I've suffered from Tourrette's for over 30 years, and it's so emotionally and physically draining that I am often in actual pain. I don't have involuntary shouts and swearing like this character, but my twitches are very bad. I've lost friends who were embarrassed to be seen with me. I suffer from major depression as a result of the condition and the lack of support. That said, this episode had me wetting my pants from laughing so hard. I can't even watch the whole clip without crying from laughter. If I can find humor in this horrible disease I know all too well, I'll be okay.
+Splatador I hear yuh. I used to struggle with OCD and had some twitches. Most people were cool about it, but I had to confront one of my "cool and handsome" co-workers when he made fun of me for it. He shut right the f*&$k up and was pretty genteel to me afterwards. Anyway, my story had a happy ending, and nowadays I don't suffer from it. I can only imagine how tough it must be to have it for 30 YEARS. Hang in there.
OH BOY! They had a follow-up episode where the lawyers were helping this guy land a big business deal, so they had him hypnotized to stop the Tourette's temporarily while he signed the deal. Just as he signed the deal, the hypnosis wore off, and he started going OH BOY, and Douglas saved it by saying, "Oh boy oh boy oh boy - this is a great deal!"
I remember seeing this episode at the time and thinking it was hilarious - just another of those "diseases" that they have in America and nowhere else. But, as time has passed, I've realised that these strange diseases DO exist elsewhere, and it's an issue we should be talking about and, as a civilised society, dealing with. Tourettes is just another disability and, given that society is judged by how it treats its disabled people, we should all look carefully at ourselves in these cases. I certainly needed to (and, if I'm honest, probably need to work a little more on it too), and I'm sad - although also grateful - that it took a programme like L.A. Law to initially open my eyes.
I don't know why, but through decades of watching endless TV, I've never forgotten this character since I once saw this episode in the 80s. Sometimes I say oh boy to myself just like that.
I usually laugh off just about any comedic usage of Tourettes, but watching this scene just makes me... Uncomfortable. Not because it offends me, but because his portrayal is extremely accurate. Not that everybody who has it swears under their breath, but all of the issues he faces because of his Tourettes, how it gets worse as his stress level rises... Shit fucking _sucks._
@@Gideon13397 I'm well aware? This is a 2 year old comment but I'm now realizing I forgot to specify that my discomfort comes from HAVING Tourette's. This portrayal is so accurate that in my head, I imagine this is what I look like from others' perspectives
Honestly, haloperidol is a tranquilizer. The people who use it are mindless and brainless. I was on haloperidol and I could not control my muscles. I was locked in a position staring at the ceiling for a few weeks and it was awful because i couldn't talk or say anything about it. :( I don't have tourettes, I was psychotic and they gave me haldol just to calm me down. It calmed me down too much. I wish they would have never given it to me. Now my muscles twitch uncontrollably.
I was prescribed that when I was a teenager and wow did I end up in the same position as you. Suddenly my neck just locked up and I couldn’t move for days. The only thing that helped was Benadryl but I had no clue what was going on at the time. Scared me to no end!
One time I went to a DVD theater in Korea with my girllfriend, and the worker there was very friendly and well-spoken, then would just suddenly have an outburst of saying something like "Yeah, man! YEAAAAH!" Sometimes young men in Korea act like this in an attempt to seem cool, or western, and I find it obnoxious so I told him very politely but sternly "Please don't yell at me." After several more such outbursts (and a particularly outspoken commentary about the new Mad Max movie), I figured out that he had Tourette's. I can only imagine what a challenging job he faces in a service sector job like that.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla DVD Bang...or DVD room. A shop with loads of DVD players that play movies in lots of different private back rooms. If it sounds seedy that's because it is.
I knew a guy in college with Tourettes, and we had to educate people. I also taught a student with it who was taking meds for it, but it made him VERY SLEEPY in class!
Saw this as a kid and I thought it was kind of Funny then because back in the 80's it was the first time I ever heard of tourettes syndrome, but now that I'm older it's still funny because that guy is an actor, but I pray for anyone suffering through this illness. I've seen talk shows with people who have tourettes and they suffer greatly. Peace
When Noah returned a couple of seasons later, it was during the story arc where Douglas was dating, of all people, Vanna White! Noah danced with her at the Christmas party and inadvertently said 'whore, slut, bitch!'.
Quincy did an episode about Tourette's eight years earlier. The kid at the beginning of that episode (who died accidentally trying to avoid some kids who were going to beat him up), all he did was laugh really loud at the movies, maybe make a few weird noises as well. Quincy later met another young man with the disease who was trying out for a fancy music school like Juilliard, and the Tourette's reared its ugly head during the piano piece he was playing at the tryouts. The episode ends with the young man walking away from his piano in embarrassment.
@Stefan990 ALF was a character that appeared on a sitcom called ALF in the 1980s. ALF stood for Alien Life Form (ALF). ALF was portrayed by a puppet. I don't know if the person and puppet ever did standup comedy. And if you had replied to pinkytm1 using the Reply button, pinky might have seen your post in his email inbox and replied to your post instead of me.
At first I was going to scream "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY YOU IDIOT" when she asked the burden question but realized "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" didn't exist at the time of filming.
This shows just how bad things were for Americans with disabilities by 1989 and sheds some light on the need for the act. It also demonstrates how such an act was finally accepted in 1990 if things were this bad in 89.
My grandson-in-law has Tourette's but his is eye twitching and moving his face and nose around like he has allergies. A man I knew in college had it but he would move his head around and it looked like he was trying to shoo a bug or fly away from his head. He would say things like "Boo" but never swore. My grandson can control it unless he gets really upset or nervous which is like in this scene where the man is getting agitated it gets worse.
To be honest, Tourette's like that seen in this clip of L.A. LAW is very rare. A very small % of cases have ever been reported. While it is true the use of the words in the scene was meant to be humorous, at the end of this episode, you really felt for the character. I don't recall the final scene with this man, but for some reason I keep thinking he committed suicide. If I am wrong please correct me and tell me how this episode ended. It's been 24 years since I last saw it.
Hi. I know it's been five years since you commented but I just want to say I watched the entire episode. It ends with the jury finding Noah the plantiff in the right and awarding him $150,000 in backpay and $100,000 in front-pay. However, after the trial is over his boss, his boss's attorney and his attorney all speak afterward and his boss says he'll rehire Noah, give him $50,000 upfront, a new car and promote him to "research director". Also, with a modem and fax machine, Noah can work from home. Noah's attorney tells him to go with the $250,000 instead because he doesn't think Noah should stay in the shadows in the comfort of his own home and should be accepted in the outside world and find a job where he gets respected despite his disorder. Noah says he appreciates it but he takes the offer instead so "no one has to hear me" It's a bitter-sweet ending really. Hope that helps.
Noah came back for another episode a couple of years later to get help for funding his own business. Douglas and Jonathan met with the investors but didn't introduce them to Noah for fear that his Tourette's would put them off. They did eventually meet Noah and assured him that the Tourette's wasn't a problem, but they filed fraud charges against the firm for what they saw as deception.
@Squealer01 Despite the crude inane joke, I will. An understanding mind deserves to have at least that much in return. I've never laughed at these kinds of things outside the seclusion of my room, but, for whatever it's worth, you have my word I'll never add to their suffering.
@bjggjb I remember it, but I never watched it, and I'm sure I've watched worse shows over the years. And from what I understand, it was a fairly good sitcom. Perhaps there was something else I watched instead during the same time slot. I do remember seeing ALF on an episode of the Hollywood Squares. Also, I don't think people should be offended by the outtake. ALF was imitating the actor on LA Law, not actually calling anyone an N-- or an a--hole (another term ALF used).
This doesn't belong in the comedy category. There is nothing funny about Tourette's syndrome. This actor did a superb job. And the person who posted this just makes the point that too many people poke fun at someone who is different, even if he can't help it.
@jihadsoup It's not weak. There's a strong distinction between laughing at an actor who is portraying an illness and someone who is forced to live every day with the crushing effects of it. The worst laughing at this will do is hurt the actor's feelings. The real world's often an incredibly depressing place. If people want to come on here and laugh at a fictitious portrayal of something, then I think it's a hell of a lot better than having people laughing at unfortunate people in real life.
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@Stefan990 Well, I say the tooth fairy exists and will swap you a quarter for an incisor. Prove I'm wrong (I dare you!) After all, your assertion is about as well-proven as mine, buddy.
not all tourrettes are like this though. i know one lady at the grocery store who has it but it is not verbal. she does this weird swallow. that is her tick
I'm not saying that this is not a disease and people don't actually suffer from Tourettes. But, I wonder why they always "tick" using the most offensive terms, when they claim not to be judgemental and rude as in, "That's just not my personality. I would never!"
How long would a white guy with Tourette's last, if he were dropped in the middle of Harlem on a Saturday night? (Or - would you say his prospects would be better or worse than a 25-pound Maine Coon dropped into a rural village in North Korea?)
Best show ever. It's too bad that a GOOD law show (Law & Order) inexplibably overshadowed the GREAT law show, and that people have forgotten how incredible this series was before the last two seasons. It even won the people's choice award in its worst season ever! How easily they forget.
Indeed. Great show. Now all we have are Law and Order reruns of every single type all over TV for the last 30+ years. I haven't seen LA Law since the early 90's. It was my favorite show.
I've suffered from Tourrette's for over 30 years, and it's so emotionally and physically draining that I am often in actual pain. I don't have involuntary shouts and swearing like this character, but my twitches are very bad. I've lost friends who were embarrassed to be seen with me. I suffer from major depression as a result of the condition and the lack of support.
That said, this episode had me wetting my pants from laughing so hard. I can't even watch the whole clip without crying from laughter. If I can find humor in this horrible disease I know all too well, I'll be okay.
+Splatador I hear yuh. I used to struggle with OCD and had some twitches. Most people were cool about it, but I had to confront one of my "cool and handsome" co-workers when he made fun of me for it. He shut right the f*&$k up and was pretty genteel to me afterwards. Anyway, my story had a happy ending, and nowadays I don't suffer from it. I can only imagine how tough it must be to have it for 30 YEARS. Hang in there.
God bless.
"I've lost friends who were embarrassed to be seen with me."
screw them. (imo) you wouldn't want these kind of "friends" anyway.
Nah, you lost nothing. They were not your friends to begin with.
Gorilla Monsoon hugs 🤗
Alf brought me here.
Lol! Me too.
That ALF clip was amazing.
Alf still bringing people here
same here and just learned way more about that show than i think i ever wanted to know... O_O
2024 and Alf still sending us….
Thumbs up if you found out about this scene through the Alf bloopers!
Thats how I found out! I am over here dying of laughter!!!!!!
See, kids, before South Park, this is how we learned about Tourettes.
"Woop woop!" is the sound of the police!
One of the greatest ever TV series....brilliantly acted.
I couldn't agree more.
OH BOY! They had a follow-up episode where the lawyers were helping this guy land a big business deal, so they had him hypnotized to stop the Tourette's temporarily while he signed the deal. Just as he signed the deal, the hypnosis wore off, and he started going OH BOY, and Douglas saved it by saying, "Oh boy oh boy oh boy - this is a great deal!"
Dr sam beckett never returned home
@@MrInvinciblewarrior such a sad ending to what was an otherwise incredibly uplifting tv series
I GOT THIS FROM ALF
Cake Franco same
I remember seeing this episode at the time and thinking it was hilarious - just another of those "diseases" that they have in America and nowhere else. But, as time has passed, I've realised that these strange diseases DO exist elsewhere, and it's an issue we should be talking about and, as a civilised society, dealing with. Tourettes is just another disability and, given that society is judged by how it treats its disabled people, we should all look carefully at ourselves in these cases. I certainly needed to (and, if I'm honest, probably need to work a little more on it too), and I'm sad - although also grateful - that it took a programme like L.A. Law to initially open my eyes.
It's cool of you to admit this. Everyone's ignorant until they're not and then once you know better, you can do better.
Whoa. that's insanely good acting.
Thanks Alf.
I don't know why, but through decades of watching endless TV, I've never forgotten this character since I once saw this episode in the 80s. Sometimes I say oh boy to myself just like that.
RIP " Brian Tanner" of Alf (Ben Gregory)
Im in tears because of ALF ☠☠☠
Good to see Bernie as a defendant. He really had two bad weekends, including that sequel #WeekendAtBernies
I usually laugh off just about any comedic usage of Tourettes, but watching this scene just makes me... Uncomfortable. Not because it offends me, but because his portrayal is extremely accurate. Not that everybody who has it swears under their breath, but all of the issues he faces because of his Tourettes, how it gets worse as his stress level rises... Shit fucking _sucks._
But most people with it don't swear though. That's a common misconception.
@@Gideon13397 I'm well aware? This is a 2 year old comment but I'm now realizing I forgot to specify that my discomfort comes from HAVING Tourette's. This portrayal is so accurate that in my head, I imagine this is what I look like from others' perspectives
Dr. Phil brought me here. Just kidding. It was Alf in pog form.
Honestly, haloperidol is a tranquilizer. The people who use it are mindless and brainless. I was on haloperidol and I could not control my muscles. I was locked in a position staring at the ceiling for a few weeks and it was awful because i couldn't talk or say anything about it. :(
I don't have tourettes, I was psychotic and they gave me haldol just to calm me down. It calmed me down too much. I wish they would have never given it to me. Now my muscles twitch uncontrollably.
I was prescribed that when I was a teenager and wow did I end up in the same position as you. Suddenly my neck just locked up and I couldn’t move for days. The only thing that helped was Benadryl but I had no clue what was going on at the time. Scared me to no end!
One time I went to a DVD theater in Korea with my girllfriend, and the worker there was very friendly and well-spoken, then would just suddenly have an outburst of saying something like "Yeah, man! YEAAAAH!" Sometimes young men in Korea act like this in an attempt to seem cool, or western, and I find it obnoxious so I told him very politely but sternly "Please don't yell at me." After several more such outbursts (and a particularly outspoken commentary about the new Mad Max movie), I figured out that he had Tourette's. I can only imagine what a challenging job he faces in a service sector job like that.
What's a DVD theater?
@@Optimegatrongodzilla DVD Bang...or DVD room. A shop with loads of DVD players that play movies in lots of different private back rooms. If it sounds seedy that's because it is.
@@ojbeez5260 Oh, for porn.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla no, for supposedly watching movies with your BF / or GF.
@@ojbeez5260 Oh.
Alf brought me here ..thanks Alf
Damn, I remember this episode so well, I had to watch out for when it was rerun just to watch it again. :P
i remember they played clips from this on the Howard Stern Show back in the day.
yes when TV was classic like law and Howard was funny
Hey it's Bernie! He lives!
1:16....I'm sorry to LAUGH!!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
me to lol 😂😂
This man is innocent why can’t the lady see it 😞
Innocent of what?
I'm waiting for the funny scene...
Damn good portrayal of this debilitating condition. Hope this made people less narrow minded at the time and since...
His speech about what a burden really is moved me.
I remember watching this as a kid, first time I heard of tourettes. Social media has really normalized it, showing every day life with this condition.
"about that, WOOP"
I knew a guy in college with Tourettes, and we had to educate people. I also taught a student with it who was taking meds for it, but it made him VERY SLEEPY in class!
This is why TH-cam is great! 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆
1:17 Look at the two in the back ^_^
Kudos to TH-cam for not editing out all the "bad words" in this clip.
What bad words ? 🤓🤫🥸🧐
@@evanwolf6618 .... Those words that will collapse your house, shatter your spine and keep the country from winning the war!
@@Stogie2112
Nothing , though , like a well placed curse word . ( ! ) 🐧 🍦
@@evanwolf6618 whore slut and btxh.. only bad words
Alf brought me here... Bernie Lomax kept me here!
Thanks Alf
Saw this as a kid and I thought it was kind of Funny then because back in the 80's it was the first time I ever heard of tourettes syndrome, but now that I'm older it's still funny because that guy is an actor, but I pray for anyone suffering through this illness. I've seen talk shows with people who have tourettes and they suffer greatly. Peace
When Noah returned a couple of seasons later, it was during the story arc where Douglas was dating, of all people, Vanna White! Noah danced with her at the Christmas party and inadvertently said 'whore, slut, bitch!'.
now i wanna watch the rest of this episode...
Legal Eagle sent me here
The clip that has now gotten ALF in hot water! haha
It was really funny and really touching at the same time.
Quincy did an episode about Tourette's eight years earlier. The kid at the beginning of that episode (who died accidentally trying to avoid some kids who were going to beat him up), all he did was laugh really loud at the movies, maybe make a few weird noises as well. Quincy later met another young man with the disease who was trying out for a fancy music school like Juilliard, and the Tourette's reared its ugly head during the piano piece he was playing at the tryouts. The episode ends with the young man walking away from his piano in embarrassment.
@Stefan990 ALF was a character that appeared on a sitcom called ALF in the 1980s. ALF stood for Alien Life Form (ALF). ALF was portrayed by a puppet. I don't know if the person and puppet ever did standup comedy. And if you had replied to pinkytm1 using the Reply button, pinky might have seen your post in his email inbox and replied to your post instead of me.
At first I was going to scream "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY YOU IDIOT" when she asked the burden question but realized "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990" didn't exist at the time of filming.
it's ridiculous how "stone age" many things in Western countries were even merely 30 or 40 years ago.
This shows just how bad things were for Americans with disabilities by 1989 and sheds some light on the need for the act. It also demonstrates how such an act was finally accepted in 1990 if things were this bad in 89.
This is how you act.
1:18 I think this guy and lady breaking characters
Oh Boy....Weekend at Bernies sitting right there....Oh Boy.....
I wish people would stop posting comments making fun of people with tourettes.... this is onlu an act but people are just like him.
This is Jimmy the Bottle Guy from Stop and Shop in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn!
I wonder what an individual with Tourettes is like if they've never heard a curse word.
Supertron5000 They just say other words. Not all people with Tourette's curse.
Oh poor man! That must be a horrible illness!
My grandson-in-law has Tourette's but his is eye twitching and moving his face and nose around like he has allergies. A man I knew in college had it but he would move his head around and it looked like he was trying to shoo a bug or fly away from his head. He would say things like "Boo" but never swore. My grandson can control it unless he gets really upset or nervous which is like in this scene where the man is getting agitated it gets worse.
"Burden? BITCH!" Sure, blame it on the Tourette's LMAO...
It’s funny at first but near the ending it’s sad
Yeah... that's hilarious.
G'OH BOY!
The weekend at Bernies guy had about as many lines as Weekend at Bernies.
oh boy....I wonder how many takes all this took because there is no way Blair didn't have a laughing fit at some point
I remember that one. The folks at the firm weren't too happy with Jonathan.
@ChicagoSouthDan Shows how old I'm getting; huge numbers of people who don't remember ALF... yikes!
@dtlotrl 1:18 Thanks for mentioning it I missed that the first time
1:27
lol
"ABOUT THAT, WOOOP!!"
The Alf Blooper Reel was taken down 😢
back when Bernie was still alive...
LOL 😅
BLAIR UNDERWOOD!!!!!! What a delcious surprise.
To be honest, Tourette's like that seen in this clip of L.A. LAW is very rare. A very small % of cases have ever been reported. While it is true the use of the words in the scene was meant to be humorous, at the end of this episode, you really felt for the character. I don't recall the final scene with this man, but for some reason I keep thinking he committed suicide. If I am wrong please correct me and tell me how this episode ended. It's been 24 years since I last saw it.
Hi. I know it's been five years since you commented but I just want to say I watched the entire episode. It ends with the jury finding Noah the plantiff in the right and awarding him $150,000 in backpay and $100,000 in front-pay.
However, after the trial is over his boss, his boss's attorney and his attorney all speak afterward and his boss says he'll rehire Noah, give him $50,000 upfront, a new car and promote him to "research director". Also, with a modem and fax machine, Noah can work from home.
Noah's attorney tells him to go with the $250,000 instead because he doesn't think Noah should stay in the shadows in the comfort of his own home and should be accepted in the outside world and find a job where he gets respected despite his disorder. Noah says he appreciates it but he takes the offer instead so "no one has to hear me"
It's a bitter-sweet ending really. Hope that helps.
Noah came back for another episode a couple of years later to get help for funding his own business. Douglas and Jonathan met with the investors but didn't introduce them to Noah for fear that his Tourette's would put them off. They did eventually meet Noah and assured him that the Tourette's wasn't a problem, but they filed fraud charges against the firm for what they saw as deception.
@Squealer01 Despite the crude inane joke, I will. An understanding mind deserves to have at least that much in return. I've never laughed at these kinds of things outside the seclusion of my room, but, for whatever it's worth, you have my word I'll never add to their suffering.
@bjggjb I remember it, but I never watched it, and I'm sure I've watched worse shows over the years. And from what I understand, it was a fairly good sitcom. Perhaps there was something else I watched instead during the same time slot. I do remember seeing ALF on an episode of the Hollywood Squares. Also, I don't think people should be offended by the outtake. ALF was imitating the actor on LA Law, not actually calling anyone an N-- or an a--hole (another term ALF used).
It's not as funny when it's not ALF
I saw this episode after Night Court..
ALF
sucks to have Tourrettes i feel sorry for them people
Impractical jokers on Dom Irrera brought me here
This doesn't belong in the comedy category. There is nothing funny about Tourette's syndrome. This actor did a superb job. And the person who posted this just makes the point that too many people poke fun at someone who is different, even if he can't help it.
Oh boy.
I’m not too sure “funny” is the best adjective here.
@jihadsoup It's not weak. There's a strong distinction between laughing at an actor who is portraying an illness and someone who is forced to live every day with the crushing effects of it. The worst laughing at this will do is hurt the actor's feelings. The real world's often an incredibly depressing place. If people want to come on here and laugh at a fictitious portrayal of something, then I think it's a hell of a lot better than having people laughing at unfortunate people in real life.
Howard Stern did a thing on this haha
Baylen brought me here
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Funny...but also possibly useful.
I'm 13 and I have ts I have had it for 12 years
Sounds like Paul Giamatti.
@Stefan990 Well, I say the tooth fairy exists and will swap you a quarter for an incisor. Prove I'm wrong (I dare you!) After all, your assertion is about as well-proven as mine, buddy.
It’s that dead son of a bitch Lomax!
Who is thinking of the cheerleader with Tourette's from "Not Another Teen Movie"?
Yes. I Can absolutely understand him to burst out to laugh
Did he say what I think he said?
good acting...made me feel sorry for the dude
not all tourrettes are like this though. i know one lady at the grocery store who has it but it is not verbal. she does this weird swallow. that is her tick
I'm not saying that this is not a disease and people don't actually suffer from Tourettes. But, I wonder why they always "tick" using the most offensive terms, when they claim not to be judgemental and rude as in, "That's just not my personality. I would never!"
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This was funny! :D
How long would a white guy with Tourette's last, if he were dropped in the middle of Harlem on a Saturday night? (Or - would you say his prospects would be better or worse than a 25-pound Maine Coon dropped into a rural village in North Korea?)
"Goh boy BITCH!"
I have tourettes and I find this funny...but I still don't like to be made fun of.
Whhhoop! Whooppp! (Hiccuping) OH BOY
This episode introduced me to Tourette's Syndrome.
did anyone notice the guy in the jury at 1:19 trying not to laugh
Best show ever. It's too bad that a GOOD law show (Law & Order) inexplibably overshadowed the GREAT law show, and that people have forgotten how incredible this series was before the last two seasons. It even won the people's choice award in its worst season ever! How easily they forget.
Indeed. Great show.
Now all we have are Law and Order reruns of every single type all over TV for the last 30+ years.
I haven't seen LA Law since the early 90's. It was my favorite show.
that's the saddest video i've seen in a while.