any of you 60s survivors remember this guy? . . .

[OneBlueSky]

the world's last remaining hippie . . . :)

http://www.wavygravy.net/

[Gman]

1. Never heard of 'em

that I can remember. He must not have been that big a deal.

[treefrogjohn]

2. Oh yeah!!

I don't remember much but I remember him!

[punpirate]

3. Yup...

He was one of the Merry Pranksters for a while, was associated with The Hog Farm (a commune devoted to activism and entertainment).

His name is Hugh Romney. Been telling everyone I know in Massachusetts that if they'd elected Hugh Romney instead of Mit Romney, they wouldn't be grumbling now. *smile*

Cheers.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. Hugh Romney?

That's no name for a hippie! No wonder he changed it!

"Hugh Romney" sounds like the name of cast member in a BBC drama.

[tom_paine]

4. I remember when Mr Cheney, errr, Burns, impersonated him

On a Greenpeace boat:

"The man who walks among you is NOt Wavy Gravy. And I've been smoking harmless tobacco from this bong the whole time!"
--Mr. Cheney, ummm, Burns "The Simpsons"

[uberotto]

5. Even before I had ever heard of him...

I had heard the quote he is (probably) most famous for...

he stood on the Woodstock stage and announced, "What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000!"

[Snow]

6. Yup -

like the man said, part of the merry pranksters.....very weird guy. good, interesting sense of humor, but weird guy.

[Skittles]

7. yes

yes indeed.

[kcwayne]

8. We've got breakfeast in bed for 500,000 maaan!!! Its groovy!!

Wavy was the man at Woodstock, and totally captured the idea of being a flower child, while he worked hard to see that food was delivered to the tired, cold, and hungry masses.

Last I heard he was still living on a commune on the west coast.

[welshTerrier2]

15. if you're too tired to chew, pass it on

we must be in heaven man ....

[Flying_Pig]

9. Oh yeah. Electric Koolaid Acid Test...... Deadhead. Ken Kesey.

Ol' Gravy doesn't have many brain cells left, but he still gets out there and works for good causes. BTW, he's not the "last" hippie. There's lots of us left....

[izzie]

10. No but see a lot of gray hair hippes around.

Like to tell them to move on but so I guess they are happy.

[punpirate]

14. Uh, move on to what?

;-)

[SiobhanClancy]

16. Some of us did move on...

and now we wish we could move back:)

[dbt]

11. One Wavy Gravy is worth

762,419 morans who support bu$h.

:smoke:
dbt

[Iverson]

12. yeah

a good guy

[MaineDem]

13. Woodstock!

Sure I remember him.

Thanks for letting me be back in a good place mentally, if only for a second or two. :hippie:

[Raenelle]

27. Isn't he in that movie?

Anyway, I spent a few months in the Haight-Ashbury myself back in 1967--would probably be a good story if I remembered more than constantly taking the seeds out of the pot. I do also remember that I was so lethargic back then that, though we didn't have jobs, I took my laundry to the cleaners.

[BrewerJohn]

17. He shows up on public radio's West Coast Live

Every once in a while. Always good to hear from.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

18. A wonderful man, I spent a long time talking to him once

in the village...

[Palacsinta]

19. Good God, yes

sort of. How many Merry Pranksters can I name? Kesey, Mountain Girl, Gretchin' Fetchin', Hassler, the guy who was Dean Moriarty in "On The Road".....oh, Neal Cassidy? Brain hurts, must stop.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. Neal Cassidy, right = Dean Moriarity

flipping that hammer all the time. That must have been some trip.

[woofless]

21. "Hey!

Maybe if we try REAL hard we can stop this reign!"

(pun intended)

[Bunny]

22. Used to work with a guy who kept an autographed picuture

of Wavy Gravy in his office.

[GURUving]

23. oh yeah

hadn't thought about him until my last flashback!

[latebloomer]

24. "60s Survivors"

I like it!!

I can't say I remember him from Woodstock, but I was there!!

[GOPisEvil]

25. I'm a '60s survivor...born in 1968...and I know who Wavy Gravy is!

Hell, he was at our Austin Against War protest back in March! :thumbsup:

[Ellen Forradalom]

26. Oh sure.

A Yippie presidential candidate. Has been an esteemed elder of hippiedom for quite a while now.

[yellowdog]

29. Hell, even if you were just semi-conscious

during the '60's you have to remember Wavy Gravy.