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The Hippie Temptation (1967)

Poster for The Hippie Temptation

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!

Cast & Crew

Director
Warren Wallace
  • Profile picture of Harry Reasoner
    Uptight Narrator Harry Reasoner
  • Profile picture of Jerry Garcia
    Dirty Hippie Jerry Garcia
  • Profile picture of Peter Coyote
    Digger Peter Coyote
  • Profile picture of Bob Weir
    Bob Weir
  • Profile picture of Dr. David Smith
    Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Doctor Dr. David Smith

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Keywords

  • drug abuse
  • free love
  • san francisco, california
  • dystopia
  • lsd
  • teenage rebellion
  • generation gap
  • summer of love
  • runaway teen
  • bad trip
  • 1960s
  • hippies
  • trend
  • barefoot
  • teenager
  • vd
  • haight ashbury
  • uptight squares
  • free clinic
  • bummer
  • condesending
  • lazy
  • bandwagon
  • fad
  • pearl clutching