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Old 09-13-2008, 09:46 AM  
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Norm McDonald - concentrated funny

Vintage Conan appearance. I would love just once to make someone as funny as Conan crack up like he does in the end.

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Dude's so funny, he can make not being funny, funny.

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Old 05-29-2017, 11:01 PM   #31
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Uhggg... Norm is pretty hit-and-miss with me. That missed. I understand what he was going for. But that just wasn't funny for me...
I think you have to be prepared for what he's doing to make it funny for you.

He's subverting the menace of his reputation, and committing to a straight recitation of crap material. It's not funny in a punchline way, it's funny in a WTF/disorienting way. And the humor creeps up on you. At first you fake laugh to be polite. Then you chuckle because you think you see where he's going. Then he delivers a lame joke [like the 'for the birds' line] in a way that tells you he knows how to deliver and is purposefully sabotaging that ability. And then the longer it goes, you laugh out of 'he's sticking with it' bemusement.

He's taking the long view. He has, and has had, his whole life to establish that he can kill a room. But in this friendly environment where people respect and admire that ability, he mortgages it on something odder and more memorable.

Reminds me of a bit I've heard described, but naturally never saw in person. A couple of titans when they were first starting out [I want to say Albert Brooks and someone like Ed Begley Jr. or Michael McKean, of that age and stature]. They would go up to an open mic in LA and with no esposition or explanation, they'd put on the appearance of a folk duo, or a comedic song duo, each with guitars. And for the next 12-15 minutes, they would just try to tune their guitars. They wouldn't address the crowd, or apologize, or explain. Just deet, deet, DEET, DEET, DEEEEEEEEE, . . . . Dut, dut, dut, DUT, DUUUUUUH, . . . . . .[fiddle with bridge] . . . . . [whisper something to each other] . . . . . deet, deet, DEET, DEET, DEEEEEEEEE, . . . shake their heads, . . . fiddle with the bridge some more. . . . . . Dut, dut, dut, DUT, DUUUUUUH. . . . [walk around the stage looking down], . . . [come back and whisper some more] . . . . deet, deet, DEET, DEET, DEEEEEEEEE

Audience, 1-2 minutes, silence, 2-4 chuckles, . . . 4-6 minutes murmurs, then anger, then people walking out . . .. . . then more and more laughter, . . until the whole place was rolling about 8-10 minutes in.
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Old 05-29-2017, 11:37 PM   #32
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Old 05-30-2017, 04:36 PM   #33
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God, no shortage of Norm talk show gold. This Pistorius exchange just kills me. Norm's solid in standup and I love his sketches though it's not for everyone. But he's ridiculously good when he's just bullshitting around.


But my favorite is the long jokes. Only Norm could pull this off


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Old 05-30-2017, 05:53 PM   #34
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That guy's as funny as a weiner dog. Love Norm.
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Old 05-30-2017, 07:39 PM   #35
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Such a waste of talent.

Norm's personal life is such a disaster that he's had multiple people helping him to manage it for more than 20 years.

It's a shame.
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Old 05-30-2017, 08:13 PM   #36
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Such a waste of talent.

Norm's personal life is such a disaster that he's had multiple people helping him to manage it for more than 20 years.

It's a shame.
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Old 06-02-2017, 09:43 PM   #37
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watched his netflix special again. Norm is pulling a Mencia. The guy is a real jerk
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Old 06-02-2017, 10:44 PM   #38
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I find him to be amusing but, generally, not funny enough to go out of my way to watch. He does occasionally make me laugh. For instance I heard him tell a joke about his antisemitic ventriloquist dummy and it stuck with me. Made me laugh out loud when I heard it.
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Old 06-02-2017, 10:46 PM   #39
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I quote Dirty Work all the time no one knows what the **** I am talking about...well I mean they never do, but they don't this time as well. HE STOLE A CHAINSAW. NOW HE IS USING IT ON MEEEEEEE

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Old 06-02-2017, 10:54 PM   #40
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Oh shit...I'm watching that Don Rickles scene in Dirty Work. God damn that shit was funny.
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Old 06-26-2017, 05:59 AM   #41
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Reminds me of a bit I've heard described, but naturally never saw in person. A couple of titans when they were first starting out [I want to say Albert Brooks and someone like Ed Begley Jr. or Michael McKean, of that age and stature]. They would go up to an open mic in LA and with no esposition or explanation, they'd put on the appearance of a folk duo, or a comedic song duo, each with guitars. And for the next 12-15 minutes, they would just try to tune their guitars. They wouldn't address the crowd, or apologize, or explain. Just deet, deet, DEET, DEET, DEEEEEEEEE, . . . . Dut, dut, dut, DUT, DUUUUUUH, . . . . . .[fiddle with bridge] . . . . . [whisper something to each other] . . . . . deet, deet, DEET, DEET, DEEEEEEEEE, . . . shake their heads, . . . fiddle with the bridge some more. . . . . . Dut, dut, dut, DUT, DUUUUUUH. . . . [walk around the stage looking down], . . . [come back and whisper some more] . . . . deet, deet, DEET, DEET, DEEEEEEEEE

Audience, 1-2 minutes, silence, 2-4 chuckles, . . . 4-6 minutes murmurs, then anger, then people walking out . . .. . . then more and more laughter, . . until the whole place was rolling about 8-10 minutes in.
EDIT: Remembered, it was Craig T. Nelson and Barry Levinson.
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Old 06-26-2017, 10:45 AM   #42
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I suspect he likes the booze...
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Old 06-26-2017, 05:56 PM   #43
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I suspect he likes the booze...
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Old 06-27-2017, 07:25 PM   #44
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You Dirty Gorilla.
It's Baby Gorilla.
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Old 06-27-2017, 08:29 PM   #45
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It's Baby Gorilla.
That was to reflect Artie's [d]evolution.
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