sinagua wrote:
Our 9-yr-old is currently obsessed with the stand-up routine of Bill Cosby, "Himself." He can repeat the entire routine. Even the bits about drinking too much, and drugs (thankfully Mr Cosby does not glorify either). He doesn't understand a lot of it, but he thinks Mr Cosby is hilarious with his facial expressions and silly voices, and he can repeat it all verbatim. I've told him he's not to do the bit about drinking and drugs at school or to his friends (although he probably already has) because it's "inapropriate" (our favorite word for things he shouldn't do in public).
He also loves to listen to sports announcers. The drama in their voice, the tension, the emotion, the excitement - he loves everything about it. He loves statistics, and can tell you who won the Superbowl on a given year decades before he was born (and who they played against).
Sometimes, it's entertaining and funny and amazing.
Sometimes, it drives me INSANE.
But I did the exact same thing when I was a kid, with Steve Martin and Robin Williams. I could memorize my favorite movies (remember when if you wanted to see a film more than once, you had to see it at the theater, and they would re-release movies from time to time?). So I saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark" like 20 times in the theater, and if I was having trouble falling asleep, I could close my eyes and replay the entire movie in my head, word for word. I actually owned the screenplay at one time, with story boards and everything.
As a teenager, I would keep my friends (or anyone handy) in stitches, reciting entire stand-up routines verbatim.
OMG I have this on DVD (bill cosby himself) i love that routine. then i love robin williams and anything he has ever played in
I get echolalia fairly bad.... I don't do movies... I do conversations.... usually the conflicting ones.... but i've been having a good couple of weeks as far as my conversations have been going and i've been repeating my good ones as well...
let me tell you... if it drives you guys nuts listening... it drives me nuts more... try studying (or taking a test) when you have an entire day's worth of conversation's repeating in your head.... I've had conversations (and fights) from months (and years) before that pop up and go on recycle. Or just the one paragraph that gets stuck, both sides of the conversation.
I get songs too, but you can sing those, they are entertainment. They don't bug me as much.
20 Apr 2008, 9:51 pm
