What are some famous recorded manic talks?
October 26, 2019 1:22 PM

As family of a bipolar person I was struck by the videos of manic Kanye at TMZ and in the Oval Office. Are there other famous videos/recordings/written episodes of people speaking during manic or psychotic episodes?
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Charlie Sheen in 2011
posted by Chenko at 1:32 PM on October 26, 2019


Act One from Episode 677 of This American Life.
posted by Desertshore at 1:36 PM on October 26, 2019


Not video, not in English, but a classic: Antonin Artaud
posted by Joan Rivers of Babylon at 3:16 PM on October 26, 2019


Neal Cassady was known for this you might say..
posted by The_Auditor at 3:50 PM on October 26, 2019


L Ron Hubbard got high on his own supply (and other things) as time went on.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:18 PM on October 26, 2019


The Devil and Daniel Johnston has a lot of footage of Johnston's manic episodes.
posted by Chenko at 7:16 PM on October 26, 2019


A real bipolar person is depicted in this episode of NYT/Amazon's Modern Love.
posted by RandlePatrickMcMurphy at 7:35 PM on October 26, 2019


The Tom Cruise interview on Oprah.
posted by The_imp_inimpossible at 1:56 AM on October 27, 2019


I can’t find the clip I’m thinking of but Robin Williams’ standup was famously manic.
posted by bq at 12:20 PM on October 27, 2019


Sinead O'Connor is bipolar and recorded this video in a hotel room (content warning as she talks about being suicidal)
posted by nouvelle-personne at 9:50 PM on October 27, 2019


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