Epstein Secrets

Remembering Dick Gregory By Pau Krassner I first met Dick Gregory when he asked me to interview him for The Realist in New York. I saw him again when I was in Chicago. He was performing a

fantastic guy I've got comin' out, and I don't know what I'm gonna do yet but I just wanna talk with him.' And I said, `Well, who is it?' He said, `Paul ICrassner.' And I just fell out, and said, `Are you serious? He's one of the hippest minds in the whole world.' Then he came back and said, `How long you bee

Remembering Dick Gregory By Pau Krassner I first met Dick Gregory when he asked me to int

e saw it, he said, "They ought to take that whole wall and preserve it in a museum somewhere." * * * On a work-vacation in the Florida Keys with Abbie and Anita Hoffman in December in 1967. I followed a neighborhood crow down the road, then continued walking to town by myself to use the telephone.

ed interstate commerce.” When Life magazine ran a favorable profile of me in 1968, an FBI agent sent a poison-pen letter to the editor: “To classify Krassner as some sort of ‘social rebel’ is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut.” But in 1969, the FBI's previous attempt at mere character assa

hat LA. 7imes Sunday Calendar section blared out: Paul Krassner-- “1 Was a Communist for the FBI.” \|n the San Fr

provide the funds to cover the FBI’ s theater critics squad? The banner headline on the cover of that LA. 7imes Sunday Calendar section blared out: Paul Krassner-- “1 Was a Communist for the FBI.” \|n the San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote, “Fearing Krassner would sue, the 7imes recalled and destr

ose immediately above. *All Jews except those in the Movement. *All Jews in the Movement except those who dye their skins black. *All Jews. Look out, Abbie, Jerry, Paul and Mark!” (Shades of Wernher von Braun.) It was approved by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's top two aides: “Authority is granted to pr

erneath, there he was wearing an American Flag undershirt. The network pulled the plug on the video and screen went dark - nationwide. Influence #2: Paul Krassner. See pp 1 & 18 in pdf below. Yippie!! JB p.s. Did you see that Gelernter is up for Science Advisor. He's my guy and he's the real deal. A very ser

screen went dark - nationwide. Influence #2: Paul Krassner. See pp 1 & 18 in pdf below. Yippie!! JB p.s.

nnected to ideas from the art world. That was my contribution to the "cause". The first piece below is actually all about my influence - introducing Abbie and Andy - putting together the "Exploding Plastic Inevitable" at the Dom on St. Marks Place, and, most importantly, busting Abbie for pausing for

OVERSIGHT_015376 rhetoric, | wrote to the Justice Department to find out the status of their case against Groucho, and received this reply: Dear Mr. Krassner: Responding to your inquiry, the Supreme Court has held that Title 18 U.S.C., Section 871, prohibits only “true” threats. It is one thing to say that

fantastic guy I've got comin’ out, and | don't know what I'm gonna do yet but | just wanna talk with him.’ And | said, ‘Well, who is it?’ He said, ‘Paul Krassner.’ And | just fell out, and said, ‘Are you serious? He's one of the hippest minds in the whole world.’ Then he came back and said, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_0

ention we were planning, “Will you be staying in tents?” | replied, “Some of us will be intense. Others will be frivolous.” During an interview with Abbie and me for the CBS Evening News, taped at his apartment, Abbie paraphrased Che Guevara and said, “I'm prepared to win or die.” However, that never go

A POLITE INTERVIEW = Skin So Thin, It’s Inside Out” Ethan Persoff talks with Paul Krassner about running The Realist, hacking The New York Times Bestseller list, and that “true, extraordinary liar,” Donald Trump. of American comedy: Lenny

hese days — it’s the fate of truly seminal sources to seem inevitable, when in fact they reshaped the world in their own image. Fortunately, in 2006 Krassner teamed with archivist/comic artist Ethan Persoff on The Realist Archive Project (http:// www.ep.tc/realist/), a free online repository of every issue

The one when you met Bob Dylan and asked for his opinion about the Holocaust. PK: | was at a radio show. And he was watching in the room. It was me, Abbie Hoffman, a rabbi, and some others. During the panel, the Holocaust was integrated into the dialogue. Dylan was there watching, sitting in a dark corn