Japan's only "bedridden" comedian laughs in face of adversity

Being rendered nearly completely immobile due to a rare and degenerative neuromuscular disorder is in the eyes of most people no laughing matter.But in the case of Asodog, who claims to be Japan's first and only "bedridden" comedian, getting audiences to laugh at his own expense is precisely the point.In one performance, the 38-year-old who lies upright on a type of wheelchair-cum-stretcher has a gag written on a sheet of paper on a flip storyboard near his dangling feet that reads: "Bedridden. It happens."Then from a pin microphone placed around his neck he offers the punchline: "I can't f…READ FULL ARTICLE