Did you watch I'm Spazticus last night?

Did you watch I'm Spazticus on Channel 4 last night?

You may or may not have heard of the show that has 'apparently' provoked strong reactions from certain 'well meaning' sections of the public.

It's structure is pretty much a carbon copy of the popular 'Trigger Happy TV' series where a team of comedians film themselves playing innovative and mischievous pranks on the general public.

The only small difference being, the crew of I'm Spazticus all have some form of serious physical disability.

Dwarfs, amputees, Cerebral Palsy sufferers you name it...all playing pranks on the unsuspecting and often uncomfortable looking public.

In my opinion, despite copying Trigger Happy's formula, this has to be one of the most original shows I've seen in a long time.

Watching from an NLP perspective as well as a humanitarian one I found it utterly fascinating. The scene where they duped some random bloke to take part in a police line up with a group of Cerebral Palsy suffers and say 'I'm not drunk I've got Cerebral Palsy' has to be one of the most bizarre & funny things I've ever seen.

The interesting thing was, I found it hilarious and hugely uncomfortable at the same time..."Should I really be laughing at this!?" was the train of thought regularly running through my mind.

I guess i fell into the same trap as the unsuspecting public of believing that 'just because they are different they should be treated differently than everyone else". That we should be constantly walking on egg shells not wanting to talk about the Elephant in the room and that they don't have the ability to laugh at their on predicament.

In my opinion the show was pure genius and a sobering lesson to us all about how being just too damn serious about ourself and our problems is the opposite of what's useful. It's like an old trick that comedians use. The purpose of the first minute of any stand up act is to basically take the piss out of yourself (preferably some aspect of your looks if possible).

So think about it now...

What would it be like if you could think about your deepest darkest problems and genuinely laugh your arse off about it? How would it change things?

It's may not be a collapse anchor in the 'NLP technique sense' but it's one none the less. :-)

And if you haven't seen it yet, here's a link to the Pilot on You tube:

I'm Spazticus Pilot

All the best...