[Name] Groat's Disease [Source] Curb Your Enthusiasm [Symptoms] 
A neurological disorder presumed to have a high mortality rate through a slow, painful process. Rob Reiner describes it affecting "kids and adults who have a tough time controlling their hyperactivity. It's as if you were on five cups of coffee at all times." It was named after the doctor who discovered it. Larry David, who writes the show, came up with the name of the disease when he thought baseball player Dick Groat's name sounded like the name of a disease and in the show Larry assumes it was named for Dick Groat, who he assumes must have had the disease because, as Larry says, "he didn't field very well because he was excited all the time." Although fictional, a viral "Walk Across America For Groats Disease" begins every March 21 from Springboro, Ohio. The "Walk" takes about six months to reach the final destination in California and raises millions of dollars (fictitious) for Groats Disease victims.