The fellas don Hawaiian shirts and dive into the repulsively appealing world of Hunter S. Thompson and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo: Destination, the Las Vegas of the mind. Serious consideration of the legacy of Gonzo Journalism is cut with generalized shenanigans, including Kelly trying to drop in a dirty joke he read on the internet, to awkward effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas_(film)

https://www.britannica.com/topic/gonzo-journalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Zeta_Acosta

Jones wants to take us there, to Orwell's dark opus. Daniels--the self-affirmed Orwell scholar--can't get past chapter one. Instead, he tries to save face by bringing in his own favorite novel of authoritarian dystopia. Stalin sits at the head of the table in both novels, and we're all reminded of what can happen when individuals surrender their power to orthodoxy.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/22/the-ministry-of-truth-by-dorian-lynskey-review-a-biography-of-george-orwells-1984

https://fernwehtun.com/2018/12/12/manuscripts-dont-burn/

The fellas hate on the video version of the trippy and cool sci-fi novel. Also, the Cultural Revolution was worse than you thought.