All language subtitles for magic.trip.2011.limited.docu.dvdrip.xvid-psychd.cd2

I THOUGHT SHE LOOKED JUST FINE,
AS A MATTER OF FACT.

I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM
FOR LARRY McMURTRY,

AS FAR AS HIS NEIGHBORS
WERE CONCERNED.

Fetchen:
THINGS JUST KIND OF CONTINUED
TO GO DOWNHILL FROM THEN ON.

Stark:
I GUESS I WAS GOING THROUGH
A THING WITH MICHAEL HAGEN.

AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
HIS ATTENTION

THAT HE PAID TO OTHER WOMEN
THAT DISTURBED ME.

IT MUST'VE BEEN ABOUT 2:00
OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

I COULDN'T SLEEP,

AND I JUST FELT LIKE
KIND OF WALKING IT OFF.

I WAS IN A BAD MOOD, ACTUALLY,

AND I WENT OUT IN MY BARE FEET.

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?
WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?

DO MY FRIENDS KNOW I'M HERE?

THEY HELD ME IN A CELL
FOR A LITTLE WHILE,

THEN THEY HAD SOMEONE
COME TO TALK TO ME.

BY THIS TIME,
I WAS JUST A COMPLETE WRECK.

WHERE AM I?

Man:
YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL.

PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME
A LOT OF STRANGE QUESTIONS,

AND I JUST DIDN'T
ANSWER ANY OF THEM --

EXCEPT I THINK I GAVE THEM
MY NAME, AND THAT WAS ALL.

NAME, RANK AND SERIAL NUMBER,
SO TO SPEAK.

RIGHT AROUND HERE
TO THE DESK.

YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL.

HELLO, I'M A NURSE.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

Narrator:
WHAT HAPPENED TO STARK NAKED?

Fetchen: ONE OF HER FRIENDS
IN SAN FRANCISCO CAME OUT

AND GOT HER, AND SHE ENDED UP
GOING BACK HOME WITH HIM,

AND THAT WAS AS FAR
AS SHE GOT ON THE TRIP.

Cassady:
HURRY UP, HURRY UP, WE'LL GET
THERE IN THE NICK OF TIME.

HURRY UP, HURRY UP,
HURRY UP,

WE'LL GET THERE
IN THE NICK OF TIME.

Walker:
WE SORT OF ABANDONED HER.

WE FIGURED ANYBODY THAT COULDN'T
HOLD THEIR SHIT TOGETHER

JUST WASN'T
GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TRIP TO DO,
WE HAD TO KEEP MOVING.

Fetchen: AND IT ALSO
MADE ME NERVOUS, THINKING,

"WHO'S GONNA BE
LEFT BEHIND NEXT?

IS IT GONNA BE ME?"

Narrator:
WEREN'T YOU CONCERNED THAT THIS
TRIP WAS BEGINNING TO UNRAVEL?

Kesey: I'LL TELL YOU
A THING THAT I LEARNED

WHILE I WAS WORKING
IN THE ASYLUM

THAT I THINK
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

I'VE EVER LEARNED.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
ALL THE POWER,

THE ATTENTION THAT YOU HAVE

COMES TO BEAR ON
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING

AND DOESN'T DECIDE
WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD,

JUST DECIDES THAT IT IS,

AND THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO
IS ENJOY THE RIDE.

Cassady: * HE'S COMING IN
TO NEW ORLEANS *

* WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING... *

* IN *

[ UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS ]

Fetchen: WELL, CASSADY
WANTED TO SHOW US NEW ORLEANS

BECAUSE HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH IT,

AND HE WAS SO EXCITED
TO BE IN NEW ORLEANS.

IT WAS A BIG, BIG DEAL.

HE HAD HIS FAVORITE HAUNTS.
HE WAS KIND OF A TOUR GUIDE.

WE WENT DOWN TO THE HEART
OF THE JAZZ DISTRICT.

CASSADY WAS
A BIG JAZZ AFICIONADO.

HE LOVED JAZZ.

Kesey:
AH, THE OLD ABSINTHE BAR.

THE OLD ABSINTHE BAR.

I REMEMBER THAT
I WAS THERE ONCE.

I WAS THERE ONCE.

...WARM, 11:00 IN THE MORNING
ON CANAL STREET

IN NEW ORLEANS.

IT'S THIS FEELING OF EVERYTHING
MOVING SLOWER AND SLOWER...

SLOWER AND SLOWER,

CAUGHT IN SOME KIND OF
MOLASSES MIND WARP, WE WERE.

Zonker: THAT WAS WHERE
WE STARTED TO DRINK MINT JULEPS.

I THINK WE WENT
DOWN IN A BASEMENT, TOO.

Kesey: WE SAW -- SOMEBODY HAD
JUST MOVED INTO THE OTHER ROOM.

THERE WAS A PIANO.

AND HE WENT IN THERE AND SAT
DOWN, AND HE STARTED TO PLAY.

[ PIANO PLAYING ]

* MY BABY LEFT ME *

[ FLUTE PLAYING ]

* MY BABY LEFT ME
A LONG TIME AGO *

Zonker: I KNOW KESEY
WAS JUST CRAZY ABOUT HIM.

GOD, HE'D COME OVER
AND HE'D SAY,

"WOW, THIS GUY IS GREAT!"

HE WANTED TO TAKE HIM WITH US
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

* ...WALKED OUT THE DOOR *

Kesey: AIR'S STILL THICK
WITH DUST MOTES

SWIRLING AND FOLLOWING US
OUT THE DOOR

AND UP AND INTO --
ONTO THE BUS, AND THERE WE WENT,

"MOONLIGHT SINATRA"
BOARDING WITH US.

AND WE REALIZED WE GOT TO
DIP THIS SUCKER IN THE WATER

BEFORE HE GOES OFF.

SO WE SAID, "WE'RE GONNA FIND
SOME WATER," AND HE SAYS,

"GO TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN."

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS.
HE'D JUST HEARD ABOUT IT.

* LEAD *

* LEAD *

* LEAD ME ON *

* TO THE LIGHT *

Kesey: YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE
'60s AND WHAT STARTED THERE.

MUSIC WAS CHANGED FOREVER.

THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT
STARTED THERE,

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THAT BUS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS IN SELMA.

EITHER YOU GIVE THE NEGRO
HIS GOD-GIVEN RIGHT

AND HIS FREEDOM,

OR YOU FACE THE FACT

OF CONTINUAL SOCIAL DISRUPTION
AND SOCIAL CHAOS.

Fetchen: YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER,
THIS IS 1964,

AND IT'S RIGHT WHEN
THE CIVIL RIGHTS THING

WAS IN A VERY EARLY INFANCY,

SO WHITE-ONLY,
BLACK-ONLY CONSCIOUSNESS

WAS STILL REALLY PREVALENT
IN THE SOUTH.

AND THE STORY ABOUT
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN WAS THAT

WE'D PULLED INTO
A BLACK-ONLY AREA, THE LAKE.

OF COURSE, THE PRANKSTERS
DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

THEY JUST PULLED UP TO THIS LAKE

BECAUSE THEY SAW IT
AND WANTED TO GO SWIMMING.

Walker: WE GOT OUT --
I'M LOADED ON ACID, RIGHT?

OKAY, AND ALL THESE OTHER GUYS
ARE LOADED ON ACID.

OKAY, HERE WE ARE.

I THINK I DON'T NOTICE
THAT ANYTHING IS ODD,

EVEN AT THIS POINT.

Walker: AS WE'RE SWIMMING AROUND
ON THIS HOT, HOT, HUMID

FIRST-DAY-OF-SUMMER
LOUISIANA DAY,

I REMEMBER LOOKING AROUND
THE SWIMMING HOLE

THAT WE'D ALL JUST
PRACTICALLY RAN AND JUMPED INTO.

I THOUGHT, "GOD, THERE'S A LOT
OF COLORED PEOPLE HERE,

"AND THERE'S NOT
VERY MANY WHITE PEOPLE.

WELL, THERE'S ONE AND THERE'S
ONE AND THERE'S ONE..."

AND I LOOKED AROUND,

AND I HAD THIS
SUDDEN REALIZATION

THAT I KNEW EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THE WHITE PEOPLE

IN THAT SWIMMING HOLE.

AND THEN IT DAWNED ON ME.

"SHIT, WE JUST
INTEGRATED THIS PLACE."

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THIS WAVE OF PARANOIA
WENT THROUGH US ALL.

Burton: TALK ABOUT BEING IN THE
WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT
COULD HAVE STARTED A RACE RIOT.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

Kesey:
I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD WAS SAID.

WE ALL JUST GRABBED EVERYTHING,
JUMPED ON THE BUS, AND LEFT.

Walker: BABBS JUST FELL DOWN IN
THE YARD IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.

WE WENT TO THIS PLACE
WHERE HIS OLD ROOMMATES

STILL LIVED IN PENSACOLA,

WHERE THEY'D BEEN
MARINES TOGETHER.

Fetchen: WE ARRIVED, AND BABBS'
MARINE BUDDY WAS STILL AT WORK,

AND SO KESEY HAD
THE IDEA OF MAKING

A LITTLE THEATRICAL THING
TO FILM.

THE SLIME QUEEN
WILL LEAD THE WAY!

[ ALL SHOUTING ]

Burton:
OH, THIS IS FUNNY.

I REMEMBER THIS REALLY WELL.

I CONSIDER THIS TO BE ONE
OF THE MOST FUCKED-UP DAYS

ON THE WHOLE TRIP.

BEING PREGNANT, I WAS MISERABLE.

IT WAS JUST REALLY HOT,

AND THERE WAS NO REASON
TO BE THERE,

AND THERE'S NOTHING TO DO,
SO WE DID THIS.

I WAS TRYING TO BE COOPERATIVE,

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT
REALLY HAD NOTHING GOING FOR ME.

Zonker: THIS IS SOME KIND
OF ABSURD DANCE, AS I RECALL.

I ENJOYED IT.

I JUST WISH I COULD'VE PLAYED
THE TROMBONE BETTER.

Burton:
PLAYING THOSE INSTRUMENTS.

GOD DAMN IT.

SOMEBODY STARTS PLAYING THE
SAXOPHONE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WELL, THEY WANT IT TO SOUND
LIKE JOHN COLTRANE.

WELL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA
SOUND LIKE JOHN COLTRANE.

THAT'S WHAT MADE ME SO MAD.

THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD
JUST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO.

BUT YOU DON'T.
IT TAKES PRACTICE.

Kesey: HERE'S BABBS' FRIEND
FROM VIETNAM WHO ROLLS IN.

AH, PLEASED
TO MEET YOU, SIR.

YES, INDEED,
IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME.

YES, IT'S A LITTLE
STRANGE SINCE THE CORPS,

DON'T YOU THINK?
UH-HUH.

I'VE CHANGED MY UNIFORM
SLIGHTLY.

AND THIS IS
MY NEW BATTALION.

YES, QUITE.

YEAH, WE'VE GIVEN UP
HELICOPTERS.

MOST OF THESE GUYS
CAN ONLY FLY AT NIGHT.

SO WE'VE GIVEN UP HELICOPTERS
AND WE NOW TRAVEL BY BUS.

IT'S SLOWER
BUT MORE DELIBERATE.

Cassady: WE MUST PRESS ONWARD
AT ALL FORWARD SPEED, FAST.

AHEAD FAST LAKE.

TENNIS ANYONE?
TENNIS?

OHH!

WHERE IN THE HELL
ARE WE?

Kesey: WELL, NOW,
JOHN, JOHN BABBS.

JOHN BABBS BECAME KIND OF
THE SEMI-QUASI NAVIGATOR,

AND BECAME KNOWN
AS "SOMETIMES MISSING,"

BECAUSE ONE TIME WHEN HE WAS
MAPPING US THROUGH ONE TOWN,

WE WENT THROUGH ANOTHER,

AND WHEN EVERYBODY GOT OFF
THE BUS TO TAKE A LEAK

AND WENT ON AGAIN,
HE WASN'T THERE,

AND NOBODY NOTICED IT
TILL ABOUT 100 MILES LATER.

BUT THEN, AS WE TURNED AROUND
TO GO PICK HIM UP,

HERE CAME A CAR
AND HE JUMPED OUT.

HE HAD HITCHHIKED
AND CAUGHT UP WITH US.

Fetchen:
JOHN BABBS WAS IN THE BACKSEAT
WAVING HIS ARMS LIKE THIS

AND TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION.

SO WE PULLED OVER
AND PICKED HIM UP.

THAT'S HOW HE GOT THE NAME
"SOMETIMES MISSING."

* WELL *

* YOU KNOW YOU TOOK MY HEART *

Cassady:
WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY.

SPEED 50.

NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE.

* YEAH, YEAH *

Burton:
IN A WAY, CASSADY SAW HIMSELF

AS A GUARDIAN OF THAT TRIP,
AND HE WAS.

HE WAS DRIVING, BUT HE WAS NOT
MASTERMINDING THE SITUATION.

THAT WAS KESEY'S TRIP.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

Walker: PEOPLE FOLLOWING HIM
ALL THE TIME,

EGGING HIM ON TO GREATER
HEIGHTS OF SELF-INDULGENCE.

AND HE ALWAYS DID IT,

HE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE
MORE OF THIS HERO

THAT WAS THIS SELF-INDULGENT,
"ON THE ROAD," EPIC LEGEND.

[ HORN HONKING ]

YES, SIR.

LICENSE
AND REGISTRATION.

OF COURSE!

WHERE YOU HEADING?

I THINK IT'S
MADISON AVENUE.

Kesey: WE ALL LEARNED
A GREAT DEAL FROM NEAL CASSADY.

THIS IS A GUY
THAT KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING,

AND THIS IS HIS MEDIUM.

IT'S WORDS, IT'S CARS,
AND IT'S DRUGS.

YES, SIR,
AND THAT'S WHY --
BACK ON THE BUS.

EVERYBODY
GET BACK ON THE BUS!

I DON'T WANT TO SEE
ANYBODY OUT HERE.

WE COULD ALL DO MAKING NOISE,
HITTING STICKS TOGETHER,

BUT TO BE ABLE TO USE THE MOST
ADVANCED OF INSTRUMENTS,

WHICH IS OUR MIND AND OUR VOICE.

CASSADY COULD DO IT BETTER
THAN ANYBODY, USING WORDS.

* LOVE POTION NUMBER 9 *

Walker:
HE WAS LIKE A BUS DRIVER
COMING INTO HIS LAND.

YOU KNOW, HE'D SPENT A LOT
OF TIME IN THE EAST.

HE WASN'T FROM NEW YORK.
HE WAS FROM DENVER.

BUT HE'D SPENT A LOT OF TIME
BACK THERE,

YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAYS,
WITH KEROUAC AND GINSBERG

AND THOSE GUYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK
HE FIRST LEARNED TO DRIVE

AS A PARKING-LOT ATTENDANT IN
NEW YORK, AS A MATTER OF FACT.

* I HELD MY NOSE,
I CLOSED MY EYES *

* I TOOK A DRINK *

* I DIDN'T KNOW
IF IT WAS DAY OR NIGHT... *

[ WHISTLE BLOWING,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

* ...BUT WHEN I KISSED A COP
DOWN AT 34th AND VINE... *

EXIT 9, EXIT 9.

* LOVE POTION NUMBER 9 *

LOVE POTION NUMBER 9.

I LOST LOVE POTION NUMBER 9.

LOOK, THERE'S THE EMPIRE
STATE BUILDING, DEAD AHEAD.

SEVEN MILES, FIVE MILES --

SEVEN -- POSSIBILITY --
SEVEN MILES, EMPIRE.

MANHATTAN ON YOUR RIGHT.

Fetchen: WELL, COMING
INTO NEW YORK WAS EXCITING

BECAUSE THAT WAS
OUR DESTINATION.

Cassady:
WELCOME TO THE BRONX.

Fetchen:
I WAS THERE, THIS WAS IT.

I'D MADE IT TO NEW YORK.

Zonker:
WHAT AN UNNATURAL ENVIRONMENT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT NEW YORK,

WITH THE STREETS AND THE CARS.

[ COUGHS ]

* LOVE POTION NUMBER 9 *

* LOVE POTION NUMBER 9 *

Woman: WE ARE THE MERRY BAND
OF PRANKSTERS.

Fetchen:
WHEN WE WENT INTO NEW YORK CITY,
WE WERE ALL ON TOP OF THE BUS

PLAYING INSTRUMENTS AND
TOOTLING AROUND TO EVERYBODY.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN
INTERACTING WITH THE PEOPLE.

* YOU WOMEN HAVE
HEARD OF JALOPIES *

* YOU'VE HEARD THE NOISE
THEY MAKE *

* BUT LET ME
INTRODUCE MY NEW ROCKET 88 *

* YES, IT'S GREAT,
JUST WON'T WAIT *

* EVERYBODY LIKES MY ROCKET 88 *

* BABY, WE'LL RIDE IN STYLE *

* MOVIN' ALL ALONG *

Stone:
YOU KNOW, I GOT ON THE BUS
WHEN IT PULLED UP IN NEW YORK,

AND WE'D DRIVE
ALL OVER NEW YORK.

IT SURE FELT LIKE
YOU WERE IN AN AQUARIUM

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS.

Kesey: THE PUBLIC ALWAYS GRINNED
WHEN THEY SAW THAT BUS.

IT'S LIKE KIDS
WHEN THEY SEE AN EASTER EGG.

IT'S SIMPLE.

THERE IT IS.
IT'S COLORED. IT'S AN EGG.

NOBODY FELT THE SLIGHTEST BIT
THREATENED BY IT.

Stone: KEN REALLY BELIEVED
THAT THINGS COULD BE CHANGED,

THAT CONSCIOUSNESS
COULD BE CHANGED.

HE SAW HIMSELF AS A KIND OF
LIBERATOR FOR THE GENERATION,

AND HE SAW THE BUS TRIP
AS A KIND OF GOING TO NEW YORK,

A KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
NAPOLEON GOES TO PARIS.

Kesey:
THE BEST THE BUS EVER WAS WAS
WHEN WE DROVE THROUGH HARLEM.

HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE

RUNNING OUT AND FOLLOWING US
ALONG IN HARLEM,

ALL THESE KIDS.

Narrator: SOME TWO WEEKS LATER,
THE BUS HAS SOMEHOW MANAGED

TO GET ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

AND, ONCE AGAIN,
YOU ENCOUNTERED THE BUS.

Scott:
YES, 1239 MADISON AVENUE

WAS WHERE THIS APARTMENT WAS
THAT I KNEW ABOUT.

THE NEXT MORNING,
THE PRANKSTERS SHOWED UP.

AND THEY ALL CAME IN

WITH ABOUT 500 POUNDS
OF EQUIPMENT.

I MEAN, THEY JUST HAD WIRES
AND CAMERAS AND LIGHTS,

AND IT WAS INSTANTLY STREWN

FROM ONE END OF THE APARTMENT
TO THE OTHER.

IT LOOKED LIKE THE BUS!

IT LOOKED LIKE
THE INSIDE OF THE BUS.

AND SO, THAT NIGHT,
THERE WAS THIS FANTASTIC PARTY

THAT GOT SORT OF OUT OF HAND,

AND THE POOR DOORMAN
KEPT COMING UP

AND SAYING
EVERYBODY WAS COMPLAINING,

AND IT WENT ON
AND ON AND ON AND ON.

[ INDISTINCT SINGING ]

AND EVERYONE WAS VERY EXCITED
THAT KEROUAC WAS THERE,

AND HE WAS GETTING REALLY
DRUNK, AND GINSBERG CAME.

Ginsberg: "I SAW THE BEST MINDS
OF MY GENERATION

"DESTROYED BY MADNESS,
STARVING, HYSTERICAL, NAKED,

"DRAGGING THEMSELVES THROUGH
THE NEGRO STREETS AT DAWN

LOOKING FOR AN ANGRY FIX..."

Kesey:
GINSBERG IS LIKE A SPONGE.

HE CAN SOP UP ALL OUR POISONS.

I BOUGHT THE RECORD "HOWL,"

AND HE WAS KIND OF LIKE
A FOLK SINGER, TO ME,

MORE THAN A POET.

I KNEW THE SOUND OF HIM READING

BEFORE I READ ANY OF HIS STUFF.

Ginsberg: "...SAT UP SMOKING
IN THE SUPERNATURAL DARKNESS

"OF COLD WATER FLATS

FLOATING ACROSS THE TOPS OF
CITIES, CONTEMPLATING JAZZ..."

Kesey: AND WHEN WE
HEADED OFF ON THE BUS,

IT WAS ONLY NATURAL
THAT WE SHOULD HEAD TO NEW YORK

AND TRY TO FIND
GINSBERG AND KEROUAC.

Fetchen: UNFORTUNATELY, IT
WASN'T LIKE MEETING THE AUTHOR.

IT WAS MORE LIKE,

SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM
TO RESPOND TO OUR ANTICS.

WHICH DIDN'T HAPPEN.

HE WAS NOT ENTHUSED
WITH OUR CRAZINESS.

Burton: THE THING YOU GOT TO
REALIZE ABOUT KEROUAC,

IT WAS LIKE HE WAS
ALREADY SORT OF AN OLD GUY

AND KIND OF OUT OF IT.

HE WAS ALREADY CRYSTALLIZED.

HE WAS KIND OF A SAD CHARACTER.

Kesey: WE HAD BEEN ACCEPTED
BY THE OLD GUNFIGHTERS.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE REAL
HEAVIES IN OUR MYTHOLOGIES --

KEROUAC, CASSADY, GINSBERG.

Burton: NEAL WAS MORE
ON THE RIGHT TRACK

WHEN HE GOT STARTED
WITH THE BEAT MOVEMENT.

Kesey: KEROUAC AND I MET HIM
IN '45, SO HE WAS ONLY 20 THEN,

AND WITHIN THAT YEAR,

HE AND I HAD A ROMANCE THAT
LASTED...ON AND OFF, FOR...

WELL, TILL -- AT LEAST,
I THINK THE LAST TIME

WE WERE IN BED TOGETHER
WAS '66,

SO THAT'S 21 YEARS.

Burton: I GOT A WHOLE THEORY
ABOUT THIS MAN.

WHAT HE WAS
WAS THE REAL SMART CATHOLIC BOY

WHO GOT SUCKED UP BY KEROUAC.

BUT HE WAS REAL POETIC, LIKE
ALL THESE IRISH CATHOLICS ARE,

AND HE GOT IN WITH SOME POETS
AND HE GOT ASPIRATIONS.

AND SOMEBODY PLANTS A LITTLE
SEED OF HOW GREAT YOU COULD BE

BECAUSE YOU'RE SO GREAT,
SO -- SO SEXY, SO POETIC.

HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THAT IDEA,

WHICH WAS SOMETHING
HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY ACHIEVE.

SO THEN HE WAS
SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO WORLDS.

HE COULDN'T CREATE ANYTHING
FOR HIMSELF.

HE COULDN'T GET IT TOGETHER WITH
A LADY AND HAVE A GOOD FAMILY.

HE COULDN'T GO OFF AND BE
A FAGGOT WITH GINSBERG.

HE COULDN'T BE ANYTHING.

IT'S AN EXACT MIMICRY
OF GINSBERG 20 YEARS AGO.

GINSBERG
USED TO BE WILD.

GINSBERG'S
SO COOL NOW.

HE USED TO RUN OVER
COLUMBIAN ROOFTOPS

WAVING GENITALS
AND MANUSCRIPTS.

Scott: THE WHOLE POINT
OF THE TRIP, SUPPOSEDLY --

AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING --

WAS THAT EVERYONE WAS
GONNA GO TO THE FAIR.

ALL THE PRANKSTERS
WERE SO EXCITED.

THIS DAY, WE DROVE TO THE FAIR,

AND IT WAS LIKE THE HOTTEST
29th OF JUNE THAT EVER HAD BEEN.

Man: PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY IN
THE WORLD IS COMING TO THE FAIR.

* I MADE MY RESERVATION *

* I'M LEAVING TOWN TOMORROW *

* I'LL FIND SOMEBODY NEW AND *

* THERE'LL BE NO MORE SORROW *

* THAT'S WHAT I DO EACH TIME *

* BUT I CAN'T FOLLOW THROUGH *

* I CAN'T BREAK AWAY *

* THOUGH YOU MAKE ME CRY *

* I CAN'T BREAK AWAY... *

WELCOME TO THE WORLD
OF TOMORROW.

Scott: WELL, SEE,
THE WHOLE IDEA --

THIS IS WHAT DROVE ME
UP THE WALL --

WAS IT WAS GOING TO
BE MADE INTO A MOVIE

OF EVERYBODY RUNNING ABOUT
AT THE FAIR.

WELL, NOBODY KEPT TOGETHER.
THERE WAS NOTHING TO FILM.

IT WAS ALL JUST SO DISPERSED.

Kesey:
WE LOST SOMETIMES MISSING AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS.

Scott: KEN AND BABBS
WERE SO MANIC AND SO HIGH.

THEY DRANK THIS
VILE YELLOW CONCOCTION.

SWASHBUCKLER,
I'LL PULL OUT MY SWORD.

Fetchen: WELL, OF COURSE,
THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SEE

WAS WHERE THE WATER BALLET
WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

MY WHOLE REASON
FOR GOING TO NEW YORK

WAS TO TRY TO LOCATE
A JOB POSSIBILITY.

BABBS AND I SEARCHED

AND FINALLY FOUND
THIS BEAUTIFUL POOL

AND FOUND OUT THEY HAD CANCELED
THE WHOLE WATER BALLET.

Man:
AND THESE SAME PEOPLE PROBABLY
ALSO TAKE IN THE EXHIBIT

WHERE THE WIZARDRY
OF MODERN CHEMISTRY

IS PRESENTED
WITH ENTERTAINING SHOWMANSHIP.

* BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER
LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY *

* FOR THE FINER WORLD WE WANT *

* BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER
LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY *

* THAT'S THE PROMISE OF DuPont *

Fetchen:
THE FAIR WAS TRIPPY AND GREAT.

WHEN YOU'RE HIGH,
THE MORE VARIETY, THE BETTER.

Man: YOU ARE ABOUT TO TAKE
A JOURNEY OUT OF THIS WORLD

INTO THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE.

FORGET THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
FORGET THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

YOU ARE ENTERING FUTURAMA,

ALONE WITH YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.

Stone: THE WORLD'S FAIR WAS ON,
WHICH WAS A GREAT THING.

IT WAS A VISION
OF THE FUTURE OF AMERICA,

AND I -- KEN SAW IT THAT WAY.

THE IRONY IS
THAT CURVED, FINNED,

CORPORATE AMERICA
"TOMORROWLAND,"

AS PRESENTED
AT THE 1964 WORLD'S FAIR,

WAS OVER BEFORE IT BEGAN.

'64 -- THINGS WERE CHANGING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW
THAT WORLD'S FAIRS

WERE A THING OF THE PAST.

* I CAN'T BREAK AWAY *

* THOUGH YOU MAKE ME CRY *

* I CAN'T BREAK AWAY... *

Kesey: BY THEN,

THE TRIP BECAME MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE DESTINATION.

NEVER MIND WHERE WE'RE GOING,

IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

THE WHOLE NOTION OF THE TRIP,

TAKING ACID TRIP,
CAME OUT OF THAT SUMMER.

Man: THE EFFECT IS SOMEWHAT LIKE
LOOKING THROUGH A MICROSCOPE.

SUDDENLY, WHEN YOU LOOK
THROUGH A MICROSCOPE,

YOU DISCOVER THAT THERE'S
AN INVISIBLE WORLD AROUND YOU

THAT YOU HADN'T KNOWN ABOUT
BEFORE YOU DID IT.

THE SAME THING IS TRUE
OF THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUG.

* TIMOTHY LEARY'S DEAD *

Narrator:
AFTER THE DISAPPOINTMENT
OF THE WORLD'S FAIR,

YOU HEADED TO
TIMOTHY LEARY'S COMPOUND,

THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
FOR INTERNAL FREEDOM.

WAS IT CALLED "IFIF"?

Fetchen:
IFIF.

IT WAS LIKE A 4,000-ACRE
FARM OUTSIDE OF POUGHKEEPSIE

IN MILLBROOK, NEW YORK.

Leary:
WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO TURN ON,

OR HOW TO GO OUT OF THEIR MINDS.

BY "TURN ON,"
WE MEAN TUNE IN,

TO GET BEYOND
YOUR ROUTINE WAYS OF THINKING

AND ACTING AND EXPERIENCING.

* TIMOTHY LEARY'S DEAD *

Fetchen: GINSBERG IS THE ONE
THAT SET IT ALL UP

BECAUSE HE KNEW
THOSE GUYS AT IFIF

AND HE THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

FOR US TO MEET EACH OTHER.

IT WAS LIKE
THE WEST COAST ACIDHEADS

MEETING THE EAST COAST
ACIDHEADS

AND HAVING A POWWOW.

Kesey:
WE PULLED INTO THEIR SCENE,
MAKING A LOT OF NOISE.

WE SET OFF THESE SMOKE GRENADES.

Cassady:
SMOKE-BOMB DELIGHT.

Man:
SMOKE-BOMB DELIGHT.

PRANKSTERS
AT THE VERY CASTLE.

[ FANFARE PLAYS ]

AND I HAVE TO INFORM YOU,
JUST WHAT'S EXACTLY GOING ON?

Kesey: WE'RE HIGH AND THEY'RE
COMING DOWN, IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

* TIMOTHY LEARY *

Alpert: YOU KNOW,
THAT QUIET TIME AFTER A TRIP

WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO BE
VERY MELLOW,

AND UP DRIVES THE BUS
WITH THESE SPEED FREAKS,

AND THEY COME TO HAVE FUN
AND PLAY WITH FLUTES AND --

EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE
TOOK ONE LOOK AND FLED,

LEAVING ME TO WELCOME THEM.

[ CHUCKLES ]

* SO RAISE YOUR GLASS,
WE'LL DRINK A TOAST *

* TO THE LITTLE MAN WHO SELLS
YOU THRILLS ALONG THE PIER *

Kesey:
THE WHOLE MILLBROOK SCENE,

IT WAS JUST THE OTHER END
OF THE SAME STICK, I THINK.

WE WERE "SCUFFY"
AND DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY

AND PULLED INTO THIS MANSION,
WHICH WAS UPPER CRUST.

WE FELT A KINSHIP TO THEM,

BUT WE COULD ALSO TELL THAT THEY
WERE WISHING THAT WE'D LEAVE.

Fetchen: WHAT EVERYBODY
ANTICIPATED DIDN'T TURN OUT,

IT KIND OF FIZZLED.

WE WAITED ALL DAY FOR LEARY TO
SHOW UP, AND HE JUST AVOIDED US.

AND THEN HE SORT OF DISAPPEARED
WITH CASSADY,

AND CASSADY WENT UPSTAIRS
AND HUNG OUT WITH --

THEY DIDN'T WANT US
TO GO UPSTAIRS.

ALPERT WAS VERY FRIENDLY.
HE WAS THERE.

Zonker: JUST LISTENING
TO ALPERT TALK, MAN,

IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS
A FUCKING CRAZY MAN.

ALL OF MY GAMES WERE, LIKE,
GOING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE.

I GOT THIS TERRIBLE PANIC

BECAUSE, INDEED,
I WAS GONNA CEASE TO EXIST.

AND I GOT THE PANIC,
WHICH IS THE PANIC

THAT PRECEDES
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEATH,

BECAUSE, INDEED,
RICHARD ALPERT WAS DYING.

Zonker: THESE PEOPLE SCARED
THE SHIT OUT OF ME, MAN.

Fetchen: THEY WERE VERY CLINICAL
AND CONTROLLED,

AND WE WERE REALLY FREE-FORM.

WE WERE THE EXPLORERS,
AND THEY WERE THE SCIENTISTS.

AND SO WE JUST ENTERTAINED
OURSELVES AT THIS WATERFALL.

* SHAKE IT UP, BABY, NOW *

* SHAKE IT UP, BABY *

* TWIST AND SHOUT *

* COME ON
AND TWIST AND SHOUT *

* COME ON, BABY, NOW *

* COME ON, BABY *

AND THAT'S WHERE
KATHY VAN LEEUWEN

GOT HER NICKNAME,
"SENSUOUS EXPERIENCE."

Babbs: SENSUOUS X,
YES, I REMEMBER HER WELL.

HER NAME WAS IMPLIED
IN HER VERY BEARING --

THAT IS TO SAY,
HER BODILY EXAMPLE.

Fetchen: KATHY WAS ZONKER'S
GIRLFRIEND IN COLLEGE,

AND THAT'S WHY
ZONKER WENT ON THE TRIP.

* SHAKE IT UP, BABY, NOW *

Zonker: SENSUOUS.
OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT HER.

OH, SHE'S SO MUCH LIKE
MARILYN MONROE, RIGHT?

* COME ON, COME ON,
COME ON, BABY, NOW *

* COME ON, BABY *

Zonker: NOW, I'M WONDERING,
AT THIS POINT,

WHETHER MY GIRLFRIEND HAS BEEN

HAVING SEX WITH THESE PEOPLE
OR NOT.

Fetchen:
AND THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH
KESEY STARTED FLIRTING WITH HER,

TRYING TO GET HER ATTENTION,

AND HE DID GET HER ATTENTION.

* HAVE YOU *

* EVER HEARD THE STORY ABOUT *

* PEGGY THE PISTOL? *

Zonker:
HE SAYS, "ALL MY DOPE IS YOURS,"
AS HE'S FUCKING MY GIRLFRIEND.

THANKS, KESEY.

I WANTED TO GET OUT OF NEW YORK
AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE,

AND I WAS BASICALLY TELLING HER
THAT SHE COULD GET ON THE BUS,

BUT I WAS GONE.

BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT
I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO

LEAVE HER
WITH ALL THESE FUCKERS.

Fetchen:
WHEN THEY WERE GETTING READY TO
LEAVE TOWN, I HAD TO DECIDE,

YOU KNOW, WAS I GONNA STAY,
OR WAS I GONNA GO?

AT THAT POINT, I WAS STILL
PLANNING ON STAYING TO WORK.

[ Laughing ]
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.

I GOT SUCKED INTO THE PRANKSTER
SCENE TOO MUCH, TOO HEAVILY.

SO I STAYED ON THE BUS.

Burton:
I WASN'T THERE ON THE WAY BACK.

I WAS SO HAPPY TO BE OFF OF IT.

Fetchen: COMING BACK'S
A WHOLE 'NOTHER TRIP.

CASSADY --
HE DIDN'T COME BACK WITH US.

Zonker:
THE TRIP ACROSS WAS BASICALLY

LENGTHS OF NEAL'S
DRIVING CONSCIOUSNESS,

AND THEN, ON THE WAY BACK,

SUDDENLY THE DRIVING DUTIES
WERE THRUST UPON THE REST OF US.

Fetchen: EVERYBODY TOOK TURNS --
THE GUYS, ANYWAY.

THAT WAS ON THE WAY BACK.

WE JUST STARTED DRIVING THE BUS
DOWN THIS ABANDONED DIRT ROAD

AND ENDED UP
AT THIS INCREDIBLE LAKE,

AND THERE WAS NOBODY THERE
BUT US.

WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO
FIND A SPOT TO TAKE I.T.-290.

Kesey:
WELL, I.T.-290 WAS FAMOUS.

THAT'S THE ROLLS-ROYCE
OF PSYCHEDELICS.

Fetchen:
KESEY HAD STOLEN A JAR.

HE CLAIMED IT WAS THE LAST JAR
OF I.T.-290 ON THE PLANET.

AND SO HE WANTED
A VERY SPECIAL PLACE

FOR EVERYBODY TO TAKE IT.

SO WE BUILT A LITTLE FIRE
AND MADE A LITTLE CAMPGROUND

AND POPPED THE I.T.-290
AND HAD THE TRIP.

OH, IT WAS WONDERFUL,
IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN ACID.

IT'S A HALLUCINOGEN,
BUT VERY CALM.

ACID CAN HAVE A HARD EDGE
TO IT SOMETIMES,

BUT THIS IS VERY CALMING.

COLORS VERY VIVID.

IT WAS VERY COMMUNAL,

IN THAT YOU FELT
CONNECTED TO EVERYBODY.

Kesey: I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS
AS AMERICAN AS YOU COULD GET,

BECAUSE WE WERE
EXPLORING A NEW TERRITORY,

JUST THE SAME WAY
WE WENT TO THE MOON

OR SENT LEWIS AND CLARK
EXPEDITION HERE TO OREGON.

IT WAS PART
OF OUR AMERICAN PERSONALITY.

YOU FIND A CAVE,

NOBODY'S BEEN IN IT,
YOU GO IN IT.

YOU TRY TO GO DOWN
DEEPER INTO THE OCEAN

AND UP HIGHER IN THE SKY,

AND THESE DRUGS WERE OPENING
A DOOR TO NEW LANDSCAPES.

ONCE YOU'RE THROUGH THAT DOOR

AND YOU LOOK OUT INTO
THIS VAST ROOM

WITH ALL THESE
WINDOWS ONTO NEW VISTAS,

YOU BECOME TREMENDOUSLY EXCITED

AND WANT TO DO WHAT YOU CAN
TO EXPLORE IT,

BECAUSE YOU COULD LOOK AROUND
AND YOU SAW

THAT THERE WEREN'T
HUMAN FOOTPRINTS

ALL OVER THIS LANDSCAPE.

* I SAW HER
STANDING ON THE CORNER *

Narrator: HOW DID THE DYNAMICS
ON THE BUS CHANGE

WHEN SOME OF THE WIVES
JOINED THE TRIP BACK?

Walker: AT ONE POINT,
IT GOT ALL COUPLES.

AT ONE POINT, THERE WERE
14 OF US ON THE BUS,

7 MEN AND 7 WOMEN.

LOTS OF THEM WERE MARRIED,

BUT NOT TO THE PERSON
THAT THEY WERE COUPLING WITH.

I REMEMBER ONE MORNING, WE WOKE
UP, AND EVERYBODY WAS FUCKING.

THE WHOLE BUS WAS SHAKING.

* YOU'RE THE ONE *

* YOU'RE THE ONE *

* YOU'RE THE ONE *

* YOUNG GIRL *

Zonker: IT GOT A LOT HEAVIER
ON THE WAY BACK.

THAT WAS FERVOR-PITCH STUFF.

I THINK I TALKED WITH KESEY

ABOUT OUR
FUCKING STRANGE SITUATION.

THE THING WAS WEIRD, MAN,

BUT YOU COULDN'T BE MAD AT HIM.

HE WAS REALLY COMPASSIONATE.

I LIKED SENSUOUS,

AND THAT WAS
THE MOST DIFFICULT PART IS,

HAVING BEEN LOVERS,

NOT BEING LOVERS ANYMORE
AND CONTINUING TO BE FRIENDS.

* I CAN'T GET YOU
OUT OF MY MIND *

Walker:
THE THING THAT CREATES PROBLEMS

IN ALL THOSE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE
TRIANGLE SITUATIONS

IS EVERYBODY'S HANG-UP
WITH THEIR OWN ATTACHMENT

TO SOME KIND OF BELIEF
OF THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE.

Kesey: WHEN I CAME THROUGH
YELLOWSTONE PARK WITH THIS BUS,

I SAW A SIGN THAT SAID,
"BEWARE OF THE BEAR,"

AND SOMETHING CLICKED
WHEN I SAW THIS,

AND I THOUGHT,
"THERE'S THE PROBLEM.

"THERE'S THE WHOLE HANG-UP
THAT STOPS ME FROM WRITING,

"STOPS PEOPLE FROM SINGING,
STOPS PEOPLE FROM LIVING.

"'BEWARE OF THE BEAR.'
WHAT DID THAT USED TO MEAN?

"IT USED TO MEAN
BE AWARE OF THE BEAR.

NOW IT MEANS BE SCARED OF HIM."

THIS LITTLE PIECE OF KNOWLEDGE,

YOU CAN PLUG IT INTO ANY PERSON

WHO IS NOW BEING HASSLED WITH
THE WAY THE WORLD IS CHANGING.

GOLDWATER AND HIS BUNCH
ARE SCARED.

THAT EXTREMISM...

IN THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTY...

IS NO VICE.

Kesey:
THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING

THAT IS SCARING THESE PEOPLE.

WHICH MEANS THAT SOMETHING
IS HAPPENING THAT'S SO NEW,

THEY'RE SCARED BEYOND
ANY POWERS OF REASONING.

8, 9...

Man:
10, 9, 8, 7...

6, 5, 4, 3...

2, 1, ZERO!

THESE ARE THE STAKES --

TO MAKE A WORLD IN WHICH
ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN CAN LIVE

OR TO GO INTO THE DARK.

WE MUST EITHER
LOVE EACH OTHER...

OR WE MUST DIE.

Announcer:
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT JOHNSON
ON NOVEMBER 3rd.

THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH
FOR YOU TO STAY HOME.

Kesey:
ALL THE THEMES OF MY WORK
HAVE TO DO WITH AMERICA --

TRAVELING ACROSS THIS LAND,

COMING TO THIS EDGE,
AND THEN WHAT?

Man: MY MEMBRANES HAVE PASSED
INTO AN OXYGENATION STATE.

Kesey: AFTER WE GOT BACK TO
LA HONDA, AFTER THE BUS TRIP,

WE HAD A VERY PURPOSEFUL RITUAL

TO GET OUT
FROM UNDER THIS BUS THING.

WE TOOK ALL OF OUR BUS CLOTHES

AND PUT THEM IN A PILE
AND SET FIRE TO THEM,

'CAUSE I WANTED
TO BE DONE WITH IT.

I WANTED TO GET BACK
TO BUSINESS.

I HAD BOOKS TO WRITE
AND KIDS TO RAISE.

BUT IT WOULDN'T DIE.

PEOPLE JUST KEPT COMING AROUND.

Man: LIKE LITTLE JACKRABBITS
GAILY CROSSING THE PASTURE

THAT MORNING, SO...

Babbs: WHAT HAPPENED WITH US,
WE WERE MAKING THAT MOVIE

AND PRETTY SOON, ON SATURDAYS,
WHEN WE SHOWED IT,

PEOPLE WERE COMING
TO SEE WHAT IT WAS.

Man: ...AND THE RED BARN
AND THE KIDS ON THE BEACH

IN THE STREAM SAYING...

Fetchen:
WE REALLY DIDN'T PROJECT IT
UNTIL I'D FINISHED EDITING IT,

REEL TO REEL,
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

AND WE SHOWED IT FROM BEGINNING
TO END WITHOUT STOPPING,

SO 30 HOURS STRAIGHT.

AND SO, FOR PART OF IT,

EVERYBODY SLEPT THROUGH IT,
OF COURSE.

CASSADY, OF COURSE --
HE TOOK SPEED --

WAS AWAKE AND WAS THE ONE WHO
ENDED UP RUNNING THE PROJECTOR

AND TALKING VERY SOFTLY --

"AND NOW WE'RE COMING
TO NEW YORK."

ENJOYING EVERY SECOND OF IT.

BUT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE AWAKE.

ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY WAS ASLEEP.

Man:
HE'S OUT OF HIS NUT!

Kesey: EVERY SATURDAY, THEY'D
COME AROUND MORE AND MORE,

BECAUSE WE WOULD DO
THESE SATURDAY-NIGHT TRIPS.

AND FINALLY, THERE WERE
JUST TOO MANY COMING AROUND.

I REALIZED, "I GOT TO
GET THIS OUT OF MY HOUSE

"BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THEN I'LL
BE CLEANING UP ALL WEEK LONG

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE."

SO WE JUST SAID,
"OKAY, NEXT TIME,

WE'RE GONNA DO THIS IN
SANTA CRUZ AT BABBS' HOUSE."

WHICH IS REALLY THE BEGINNING
OF THE ACID TESTS.

* EVERYWHERE
AND ALL OF THE TIME *

* IT'S BENDING MY MIND *

AND THEN, AFTER THAT, HE SAID,
"I DON'T WANT IT AT MY PLACE."

HE SAID, "OKAY, NEXT TIME,
WE'LL DO IT IN SAN JOSE."

SO, EACH TIME, WE JUST SAID,

"NEXT WEEK, ON SATURDAY,
IT'LL BE HAPPENING THERE."

* I'M FLYING DOWN
DESERTED STREETS *

* WRAPPED IN MOTHER'S
WINDING SHEETS *

* ASBESTOS BOOTS
ON FLAMING FEET *

* DREAMING OF FORBIDDEN TREATS *

* WHEN UNIFORMS
ON NIGHTTIME BEATS ASK ME *

WHEN WE STARTED
DOING THE ACID TEST,

WE TOOK ON THE DEAD
AS SORT OF OUR BACKUP BAND.

* I CAN'T COME DOWN *

* IT'S PLAIN TO SEE *

Garcia: WE'D HEARD ABOUT
KESEY AND THE BUS,

THEY'D BEEN DOING OUTRAGEOUS
THINGS FOR QUITE A WHILE

AND HAD A REPUTATION FOR IT.

AND -- AND FOR US, IT SEEMED
LIKE A REAL INTERESTING THING

TO GO AND CHECK OUT.

* WELL, SOMEONE'S TRYING
TO TELL ME WHERE IT'S AT *

AND THEY WERE OUR FIRST
AND BEST AUDIENCE,

THE PRANKSTERS WERE, YOU KNOW.

THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES
TO GET OFF ON US.

* LITTLE WINGS
LIKE A VAMPIRE BAT *

* I FLY AWAY TO MY
COLD-WATER FLAT *

* AND EAT MY WAY... *

Kesey: THEY WEREN'T JUST PLAYING
WHAT WAS ON THE MUSIC SHEETS.

THEY WERE PLAYING
WHAT WAS IN THE AIR.

* I CAN'T COME DOWN *

* IT'S PLAIN TO SEE *

* I CAN'T COME DOWN *

WHEN THE DEAD ARE AT THEIR BEST,

THE VIBRATIONS THAT ARE
STIRRED UP BY THE AUDIENCE

IS THE MUSIC THAT THEY PLAY.

THAT MEANS THAT THE BAND
HAS TO BE SUPPLE ENOUGH

TO REALLY READ THE NOTES
WRITTEN ON THE WALL.

* THEY SAY I'VE BEGUN
TO LOSE MY GRIP *

* MY HOLD ON REALITY'S
STARTING TO SLIP *

* TELL ME TO GET OFF
OF THIS TRIP *

* THEY SAY THAT IT'S
LIKE A SINKING SHIP *

IT MOVED ON FROM THAT,
EXPONENTIALLY,

FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE.

* I CAN'T COME DOWN *

* IT'S PLAIN TO SEE *

* I CAN'T COME DOWN *

* I'VE BEEN SET FREE *

LSD IS A REALLY GROOVY WAY
TO FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT THE THINGS AROUND YOU.

LSD HELPS ME UNDERSTAND
THE WHOLE WORLD BETTER.

LSD HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND
YOUR OWN MIND.

Kesey:
ONCE PANDORA'S BOX IS OPEN,

YOU CAN'T REGULATE
WHO GETS TO USE

THE STUFF THAT FLIES OUT OF IT.

Pres. Reagan:
WELL, I'M TERRIBLY FRIGHTENED
BY THE PROBLEM OF LSD.

I THINK THERE'S BEEN
A GREAT DEAL OF MISINFORMATION

BY THOSE WHO SEEM
TO SEE NO HARM IN IT.

BUT AS A PARENT AND AS A CITIZEN

AND CERTAINLY
NOW IN THIS POSITION,

I AM GREATLY CONCERNED.

Man:
A POWERFUL NEW DRUG

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WEIRD
AND DANGEROUS HALLUCINATIONS

HAD FOUND ITS WAY
ONTO THE STREETS.

WE HAD TO TRY AND STOP IT.

Kesey: THE GOVERNMENT SAID,
"STOP THAT EXPERIMENT.

"ALL THESE GUINEA PIGS
THAT WE'VE SENT UP THERE

"INTO OUTER SPACE,
BRING 'EM BACK DOWN,

"AND DON'T EVER LET 'EM
GO BACK UP THERE AGAIN,

BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE
THE LOOK IN THEIR EYES."

HE'S CLEAN, JOE,
EXCEPT FOR THESE.

SUGAR CUBES.

I'LL MAKE YOU BOOK HE'S
BEEN DROPPING THAT ACID
WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT.

EVIL! EVIL, EVIL!

ALL RIGHT, COME ON, SON.
SETTLE DOWN.

OH, NO, NO...

Man: HOSPITAL PEOPLE,
WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT,

ARE BECOMING EXPERT
IN THE HANDLING

OF LSD USERS IN TROUBLE.

YOU'RE GONNA BE
ALL RIGHT.

Man #2: SOME PEOPLE
HAVE A BAD EXPERIENCE

THE FIRST TIME
THEY TAKE THE DRUG.

OTHERS TAKE IT 30, 60,
OR EVEN 100 TIMES

BEFORE THEIR BAD TRIP.

AND THE BAD TRIP --
INSTANT INSANITY.

OFTEN, A NEVER NEVER LAND
OF NO RETURN.

NO, NO, GET AWAY!

Man #1:
SOME OTHERS WHO TAKE LSD

WILL HAVE EVEN MORE TRAGIC
FREAK-OUTS.

MANY LOSE
ALL CONTACT WITH REALITY.

SOME FORGET WHAT HEIGHT MEANS

AND, IN A TURNED-ON
OR EUPHORIC STATE,

STEP OR ATTEMPT TO FLY
FROM CLIFFS AND HIGH WINDOWS,

WITH REAL-LIFE,

PERMANENT,
NON-PSYCHEDELIC RESULTS.

OTHER TRIPPERS ATTEMPT
TO MERGE THEIR BEINGS

WITH LARGE, FAST AUTOMOBILES.

AAAAH!

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Narrator:
WITH ALL THE HYPE ABOUT LSD,

YOU WERE BUSTED
WITH MARIJUANA?

Kesey:
IT WASN'T EVEN GRASS CHARGES,

IT WAS BEING IN A PLACE
WHERE MARIJUANA WAS.

Man: MR. KESEY, DO YOU FEEL
YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG?

I FEEL LIKE YOU ONLY COME
TO THIS MOVIE ONCE,

AND IF YOU DON'T
GET SOMETHING REWARDING

OUT OF EVERY MINUTE
YOU'RE SITTING THERE,

THEN YOU'RE BLOWING YOUR TICKET.

LET'S ASSUME THE WORST.

SUPPOSING THEY DO COME BACK
WITH A CONVICTION,

WOULD YOU APPEAL?

WELL, IF I COULD
JUST CONCEDE IN SOME WAY

AND LET THEM STICK ME IN JAIL
AND DO MY TIME,

I WOULD DO IT
AND SAVE THE TAXPAYERS

AND EVERYBODY ELSE
A LOT OF TROUBLE.

Man: THE AIM OF THE SHERIFF
AND THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT

HAS BEEN TO REHABILITATE
MR. KESEY,

TO GET HIM
BACK INTO WRITING,

BACK INTO THE CAREER WHERE HE
SEEMS TO HAVE THE MOST TALENT.

* WALK ME OUT IN THE
MORNING DEW, MY HONEY *

Kesey: IN SIX MONTHS,
YOUR KIDS GROW A LOT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY TAKE AWAY
FROM YOU IN JAIL.

IT'S A DRAG.
I DON'T WANT TO EVER GO TO JAIL.

* YOU DIDN'T HEAR NO BABY
CRY TODAY *

Reporter: ONE FLEW OUT
OF A CUCKOO'S NEST TODAY --

THAT IS, IF YOU CONSIDER JAIL
A CUCKOO'S NEST.

FEDERAL CHARGES WERE DROPPED,
AND THE LAST OBSTACLE,

SAN FRANCISCO BAIL, WAS SET
AT $3,500 PLUS PENALTIES.

KESEY WILL BE BACK IN COURT
NOVEMBER 9th, HOPEFULLY.

IN THE MEANTIME,
HE WILL TELL THE TEENAGE WORLD

OF THE EVILS OF DRUGS

AND PROBABLY DESCRIBE
A LONG TRIP.

ARE YOU REPUDIATING LSD
AND OTHER HALLUCINATORY DRUGS?

THERE'S ENOUGH LSD
AROUND NOW

AND ENOUGH
YOUNG KIDS AROUND

WHO ARE ABLE
TO MANUFACTURE THIS

THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

FOR THE POLICE
TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU THINK THIS NEW LAW
IS TURNING THEM OFF, THEN?

I DON'T KNOW THAT
YOU CAN TURN THEM OFF,

BUT I THINK YOU MAY BE ABLE
TO MOVE THEM ON.

DO YOU CONSIDER
YOURSELF

BECOMING ONE OF US SQUARES,
PERHAPS?

GOD, I HOPE NOT.
[ LAUGHS ]

Reporter: THE COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES FOR LSDU

WILL BE HELD
ON MONDAY NIGHT.

THAT'S HALLOWEEN.

AND, OF COURSE,
THE MAN WHO IS GOING TO BE

PASSING OUT THE DIPLOMAS
IS KEN KESEY.

KEN, WHAT'S THE THEME
OF THIS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE?

TRIP OR TREAT.

WHEN I FIRST PROPOSED THE IDEA
TO JERRY GARCIA,

THE LEADER
OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD,

WHO'S PLAYING
UP THERE NOW,

THAT IT'S TIME
TO GRADUATE FROM ACID,

HE SAYS, "HALLELUJAH."

Kesey: IT WAS A TEST, AND THERE
WERE PEOPLE THAT PASSED,

AND THERE WERE PEOPLE
THAT DIDN'T PASS.

AND WE GAVE OUT DIPLOMAS
FOR PEOPLE

THAT WE FELT LIKE
REALLY HAD PASSED IT.

Reporter: ARE YOU A MEMBER
OF THE GRADUATING CLASS TONIGHT?

NO, I FLUNKED
THE ACID TEST.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT
DOING THAT?

WELL, THE STIPULATIONS
THAT KEN PUT UP, I DIDN'T PASS.

WE WENT WILD FOR A WHILE.

WE WENT WILD BECAUSE WE'D BEEN
CAGED UP FOR 50,000 YEARS.

WE WENT WILD AND FOUND OUT

THERE WAS MORE THAN WE
HAD BEEN LED TO BELIEVE.

AND NOW, UNLESS WE START
FINDING THE LITTLE PIECE OF IT

THAT WE CALL THE REINS,

IT'S GONNA GET AWAY FROM US.

THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
YOU STOP TAKING ACID,

BUT YOU STOP
REPEATING THE TRIPS.

EVERY HEAD KNOWS
THAT HE TAKES A DRUG

TO EVENTUALLY STOP TAKING IT,

AND I THINK THAT IT'S TIME FOR
A GREAT NUMBER OF THEM TO STOP.

I BELIEVE THAT DRUGS HAVE NOW
BECOME A FASHION.

Reporter: THE HAIGHT SCENE
HAS CHANGED, ALL RIGHT.

THE FLOWER NOT ONLY HAS WILTED,
IT'S DEAD.

* GOING TO LEAVE *

* THIS BROKEDOWN PALACE *

* ON MY HANDS AND MY KNEES *

* I WILL ROLL, ROLL, ROLL *

Man: THE HIPPIES IS OFTEN
A STRANGE WORLD

IN WHICH THEY LIVE IN.

THEY TAKE MANY TRIPS.

AND THE TRIP OF A HIPPIE
IS GENERALLY AN UNUSUAL ONE.

AND MARIJUANA, OF COURSE,
WITH LSD,

IS BEING USED.

Kesey:
ALL OF THESE DRUGS WERE BEING
FED INTO THE CULTURE BY THE CIA.

THE LSD WAS NOT
THE WHOLE STORY.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT FOR A LONG
TIME WHILE ALLEN GINSBERG SAYS,

"YOU KNOW WHO WAS PAYING
FOR THAT WAS THE CIA."

I SAID, "OH NO, ALLEN,
YOU'RE JUST PARANOID."

BUT HE FINALLY GOT
ALL THE RECORDS,

AND IT DID TURN OUT THE CIA
WAS DOING THIS,

AND IT WASN'T BEING DONE
TO TRY TO CURE INSANE PEOPLE,

WHICH IS WHAT WE THOUGHT.

IT WAS BEING DONE
TO WEAKEN PEOPLE

AND TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM UNDER
THE CONTROL OF INTERROGATORS.

I WAS SO NAIVE.

I BELIEVED THESE DOCTORS KNEW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

HOW COULD THEY MAKE A MISTAKE?

* FARE YOU WELL *

* FARE YOU WELL *

* I LOVE YOU MORE
THAN WORDS CAN TELL *

* LISTEN TO THE RIVER *

* SING SWEET SONGS
TO ROCK MY SOUL *

* DOO-DOO-DOO *

* DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO *

WE FINALLY GOT OUT OF JAIL.

WE WERE PERFECTLY WILLING
TO LEAVE

THAT WHOLE AREA DOWN THERE,

WHICH OFFERED EXCITEMENT
BUT NO STABILITY.

[ DOGS BARKING ]

Woman: IT'S FUNNY --
IN YOUR PRANKSTER DAYS,

YOU WERE SEEN AS BEING
PART OF A GROUP

THAT HAD MADE SUCH
A BREAK WITH THE PAST,

AND YET HERE YOU ARE LIVING
ON A FAMILY FARM,

YOU'RE, I BELIEVE,
STILL MARRIED TO THE WOMAN

WHO YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED TO
SINCE -- WHAT IS IT, 1956?

Kesey:
LONG TIME, YEAH.

YEAH, SO, I MEAN,
THERE'S BEEN THIS

INCREDIBLE CONTINUITY
IN YOUR LIFE

BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT,
IN A LOT OF WAYS.

YEAH.

Kesey: MY WIFE AND I
MET IN JUNIOR HIGH,

AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES
ARE STILL VERY CLOSE.

THIS SCHISM BETWEEN
THIS ONE CONSCIOUSNESS

AND THIS CONSCIOUSNESS,

I BELIEVE, HAS BEEN
ARBITRARILY FORCED ON US.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
A FAIRLY RELIABLE,

"STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD" CITIZEN

THAT JUST HAPPENS
TO BE AN ACIDHEAD.

[ SEA GULLS CRYING ]

Burton:
KEN'S A BORN LEADER.

I MEAN, HE'S GOT JUST CHARISMA
COMING OUT OF HIS EARS.

CASSADY WAS NOT
THAT KIND OF PERSON.

HE REALLY WASN'T.

ONCE HE DIDN'T
HAVE THE BUS TO DRIVE,

OR A FUNCTION, HE WAS --

HE WAS REALLY LIKE A LIABILITY.

YOU'VE HEARD THE STORIES
ABOUT HIM AND ANNE MURPHY.

OH, DON'T YOU KNOW THIS?
OH, GOD.

THEY WERE ON A HEAVY,
SADO-MASOCHIST TRIP.

I'M REALLY OLD-FASHIONED WHEN
IT COMES TO STUFF LIKE THAT.

I DON'T THINK A RELATIONSHIP
IS WORTH JACK SHIT

IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING THINGS
GOOD AND HAPPY.

COMPARE THIS WITH KEN AND FAYE.

THEY'VE BEEN GOOD
FOR EACH OTHER.

SEE, THEY --
THEY TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

THEY DON'T LET EACH OTHER
JUST GO DOWNHILL

AND GET MORE AND MORE FUCKED UP.

ON THE CONTRARY, THEY TAKE
GOOD CARE OF EACH OTHER.

Narrator:
WERE YOU SURPRISED TO LEARN
THAT CASSADY WAS FOUND DEAD

BESIDE THE RAILROAD TRACKS
IN MEXICO?

Burton: WHEN HE DIED,
I FELT LIKE

THAT HE'D ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED HIMSELF ON PURPOSE.

I CAN PICTURE MYSELF
IN HIS SHOES EXACTLY,

AND THERE'S NO PLACE ELSE
TO GO, REALLY.

MIGHT AS WELL MEET THE ANGELS.

AT WHAT POINT DID YOU
DECIDE TO GIVE UP

THE KIND OF
PRANKSTERS LIFE?

THE STORY
THAT I'VE HEARD

IS THE PRANKSTERS
WENT TO WOODSTOCK.

YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO.

AND WHEN
THEY CAME BACK,

THEY CAME BACK TO A SIGN
HUNG IN YOUR DRIVEWAY

THAT JUST SAID, "NO."

WELL, THERE WAS 61 PEOPLE WHEN
THEY HEADED OUT TO WOODSTOCK,

AND AFTER
THEY WERE GONE,

I WENT UPSTAIRS --
AND WE LIVE IN A BARN.

AT THAT TIME THERE WAS STILL
HAY IN THE LOFT OF THE BARN,

AND I FOUND ONE OF THESE
LITTLE HIPPIE WARRENS,

WHERE THEY DUG IN WITH THEIR
RATTY OLD SLEEPING BAGS

AND THEIR COPY
OF ZAP MAGAZINE.

AND STUCK RIGHT DOWN
IN THE HAY BALE

WAS A CANDLE WHICH HAD BURNED
RIGHT DOWN TO THE HAY

BEFORE IT'D GONE OFF,

AND I THOUGHT,
"THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS

THAT TAKE PRECEDENT
OVER ENLIGHTENMENT."

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SENT
EVERYBODY HOME, BASICALLY.

YEAH.

HOW MUCH WRITING HAVE
YOU BEEN DOING OVER
THE PAST FEW YEARS?

OH, QUITE A LOT.
I WRITE ALL THE TIME.

I JUST DON'T PUBLISH
THAT MUCH.

Kesey:
I'VE GOT FOUR KIDS

AND THERE'S A LOT
OF THE SAME ENERGY

THAT GOES INTO RAISING A FAMILY

THAT GOES INTO PUTTING A BOOK
TOGETHER LIKE "NOTION."

[ GUNSHOT ]

WHICH, ONCE YOU GET
A LOT OF STUFF IN THE AIR,

YOU CAN'T STOP
BECAUSE YOU'LL FORGET IT.

AND THAT KIND OF CONSCIOUSNESS
I HAVE NOT HAD,

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE...

YOU KNOW,
I'M RUNNING A BIG FARM.

THAT'S WHAT OCCUPIES MY MIND.

EITHER THAT
OR I FRIED MY MARBLES,

JUST LIKE EVERYBODY THINKS.

WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME
WHAT I THINK MY BEST WORK IS,

I ALWAYS SAY THE BUS.

NOVELS ARE A DIME A DOZEN,

BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE BUS
FURTHER.

WHAT IT MEANT

WAS THAT EVERYBODY
HAD TO CONSIDER

A NEW WAY FOR THINGS TO BE.

DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT WE'RE ALL ONE?

THE DEEPER I GOT INTO IT,

THE MORE I REALIZED IT WAS
A DIFFERENT FORCE WORKING.

THE ONLY BIG MISTAKE
WE EVER MADE, AS A FORCE,

WAS THINKING FOR A WHILE
THAT WE WERE GOING TO WIN.

WE DEVELOPED VESTED INTERESTS
IN THE VICTORY TO COME.

WE BEGIN TO PARCEL OFF
INTO LITTLE GROUPS,

WHETHER IT'S FEMINISM
OR POLITICS,

FOR MONEY, RELIGION.

WHATEVER IT IS,

EVERYBODY IS JUMPING UP AND DOWN
IN FRONT OF IT

UNTIL NOBODY
CAN SEE IT CLEAR ANYMORE.

NOW, IF WE'D NEVER
MADE THAT MISTAKE,

WE'D BEEN WAY AHEAD,

AND THIS IS KIND OF WHY
I'M RETIRING FROM THE RANKS.

SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS THAT WE'RE MEANT TO LOSE...

EVERY TIME.

YOU MAKE THESE FORAYS,
YOU WRITE THESE BOOKS,

AND YOU PERFORM THIS MUSIC,

BUT THE BIG JUGGERNAUT
OF CIVILIZATION CONTINUES,

AND YOU GET
KIND OF BRUSHED TO THE SIDE.

BUT I THINK,
ALL THROUGH HISTORY,

THERE'S BEEN
THESE KIND OF DIVINE LOSERS

THAT JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH
AND GO AHEAD,

KNOWING THAT SOCIETY'S
NOT GONNA UNDERSTAND IT,

NOT EVEN CARING, 'CAUSE
THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

* SOMETIMES THE LIGHT'S
ALL SHININ' ON ME *

[ CROWD CHEERS ]

* OTHER TIMES
I CAN BARELY SEE *

* LATELY IT OCCURS TO ME *

* WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP
IT'S BEEN *

* TRUCKIN',
GOT MY CHIPS CASHED IN *

* KEEP TRUCKIN',
LIKE THE DOO-DAH MAN *

* TOGETHER,
MORE OR LESS IN LINE *

* JUST KEEP TRUCKIN' ON *

* ARROWS OF NEON AND FLASHING
MARQUEES OUT ON MAIN STREET *

* CHICAGO, NEW YORK, DETROIT *

* AND IT'S ALL
ON THE SAME STREET *

* YOUR TYPICAL CITY
INVOLVED IN A TYPICAL DAYDREAM *

* HANG IT UP AND SEE
WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS *

* DALLAS, GOT A SOFT MACHINE *

* HOUSTON,
TOO CLOSE TO NEW ORLEANS *

* NEW YORK,
GOT THE WAYS AND MEANS *

* THAT JUST WON'T LET YOU BE *

* MOST OF THE CATS
THAT YOU MEET ON THE STREETS *

* SPEAK OF TRUE LOVE *

* MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE
SITTIN' AND CRYIN' AT HOME *

* ONE OF THESE DAYS
THEY KNOW THEY GOTTA GET GOIN' *

* OUT OF THE DOOR AND DOWN
ON THE STREET ALL ALONE *

* TRUCKIN',
LIKE THE DOO-DAH MAN *

* ONCE TOLD ME
YOU GOT TO PLAY YOUR HAND *

* SOMETIMES
THE CARDS AIN'T WORTH A DIME *

* IF YOU DON'T LAY 'EM DOWN *

* SOMETIMES THE LIGHT'S
ALL SHININ' ON ME *

* OTHER TIMES I CAN BARELY SEE *

* LATELY IT OCCURS TO ME *

* WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP
IT'S BEEN *

* TRUCKIN', I'M A-GOIN' HOME *

* WHOA, WHOA, BABY,
BACK WHERE I BELONG *

* BACK HOME,
SIT DOWN AND PATCH MY BONES *