Autistic Reporter, Michael Falk, Enchanted By Prison's Rigid Routine

[587Mitchell]

This guy is soooo funny!

[Oogogu]

wow great acting by the prisoner

[123212go]

the old guy sounds so familiar... 

[nardcalls]

he acts like Abed from Community

[OutwardRooted]

I kind of don't want to like this video, since my brother is autistic, but it is funny, and fairly accurate.

[15551cue]

i hope this guy is not mocking Autistic peoples, but if he is then 2 thumbs up

[lysol5555]

basically a severe form of being a nerd.

[RustyRazor2010]

Cashiers = all dislike votes...(can't say I blame them)

[pizzamovies]

These guys know no limits. I lol'd.

[jackknifejon]

@ScorpiaX you're right. Autism is one enormous spectrum really and it has varying levels of impairments and a myriad of symptoms. It's sort of a catch all I feel like, really.

[DionLaurent1]

Make sure the cashier is dead. LMAO XD

[9Godslayer]

This guy is doing a damn fine job of acting autistic. I am now going to look him up to see if he is.

[vanessagmaxwell]

@9Godslayer He was on Law and Order: SVU

[planetofthegapes]

Can you stack your family?

[raymond9987654321]

I'm autistic, but I find this funny

[BluestreakPictures]

Hardly any human contact?

What about the showers?

Uggh.....

[IceArrow26]

"There isnt any human contact..."

"HOW DO I GET TO LIVE HERE"

lol

[flicksharpe1]

I'm autistic and I feel like Michael all the time.I like order and to stack things.

[KittyEggs]

lmao

[shadowolf2k]

Lol, these actors are seriously great

[trolltacular1]

Wouldn't this guy be the best political reporter? There is no way any politician could bullshit their way around him.

[audrey1053]

If you can take just one advise from an autist: Make sure the cashier is dead!

[freakyfreaklol]

OMG all i could see was my cousin!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BlackSabotage100]

Prison sounds a lot like school.

[davethehostage]

@BlackSabotage100 If you were sodomized on your way to social studies, sure.

[BlackSabotage100]

@davethehostage That's only if your in the football team.

[ManicEightBall]

"That takes too long!"

[Tynanboyle96]

I Have an autistic cousin, and this is exactly how conversations goes on.

[4RKU5K1]

who is the prisoner actor?

[ToriDahShiz]

This is so fuckin stupid! My little brother is autistic and this is just fuckin wrong

[iamwutiam]

@ToriDahShiz

Welcome to the internet

[elidrissii]

@iamwutiam It's just a fucking joke. I have Asperger's and many people who watched this video are on the autistic spectrum, you don't see us bitching about it.

[ajvizz]

@ToriDahShiz Why is it wrong?

[shoulderkolibri]

@ToriDahShiz Well most of us don't even know the autistic spectrum. I've helped taken care of kids who have autism and I can tell you it scares and disturbs the public too much when they don't understand the autistic mental spectrum. It's nice to see it in a humorous sense and so correctly portrayed.

[MARIOFREAK821]

@ToriDahShiz It's satire. Caaaaaaaaaalm down.

[YellowDoodle6]

Lol, "That takes too long, I need to be in prison NOW!" "Make sure the cashier is DEAD!" At first I thought this might be offensive, but it's darn funny!

[MayhemII]

Dax Flame!



[AtlaZac]

@tomandKGB Awesome

[conman2317]

Make sure the cashier is dead!

[wefishlikesickpros]

any1 else feel like they were watching an SNL skit?

[9coulter6]

@AnonymousElektron lighten up spaz

[595o]

@AnonymousElektron cool story, bro

[Polishaisdown]

@AnonymousElektron It's not racist

[Jh5kRadio]

SPACE

[johnwinstondarby]

Maichael Falk is a great reporter! He really digs into his guest!

[burtontoker]

LMFAO is this guy an actor or really autistic? he's good.

[stichguy]

@burtontoker im pretty sure i saw this guy do other roles on the Onion, so hes probably an actor, but yea hes pretty pro :)

[colin8696908]

isn't that OCD not autism.

[DjCosmicRush]

@colin8696908 autism can cause ocd too.

[TheInformativeGamer]

@colin8696908 That's... nothing like autism

[whoweare8]

Can You Stack Your Family?lololololololol

[tomandKGB]

autistic?/artistic? no difference!!! HILARIOUS!! no HILLARY-HILLARY DICKORY DOCK-WAIT I SEE A CLOCK-1 chime 2 chime there is no crime in china cabinet cabin deck I see train! from china china with no crime crime in crimea but no train,

[hartvlog]

Im autistic and i approve this reporter.

[staphy82]

falk is great!

[peterfaj]

What does he say at 1:29?

[JDzombaK]

@peterfaj "One on top of another, on top of another, on top of another..." haha

[bassetts1899]

nobody should feel bad for laughing at this, i have 2 autistic little brothers and i LOVE this XD

[studioJAC67]

Wow neither of the the top comments have anything to do with the video...

[adamdeangelo]

That guy did an awesome job. "I cannot see you Brook, I can only hear you" awesome!

[15551cue]

@adamdeangelo XD LMFAO!!! bless his heart

[cephalopod113]

I'm going to hell.

[travisnealtodd70]

"Make sure the cashier is dead." Someone's gonna get on the wrong side of the autistic reporter.

[IHMGames]

Can you stack you're family??

[Yoraei]

He sounded like Micheal Cera

[JoshwithaJ]

I'm probably kind of autistic and this is fucking fantastic.

[liquidsnakeckw]

one of my friend in secondary school (high school) is autistic, this remind me of him.

[Oozy9Millimeetah]

OMG this was fucking FUNNY!!! MORE OF AUTISTIC REPORTER!!!

[heymisterderp]

Embezzling and fraud, that takes too long. lol

[Buzz0Killington]

One of my co-worker's has autism. this is such an accurate portrayal, except my co-worker is more of an asshole. lol

[dnci14]

I wanna see more of this autistic field reporter

[gavinC72]

they did a good job with this topic, funny but didn't cross any lines

and i really don't know any other big youtube channel that would have even tried it

[skulleton]

I'm autistic and I approve of this message.

[cobrompton]

Autism is NOT FUNNY!

*I'm trolling

[whoareyoubudday]

Can you stack your family?

[derickyyy]

They did a good job with this video. They weren't being offensive, they were being accurate to the way some people act, instead of making fun of them and making them look completely incompetent in life. It showed that they are normal people who just like routine. Nothing wrong with them or this video.

[Sammyonthelammy]

LOL, hilarious!

I have an autistic son, and this is almost exactly how the conversation would have played out. . . . he would have asked what color the crates were, and if they were all together in stacks. lol.

I love the Onion! :-)

[felixjazzage]

@Sammyonthelammy

My son has Asperger's/high-functioning autism (clinically diagnosed by several facilities), and my wife and I had a good laugh at this. It's not meanspirited, but uncannily accurate in some ways, despite its parodic nature.

[vanessagmaxwell]

@felixjazzage I completely agree. My son has the same diagnosis and his father and I were laughing so hard we were both in tears, the train one if my favorite. I posted it on my Facebook and no one else thought i was funny, but no one else has an Autistic child, so I guess that was it.

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

@vanessagmaxwell Meh, it's not that accurate in my mind, it's more of the hollywood concept of autism, and lord knows Hollywood is never wrong*sarcasm*. Fact is I wouldn't mind them showing what an autistic who has overcome the stereotypical aspects of autism to blend in with neurotypicals. It's not as uncommon of an accomplishment as the media would make you think, it's just the media doesn't care since people don't want to see people who aren't "suffering"(real and/or fake) on tv.

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

@vanessagmaxwell Ugh, sorry about that, sleep deprived.

[juliewelch171]

@vanessagmaxwell We have a son wit Asperger's and he thinks this is hysterical.  It has actually helped him to understand a bit more what we've been trying to work on with him all along. Especially the train video...

[levihambrick]

I'd love to see more of this autistic reporter dude. :D

[Regginyaga]

He is more entertaining then most reporters

[ONIProductionsLtd]

Aww that's messed up

[Azlaier]

I'm autistic and this is HILARIOUS XD

[DanzNewzMachinima]

Love that guy on Law and Order...

[irishpodge]

@DanzNewzMachinima Wow, fancy meeting you here. hashtag love you :)

[KieCuster]

@DanzNewzMachinima Oh hai there stranger.

[bassetts1899]

@TheEradicator13 i've got 2 autistic brothers and neither me or them find this offensive at all! anyone who gets offended by this is stupid, it's just an affectionate play on the habits of the autistic :) nothing offensive about the truth.

[Gam0rDude]

I'm autistic and i find this amusing :)

[TehJedicake]

Fuckin brilliant.

[dillonator42]

... is that Brian Carney?

[gamers151]

Apparently I'm autistic. And this is funny.

[vitidoux]

Is this guy single? Cause I also enjoy stacking crates.

[SubconsciousGatherer]

Five minutes until Wapner.

[Posterdude95]

He seems pretty normal to me. lol.

[Gurewitch]

He just reminds me of michael cera in arrested development.

[lunatic656]

@Gurewitch That's funny, 'cause he reminds me of Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network.

[Ace4391]

I'm not going to comment on whether this video is PC or not, but I will say this. Reading some of the comments, clearly, most of you have no idea what autism is or what it does. Some of you trying to "imitate" autism sound like you just have ADHD or dyslexia. At least this video does an accurate job of showing autism and making people aware of what autism looks and sounds like.

[bassetts1899]

@Ace4391 well said!

[bjam89]

@Ace4391 autism is a broad term and many of us can act like normal humans

[KSW725]

@bjam89

anyone who acts like a normal human shouldn't expect people to believe they have a developmental disorder.

[bjam89]

@KSW725 there is no normal people, and it is easier to try to fit in then be seen as a freak

[ScorpiaX]

@Ace4391 There is probably a spectrum of autism, considering the fact that one of my mother's friend's son can only mumble incoherent spurs of varying tones, but a common tendency of autistic people seem to be a sense of compulsiveness. In this case, he flicks and shreds pieces of papers (sugar sweetners, newspapers), toys with clay, repeats the same back and forth movements, flicks lights on and off, hits his portable player with a ruler multiple times, etc.

[Ivan951]

"make sure the cashier is dead" lol

[fenriz218]

Is that a FOX reporter?

[doctender77]

Haha that was fantastic!

[pierceOroni]

Fuck the onion this is to far

[pierceOroni]

Dude duck the onion this is to far

[liamb322]

@pierceOroni ...

[Lpoolboy]

This is the best onion in ages and that woman was barely in it.

[mryellow123]

@Lpoolboy amen... so fucking sick of the "we have Brooke" 'joke' done over and over and over and over

[Abbytater]

"Can you STACK your family?"

HAHHAHAHAHAAAA

[MrPhobia12]

Can You Stack Your Family?!?

[cromartie800]

Sure there is normal guys like me in jail, just caught for embezzlement... LOL

[royms2000]

There's 82, 82, 82 funny things about this video.

[drawswithcrayon]

Gratuitous quote from video: "Make sure the cashier is dead."

[Nyx00avatar]

hes more obsesive compulsive than autistic... still funny though... XD

[bassetts1899]

@Nyx00avatar OCD is a part of autism :P

[4RKU5K1]

.offensive this found i and autistic am i

[MrPhotoHawke]

Lol minecraft

[oneperson2person]

@MrPhotoHawke minecraft? where was this mentioned?

[amirul264]

@MrPhotoHawke anything in the video subliminally related to minecraft? :s

[0BatGirl0]

How have I never seen his videos before? He's spot on...Unless he actually has autism.

[Regginyaga]

I'm autistic and I found this .... ooo look a butterfly

[jhhwild]

@Regginyaga That is more ADHD which stands for attention deficit....a shiny object, WOW!!

[victoriamack]

I, too have a younger sibling that is autistic and I found this hilarious. They play well into how autistic people tend to need routines. His little ticks and movements were very well acted!

[ultiochristi]

the first onion video I did not like...autism is not something to make fun of, at least not more than being a man or a woman or hetero- or homosexual...

[ForceRecon198]

@ultiochristi Stop being so politically correct you friggn idiot.

[DeathnoteBB]

@ultiochristi plenty of people with autism find this funny. loosen the fuck up.

[bobbytimberlake]

@ultiochristi Calm down PC police.  I hope you get made fun of for acting like both a woman and a homosexual.

[gorgeousaur]

@ultiochristi Well, The Onion has made fun of men and women of both sexualities a lot more than they have made fun of autism. So, what's your point?

[jihad76239]

i want to live here :o .... no you dont xD

[mynameiscian8D]

That was Autastic lol

[AJ6644]

Hey, it's the Geico GUY!!!!!

[13Segruts]

Wow! That was a pretty good impression

[kibateo]

he's constantly jizzing his pants

[DarkEvil87]

My older brother is autistic and he lives for strict routines and doesn't like the slightest change at all. It's a bit exaggerated for comedy's sake, but considering that's what The Onion is going for, this is well done as a funny video as well as a good representation of one aspect of the autistic condition in my opinion.

[Fendertastic]

My younger brother is autistic, and I found this fucking hilarious!

[HanzoKanzo]

this autistic reporter was the IT specialist from Law and Order...wasn't it?

[neilaydlett]

"...make sure the cashier is dead." ROFL

[SickSh0ck]

my 2 year old son is autistic. i made him watch this and he laughed the whole time! then i raped him

[OneSz999]

@SickSh0ck i hope you're just desperately wanting attention, i really do....

[OneSz999]

that is sooooo not funny dude, just thought i let u know

[TheHardout2005]

Loool that actor is brilliant!

[comrade127]

@TheHardout2005 what actor

[TwiIightSparkle]

Unlike Wolverhampton schools, The Onion makes autism funny.

[bjam89]

@TwiIightSparkle please tell me about this school

[SerasXHarkonnen]

This is a little in bad taste but I found it pretty funny.

[Kristhor]

"can i stack your family?"

"what?" xD hahahah

[prolefeedprocessor]

I don't think this is offensive. I find it hilarious because it really makes you think about perspective by flipping it around.

[grandeTO9]

If this is what autistic people act like, then I think that Jesse Eisenberg might be autistic!

[CharlieNNNN]

I'm autisctic and I can make inappropriate jokes about autism now....

[groam6666]

Suppose this were reality, I think people would praise the media.

[h0rnd0917]

LOL had to watch it twice for the last outburst!

[To411u]

Haha Brookes expression was priceless all around funny video too!!

[smartarse001]

I'm hilarious and I found this Autistic, which was hilarious.

[lunoco]

De mis favoritos. Me encanta.

[SiriusMined]

It's the crime scene guy from Law and Order!

[gamehacker655]

I'm hilarious and I found this autistic

[zeadsi]

@gamehacker655 tooo funny bro!

[gamehacker655]

@zeadsi what