franchise. >> so worn midwife income of the midwife in a way. >> absolutely by pairing him with ralph stedmann publishing and scanlon know i misspoke the first issue of scanlon's ran hunters jean-claude piece that did not have ralph stedman's illustrations is not usually regarded as an example of gonzo journalism. once you puts stedman and thompson together. thompson thought he had failedak but then everybody was saying this is a big breakthrough in journalism. and he described that feeling is falling down an elevator shaft, landing in a pool full of mermaids saying he thought was a huge success and immediately 'went back toward and said this is it. masters charter and the mardi gras. scanlon's was already going under there would never be, i think they publish their last in january of 1971. and unfortunately because i think worn deserves a lot of credit for not just pairing those two but conceding conceiving and birthing thompson would eventually find anotheray outlet for that kind of work for. >> her in some ways had gotten him started under warren henkel but of the benefited think he ended

jean-claude khali piece that didn't have ralph steadman's illustrations, and it's not usually regarded as an example of gonzo journalism, but once you put stedmanand thompson together you know so thompson thought he had failed. but then everybody was saying this was a big breakthrough in journalism. and you know, he described that feeling as falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids. you know, the thing that he thought was a failure turned out to be a huge success. and he immediately went back to warren and said this is it. it's going to be the thompson stedman report. we're going to go around, you know to america's cup and the super bowl and the masters tournament and the mardi gras. and you know, this is going to be a franchise and we're going to turn and we're going to take those stories and and put them into book form. so he really thought he had something that the only problem was that scanlons. was already going under and there would never be you know, i think i think they published their last issue in january of 1971. and then, you know, unfortunately because you know, i think warren deserves a lot of credit f