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Hippies

posted 14 years ago by kerchable
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Anyone know who the group of hippies were? This was filmed in 1966 before the hippie scene was well known. I think they might have been Vito and the Freaks, associated with Frank Zappa and the L.A. freak scene. Any ideas?

[–] EllisFowler 14 years ago

I always assumed these were just a bunch of revelers who held an annual bacchanalia and that this was the kind of thing about which people in the rest of the country would say, "Yeah, well, that's California for you."

[–] tgs333 14 years ago

They were art of the Young DNC Organization.

"I'm a vehemently anti-nuclear, paranoid mess, harbouring a strange obsession with radioactive sheep."

[–] kerchable 14 years ago

I think you're right, they appeared mainline Dems. I'm also sure if John Belushi had lived long enough he would now be a lauded senator; hell,why not? Al Franken thinks it's all a joke too.

[–] tgs333 14 years ago

Opps, forgot that Rock was a Republican.

"I'm a vehemently anti-nuclear, paranoid mess, harbouring a strange obsession with radioactive sheep."

[–] kerchable 14 years ago

Yeah, Republicans get AIDS too; hopefully not implying this disease has a moral component.

[–] tgs333 14 years ago

No I wasn't kerchable. Sorry if you or anyone else felt that way.

"I'm a vehemently anti-nuclear, paranoid mess, harbouring a strange obsession with radioactive sheep."

[–] Jakealope 13 years ago

IDK, some of them looked pretty old to me. But if true, at least they know how to partee! If it was cons they would be playing with their guns & shooting up the place or tearing up the place in their 4wds and ATVs. This crowd was better.

[–] Jakealope 13 years ago

"This song is written for Carlos Orestes Franzoni. Someday he will move next door to you and your lawn will die."

Vito, and Suzy Creamcheese!

[–] kerchable 13 years ago

great posting Jakealope, I think you nailed it. I've seen vintage film footage, think it's called The Hippie Temptation, and there was a story on Vito and Capt. *beep* ala Freaks and they looked like the same group. Zappa did hang out with these characters and made an impression on him. Excellent quote, thanks for the memories.

[–] Jakealope 13 years ago

Do you mean Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet? I love these IMDb boards, I get responses like from 7 year old posts.

[–] at7000 13 years ago

Actually, California had a thriving, exploratory, counter-cultural scene since the mid-1950s. Bohemians, Beatniks, artists, progressive intellectuals, etc... In a sense, these folks laid down much of the "ground work" for the eventual "Hippy Movement." Part of it was a 'back to nature movement' as well.

[–] mike-848 13 years ago

Well, before the hippie scene there was the beatnick scene. A lot of those guys had the beatnick goatee.

[–] Owlwise (1535) 10 months ago

There was always a thriving bohemian scene in California for decades before this film, and of course the Beats in California were the godfathers of the hippies.

[–] TheArgentinian (7090) 6 months ago

They did not act like hired extras.

I thought of DiCaprio in Once Upon...