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Jimmy Osmond

posted 11 years ago by surly_human_sidekick
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Did the character he played have a learning disability?

[–] Funky_Chunk 10 years ago

It was more than a learning disability. He was probably "Educably Mentally Handicapped".

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No my doctor says I need to air out the back of my throat every 5 minutes

[–] alcockell 10 years ago

I suspected his character was on the autism spectrum.

[–] Prismark10 10 years ago

If I recall his character was regarded as 'slow'.

Its that man again!!

[–] marktayloruk (2552) a year ago

Typecasting?