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The Last of the Merry Pranksters

Bureau of Lost Culture

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The Gay Man Has a Right to Be as Big as It's in Him to Be!

Merry Prankster Ken Babs is a former Marine and countercultural godfather. He grew up in the post-war America of the late 1940s and early 1950s. The Merry Prankster has been accused of being an American version of Timothy Leary's character, but he says there are many myths about him. In his own words: 'I think that stories are where it's at and life is made up of stories'

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