Norms ability to carry a long winded joke from start to finish and yet still keep it hilarious the whole way through with his delivery and mannerisms was unmatched.
It wasn't though. How do you people find that disjointed blah blah blah rambling hilarious? Took him five whole to choke that shit out and then the punchline wasn't even good.
@@reaper411bThe point is he constantly adds stuff on the fly which aren't in the actual joke, and these are (without his inputs) otherwise very well known jokes, the funny part is actually his fucking around (improv) in between.
This is, I believe, the best joke telling I’ve seen from Norm. The way he almost adopts a character when he gets to the Uncle Terry part and progresses through the war flashback, getting more and more ASMR and even affecting a kind of old timey war captain kind of cadence etc, not to mention the “faaaaarr from these shores” bit and then staring off into nothing when he recalls the troop abandoning him. It’s just so absurd it’s utterly brilliant.
@@BradGoyvaerts I feel like this is the climax of the joke! it was so surprising from the plot and yes, surprisingly poetic. the moral at the end is just a sweet bonus :D
"You open the virtual campus webpage and BY GOD and you enter your username and password, as you remember the youthful follies that led you to choose that of all combinations of letters and numbers to protect your access to the campus. After you shake away the sadness you click on a button that says Sign up, but there's nothing up about the task ahead..." and then you lost an entire minute
To me Norm is by far the most rewatchable comedian. This joke doesn't only get better with every repetition for a long period of time, it's also hard to not look at it as some sort of masterclass in storytelling.
I’ve actually memorized this joke nearly word for word, and when I tell it, there are two reactions. One is utter shock and disgust. The other is unabashed belly laughing.
@@JH-qs7ph I miss him very much. I can withstand the madness of our times as long as I counterbalance it with Norm's irreplaceable humour, especially at the end of the day.
I think he's told the same joke before. I believe he credits the ejaculate story to a real veteran he talked to on the street. I hope it's true cause it takes a mad man like Norm to work it into a joke like this.
@@steamedyam Because she says the moral is "don't count your chickens before they hatch out of an egg." And the teacher says "Very good. Though you might want to shorten it a little."
@@coryc9040 It kind of reminds me of a scene in the book Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, where police snipers are waiting to shoot the cowgirls while sporting erections. I think that book was written in the mid-70s. Maybe the book was inspired by that same veteran.
He's like the Picasso of jokes. A normal person this bad at telling jokes wouldn't be entertaining at all but his ability to keep you interested through a crap joke is some of the most entertaining garbage I've ever seen. It's a mastery beyond most artists ability. "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."
Did you just say Norm told this joke badly? That was a masterclass, you wouldn't be able to find one person on Earth that can tell it better. Not Chappelle, not Regan, nobody. It wasn't a crap joke it was genius, even though it was gross. The setup through punchline were hilarious and perfectly told.
@@johnboylan3832 funny is subjective. You put too much value on your own opinions, to the point you think they are valuable to share on the internet. You’re a real buckaroo.
This is, honestly, the best joke I’ve heard in my entire life. The subtly and complexities at work in the construction, telling and performance of it are astonishing. Norm was, without doubt, a comic genius.
We get to journey with Uncle Terry, only to be interrupted by the teacher who brings us back reality. The moral of the story: when Uncle Terry's been drinking, you don't fuck with him.
Norm was absolutely the greatest comedian EVER but, let's acknowledge Steven also for allowing him to finish without interrupting like a lot of people would do!✌️🙏❤️
I’m sure Norm told this joke dozens of times and I’m sure every single time the joke was told differently… he had a knack for making stuff up as he went along…😂
Now remember, it's Dirty Johnny telling the story here. Brats these days can't separate different types of pistols or assault rifles for that matter. It's all Glock this and AK that.
@@laza6141 there are so many. Norm makes me smile and wonder where he's going + being so offensive all the time. He may not of had the #1 best stand up special at any one point in time, but he made me laugh the most over a long period.
At 4:36 when he lifts his hat, you can see a big part of his hair is missing. I always wondered why he suddenly started wearing a hat... bless you Norm. Bless your heart.
@@normshorts Hey why did you crop the video? Is there some kind of copyright on the original video of this joke or something? For some reason the full version of this joke only seems to be on Dailymotion which is a pity.
@@churbay1 I'm pretty sure netflix owns the old Norm Macdonald Live episodes now, so unaltered clips of it probably have a good chance of getting caught and taken down
I never thought I would miss a comedian once they passed. NMs humor was so offbeat and subtle that it was easy to miss. RIP Norm McDonald. The world did not deserve you 🥀
Norn is one of the few comedians who can make you laugh simply in the delivery of the joke...his cadence, his word choice, name choice, etc., even before he gets to the punchline
Life IMITATING ART OR ART IMITATING LIFE??? ONE THING FOR SURE IS THAT LIFE IS HUMOROUS!!! SO LAUGH AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AND NOTHING MORE!! ONLY THEN YOU ARE TRULY FREE???? THANKS TO ALL COMEDIANS!! NEVER STOP YOUR ART AND CRAFTS!!!!
The genius of Norm is that you hear his joke and laugh, and laugh harder the next day, even harder the next week and month, harder still the next year.
As a Brit, My first introduction to Norm was this episode of the podcast with Stephen Merchant... I think it is one of the funniest hour (or so) I have ever heard. Norm was wonderfully funny
It’s one of the best, along with Russell brand, super Dave, and then from the Netflix series, judge Judy and Carl Reiner, jane Fonda, not everyone is sharp enough for him but when they are it’s magic, I’m a Brit and he’d have killed it here, should have been world famous , don’t usually dig stateside comedy other than curb and Larry sanders.
Norm with an actual masterclass on delivery here. I’ve seen this a hundred times and lose it whenever Dirty Johnny stands up and starts his story. Legend, we’ll never ever forget you Norm!
I wish Karl Pilkington was on Norm’s show before he passed away . Two absolutely heavyweight legends of comedy , in such different & unique styles . Would love to see them on together .
Norm is the expert in these overlong, aimless, wandering, jokes with simple, dumb, ridiculous punchlines. That's the joke - that how long it takes to get to that punchline is as much the point as the punchline itself. I always wondered whether these are legit jokes, or whether Norm makes them on the fly and adds a lot of his own spin on them to drag them out.
I only saw this joke for the first time the other day and my god I was crying with laughter 😂😂 Norm's ability to tell a long winded drawn out story was just legendary. You know the punchline is going to be a huge anti-climax, but the story he tells along the way with his mannerisms and little jokes within the joke, almost completely throwaway lines are just hysterically funny and absurd 😂 All I can say at this point is thank God for the hatchery 🙏
As Norm takes you through the story, you're picturing the classroom, the hatchery - thank God for the hatchery! - and finally "d'Nang." You are waiting, then forget, and waiting again for the punchline. Then Norm delivers the final shot... like Uncle Terry with his Kalashnikov.
