Special Boy With Freakishly Large Brain Wins Spelling Bee
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- On Today Now!, Jim and Tracy meet James Kimura, a 12-year-old afflicted with the ability to spell long words normal kids don't even care about.
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Wow they were so patient with that special needs boy. Really takes a saint to be that level headed in a situation like that.
Lol you deserve to be on ONN staff.
I'd have a tranquilliser on hand. You'd be surprised how fast and strong they can be when they lose their temper. Once saw a video of an alleged chess master throwing people around like rag dolls after he lost a match. Scary.
I too agree, very professional on their part
@@codytran1719 But dude he R/whooshed you bro he just destroyed you you should be crying right now bro.
@Ok Ok Haha BIG chungus hahahahahahahah BIG chungus hahahahaha
EDIT: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!
I really admire how the hosts endangered their lives to interview that unpredictable timebomb. Truly inspiring!
I can't with these comments😭😭😭😭
oh my god bro
Watching this after the hero boy who saved his family by mutilating a burglar 😅
Loose cannon I say, he must stay away from the building.
OMFG, this one is so good.
I agree btw, these type of kids are no joke.
The kid is so good at acting, I'm starting to doubt they told him this is a sketch...
Luke Faulkner you came here too wow
How are you even here? I usually find you on Rousseau’s videos
His face was getting red. Men, that was good
Acting? Is that what they call it these days?
He never looked at the camera, so I think he's acting
This is just horrible, I can’t imagine what those hosts would’ve felt like when that child started trying to attack them. I’m glad security saved them.
Yeah that child could start throwing tables and might even have knife. I heard some even can move stuff with their minds. You can't imagine the terror of dealing with that much unpredictablity
@@evenfate5906 espiecially because of his freakishly large brain 🧠
Yeah, it's always so sad when I see soecial needs kids like that. It always makes me feel grateful for what I have.
@@evenfate5906 and when they get angry they get out of control so theres no telling wat they'd do!!
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 become Christian to become GIGACHAD
"There is nothing wrong with me, Im just smart" "right" brilliant! :D
Genius!
Yup. I too watched the video
Your comment is brilliant.
"Brilliant but lazy"
Beb You must be a real pleasant person
Can we just take a moment to appreciate this kids acting skills?
ooga booga
ooga ooga booga
Acting. Is that what it’s called nowadays?
ooga booga booga
ooga booga booga ooga
They called security at the right time. He almost used his psychic powers to bring the ceiling crashing down.
TETSUO!!!!!!!!!!
He could basically turn the video into a clip from one of the final destination films.
🤣🤣🤣
Ik it's over a year late but I thought the exact same thing lmao
This kid is an idiot. He got triggered so quickly and was about to attack the lady journalist. She only offered him help
The way they physically recoil from him 😹
Again love your stuff dude, keep it up.
They're scared he's contagious
He said he was fine but the reporters knew it was a cry for help
Wouldn’t you? He did get physical very quickly and shouted that he’s smart.
bob
gifted and talented "is that what they are calling it now?"
Not gonna ruin that perfect 69 likes
I got the 1k like
Actually no, they said that to him saying "Accelerated Learning" classes. They think it's the same as a "gifted" program (which may have children who learn/develop differently/specially), so they say "is that what they're calling it now?" (highlighting their preconceived notion that "amazingly smart" children fall behind in other aspects), even though the kid keeps saying he learns normally (studies daily) and is just smart because of it.
Barz
RoseTech Jesus dude stop
I love that "Do you see colours or something"?
Spelled colors wrong... 😀
@@roberts7107 thats the correct spelling aswell
@@roberts7107 British spelling.
@@johnnygreenface Well this is from the UK, why do you lot keep dropping letters out of words, is it a faulty memory thing lol.
@@LeeRaldar They even can't remember the "United States of" in "United States of America"
“Yet another smug guy who’s scaled Mount Everest” lmaooo 😂
That was the best part. Hilarious.
John Oliver did a show about smug guys who scaled Everest just last week... The Onion, 10 years ahead as always.
M K what's wrong with John O?
M K god tier satire the onion had
For about 40 seconds i thought this was news... Best r/whoosh feeling ive ever had
I never realised ProZD went through so much to get where he is today.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 this experience dropped his voice 😭
Ayyyyyyyyy
@@psyche5893 I didn't know it was possible to be so wrong.
@@psyche5893 he isn't a mirror yknow
Wait this is prozd?
This kid's acting is too good for me to laugh, I didn't even realize I had parental instincts until this video
Ten Letters of course you have parental instincts
Same. I just want to protect the lil guy. That's how you know it was a good performance lol.
You’re human. Everyone has parental instincts.
Guys i was just laughing should i be worried?
@@murkymarky You're good. I'm the one with a problem. I was raging at the hosts and wanted to trash their station on the kid's behalf.
Those onion child actors and actresses are incredibly talented
Talented... Is that what they are calling it these days?
Nah, they actually need special care or something.
actors?
No he is just smaarrtt
Usually they're perfectly fine. Not a fan of this one tbh
Poor kid, really sad how some humans could be born that way.
They have to suffer a life of humiliation and pain everyday, we need to lend them a hand.
Kaan Dagdas the onion is a fake news channel, everything is satire
FreezeQFilms
r/woooosh
Freeze, how did you get the onion but not this comment? I hope this got its own screenshot and top post lmao
eating the onion
r/atetheonion freezeqfilms
How are the child actors in the Onion better than every child actor in Hollywood history outside of the kid from ET lmao
L comment
@@GGLee1010 L human
@@DvitusR Another L comment
Caitlin? is that you?
@@GGLee1010 the bodies are in the river
if he is actually 12, just imagine he is 22 now.
Hope he finds his place in society. Not easy being special.
Saint_ReMiXz yeah, they should do a sequel to this
ProZD
Fun Guy haha
@@prabeshgurung1067 like the mushroom
"There's nothing wrong with me. I'm just smart."
That's right, buddy. You hang in there. You keep telling yourself that. You're the...you're the smartest kid in the world. *sobs* Good for him.
Hey there! Unlike our mustacheless brother on the other hand, who is absolutely everywhere, I haven’t seen you in quite a while.
@@bofuuu Hey, mustacheful gal. I believe this is the first time we meet, but I am well acquainted with your relatives.
@@mrknarf4438 Glad to make your acquaintance!
there's more of you? Oh no...
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"Harvard admission interview for an Asian applicant" circa 2018 (colorized).
OOF
Sup I'm Asian
dogeskyfighter sup I'm white but I'm gay so I'm basically black.
Asians r my favorite people they're so much less rude in general
Holy shit
Except personality scores for Harvard applicants are higher in person.
I just love how they treat normal/brilliant people like they're freaks and then treat actual weirdos like they're brilliant lmao
How come the onion can find better child actors than hollywood can?
I have no freaking clue, this is genius.
Child actors flock to The Onion because of its sterling reputation as a highly credible news source
imagine they dont say its a sketch before filming
Acting? This is a news channel
because they actually cared about what they were making
As an autistic person, this is 100% very VERY real. I've heard most of these words exactly.
Same. People are scared of us apparently.
Ikr
Yep.
Do you see colours or shapes or something?
@@umar11ism I think that was reference to mildly concurring condition called synesthesia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
This show is gold.
First reply
hmjs13 second reply
The third reply
Fourth reply hehe
5ifth reply
The reporters are the American school system
The reporters are just modern day reporters.
So true lmaoo. Its not funny tho
Working in a school, yeah pretty much. The schools I work at are pretty good though, but still.
LITERALLY
Stop with the amrican school jokes this one doesn’t make any sense
I got so scared near the end. I thought the kid was going to use his mind powers to just make everyone explode. Ive seen them do that. It's fucking terrifying.
Imagine him and Eleven from Stranger Things teaming up. ☺
And Carrie
LMAOOOO
Great job by the presenters! They handled the situation professionally and did a great job of easing the tension when facing a situation on the border of turning volatile. Well done all!
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@@duggeeo4147 It's humor
sorry
@@duggeeo4147 no
Watching the realisation on the kid's face when he found out he was dealing with "special" adults. Nicely placed child actor.
1:57 The delivery on that "Right." is so perfect and accurate. Teachers in elementary/middle school talk down to kids JUST like that with that demeaning tone. Almost gave me ptsd flashbacks to 6th grade.
she deserves and oscar for that fr, its so perfect
"There's nothing wrong with me, I'm just smart." ...."right". So good lol
This was 11 years ago, he's probably in his 20s right now. Imagine seeing yourself in this one, I would feel like a legend hahahaha!
That poor boy probably can't understand what is going on in that show watching it now. But there strong parents are probably so proud of there freak of nature son.
@@bestaround3323 At least their son knows how to spell "their."
@@dontaylor7315 I know, there such a freak of nature
@@bestaround3323 Lmao
Sorry but he's dead. Didn't even reach 15 yo
Aw poor kid. I would end my life if i lived in that much agony because of a disability. I hope he stays strong
I am aware of that lol, read my comment again. In the video the joke was that they were treating his intelligence as a disease.
@@IamStereotype the real idiot is you
@@dingusstuff1 be silent, knave
@@sleekjupiter7965There's always at least one who needs to be spoon fed the message that comes naturally to the rest of us.
They're usually the most religious and offended.
@@ImNotaRussianBotcry louder atheist
Those hosts are really special people. They didn't even call that poor boy a retard. So kind.
Yes. They had admirable situational sensitivity.
Can we not use slurs please?
@@davidpayne697the comment was posted two years ago
@davidpayne697 Where?
@@davidpayne697Who gives a shit?
"Is that what they're calling them now". This whole video is pure GOLD, ha ha ha.
onion was GOATED back in the day
She sounds so sorry for him when she says "The Gifted and Talented Program" and as someone who's in such a program I can confirm that is the appropriate response.
I am sorry to hear that you are in the gifted and talented program.
Mainly because of the extra workload and social pressure to preform well resulting in burnout.
In all seriousness though how is that program where you're at. Do you ever get to do anything fun in it like robotics or extra field trips?
@Best around I mean it’s not bad… it’s just accelerated learning. Better GPA and college opportunities. Also not that hard if your adequate enough to perform at that level
Although we don’t have field trips.
@Mr. Turnip Ah, so you needed to be in the gifted gifted and talented talented program. You poor poor thing. People must think you are a total freak and bully you relentlessly. You have my sympathies you academic abomination.
@Mr. Turnip I'm not, it was a joke based on the video of smart kids needing to have crippling mental defects. I apologize for not making it clearer.
Tag is the only thing that kept me remotely engaged during school. Literally had teachers rip up worksheets when I was younger because I worked ahead and got it done too quickly
Omfg the lady climbed back onto her chair out of fear. Probably a safe call, that kid is hardly in control of his actions.
1:52 "I would have tossed you in the gutter to end your agony" *Ideal mother*
Tracy "James if you wanna howl, or pound your head against something you just go ahead do it"
James *stands up*
Jim "whoa whoa can we get security in here?"
As someone with Autism this is hilarious to me! It's amazing to people that I can breathe, let alone make stuffed toys, music, digital art, costumes, videos, animations-
i have it as well
I'm really impressed at how well written+acted this was. It reminded me waaaaaay too much about how people talked to me growing up
_wow thats amazing_
Do you see colours?
I don´t have autism, and I am the one that forgets (in a way) how to breathe.
He's such a smart kid. He was able to convince himself that there's "nothing wrong" with him... Genius.
“To kids like James, the world is a strange and confusing place”
y'know, I was starting to feel bad for that little boy for everything he'd had to go through until he tried attacking the hosts. truly despicable.
Truly evil,,
This kid is one of the best kid actors The Onion has ever had.
I personally like the burglur shooting and mutilating kid but this one is really funny
being smart is truly horrible, I hope he can heal
I was smart... It was horrible people gave he "rewards" but I knew they were making fun of me... Now I'm stupid and people call me pea brain as a compliment very often :3
I've heard they've actually developed a new treatment for this condition known as reality television. I've heard it's much safer than the previous treatment of extreme quantities of crystal meth
It was so funny 15 years ago, but now we have actual reporters doing the same thing to the kid who beat Tetris! haha
Haha-I didn't think about that.
haha the kids face at 1:08
David Klein haha he looks like my little brother
When they say "so where are you REALLY from?/What kind of asian are you?"
That was priceless
@Karan damn
"if you wanna pound your head against something, just do it"
This kid was the first ever known case of Big Brain
"There's nothing wrong with me, I'm just smart."
"Right."
My brother's kid is three years old and is already showing signs of being an actual genius and my sister treats him exactly like this. Funny how when somebody is obviously superior, people will act as if it's due to some defect.
Or, if they can't find a defect to blame it on, they just find an unrelated flaw and blow it out of proportion and keep reminding the person of that just for the opportunity to belittle them.
man i hate human nature
I hate humans. We gotta revert all humans back to monke
Poor kid
This made me sad. I hope your nephew gets to fulfill his full potential in his life, God willing.
Lol this one had me laughing my ass off XD
"My brain works normally so i can't even fathom how you do it" and "oh is that what they're calling them now" XD
sad part is this is legit how 50% of public schools treat smart kids
True
Love how the host realises the help he's called is about to manhandle the child on live tv & tries to intervene with a "nononononononono" before realising its too late with a big "whoops!" as they scoop him up & then decides to just roll with it with a "alright guys thank you very much" as they carry him away.
Its so accurate its scary
Nah, he is scared that the child might start rampaging and kill everyone.
The kid raised the trophy up and the host thought he was going to attack them with it so he said nonononono
1:57 just kills me, "right..."
What an amazing actress
What a disturbed young man
The kid is such a good actor I was half convinced they didn't tell him it was fake
I know it's a joke, but the acting is so good that they genuinely made me frustrated
Same
Its crazy how accurate this is to the way some adults treat even other adults once they learn they're autistic
You guys are applauding the host for being calm but you all forgot the bravery of the security in saving everyone in that room.
The best part:
Woman: James, we are both so proud of you.
James: Yeah, when I won I was like "Yes!"
Man: Yeah..
I love how much he repeats “I’m fine” in such a flabbergasted voice
Man these are all comedic genius but this just made me feel uncomfy so yeah the video did it’s job 10/10
Gosh, it is just so great that people can treat this special little boy as if he was an actual human being. Very inspirational.
“Is that what they’re calling them now” was the best for me
I've never heard the word "right" delivered so perfectly.
Just wanted to add that these hosts are very brave for having this dangerous young man on the show, and allowing him to hold a blunt object. It was a close call at the end there when he attempted to viciously attack the hosts.
"There's nothing wrong with me, I'm just smart."
*sympathetically nods head* "Right."
It's remarkable that many people who have never read The Onion confuse this amazingly smart satire with real news. The players are utterly convincing as the vapid, dull, and generally reactionary type of media person prevalent these days, and the way the news is sensationalized is spot on. Keep watching more of these great videos, and keep on laughing at the goddamned absurdity of it all. Namaste
Namaste.... *Facepalm*
Not Me ok? care to explain?
yung caterpillar it's a salutation.
Eric Muldoon Fucking yogi
Eric Muldoon shut up
"Like a real life Rain Man"
That was when I realized where they were going with this😂
This is so sad， the kid is clearly not fine. Someone please start a fund for this poor soul...
Its the onion its satire he is a actor
@@joshuacastillo1152 😂😂😂 can’t u understand sarcasm?
Our theater is doing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee right now and I had to send this on to them. Also, even though he was an actor, I felt really bad for this kid.
Thom Florio I'm playing Marcy Park in the opening and the second I saw this I knew I had to send it to the cast
Putnam county GA? Eatonton?
Me too. It's not easy being special.
RoastedHamLLC it’s a musical...
The way she’s recoiled on the couch at the end had me laughing and crying into my lapdog’s coat.
the onion will go down in history as one of the greatest channels to exist
its okay to cry -lil b You mean news source?
I am glad the hosts were so respectful when dealing with a child like that.
That was a close call. I was so scared for the safety of the hosts for a few moments.
The kid has some good acting skills
Edit: yeah he’s real special................
omg daddy kurt you're alive
@@imyourpapi261 it was just a publicity stunt.
@@petitio_principii it's a joke you dunce
No, it’s real /s
"How to recession-proof your deck" might be the single most boomer phrase I've ever heard in my life, bravo
Things got pretty scary at 2:08! I thought he was gonna spell something at them! 😯
BRO! Don't scare me like that
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! I can feed myself just fine!"
Man, I really hope that they can get this kid the help he needs. This is truly an inspiring story for special kids all around the world.
1:44
“Well James, do you know if your mother did a lot of drinking . . . ?” 😂
Don’t know why that kid felt like getting violent but I’m glad the hosts handled it with maturity, sensitivity and understanding.
“To kids like James, the world is a Strange and Confusing Place!”
That kid’s a great actor. Hope to see him in the future
Awful Falafel This was 10 years ago
Man, as an autistic person, this is a mood
im so glad security intervened when they needed to
This might be the greatest video on TH-cam
+Joey Bass, there's one about a boy being eaten by his pet snake that's hilarious because the actors playing his parents totally played it deadpan to perfection. If you haven't seen that one, please search it out from the Onion. Pretty much all of the onion's videos are gems.
It was great but having the kid kicked out ruined the believability. I showed my girlfriend five videos and this is the one that gave it away.
“There’s nothing wrong with me, I’m just smart.”
“Right.”
Lmao, so condescending the way she said that. Hilarious.
When he got up from his chair, you could see the intelligence in his eyes. Scary.
“If you wanna Howl or pound your headed against the wall, it’s okay” LMAO
I clicked on this video without seeing that it was form the onion and thought it was legit news
You didnt eat the onion. You took a nibble
"There's nothing wrong with me, I'm just smart."
That is what's wrong with you.
Yup, in America intelligence is frowned upon.
@@bluesteel8376 Not true at all.
*Conform*
kidneystonesoup No not at all lol
@kidneystonesoup I mean atleast say some kind of reason for why you think that
The only way I can explain how good this boy's acting is, is he is a real spelling bee champion who was told he was going on a real news show
Or he’s a good actor
Wow, way, to antagonise the kid! They're lucky he didn't unleash his telekenetic powers on them.
One of the most hilarious skits I have ever watched.
"There's nothing wrong with me I'm just smart" Yes you are James! 🤭☺ Adorable!
This is a comedy sketch bruh
@@snoopdoggthecertifiedg6777 I didn't know that one pal thanks for the info
"So that's what they're calling them now" is crazy 💀
That kid made me forget he was acting, his parents must be proud
He's just smart.
Plot Twist: The kid isn't an actor, hes an actual spelling bee winner who has no idea what the onion is.
"I mean I would have just tossed you in the gutter to end your agony." 😂
That kid looked genuinely upset. Amazing acting haha