Paul Krassner

Born: 1932-04-09

Paul Krassner (April 9, 1932 – July 21, 2019) was an American writer and satirist. He was the founder, editor, and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958. Krassner became a key figure in the counterculture of the 1960s as a member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and a founding member of the Yippies, a term he is credited with coining. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Krassner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Aristocrats

as Self - Satirist / Editor, 'The Realist'
Released: 2005-07-29

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared...

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The U.S. vs. John Lennon

as Self
Released: 2006-09-15

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he...

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Chicago 10

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2008-02-29

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who...

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The Source

as Self
Released: 1999-01-23

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University...

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Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story

as Himself
Released: 2014-02-14

Back Issues is the definitive documentary of porn magazine Hustler, from its nightclub inception...

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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune

as Self
Released: 2011-01-05

From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs...

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Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-01

The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative...

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Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson

as Himself
Released: 2003-07-23

Guerrilla ontologist. Psychedelic magickian. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist....

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Happy Birthday to John

as Self
Released: 1997-10-09

On October 9th, 1972 an exhibition of John Lennon/Yoko Ono's art, designed by the Master of the...

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Last Summer Won't Happen

as Himself
Released: 1968-09-01

A critical yet sympathetic examination of the anti-war movement in New York City, shot in 1968,...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that...

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