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Paul Krassner

Paul Krassner

Born: 1932-04-09 • New York City, New York, USA

Paul Krassner (April 9, 1932 – July 21, 2019) was an American writer and satirist. He was the founder, editor, and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine The Realist, first published in 1958. Krassner became a key figure in the counterculture of the 1960s as a member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and a founding member of the Yippies, a term he is credited with coining.

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Filmography
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties poster
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story poster
Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story
2014 • Himself
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune poster
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011 • Self
No Image
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
2009 • Self
The U.S. vs. John Lennon poster
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006 • Self
The Aristocrats poster
The Aristocrats
2005 • Self - Satirist / Editor, 'The Realist'
Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson poster
Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson
2003 • Himself
The Source poster
The Source
1999 • Self
Happy Birthday to John poster
Happy Birthday to John
1997 • Self
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears poster
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972 • Self (archive footage)
Dynamite Chicken poster
Dynamite Chicken
1971 • Self
Last Summer Won't Happen poster
Last Summer Won't Happen
1968 • Himself
No Image
Conventions: The Land Around Us
— • Self (archive footage)