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Merry Prankster Ken Babbs on Ken Kesey
Clip: Season 8 Episode 803 | 55s
Watch Merry Prankster Ken Babbs relates one of his many, many Ken Kesey stories.
Ken Kesey and Merry Prankster Ken Babbs met in 1958 as students in Wallace Stegner's graduate writing seminar at Stanford. The two remained close, lifelong friends. Here, Babbs relates one of his many, many Kesey stories.
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Oregon Experience
Merry Prankster Ken Babbs on Ken Kesey
Clip: Season 8 Episode 803 | 55s
Ken Kesey and Merry Prankster Ken Babbs met in 1958 as students in Wallace Stegner's graduate writing seminar at Stanford. The two remained close, lifelong friends. Here, Babbs relates one of his many, many Kesey stories.
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