Oliver Sachs MD - Original air date July 1986

[eddie1975utube]

This book helped me understand the mind, who we are, and shape my view of life. Also recommend The Selfish Gene. Know thyself! Fascinating!

[GreenmeGo]

What a nice interview.

[FreneticArray]

Damn that's a crazy beard.

[djadvance22]

This interviewer should be dealing with Oliver Sacks in a clinical setting.

[johntkucz]

@djadvance22 lfmao!!!!!! yes...he clearly needs some kind of help LOL.

[gordinidesigns]

Wonderful humantarian & doctor. Thank you

[ohhrichie]

now thats a beard of character :D

[MakerScream420]

that has to be the worst interviewer I've ever seen, he doesn't know how to shut up and let the person he's interviewing talk freely.

[gregboyds]

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[Ellzington]

Cool interview. Annoying interviewer.

[atncc1701]

Thanks for posting!

[timbearcub]

he's cute :-D Furry too. Goes for younger guys than me, though.

[audiotrax2000]

@timbearcub How do you know? :)

[timbearcub]

@audiotrax2000 because I've seen a picture of him with his boyfriend? In a magazine no less...

[audiotrax2000]

@timbearcub I'm just going to say it: What a HOTTIE. He's sexy, bearish, smart and seems to have ton's of personality. What could be wrong with that? I wonder if he knows we're talking about him this way....? :)

[timbearcub]

@audiotrax2000 oh yes...he's lovely. I think he's a little old for me now but in his 40's and 50's yes what a beautiful man. I'd still like to meet him now though, and wouldn't push him out of bed LOL.

[johntkooz]

@audiotrax2000 lmao!

[johntkooz]

@audiotrax2000 lmao! i'm sure sacks has better things to do than read youtube comments of a 25 year-old interview of him

[timbearcub]

@audiotrax2000 I saw a pic of him with his boyfriend. In a magazine before someone thinks I am a stalker LOL.

[kettlecopper]

Оливер Сакс.. интересно, спасибо за это видео.

[joeyeff]

Sacks is truly extraordinary -- a complete intellectual. What's more, he looks physically powerful in this interview. Another rarity in the world of ideas.

[TiPerihelion]

The interviewer is almost unbearable. Just STFU!

[johntkucz]

@TiPerihelion Indeed, to be blunt, he most certainly is a wanker. Most things he says almost sound farcically mocking or condescending or patronizing. It's delightful to see sacks at a young age, but pity it's slightly marred by an obtuse moronic interviewer!

[defeatcurebiesnow]

Am I facial blind or is this Karl Marx?

[AnnieMouse60]

1) Intelligent people who appreciate it and want to expand their knowledge.

2) I do, thanks for asking.

[Chubachus]

cool guy

[Kookiekurre]

That's some beard!

[mickeymooose]

Just look at Robin Williams and Oliver Sachs. In the movie Awakenings one doesn't know who is playing who. This is Robin Williams' greatest yet most underrated role. Originally Robin was playing Dr. Sachs, the author of Awakenings. Dr. Sachs had disagreements with the change of script so Hollywood axed Dr. Sachs and Robin Williams ended up playing Dr. Sayers. But not really. The story IS about Oliver Sachs. Williams and Denero both deliver stellar performances.

[JasnaCG]

He spoke at St.John's University today. Brilliant man.

[miss2tone]

I love Oliver Sacks I met him once at a book singing in London he was utterly charming, he is so well read and compassionate.

[puffandhermes]

Have enjoyed listening to this interviewer conduct interviews over a 20 year period - from this evocative 1986 Oliver Sacks interview to hisLucy Komisar Febr 2006 interview - worth listening about corporate tax evasion [eg Enron] supported by profit-taking banks such as Citigroup -- all winked at by our executive and congressional branches and by the World Bank, while we citizens and poor countries finance this outrageous and crooked wealth

[oohindie]

because he accepts that all humans want to be creative, he is an artist. Great to have artists in every profession and thank you, sir, for your contributions to compassion for the human experience.

[nycfemale2008]

What a fascinating man!

[Crunt123]

Uhhh....Uhhh....

Uhhh....

[pmkuramu]

every 4 words out of oliver's mouth, interviewew gives him an "amen".  So annoying

[gnothisauton]

i agree...this interviewer reminds me of charlie rose. he says alot without much content. he doesn't even get it at times: like at 4:25, when Sachs is talking about using extreme cases to contrast and compare and understand our our "normal" cases, the guy just remarks, "yes, there is a commonality"...uggghhh

[nerdyharry]

he must say "uhuh" at least a couple hundred times over the course of the interview.

[defeatcurebiesnow]

The vid was only 30 minutes, if he didn't. He talks like an Aspie, kind of.

[nerdyharry]

uhm. what?

[AndrewKFletcher]

Thank you for sharing this amazing footage of Oliver The interviewer did just fine, he let Oliver continue and only prompted. Anyone would be out of their depth next to this guy.

[peetie44]

When he was younger, Oliver Sachs was also a world-class powerlifter, in SoCal, during the mid-1960's. He was injured in a swimming accident and this -- coupled with his academic pursuits -- curtailed his lifting career. He is, according to the late strength author Steve Neece, credited with a full-squat of @ 650 pounds, ca. 1967.

[botticellivenus]

I love oliver sacks, he manages to transcend this really, really bad interviewer.

[FA8T]

A rational teddybear.

[FA8T]

There is no way any one this devine could come from heaven. Thank you evolution for delivering this beautiful man to all of us.

[SadieDammit]

Thanks so much for posting this!

[liamvg]

He looks like Robin Williams..

[breeeegs]

hence the reason Robin Williams portrayed him in "Awakenings"

[Raminstein]

Robin Williams actually played the character of Dr. Malcolm Sayer not Oliver Sacks in "Awakenings"

[breeeegs]

yes i know, but the character was modeled on Sacks and story was based on his findings with the drug L-Dopa

[Raminstein]

Touché!

[jedimasterbooboo]

They just changed the name for the book, it was Oliver Sacks!!

[hegemony888]

patrick roy formely of the montreal canadians, golie has turetts

[sfumato1002]

After hearing this Im so grateful for my brain!!! that I could see in color and have memory and process sounds etc. I feel so rich right now!!!!!! Thanks for posting this.

[sladest]

This clipping reminds me of the video post on Youtube of a dog that attacked it's own foot. Many thanks to 'haroldchanner'.

[leeroychile]

"One way or another people want to live creatively and they want to live vividly."

Very fascinating and inspiring. Thanks.

[dtmeli]

What an amazing human being.

[stiffnee2000]

Sachs seems like an amazingly compassionate and geniusly insightful. What a treat to watch him in this interview. Thank you.

[ncurran1987]

I don't think the interviewer is that bad. He's ok. I mean he's bad in some things like but this one he's ok in.

[arcticfox1]

Oliver Sacks looks so happy. Well, I'd be happy if I was as amazing as him.

[susanappe]

Thank you so much for posting this, I've also been looking for some video footage of Oliver sacks for a long time. I love all his books, they are so fascinating. But I am about to kill this interviewer, he is driving me crazy, it's like he is trying to keep from being bored or something. So annoying.

[BeardyRebel]

Thank you SO much for posting this interview. I've been doing Oliver Sacks searches on YouTube for ages now in the hope that someone would post something like this.

Many thanks again ....it's very much appreciated!

[971alien]

Fantastic. Thank you for the posting.

What an interesting and supremely intelligent man. The man who... is definatley one of my all time favourite reads.

I feel that if the book was adapted into a children's versionand put in every school, understanding and consideration for neuro conditions would be all the better for it.

A difficult gig for the interviewer as he has obviously done some research, but maybe Neurology isn't his forte.

Thanks again ;-))

[botchbud]

yes the interviewer is externalizing a lot of his running around in the head, but I still think he's a cool/interesting/good guy, not too bad in guiding the interview in interesting directions, and i liked this vid.

[yoohoo614]

I agree with the person who said that the interviewer is terrible! He couldn't shut up! Thank you to the person who shared this!

[totcalliam]

thanks for uploading this. That interviewer is terrible though.