Hate to break tradition for these threads, but damn that sucks. Norm was absolutely hilarious.
Now, back to seeing Norm from Cheers and Ronald McDonald pics
Celebrities dying very rarely affects me. I don't know them, I just enjoy their work. This one actually does hurt. So damn naturally gifted. Can't even make a Paddock joke here.
Norm MacDonald on battles with cancer: “I’m pretty sure, I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure if you die, the cancer dies at the same time. That’s not a loss. That’s a draw.”
No hyperbole, but he was probably truly the funniest man alive. If you've never listened to his stand up, you have to give it a try. He was also the king of anti-jokes. RIP. I hope the Jaguars covered before you left us.
my favorite OJ joke of his from update was as follows
F. Lee Bailey said this week that if the defense only knew what Ron Goldman’s last words were, they might be able to find the real killer. You know, if you ask me, Goldman’s last words were probably, ah, “Hey, you’re O. J. Simpson!”
My favorite comedian who a lot of people just didn't get. Great on SNL, but was fired for constantly making OJ jokes when the head of NBC at the time was friends with OJ. Had his sitcom "Norm" which I watched but didn't last long, and had a sports show on Comedy Central that was so random you just knew it wouldn't last. But when you've got the respect of every living comedian as well as Conan, Letterman, and Stern, you must be doing something right.
He hosted ESPN’s Espy Awards one month after he was fired from SNL for continuing to do OJ jokes. He congratulated Charles Woodson on winning the Heisman Trophy and said, “That is something that no one can ever take away from you, unless you kill your wife and a waiter.”
My favorite comment about Norm Macdonald's death so far: "This is undoubtedly the greatest tragedy that has ever befallen in United States in the month of September". He would've loved that one. RIP.
Almost as sad is the fact that a guy like Norm trying to start a career in comedy today wouldn’t make it. Wouldn’t even get the chance to get started really. They would get canceled & crucified with a quickness.