Is Laughter the best medicine? We attempt to answer this and other pressing questions in Doctor Vs Comedian. Dr Asif Doja is a pediatric neurologist and Ali Hassan is a stand up comedian and actor (CBC‘s Laugh Out Loud, Designated Survivor, Goon) who are each fascinated by what the other one does. In each episode, Asif picks a topic for Ali from comedy and entertainment and questions Ali about it. Then Ali picks a topic from medicine and health and grills Asif on that subject. We talk about serious subjects in an unserious way. If you want to hear about comedy, entertainment, health and wellness and don‘t want to have to choose between being entertaining AND informed, then this show is for you.
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Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Today, Ali and Asif discuss the career of the legendary actor and comedian Robin Williams. The guys start off by discussing their early exposure to Robin Williams including ‘Popeye’, ‘Mork and Mindy’ Robin’s early HBO specials (including Comic Relief). They then discuss some interesting facts about Robin’s early life. They go over some interesting trivia about Robin, his pivotal movies and his legacy in stand-up comedy. Then Ali asks Asif about Dementia with Lewy Bodies, which Robin suffered from. Asif starts off by defining what Lewy Bodies are and their connection to dementia and Parkinson’s disease. They then discuss the symptoms Robin suffered from and how these symptoms (retrospectively) fit completely the criteria for Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
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Show Notes:
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind: https://www.hbo.com/movies/robin-williams-come-inside-my-mind
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Knowing: Robin Williams: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/knowing-robin-williams/id1482972205
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Robin's Wish review – sad salute to a master comedian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/30/robins-wish-review-robin-williams
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Robin Williams's widow: 'There were so many misunderstandings about what had happened to him: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/01/robin-williamss-widow-there-were-so-many-misunderstandings-about-what-had-happened-to-him
- The terrorist inside my husband’s brain: https://n.neurology.org/content/neurology/87/13/1308.full.pdf
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Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: https://n.neurology.org/content/89/1/88
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Dementia with Lewy bodies: an update and outlook: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341685/
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Lewy body disease or diseases with Lewy bodies? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41531-021-00273-9
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