Released
Ed McClanahan: Kentucky Muse
January 1 1995 (about 30 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Paul Wagner
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 1 h 55 m
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: Kentucky Educational Television, University of Kentucky
Unable or unwilling to conform to the rigid atmosphere of Washington and Lee College as a freshman, Ed bailed out after a brief stint there to attend—and graduate from—Miami of Ohio. After graduate work at UK, he left for the Left Coast, and it suited him just fine. The first stop was a writing instructorship at Oregon State, then enrollment into the Stanford Writing Program, a move shared by Jim, Wendell, and Gurney. There he cultivated, among other things, relationships with Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, and—most importantly—Ken Kesey. Ed didn’t just experience the 1960s; he wallowed in them. Also, a bonus interview from 1996 program, Signature Live.