Dr. Gonzo

Dr. Gonzo is a name invented by Hunter S. Thompson, as a nickname for himself (although in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, it became the pseudonym for Oscar Zeta Acosta); hence, the phrase "gonzo journalism."

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"Dr. Gonzo"' was also the stage name of 1980s stand-up comic John Means, who was based in San Francisco, and gained modest fame as the warm-up act for Huey Lewis and the News and performing in their music videos. He retired from comedy in the 1990s and is now a college professor in his hometown of Mason City, Illinois.

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Hunter S. Thompson: Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He was known for his flamboyant writing style, most notably deployed in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which blurred the distinctions between writer and subject, fiction and nonficti...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. The story follows its protagonist, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they descend on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a drug-ind...

Pseudonym: A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e.g., when ghostwriting a book or play, or in parody, or when using a front ...

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