i mean there's a marked difference in just the past couple of years. Compare an episode of Norm MacDonald Live from a couple of years ago (Adam Sandler for example, 2014) against the new one with Jerry Seinfeld.
I keep seeing the xanax rumor.
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuldL1m6FAs
in a different mode here, maybe recorded last year?
― XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
What is wrong with Norm, he seems very very slow lately.
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, August 30, 2017 6:03 AM (one month ago) Bookmark
Apparently all he needed was a few sips of Jim Carrey's hyper intense coffee blend.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 5 October 2017 05:07 (six years ago) link
great interview, Carrey's comic spirit remains the same but he's more mild mannered
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 7 October 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
[–]golightlysWhat has been the biggest obstacle you’ve had to overcome in your career?[–]ImNormMacdonaldDue to multiple herniated discs, my pain level on a normal day is through the roof.[–]MikePGSIs that from carrying SNL all those years?
[–]ImNormMacdonaldDue to multiple herniated discs, my pain level on a normal day is through the roof.
[–]MikePGSIs that from carrying SNL all those years?
― Wes Brodicus, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B32QrmfA9pt/?igshid=mylq6eak8jzt
― lumen (esby), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
:(R.I.P. - huge bummer
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
oh shit :(
― aegis philbin (crüt), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
That sucks 🥲
― DJI, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
remember the good times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSVIg4Noqc
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
I still have vivid memories of his early Letterman/Conan appearances; I had never seen comedy like that on TV
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
Damn
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
what the fuck
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
Fuck this
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
idk what to say. he was one of the funniest dudes on the planet. I used to spend hours just marathoning his Conan appearances. shit. I want to cry.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
this is fucking me up
― Clay, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
i can't believe this.
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
you got any gum :(
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ARiKLMS.jpg
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
His politics may have been ehhhhh but he was a very funny fellow. One of my favorites, always makes me laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-9wo_apQ1s
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
Very weird I was thinking about him just todayHe’s not really a name at all in the uk, & a number of years ago a friend told me I had to watch the roast of Bob saget (who also isn’t) & I was watching thinking this is fucking dire, just total dogshit, why the fuck did he think I should see this, and then Norm’s bit came on and i absolutely died laughing. & I’m glad to have watched the rest of the show just for the context of the kind of shit that was expectedHave watched a handful of clips of talk show appearances &c but no real sense of what he’s known for, will appreciate digging in to RIP clips
― siffleur’s mom (wins), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
gut punch. he was like the jordan or gretzky of talk show guests, just operating on a totally different level from everyone else
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
His SNL Weekend Update was a cornerstone of my teen years. And pretty easily the best thing about SNL for many of those years.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
that Bob Saget roast was really the moment he became my favorite comedian. idk who else could've pulled that off.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
I'll say it again
aaaaarrrghhh
RIP
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
i hate comedians but i loved Norm
RIP you cunt
― cheesons to be rearful (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
What's the best clip I can show to my kids, 11 and 16, to explain who he was
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
The Scrabble story might be where I realized how great he is.
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
simply no one funnier. very sad. strongly recommend his bonkers youtube talkshow to those who havent seen it, which (imho) achieves the impossible by successfully bottling the gidddy dgaf energy of his talkshow guest appearances. it didnt really translate when he switched over to netflix, but some of those youtube episodes are the hardest ive laughed in my adult life, like the culmination of all the different things he was good at: being a chaotic foulmouthed talkshow guest, long shaggy dog stories, weekend update-style non sequitur jokes. idk if its even still up or if it got wiped from the net, but worth searching for.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
I think about his very funny mildly racist appearance hosting the mtv vma red carpet a while back often
his older movies are all completely awful, I like the concept of the dude being around but it also doesn't bother me that he's dead, like in a way he represents something that had to die
― Bongo Jongus, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A848xpsDJbw
― Bongo Jongus, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
this moth joke is 100% the Norm Brand™️(to me anyway)
The Norm Macdonald "moth Joke," one of the greatest jokes every told on television. pic.twitter.com/daC9oPVPsU— Lights, Camera, Pod (@LightsCameraPod) September 14, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
What's the best clip I can show to my kids, 11 and 16, to explain who he was― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, September 14, 2021 2:45 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, September 14, 2021 2:45 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
The roast clip I posted and that everyone is talking about is the cleanest roast panel ever. They're just corny old-timey jokes. It's all about his delivery.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
this is going to be the funniest and happiest celebrity death mourning in recent memory, though. i've already cried from laughing multiple times today
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
I gotta say, I’ve laughed a lot from all these clips people are sharing but
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
the moth joke is a deserved classic
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
This is still unlike anything I’ve ever seen, just a flatly extraordinary moment. On his Comedians In Cars.. episode Seinfeld says he’d never known a set on tv get such a positive reaction among fellow comedians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjEvl43zYY
― piscesx, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
this clip is so perfect
pic.twitter.com/g1o0PLsUyj— Wyatt Duncan Idaho (@WyattDuncan) September 14, 2021
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
"I didn't even know he was sick" loool
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:18 (two years ago) link
Dude had a pretty big rep among stand up comedians and they all seem to have at least one wild and weird story about Norm McDonald. Like some other comedians, far to weird and crazy to actually cash in as going for the joke would derail many of his attempts in Hollywood etc.
One of my favorite things he did in TV/movies was his bit role with John Cullum playing Neil Flynn's brother and dad on The Middle. Those three should have been a show.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
i *love* how much he loves to deliver that corny-ass punchline - weekend update, the saget roast, his panel appearances, everything like there is a twinkle in his eye and a glee for just how terrible it is as he stares down the camera or the host or the audience, just locked in … and i could not love him more for like, just that quality alone.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
it's his little archaic asides that slay me like in the Bob Saget roast where he says "Now Bob's no big fan of sports....I don't think I'm telling tales out of school here"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
xp Yeah, his sense of humor always reminded me of a few guys I grew up with… that undercurrent of good-natured irony, like “I know this is dumb, and so do you, and that’s why it’s so great”(which is what a lot of alt comedy is, but he didn’t bother playing it straight)
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
He was also super quick on his feet, as you can see in those clips where interrupts other guests on the Conan couch. We saw him perform in a club in SF, in the early 2000s, and I remember how effortlessly sharp his crowdwork was.
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54L1Kx8apU
― aegis philbin (crüt), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
i loved the dostoevsky-esque names he gives the characters in his moth story, russian names he can hardly pronounce just make it that much more awkward
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Watching the Conan clip where he calls Carrot Top a "retard." I don't think that would really fly these days
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
yeah idk if today's youths would really buy the concept of "carrot top"
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
lol
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
he still makes me laugh and obviously he was very gifted but ultimately i'm just not that into what his thing was anymore, the dadliest of dads but ironic. there's a whiff of masculine self-regard about his thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for or care for. maybe i just don't like any professional comedians at all idk. the r word or the occasional anti trans joke or whatever is part of that as were his politics. not pretending that there wasn't plenty of that on tv at the time, just saying that it isn't out of line with his persona. though it seems like he did soften as he got older, got more classicist with his jokes, lost some of the cool guy snark, but there was always a smidge of the reactionary in him.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link