Wavy Gravy: The Clown Who Kept the Peace at Woodstock

Born Hugh Romney, Wavy Gravy managed security at the 1969 Woodstock festival with his Please Force, disarming a crowd of half a million people using humor rather than force.This episode traces his path from Greenwich Village poet to Hog Farm commune leader, activist clown, and co-founder of a global charity fighting preventable blindness.His Army sign-painting stint funding theater study on the GI BillThe Greenwich Village scene alongside Bob Dylan and Lenny BruceThe accidental founding of the Hog Farm communeThe Please Force and cream-pie crowd control at WoodstockCo-founding the Seva Foundation to restore sight worldwide