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Brian Cox Reads Hunter S Thompson’s Complaint Letter

submitted by newtboy

2 years 2 months ago

In 1969, displeased to see a trusted news programme removed from his local station, American journalist Hunter S. Thompson wrote a complaint to its manager, Dave Allen, who replied with a complaint of his own about the coarse language in Hunter’s complaint.

So Hunter wrote again, and none other than Brian Cox (a.k.a. Succession's Logan Roy) read the letter at our Royal Albert Hall show in October 2020.

3 Comments

StukaFox says...

HST and Joan Didion are the two writers I most regret not meeting.
(My mom went to elementary school with Didion)

filed under "great minds think alike": once gave my best friend my take on a world event, and a day later HST give the same viewpoint, almost word-for-word, on a TV interview show.

one of my finer hours...and a witness, too.

[have tried to find the interview on the 'net, but, alas, it still remains elusive.]

but worry as i am/was a fan of him...chris cornell...robin williams...

New documentary coming soon documenting Hunter S Thompson’s 1970 run for sheriff of Denver!

https://www.9news.com/article/entertainment/movies/hunter-s-thompsons-1970-campaign-aspen-sheriff-new-documentary-inside-view/73-660e31ec-16db-47dc-9b
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