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10 Apr 2008, 9:46 am

Liverbird wrote:
The literalness certainly fits. I love that guy!
Are you talking about Demetri?



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10 Apr 2008, 4:13 pm

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"I saw a sign that said Watch for Children. I thought that sounded like a fair trade."

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lol Did you come up with that?



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10 Apr 2008, 5:14 pm

Who's the oldest comedian with Asperger's?


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10 Apr 2008, 5:20 pm

MartyMoose wrote:
Hodor wrote:
"I saw a sign that said Watch for Children. I thought that sounded like a fair trade."

:lol:
lol Did you come up with that?


Nope, Demetri takes credit for that one.


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10 Apr 2008, 5:40 pm

Milton Jones - he certainly interprets things very literally and has an aspie type strangeness to him.


"If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then onto a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire. They train for that."


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10 Apr 2008, 5:50 pm

If anyone's seen Eagle Vs Shark, the character Jemaine Clement plays.


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10 Apr 2008, 6:58 pm

We Aspies all have some funny things we do and a good observational Aspie comedian would go down a treat.



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14 Apr 2008, 2:59 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vmK0InZL_s[/youtube]



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14 Apr 2008, 5:44 pm

SilverProteus wrote:
Who's the oldest comedian with Asperger's?

Mark Twain?



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14 Apr 2008, 6:13 pm

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I didn't know aspies could be stand-up comedians. I know for a fact im no where near socially enough to be a comedian. Plus my anxiety would be off the chart if I got on stage in front of everybody.

I'd say if you're clever enough you could get by. And certainly not every person with AS has stage fright. I could imagine someone with AS at least managing to pull off the clever one-liner sort of humour that made Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin famous. And they've all been mentioned in this thread too, but as usual with celebrities who have not been diagnosed or self-proclaimed my lips are totally sealed.



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14 Apr 2008, 9:03 pm

MartyMoose wrote:
Dan Aykroyd said he has Aspergers. appearently his obsession is police work and his basement is filled with survaillance equipment and he carries a badge everywhere he goes.


According to Wikipedia, Aykroyd's obsession is UFO's. He carries a badge around because he's an honorary police official in Louisiana ("Reserve Commander"). And its uncertain if he was kidding or not about having Torrets Syndrome and Asperger's, or if it was a clinical diagnosis or self, since the only time he mentioned it was a radio interview.

Sorry, I'm being anal again...



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15 Apr 2008, 4:59 pm

We're used to being on the outside and laughed at. So, why not make money out of it.



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17 Apr 2008, 1:25 pm

Woody Allen seems very aspie t me.


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17 Apr 2008, 7:35 pm

Pobodys_Nerfect wrote:
We're used to being on the outside and laughed at. So, why not make money out of it.


Built for Comedy. Not Speed.


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17 Apr 2008, 8:36 pm

I don't really like comedians (with AS or no). Most of them just come off as lame, regurgitating cheap humour.

Of course, there are good ones out there, I'm not generalising.


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18 Apr 2008, 1:22 am

postpaleo wrote:
I have been suspecting Steven Wright is for a good while.


I was just thinking that.