Awakenings

<p>This is a true story! It happened to a friend of a friend of mine! No, but it did happen, and it Robin Williams IRL was Oliver Sacks. It's a crazy story and you have to come along to hear it.</p><p>.</p><p>Some stuff to watch:</p><p>encephalitis lethargica footage from 1925:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lNVtUlroZc</p><br><p>Oliver Sacks talking about it plus footage of the real people described in Awakenings:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNum0dTYalk&amp;t=379s</p><br><p>Waking up after years asleep fun edited science video:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdkKSCsFUSo</p><br><p>Documentary of the incident from 1973 featuring young sprightly Sacks plus footage of Leonard and others INCLUDING THE BALL THROWING</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGq04Opx9DY&amp;list=PLC3C1CE99A7A65B41&amp;index=1</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>