Quotes from book
The Joke's Over

Name: The Joke's Over
Author: Ralph Steadman

The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories—Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me is a book written and illustrated by Ralph Steadman chronicling the odd and very often dangerous times when he met and worked with his friend Hunter S. Thompson. It contains some illustrations by Steadman created at the time of the events and some photos taken by Steadman or Thompson.

“Each boat is worth the price of a new university and they are watched by gin-soaked yachting types, male and female, in captain's hats lounging in deckchairs inside Perspex covered enclosures at the front of yet more expensive, floating country houses representing nothing more than elegantly vulgar expressions of dodgy wealth. The America's Cup.”

Ralph Steadman book The Joke's Over

The America's Cup, p. 45
The Joke's Over (2006)

“Today we are sacks of shit bundled into flying tubes with a security warning secreted inside every orifice.”

Ralph Steadman book The Joke's Over

Rumble In The Jungle: Ali v Foreman, p. 133
The Joke's Over (2006)