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is not normal. But who is? On September 11th, 1985 the world would meet
this twitching talent. Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at seven years old,
it was never easy for Louis growing up with this difficult disorder. However
his passion for acting, writing, and stand up comedy has helped him overcome
the burden of TS. Starting off in community theatre productions around eight
years old, Louis then began auditioning for film and television roles a
few years later. In 2004, Lou appeared on “The
Tonight Show” with Jay Leno
in segment called "Don't Try This At Home".
After meeting Jay, Louis was inspired to give stand up comedy a try and
make light of his disorder along the way. In 2005, Paris Hilton
and Nicole Richie would meet Louis on an episode of "The
Simple Life 3- Interns". The girls playfully poked fun
at Lou’s oddly amusing condition AND prompted by his “endearing
personality”, Nicole Richie jumped into Lou’s
lap and nick named him “Twitchels”.
In December, 2005 Louis was
a guest on the hit radio show “Opie
and Anthony” on XM Satellite radio to promote his
children’s book. Louis wrote and illustrated
“Little Twitching Timmy – The Turtle with Tourettes”
in hopes of educating young people about TS in a not so serious way.
LTT was published in October and continues to help spread awareness to
all ages. After meeting Louis and getting a taste of his Tourettes, the
Opie and Anthony show simply
had to see more of him. Since then he has become a frequent guest of the
show and hands down, a fan favorite...or just one of their freaks. Twitchels
was also a guest regular on “The
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