Comedian James Stanley talks about having autism. Live at The Comedy Corner Underground. Follow James on TikTok and Instagram! @ jamesstanleycomedy
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@jamesstanleycomedy7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for all the love on the video everyone! Feel free to subscribe! I’m always posting standup clips and podcasts clips and episodes 😊
@geoffrose96476 ай бұрын
"And I did not know how to respond to that... because of the autism." Masterful delivery. Great line.
@jamesstanleycomedy6 ай бұрын
Thank you !
@killingtimeitself5 ай бұрын
i saw it coming from a mile away, really was the perfect line.
@NovaG05 ай бұрын
Same I am autistic and when people say I don't look it....most of the time I don't know how to respond.
@Somebody-tx8gy5 ай бұрын
@@NovaG0 because of the autism
@lisasteel68174 ай бұрын
I wish I could go back in time and use this on the many occasions I was accused of not having autism. While working for a disability service. By managers.
@drumset097 ай бұрын
Well lady, you know the old saying. Once you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.
@petecooganАй бұрын
No one has autism
@OdinsSageАй бұрын
@petecoogan "No one has autism. Source: trust me bro, I've never done any research but, you know, I just don't believe in it."
@erich9305 ай бұрын
"Turns out I'm not the 'memorize a phonebook' autistic, I'm more the 'it's hard to make friends' autistic" So hilarious! And me 🤚🤣
@Belisonte-dl4gd5 ай бұрын
My mom told me "you're not as disabled looking as I thought you would be" in middle school
@jamesstanleycomedy5 ай бұрын
That is wild lol
@Belisonte-dl4gd5 ай бұрын
@@jamesstanleycomedy funniest part is that it means that I still look a little disabled
@jamesstanleycomedy5 ай бұрын
@@Belisonte-dl4gd hahahaha
@erich9305 ай бұрын
What'd she expect? You'd be all lopsided and drooling? Not cool on her part
@kingofthering242 ай бұрын
"It's not that bad, stop complaining you just scraped your knee" the disabled version
@garymericano4 ай бұрын
I know how you feel, I've got 2 autistic friends, one of them has photographic memory and the other is a piano prodigy who is next level amazing at math. I just got the kind of autism that makes me really good at remembering who is and isn't jewish….
@garymericano4 ай бұрын
So moral of this story: parents - pay very close attention to your child's vaccine schedule, it determines what type x-man they become (Charles Xavier doesn't want me in his school (probably because he's (you-know-whoish)))
@Sheriden.3 ай бұрын
I have that one but with Asian people(I can tell the difference between them wry well) and not being able to have close friends.
@Dandoskyballer2 ай бұрын
The odds of you having 2 autistic savants as personal friends is unreal. I genuinely don't believe you in the slightest.
@lanceknuth5300Ай бұрын
I mean if you ask George Soros to loan you a time machine, a video camera, and a bunch of USB drives you could make a fascinating reality show.
@clicheguevara5282Ай бұрын
I'm autistic and I also know a lot about the Jewish community - but I'm also German, so I really don't know where that talent comes from. Lol
@cattime2044 Жыл бұрын
“I’m the hard to make friends autistic. “ This is the best description for me LOL.
@petecooganАй бұрын
Just meet up with the other autistic people in the comments. I'm autistic too
@JDMimeTHEFIRST7 ай бұрын
I’m definitely going to use “if every ugly person had autism, you’d have autism” 😅
@mechanicalbow4 ай бұрын
-Video posted 4 years ago. -A response to every single comment even the latest one a month ago Me: Ah yes, autism tracks. I am amongst my people.
@jamesstanleycomedy4 ай бұрын
😎😎😎
@r_and_a3 ай бұрын
chuckled reading your observation, then made my way through every single comment because - autism 🤪
@scootover78 ай бұрын
This is hilarious. when people say to me you don't look autistic or disabled, I didn't realize being autistic or disabled had a look, when disabled i respond am I suppose to walk around with my arm looking all messed up.
@SybilKibble7 ай бұрын
The next time they try with me, Imma ask them "what do autistic people look like?"
@mygoldenwitch7 ай бұрын
I've gotten to the point where my go-to response is, 'And you don't look like an asshole; looks can be deceiving :)' Does it endear me to that person? No. Do I give a damn? Hell no. The type of people who say this shit tends to be a very specific type, one that I don't want anything to do with, so good riddance.
@scootover77 ай бұрын
@@SybilKibble sounds like a great response to me
@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse5 ай бұрын
@@mygoldenwitch Well thanks for making people think all autists are spineless pansies. I get that it is tiresome to have to deal with such idiotic answers but reducing a person immediately to asshole status for not reacting perfectly when put on the spot in an unfamiliar situation doesn't exactly endear you to me either. Isn't that what we struggle with, socially? Having a hard time reacting properly when being put under the spotlight with no preparation? And there YOU go give other people a hard time as if not being autistic made everyone else king in that skill.
@spiralpython19894 ай бұрын
@@mygoldenwitchmy reply is “and you don’t look like a d!ckhead… but then again…”
@---yl4mf3 ай бұрын
I can memorize a phone book. I remember that it's under the coffee table and the pages are all yellow.
@henrikhumle72555 ай бұрын
Really digging the deadpan delivery. Good stuff!
@jamesstanleycomedy5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@petecooganАй бұрын
@@jamesstanleycomedyisn't deadpan delivery just autistic delivery?
@sonnyajvoll58652 ай бұрын
About a year ago I was talking to my doc about how I might go about figuring out officially if I'm on the spectrum, and he also assured me that I don't look autistic. I, too, didn't know how to respond to that, so I just did the thing where I sat there pretending this whole interaction hadn't been super unhelpful and disheartening and never followed it up in any way ever again 👍
@jamesstanleycomedy2 ай бұрын
Lmfao some doctors are so dumb
@emilyfarfadet91313 ай бұрын
Person picturing their awkward 12 year old nephew: "you don't look Autistic!" Mam that's not the autism you're seeing, that's being 12 years old, I haven't made that mistake in decades.
@Archisphere3 ай бұрын
I am autistic and love legos. I don't build with them. I sort them into 67 plastic bins. I separate them by color. Neutrals in one bin (white, gray, black, brown, tans). Colors in another bin. I have a huge bucket that holds everything in old light and dark gray. I'd break it down further for clarity, but I don't want to be verbose. Please see the following comment below for what "verbose" means.
@bibsp35562 ай бұрын
I love this. That's so satisfying
@petecooganАй бұрын
I love that you both have these categories and just posted a comment on it. That's autistic
@bibsp3556Ай бұрын
@@petecoogan yeah boi! And?
@mattlesnak23874 ай бұрын
I have asbergers and ADHD and add and anxiety from the abuse of just having it and people always say that you don't look like I have asbergers and I responded with no I got it on sale at Walmart clearance section
@jamesstanleycomedy4 ай бұрын
Lmfao
@petecooganАй бұрын
@@jamesstanleycomedyare you autistically responding to each comment? Bc that's what I would do
@matturner6890Ай бұрын
nobody wanted that perfectly good ADHD/aspergers combo pack??
@PatriciaKeel-ig9ni4 ай бұрын
In the 1960’s I read many times that parents could not believe their child was autistic because they look completely normal.
@jamesstanleycomedy4 ай бұрын
lol that’s wild
@91bpatrick3 ай бұрын
So they beat the bloody lights out of them to "make them normal" like soooooooooooooooo many parents did.
@sub-zero7107 ай бұрын
This guy is living my dream.... Being an autistic comic.😊
@clicheguevara5282Ай бұрын
I'm a 90s kid autistic, so I slipped under the radar and didn't even get diagnosed until a few years ago - which is obviously a very tough process to go through as an adult. ...but luckily for me, it all happened right as "autistic comedians" were starting to become normalized, so you guys have kept me laughing through it all. Comedy has always been a refuge for me anyway, but now that "autism comedy" exists, it's even more helpful.
@jamesstanleycomedyАй бұрын
That rocks
@prsee59696 ай бұрын
I had to pause after a min. I’ve been stuck in the system longer than half my life and you are so spot on. Like “oh really I don’t have a complex understanding of this topic….” Topic is like something you should be going through after high school yet I’m 13 LOL 😅 bless you dude
@jamesstanleycomedy6 ай бұрын
Haha thank you man you too 🙏
@joshy_jones3 ай бұрын
You absoluely crushed :)) I work at an autism research lab at a university - - I'm sending this on to my colleagues to mark World Autism Awareness Day
@jamesstanleycomedy3 ай бұрын
Oh hell yeah thank you!!
@beast78423 ай бұрын
i started the video and just said out loud; "yeah this guy's got autism." and then I heard you voice and that just cemented it in for me. (sorry if this sounds offensive i didn't mean it that way)
@jamesstanleycomedy3 ай бұрын
Hahahaha no that’s great
@CiaranMcHale7 күн бұрын
Ah come on, he's not _that_ ugly.
@beast78426 күн бұрын
@@CiaranMcHale now that, that one rude, and I should clarify it wasn’t his look that made me know he was autistic but more just the general vibe he had.
@CiaranMcHale6 күн бұрын
@@beast7842 My comment was intended as a joke, because part of the video involved a supposed correlation between ugliness and autism.
@beast78425 күн бұрын
@@CiaranMcHale oh sorry I’m not the best at realising that sort of thing and it’s been three months since I watched the video so I forgot.
@kaiishere0163 жыл бұрын
This was great, I loved the delivery on the jokes. These definitely deserve some more views
@jamesstanleycomedy3 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!
@SWIIIMS13 күн бұрын
That's my kind of autism! Figuring out what exactly this means is left as an exercise for the viewer.
@SkyeCB-uq9wd7 ай бұрын
If autism has a "look," it would look like me too!
@YoMommazNUTZ6 ай бұрын
I think us autistic people are better at communication, we will not bother having conversations we don't want to have 😊 so at least you know we are not pretending to want to talk to you. Also while I didn't memorize the phone book I did memorize the entire collection of encyclopedias at the library. All it did was make my teachers mad when I thought I was helping by explaining why she was wrong, honestly it may have not been so bad but when I was a kid most kids that were autistic were sent away to homes and it was thought to mainly be a dude only issue because of the lack of understanding anything about it. I was not diagnosed until I was in my late 20s same for my ADHD. Instead I was labeled a moody problem child.
@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse5 ай бұрын
I disagree. We are better and factual conversation. Which is usually pretty useless unless you're among autists or scientists. Actual communication among humans consists of non-factual components that are not irrelevant. They aren't filler. So we suck at communication. The males that is. The women are quite a bit more complex, it seems... unlike in every other regard, where women are simplistic and straight forward to comprehend :D.
@NekoFoxLvr4 ай бұрын
Are you hitting on me? Cause I dunno. Also part of the autism!! I CANNOT figure out if people are flirting with me or not...
@jamesstanleycomedy4 ай бұрын
You literally have to spell it out for me lol
@NekoFoxLvr4 ай бұрын
@@jamesstanleycomedyI need one of those notes from elementary school Do you like me? with the yes or no check boxes.
@SoloDad90528 күн бұрын
"If every ugly person had Autism, you would have Autism". hahahaha, my new favourite thing to tell people
@jamesstanleycomedy28 күн бұрын
Hell yes hahaha
@ValexNihilist4 ай бұрын
Gotta find more of you, this was hilarious! Subscribed!
@jamesstanleycomedy4 ай бұрын
Hell yeah thank you so much! I have lots of newer stuff up!
@trashotaku2 ай бұрын
As someone who also has autism, I physically cringe every time I hear the phrase "You don't look Autistic" 😬😬😬
@henrietta92067 ай бұрын
omg James, *LOVE YA!*
@lilythecakequeen75304 ай бұрын
1:47 this sent me! Your work is great❤
@jamesstanleycomedy4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much Lily!!
@jadeeaton21883 ай бұрын
My autistic boyfriend is incredibly intelligent and great with computers. I'm just awkward lol, I totally relate. I love the comedy and am looking to watching this with him :)
@jamesstanleycomedy3 ай бұрын
Power couple 😎
@jbisthedj5 ай бұрын
This was great, super funny jokes and delivery
@jamesstanleycomedy5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much !
@TheMASTERofAMVАй бұрын
Hey there I live in Fresno California and I’m 33 years old with autism and I’m starting to do stand up comedy myself here locally. I love your humor and this is very inspiring thank you for your work 😊🙏👍
@jamesstanleycomedyАй бұрын
That’s what’s up!! Have fun and enjoy the wild ride that is comedy 😎
@KellyMues-bj7njАй бұрын
People tell me that all the time it's nothing you can see it's in your brain
@michaelmackenzie256910 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@ricethericey Жыл бұрын
this is really funny
@towzone10 ай бұрын
You don’t look ignorant, but here we are.
@henrikhumle72555 ай бұрын
You're the voice in everyone's head that gives them the perfect rebuttal 6 hours later when they're thinking the conversation through in the shower.
@Albumancer2 ай бұрын
Ever since I figured out that I'm likely autistic, I've been wondering if I also look that way. After watching this, the answer seems to be a resounding "maybe?". Like, I might, but it probably doesn't correlate with me actually being autistic.
@zmarilu50163 ай бұрын
That was great 😂
@tarapatrick57943 жыл бұрын
So funny!
@d4n7372 ай бұрын
When people say "You don't look autistic", they most likely think of Down Syndrome, because that condition, as far as I remember does have certain facial structure linked to it. Don't remember the studies or the actual name, but that's from what I know. But COME ON. What do you EXPECT me to look like? A chubby teenager with a half-grown mustache in an undersized shirt and glasses so thick, his eyes look like they've melted? Should I also be wearing a child-size bike helmet?
@jamesstanleycomedy2 ай бұрын
Hahaha for real
@alisultancomedy3 жыл бұрын
Beast
@jasperdoggydude5 ай бұрын
fuckin' solid
@jamesstanleycomedy5 ай бұрын
Thank you !!
@nobsreviews88143 ай бұрын
DON'T READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO
@petecooganАй бұрын
I look like i have autism, ir, i dont look you in the eye.
@TommyNicoletti9 ай бұрын
Holy shit this is good!
@jamesstanleycomedy9 ай бұрын
God bless
@manuella218 Жыл бұрын
So funny 😂😂❤
@Ilovecielp2 ай бұрын
When i was diagnosed with autism my dad told me i cant be autistic because I'm not dumb 🙄
@jamesstanleycomedy2 ай бұрын
Lmfaoo wtf
@Sylar-4513 ай бұрын
Brilliant ❤ 😂😂😂
@jamesstanleycomedy3 ай бұрын
Thank you!!🙏
@davidlythgoe40795 ай бұрын
Excellent 😂😂
@Tony362717 ай бұрын
Hammer meets nail 😂
@drulamane4 ай бұрын
@1:28
@User5674__52 ай бұрын
😅😂
@loki55958 ай бұрын
i guess one day people will understand how our brain works ;) . Then again we dont even know how our own brain works most of the times ....... LOL One Love
@JDMimeTHEFIRST7 ай бұрын
Other neurodivergent get me. I gave up on neurotypicals. I’ll never understand why they make up arbitrary rules and only apply them to certain people so they can feel superior. It’s so dumb. But they actually bond by bullying/gossiping and exclusion. That explains a lot. We bond by hobbies and interests 😊
@loki55957 ай бұрын
@@JDMimeTHEFIRST ^^
@loki55957 ай бұрын
@@JDMimeTHEFIRST Its like having church bells ring on sunday for all to hear but also say its a off day . GL sleeping out with them cunts ringing in your ears from 7 till wut 1 on and off hmmmmm
@pauljordan44527 ай бұрын
I'm ASD LEVEL 1 - stroke and rewiring. Learned Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and am an author. Fuck the begrudgers!
@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse5 ай бұрын
I think your cadence could use a bit more work and I don't know if the audio equipment was bad but I have a hard time understanding you. That being said (because it HAD to absolutely be said... you know how it goes), I'm not sure jokes about autism can ever go beyond cliches and tropes because it seems to me people still have a very hard time grasp the breadth of the spectrum. Personally, I hate that they want to get rid of the term "asperger's" for that very reason. That told people something. If I talk about autism today, all I get is "Well, you are a bit peculiar but aren't we all?" And I go "Well, yes and no. That peculiarity is what remains after I've put on a whole theater spectacle for you to think I'm 'just a bit peculiar' instead of pretty darn weird and 'what the hell is this guy's problem??' and now do excuse me because I have to go home and crash for three days due to exhaustion"
@jamesstanleycomedy5 ай бұрын
Well it is a four year old video so my cadence and stage presence has changed a lot (you want to look at more recent videos I have) and I wasn’t recording with anything very professional haha.
@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse5 ай бұрын
@@jamesstanleycomedy Ah yes, sorry, I completely forgot to check the date. KZfaq rabbit hole and all that. In that case, I formally put the criticism on hold... still had to spew it forth :D.
@garymericano4 ай бұрын
I also like trains.
@aa8982463 ай бұрын
you could memorize pi
@jamesstanleycomedy3 ай бұрын
I certainly could try
@aa8982463 ай бұрын
@@jamesstanleycomedy try memorize it backwards so its even more impressive