Trippin' with Terry Southern

<p> This award-winning memoir about the hippest guy on the planet recollects novelist/screenwriter Terry Southern's highs and lows his association with the Beat Generation and his movie cult classics <I>Dr. Strangelove</I> and <I>Easy Rider</I>.</p><p> In 1964 Terry Southern met actress Gail Gerber on the set of <I>The Loved One</I>. He was enjoying his success from co-writing the risque novel <I>Candy</I> a satire of <I>Candide</I> and the movie <I>Dr. Strangelove;</I> she had just co-starred with Elvis Presley in <I>Girl Happy.</I> Though they were both married there was an instant connection and they remained a couple until his death 30 years later.</p><p> In her memoir Gail recalls what life was like with the hippest guy on the planet. It documents their life together and contains numerous photographs of Terry and Gail with friends both famous and notorious. The wickedly gifted satirist who had a stint writing for <I>Saturday Night Live</I> kept company with the likes of Lenny Bruce Dennis Hopper Ringo Starr William Burroughs George Segal Harry Nilsson George Plimpton David Amram and Rip Torn. It also reveals what went on behind the scenes of Gail's movies (including <I>The Girls on the Beach</I> and <I>Village of the Giants</I>) and Terry's movies (including <I>The Cincinnati Kid Casino Royale Barbarella The Magic Christian End of the Road</I> and <I>Easy Rider</I>).</p>