NORM FUCKING MACDONALD

hamburger at the FNM show was pretty incredible. i had seen him do standup before in a comedy club setting, and at a festival… it was wild to see him with an audience who had no frame of reference & did not get him at all, and to see how much hamburger loved it. like i would swear he got taller lol

meanwhile mr veg & I were max-cady-in-cape-fear-laughing from the back row

"There's no room that says scoundrel on it"

The solemn delivery absolutely kills me.

the Bob Saget roast clip is blowing up again and as much as I love it, it's kind of weird to see it divorced from context - I actually watched it as it aired and Norm's set was 3x funnier when it followed an hours worth of comedians trying to out-Andrew Dice Clay each other

Neil opening for FNM was so good

"Ladies and gentlemen, Faaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

-mous comedian, Neil Hamburger"

:D so good

my favorite was when he was opening for Tenacious D and he went “And now, I’m proud to introduce…….TENNNNNN more jokes!l” to a chorus of boos

great piece by Kaleb Horon in RS

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/norm-macdonald-tribute-appreciation-1226839/

latest episode of Conan's podcast is a tribute

lmao this clip just popped up on my feed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emUhplJxmD0

something I find interesting about Norm is that through all his shows, podcasts, talk show appearances, interviews etc. he was pretty much "on" as a comedian nonstop, barely stopped for a minute to say anything serious, and you could assume all his stories were at least partially made up. but on Twitter, at least the last few years, he was almost exclusively philosophical & matter of fact. for a lot of entertainers it's exactly the opposite.

Lovs Norm, but its so weird to see a comedian caring about things like this.

Thinking about when Norm MacDonald would not stop attacking Bret Easton Ellis for attacking Alice Munro, God bless him pic.twitter.com/iDQwfp4i1A

— Rory McCarthy (@roryisconfused) July 5, 2023

patriotic Canadian right there

norm was otm

You know what's weird? Finding out Alice Munro died from a Norm Macdonald thread.

Norm McDonald died!?

wait the thread killed her?

she is the queen of the shaggy dog story with melancholy/longing/internal voices, so I see how Norm would be on her side <3

Okay, but tweet #2 and #3 there are actually really funny

#4 gets my vote

The kicker was that Norm made those tweets on his own birthday

that list skips my favorite one:

http://i.imgur.com/RBJa157.jpeg

Those tweets were so satisfying because the Guy Who Calls Things Overrated is a type that deserves ridicule

weirdest bit is complimenting alice munro by comparing her to lee iacocca

norm what

That’s the best one imo

it's certainly the most "norm mcdonald" out of all of them