RIP Norm MacDonald
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Just heard. One of the real funny SNL folks.
I heard Jim Breuer tell of the night he met him on the SNL set and it was pretty good.
I heard Jim Breuer tell of the night he met him on the SNL set and it was pretty good.
Him hosting the ESPYs was probably the last time an awards show was worth watching. https://deadspin.com/deadspin-classic-espn-will-never-ever-do-this-again-5587385
Also, "Dirty Work" is criminally underrated.
RIP to a real one.
Love Dirty Work. It rivals The Big Lebowski and Dumb and Dumber in terms of awesome one-liners.
I personally loved him doing the late night show tours. He was gold on Conan. And even better on Dennis Miller's late nite HBO show.
And lets not forget him purposefully tanking on Sagat's roast. That still cracks me up.
I personally loved him doing the late night show tours. He was gold on Conan. And even better on Dennis Miller's late nite HBO show.
And lets not forget him purposefully tanking on Sagat's roast. That still cracks me up.
I think it's we that got older. At least in my case. I didn't find him funny back when he was on SNL. But 23 years later I find stuff he did back then hilarious.
Dirty Work is great. So underrated.
Apparently, he didn't drive. At all. I heard a story one time that he called like Dana Carvey to meet up for drinks. It's like noon. Well, 1pm, 2pm, 5pm, 7pm all come and go. Finally Norm shows up and he's like "where you going! I just got here!" They were like "Norm, you're literally 8 hours late" and he said "Don't be weird, sit down and have a beer. You know i don't drive, what were you expecting?".
Apparently, he didn't drive. At all. I heard a story one time that he called like Dana Carvey to meet up for drinks. It's like noon. Well, 1pm, 2pm, 5pm, 7pm all come and go. Finally Norm shows up and he's like "where you going! I just got here!" They were like "Norm, you're literally 8 hours late" and he said "Don't be weird, sit down and have a beer. You know i don't drive, what were you expecting?".
His Late Show appearance trolling Courtney Thorne-Smith and his Comedians in Cars episode with Seinfeld might have been his best bits ever. All impromptu, of course.
One of the all time greats. Jeez, this is a kick in the stomach. I didn’t even know he was sick.
One of the all time greats. Jeez, this is a kick in the stomach. I didn’t even know he was sick.
His bit on Germany that he told on Letterman’s last show was as funny as anything I’ve ever heard.
I had never heard it, but his Moth Joke is going around Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJN9mBRX3uo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJN9mBRX3uo
Regardless of his comedy it takes a special kind of bravery for person to stare down death itself the way he did. The way he lived out his life without talking about his illness (apparently with almost no one) ,while heartbreaking is truly inspirational . He deserves a first class movie in his memory. RIP brave and funny man.
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That one is hilarious. A couple of my favorites easily found on YouTube are the alcoholism joke with uncle Burt and the one that’s called maybe the 15 minute joke, something like that. Those are both great.
There’s a 35 minute video on YouTube of Norm absolutely crushing OJ Simpson when he was the host of SNL’s Weekend Update during and after the murder trial. Some of the jokes made me laugh so hard I could hardly breathe. The guy was a savage.
Norm Macdonald Sent To Hell For Mocking Gods Friend O.J. Simpson. https://t.co/Q4EZsSrMQD pic.twitter.com/h1teU8P0E3— The Onion (@TheOnion) September 15, 2021
This is about equally offensive (and just awesome) - him talking about the Crocodile Hunter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_xCj9N6a7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_xCj9N6a7I
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What other comic would get away with this? It’s a lazy joke and Norm calls it out as such. RIP.
What other comic would get away with this? It’s a lazy joke and Norm calls it out as such. RIP.
I’d never seen that. That handicap parking spot bit was fantastic. It’s sad that I don’t know if you could do that joke today.
I can't find a short clip of it but a great Norm joke was about homeless people with dogs. He said something to the effect of, "I always feel kinda bad for the dog y'know because the dog's gotta be thinking, this sure is a long walk we're on here."
First time I remember seeing Norm was in an early standup, and he said, "I don't get the sport of cliffdiving. I mean, how is that a competition? You can't tell who won. There are only two places you can finish: Grand Champion, or... stuff on a rock over there."
My favorite is when he was on The View and they were about to have a conniption that he wouldn't back off the Clintons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3PP_SWHUQQ
It was only on page 2 so I go ahead and remind you why Norm was actually fired from SNL. It's worth watching the entire thing.