

  • @mikegibson3388
    @mikegibson3388 6 місяців тому +1

    The Holy Goof drives with his left hoof.

  • @jaybrown5525
    @jaybrown5525 4 місяці тому

    I was at William condes I think I met this man at least I got to see Ken kesey and the pranksters perform at 1999 world hemp festival

  • @johnhenry4
    @johnhenry4 5 років тому +4

    he chopped down that brain lag

  • @georgestevens1502
    @georgestevens1502 5 місяців тому

    Before cars had push button speed control, on long distance driving I did the left foot thing too because my right foot would have a sore heal. That was the era of bench front seats so I could drape my right leg and foot over the passenger side until my heal wasn't sore and the tension had left my right leg. Tried all kinds of right foot positions on the gas pedal to vary the pressure, but on long road trips using the left foot was a necessity.

  • @320parks8
    @320parks8 7 років тому +9

    USPS could use folks like ya'll

  • @patrickcoughlin3564
    @patrickcoughlin3564 2 роки тому

    that makes perfect sense! Mr Automatic

  • @lastnamefirst4035
    @lastnamefirst4035 4 роки тому +4

    Damn I thought he was Arthur of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

    • @Aqua.man045
      @Aqua.man045 3 роки тому +1

      I thought Arthur Brown was dead

    • @lastnamefirst4035
      @lastnamefirst4035 3 роки тому

      @@Aqua.man045 alive and still has concerts-has some more recent videos on utube. Crazy

  • @johnhenry4
    @johnhenry4 3 роки тому

    I remember driving down the road reading a book through NC.

  • @BrokedDownPalace
    @BrokedDownPalace 3 роки тому +2

    Neal cassady would not do well with things like cell phone laws (look away for two seconds to check your phone someone slams on their brakes, a kid jumps out of a bush whatever)

  • @michaelanders2407
    @michaelanders2407 4 роки тому +1

    Photographic memory

  • @KeithOtisEdwards
    @KeithOtisEdwards 8 років тому +18

    So, it was as if Cassady could safely text while driving?

  • @diamonddave16
    @diamonddave16 2 роки тому

    Awesomeness

  • @ceejayhey8544
    @ceejayhey8544 2 роки тому

    How cool is that!

  • @niceworld9336
    @niceworld9336 8 років тому +4

    j'aime le bus I love the car 💞💓💋

    • @carioca56
      @carioca56 7 років тому +2

      I love THE BUS

  • @jupiterlegrand4817
    @jupiterlegrand4817 23 дні тому

    Makes for great war stories, but the truth is he was constantly putting many lives in danger.

  • @stephendenney7349
    @stephendenney7349 2 роки тому +4

    Nobody else should try it.

  • @KarmaMechanic988
    @KarmaMechanic988 6 місяців тому

    Elon musk take note. Full self-driving algorithms can be aided by studying this

  • @CreachterZ
    @CreachterZ 11 місяців тому +2

    What if someone pulled out in front of him or a deer ran out unexpectedly a couple of seconds after he looked?

    •  6 місяців тому +1

      Dealing in hypotheticals only serves to keep us from the moment and the reality of a moment. "What if" anything anytime anywhere anywho? You could theorize all you want about potentials and anomalies but does it serve any purpose for you to ask those particular questions?

  • @robertwoods1380
    @robertwoods1380 Рік тому

    Definitely far out

  • @hopbup7401
    @hopbup7401 Рік тому

    This and everybody sees the bus and avoids it. Doubt he could do this in a car

  • @andymatteomusic
    @andymatteomusic 5 років тому +1

    Who has me on mind control?

  • @aviduser1961
    @aviduser1961 Рік тому +1

    I am working on a new musical called, Cassady & Cassidy. It's about Neal Cassady and Cassidy Hutchenson driving in a bus, high on LSD and the adventures they experience on their road trip. It should be fun for the whole family! Some of the songs I am working on:
    Poor Judge of Character
    Driving with My Eyes Closed
    Screw You/Screw Me?