my mother, she was gweny rogers from rhosllanerchrugog. anthony: uh-huh, don t ask me to spell that. ralph steadman: no, i can t even do it myself. anthony: so how english do you feel, given that you grew up in wales? ralph steadman: uh, well, in a way, you know, i was, uh, not from liverpool. anthony: the food is pub fare, a runny egg wrapped in parma ham and breadcrumbs. prawn cocktail for the man. anthony: i think it was the scanlan s article, the first you worked with hunter thompson, kentucky derby. ralph steadman: yeah. anthony: i mean, before that would you say that you were a respectable figure making a living doing your work? i mean, because you, kind of, were transformed very quickly into a countercultural figure. i think a lot of people will appropriately or not will see you as an outlaw artist. ralph steadman: but i didn t start off wanting to be an artist. i wanted to be an aircraft engineer. i didn t like factory life, but i had to go every week to do
where are you from originally? well, i am welsh. my mother was gwenny rogers. don t ask me to spell that. i can t even do it myself. how english do you feel given you grew up in wales? in a way it was the food is pub fare. a runny egg wrapped. the first was hunter thompson, kentucky derby? yeah. before that, would you say you were a respectable figure making a living doing your work? because you kind of were transformed very quickly into a counter cultural figure. i think a lot of people will appropriately or not see you as an out law artist. i didn t want to be an artist. i wanted to be an engineer. i had to go every week to do technical drawing. and that s where lines and circles began.
says, what s that, a sample? [ laughs ] anthony: where you from originally? ralph steadman: uh, well, i am welsh. my mother, she was gweny rogers from rhosllanerchrugog. anthony: uh-huh, don t ask me to spell that. ralph steadman: no, i can t even do it myself. anthony: so how english do you feel, given that you grew up in wales? ralph steadman: uh, well, in a way, you know, i was, uh, not from liverpool. anthony: the food is pub fare, a runny egg wrapped in parma ham and breadcrumbs. prawn cocktail for the man. anthony: i think it was the scanlan s article, the first you worked with hunter thompson, kentucky derby. ralph steadman: yeah. anthony: i mean, before that would you say that you were a respectable figure making a living doing your work? i mean, because you, kind of, were transformed very quickly into a countercultural figure. i think a lot of people will appropriately or not will see you as an outlaw artist. ralph steadman: but i didn t start off wan
that twice with it and put it down in front of hunter. hunter was looking at it, he says, what s that, a sample? [ laughs ] anthony: where you from originally? ralph steadman: uh, well, i am welsh. my mother, she was gweny rogers from rhosllanerchrugog. anthony: uh-huh, don t ask me to spell that. ralph steadman: no, i can t even do it myself. anthony: so how english do you feel, given that you grew up in wales? ralph steadman: uh, well, in a way, you know, i was, uh, not from liverpool. anthony: the food is pub fare, a runny egg wrapped in parma ham and breadcrumbs. prawn cocktail for the man. anthony: i think it was the scanlan s article, the first you worked with hunter tmpson, kentucky derby. ralph steadman: yeah. anthony: i mean, before that would you say that you were a respectable figure making a living doing your work? i mean, because you, kind of, were transformed very quickly into a countercultural figure. i think a lot of people will appropriately or
my mother, she was gweny rogers from rhosllanerchrugog. anthony: uh-huh, don t ask me to spell that. ralph steadman: no, i can t even do it myself. anthony: so how english do you feel, given that you grew up in wales? ralph steadman: uh, well, in a way, you know, i was, uh, not from liverpool. anthony: the food is pub fare, a runny egg wrapped in parma ham and breadcrumbs. prawn cocktail for the man. anthony: i think it was the scanlan s article, the first you worked with hunter thompson, kentucky derby. ralph steadman: yeah. anthony: i mean, before that would you say that you were a respectable figure making a living doing your work? i mean, because you, kind of, were transformed very quickly into a countercultural figure. i think a lot of people will appropriately or not will see you as an outlaw artist. ralph steadman: but i didn t start off wanting to be an artist. i wanted to be an aircraft engineer. i didn t like factory life, but i had to go every week to d