injustices in America court system. Steve Ben Israel and Judith Malina of the Living Theater, actor Rip Torn (and more recently his son, director Tony Torn) and Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, and the rest of The Fugs, all made themselves comfortable on Fass show. Then, there was Abbie Hoffman, the former civil rights organizer turned political provocateur who appeared constantly during the tumultuous years from 1968-1973. e have a phone near the bed and call in, Anita Hoffman, told Jay Sand. t was an incredible feeling of a small intimate community.
Listening to Bob Fass programs from the 1960 and 70 is like time traveling through the jubilant birth and rocky growth of that community of idealistic and irreverent Americans, which dared to challenge the status quo.
Some believe it began one night on-air in 1966, when Fass invited he Cabal to join him for the Fly-In,