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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_Turner_(comedian)Jim Turner (comedian) - Wikipedia

    Actor, comedian. Spouse. Lynn Freer. . ( m. 1992) . Children. 1. Jim Turner (born October 28, 1952) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known as Randee of the Redwoods on MTV and for his supporting roles as Kirby Carlisle in Arli$$ (1996–2002) and as Larry in Bewitched (2005).

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  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0877642Jim Turner - IMDb

    Jim Turner is a versatile and eccentric performer who has appeared in films, TV shows, stage plays and comedy tours. He is best known for his roles in Arli$$ (1996), The Lost Boys (1987), Shelf Life (1993) and Girly Magazine Party (1992).

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  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0877642Jim Turner - Biography - IMDb

    Jim Turner is a versatile actor, writer and comedian who has appeared in films, TV shows, stage plays and music. He is best known for his roles in Arli$$ (1996), The Lost Boys (1987) and Shelf Life (1993).

    • October 28, 1952

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  6. www.healthline.com › diabetesmine › jim-turnerJim Turner: Actor, Comedia, Diabetes Advocate - Healthline

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    Remember when one of our own in the Diabetes Community ran for president? OK, it was a joke, but a great one by none other than Jim Turner, the actor diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a teenager in the 1970s who’s had many memorable roles over more than three decades.

    Jim starred in a live comedy show on NPR and appeared in vignettes in 1980s movies like The Lost Boys and St. Elmo’s Fire. He’s also been on shows through the years like Grey’s Anatomy, Castle, and Criminal Minds, and even got a mention in Stephen King’s updated book The Stand. Jim’s been in numerous TV commercials and played Larry “the boss” in the 2005 movie version of Bewitched. On top of all that, Jim co-hosted the CNBC D-Life diabetes TV show for many years before that series eventually ended.

    And he ran for president! Sort of…

    That was part of his shtick as his signature persona Randee of the Redwoods, a fictional MTV character in the 1980s that went viral and led to a spoof candidacy for president, eventually getting a fun resurrection in a voter registration ad leading into the 2018 election.

    While Jim’s make-believe hippie Austin Powers-style persona may not ring bells for some, his oft goofy work over the years qualifies him as one of the world’s funniest (and most fun) diabetes advocates. At least in our eyes. That includes his part launching and co-starring in Clown Town City Limits, a wacky long-running dark humor stage production in Los Angeles.

    Jim’s largely retired these days, but just recently in September made an appearance on the popular half-hour sitcom, Mom. He’s also writing a book about his life with diabetes and acting career, which he hopes to publish in 2020.

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    DM) Thanks for taking the time to talk, Jim! Can you start by sharing the skinny on how you got type 1 diabetes? (see what we did there?)

    JT) I was diagnosed in 1970 as a junior in high school, in Des Moines, IA. Certainly back then, diabetes management tools were much different and slim compared to what they are today. You basically just took a shot or two, and there was no blood sugar testing. So I spent 10 years just guessing. I had urine testing, though that tells you almost nothing, and there were no insulin corrections or carb counting like there is now.

    I was put on this Exchange List for meals, where in the morning I had two bread exchanges, three meat exchanges, and one milk and a fruit exchange and you’d look at this book to see what foods could be exchanged. You’d do all this stuff, and then go to your doctor and on that one day you’d get your actual blood sugar number. It could be anything, without really knowing what had happened. There were crazy lows, and it was all fraught with so much worry and uncertainty. Those first 10 years were really a crapshoot on how to do anything with diabetes.

    How did you fare in those early years?

    I got really good at guessing my blood sugar, and am still pretty good at it. The doctor I had when first diagnosed was one of those really into allowing his patients to do whatever they needed to manage diabetes. So in 1972-73, within a few years of my diagnosis, I hitchhiked to Vermont and lived there for several months — until it got cold and the cabin I was living in without any heat made me leave.

    I was working at this soul-sucking job at a toy farm, and so I hitchhiked back with two cats. And nine months later, I went to Europe and rode my bike all around Europe for almost three months — never once knowing what my blood sugar was and just flying by the seat of my pants! I ended up in the hospital in Southern Italy, around the time of the cholera epidemic there in ’73. I don’t know if I had cholera or something else, but I was in the hospital for five days with a high fever and hallucinating.

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    Learn how Jim Turner, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1970, became a successful actor and comedian, and ran for president as Randee of the Redwoods. Read his story of managing diabetes, traveling, and writing a book.

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  7. www.youtube.com › watchInterview Withh Actor-Comedian Jim Turner - YouTube

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    Jan 19, 2012 · Actor-comedian Jim Turner was 17 years old when he was diagnosed with type 1 in 1970. He tells Scott King about the "death row meal" of ice cream, cake and p...

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  9. www.youtube.com › watchJim Turner's One Man Show - YouTube

    Jun 11, 2009 · Actor Jim Turner takes a comedic glance at growing up as a type 1 diabetic. http://www.dlife.com

  10. www.thediabeticscornerbooth.com › 2019 › 10Jim Turner: Actor, Comedian, and One Fun Diabetes Advocate

    Oct 10, 2019 · OK, it was a joke, but a great one by none other than Jim Turner, the actor diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a teenager in the 1970s who's had many memorable roles over more than three decades. Jim starred in a live comedy show on NPR and appeared in vignettes in 1980s movies like The Lost Boys and St. Elmo's Fire.

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