Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) – was an Ameri… Read Full Bio ↴Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) – was an American journalist and author. As a writer he is remembered most for his flamboyant and humorous style. He enjoyed employing action verbs to comically spin outlandish tales that were completely unbelievable, yet provided a unique viewpoint to accurately describe the underlying reality at hand. Thompson almost always wrote in first person narrative, and his stories became so colorfully contrived that they easily slipped into the realm of fiction; however, the basic framework of the story he told was very often true.

Thompson’s writing style and 'Gonzo Journalism' has been widely imitated; his influence on American Writers of the latter half of the 20th century is undeniable.

In his writing, he cultivated the persona of a dangerously absurd, drug-crazed journalist bent on comic self-destruction. While his fictional persona largely mirrored his actual life, Thompson noted that he sometimes felt obligated to live up to the fictional self that he had created.

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Intro You've arrived at your destination Saturn (L-L-LV) I just bo…
Letter to William S. Burroughs & Ode To Jack (Alright, any level? OK. Let's read this) Let us hope tha…
outro What happened to taking care of me You just couldn't see…

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Sunlion

4y↑2.1K

The fact that Johnny Depp spent $3 million giving Hunter a proper sendoff by shooting his ashes out of a giant cannon, and honoring his friends wishes, back in 2005, make Depp cool with me forever, no matter what.

Ben Hart Art

3 million is like a parking ticket for Depp😂

Truth time With Tamzen

Pathetic

Jack_of_Helsinki

That was actually $5 million

Lee C

@WISDOM vs knowledge you are CRECT IT WAS ONLY$ 2.99 MILLION

Lee C

@Sands Time yeah or he could have got married to a toxic b8tch and then have to DONATE HER $7 million?:BOOM. WHAT ADDRESS SHOULD I SEND THE CREAM TO????:

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Papa Suess

5y↑4K

I think an audio book of one of Hunters books read by Johnny would literally be one of the greatest blessings ever bestowed upon mankind

AdeGren

agree

Wisdom of the Golem

He did

Sammy

im in with that !

Rainflowers

@MutantMeerkat such a great film, hilarious

Jp218girl

👀an extreme opposite view of a blessing is, in my opinion.

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Official Filmilen

6y↑1.5K

Johnny Depp deserved to win an Oscar for his role in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Noel

And fot Ed Wood too

Educate Me

Who cares?

You realise you have only one life right?

Free Vortex

Feat and Loathing is funny as fuck, I defy anyone to watch that movies and not totally crack up all the way through. Johnny is a true genius and propet guy

Really really happy for him after he won his court case against that basket case AH

sammy sweetheart

"you can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when it's waving a rasor sharp hunting knife in your eye"

Chadwick Wright

@Dixie Sedgwick Oh, are you a master acting teacher? Go sit in your tower.

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Ethen Millard

4y↑370

I'm not even a gun nut, but shooting propane tanks and nitroglycerin with Hunter Thompson and Johnny Depp sounds like the best experience ever

Thịnh Phan

Whoever offers you to shoot their shotgun at 2:33 in the morning is one hell of a pal. How could you ever forget that experience lol.

Jamie Hollaway

2y↑1

Who in their right mind would say no to partying with Hunter S Thompson?

Mídiacorrupta

2y↑7

And adrenochrome too

Brandon Sellers

What about when they hunted long pork together?

THOTH

5y↑4.1K

"he invited me to his house that night and.. we were spending time together" spending time together is obviously code for ingesting copious amounts of drugs

sean paul

Lmao

TedAnt A

@Lucifer SkyWalker LMAO ok killer

Lucifer SkyWalker

@TedAnt A you can bare my light when I bust on your face Mofo 🤓

TedAnt A

@Lucifer SkyWalker I'm the true light mofo!

Lucifer SkyWalker

@TedAnt A beeotch 🤓

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Robgoren

7y↑1.1K

Depp's performance in Fear & Loathing is some of the finest acting in cinema history, second only to his brilliant turn in Ed Wood. So weird, bold, and strange, yet warm and endearing. Unlike the safe, boring, cookie cutter garbage we get today.

plizzzle

lol watch more movies

Son of Seth

Watched it recently on very powerful acid.

It was like brandy and cigars.

AhYaOkRgT

@Pitch&Sulfur Techno God damn right. Also Amber Heard is a lying bitch.

Alain Vosselman

2y↑2

@Dudley Landsberg Johnny Depp's looks were more true to the character he played.. the gestures, the voice. Can't even begin to compare imo. That is not to say Di caprio's performances were bad or so, i love the guy's work. Most of all his part in Whatever happened to Gilbert Grape. THAT was his best performance i think. Together with The Revenant.

Alain Vosselman

2y↑2

Fear& Loathing is my favorite movie. Some don't understand why. I agree that J.D's performance is one of the best in modern cinema. I was born in '74 and haven't seen a lot of movies made before my time so i can't judge.
I love it when an actor is actually disguised when playing a character. It's the closest thing to real acting. Anyone who has seen and heard the real Hunter Thompson probably understands why J.D's performance leaves any performance in his slip stream. The manners, the voice, the dedication to the character is just way out there.

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Ashton Smith

2y↑36

I could listen to Johnny tell stories forever and never get tired of it.

Mark Lupo

2y↑23

You can tell he misses him a lot. His face lights up whenever he talks about him.

Skwid Lives

3y↑189

Fear and Loathing is a movie with 40 or 50 mini movies within it because each scene is something unto itself. It’s highly underrated

yannick245

Underrated? The movie is widely considered a masterpiece.

Many people have problems with book adaptations. Which is natural. Seldom the film can keep up with the book.

But "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" is definitely an exception!

I'd like to know what HST thought of the movie, since him and Depp were friends. I think was probably weird. Since Raoul Duke basically is HST, it must have been weird to watch a friend of yours, imitating you and your mannerisms.

Kyle Davidson

2y↑1

God bless Terry Gilliam for keeping the vision pure.

Rachel Foust

Very true

Coyo Boyo

2y↑3

Terry G from Monty Python was directing. Of course it was brilliant.

Dan Alexander

2y↑2

The novel is about 40 stories all edited together into two main narratives. If you read the novel while watching the film, they are almost identical.

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Veronica Hayes

2y↑19

Can you imagine having Johnny Depp as a friend? What a treat that would be to hang out with such a great storyteller. Such an amazing fun human being . Wow he is lucky to have spent time with Hunter and to have had such experiences

Evan Steele

2y↑52

You can tell he really loved and misses Hunter.

Mike Hoont

7y↑1.4K

Can Johnny Depp still do a Johnny Depp impression?

yannick245

@Chris Snyder What made you think he's British?

General Direction

Lol, this is great. From what I've heard, Johnny Depp is a method actor, he tries to fully become the character he's going to play when prepping for a role. For Fear & Loathing, this meant spending months with Hunter, probably ingesting the same copious amount of drugs & alcohol he did, while practicing his mannerisms & getting deeper into his state of mind.

I also hear most method actors don't typically have much of a personality themselves. That's what makes them so great at totally becoming the character they're playing.

WISDOM vs knowledge

@twilit he learned this from Brando & Deniro - that if you go on interviews & act aloof w/ a dry personality the public's perception will be that you're that much better of an actor - because you are nothing like ur characters; when in reality they are exactly like the characters, they get casted for!

twilit

@WISDOM vs knowledge nah he talked similar on them.

Jay Jackson

@WISDOM vs knowledge Furthermore of course it's all an act it was all an act with Hunter Thompson too, but in both cases the act has become the normal to such a degree that it takes a conscious choice to stop acting, the affectation remains in effect even when blackout drunk and not conscious of one's own behavior.

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Blaise Tighe

2y↑25

Those men were kindred spirits to say the least. They could pass for father and son. They even look, act and sound alike. Depp was perfect for the role.

Eoin Madden

2y↑23

I'm a Depp fan, but people need to remember Hunter was turned up to 11 all by himself. Being a good friend to Hunter is straight-up cool, and I respect the sh1t out of Johnny, but Hunter was unique and magnificent and uncompromising all by himself. Hunter is the Muhammad Ali of living by your own rules. As Mike Tyson said about Ali; "Ali's a giant... no other fighter can match him... he died for this sh1t!"... Hunter died for his lifestyle. That's gangster...

cardfreak05

2y↑2

and he went on his own terms as well, suicide. Felt like he had done everything he wanted and just bolted, refusing to elaborate further.

cowboysfan782008

5y↑15

A lot of armchair quarterbacks ripping on Johnny here but overall I think he deserves some credit. If you know anything about him his family moved something like 15 times when he was a kid, and I don't think his dad was ever much of a part in his life, which is tough when you are a boy. He comes out to Hollywood in the very early 80s with his band and meets Nick Cage (Who's real name is Nick Coppola), who gets him into acting. Has a part in Nightmare On Elm Street in 84' then Platoon in 86' then hits it huge with 21 Jump Street then to the top from there. What I'm getting at is for a guy with humble beginnings he's an awesome A list actor who was superb in every role I've ever seen him in, and he's also true to his beliefs and turned down stuff that didn't have substance. He's also damn likable, and not full of himself and that is why Hunter, Brando, and others who normally didn't get close to many ppl liked Johnny Depp. Too many ppl are too quick to judge!

Cheetah Coats

5y↑64

Fantastic. This is the most relaxed and real I’ve seen Jonny. He’s a great story teller.

middleclassic

2y↑4

I’m not much of a book reader but managed to read at least 10-15 as a young adult late ‘70s. Normally I struggle through books no matter the subject. But somehow I was steered toward Fear and Loathing and it’s the only book I couldn’t put down. I devoured it.

Kyle Andersen

8y↑618

What is most amazing about this video is that it is evidence that Krauss can be quiet for more than 20 seconds, while not talking over the other person...

cr19az85y

2y↑1

@Atypical that was the first thing what struck me too! The red shoe club 👠.

someting

He got silence afte Johny mentioned "novelties", shutted him up pretty good.

Atypical

5y↑1

whats with the red shoes?

Richard Luna

5y↑2

Chad Porter it’s funny how you made a logical point then follow it up with a fallacy by ignorantly assuming a persons character through country affiliation. We’re all here together. Can’t help the way your raised. If we were all the same and thought a like this world would not be alive. Love

Richard Luna

Kyle Andersen I think he was doing the same as I was and that is staining at a drugged out johnny depp stuttering and drawing blanks. He’s either really uncomfortable with a large audience or he’s abusing a spectrum of drugs. Just my personal view. Not judging just noticing similar traits.

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Nunna Beeznes

3y↑55

No one could have portrayed Hunter as perfectly as Johnny Depp.

Naked Steak

2y↑1

@Emil Karpo definitely man! I thought he got the voice down better than depp and some of the timing of his mannerisms. Depp’s was a bit more caricaturized which suited fear and loathing perfectly whereas bill was better for the more journalistic storyline of where the buffalo roam (obv a lot of overlap in the two movies)

Emil Karpo

2y↑1

@Naked Steak For the time Where The Buffalo Roam was made I thing Bill Murray did a very credible job.

Naked Steak

Billy Murray did a brilliant job also in where the Buffalo roam!

Joseph Dutra

2y↑102

When the trial's over, I seriously want to see Johnny Depp come back to play Hunter S. Thompson in his final years. That would be a surreal but awesome film!

Emil Karpo

2y↑1

No it wouldn't, read his sons memoir, "Stories I tell Myself: Growing Up With Hunter S. Thompson". In large part it was the guidance and grounding he got from his Godfather Jimmy Buffett that got him through the experience.

Joel Farrelly

The Screwjack movie?

That would be sad but I'd watch it.

Noka Bye

@Jack Villan shit happens

Coyo Boyo

2y↑2

@ThirdEyeBlind He absolutely did. His curse was being made into a sort of fictional parody of himself instead of being recognized for the great writer and social issue commentator he was. Fear & Loathing was a fictional book but it's all most know about who he was. No one remembers how he got beaten by the Hells Angels and threatened for protecting a woman being beaten, his time in Vietnam after it fell. They just remember Uncle Duke. That is the real Curse of Lono.

ThirdEyeBlind

2y↑2

@Coyo Boyo Didn't hunter despise Doonsbury?

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natrag spar

8y↑50

Great person for an interview and great interviewee. You can listen for hours.

kristal meracle

Man!! It would have been sooo much fun to have hung out with both of them. Never a dull moment!!

Dee J'ann E Mei & Urff Nicht

3y↑21

Brilliant to have that opportunity to have Hunter ''conduct'' his readings of the work!
Hutner's work reads SOOoooooo much betetr when you feel and understand his rhythm, ebbs, flows, and PUNCHES!
Yeh, a blessing for sure there!

Amber Earheart

3y↑23

That is so beautiful that they really bonded over an author... man Hunter you are missed... and Johnny I am excited to see justice for you...

Doogert McKoog

2y↑2

I would honestly love to make a movie about Johnny and Hunter hanging out, a spiritual sequel to Fear & Loathing

The Duder

5y↑13

MAJOR respect and a huge THANK YOU to this channel for posting the link to the full interview!

Automobiliana

2y↑5

Wonderful to hear him speak about his friend. RIP HTS

Dadpool

3y↑31

Always been interested to see Bill Murray and Depp get together to speak about Hunter. Both portrayed him, while Depp spent some time with him Murray and Hunter were definitely long time friends.

person named

he means bill murray acted as hunter in a film. quite an old film

Caleb Garlipp

That's actually Lawrence Krauss with Depp not Bill Murray

Sami LO

6y↑3

I love Johnny. He is friends with some of the most famous people and he’s still so down to earth and humble.. love that!

Sami LO

@marcus jones I know plenty about Johnny Depp. He is very down to earth and humble. We’re talking about a guy who bought a club so that young celebrities could go out and be themselves without being harassed not so he could make money. We’re talking about a guy who paid for the defense of wrongly convicted men who were convicted on the sole basis that they were different. We are talking about a guy who goes to hospitals dressed as Jack Sparrow just to cheer up sick children. A guy who said quote “you’ll never have to wait tables again.” To his mom as he paid for her to live. A guy who destroyed his own billboard because he didn’t like that he was holding a gun on it. He isn’t arrogant and nobody who knows him has one awful thing to say about him, aside from his abusive ex wife.

marcus jones

5y↑3

You obviously know nothing about Johnny Depp with that statement.

AXY Offical

Was named after him and pursued writing because of him and other writers. A legend forever.

PooreSport

Lol

Cam

2y↑7

I remember seeing fear an loathing tripping balls in the theater!!!Great movie an great time!!

Garnet Nard

That sounds like the worst experience ever.

Miss Anne Thrope

2y↑8

How cool that Johnny called Hunter a conductor, and that was the final word Hunter typed on his typewriter before he left this world.

Drage_jdeppsupporter20

3y↑4

Johnny is a legend he makes me laugh

uverpro

3y↑25

Being a native Kentuckian as well as a huge Johnny Depp & Hunter S. Thompson fan; I smiled at how Depp pronounced “Louisville”.

YaowBucketHEAD

I live in Northern Kentucky and call it "LEWISVILLE."

People hate me.

barb ryll

I liked that too! I'm Canadian, so you'd laugh like hell to hear how we say it! I had no idea that's how it was pronounced

HumansMidAsf

2y↑5

he's such a good actor that voice is spot on

As D

4y↑62

Everytime some asks Depp about Hunter S, he has always that smirk on his face. I bet they did a lot of acid together. RIP, what an interesting man he was!

Michael Barbarich

@Dawn Sites Qtard alert

Dawn Sites

2y↑1

Adrenocrome

As D

@Just Is 9pm starts snorthing cocaine seriously!

Just Is

2y↑4

cocaine

OsKarMike1306

2y↑9

Hunter sounds like the kind of friend that the mere mention of his name sends you into a "Oh man, where should I start..."

Shaun Scullion

2y↑2

Imagine a fella who’d been on the sesh with hunter s Thompson, Shane macgowan and Keith Richards and managed to come out the other side Alive. Whatever you think of him that’s some achievement

John Clark

4y↑3

His impersonations are so good he just picks the character up and goes.

Alex Johnson

4y↑3

Has Johnny Depp written any books? Only because I think with some of the anecdotes and how he tells them he sure would be a fantastic writer.

Kevin Morley

4y↑3

Johnny is a great story teller

Maxwell Beeman

4y↑5

I'd love to hear some of Hunter Thompson's books as a audiobooks narrated by Johnny Depp.

A day in the life

2y↑1

I'm not a huge fan of Hunter as a man or a person in fact I find him intolerable but I love Johnny's portrayal of him and of course love Johnny.

AC3

4y↑1

I love how the two of them are there, intimate setting, but you can hear the cavernous audience there, and you're like... okay, there's some people there watching, but expect it to be like a small playhouse setting.
And then you get a shot from that back camera that's been shifting back and forth now and then, and see this PACKED fucking huge ass theater with easily a few thousand people in it, and just how NATURAL these guys are sitting there talking are about it all.

Eric Felds

Goddamn do I love Johnny Depp, he absolutely has his own kind Thompson-esque quality when it comes to hedonic pursuits. Sucks he made the mistake of marrying a wet blanket.

Sharon I

I love this story every time I hear it. They're meeting

Bubba Hazelitt

5y↑18

Hunter s. Thompson will never be forgotten r.i.p💯

Terance Bowles

Spending time with Mr. Hunter was the best thing he ever done....

hippiecheezburger

5y↑32

My favorite role of Depp’s is that of Hunter S. Thompson, for real the film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a an underrated overlooked masterpiece and faithful representation of gonzo journalism and the story

Derek Weinert TV

4y↑3

Im pretty sure it not over looked it a fucking classic

Adam B

2y↑7

5:27 love when he does HSTs mannerisms there. He had the most uniquely natural way of moving his limbs of anyone I’ve ever seen

Mortisha Styles

4y↑2

Reading to someone with expression makes passion in the story.I had one good teacher in all my 18 years of classrooms.5th grade Mrs Gatewood read the Hobbit.I was hooked then and have never stopped.

DarkKrusty

4y↑47

I like how when talking about Hunter is Anxiety is not really there, where as if he speaks about himself it very much is, fantastic dude, fucking bat shit insane to some degree but I think Robin williams had it right saying "You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." Depp aint lost his, he puts it into the characters he plays and the way he is when out of highly social situations, this guy is without a doubt one of the better actors there has ever been. (was tempted to make a Pirates reference but opted not to), also for the record Anxiety sucks, there is a reason I spend most of my days avoiding people where possible.

someting

3y↑2

I simply avoid people be cuz mosr of them really really sux and are uncool

iyaramonk

8y↑536

The conducting bit sounds exactly like something Hunter would do lol

Sara Ferguson

@Rick Sanchez it's not a lie. It's true.

Larry Linn

5y↑4

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro!” HST

Raprot

"God damn!" - Noop Noop.

Julie Park

6y↑1

iyaramonk he was a pedophile

phil hems

8y↑26

He understood that every great writer had their own rhythm

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Kujien

7y↑1.3K

I bet Stephen Hawkins can put back the whiskey's . Dudes 100% not handicapped he just drinks a lot which requires him to travel in a wheel chair with an electronic voice, so he doesnt slur

IONIZE

Absolutely brilliant comment kujien lmfao

IONIZE

Lmfao

Chazz McCloud

🤯

LRon Butters

So can i

q2w2

Can’t be talking about black holes to millionaire inverstors slurring your words and tumbling on stage.

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somedude& hisdog

7y↑20

jonny depp is incredibly mindgifted to the arts talented person all the movies as well very good

valkor73

6y↑1

when he was young he looked like a young woman that how to make it in hollywood some person likes you in a certain way

Phyllis Patterson

Johnny, you were exactly right on. He was testing you. You passed! Right on.

Brian Sullivan

4y↑2

Johnny Depp. Always in character

Karen Goodridge

Kind of frightening, don't you think?

Anurag Sharma

2y↑1

Johnny acts with his calm demeanor in real.life too and he doesn't even care about great people like to praise them or do things like that as other people do he tries to remain in his zone and not be bothered but there is so much inside of him

PSiLLY TY

Johnny outta write a book about Hunter. That would be amazing!!

Cory Courtney

4y↑115

Johnny Depp could read the phone book and make it interesting.

Paul Burns

3y↑1

I like John but I think his voice is terrible put you to sleep.

The Happening

i would listen

MadamFoogie

3y↑21

I respect someone wanting their book to be read in a certain inflection. When I've had my stuff read aloud, it really annoys me when people don't put emphasis on the correct things, or if their timing isn't the way I intended.

Sislertx

Ive been a fan of audio books for....well about 50 years....u tube is blessing too...anyway...your right...even a smuck like me gets irritated sometimes...i was shocked at the zombie book ...how only the title was bought.mmbut it was one of the few the author read...its rare....but Cumberbatch does a really good job...and i finally broke down and listened to all the agatha christi stuff...it was rather sleep inducing...which when your pushing 80 is hard to do.

Bud The Chud

5y↑15

Johnny nailing the Phil Anselmo voice

Royal Army

It would be awesome for JD to make Hunter as a character reference in one of his future movie roles.

Joe Thompson

3y↑2

In my opinion Hunter S Thompson and Johnny Depp are both National Treasures yes Hunter Thompson was slightly insane.. but that's where the spark of Genius came from

Jacob

4y↑2

such a misunderstood genius

Lucas Thompson

Way to go, Col. Depp!

Untz

6y↑4

I would've loved to see a back and forth between Hunter and Hawking.

hrs1414

4y↑18

As great as this interview is, I cant get passed just how badly Depp wants to speak with an English accent. Every other word you can see the Jack Sparrow coming out lmfaoo

Lee C

@hrs1414 your further comment shows how uneducated you really are. What is the issue with him taking correctly and expressing himself in the Queen's English??

hrs1414

@Lee C ok cool im from Miami and live in LA so i get the code switching. But why does this make me uneducated?

Lee C

You are so uneducated. I'm 52 and I've lived in London for 12 years and also Miami for 8 years and Brisbane for 5 years and Johannesburg for 3 so my accent is all over the place and I was born in Leeds.

Timo Crompinen

past

The Phantom Raspberry Blower

I'm English, he sounds like a yank to me.

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BAMF4Real

3y↑4

Hope Johnny recovers from all the bullcrap he's been dealing with

Henri elliot

5y↑7

Jonny depp has the funniest stories

Paul Blowes

7y↑6

To All who see Johnny Depp as one of the finest actors Ever to grace the silver screen and have experienced the Brilliance of H.S.T 's writing, PEaCe love and empathy (from the morons who plague us)..P.s.B

much wow

5y↑8

A great man talking about a mad genius, what can I ask more

Lydia Lemaster

The truth

Inward_Censorship

4y↑1

One of my favorite Johnny Depp accents

The Addie channel

2y↑22

As many of the other actors that have portrayed the best journalist in history, (my opinion) Mr Depp hit the nail on the head with his adaption of Hunter S Thomson. No other actor could have pulled it off. Which is what makes you, Johnny, a damn good actor.

Joel Farrelly

I agree. Though Ted Levine did an excellent job in the Banshee Chapter.

Keith Ode

7y↑1

Lawrence Krauss interviewing Johnny Depp about Hunter S. Thompson. Never expected this!

Sky Hunter

8y↑14

Love you Hunter S. Thompson and not just who you are but your gift and talent for writing captured the essence of my very soul emerging with my soul as our souls touched,embraced and danced like I have never known before,thank you Hunter and thank you Johnny Depp (you got Depth alright)for this wonderful story you graced us with,God Bless you both always!!!

LebronBlew5Finals#NotTop5 #Needs2AllStarsToWin

6y↑2

Sky Hunter pretty sure he worship the devil
And he kill himself so he's definitely burning in hell

George Van Vliet

7y↑6

more like Satan bless them lol

Mr.Tryhardguitarguy

4y↑1

4:03 favorite part, you can really see who is against the big bad gun lol

Bubba Hazelitt

Hunter s.thompson.. he was a cool guy and prolific writer of the 20th century.

Gordon Giobanni

5y↑2

So much charisma!!!

Ata Mavi

6y↑54

This interview can be much longer if they just include all the drugs aswell, like "we spent time together" definitely has a good coke blurred story behind it.

Jason Jason

5y↑5

You know just how much time he spent with Hunter due to how perfectly he nails his accent.

Rosalina

3y↑2

His hunter impression is spot on oml

Chris Weidner

7y↑3

Imagine Hunter 's take on today. I am sure he would be heartbroken.

Jeffrey Moran

7y↑1

Hunter was a mad genus.

Woostty

3y↑1

Johnny Depp is a legend

o

3y↑1

I want to be Hunter Thompson in my next retro life. He's so inspiring.

elite_lurker

This is the history Hunter talked about Depp being in

David Brown

This scene from Fear and Loathing illustrates why Hunter was such a helluva of a great writer, it's when he's looking out the window :

https://youtu.be/y3iKBxJ9vQ0

Fuzzy Butkus

3y↑1

Keeps changing which hand held Tazer and which hand held cattle prod from show to show. Still cool as hell.

Bo Huggabee

this reminds me of the times we would make artillery shell bombs out of fire works. we'd buy a box of artillery shells, rub them on the sidewalk to open them and pour the insides into a bottle. n on our first one, i speculated that if we didn't have a spacer between the propellents and the cap, as soon as the wick gets in there a single spark will set it off, this all being my idea, i of course took the chance to light the first one because i knew i wouldn't be mangled and could handle doing this safely. but i was definitely right. a single spark in that bottle did set it off and i got about the distance of turning around before it went off XD. right behind me. singed the hair on the back my neck a little, but i'll never forget that. good times. after that we learned to increase our wick lengths by tying them all together and putting grass on top of the propellent as to prevent a spark from instantly setting it off as the wick went inside. but the biggest one we ever made lit up the entire street, and we called it quits before we got arrested. it was big...something like 36 artillery shells, basically was half a 2 liter bottle of this propellent but damn it was a good time to be stupidly smart.

VroodenTheGreat

He does a good job with the Hunter voice.

Marissa Bones

Love this guy

WHITE_RABBIT2001CA

4y↑1

I'm reading fear and loathing in Las Vegas with his voice in my head for every word..

Gertje

haha yeah i do that too. I think that's the curse (or a bliss actually) of watching the movie before reading the book.

WHITE_RABBIT2001CA

Actually forgot I had him as a avatar 🤭😂😂

Jimmy Elsen

4y↑2

The first time i learned about hunter Thompson was in the woody creek tavern with some kayaking buddies. On of them told me about his time working as hunters HVAC guy, he said that one day at about 6 am he heard shotgun blasts going off. When he looked outside he saw hunters neighbor shooting in the air, next he witnessed hunter come out with his own shotgun and started shooting wildly into the air as well. After they stopped shooting the shook hands and went off to go shoot more shit.

HailToTheKing

You know he's from Kentucky because he can actually pronounce Louisville correctly! 🤣

Angela V

I love hearing this story

Sentient Curse

5y↑1

Johnny Depp is an American legend

Peter G

5y↑2

Depp could make The Great Gatsby tolerable even on the second time. He needs to do some Audible books :))

Happy Texan

Great Homage to Hunter.

justsome guy

i just read he made snuff films so Fuk Him

Holographicman

8y↑4

this is great, needs more views

paxwallacejazz

4y↑11

Honestly there was one journalist who out Gonzoed Hunter Thompson without trying to. That was Michael Herr who became addicted to being in the field on patrol with Marine platoons in Vietnam when he was on assignment for a famous magazine in the mid late 60s. He just kept going back. He was in Ka Sonn when the Tet offensive happened. All the craziest scenes from Apocalypse Now are lifted from Dispatches.

Star Wars Roo

So is there any truth to the surfing?

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