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." "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.
See also gonzo Raoul Duke
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