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The Merry Pranksters were followers of American author Ken Kesey. Kesey and the Merry Pranksters lived communally at Kesey's homes in California and Oregon, and are noted for the sociological significance of a lengthy road trip they took in the summer of 1964, traveling across the United States in a psychedelic painted school bus called Furthur ...
Aug 4, 2011 · Ken Kesey's infamous LSD-fueled bus expedition of 1964 is faithfully reconstructed by Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood, using archival footage recorded by the Pranksters and old...
Sep 27, 2016 · Broadcast by Channel 4 in August 1999 in anticipation of Ken Kesey's trip to the UK for the total eclipse, this is a well constructed documentary look at Kesey, the Merry Pranksters,...
After One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was published, Kesey moved to nearby La Honda, California, and began hosting "happenings" with former colleagues from Stanford, bohemian and literary figures including Neal Cassady and other friends, who became collectively known as the Merry Pranksters.
Jun 18, 2014 · The trip will use Ken Kesey's updated version of Further. As for the original 1939 vehicle, the author parked it in a swamp on his Oregon farm. Despite talk about restoring it and a 1990 Kesey prank involving the Smithsonian's supposed acquisition of the vehicle, it remains an undrivable hulk.
In 1964, Kesey embarked on an LSD, amphetamine and marijuana-fueled trip from the West Coast to New York City with a group of men and women who called themselves “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” traveling together in a school bus covered in Day-Glo paint.
Aug 4, 2011 · Back in California, Kesey and his friends, who would call themselves “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” outfitted a school bus for the journey, adding a generator, building a rooftop turret,...
Aug 12, 2011 · The new documentary Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place gathers never before seen footage shot during the Merry Pranksters' LSD-fueled bus trip across America in 1964.
Sep 16, 2014 · Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. In 1964, author Ken Kesey led a group of friends on a psychedelic road trip across the USA. It became one of the defining events of American counterculture.
Dec 29, 2013 · He followed that by jump-starting 1960s counterculture with his band of Merry Pranksters, famous for LSD-fueled cross-country bus trips and psychedelic “Acid Test” parties up and down the West...
