. >> donahue: once we had the programming in place at kmpx, we realized we had to generate some revenuee, and a partner of mine went to work for kmpx and recommended me as a potential employee, and donahue wrote a letter to the judge and said, "if you'll let him out of jail, i'll put him to work." >> donahue: so tom wrote this incredible letter and we bailed him out of jail, 'cause as tom pointed out, "if he can sell pot, he can sell time." >> laughlin: so we had lots and lots of head shops, fashion boutiques. it's a little more abstract than being able to deal lids, but it's basically the same pitch. >> donahue: after kmpx was a success, the owner decided, well, we're gonna change everything. i want everybody to wear a suit and a tie. i'm gonna bring in some of my friends. and then the checks started bouncing and it went on and on and on. so we organized the great hippie strike. the grateful dead and spencer davis came down and played on flatbed trucks for our first night of the strike, and then when we finally left, metro media rescued us and they took us all in, and that was the begi