Fuckin' Nescafé! - "John's Not Mad" Released On DVD!

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Who can forget the moment John showered his loving family with spittle as they tucked into fish and chips?

I certainly can't.

What about the time he hollered "MUM YA SLUT!" in the supermarket.

Forever etched in my memory, that's for sure.

"John's Not Mad" was released on DVD just last month, and I for one will be purchasing a copy as soon as my finances are on the mend.

It's a painfully moving DOC'...achingly poignant, compelling, and extremely amusing in parts. Folks may recall how the day after it aired almost every child in the playground was spitting, swearing and generally ripping the proverbial piss out of poor little John.

Ya can't deny the sheer impact this brilliant little BBC production had.

Here's some info',

http://www.coldstate.com/dvddebate/smallpics/jnmr2lrg.jpg

One of television's most talked about documentaries, JOHN'S NOT MAD tells the moving story of John Davidson, a Scottish teenager suffering from the most severe form of the complex neurological disorder known as Tourette Syndrome. Originally broadcast to great public and critical acclaim in 1989, this astonishing documentary has never been re-broadcast and is now being released on DVD for the first time.

Filmed as part of the BBC's Q.E.D. strand, JOHN'S NOT MAD follows John as he goes about his daily life and explores how he, his family and the local community deal with his socially disabling condition – a condition which causes seemingly random hyperactive outbursts punctuated by verbal profanity. Members of John's family candidly discuss the strain his condition places upon them and John himself describes the intense frustration he feels when trying to control and cope with his own behaviour.

The 2002 follow-up DOC' "The Boy Can't Help It" also features on the DVD. The best part has to be when John is playing pool with a rabble of kiddies...twitching, spitting and spewing out the most colourful of swear words with every pot.

John, you're CERTAINLY not mad. You are one of the most spirited blokes alive...witty, unique, generous, self-effacing and very dear to us all.

We love ya John!

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I found a scene guide thingy on Dissapointment.Com (http://www.disappointment.com/joeydeacon/johnsnotmad/sceneguide.htm)

It's bloody great.

Supermarket 00:02:41

A real treat, this scene. John and his mother's rather mundane conversation regarding coffee and light bulbs is given zip and pepper by John's rather fruity dialogue. After most of his outbursts, he coughs, or growls to himself, clearly angry that he is calling his own mother a fucking slut.

It is here that we first hear the holy grail of swear words, cunt (a real treat in the 80s), and we get a fantastic double dose. Neither are directed at anyone in particular, although he does tell a young girl to fuck off. His gaze follows her as she walks away - probably perturbed as much by the film crew as the swearing boy - and he shouts a fuck after her, for good measure.

An unexpected moment comes when John goes to pick up some coffee for his mother. He begins to shout fucking nescafé, but manages to stop himself. Either that, or it was faded out at the insistence of Nestlé officials, who threatened to topple the BBC unless they did.

Fuck! (2)
Fuckin! (2)
Fuck Off! (3)
Slut! (1)
Mum, You Slut! (1)
Cunt (2)
Fert! (?)
Fucking Nescafé! (1/2)
Squeal
Other shouts


John, Talking 00:09:57

The outburst in this scene (the first and only time he swears directly to the camera, when alone) is a marriage of the two famous words, cunt and fuck. They are said so quickly together that a beatiful new word, cuntfuck, is born.

Cunt! (1)
Fuck! (1)
or
Cuntfuck! (1)


Plant Potting 00:17:16

Fuckin' Idiot
Prick
Shit
Oo, ya cunt
Shout
Hey, Cunt
Mim, You Fat Cunt
Hey, Big Nose
Indistinguishable Shout
Fuck Off!
Spit (In Teachers Face)
Fuck's Sake
Cunt
Fucking Cunt!
Fucking Idiot!


Tea-time 00:22:41

Regular non-naughty conversation is incredibly mundane. In the supermarket, we were worried whether 60W bulbs would fit in the socket. Here, John asks his mother if the fish is cod or haddock. John's mother responds, after giving the matter considerable thought, that it is haddock. Cod, she tells him, is too dear.

John belches at the dinner table. The way his says "excuse me" is rather sweet. Considering the fact that he's just gobbed into his mother's face.

Fuckin' Little
Spit (3)
(Onto Mother's Face) (1)
(General) (1)
(At the Camera) (1)


There's also a handy swear graph too :D.

http://www.disappointment.com/joeydeacon/johnsnotmad/images/graph.gif

See how my predicted increment in swearing frequency is disrespectfully ignored by the actual increment. That the disease ignores all logic in this fashion is the most persuasive argument that John is, in fact, mad.

Ignoring perfectly good and effective swearwords such as "shit" in favour of "haddock" can only be undiluted lunacy!

Click here for a "FUCK MEDLEY"! (http://www.disappointment.com/joeydeacon/johnsnotmad/swearstats.htm)

Hmmm, anyway...

[Indy in IN]

Does this movie come off being funny? Because the second post is funny as hell. If it's a TV movie, I doubt they are looking at that angle. I want to see it.

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Originally posted by Indy in IN
Does this movie come off being funny? Because the second post is funny as hell. If it's a TV movie, I doubt they are looking at that angle. I want to see it.

It was funny purely because thousands of school kiddies saw the programme and the following day the playgrounds were rife with John 'clones'...the little bastards were spitting, swearing and generally making menaces of themselves.

Don't get me wrong though...the film is poignant, sad...rather than larf-out-loud hilarious, but in the follow-up DOC' John reminisces and makes light of his difficult teenage years and the impact that the programme had. I honestly don't believe people were MOCKING John...he actually became an anti-hero of sorts. For the record, John still suffers from tourettes, and it's as BRUTAL as it ever was...but since John is older and obviously quite accustomed to his own behaviour, he goes out of his way to make jolly of his condition.

Some of the situations are EXTREMELY comical. It's hard not to break into chuckles when you see a fifteen year old kid screaming "CUNTY-FUCK" in the ear of a random passer-by.

Plus, this was PRIMETIME viewing...quite groundbreaking really.

[Indy in IN]

Originally posted by BadCoverVersion
It was funny purely because thousands of school kiddies saw the programme and the following day the playgrounds were rife with John 'clones'...the little bastards were spitting, swearing and generally making menaces of themselves.

I would have done the same thing.

Didn't see it on Amazon. Looks like it hasn't really crossed the pond yet.

[Reigh Kaufman]

Funniest documentary/tv show in the history of ever...So many memories, not least of which was the sudden upsurge of everyone I know pretending to have Tourette's. 'Mum ya slut!' was something of a catchphrase round my way thanks to this brilliant insight into the victim of one of nature's cruelest and funniest syndromes.

Reminds me of a story, almost unrelated and off-topic, when my cousin participated in a kids talent show at Butlins holiday camp when he was 8 years-old. The compere asked him what he was going to do, to which my cousin replied 'impressions. The compere said, 'who are you going to do?'. My cousin replied 'Robocop'.

The conversation went as follows:

Compere: "Take it away, with an impression of Robocop, Gordon from Fife, Scotland."

Gordon: "Fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me!"

Silence from the audience. Gordon clears his throat:

Gordon: "Just give me my fucking phonecall!"

Silence. The compere steps forward, tentatively takes the mic. Gordon's mum - my Aunt - rushes on to the stage and screams into the microphone:

Aunt: "He has Tourettes Syndrome, I'm sorry!"


And for the rest of the holday, anyone that asked was told that he suffered from Tourette's, like John from the documenatry 'John's not Mad'.;) :D

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Originally posted by Reigh Kaufman
Compere: "Take it away, with an impression of Robocop, Gordon from Fife, Scotland."

Gordon: "Fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me!"

Silence from the audience. Gordon clears his throat:

Gordon: "Just gve me my fucking phonecall!"

Silence. The compere steps forward, tentatively takes the mic. Gordon's mum - my Aunt - rushes on to the stage and screams into the microphone:

Aunt: "He has Tourettes Syndrome, I'm sorry!"


And for the rest of the holday, anyone that asked was told that he suffered from Tourette's, like John from the documenatry 'John's not Mad'.;) :D

That's sheer GOLD that is.

:D

[Neesh]

A documentary about a kid with Tourette's ????

I MUST own this!
Unfortunately I cant find it for sale anywhere in the US......

It brings to mind this gem:

http://www.dvdplanet.com/productimages/front/25252.jpg

"F**K The Disabled" ... a quasi-documentary about a gay comedian on crutches. I havent seen it yet, but plan to pick it up soon. Features appearances by Stephen Baldwin and Jerry Stiller....

[paul calf]

i have never thought about buying a documentry in my life but i may just take the plunge with this one.
i remember both the original and the follow on some years later and find this guy to be one of the most insperational and downright hilarious people in the world,he has this terrible affliction but handles it so well,mind you as he said he could not have been a burgler as he would be letting everybody know he was robbing their house in no uncertain terms.
i would recomend everyone to at least rent this if they are able to because once seen never forgotten.

[JCR]

Another true story: One time I was on a bus at perth (scotland) bus station and the driver loudly announced 'Fucking hell, I fucking hate perth and every miserable cunt that comes from here.' In front of a queue of elderly ladies waiting to get on said bus and who were all clearly from perth.

[fevers]

I never heard anything about this, but it looks interesting. I will have to check it out. Thanks for the info.

[jackson13]

I remember the time when I got thrown out of a little league baseball game for cursing. I was leading off second, big time, and the ball got hit right to second base. I tried to get back to the base in time by doing a head first slide. The little twat of a second baseman tagged me right in the face with his glove. So, not only was I out, but my face hurt from getting hit. I was in 4th grade at the time, and 8 years old. I looked up at him, spat a little dirt out of the corner of my mouth and said "You shit-head". The ump heard me, I was gone. Parents went insane. Especially mine. My dad didnt care to much because he was Asst. Coach and was to busy laughing because he couldnt believe what I said, but my mom was pissed. The ump was uber-pissed as well as pretty much all of the parents there. I mean think about it, I could've possibly taught each of their kids a foul word. As I sat in the dugout the rest of the game, I was the sheer envy of the rest of my team because I was the first person they ever knew of to get thrown out of a little league baseball game. It felt good to be a semi-celebrity for a little while. Once word got around to the rest of my family of what happened, I tried to tell everyone I had Tourettes. They didnt buy it. Shit-heads.


I wish we got cool stuff like this here in Uh-Mericuh. If this ever gets overseas (here) someone give me a holler cause I definitely wanna check it out.