Flashback: Hunter S. Thompson and Conan O’Brien Get Drunk at a Shooting Range

February 13, 2013

A few years back Conan O’Brien finally landed his long sought-after interview with famed author/journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson who refused to conduct the interview in studio invited O’Brien to his shooting range/outdoor bar in New York state.

Note to untrained: everything is this video is completely unsafe.

Thompson who killed himself with a gun requested his ashes be shot out of a cannon – video below:

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