0:00 thank you [Music] all right I'm gonna say I'm gonna say a name and then everybody say the first thing that comes to your head right away when I say this name okay three two one Michael J fox the shakes shakes yeah does he shakes a little bit yeah I would have said what he said but that's very interesting what'd you say I said Back to the Future but you said the first thing that came to mind so I'm just following your direction that's totally fine that's why I was just curious that shakes was the first thing that came in mind I was gonna say something and I heard him say shakes and I was like what are you gonna say I'll just say Parkinson's that was the first thing came in well that's the better way well that's the proper way that's the PC West that's what you meant yeah okay because Parkinson's actually wow the fact you said this article today
0:50 is about Michael J fox and Parkinson you ever seen this episode on Kirby enthusiasm what did he say what did he say what do you say no it's just the whole bit was him like uh Larry David lives above him uh below him and he just was complaining that Michael J fox shakes a lot and that was the whole bit of the whole episode and it's pretty funny [Laughter] it's fun you know he like has he's opening up a soda for him and he's like he's giving it to him and then he opens the top and sprays it everywhere and he's like yo what the ████ you hate me or was that Parkinson's and he goes no that was the Parkinson's it's really fun real fun it's tight good stuff so Bart's just living in that jug chicks well because I just saw him on my explore page and I forgot where he was at and I was like oh yeah I forgot he
1:40 has Parkinson's um but it was cool like I forgot it almost seemed like a reunion like he was hugging another Christopher Lloyd yeah oh yeah yeah that's what it was it was hugging him it was cool yeah so Michael J fox has opened up about his Parkinson's diagnosis and why he was reluctant to tell fans because you guys know he he got diagnosed actually in 1991 at the age of 29 years that is so early so young that's like people didn't know for years yeah it's uh most people with Parkinson's start to develop symptoms when they're over 50. although around 1 in 20 people with the condition first experience symptoms when they're under 40. so Fox is subsequently the one in 20 who are diagnosed diagnosed with the disease at a very young age but when he was diagnosed in 91 at age 29 he didn't
2:30 tell his fans about the diagnosis until seven years later in 98. why why would you oh is this have something to do with his image because I know like in a lot of Asian entertainment they try to keep like the stars single or whatever right so that they feel more accessible for some reason it adds to the appeal I was thinking maybe it has something to do with his image or him booking a little bit yeah a little bit for sure a little bit um I guess just to get right to it this is actually um a different kind of wholesome I guess how I read it but he stated my fear was that if they knew I had an illness a condition that they wouldn't be able to laugh oh that's really ████ cool that's true yeah because it's like like a Pity laugh and he wants to make sure that it's it's genuine yeah oh wow because like for Michael J fox is obviously a
3:21 huge name especially when I was like growing up too but yeah massive wait as soon as he got Parkinson's or like when people found out that's like the first thing you think of so I'm sure for someone that was he's 21 when he got diagnosed he said he was 29 we got diagnosed but he didn't tell people until he was 36. he probably doesn't want to because then everyone's only gonna assume that like oh you're the guy with Parkinson's you're not Michael J fox anymore you're just the guy with this disease that's your new identity yeah I think that's how people just naturally human nature wise see people I think it's such a cool thing that because now that there's the Michael J fox Foundation like it really does repurpose the reason why somebody is like the flagship of this disease because it's like now people are motivated to donate and try to find a cure for a thing because it's happening to someone they all admire yeah that's true who the ████ Susan B Coleman really yeah yeah I'm just kidding that's ████ up
4:11 I was like wait a minute but like it's true though like I never I probably honestly wouldn't put Parkinson's that high on the list for me personally in terms of things I was like oh I you know I want to donate to this cause because this is like a hero of mine you know yeah yeah for sure he did say however when thoughts finally opened up to people about his condition that he discovered they were incredibly receptive and Incredibly supportive the actor also discovered his fear of the audience not feeling able to laugh was quickly put at ease the audience did in fact continue to laugh and continue to watch my work he continued what's more speaking out about his diagnosis also led to a whole opportunity opening up which is basically what everybody just said right now in the positive form right maybe at one point he was fearful
5:01 that that would be the Precedence for what his identity would be to everybody else and ironically that kind of did happen but it was a positive thing like Ryan said through that he was able to develop Michael J fox foundation and like do something in essence even more purposeful with his life and with his platform with his Fame and stuff like that so it is really dope to to just hear like a very very Human Side of somebody who you know has been a positive influence and really was a huge role model during that era and especially in that era when so many people had little knowledge and understanding of the science of things like this these types of diseases are the way people even react to it right then the 90s were a bit harsh when it came to understanding things would you guys know if you have Parkinson's or some kind of disease would you hide it or would you just say it and tell them nobody dude oh really
5:52 I'm ████ keeping it right here hi just because I'm a deflector right I don't ████ tell anybody anything you don't even want to tell your doctor you gotta be on brand what's up you people want to tell your doctor hopefully he'll tell me how do you hide Parkinson's though go ahead I just keep it here bro what's wrong with your hands you know what's funny it's really keep it here bro it's really hard to tell like when is a beneficial time to reveal that the beneficial times yeah it's kind of weird it's like if you feel like you're in a position where you can spin a positive or like what happened with uh Black Panther like he didn't tell anybody yeah but if he did what do you think could have been different other than just people knowing he was sick yeah yeah so it's like and then and then you might watch the film a different way and then
6:43 he is the artist at heart so he's like I don't want people to have like my art be viewed in a different lens or especially with that film and what that film means to me yeah and that message I think it would get lost in translation with what he was going through so you have to wonder like the reason why he didn't did he go the way he wanted to where he he wanted to go as himself and not be like a martyr for like the reason why some people just keep things to themselves they just want to keep it to just for them you know yeah that inspired me [Music] [Laughter] the thing that um is that you choose uh how you want to be seen as an artist Yeah because sometimes um yeah they choose what you want to
7:33 show and how you want to be seen but you have to be you have to know that though like how you but sometimes you don't know it's the thing still like what sometimes I'm like oh do I want to be like this or like that but you wanna you gotta figure out what is the most valuable and how you want it to be or sometimes the way you want to be seen it's not even the way it's taken either yeah that's true yeah that's very true yeah so I don't know maybe how would you do it especially for you that's in the your careers you essentially right like you're a cop yeah but sometimes I don't know is the thing because sometimes sometimes the things you say like affects your family or whatever the thing you think you have some good material on certain things what you're you're like you know I'm sure my penis things no not your penis things but like say you had like a disease or something that you were kind of like you didn't want to talk about but then again you could probably have
8:24 some really cool material from it don't you think what do you think yeah but I don't know yeah that's the thing I don't know because sometimes share it all okay sure what do you want to know that's this kind of comedian though you it is you can become more part of your act and it's more personal yeah which is kind of cool yeah but sometimes it's so hard to say that I I want to be able to say the truth all the time or just my truth you know maybe not but then sometimes you're like ████ but this is so vulnerable and I already people already say like some of the stuff I say like my family they'll be like oh that's really I wouldn't share that you know but you guys do ████ like that too but uh yeah I don't know sometimes it's like I want to say it but then that would affect my family and that that would affect me too or whatever the thing is you know what's the funny a funny
9:14 balance is like whatever your disease is you have to balance it with being really good at the thing because if you're not it looks like you're using it as a crush yeah it has to be extra funny yeah yeah because the thing is like people would be talking about suicide and then a lot of comics would like ████ on they're like oh everybody's seeing the therapist everybody's talking about suicide but it's like not funny so people give you sympathy like where you was exactly yeah but then you got to be like extra good or you can't talk about or else a tacky yeah it's kind of like on America's Got Talent there was this contestant her name is night bird and she had terminal cancer and she went on as a competitor but the song she wrote about like her life was ████ phenomenal and it couldn't be better and then um she was in the running like to win and then she had passed away but she was like ████
10:06 magnificent you know what I mean but if you went up there and your song was I yeah and that was your whole like home story then it's kind of like you're guilting people into liking it which kind of like but was like William Hung he came up there and he was just like I have terminal cancer right now she's like [Music] well he definitely was suffering from something [Laughter] balance of like if you're gonna even mention it like Michael say ████ there's already a ████ proven legend by the time he said he had Parkinson's so of course everyone's gonna be like oh my God I want to fight for you but like if he was imagine if he said that when he was what 26 it was when he first got it 29 imagine if he said that when he was 29. yeah I mean it depends on what you've done and how much you know and what you've proven already you know it's not like if a guy came up to you on the street and was like Hey
10:56 you like hip-hop also I'm dying of cancer you're like all right I'll listen to it you know but you better sound like a diamond Studio then he just coughing coughing through his verse what if it's the other way around maybe it's better it's like hey I'm dying of cancer by the way do you like hip-hop oh that's a good segue oh ████ I guess what if you say you're dying of hip-hop by the way do you like cancer [Music] laughs [Music]
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