Ed McClanahan: Kentucky Muse (movie)
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Paul Wagner
- Production companies: Kentucky Educational Television, University of Kentucky
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1/1/1995
- Run time: 115 min.
Movie description
Unable or unwilling to conform to the rigid atmosphere of Washington and Lee College as a freshman, Ed bailed out after a brief stint there to attend—and graduate from—Miami of Ohio. After graduate work at UK, he left for the Left Coast, and it suited him just fine. The first stop was a writing instructorship at Oregon State, then enrollment into the Stanford Writing Program, a move shared by Jim, Wendell, and Gurney. There he cultivated, among other things, relationships with Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, and—most importantly—Ken Kesey. Ed didn’t just experience the 1960s; he wallowed in them. Also, a bonus interview from 1996 program, Signature Live.