Introducing American Prankster: Wavy Gravy's Life Story

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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We are excited to share a show we're loving with you! American Prankster: Wavy Gravy's Life Story pairs the legendary entertainer and activist with our friend, podcaster Rainbow Valentine, following the incredible ride of a life that Wavy Gravy has been on through decades of American counterculture. Enjoy this sample, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!

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0:00.0	Hello friends and trashy investigators. It's Alicia and Stacey. We are so excited to share with you the
0:06.8	latest podcast within our Hemlock Creatives family. Y'all, it's called American Prankster, and our
0:12.4	friend Rainbow Valentine is an extraordinary storyteller, and she is bringing you the most
0:18.1	amazing story of Wavy Gravy, one of the last original beatnik poets.
0:24.2	But Waivey's so much more than that.
0:26.2	He's also an improv comedy trailblazer and international comedic activist whose antics have included running a pig for president.
0:35.1	He totally ran a pig for president.
0:39.7	Y'all, this series is going to take Wavy Gravy from his childhood to the Gaslight Cafe, all of his beatnik years, all the way
0:45.8	to San Francisco, where the convergence of psychedelic and comedy history collide. Wavy gets out
0:53.1	to Hollywood, his comedy career soars.
0:55.9	It propels him to the famed acid tests and the birth of his hog farm commune.
1:02.4	Wavy even makes it out to the Woodstock Peace and Music Festival.
1:07.2	His historic and hilarious adventures, y'all involve everything, countless cultural watershed moments in American history.
1:16.0	If you like the spiderwebs, we do, I promise you're going to love the spiderwebs in this story.
1:22.0	Wavy fabricated the snapping for applause of an audience.
1:26.6	He introduced granola to hippies.
1:29.5	Spiderwebs in this are going to include
1:32.3	wavy psychedelic shenanigans with countless icons like,
1:37.1	get ready.
1:38.1	Lenny Bruce, Groucho Marx, BB King, Janice Joplin.
1:41.7	Tiny Tim, Del Close, Ken Kesey, Neil Cassidy, Margot, St. James, the lonious monk, Bob Dylan.
1:49.5	Ram Dass, Albert Einstein, Peter Paul and Mary, Marlena Daytrick.
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