Keith Allen
- Thread starter Buckley
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class telly mate!!!
shouldn't mock the afflicted I know but.......you'll see anyway. It starred original tourette bloke John, from now infamous QED show "John's Not Mad". Very funny, great bit when they are having a pre-tour photocall and just as photographer is about to snap someone shouts "fu**ing c**t just take the picture"
Buckley
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Not seen much of Keith Allen since the mid 90's, up to when, by his own admission in one interview I read, he spent his whole life doing too much coke and calling everyone 'cnuts'.
But the idea that he, of all people, was allowed to martial that group around tickled me.
On a serious note, did it (the condition) seem to damage the sufferers daily lives, or had they learned to control it/cope with it?
Buckley
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I'm sure that someone, somewhere, will get on a soapbox on this, but no-ones laughing at people's actual suffering. I hope, anyway. However, much like the condition recently highlighted when some girl's brain decided she was French, some situations are intrinsically funny. Inappropriate swearing is funny per se, so involuntarily doing so has to be.
I watched this as I read in the paper it was going to be an "emotional journey" and I like things like that.
I didnt see the end but what I saw I enjoyed. I have to say it was hard not to laugh at some of the outbursts, for example when they saw black people they were shouting the N word, people were so shocked and in disbelief but like he said they are so worried about saying something controversial it gets mixed up in their head and they end up shouting it out anyway.
Keith Allen - "You shouldnt laugh at Tourettes but it is f**king funny"
Would be interested to know what happened at the end, I missed where they went to the hospital.
Apparantly the French could never accept it as first, they thought it was an illness people put on.
I didnt see the end but what I saw I enjoyed. I have to say it was hard not to laugh at some of the outbursts, for example when they saw black people they were shouting the N word, people were so shocked and in disbelief but like he said they are so worried about saying something controversial it gets mixed up in their head and they end up shouting it out anyway.
Keith Allen - "You shouldnt laugh at Tourettes but it is f**king funny"
Would be interested to know what happened at the end, I missed where they went to the hospital.
Apparantly the French could never accept it as first, they thought it was an illness people put on.
the episode of curb your enthusiasm with the chef with tourettes is one of the funniest comedy sketches ever.
tres amusant!
I raise you
Beloved Aunt
If you want to relive it mate you can watch it here
http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/feature-episode/1gesqg0rc
Also available on yours to keep DVD from Amazon!
http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/feature-episode/1gesqg0rc
Also available on yours to keep DVD from Amazon!