Norm MacDonald

He was the funniest weekend update anchor they ever had.

by Anonymousreply 3December 9, 2017 9:34 PM

His father died and he "found God".

by Anonymousreply 5December 9, 2017 9:38 PM

Is this that Norm MacDonald, R3? He looks different.

by Anonymousreply 6December 9, 2017 9:48 PM

One of those comedy stations on Sirius Radio would play clips from Norm MacDonald's old stand-up sets and comedy albums, and a lot of those bits centered on gay sex. At first they were funny, but after the umpteenth gay sex joke, you start to wonder if Norm is a latent homosexual or an immature straight guy with some homophobic need to make fun of gays.

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by Anonymousreply 7December 9, 2017 11:09 PM

Can't stand him. Typical republican asshole.

by Anonymousreply 8December 9, 2017 11:22 PM

He didn't used to be a Republican but the last few years has really gone through... something, who knows what, that's turned him into an eccentric crank with right-wing tendencies.

by Anonymousreply 10December 9, 2017 11:59 PM

He has total carb face now. What the hell happened to him? Just got fat or is that steroids? Age does NOT make someone's face become twice it's size. Also, he thinks he is about twice as funny as he actually is.

by Anonymousreply 12December 10, 2017 12:18 AM

That guy was never funny.

He was as charmless as the dead jimmy Stewart

by Anonymousreply 13December 10, 2017 12:21 AM

[quote]He has total carb face now. What the hell happened to him? Just got fat or is that steroids? Age does NOT make someone's face become twice it's size. Also, he thinks he is about twice as funny as he actually is.

Well he literally plays a blob on The Orville, so perhaps he's method acting?

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by Anonymousreply 14December 10, 2017 1:18 AM

I've never understood most of what he's saying. He's got an annoying slurring way of talking. What does come across I have never found funny. But I like his carb face better.

by Anonymousreply 15December 10, 2017 1:26 AM

R15 He was good-looking when he was young so he never bothered to articulate when he spoke.

He knew he could get attention just being standing there.

by Anonymousreply 16December 10, 2017 1:30 AM

I always hated him on SNL, now that he's a nut job, I hate him even more.

by Anonymousreply 17December 10, 2017 1:31 AM

his letterman was so spot on dave got hurt and they wouldn't let him do it anymore.

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by Anonymousreply 18December 10, 2017 1:41 AM

I rarely find SNL funny R17 but he was the unfunniest.

by Anonymousreply 19December 10, 2017 2:01 AM

Never got why people found him funny. He has a nasal snarky way about him that I hate.

by Anonymousreply 20December 10, 2017 3:46 AM

He had health issues in the last few years. I think the puffiness is the result of meds. He also had (and still has) serious mental health issues. He admitted to Marc Maron that he had a nervous breakdown and suffered from severe anxiety at one point.

I always found him funny, but he has a dry, Anglo-Canadian delivery that doesn't always translate if you're not used to it. He was also quick, love his response at the end here.

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by Anonymousreply 21December 11, 2017 5:33 AM

R21 You say he has a dry, Anglo-Canadian delivery.

I am Anglo-Scots and probably have a much drier sense of comedy and I have to tell you I find that clip and all American TV shows utterly insane.

We might laugh or titter at some witticism but the American TV audience guffaw like loons over the tiniest morsel of mild wit.

by Anonymousreply 22December 11, 2017 5:42 AM

[quote] He was the funniest weekend update anchor they ever had.

That’s why there would be dead silence after each “joke”.

by Anonymousreply 23December 11, 2017 5:50 AM

He’s writing all the new Roseanne episodes.

by Anonymousreply 24December 11, 2017 5:51 AM

r22, they are. His stand-up delivery and some of his WU stuff was very dry.

by Anonymousreply 25December 11, 2017 5:57 AM

Never saw him, but he sure ain't funny in that link. Just smug.

by Anonymousreply 26December 11, 2017 6:19 AM

Before he was not funny. Now he is not funny and fat.

The End.

by Anonymousreply 27December 11, 2017 6:20 AM

Wow. Bunch of humorless cunts in here. Norm is one of the funniest comedians alive. He has a particular shtick he plays on this show, but when he's just interviewing people, he's great. Even better when he's being interviewed. He kills on talk shows, which is why they have him on even when he's not really doing anything of note.

by Anonymousreply 28December 11, 2017 6:34 AM

A large group of friends were just having a conversation last week about the funniest stand up we had ever seen. The consensus was Norm McDonald. If you have never seen him in a club, don't judge. He's brilliant and hilarious(and he did not gay jokes when I saw him.)

Another shocker: We all agreed that David Spade was our second favorite club comic. I hate his movies, but he is terrific on stage.

by Anonymousreply 29December 11, 2017 6:47 AM

His funniest gag was Bob Dole. Especially when he did Bob Dole on MTV's Real World skit. It was fucking hilarious. Never let go of that pen.

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by Anonymousreply 30December 11, 2017 6:54 AM

He came off as quite knowledgeable on the celebrity version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

by Anonymousreply 31December 11, 2017 7:46 PM

He's very smart. He is a lot like David Letterman, and they both admire each other tremendously.

by Anonymousreply 32December 11, 2017 8:01 PM

It’s obvious that Norm is posting here.

by Anonymousreply 33December 11, 2017 8:36 PM

Norm played himself on this week's "Family Guy."

by Anonymousreply 34December 11, 2017 11:37 PM

Love Norm MacDonald, been a fan since his early days on SNL.

He was great with Artie Lange in "Dirty Work", too.

by Anonymousreply 35December 12, 2017 10:53 PM

I enjoy him & thought he was the best news anchor that they ever had on SNL.

He and Phil Hartman were two of the best comedians ever to appear on the show.

by Anonymousreply 36December 12, 2017 11:53 PM

Norm's Quentin Tarantino impression

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by Anonymousreply 37December 12, 2017 11:55 PM

Norm as Bert on Jeopardy was so right.

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by Anonymousreply 38December 13, 2017 12:04 AM

The Norm Show with Laurie Metcalf and the father from ALF was hysterical.

by Anonymousreply 39December 13, 2017 12:11 AM

Was there a reason why Norm wasn't kept on as Col. Sanders, or was that a deliberate part of the ad campaign?

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by Anonymousreply 40December 13, 2017 1:01 AM

He's back as the Colonel. Turns out he was the most popular of all the comics who were used.

by Anonymousreply 41December 14, 2017 4:39 AM

R49 If you hope that he keels over and dies— then it must be OK for me to hope that YOU keel over and die.

by Anonymousreply 42December 14, 2017 7:55 AM

R42 Wanna try that again?

by Anonymousreply 43December 14, 2017 9:49 AM

You can't believe how smart he is in person. I would bet his IQ is 150+.

by Anonymousreply 44April 19, 2018 4:12 AM

How could you tell OP. I can never understand a word he slurs.

by Anonymousreply 46April 19, 2018 4:22 AM

Isn't he from some peninsula filled with scheming Eskimos like Bieber"s mom?

by Anonymousreply 48April 19, 2018 10:31 AM

He used to have a serious gambling problem, talked about it on the howard stern show back in the late 90's. He would just blow through hundreds of thousands of dollars a night. Most people with gambling addictions also have some kind of sexual issue, so who knows?

by Anonymousreply 49April 19, 2018 10:45 AM

"Bring back the whore!" Norm to one of Roseanne's "multiple personalities."

by Anonymousreply 50April 19, 2018 11:05 AM

His most famous "Weekend Update" joke: "And in music news, number one on the college charts this summer was 'Better than Ezra.' And at number two: 'Ezra.'"

by Anonymousreply 51April 19, 2018 11:25 AM

Rather strikingly unfunny in that compilation.

by Anonymousreply 52April 19, 2018 11:41 AM

R51 I thought it was some OJ joke something to the effect of murder just became legal in the state of California. It was all the OJ jokes that got him fired, by the way. Bob Odenkirk would have none of that, apparently.

by Anonymousreply 53April 19, 2018 11:42 AM

He did a number of OJ jokes. After the trial there was one where he talked about the civil case and OJ owing 8 million dollars to the goldmans. Clintons state of the address speech was that night also and norm said " Clinton was most interested to learn how much it costs to kill your wife". Another one I remember and I think the most famous one was where he showed a picture of OJ on a golf course and said " the manhunt continues" ( OJ said he would hunt down the real killer).

by Anonymousreply 54April 19, 2018 10:19 PM

He did a great Burt Reynolds aka Turd Ferguson.

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by Anonymousreply 55April 19, 2018 10:30 PM

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