Tripping (1999 Ken Kesey / Merry Pranksters documentary)

Vividly, I remember a school bus picking us up at Fort Hill elementary school on a Saturday,in 1964 to take us to a party so that we could boogie down to the British Invasion on vinyl and we danced our little butts off and life has never been the same since.Never a dull moment since the sex,drugs and rock and roll of the 1960s!God bless America and God bless LSD!

I met Ken Kesy up in Eugene Oregon. He drove me to his house and we went out in the field where the magic bus sat. Went inside the bus an we smoked a big fatty joint of weed I grew. He told me it was the strongest best tasting pot he ever smoked. Rest in Peace Ken. I use to live next store to Jone Karrowack. Jack's widow. May they both Rest in Peace. Hello David Karrowack if you see this comment.

Played a concert on top of that bus. Wonderful memories.. :)

Legend. Thx to Kesey and his merry pranksters. The world would be a poorer place without his input. Acid for the masses. Luv and Peace.

Nothing ended at Altamont. It fits a neat tidy time frame to wrap up an historical era to fit nicely on the pages of “Rolling Stone”. Everything cycles through time. The spirit of those times is alive and well and has been the main reason for any good left in this insane world.

The original bus should be in a cultural museum!! One love to all viewers here!! ❤

The most incredible experience in my life. No doubt. Thankyou acid.

I met Kesey , Babbs & Zonker at Naropa during the 1st Kerouac Festival . Most people are wrong , it's was not about LSD , not about Literature , not about ART or Music , it was and is , about FREEDOM . FundaMENTALLY , Kesey was a great guy . While all Last Beats ; Ginzy , Corso , McClure , Burroughs ( Sr. not Jr. ) were into hanging out with themselves , Kesey organized a poetry reading , a " Hoo-Ha " for the people and hung out with the students . He was an American in the true sense of the word . Miss him .

Life isn't a destination. It's a journey. We all arrive at the same place, but it's how we get there that makes all the difference in the world.

Ken Kesey's "Sometimes a great notion" is awesomely brilliant.

Ken's description of the almost instantaneous changes that occurred immediately after the Kennedy assassination was one of the most astute observations that I've ever heard. Acid? I don't know, but the depth of perception among these cats was clearly deeper tham most, as well as their societal openness and intellectual curiosity. If LSD is capable of helping mankind to achieve these things, then we should all start tripping immediately! Safe travels! ✌☮

What Ken says about "make sure you're ready to meet God because, if you experience too much of God you will go crazy." So well said. Don't trip until It is ready for You.

i love how the bus is like a work in progress, continually being transformed

I love how Hunter Thompson needs subtitles.

The world is going through a dark time. This made me smile.

This film really shows how much freedom has been lost since Tom Wolfe's infamous book about the Pranksters. The world has become a very different place. And not for better.

Apparently the major motivations for Ken Kesey's legendary bus trip and later acid tests were to spread joy and to teach us how to share joy with others. This sounds like a noble virtue to me.

That is one beautiful bus ,1939 International schoolbus . Painted by commity and dubbed Further cause that is where it was going . Cowboy Neal at the wheel and all the Merry Pranksteers along for the ride

22:04 - I took a LOT of acid in high school into (and after) college. From about 1980 until 1996, I tripped almost weekly - at a minimum monthly. I was in Michigan and one of my best friends had an older brother that went to U of M Ann Arbor and lived in Ypsilanti. We got really good acid all the time. What I noticed during those years was (1) You have to have a reasonably high intellect to enjoy the experience, and (2) After any of my friends had a "bummer", they never did it again. I never had a bad trip, but found myself alone at about 30 years old because I had no one left to trip WITH. I really miss the "brain enema" that follows a good trip, and now I'm in my 50s and would like to try again, but I have a family. I'm not going to be able to say to my son, "Hey, Man! Dad's gonna be pretty weird for the next 10 hours or so. So strap in!" Oh well, the memories are really good. I think everyone should be required to try LSD or mushrooms at least once, just as a learning experience.

Super fascinating Neal Cassidy footage and testimonials. I dont think the music in the doc fit in very well but the content was so good it was hardly missed.