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 Bill
• The Greenwich Village scene alongside Bob Dylan and Lenny Bruce
• The accidental founding of the Hog Farm commune
• The Please Force and cream-pie crowd control at Woodstock
• Co-founding the Seva Foundation to restore sight worldwide