Col. Bruce Hampton (Ret): The Daddy of Us All
other one talking about it, and said "How did you know that record? That's sort of how we became friends.
What's the best book you've ever read?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, and Commentaries On Living by Jiddu Krishmanurti.
So you like Dr. Thompson. He's one of my favorites.
He's the funniest man. I like him better than Mark Twain. I don't like all of them, but Fear and Loathing is madness at it's height. That's absolutely a masterpiece.
Your all time favorite TV show?
Without a doubt, the acting, the production, the directing, is The Andy Griffith Show. I mean, you can watch that and learn music, and flow, and life more than anything I've ever seen. Those first fifty, there was nothing that could beat 'em. All in the Family was second, I believe. But I study Andy Griffith for musical composition, for space and time. They never did a bad episode. There's not one moment out of place on those hundreds of episodes. When you can perfect something like that, it's amazing. To be that on all the time, and that good, is scary. I generally hate consistency. I want something to be great for two nights and then horrible for a night. So consistency worries me. Consistency is a mediocre mind. But it was a symphony for me each time. It was pro-wrestling and it was Shakespeare. They nailed it. Whoever the producer and the director were. And the acting was just great every show, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Andy Griffith- I don't know how they did it. Thank you for that question. I finally get to answer stuff I've always wanted to answer.
Favorite movie of all time?
Oh, wow. Being There; Brazil; Magnolia; Slingblade; To Kill a Mockingbird; and Women in Love.
What are your hobbies?
That's so great that you asked that, because I go through passions. I probably do them for about ten years, and then never do them again. I started out as a golfer, believe it or not, until I was twenty. I went to school on a gold scholarship. I have played three times in thirty years. I hate it now. I spent so much time as a young man trying to improve it. I played tennis for about ten years, and I don't play it anymore. For the past ten years I've been into horse racing. I love the Kentucky Derby. I like any
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