Norm McDonald

take everything · 12-05-2018 1:35pm #1

This guy is an interesting character.
Never really got into him (thinking he was another hacky American comedian) but on second look he really calls the bull**** around us out.

He has perfected this aw shucks, folksy style but his comedy is really dark and honest.

Anyone else into him.
And any recommendations.

Hande hoche! · 12-05-2018 1:43pm

Find him great. His netflix special was quite decent too.

Earthhorse · 12-05-2018 2:00pm

Yeah, he's brilliant at his best and I love his AMAs on reddit.

Not a huge fan of his podcast though and he can a bit predictable in his own way at times.

Hector Bellend · 12-05-2018 2:05pm

I've only ever seen him on high stakes poker

12-05-2018 2:06pm

I hear his brother is a bit of a clown

Hande hoche! · 12-05-2018 2:11pm

Hector Bellend wrote: »

I've only ever seen him on high stakes poker

Led to some unusual conversations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jeLGDYr8pA

qwerty ui op · 12-05-2018 2:15pm

Some balls on the guy, go to 4.50 for dustin hoffman/philip seymour hoffman, how does he hold it together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4NP2Hs81k

bnt · 12-05-2018 2:26pm

He’s also pretty good on The Orville as Yaphit, a gelatinous blob that has the hots for the ship’s doctor...

MonkeyTennis · 12-05-2018 3:07pm

Love him on SNL Celebrity Jeopardy as Burt Reynolds, dunno why but it cracks me up.

Birneybau · 12-05-2018 4:10pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I hear his brother is a bit of a clown

And their dad and his bleedin' farm

s8n · 12-05-2018 4:33pm

unfunniest character on the middle though

Riddle101 · 12-05-2018 6:22pm

I like him. I think he's one of Conan O'Brien's best guests of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL0WayC7jW0

holystungun9 · 12-05-2018 6:56pm

I've never really given him a fair shot. I didn't immediately take to him so never bothered much. I'll go back and listen to him as I know he is highly respected.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 12-05-2018 7:07pm

Artie Lange told a story of himself and Norm walking out to the edge of the pier in Atlantic City at 6.am. Circa 1999.

They'd been drinking all night and Norm had won 100,000 dollars in the casino.

Norm threw the cash into the ocean.

He told Lange, I'll only lose it anyway.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 12-05-2018 7:26pm

Artie had another one about Norm. He'd giving up smoking for 2 years, the lads were on a fight to LA,.

Plane lands and Norm goes straight to the airport shop and buys a pack of cigs and sparks up.

Artie asks him what are you doing and he says I just feel like having a smoke.

dd972 · 12-05-2018 8:34pm

Thought this thread was about some Linfield player.

Outlaw Pete · 12-05-2018 8:50pm

Jaysus got a fright there for second when I seen his name in an AH thread title, especially as he hasn't been looking the best of late, put on a fair bit of weight over the last year or so, but anyway.. love Norm. On one of those handheld androids at the minute, but there's a great clip of of Norm on the view trolling them all, about Clinton killing a guy, has to be seen. Legend. His interviews on Letterman after he was let go from SNL are class too (was over jokes he made about OJ, as the head of programming was mates with him and believed him to be innocent).

PopePalpatine · 12-05-2018 9:40pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I hear his brother is a bit of a clown

Who the hell would think an exercise bike with a tiny fist coming out of the saddle is a good idea?

Footoo · 12-05-2018 10:01pm

Norms a legend. His “Roast” of Bob Sagan is a masterpiece.

Goes from “wait this isn’t funny at all” to “ oh, oh oh I get it, this is just perfect”

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/661a77b3da/norm-macdonald-trolls-the-bob-saget-roast

artvanderlay · 23-08-2018 9:12pm

I've been listening to a lot of Norm recently and this, for me, is the stand out. It's long, but worth it. Fantastic pastiche of country music, but with a gay slant :pac:

Irish Guitarist · 23-08-2018 9:21pm

I watched his special on Netflix and thought the first twenty minutes or so were somewhat amusing. Then he started really rambling about nothing. I've watched some videos on YouTube and haven't found any of it remotely funny.

NewbridgeIR · 23-08-2018 9:49pm

Saw him late at night on Channel 4 c.1994.

"You ever lie for no reason at all? Just all of sudden, a big lie spills out of your evil head. Like a guy will come up to you, 'Hey, did you ever see that movie with Meryl Streep and a horse?' And you go, 'Yes.' In the back of your head, you're like, 'What in the hell am I lying about over here? I stand to gain nothing by this lie.'"

Sirsok · 23-08-2018 10:04pm

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Who the hell would think an exercise bike with a tiny fist coming out of the saddle is a good idea?

September 5th!!!

Arghus · 23-08-2018 10:51pm

His SNL monologue - which he was invited back on to do after he was fired from the show - is a pretty legendary smack down.

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

artvanderlay · 23-08-2018 11:38pm

Check out his "Dirty Johnny" story. A masterclass in joke telling.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5vaqxy

Giblet · 14-09-2021 11:11pm

One of my favourites, 61, very young. One of the best SNL alumni.

https://youtu.be/jJN9mBRX3uo

AllGunsBlazing · 15-09-2021 12:12am

Didn't even know he'd been ill. Fvck that anyways.

Thought he was best thing about that Mike Tyson spoof series from a few years back.

Rest in peace.

ErnestBorgnine · 15-09-2021 12:18am

Norm was hilarious. One of a kind.

RIP

Rothko · 15-09-2021 12:20am

RIP. Two great comedians (Sean Lock) lost to cancer in less than a month.

15-09-2021 12:38am

He was fantastic

Riddle101 · 15-09-2021 12:41am

I read he had cancer for 9 years. That's mad altogether. Rest in Peace Norm.

This one has been doing the rounds on Twitter so I'll leave it here.

https://youtu.be/bKmadR4Ye54

bewareofthedog · 15-09-2021 12:56am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3PP_SWHUQQ

Never gets old watching him sticking it to the auld hags on the view, RIP Norm.

DwightSchrute1 · 15-09-2021 3:57am

I literally went down a Norm MacDonald YouTube wormhole today and hours later I find out he had died. They don’t make comedians like him anymore.

Ash.J.Williams · 15-09-2021 10:04am

Rip norm . The boss! Not sure what video is best for today so let’s post them all

silverharp · 15-09-2021 11:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/106976556#Comment_106976556

The film Chairman of the board took in $180K in the cinema , so Norm wasnt wrong

silverharp · 15-09-2021 11:59am

there are about 12-15min worth of quips at OJ, some good ones in this shorter selection

https://twitter.com/RonanReigns/status/1437883602575007746

B.A._Baracus · 15-09-2021 12:05pm

Rip Norm. First saw him in Deuce Bigelow and stole the scene as the bartender. Just a naturally funny man. That voice of his could make anything funny it would seem.

kirk. · 15-09-2021 12:08pm

https://youtu.be/L7K-kaelQEs

Conan

Bob Harris · 15-09-2021 12:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057871268/norm-mcdonald

cough..Canadian..cough - A pity he's died, likeable and funny, I did always think he looked very old recently and was only 61 or so which is what cancer will do to you. RIP.

Ash.J.Williams · 15-09-2021 12:16pm

Watched a recent improv and he was discussing Covid, very strange hearing it today like he was really talking about cancer

Ash.J.Williams · 15-09-2021 12:17pm

His dirty uncles will be devastated 😂

Loafing Oaf · 16-09-2021 12:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117894105#Comment_117894105

Okay so not that Ronan Mullen

Wonder if he ever considered a name change...

16-09-2021 12:51am

Even just the words Turd Ferguson always make me chuckle. 😊

Very sad for his family, friends - and fans who really love him.

pappyodaniel · 16-09-2021 7:30pm

His has been the only celebrity death that i've actually been upset by, I only got into his comedy about 5or6 years ago but I've been obsessed with him since. The ImNotNorm Youtube page has been my go to for whenever I'm stuck for something to watch, it's a goldmine. His appearance on talkshows especially Letterman and Conan are far funnier than his stand up specials IMO. He's just a natural funny conversationalist.

None of his comedy buddies,even his close friends seem to have known he was sick, which makes me wonder if his family knew? I'd imagine it would be close to impossible to have kept a secret like that for so long (9years apparently).

Rest In Peace Norm

ltd440 · 16-09-2021 11:30pm

Just found out he died R I P ,brilliant comedian and great when speaking on serious topics too.

A beautiful voice ,I often listen to him when I'm having difficulty sleeping and his dulcet tone always soothes me

ltd440 · 17-09-2021 12:11am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117901019#Comment_117901019

I'm the same, only got into him about 5 years ago and got obsessed, I love his phone chats on the Dennis Miller radio show https://youtu.be/WGNLRXO3Hd8

techdiver · 17-09-2021 12:19am

He was gifted. It was the way he could spin a yarn or tell a story. If you read the transcript of some of his best jokes they don't seem funny but I'm his hands they were legendary!

The Moth, Bill Cosby & Hypocrisy, etc etc

RobbingBandit · 17-09-2021 12:21am

SNL Jeopardy is one of my go to on YouTube Norm and Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery torment Will Ferrells Alex Trebek

kirk. · 17-09-2021 11:02pm

https://youtu.be/PTLYNsLBdjI

I didn't really know anything about him before he died

He's a natural storyteller and comic

17-09-2021 11:11pm

I literally never heard of him before this thread - and the "Dirty Johnny" joke (thank you @artvanderlay ) has to be one of the worst jokes I have ever heard - as a joke. But the way he told that joke? I was hanging on every single word the whole way. The man clearly had a natural talent in the way Billy or Dave Allen had. But he can tell a joke that keeps you in painful suspense waiting for release in the way "johnny Vegas" has built his much more inferior own act around.

That is my impression of just one video - I can not figure out how I had/have never heard of him before. Another light has gone out in our world.

17-09-2021 11:19pm

His interview on WTF with Marc Maron is worth a listen..

Norm McDonald

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