Most successful social commentators have Aspergers?

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I have been told I am very funny when I want to be. I have friends, who I suspect may have Aspergers who are some of the wittiest people I know (sometimes it's scary how witty they are).

My theory is that people Like Louis CK and Larry David actually have mild AS. Their successful brand of comedy comes from integrating themselves into the NT-world and making observational comedy in a self-deprecating way. My two favorite comedies are Louie and Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David's show on HBO).

Ooh! when is it on? I have a subscription to HBO.

season premiere is this sunday at 10, i believe

Awesome.

l get your angle but a person can have an outsider's perspective and seem like they aren't really a part of the social world for many reasons that are unrelated to neurology.

Sometimes it makes for amazing insight and comedy. l find that most often in the case of comedians, they come from troubled childhoods and have other issues that explain their differences although they are probably a bit smarter than average to begin with. Instead of being damaged by life, they are able to remove themselves and act as a spectator of their own lives and turn out much better than people who are not able to do this.

As similar as that can be to autism though, it really occurs quite frequently in NTs.

There are a few comics that l think see more Aspie anyway and they may actually have none of the circumstances l described. Mitch Hedberg seemed extremely Aspie to me and Louis Black sometimes gives me vibes. But most seem to have too much social intelligence, or at least to little difficulty in sharing that social intelligence and wisdom with others.