The Hippie Temptation (1967)
CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!
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Top billed cast
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Harry Reasoner
Uptight Narrator
Jerry Garcia
Dirty Hippie
Peter Coyote
Digger
Dr. David Smith
Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Doctor
Bob Weir
Keywords
Runaway teenDystopiaSan francisco, californiaTeenager1960sTeenage rebellionLsdDrug abuseGeneration gapFree loveSummer of loveBad tripHippiesBarefootTrendLazyVdHaight ashburyUptight squaresFree clinicBummerCondesendingBandwagonFadPearl clutching
