Douglas Crockford just said that even though Javascript's syntax resembles an imperative language like C or Java, it's much more similar to a functional language like Lisp or Scheme. From that comment a whole myth began which states that Javascript == Scheme. That's like saying Java == C just because both are imperative. Handwavy and completely wrong.

What you should take from that assertion is "Javascript is more functional than imperative" (which is correct) and not "Javascript is lispy" (which is not).