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21 Oct 2007, 7:20 pm

I thought that I would start of thread of comedians whom you might suspect to be somewhat Aspie-ish.

I'll start with Daniel Kitson

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbUqhxPGFXY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itrqtMs1qY[/youtube]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbUqhxPGFXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itrqtMs1qY



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21 Oct 2007, 7:22 pm

i can pull off a pretty convincing comedic gangster routine :wink:


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21 Oct 2007, 7:49 pm

richardbenson wrote:
i can pull off a pretty convincing comedic gangster routine :wink:


Well, put it on YouTube and let's watch it!



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21 Oct 2007, 7:54 pm

i would exept i dont know how to make a video :jester:


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21 Oct 2007, 8:14 pm

Steven Wright

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYffXv7jMYQ[/youtube]


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21 Oct 2007, 8:43 pm

Beenthere wrote:
Steven Wright

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYffXv7jMYQ[/youtube]


A hero!! !

I've been ripping his stuff off for a while now. 8O :roll: :wink:


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21 Oct 2007, 8:53 pm

I definitely have to second Steven Wright, and would add Mitch Hedberg as a likely suspect- as evidenced by severe stage fright, unusual manner of speaking, and well just his quirky dry sense of humor itself. I find him to be hilarious, but it is sad that he died of a drug overdose before I found out about him- so it's kind of bittersweet.
Also, Dan Akroyd has an official diagnosis of AS.



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25 Oct 2007, 7:46 pm

I think Robin Williams is aspy.

I used to do improv comedy on stage. It's one place where I felt at home. People expected me to be weird on stage.


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25 Oct 2007, 8:10 pm

Here is Mitch Hedberg

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftCcH5PMeIM[/youtube]



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25 Oct 2007, 8:15 pm

Aspies don't have a sense of humor. Read the aspy owner's manual. :lol:


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25 Oct 2007, 8:27 pm

OregonBecky wrote:
Aspies don't have a sense of humor. Read the aspy owner's manual. :lol:


Some people argue otherwise.



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25 Oct 2007, 8:32 pm

Oh, I have a sense of humor. Make no mistake about it.

In fact, I think that you will find that most of the things that appear on these boards are plenty funny.



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25 Oct 2007, 8:40 pm

Aspies rule when it comes to funny, punny word play.


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25 Oct 2007, 8:56 pm

I think Steven Wright is depressive, I'm not convinced he's Aspie. I think Andy Kaufman was definitely Aspie.



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26 Oct 2007, 9:56 am

KimJ wrote:
I think Andy Kaufman was definitely Aspie.

Andy Kaufman made up a language for his character Latka Gravas, and became enraged when people spoke this language incorrectly- for example, the actress who portrayed Latka's bride, Simka (have only read this- obviously, I was not there).
Thanks, pandabear, for posting the Mitch Hedberg video. I enjoyed his mumbled delivery of material I had previously only read.



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26 Oct 2007, 11:42 am

riverotter wrote:
and would add Mitch Hedberg as a likely suspect- as evidenced by severe stage fright, unusual manner of speaking, and well just his quirky dry sense of humor itself. I find him to be hilarious, but it is sad that he died of a drug overdose before I found out about him- so it's kind of bittersweet.


This is the first one who came to my mind. He's my favorite comedian of all time :)