Asperger's Are Us Page #2

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See Ethan, that wasn't so bad.

- Yeah, except I

knew it would happen.

- I know, but

nothing bad happened.

I knew it'd happen eventually.

- We walked right past him.

- It was okay.

- One time I got

kicked out of the store

across the street from my house,

but I was wearing a devil mask.

True story.

- So do you guys want to

do a superhero palace show?

- Yeah, we can do that.

- No.

- No?

- I don't want to

take any big risks

'cause it's like our last,

potentially our last show.

I want it to end...

- That's the worst philosophy!

You need to take a big risk!

- You can't

record on property here.

- Oh, where does

the property end?

We could go on this bridge.

That might work.

Let's film in this little area

in between these cars.

- Guys, just remember,

there's a whole

bunch of sketches...

- That we've never done.

- That we've not only

have we never done,

but sketches, no.

- But they're not that good.

- So it's

all a bunch of sketches

that we have done,

but never to a

Massachusetts audience.

There's the YMCA poop sketch.

- Yes.

- There is the...

- Haunted house sketch.

- The haunted house sketch.

- New Michael and

superhero palace.

Guys, this is a

really good idea.

We'll be able to do material

that we've worked on

but haven't performed yet,

and also, it'll be

really, really silly.

So we need to book a palace.

Think about-yeah?

- It's been time when we-

it's time we can finally

make the algebra joke.

- Which one was that?

- I don't know.

I haven't thought of it yet.

I always wanted to make

a joke about algebra.

- Jerk!

- Guys, this is

gonna be so good!

This is gonna be

like on the level

of like a train that

Elton John is riding

in the Civil War.

- You go to Boston

like every day?

- What?

- You go to Boston

like every day?

Is that why I see you

all the time on the T?

- Yeah, pretty much.

- You should come to what

might be our last ever show,

this August.

- Where?

- We don't know

precisely where yet.

Do you know of any-

there's a bunch of

venues we're exploring.

- Nice!

- We haven't decided one yet.

- That's awesome.

I'd love to go!

- I spend a lot of time

actively avoiding people

so I can get my work done.

30 days til classes

start at Oxford.

I don't know how I'm gonna do

with all the things

I have to do.

I just,

literally don't know

what my priorities are.

I mean, Asperger's Are

Us is really important,

but I'm worried that

I literally cannot

devote the time to it

that I need to.

- It's been an interesting

ride, so to speak.

You know, when Jack was, say,

pre-school age,

kindergarten age,

you know, he had gotten his

diagnosis with Asperger's,

and we weren't even

sure he could handle

a mainstream school

or curriculum.

He was easily frustrated

when he was very young,

and he would have tantrums.

They'd have to clear

the classroom, you know,

'cause Jack was

acting up, you know?

But, as he matured,

he's come out of that

for the most part.

Still he yells at me.

You know, we're like

this some times.

Maybe we're too

similar, I don't know.

But

obviously he's doing very well,

going to Oxford next month.

One thing that's

hard for me as a dad

is that I like to touch,

and Jack doesn't

like being touched.

- It's not so much

I don't like it as

it just makes no

impression on me.

- Makes no impression.

But that's how I

communicate affection.

And he doesn't, you

know, you gotta have

the receiver as well as a giver.

I give it, but he

doesn't receive it,

so it's frustrating as a parent.

- Yep.

It's like feeding a skeleton.

I mean, you put

something in the bones,

it just falls through.

- Exactly.

- So basically

you're a skeleton?

- Basically.

- You know you're loved, right?

- Is

- Yeah, I know I'm loved.

- Now arriving at Ipswich Hills.

- This is the last

time you'll see us

for a year, and maybe,

you know, forever.

God knows what'll

happen, you know?

Jack could get

killed in England.

It's unlikely,

but it's possible.

I always prepare for

things like that.

That's why I'll tell

him, "Bye forever."

And next summer,

we could be too busy to perform.

Other guys might

have full-time jobs,

God knows.

This could be our

final show ever,

so we're gonna work hard

to make it a good one.

How are you doin'?

You guys okay?

- Yes.

- So we were talking

about our show.

- We will have a lot more

to do than we're expecting.

- No, I'm expecting it.

- Well, okay.

- Like, I've been warning

you guys about it.

- We'll have more to do than

like you don't know

that the specifics are

that we'll have to do later.

What I mean is that

there will be surprises

that we'll have to do.

- All good shows have surprises,

and ours will not

be an exception.

- Exactly.

But I think we'll have it down,

we always have.

We've always been

able to do the show.

- You know, one thing...

- There've been a few

errors occasionally, but...

- You know, one thing I,

one thing I'm gonna note,

originally before

we decided to do the

superhero palace thing,

I was telling a few

people, you know,

this might be our,

maybe the last ever show.

Well now I'm gonna

hold off on that talk.

You know, especially

my older family members

who've seen the show before

but haven't gone in a while.

I'm not gonna

invite them to this.

- I think that's really

a terrible decision.

- I don't think

they'll like this.

Like I see my Uncle Joe.

- Yeah.

- Who loved us.

- Yeah.

- I see him not getting

the superhero thing at all.

- I think we can make it clear.

That sucks that you think that,

'cause I think this should

be our biggest show.

I think you should

promote it the most.

- It might be our biggest

show, but I'm not...

- I think we should

promote it the most

and bring in the most people,

because it is gonna be our

last show for a long time.

- I don't have a

problem with it.

I think it's a good idea,

I mean if it bombs, it bombs.

- It's gonna be a disaster.

It's going to be...

- Don't start thinking this way.

- I was born this way.

All right, so don't

you dare say that.

- Don't run near the pool!

You'll slip and fall in!

- Uploaded on YouTube is a

safety album by Elton John.

The joke about it

being Elton John

is it's obviously

not Elton John,

it's sort of a pretend,

pretend thing.

But it's just me shouting,

safety like tidbits,

like, "Stay close to an adult!"

Or, "Don't give your identity

to anyone on the Internet!"

Anyways, here's the album.

- Watch out for poison ivy,

and check for ticks afterwards

when you're in the woods!

Stay close to an adult!

Stay close to an adult!

- At some point maybe,

I started shouting

safety advice,

and then I think it

might have been Noah,

recommended, "Well why don't

you take all these things

"and turn it into

the safety album?"

And it was a big success.

One of the things I'm

most proud of, I guess.

Like most 16 year olds,

I sort of felt awkward

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