Paul Krassner

Biography

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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Known For

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Last Summer Won't Happen
Last Summer Won't Happen
Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson
Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson
Happy Birthday to John
Happy Birthday to John

Filmography

2017 Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
as
2014 Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story
as Himself
2011 Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
as Self
2009 The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
as Self
2008 Sex: The Revolution
as
2008 Chicago 10
as Self (archive footage)
2006 The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as Self
2005 The Aristocrats
as Self - Satirist / Editor, 'The Realist'
2003 Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson
as Himself
1999 The Source
as Self
1997 Happy Birthday to John
as Self
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1972 Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
as Self (archive footage)
1971 Dynamite Chicken
as Self
---- Conventions: The Land Around Us
as Self (archive footage)
1968 Last Summer Won't Happen
as Himself
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1961 The Mike Douglas Show
as Self