Intrepid Traveller and His Merry Band of Pranksters Look for a Kool Place #1: Journey to the East on AllMovie

One of the most famous road trips in American history is that of author Ken Kesey and his friends. The Merry Band of Pranksters set out on their psychedelic bus tour in 1964. Their travels brought adventures, insights, and joy into the lives of those on the bus and the friends they made. The whole trip was documented with the idea of making it into a movie. Decades later, this program distills visions of those heady days, with archival film clips from the tour. Counter-culture youth went in search of America and re-invented themselves and their social values. Personal recollections by Kesey and his contemporaries provide colorful commentary on the revolutionary 1960s.