OT: Norm Macdonald Dies

[texbike]

Originally Posted by charliedid

"If Brian Boitano is such a great ice skater why doesn't he play hockey?"

RIP Norm

That's awesome! What an incredible sense of humor.

He was one of my favorite comedians of all time. His role as Death on Family Guy was great.

RIP indeed.

Texbike

[Fivethumbs]

Rest in peace Norm the Genie

[Tony T]

“Yippie! Jerry Rubin died this week.” Looking down, he apologized for his mistake and tried again: “That should read: ‘Yippie Jerry Rubin died this week.’”

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by robt57

Just saw VID bit where Norm sez when you die the cancer dies too, so it is a draw. That seems deeper now. RIP, always liked his gig style...

Also noted in a NYT article

“Macdonald once talked about an uncle dying of cancer, skewering how we now describe people suffering from that disease as “waging a battle” because that means the last thing you do before you die is lose. “I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure that if you die, then the cancer also dies at the same time,” Macdonald said on Comedy Central. “That to me is not a loss. That’s a draw.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/a...ld-comedy.html

[yinzerniner]

Originally Posted by Tony T

Also noted in a NYT article

“Macdonald once talked about an uncle dying of cancer, skewering how we now describe people suffering from that disease as “waging a battle” because that means the last thing you do before you die is lose. “I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure that if you die, then the cancer also dies at the same time,” Macdonald said on Comedy Central. “That to me is not a loss. That’s a draw.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/a...ld-comedy.html

Previously on .....

Originally Posted by robt57

Just saw VID bit where Norm sez when you die the cancer dies too, so it is a draw. That seems deeper now. RIP, always liked his gig style...

Great minds think alike!

[oliver1850]

Originally Posted by Tony T

“Yippie! Jerry Rubin died this week.” Looking down, he apologized for his mistake and tried again: “That should read: ‘Yippie Jerry Rubin died this week.’”

Got a laugh out of me.

[bironi]

I've watched several of his talk show visits and other videos because of this discussion. Much appreciated, thanks for the laughs.
Thank you Norm!

[avalonracing]

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[peanutgallery]

He was fired from SNL because the NBC brass could not handle the guff that he dishes out to OJ... relentlessly. Some NBC blowhard was OJ's buddy and it drove him nuts, always appreciated that. That and the Mike Tyson Mysteries

https://www.thedailybeast.com/norm-m...ure-hes-guilty

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

He was fired from SNL because the NBC brass could not handle the guff that he dishes out to OJ... relentlessly. Some NBC blowhard was OJ's buddy and it drove him nuts, always appreciated that. That and the Mike Tyson Mysteries

https://www.thedailybeast.com/norm-m...ure-hes-guilty

“Per [Conan] O’Brien, that dislike on Ohlmeyer’s part didn’t stop at the doors of Studio 8H, either: After Macdonald’s firing, the executive handed down an order that O’Brien ban the comedian from his show, as well.”
“The word came down, ‘You can’t book Norm Macdonald anymore,’” O’Brien revealed on the podcast. “And it came from the top, from Don Ohlmeyer.” O’Brien, then five years into a run on Late Night that Ohlmeyer had helped assemble and sign off on, wrote back, “I got this directive. You’ve hired me to do the best show I can and this is my best guest. So I need to do my job, which is the best show I can do.” Ohlmeyer reportedly said he was “disappointed” by the decision, but apparently relented; Macdonald would appear more than two dozen times on O’Brien’s various NBC shows, creating some of the most memorable moments in those series’ history.”

https://www.avclub.com/conan-says-nb...sho-1847702082

[azrider]

Originally Posted by Tony T

“Per [Conan] O’Brien, that dislike on Ohlmeyer’s part didn’t stop at the doors of Studio 8H, either: After Macdonald’s firing, the executive handed down an order that O’Brien ban the comedian from his show, as well.”
“The word came down, ‘You can’t book Norm Macdonald anymore,’” O’Brien revealed on the podcast. “And it came from the top, from Don Ohlmeyer.” O’Brien, then five years into a run on Late Night that Ohlmeyer had helped assemble and sign off on, wrote back, “I got this directive. You’ve hired me to do the best show I can and this is my best guest. So I need to do my job, which is the best show I can do.” Ohlmeyer reportedly said he was “disappointed” by the decision, but apparently relented; Macdonald would appear more than two dozen times on O’Brien’s various NBC shows, creating some of the most memorable moments in those series’ history.”

https://www.avclub.com/conan-says-nb...sho-1847702082

Great tribute Conan reacting to Norms passing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPWWmTy27fk

[notsew]

I'm sure a lot of people have gone down the Norm youtube rabbit hole with this. This is my favorite that I've found, the Crocodile Hunter bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8h-xeuC1L0

This was like 2 weeks after the dude died, just brutal. I love how Stewart just cannot keep it together.