[Lex]

Originally Posted by Josy

Oh and he actually hasn't been mental since his accident, the accident affected the part of his brain that controls outbursts yeah, but a lot of his quirkiness comes from things that happened in his life afterwards, including his lifestyle and also the massive tumor removed from his sinuses.

Oh yeah?....

The truth is that Busey’s behavior is a form of mental illness spawned by brain trauma, and yet we find it hilarious.Mental illness, in any form, is an uncomfortable topic. When we see an interview with Muhammad Ali or others suffering from brain trauma-induced illness, it’s not funny. Perhaps Busey is our popular go-to source of dissociation about mental illness that allows us to laugh from a comfortable distance.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddis...ental-illness/

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Lex

Oh yeah?....

The truth is that Busey’s behavior is a form of mental illness spawned by brain trauma, and yet we find it hilarious.Mental illness, in any form, is an uncomfortable topic. When we see an interview with Muhammad Ali or others suffering from brain trauma-induced illness, it’s not funny. Perhaps Busey is our popular go-to source of dissociation about mental illness that allows us to laugh from a comfortable distance.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddis...ental-illness/

I just posted the same thing above?

He isn't brain damaged as such but they found out 20+ years later that part of his brain (the part that control outbursts etc) is damaged.

My opinion is that he would be a good housemate for the reasons I have already posted throughout this thread, fair enough if you disagree...

[Lex]

Originally Posted by Josy

I just posted the same thing above?

He isn't brain damaged as such but they found out 20+ years later that part of his brain (the part that control outbursts etc) is damaged.

My opinion is that he would be a good housemate for the reasons I have already posted throughout this thread, fair enough if you disagree...

Ok Josy...we're all allowed to see things differently. ...but if he's on, then I shan't be watching it.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Lex

Ok Josy...we're all allowed to see things differently. ...but if he's on, then I shan't be watching it.

There a good chance he is on, he was seen at LAX and then arrived in the UK apparently

[Lex]

Originally Posted by Josy

There a good chance he is on, he was seen at LAX and then arrived in the UK apparently

It's a pity!...I don't mean to come across as being too pious about this...and I love to see a naturally 'thicko' on the show [but not a plastic one like Belo btw] ...but suffice to say that my own grandson had a massive stroke when he was just 20 months old, which has left him with a multitude of problems [hemipleggia , epilepsy, weak heart and severe learning difficulties which generally causes the kind of 'humorous reactions' from people that truly upsets my beautiful little grandson] and so I find it hard to watch people finding this kind of disability funny!....And that is why I will not watch.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Lex

It's a pity!...I don't mean to come across as being too pious about this...and I love to see a naturally 'thicko' on the show [but not a plastic one like Belo btw] ...but suffice to say that my own grandson had a massive stroke when he was just 20 months old, which has left him with a multitude of problems [hemipleggia , epilepsy, weak heart and severe learning difficulties which generally causes the kind of 'humorous reactions' from people that truly upsets my beautiful little grandson] and so I find it hard to watch people finding this kind of disability funny!....And that is why I will not watch.

Ah I'm really sorry to hear about your grandson. I completely understand your point about Gary but I honestly wasn't meaning that the brain problem was the reason I found him funny, it's just his fun ways, like his singing for example and the way he doesn't take things too seriously I think he could be a good addition to the show for those reasons if you get where I'm coming from.

[Lex]

Originally Posted by Josy

Ah I'm really sorry to hear about your grandson. I completely understand your point about Gary but I honestly wasn't meaning that the brain problem was the reason I found him funny, it's just his fun ways, like his singing for example and the way he doesn't take things too seriously I think he could be a good addition to the show for those reasons if you get where I'm coming from.

Yeah...i'm sorry Josy,...you don't have justify anything!...I'm tired and I tend to get a bit emotionally loose when i'm tired! I shouldn't have posted at all!...I won't watch it...but by all means you enjoy it! ...I've liked Gary since he was a young man in that Dustin Hoffman film in the 70's ...and when he was 'Buddy Holly' in the biopic...so i've been a fan for a long time too....and just know that he'll be great tv...but I saw him a few years ago on a American documentary in which they were patently just sniggering at his crazy antics. [he was demonstrating how he could jump down a steep hill without getting hurt because he was invincible since he died and was brought back to life on the operating table!....He got many cuts and bruises , and the interviewer and crew just laughed as they were encouraging him!....It really saddened me!
....But as I said....i'm tired and too close for comfort ...so goodnight Josy....see you later my friend!