tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post6218679256098218333..comments2023-11-02T07:30:27.680-07:00Comments on A Little Bit Autistic: Potent Potables for $800Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-31805339810957071262009-07-08T15:17:21.982-07:002009-07-08T15:17:21.982-07:00I don't know about Will Ferrell being on the s...I don't know about Will Ferrell being on the spectrum, but it could be argued that his character Buddy in the movie Elf had some autistic-like behaviors. Autism Unplugged wrote <a href="http://autismunplugged.blogspot.com/2008/12/elf-on-spectrum.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> about Elf on the Spectrum.<br /><br />Thanks for the funny video!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-44088012652084494672009-07-08T09:21:35.331-07:002009-07-08T09:21:35.331-07:00yay, the ferrell. i find him almost touchingly eag...yay, the ferrell. i find him almost touchingly eager to amuse, which i think is maybe part of his effect, but he transcends neediness. i heart him hard.<br /><br />i have intentionally neglected the "occasional series.." because, yup, i began to see a.s.d.'s everywhere, but also because i found that i was angered when some anonymous folks on the internet decided that zahara jolie-pitt (who is what,4? 5?, and hardly a prominent personality) was "probably autistic and so are most murderers ergo she will probably murder shiloh" or something. jesus. who's next? tutter from bear in the big blue house? i'm a reactionary sort and until this bad taste subsides (and the paint on my homemade "team zahara" t-shirt is dry) it's on the back burner.<br /><br />having said that, it's nice to be considered a 'good authority' on something. thanks! more cowbell!indigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803452058639223169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-22479073598354969902009-07-08T04:47:06.058-07:002009-07-08T04:47:06.058-07:00Queenbuv3, agree. Also: "restricted interest...Queenbuv3, agree. Also: "restricted interests" and the related intensity can catapult some one down that road, right.<br /><br />Kris, yes, many of those inferences strain credibility and reason. Robin Williams seems a bit manic or bipolar to me. (I have bipolar in my family, so I tend to "see everywhere" that one.) <br /><br />ALBJ2YO, the skit is so random, but I love it. I can't even explain why. Oh yeah, we're always about the "sponsored by" letter/numbers. Totally relating to that one!<br /><br />One other thought about talent and dramatic or cinematic arts. Consider an autistic savant with conventional artistic talent, like Stephen Wiltshire. His renderings are, in part, a function of his extraordinary memory and recollection of detail. Well isn't an impersonation a form of a rendering? So might that kind of talent play out in a dramatic personation. Now consider Will <br />Ferrell's Alex Trebec impersonation or even better yet, his George Bush impersonation. I'm not reducing theatrical arts to rote renderings, but rather suggesting that recollection of detail might be part of it. Just a thought.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764022300747217993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-90070402406392776982009-07-07T19:46:45.049-07:002009-07-07T19:46:45.049-07:00My opinion: this is some of the funniest stuff EVE...My opinion: this is some of the funniest stuff EVER!! Thanks for posting. <br /><br />I've gotta say, it's interesting about him lining up cars ;)<br /><br />I often wonder that myself - on what this looks like in an ADULT - cause we know what it looks like in our little kids.<br /><br />Maybe I should let him watch this instead of Sesame Street (j/k: yesterday he was going around saying 'brought to you today by the letter L and the number 7)A little boy just 3 years oldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13713228353768305619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-23494892856558889712009-07-07T18:40:21.649-07:002009-07-07T18:40:21.649-07:00I often see the lists of celebrities and others th...I often see the lists of celebrities and others thought to be on the spectrum. While some of them I agree with(ex: I think Steven Spielberg is a documented Aspie) most times I wonder where it is coming from. Some celebrities are just odd (ex: Johnny Depp, one I have seen on "the list" more than once), it doesn't mean they are on the spectrum necessarily. Some (like Robin Williams) may have something like ADHD, but autism? I disagree. I think it is natural to "See it everywhere" but really I try to keep in mind that most people are NOT on the spectrum, even "odd" people and people with great talent. I think oftentimes it is the talent that sets them apart and makes them seem different, not any disorder. (ahem, Michael Jackson, hello?) <br />I can't speak about Will Ferrell. I think he is funny but don't know enough about him to have an opinion.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934033119198457032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839052051073416028.post-28407309468184167182009-07-07T18:29:04.125-07:002009-07-07T18:29:04.125-07:00I don't think its too far fetched that there a...I don't think its too far fetched that there are many talented people who are on the spectrum. You have to be a little askew to be original. You have to not care about the normal rules of society and see things from a different angle to be original.Queenbuv3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10767805292831696201noreply@blogger.com