Norm Macdonald Returns to Television!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUjIM-GFWhk

Longer segment and less out of sync:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-MJy7w69EU

haha okay yeah that is good

That Shane Gillis fireman sketch... WOW, what could’ve been.

Norm’s “I don’t care about politics” line has always been transparent nonsense and I always expected some over the line outburst eventually.

I still think he’s, like, extremely funny sometimes. Though the embarrassment is real, for this sorta thing and the uh blatant abuse of benzos.

"I don't care about politics" is the refrain of every old white guy right before he launches into whining about Colin Kaepernick or immigration.

norman fucking macdonald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-skA4GhVX7k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8xZQnAnOoE

Well damn.

BREAKING: Norm MacDonald has died "after a long and private battle with cancer"

The influential comedian and former 'SNL' Weekend Update anchor was 61 https://t.co/wSbwGQ8Syp

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) September 14, 2021

Aw man I loved Norm 😢

more mourning over here: NORM FUCKING MACDONALD

sad day :(

aaaaarrghhhh

this is rough

loved this dude and can’t really think of anyone else who was ever remotely like him

So eh, it appears to me, that Norm Macondald won't be returning to television after all!

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/my-greatest-gig

https://defector.com/norm-macdonald-surprised-us-one-last-time/

He was great. Just watched his Larry Sanders episode recently (the joke about the homeless guy's dog). Kind of callous, and quite funny.

One of my favorite Conan moments back in the day.https://t.co/hsSannoQYf

— 38Parrots (@Parrots38) September 14, 2021

Lmao

👑 pic.twitter.com/3zTjwW3QbP

— The Moral Vision (@ethanves) September 14, 2021

ugh, deeply otm, except for the part where he's humoring everyone by saying that "he likes the show"

one of my fave punchlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrbZxtuUdsQ

Lol.

The Bill Clinton murdered a guy thing has just been such a find.

"the most toothsome dish in all of gastro... nomy."

holy shit, is gastronomy where "nom nom nom" comes from

I mean no of course not

Norm on the Clintons:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CT2EXaDj0lt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFU5wyd_C0

this is deeply funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnmplSPgwEQ

Larry King is such a perfect foil for him, he's so naturally gullible

The way he says, "Watch it, buddy" at the end had me in stitches last night.

King's initial reaction when he thinks he's got a scoop!

the "Sully" prequel is probably my favorite of his Conan bits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zck9hlMl6w

Oh wow that version is what…a dress rehearsal? Weird. This is the clip I remember

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

I think he did the Sully bit straight after the Hudson incident, on Conan's show Feb 2009 (second video)... and then reframed it as a prequel (with the same "clips") about a month after the Tom Hanks movie came out in another appearance in Oct 2016 (first video). Oh well, why not.

Sullying his memory

oh that's interesting, I didn't realize the movie came out 7 years later! first appearance was definitely funnier..."where'd I meet him...oh uh, airport!"

another great Norm bit was him trying to do ads for the "Mangrate" on his podcast. no surprise they wound up dropping him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2XawdY22Ek

sully sullenberg: airport pilot xp

Maron re-posted Norm's WTF appearance and it was nice to hear him being more vulnerable, but I had a really hard time getting around how often he dropped the R-word throughout the whole thing.

yeah i loved the interview but also flinched every time he said that

Which was probably what he was going for.

Eh, I guess it's a fool's errand to figure out what was a bit from this guy, but it really felt like just a guy way too comfortable with dropping that word, imo.

he does do that sometimes, I remember one interview where he was extremely profane in a way that was really out of character, I think he gathered it was making the interviewer uncomfortable so he kept doing it

it's still inexcusable of course but I give Norm a little more leeway because he's such a pure comedian - he says what he thinks will make the audience laugh, I don't think there's much more to it than that. I don't get the sense from him that I do from guys like Chappelle and Bill Burr where they want to be transgressive but also profound, where it's funny but also true, except if you get offended, in which case of course it's a joke you idiot. Norm always seems to present himself as the least informed guy in the room. again, not saying it's excusable but it doesn't bother me the way it does when say Chappelle does a 10 minute routine about pronouns

TW homophobia

Here's an example of an incredibly funny bit that's also super problematic/offensive/retrograde. I know its bad but his delivery is sooooo good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_gUQeZcB8

I will say that personally, as a gay man, I don't find that too offensive, but that's just me.

I really hate that all the most watched Norm videos are complilations

Norm lost Mangrate as a podcast sponsor because of how he did the ad reads, but to this day he's still the only reason I know what the hell a Mangrate is. pic.twitter.com/C4o7DZJ1Dh

— Dan Ryckert (@DanRyckert) September 14, 2021

Absolutely classic. Andy Dick was so good

"Chicken! Steak! Has never tasted so good!"