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Hugh Romney,
aka Wavy Gravy, is the Bozo of satire and philanthropy. From the
early days, in the 1950s and '60s, when he performed at the Coffee Gallery
in North Beach and with the City's comedy troupe the Committee, through
to his Camp Winnarainbow performing arts summer camp near Laytonville and
his work to stem the tide of blindness among children in South America,
Wavy has always been right on. Seen here at the Cannery where he promotes
his election season campaign "Nobody for President" (Nobody keeps all his
campaign promises.), Wavy is a crowd pleaser. Fresh out of Boston when
young Mister SF first met Mister Gravy, he approached the crowd at Justin
Herman Plaza, where a demonstration was taking place and said, "I'm looking
for Mr. Gravy. Can you tell me who he is?" From behind a magnificent cloud
of smoke, a beautiful hippie woman said of the lone man on-stage, "You
see the man with the red nose and slap shoes? Wavy's the guy next to him."
Wavy Gravy was the emcee at both
Woodstock Music Festivals, 1969 and 1994, and is the inspiration for the
flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice
cream that bears his name.
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