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!
- genus: TV Movie, Documentary
- Studio: CBS News Productions
- keyword: 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
- cast: Harry Reasoner, Jerry Garcia, Peter Coyote, Bob Weir, Dr. David Smith
