Paul Krassner, counterculture satirist who coined the term ‘Yippie,’ dies at 87

When People magazine called Paul Krassner “the father of the underground press,” he responded with mock outrage.

“I immediately demanded a paternity test,” he said.

It was a typical response for Krassner, a comedian, satirist and writer who took little seriously while challenging social and political standards in the 1960s. The motto of his groundbreaking counterculture magazine, the Realist, was “Irreverence is our only sacred cow.” The FBI, which kept tabs on Krassner, once wrote a letter calling him “a raving, unconfined nut.”

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