Both are usually seen as jokesters and pranksters. Some recordings may be hoaxes created by frauds or pranksters. Merry Pranksters Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs emceed the concert. The gag names given by the pranksters were puns and homophones for often offensive phrases. By the mid-1960s, Brand became associated with author Ken Kesey and the "Merry Pranksters". When Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters visited the estate, they received a frosty reception. Blyleven was one of baseball's most notorious dugout pranksters during his playing days. They call themselves the "Merry Pranksters" and begin to participate in the drug-fueled lifestyle. Acid Test organized by the Merry Pranksters in Compton, California. The Pranksters eventually leave the confines of Kesey's estate. As the Pranksters grow in popularity, Kesey's reputation grows as well. The "Irish Independent" cited Dein as one of several misogynistic video pranksters on YouTube. Castro began swearing at the pranksters live on air after they revealed themselves. Many of the Pranksters lived at Kesey's residence in La Honda. Kesey and some of the Pranksters return to the United States.