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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
By Patrick Kelly on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 5:13pm
In the summer and fall of 1967, America became aware of a growing movement of young people, based mainly out of California, called the "psychedelic movement." This movement relied on drug use, strange music, and multimedia experiences to transcend reality and bring a higher state of consciousness to those who participated. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is the story of how this movement began: with one person, Ken Kesey, and his band of followers, the Merry Pranksters.
Kesey is a young, talented novelist who has just seen his first book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, published, and who is consequently on the receiving end of a great deal of fame and fortune. While living in Palo Alto and attending Stanford's creative writing program…
Character List
Ken KeseyNovelist and leader of the Merry PrankstersBabbs
Prankster, Vietnam veteran, and Kesey's second in commandStewart Brand
Prankster; brains behind the Trips FestivalNeal Cassady
Prankster; real-life inspiration for the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novelOn the Road
Jerry Garcia
Band leader of The Grateful DeadAllen Ginsberg
Writer, poet, and frequent party companion of the PrankstersLarry McMurtry
Author of novels including Lonesome Dove and friend of KeseyOwsley
Chemist and manufacturer of LSDFaye Kesey
Ken Kesey's wifeMountain Girl
Prankster; becomes pregnant with Kesey's childGretchin Fetchin
Also known as the Slime Queen; Prankster who covers herself in mud during their first bus trip EastSandy Lehman-Haupt
Prankster; continually has mental breakdowns because of having taken too much LSDBlack Maria
Prankster; girl whom Kesey meets as a fugitive in MexicoThe Hermit
A kid who lives in the woods, at Kesey's houseDoris Delay
PranksterHassler
Prankster; tries to convince Wolfe of all the "games" that society playsGeorge Walker
Prankster; marries Mountain GirlPaul Foster
Prankster; responsible for the audio and visual technology at the Acid TestsFreewheeling Frank
Prankster; member of the Hell's AngelsPaul Sawyer
Unitarian Youth minister who invites Kesey to speak at a Unitarian conferenceZonker
Prankster; runs away to Mexico with KeseyFritz Perls
Head of the Esalen Institute; invites Kesey to lead a seminarBig Nig
Allows the Pranksters to use his house for an Acid TestStark Naked
Prankster; loses her mind on the trip to New York
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