September 15, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said: The comedy central roast honestly made me think less of the members of the crowd. There was all this tepid laughter and what sounds like charity, polite chuckling. Meanwhile I have tears streaming down my face and think it’s may be the funniest set I’ve ever seen in my life. Why isn’t everyone dying?! Most of the audience seems to be douchebag celebrities and nobody bimbos incapable of independent thought. I love the roasts, most of them are hysterical. As per usual, Norm's was one of one
September 15, 20214 yr Like you all, I considered Norm MacDonald to be one of the GOATs of comedy. My favorite by far. Nothing to add to the previous pages, but thanks for the videos and clips and laughs and memories. He is one of the few celebrity inspirations with which I looked upon in awe and with the utmost respect. God bless this man.
September 15, 20214 yr Yeah, it makes me think less of Comedy Central for filling the audience with... I don't know who was there but I'm imagining Paris Hiltons and executives with their worthless children. I'm not a real student of comedy or its history, but roasts are supposed to be for the comedians, a ceremony in the religion of comedy where comedians just rip apart one of their own, as a show of respect. And then Comedy Central starts running them and they're roasting Pamela Anderson and Flava Flav. Donald Trump (no cr). And here is Norm Macdonald delivering a roast that is, if you're not laughing at the meta comedy of it, horrible television. It's only for the comedians, and it is hilarious. Edited September 15, 20214 yr by Celery Man
September 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, crimsonlonghorn said: I had to go look up the meaning of the "Jew joke." To Mrs CL's credit, she got it right away and she's not jewish. (although she does have a jewish sounding name) Can you clue in the rest of us Gentiles?
September 15, 20214 yr Oh let me see if I got the joke - a proper Jew would always go into some long thing about all the problems
September 15, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, Celery Man said: Oh let me see if I got the joke - a proper Jew would always go into some long thing about all the problems
September 15, 20214 yr I haven’t watched as much comedy as I used to, but Norm was one of the greats. He was such a troublemaker and I loved it. Haven’t seen this one posted yet where he fucks with Larry King.
September 15, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, South Austin said: I don’t think that’s disrespectful at all, and you’re right about his appearance. I had thought the same at the time and chalked it up it aging. I recall Ernie Johnson on Inside the NBA looked similar when he was fighting cancer several years ago. It looked like his face had suffered a bad allergic reaction. I guess it’s a common side effect of some cancer treatments. A long time producing partner and close friend of Norm’s was on Bill Simmons’ podcast yesterday and he said that he and, to his knowledge, most all of Norm’s inner circle was oblivious to his battle with cancer. Just very close family and doctors were aware. He said, though, that many quietly thought that Norm was having health issues, especially in the past year, but it was never talked about and nobody assumed it was cancer.
September 15, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said: Most of the audience seems to be douchebag celebrities and nobody bimbos incapable of independent thought. I love the roasts, most of them are hysterical. As per usual, Norm's was one of one Agreed. I think only Gilbert Gottfried and Bob Saget what McDonald was doing.
September 15, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, lateshow said: Can you clue in the rest of us Gentiles? Jews would never say it's going great. Their first inclination would be to find something to complain about.
September 15, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said: Agreed. I think only Gilbert Gottfried and Bob Saget what McDonald was doing. He got the jokes from an old book of retirement jokes his dad gave him. He thought it would be funny to do the opposite of everyone else.
September 15, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said: That’s genius. 99.9% of the time when anyone posts that someone “destroys” someone else, it doesn’t live up. But that’s total destruction. It’s like he could come up with everything in the moment that I think “I wish I would’ve said” after the fact. That’s true artistry. And just scorching. It’s brilliant.
September 15, 20214 yr I wonder who drew the short straw and married that Austin teacher? And does her husband know about it? I can just see him watching this clip today because of the recent news and her saying "hey that's me.". And hornian gets a new client.
September 15, 20214 yr Her husband is too embarrassed right now about her yanking masks off her students to think about Norm eviscerating her.
September 15, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, Not a cat said: I wonder who drew the short straw and married that Austin teacher? And does her husband know about it? I can just see him watching this clip today because of the recent news and her saying "hey that's me.". And hornian gets a new client. A boy can dream
September 16, 20214 yr "Today was the premiere of The Rosie O'Donnell Show. There were so many flowers. Madonna sent flowers. Elizabeth Taylor sent flowers. There were flowers from Regis and Kathy Lee...I didn't even realize you could eat flowers."
September 16, 20214 yr "And finally, Weekend Update would like to congratulate Madonna, who gave birth to a 6 lb 9 oz baby girl, making it officially the fourth largest object to pass through her birth canal."
September 16, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, Dutchrudder said: RIP Norm, always loved his style of humor. Those jokes are the best part of his podcast. When they transitioned to the Netflix show they cut it down to just two or three jokes. You really need to have a long string of them make it work
September 16, 20214 yr Wow, that started with Norm with Fred Willard and then Super Dave. I don't like this.
September 16, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Red Five said: Wow, that started with Norm with Fred Willard and then Super Dave. I don't like this. Welcome to being old.
September 16, 20214 yr The only good thing that's come out of this is that I've laughed more in the last 24 hours than I have in years. What a legend.
September 16, 20214 yr Norm was right up there with Don Rickles when it came to not giving a fuck. Get the laugh. Nothing else mattered.
September 16, 20214 yr That one gets me every time. And then I feel guilty for laughing at something so disturbing. And then I watch it again and crack the fuck up.
September 16, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said: The only good thing that's come out of this is that I've laughed more in the last 24 hours than I have in years. What a legend. Same. I've spent hours rewatching some oldies but goodies and being pleasantly surprised with some new clilps/videos. I've laughed out loud more than a few times. Rest in power, King!
September 16, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, Duane Moore said: I haven’t watched as much comedy as I used to, but Norm was one of the greats. He was such a troublemaker and I loved it. Haven’t seen this one posted yet where he fucks with Larry King. Norm was definitely one of the troublemakers. One of the SNL alums said he's one of the last few comics that just didn't give a fuck. Haven't seen anyone post the View appearance yet: The reactions were great, Barbara didn't get it, he was just relentless. The Cosby thing is actually funnier in retrospect now. Edited September 16, 20214 yr by ulukinatme
September 16, 20214 yr I can't edit the last comment, but Norm showed up in a Tom Green interview and basically described what happened. He doesn't really give a shit about politics, they kind of ambushed him with the picture and he rolled with it as only Norm could.
September 16, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, Celery Man said: Yeah, it makes me think less of Comedy Central for filling the audience with... I don't know who was there but I'm imagining Paris Hiltons and executives with their worthless children. I'm not a real student of comedy or its history, but roasts are supposed to be for the comedians, a ceremony in the religion of comedy where comedians just rip apart one of their own, as a show of respect. And then Comedy Central starts running them and they're roasting Pamela Anderson and Flava Flav. Donald Trump (no cr). And here is Norm Macdonald delivering a roast that is, if you're not laughing at the meta comedy of it, horrible television. It's only for the comedians, and it is hilarious. The best Comedy Central Roasts were the early ones. When nobody is watching, the jokes are better.
September 16, 20214 yr been thinking a lot of andy kaufman's cancer with relation to this, and wondered if norm's thoughts on kaufman influenced his total silence on his sickness. then i saw something (maybe on this thread) where he describes himself as a low rent kaufman. i don't know. thought that was interesting.
September 16, 20214 yr I would like to think he faked his death like Kaufman, but that's probably just wishful thinking.
September 16, 20214 yr Marc Maron reposted a interview he did with McDonald in 2011. McDonald said a few times that the one thing he worried about all of the time was illness and dying. Living with cancer for 9-10 years had to be hell. I hope he found some peace and did not spend those years tortured emotionally (any more that living with a cancer diagnosis would do to anyone).
September 16, 20214 yr 49 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said: Marc Maron reposted a interview he did with McDonald in 2011. McDonald said a few times that the one thing he worried about all of the time was illness and dying. Living with cancer for 9-10 years had to be hell. I hope he found some peace and did not spend those years tortured emotionally (any more that living with a cancer diagnosis would do to anyone). I listened this morning. Hard to hear him say his biggest issue was ruminating about illness and death knowing that within a year he was fighting cancer for the next decade.
September 16, 20214 yr Terrible loss for comedy. Fearless and committed to being funny at all cost. No shits given about your comfort with his jokes.
September 16, 20214 yr On 9/15/2021 at 4:33 PM, shadow_operative said: CBS: I went to school with Scott. Had no idea about this until just now.
September 16, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, Jerry Callo said: Marc Maron reposted a interview he did with McDonald in 2011. McDonald said a few times that the one thing he worried about all of the time was illness and dying. Living with cancer for 9-10 years had to be hell. I hope he found some peace and did not spend those years tortured emotionally (any more that living with a cancer diagnosis would do to anyone). *Mac
September 16, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: His saget roast was very kaufmanesque. I thought the same thing watching that. The audience completely missed it, but you could see that all the comics caught on and were loving it, especially Saget.
September 16, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said: been thinking a lot of andy kaufman's cancer with relation to this, and wondered if norm's thoughts on kaufman influenced his total silence on his sickness. then i saw something (maybe on this thread) where he describes himself as a low rent kaufman. i don't know. thought that was interesting. I saw that too. Kaufman had some great stuff, but I think Norm was pretty humble in saying he was a low rent copy. He had impeccable timing and a unique delivery. He was quick on his feet too, as you can see with the Courtney Thorne Smith interview and the View. I saw him do stand up at our local college back in '97. He spent the first 15-20 minutes ripping our backwater college town, but he did it in such a way that it was funny. Some people didn't like it, town pride I guess, but it was absolutely the truth which was what made it funny. The guy was fearless and never pandered.
September 17, 20214 yr Norm was definitely one of the troublemakers. One of the SNL alums said he's one of the last few comics that just didn't give a fuck. Haven't seen anyone post the View appearance yet: The reactions were great, Barbara didn't get it, he was just relentless. The Cosby thing is actually funnier in retrospect now.I didn’t think I could like him any more than I already did, but after watching him troll those cunts it pisses me off even more that he is gone.
September 17, 20214 yr Thanks to everyone who posted a clip. This fucking sucks, but maybe people will finally give him the credit he deserved in life now.
September 17, 20214 yr Don’t know how to link it because I’m an old, but I’m enjoying Conan’s podcast reverence for Norm. Talks about a lot of the clips we’ve posted on here. Nice because Conan’s is obviously able to really pin down what made his talents special better than us.
September 17, 20214 yr 23 hours ago, ulukinatme said: Norm was definitely one of the troublemakers. One of the SNL alums said he's one of the last few comics that just didn't give a fuck. Haven't seen anyone post the View appearance yet: The reactions were great, Barbara didn't get it, he was just relentless. The Cosby thing is actually funnier in retrospect now. oh my god that is fucking hysterical.
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