I RR'ed this, because I can see the cheeseburger gags coming........
Epilepsy sufferers, as we all know, are great at involuntarily shaking around when they’re in the midst of an epileptic fit. But the rest of the time, they could sure stand to loosen up!
At least that’s what Al Roker has learned, after his “haha, you’ve got epilepsy!” jokes last week inspired a wholly unexpected backlash.
Roker then clarified that he was laughing with epilepsy, and not at epilepsy, adding, “And, if you don’t like it, why don’t you suddenly—and without warning—lose consciousness, fall to the floor, froth at the mouth, and rhythmically jerk your extremities about it?”
Epilepsy sufferers, as we all know, are great at involuntarily shaking around when they’re in the midst of an epileptic fit. But the rest of the time, they could sure stand to loosen up!
At least that’s what Al Roker has learned, after his “haha, you’ve got epilepsy!” jokes last week inspired a wholly unexpected backlash.
“Remember that controversial Olympic logo for the 2012 Olympics in London? Some folks have complained that the campaign actually sent them into epileptic seizures,” Roker said on Thursday’s show.
“Well, we asked you to weigh in on our Web site in an informal poll; those of you who could get up off the floor after shaking around were able to actually log in . . . ”
The next day, Roker apologized on the air, saying, “We were joking about the logo - not about epilepsy. If anybody was offended, I heartily and really humbly apologize.” “Well, we asked you to weigh in on our Web site in an informal poll; those of you who could get up off the floor after shaking around were able to actually log in . . . ”
Roker then clarified that he was laughing with epilepsy, and not at epilepsy, adding, “And, if you don’t like it, why don’t you suddenly—and without warning—lose consciousness, fall to the floor, froth at the mouth, and rhythmically jerk your extremities about it?”
