Editing Timothy Leary (section)

==In popular culture==
===On screen===
[[File:John Lennon performing Give Peace a Chance 1969.jpg|right|thumb|Leary, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and others recording "[[Give Peace A Chance]]"]]
In the 1968 ''[[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|Dragnet]]'' episode "The Big Prophet", [[Liam Sullivan]] played Brother William Bentley, leader of the Temple of the Expanded Mind, a thinly fictionalized Leary. Bentley held forth for the entire half-hour on the rights of the individual and the benefits of LSD and marijuana, while Joe Friday argued the contrary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/dragnet/the-big-prophet-142783/|title=Dragnet: The Big Prophet|website=TV.com|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044103/http://www.tv.com/shows/dragnet/the-big-prophet-142783/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 1979 musical ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]'' and [[Hair (musical)|the 1967 stage performance it is based on]] make multiple references to Leary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://genius.com/Galt-macdermot-the-flesh-failures-eyes-look-your-last-let-the-sunshine-in-medley-lyrics |title=Galt MacDermot (Ft. Caissie Levy, Gavin Creel & Sasha Allen) – the Flesh Failures / Eyes Look Your Last / Let the Sunshine in (Medley) |access-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717231654/https://genius.com/Galt-macdermot-the-flesh-failures-eyes-look-your-last-let-the-sunshine-in-medley-lyrics |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Leary appears in [[Cheech & Chong]]'s 1981 film ''[[Nice Dreams]]'', featured in a scene in which he gives Cheech "the key to the universe".<ref>{{cite web |title=Nice Dreams (1981) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082163/quotes/qt5101248 |website=IMDb |access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>

In 1994, Leary appeared as himself in the ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' episode "Elevator",<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV Series) Elevator (1994) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0706051/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |website=IMDb}}</ref> and also appeared in an episode of ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.]]'' as the character Dr. Milo.<ref>{{Citation|title="The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." Stagecoach (TV Episode 1994) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0505814/characters/nm0495276|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref>

In 1996, months before his death, Leary appeared in the [[feminist science fiction]] feature film ''[[Conceiving Ada]]''.<ref>Mark Savlov, [https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1999-06-11/139701/ "Conceiving Ada" review], 'The Austin Chronicle', June 11, 1999. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114044440/https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1999-06-11/139701/ |date=January 14, 2019 }}.</ref>

The 1998 movie ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'', adapted from [[Hunter S. Thompson]]'s [[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas|1971 novel]], portrays heavy psychedelic drug use and mentions Leary when the protagonist ponders the meaning of the acid wave of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120669/trivia?tab=qt&item=qt0471605 |title=Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) : Quotes |publisher=IMDb.com |access-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623193336/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120669/trivia?tab=qt&item=qt0471605 |archive-date=June 23, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 2017 episode of ''[[Urban Myths (TV series)|Urban Myths]]'' depicts a meeting between Leary and [[Cary Grant]], whom he introduces to LSD.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McEwan |first1=Cameron K. |title=‘Urban Myths’ Recap 1×04: ‘When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary To LSD’ |url=https://observer.com/2017/02/urban-myths-recap-1x04-when-cary-grant-introduced-timothy-leary-to-lsd/ |work=The Observer |date=2 October 2017}}</ref>

===In music===
''[[The Psychedelic Experience]]'' (1964) was the inspiration for [[John Lennon]]'s song "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]", on [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]'' (1966).<ref name=Sante/>

[[The Moody Blues]] recorded two songs about Leary. "[[Legend of a Mind]]", written and sung by [[Ray Thomas]] on their album ''[[In Search of the Lost Chord]]'' (1968), begins: "Timothy Leary's dead. No, no, no, no, he's outside looking in".<ref name=Lattin/> The second was "When You're a Free Man" on the ''[[Seventh Sojourn]]'' album.{{sfnp|Higgs|2006|p=173}}

Leary recruited Lennon to write a theme song for his [[Governor of California|California gubernatorial]] campaign against Ronald Reagan (which was interrupted by Leary's prison sentence for cannabis possession), inspiring Lennon to come up with "[[Come Together]]" (1969), based on Leary's campaign theme and catchphrase.<ref name=Lattin>{{cite book |last=Lattin |first=Don |title=The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2011 |page=13 |isbn=978-0-06-165594-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/come-together/ |title=Come Together |date=March 15, 2008 |publisher=The Beatles Bible |access-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726210303/http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/come-together/ |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Leary was present and sang back-up vocals when Lennon and his wife, [[Yoko Ono]], recorded "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" (1969) during their [[bed-in]] in Montreal and is mentioned in the lyrics of the song.<ref>{{cite book |last=Perlstein |first=Rick |title=Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2008 |page=386 |isbn=978-0-7432-4302-5}}</ref>

[[The Who]]'s 1970 single "[[The Seeker (The Who song)|The Seeker]]" mentions Leary in a sequence where the song's protagonist claims that Leary (among other high-profile people) was unable to help them with their search for answers.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/09/the-who-the-seeker/ |title=The Who, "The Seeker" |magazine=American Songwriter |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723123727/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/09/the-who-the-seeker/ |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

While in exile in [[Switzerland]], Leary and British writer Brian Barritt collaborated with the German band [[Ash Ra Tempel]] and recorded the album ''[[Seven Up (album)|Seven Up]]'' (1973).{{sfnp|Higgs|2006|pp=182–185}} He is credited as a songwriter, and his lyrics and vocals can be heard throughout the album.<ref>Article, "It's Frothy Man", ''Mojo'', issue #113, April 2003.</ref> Commenting on the work of his friend [[H. R. Giger]], a [[Surrealism|surrealist artist]] from Switzerland who won an [[Academy Award]] for his work on the film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'', Leary noted:
{{blockquote|Giger's work disturbs us, spooks us, because of its enormous evolutionary time span. It shows us, all too clearly, where we come from and where we are going.|author=Timothy Leary |source=''[[The New York Times]]''<ref name="NYT-20140514">{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist, Dies at 74; His Vision Gave Life to 'Alien' Creature |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/arts/h-r-giger-swiss-artist-dies-at-74-his-vision-gave-life-to-alien-creature.html |date=May 14, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 14, 2014 |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921095733/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/arts/h-r-giger-swiss-artist-dies-at-74-his-vision-gave-life-to-alien-creature.html |archive-date=September 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

During the height of [[rave culture]] from the 1980s to mid-2000s, recordings of Leary and other psychedelic thinkers speaking were often mixed into electronic music. [[The Shamen]] honored him in the song "Ebenezer Goode" on their album ''Boss Drum''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collin |first1=Matthew |title=Psychedelic Techno Gurus |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/04/psychedelic-techno-gurus-feature |website=daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/ |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref> 

In 1995, Leary had a cameo at the end of the video for [[alternative rock]] group [[Blind Melon]]'s song "[[Galaxie (song)|Galaxie]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktZoUHcP0wI |title=Blind Melon – Galaxie |author=BlindMelonVEVO |date=October 12, 2012 |via=YouTube |access-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224124347/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktZoUHcP0wI |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Marcy Playground]] song "It's Saturday", from its 1999 album ''[[Shapeshifter (Marcy Playground album)|Shapeshifter]]'', mentions joining Leary "in a cryogenic freeze".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcy Playground - It's Saturday Lyrics |url=https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Marcy-Playground/It-s-Saturday |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=musiXmatch |language=en}}</ref>

===In comic books===
In 1973, ''El Perfecto Comics'' was organized by [[Aline Kominsky-Crumb|Aline Kominsky]] and published by [[Print Mint|The Print Mint]] to raise funds for the Timothy Leary Defense Fund. The comic features 31 underground artists contributing mostly one-pagers about drug experiences (primarily LSD). The front cover and a contributed one-page story are by [[Robert Crumb]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://comixjoint.com/elperfecto-1st.html |title=El Perfecto Comics 1st Printing |website=comixjoint.com |access-date=September 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205180723/http://comixjoint.com/elperfecto-1st.html |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1979, [[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp]] published the [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] edition ''Neurocomics: Timothy Leary''. "Evolved from transmissions of Dr. Timothy Leary as filtered through Pete Von Sholly & [[George DiCaprio]]", it is based on Leary's writings related to life, the brain, and intelligence. DiCaprio collaborated with Leary on the script.<ref>{{cite web | last = Lauren | first = Davis | title = Read Timothy Leary's brain-melting comic about space migration and the future of human consciousness | website = [[Gizmodo]] | url = https://io9.gizmodo.com/5988180/read-timothy-learys-brain-melting-comic-about-space-migration-and-the-future-of-human-consciousness | date = March 3, 2013 | access-date = February 15, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083840/https://io9.gizmodo.com/5988180/read-timothy-learys-brain-melting-comic-about-space-migration-and-the-future-of-human-consciousness | archive-date = February 15, 2018 | url-status = live }}</ref>