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Published - Thursday, May 15, 2008
Williams to test his memory on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Brad Williams is taking his memory onto the national airwaves again. Williams, 51, a radio news reporter for MidWest Family Broadcasting in La Crosse, will appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” airing at 11:05 p.m. today on WXOW-TV.
“This is going to be a new one,” Williams said. “There’s a studio audience. I was on “Good Morning America,” but the people were downstairs, and I was on the second floor.”
Williams is one of only three known cases of what researchers call hyperthymestic syndrome, or an extraordinary recall of past life events. That’s caused a lot of media attention, he said.
“I like it to a degree,” he said. “There are times when there are too many requests.”
Several other national television shows are hoping to book him soon, Williams said, but he doesn’t know whether he can accommodate their schedules.
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