The Norm Macdonald Appreciation Thread

[perthblue]

Monsieurs and Madames of Bigfooty,

now you might be thinking "perthblue, Bigfooty isn't just a receptacle for you to harp on about any new, mundane thing you've come across and currently enjoy" well to that I say SHUT UP

But, listen..

who here is a fan of Norm?

Now, if you ever watched SNL in it's heyday you would be very familiar with him. But I never did and I assume most Australians did, not sure if it was ever even on TV here. But you probably know him as one of Billy Madison's loser friends in Billy Madison.

ANYWAY

I came across his podcast series Norm Macdonald Live and jeez he makes me laugh.

Check them out, tell me what you think!





go to his youtube page for MORE

 

[Quivorir]

I only know him from SNL's Jeopardy. He's alright by me.

 

[The Lemon]

Classic man from a classic movie

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Yeah, they showed the back end of his run on SNL early days on Foxtel (I think Arena). He's a gun.

 

[Plugger35]

I only know him from SNL's Jeopardy. He's alright by me.

He did a great Burt Reynolds impression.



He was one of the best hosts of SNL's Weekend Update segment too.

Very funny guy.

 

[perthblue]

the best joke ever told

 

[MatthewB]

i thought he was great on weekend update on SNL

 

[Sozabarus]

 

[Richard Cranium]

Good thread. It's led me to watching his old Letterman appearances for the last half hour.

 

[perthblue]

this Hitler guy was a real jerk

 

[IKnowtheDog]

I'll never forget his sage advice

"stick with Miss Crock and you'll get ahead"

 

[Sozabarus]

Charles Manson's biggest flaw was probably his bloodlust for slaughtering people.

 

[Buckleys Jocks]

Great thread idea. Norm is the funniest man alive.

 

[perthblue]

Charles Manson's biggest flaw was probably his bloodlust for slaughtering people.

explain to the folks at home who Charles Manson was

 

[Scotland]

Kerry O'Keefe's version of the frog joke > Norm Macdonald's.

 

[Plugger35]

One of the funniest sketches I saw on SNL was when Norm was playing the sketch artist that did the police sketch for the Unabomber.

They were questioning him why his sketch was so way off the actual Unabomber when he was arrested, which was quite a controversy back then.

Norm said something like "Well I can't draw eyes so I put some sunglasses on him and I'm not that good with hair so I drew a hoodie instead".

 

[Scotland]

 

[Plugger35]

Are you saying I killed this thread?

It was a very funny sketch that one, it loses a bit without Norm's deadpan delivery and it doesn't translate well to the page but I'll still take a fence.

 

[Plugger35]

Interesting hearing David Spade's thoughts on Norm.



That 1990s SNL cast was peak SNL with Chris Farley, David Spade, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey. Adam Sandler, Phil Hartman, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell.

Oh yeah I forgot about Norm Macdonald he was pretty good back then too.

It wasn't just music that was better in the 90s it was comedy as well, so much great talent around back then.

The Gen Ys and Millennials have really dropped the ball.

 

[Plugger35]

Does anyone else remember the Norm sitcom?



It started in 1999 when I arrived in the States and they were promoting the hell out of this show.

It had the girl that played Roseanne's sister and that fat funny sidekick from Howard Stern to play Norm's buddy.

You would think this show would be a sure fire winner with all that talent but it was awful, Norm was still funny but he couldn't conform to sitcoms.

 

[perthblue]

Kerry O'Keefe's version of the frog joke > Norm Macdonald's.

just Youtubed it and you are incorrect. Norm is the master of making lame jokes funny. O'keefe told it as if it were actually a good joke.

 

[perthblue]

It wasn't just music that was better in the 90s it was comedy as well, so much great talent around back then.

The Gen Ys and Millennials have really dropped the ball.

Do you watch or listen to Norm Macdonald Live?
He brings up 'new comedy' a lot. And in other interviews he's explained how comedy should be honest and straightforward, while a lot of new comedians are too into 'anti-comedy' or trying to be too clever, or 'meta'

I agree with him a lot. It's the reason I can never fully get into Bo Burnham even though he is obviously clever and talented.

Also David Spade was a guest on one of the NML episodes. Worth watching, if nothing else, just for the way they rip into Adam Eget (norm's sidekick)

 

[Plugger35]

Do you watch or listen to Norm Macdonald Live?
He brings up 'new comedy' a lot. And in other interviews he's explained how comedy should be honest and straightforward, while a lot of new comedians are too into 'anti-comedy' or trying to be too clever, or 'meta'

I agree with him a lot. It's the reason I can never fully get into Bo Burnham even though he is obviously clever and talented.

Also David Spade was a guest on one of the NML episodes. Worth watching, if nothing else, just for the way they rip into Adam Eget (norm's sidekick)

No I don't listen to Norm Macdonald live but I should do, it would be interesting to hear his take on the North Korean missile crisis.

 

[jabba5114]

Does anyone else remember the Norm sitcom?



It started in 1999 when I arrived in the States and they were promoting the hell out of this show.

It had the girl that played Roseanne's sister and that fat funny sidekick from Howard Stern to play Norm's buddy.

You would think this show would be a sure fire winner with all that talent but it was awful, Norm was still funny but he couldn't conform to sitcoms.

Loved that show. And his movie dirty work pretty underrated comedy.

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