Bukowski - Worst Hangover Story

[KingOfNewYorkHacks]

" I told ya so baby...I told ya so."

[WoodSugars]

Oh man, I would be hurting for days if I drank cheap wine with Bukowski

[8cameltoes]

is this the hangover part 3

[ManilaSyndicate]

To hear his voice is funny enough already. Couple it with his weary, wizened look and it becomes memorable.

[MaxwellGreene1]

BEST hangover story ever



[sondlar]

I'm on PROBATION while watching this and DRINKING.

[Delorian82]

I told ya so baby, I told ya so

[krzemianpl]

i thought she'd stick her head out of the window and vomit on the poor fella

[FightinginHockey]

@krzemianpl Yeah me to. That would've been so funny. I love the calm way he talks. I was looking out the window; she was in the washroom puking.

[eelpieballox]

hard ass charlie !! xx

[TheCoughlm]

A body doesn't fall very fast, you know?

[CobainInChainz]

coolest hangover story, told by the greatest drunk poet ever. RIP BUK!!

[MaTchBoOkPoEt]

my pops worst hangover was..he was in Alaska hauling freight in a rig in a blizzard the kinda you cant see the road.. he said he had the worst hangover in his life

the night before he was partying with some whores drinking rot gut wine and smoking grass and ate a pot of gamey moose stew.

ten bottles latter he woke up on one of the broads.. and went to his truck and and then got his load then headed out. no heater in the truck he was freezing but didn't want to get fired.. so had to do the haul

[MaTchBoOkPoEt]

@MaTchBoOkPoEt he said he got the worst pain in his stomach ever.. and started sweating and getting dizzy... he said all of a sudden he let one rip

he said it smelled like a skunk carcass pulled out a of a dead bears ass... lol

he tried to roll down the window to get air.. but they were frozen... he puked all over the windshield and crashed the rig into the ditch..

got stuck there 2 days before getting rescued.. he didn't loose his job

heh

[Supertramp1966]

@MaTchBoOkPoEt

That's one hell of a story..lol God love him....

[Iggy3]

"over there is a ho-tel"

[bongojoergensen]

sad jew. funny.

[powerfullogic]

why the fuck does this make me so happy?

[peckerslap20]

this man is a genius

[OubaDubaTuba]

So terrible. Evidently such a gifted mind who chose to spend his entire life turning it into a sick story of drunkenness. Just because he wanted to. He can hold forth and rememeber these things after all he's drunk and so obviously intellgent and a person who wasted everything he had rather than do something other than encouraging people to become alcoholics. What a piece of shit.

[Shmee6000]

@OubaDubaTuba I love Bukowski, but reading him makes me want to be anything but an alcoholic. His books are full of disgust, degradation and scenes of desparate loneliness and I really disagree that this "encourages" people to become alcoholics.

[OubaDubaTuba]

@Shmee6000 Yeah except for the people who have made him into some kind of hero while he wrecks himself and his life and his world and his mind. You can meet bums on the Bowery (or at least you used to be able to) who thought they were making the same kind of statement and Bukowski is one of the guys who helped justify them. What a waste of life.

Smoking crack and writing poetry and making videos, or snorting coke or shooting smack or taking meth, someone would have stopped him.

[BigOlDipshit]

@OubaDubaTuba Every homeless person in the history of history is trying to be Charles Bukowski? Fuck you. Nah. You're missing his point. You see a drunk because your mind is small with no room for improvement or new ideas. He tends to be intoxicated, but that is not his legacy. It's a portion, sure. If you're dumb enough to become an alcoholic because somebody creative and smart was, well then your life isn't worth much anyways. And if you're dumb enough to go on a crusade against it I pity you.

[Supertramp1966]

@BigOlDipshit

Well said, brother. You and I are in total agreement re. that small-minded prick. People who choose to see Buk as an alcoholic first and a writer second are COMPLETELY missing it! Just finished POST OFFICE tonight (for the 2nd time - first time 2004) and this guy could write. Fuck the haters! They just wish they could do sober what he did drunk. And that is a TRUE statement! COCKTAILS!!!

[OubaDubaTuba]

@Shmee6000 He glamorizes it and he can only do it because he's gifted. Most other people will fall harder and a lot faster. If that bastard walked out into the street in front of me, I'd floor the accelerator and flatten him on first principles.

[Supertramp1966]

@OubaDubaTuba

POST SCRIPT: I don't know if your keeping up with current events, but Buk is dead. So you missed your opportunity to run him down. Guess you'll have to stick to old ladies. And while I'm wasting my time let me point out that BUK has NEVER made anybody do anything. Blaming him for "encouraging people to be alcoholics" is absurd, and shows your general lack of intelligence. It's called CHOICES, dude. People should take responsibility for their actions instead of blaming BUK. HELLO!

[BIGBROTHERXXII]

you didnt see if he was alive ya dumb shit?!!?

[DanManFlan]

If George Carlin had become a poet instead of a comic, I think it'd be about the same as Bukowski.

[MickyG4444]

@DanManFlan Carlin was a poet. Nah I see what you mean though

[DeanMartin1231]

The absolute best cure for a terrible hangover is..

3 Vicodin and two tacos....

work's every time hands down.

[The1989Skelet]

I was drinking while watching this

[juotto]

@The1989Skelet me too, and now i have hangover.

[JCMELKOR]

@The1989Skelet so badass

[METALHEAD101ist]

i totally agree this world need to let it's hair down once in a while

[papagdavidson]

What an arsehole.

[Sh1nyboots]

What a jerk for not calling an ambulance!

[THESuperiormentality]

heres a nice visual story about a drunk girl /watch?v=Mp1CyAMT9bA

[samcotton]

ive had a wost hang over... i was the body

[hermeschbird]

He was pretty seriously mentally ill, you know....

[OrbEze]

@hermeschbird in a good way?

[S2Cents]

He's a good role model in some ways. He isn't boring for one thing and that says a lot these days.

[paulooca67]

wow... bukowski makes everything poetic. he's such a great poet... he's a poet and doesn't know it! groovy, baby. too groovy

[walmartian]

baddest mofo ever he'll str8 knock some hippy ass out

[Sprtschk]

I HATE YOUTUBE COMMENTS!

[Sliptodance]

The cheapest wine you could get? This dedicated boozer can seek out the worst product of the range? He's not strapped for cash. Phony narratives can't hide the crisis of a life submitted to alcohol.

[jonnykarma7]

@Sliptodance Likewise pissweak comments from no cunt in particular can diminish one of the greatest poets of the last century.

[chingchangchongfly]

@Sliptodance At the time he was dating Jane, he was broke.  It was about ten years before he started to make it.

[quittersremedy]

@Sliptodance You dumbass. He was strapped for cash at the time when he was drinking that wine. He was broke. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[Zatzzo]

how bout calling an ambulance?

[longbeachk1d]

@Zatzzo how about no because he jumped off for a reason dumbass.

[kevsabeaver]

I love NOFX and Bukowski incidently. Their lyrics are biting, bleak and based around stories of degenerates - there are a lot of parallels between Bukowski and NOFX. I also think technically Bukowski isn't a great poet and NOFX aren't a great band but it's all about preferences and what resonates personally. If you make snap judgements about peoples' character from 70 word comments you're not a deep thinker and if you write "that is, if you're able to understand poetry" you're a pretentious arse

[chingchangchongfly]

@kevsabeaver Isn't is amazing how many losers come onto these Buk pages to state their hatred for Bukowski? As though we give a fuck.  I love that they hate Bukowski! But if they hate Bukowski, they have to hate Howard Stern, pornography, and freedom of speech, because Bukowski practically invented all three of them.

[HalloJochen]

And suddenly he felt better... i love that.

[Lornograph]

Theres nothing special about this guy. I reckon people who think he's so great never lived with a drunk or listened for a minute to any bar fly in those shitty old bars. Pay attention to those folks and you quickly just want to get away from them.

[slthomp2]

@Lornograph If you actually read Bukowski's poetry, you would understand that he is impenetrably deeper than any drunk. That is, if you're able to understand poetry.

[MultiM117]

@Lornograph you read him?

[Lornograph]

@MultiM117 I have read him. For example in a book like Women I found myself thinking: why am I reading about this man's life. This is discusting to me.

[Strummer7677]

@Lornograph You're nothing but a typical shithead frat boy. No wonder you couldn't get into Hank's work; nobody that likes crap like NOFX could ever read Bukowski and enjoy it. It's just too much for narrow-minded dumbasses like you. Found "Women" disgusting? Cry me a river, jackass, I bet you have a huge porn stash in your HD. Oh, and for the record: I'm no drunk like Hank, I've been sXe for several years.

[Lornograph]

@Strummer7677 Buddy calm down. Theres more personality types in this world than poetry loving sensitive types (you) and shithead frat boys. I'm looking at his book "Women" and thinking: this is the sex life of a sixty something alcoholic, this is gross, and on top of that its boring. Really really boring.

[chingchangchongfly]

@Lornograph So go read "Emma" or "Wuthering Heights." Oh! Here's a good one for you: "To Kill a Mockingbird." Then maybe you can post a Victorian novel video clip. That should work out for everyone.

[ccfalcon88]

Someone with his constitution isn't meant to suffer a hangover, I guess this just proves it. He felt better!

[Ronk15]

He talks about this in his short story: 3 women. You can find it in the book Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness.

[TheReverendJohnson]

"and then I saw him pass by" "hey jane the strangest thing just happened"

[Bart0018]

The only negative vote comes from the guy who crippled himself for life ;)

[raizen0987]

@Bart0018 or his mom

[signoguns]

Did Bukowski purposefully slow his speech down? He seems to be talking a lot faster here than he does in other interviews.

[Myrovlytis]

@signoguns His speech speed probably depends on his intoxication level. The drunker he is the slower he speaks. The sun is still up in this vid so he s n

not wasted yet...

[Myrovlytis]

@signoguns His speech speed probably depends on his intoxication level. The drunker he is the slower he speaks. The sun is still up in this vid so he s not wasted yet...

[InteriorCommando]

@signoguns It is reported that he did slow his speech down because according to him " I learned to think before speaking to my father , less I say something to anger him which would prompt a beating". As for the accuracy of the statement.. who knows..

[gcooper26able1]

@InteriorCommando Interesting...I recently read Ham On Rye and I'm surprised he didn't discuss that. May I ask where you read that?

[TheArbiter74]

I wish Hank was my father. :(

[salut990]

He ALWAYS has a drink in his hand!

[EVRYMANaKING]

Hank...nuff said. 

[ArgoBeats]

this man had style

[rush1er]

Buckowski speaks to my soul

[VargFarkas]

what's the piano music in the intro?

[johnyard]

@VargFarkas you get used to it if you watch them enough

[VargFarkas]

@johnyard I'm not sure I dig you're answer. I wanted to know who's the composer and what's the name of the piece.

[johnyard]

@VargFarkas oh sorry man, i read it too fast. People usually complain about the piano. 

[VargFarkas]

@johnyard Ok, no problem. But you could be positively offended by how I spelled "your". Anyway, cheers.

[groovemanrap]

simplemete un genio hablando realidad..

[DeathByBlunderbuss]

Thumbs up if you were drinking while watching this

[jefferyakathedude]

@DeathByBlunderbuss Was tipping a few drinks back beforehand. I think I'll have some more once I'm done with this library visit...Hank rules!

[TreachMarkets]

@DeathByBlunderbuss Thumbs down because I'm out of beer :-(

[FreedomBeats]

@DeathByBlunderbuss Haha strangely enough, yes.

[lastpain82]

@DeathByBlunderbuss I drank so many times when I watched this, actually I'm drinking right now, vodka and beer... =)

[joban84]

Legend!!!!

[hiphopchipmunk]

brokobsky sucks

[jessemoynahan]

@hiphopchipmunk he probably does but how do you feel about Bukowski?



[dublife43]

Nowadays you can't come over to a TV show with some bottles of whiskey.

Nowadays you can't sit in the park, drinking some beers.

Nowadays you'll be looked on strange if you're doing things like Bukowski did.

what a fucked up world

[mundanewarrior]

@dublife43 Amen.

[Slumminbum]

@dublife43 No shit, they would call the cops in a heartbeat.

[ieprince]

@dublife43 good shit

[suspendmeassholes]

@dublife43 Nowadays you can't sit in the park, drinking some beers.

Where do you live? China? lol

[dublife43]

@suspendmeassholes Not even China, I live in Holland :)

[suspendmeassholes]

@dublife43 You can't drink beer in the park in Holland? lol. That does not seem right.

[dublife43]

@suspendmeassholes 380 fucking euros for drinking in public :)

[suspendmeassholes]

@dublife43 Yet you can smoke weed and buy pills on every street corner, then roll down to the red light district and fuck a hooker. Makes sense. XD

[dublife43]

@suspendmeassholes true, that's why Holland is a distorted place.

You can drink as much as you want, you can smoke weed as much as you want, and you can fuck as many bitches as you pay for. But not in public cuz than it's illegal, and as far as I know we were talking about the things you can't do in public nowadays.. sure you can fuck bitches, drink till you puke and smoke till your eyes are bleedin' in public but don't be surprised if the pigs caught you

[dublife43]

@suspendmeassholes by the way, it's rare if you can find someone on the corners who's selling pills, I'm not saying you can't but this isn't the 90's anymore.

[0L1]

@dublife43 380?? wow, it's 33 eur in slovakia. and most of the time we get away with 10 :)

[sydneydowful]

now days you walk around a park drinking a bear billy bob the cop will come over and beat your head in with his stick

[oliverecords]

This happens quite often. A neighboor of mine crippled herself for life. Everyone was watching her screaming cause she fell on her legs. Four stories. I couldn't go to the balcony, I thought it would make me an eternal asshole, and I can't stand pain, wether mine of anybody else's. I wonder if one day some people with a camera will come see me and let me tell this story. Would it be interesting?

[dannellster]

this makes me laugh so hard just because how he tells it!!.... LMAO it's funny how he blamed it on the CHEAP wine!...

[jessemoynahan]

@dannellster don't underestimate cheap wine. Do your research and you'll see what he means

[dannellster]

@jessemoynahan ...... i don't need to.. you can!

[jessemoynahan]

@dannellster i will... and do almost daily. But great suggestion, thanks!

[dannellster]

@jessemoynahan your welcome!

[dannellster]

this makes me laugh so hard just because how he tells it!!.... LMAO 

[hax0r16]

That's the Hank! He has head-like-supermarket for all these women and drinking.

[k37a]

"so, i saw him go by.. and i said well i don't think i'm going crazy, i think that was really a body that went by.. i know there was a body that went by"

lol that's exactly the way i would react in that situation.. at first i would think i'm hallucinating 'cause it wouldn't be too weird if that's actually what's happening

[SilentBud420]

ghe drank more beer while having theworst hangover!! LOL

[hax0r16]

@SilentBud420 it helps, friend. that's the Polish method. you should try!

[KevinHeaven9]

bukowski's liver must have hated him

[14foxcompany]

you wish you were bukowski 

[nihonjohnny]

He didn't look because he was "feeling bad", but wasn't he already feeling better after drinking a beer...?

[Ky1e47]

@nihonjohnny Better does not mean well, man.

[nihonjohnny]

@Ky1e47 Huh?

[twistedspanner]

Cheers to Uncle Buk.

[dancingelk444]

wtf is up with the mr. rogers piano music at the beginning of every video?

[b0hem1]

Man that piano thingy really does my head in every time i watch the Bukowski tapes :D

[Uchi84Madara]

A body does not fall very fast, you know!

[TheEvilelvis89]

this man is a hero of mine. I mean, I thought I had some bad hangover stories but THIS tops them all lmao

[HIMValo616]

holy shit. People just adore hating on Bukowski. He was a different kind of man. He most likely had reasons for doing the stuff he did. And nobody has the right to call him selfish or anything of the sort. That would be certainly hipocritcal.

[Kevster169]

"I know I'm not funny" Classic

[markvolner]

What a jerk, you're not going to see if the guy is still alive? If he needs help? You're just going to open a beer? How unoriginal and totally selfish.

[nelsano3]

Get outta the street ya BUM 

[JimmyVonJim]

i've already heard this story in five of his poems, three short stories, and as scenes in two different novels.

[MegatonPunch]

MacArthur park. What a S$#@hole. It's alot better than it used to be, but still the place for drugs and fake ids.

[stephenspinato]

bukowski shut the fuck up...

[chingchangchongfly]

Very true, Penis, and that is why, I think, he was a better novelist than poet.

[anticorporate]

@chingchangchongfly

Shows what you know. His poetry is far superior to his novels - which are, quite honest, not that well written. Entertaining yes, but I can drop a dozen other novelists that are much, much better than Buk.

[jrcenina85]

@anticorporate birds can be beautiful until they drop shit on my car. then i just kinda forget about how they fly and are free and all that shit. i never knew that art was about keeping score and establishing superiority, i thank you for the revelation.

[gardenvarietypenis]

his conversing is better than most of his poetry.

[chingchangchongfly]

I don't know why I felt better... maybe because I was right, you know?

[PulpPractical]

It's the stupidest thing when people dress themselves up when they're committing suicide--as if they didn't know that they're just going to piss and shit all over themselves when he/she croaks.

And who the hell would choose jumping out of a window as their choice of death? That's like the worst choice ever. At the very least, you could go out with a bang and jump out of a plane or something. What if you just ended up paralyzed?

[vinegaroon1]

Celine led the way ( as well as Joyce, though Joyce's work was fiction,) for these 'stream-of-counciousness' authors. Breton was another. Maybe you don't agree and that's fine, but Celine's "Journey' established this genre. Bukowski is an exemplary master at this form. Ever seen 'Factotum" with Matt Dillon?

[Yorranne1]

haha he's amazing. i can't believe he was real.

[akki109]

i felt better hahaha

[Snotra]

erratum: Beatnik

[Snotra]

McArthur Park...lol! I worked for the City for 8 yrs. I use to read beat nick, Bukowski, and Hollywood Babylon books at these locations during my lunch breaks. I would revel in glee as i would visit all these infamous locations in my city truck. Was very dangerous at times and we use to have to scoop up dead bodies out of Echo and MacArthur park's ponds. These poor people we're either drug addicts or murder victims. I totally can relate to Charles Bukowski.

[nogoodman]

Cool story, dude :-D

[bapyou]

Is that MacArthur Park? It looks like it.

[vinegaroon1]

He is unquestionably the gretest writer in any language since Celine.

[MrtvaPriroda]

@vinegaroon1 whatever man....quit bullshitting!"the greatest writer" yeah right;

[vinegaroon1]

@MrtvaPriroda Who was better?

[MrtvaPriroda]

@vinegaroon1 was that a serious question or u just fucking with me?

[mangozumo]

@vinegaroon1

celine not even close!

[MitchGambino]

He's so cute.

[bayonnedogs]

he's a sad old drunk. he 's got diarrhea of the mouth and you people who like him, must like lose shit.

[riffraffrichard]

@bayonnedogs

Yeah he might be all of those but he committed his experiences to paper and managed to look out to a wider perspective to explore the human condition

[JoeyMartyr]

What a raconteur... the perfect drinking buddy!

[jasco1984]

I told you so baby, I told you so!!

[Antipanti]

love this guy. greatest poet of all.

[murrc2h]

Hahaha shit bukowski where do you draw thw line? Genius!

[bayonnedogs]

Oh My God... this guy reminds me of my brother!

[Nigelxman]

@bayonnedogs Dream on. Bukowski is a genuis. Your brother is likely just a moron. :-)