Understanding the Comedy of Norm Macdonald | Norm Lives - His Influences - Comedians on Norm 

Well yes. The conversation was about Bob Saget roast but he was roasting those huge celebrities at the ESPYs as well. So it isn't much of a misrepresentation if you don't look too much into who's talking about what instead if you focus on what they're saying, it wouldn't be too far in both cases. He got much more controversy and public flac for his ESPY stint. So it's gotta do much more with the emotions rather than reality,.... as it were. In short, sometimes it's better to manipulate elements in order to convey a point but only if it doesn't hurt anyone or falsifies anything. And in this case, people did think he was crazy for telling the OJ joke at the ESPYs. Still, I apologise if I have offended you. (Something Norm wouldn't approve)

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 fair enough, it's well edited and makes interesting points, I dont see much wrong as long as the larger context is there. Good vid sir.

I enjoyed the comments as much as the video.

​ @What I'm Talking About. In Journalism, manipulating context in this way is a huge NO, NO. Pretty much professional suicide. However, you're probably not trying to be a credible news source so guess it does not matter that much. But in my opinion it is a poor practice either way.

I concur, just imagine how much of his great talent we will never get to see. 61 years was just not enough. I hope hes enjoying some cheese sandwiches up in heaven. I love you Norm.

I’m just glad Andy finally started sticking up for himself!😂

I was gonna type this comment almost verbatim and saw yours as a top comment... needless to say I agree. Andy's timing is stupidly good

Well said

Wasn't it wonderful when someone was keeping the old comic style and delivery and manners alive.

thank god for the hatchery

Exactly. It's not the jokes that I love so much, because some are really bad, it's the character he played for so many years (an old rube) and HOW he gets to the jokes. He would digress so much before getting to the punchline that you forgot he was in the middle of a joke, so the punchline would catch you off-guard and hit harder. It's actually a principle of hypnosis called "Fractionation" that really sets him apart.

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 ....it was T’was !!

He was his favourite comic, wasn't he.

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 He was definitely his favourite guest. If he wasn't his favourite comedian, he was pretty close. He's mine for sure.

@@frailhammer Don't let the fact I supported you somewhere else stop you from being creepy, and projecting exactly what you accuse me of being.

..... well wishers would say humor is subjective, I guess....

.......I guess HE didn’t get the joke... I guess..... 😂 Im just riffing off your comments, read them again, they’re bi - polar opposites. Sorry you didn’t laugh though because 😂 c’mon dude, off the cuff, that was pretty quick. T’was a real comment and incorporated your screen name too. Everything else I’ve written on this channel is just a bunch of self indulgent horse💩,( including this ) but that joke is blue card worthy. 🥉🥉🥉 There’s so many layers to it depending on how it’s read. How can you enjoy Norm’s sense of humor and not get a little giggle? 😂 Truly , I don’t mean to toot my own 🎺 here, but in about six months Amy Schumer is going to steal that insult from Carlos Mencia and turn it back into a joke. 😂

Thank you very much! I'm really glad u enjoyed it and this really gives me confidence to try and make a doc. Thank you for a thorough analysis, fellow Normy!!

Me2

We’re going to miss him in 2023 and every subsequent year after.

2023. Still miss him.

Nah he made us smile

...... ‘Twas brilliant.... ‘Twas......but look at him now still shining bright like a💎........the thing I ♥️the most about Norm was his memoir and how it wasn’t about the facts but about the truths. Those were the things that mattered. T’were maddered ....’T’were maddered ...he T’were ; well wishers would say it was a draw👊& ‘Twas..

I love when people right messages to a dead person in a random youtube video

Was he good at math or something?

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 not sure what you mean but sounds interesting.

Remember the Bob Hope mask in "Eyes Wide Shut"....

I love Norm so much and one of the things he would always do is drop the punch and immediately change the subject for a split second before he allowed it to sync in, as highlighted in this video. RIP to the most committed and legendary voices of the last 30 years.

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 Jimmersin? Oh yeah! Love that guy. I think he’s still at the Circus Circus.

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 dudebut

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 a dude finish sentence but what at least.

Thank you buddy! It Really means a lot to me going forward and trying stuff like these.

Thank you! I'm really glad u liked it.

Thank you again for your second viewing!

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 You did a very good job. Thank you kindly !

Boy, he really had a great range as a comedian.

It is for me as well and yeah I don't think it was scripted either I mean of course he's Norm MacDonald. That guy had a legendary wit. But also if it was anyone else saving his ass with "a man grows", I don't think it would have been that funny. I mean it wouldn't happen anyway but just saying that there's a lot of significance in delivery as well.

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 oh definitely. That was signature Norm!

I'm not saying Andy is petty but don't you think that all the pent up desire for giving it to Norm, building slowly all those years since the Swedish - German Joke, helped him in coming up with his best line ever. I dunno, whatever be the case, it was a nice burn.

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 Andy is petty I think he grandstands about the Swedish German joke by saying that type of humor is offensive

He got norm really good one other time when he said something like, “Norm said he has matured. I can tell because he’s telling my grandfather’s jokes” It destroyed and Norm cracked up as he did in this clip. As for everyone saying Andy was petty and butthurt about the Swedish German joke I just don’t see it. I’m pretty sure he and Norm were cool with each other. They had great chemistry anyway.

1:54 -2:05 is a more concise explanation though.....there’s a part of me that would like to have just the small clip at ⏱ 2:00 attached to my sig line for everything I send😂😂😂

Just a small, humble effort to capture his brilliance in a few minutes. It really is difficult.

Glad u liked it!!! All credit goes to the Genius himself!

Really glad u liked it!

Thank you...I guess it was so because I improvised lot of it on this one while putting it rather than a rigorous, mechanical and kinda boring process that I usually had.

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 you got the visual rhythm in this one

btw really great video edit, this felt almost like a norm tribute. really well put together!

Hey thanks David, that's a really lovely thing you said and am really glad to hear that. It really means a lot to me. 😊

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 it's just awesome to see nice discourse...but I have seen these clips over and over again..but the edit I must say I watched this like a new :)

Truly a comic genius.

You’ve won a ☮️ of 🍞 and my 🥈🥈centsWorth👊

.......well -wishers, would want to know what some of your best memories ‘Twere.......👊☮️

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 hey there DUDE, I know you’re just going around and shaking everybody’s hand and trying to be the worlds best friend, but take a second and give your head a shake. I know he’s the one that brought it up, but THAT guy, THAT guy, might not really want to talk about it and you might not want to listen to it, you know..google his name and just.... look at it........

Fucking bots

That's a very thoughtful comment. Thank you!

Glad u liked it!

Thank you very much and best of luck !!

Thank you! I'm Glad u liked it.

.....just read between the lines on the blue cards and you’ll quickly apprehend . that sneaky little fella.👊

guess that guy didn’t know what a TRUNCHEON is.....a broken off. ☮️ from the tip of a Norm-al spear is definitely an old chunk of coal......amongst other things...... Edit- in response to a deleted comment....

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 Don’t worry about that kiwi , I know that fella, he’s got DULLARDork it’s a syndrome, and they don’t have any sense of humor at all.....and being around sheep farmers he should know what a TRUNCHEON is .....but he is an authority on kiwi humor and that’s what he was talking about so not sure where the miscommunication started.

Thank you very much!

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 Do you understand what 'someday' means? If I thought, It was gonna explode instantly, I would have said so. Some videos are discovered after years.

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 Factoring that this channel has 300+ subscriber and this video has 23k views.

@@NoOne-ky1er hey buddy, what’s your name. again👊♥️

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 No one

@@mridontknowwhatimtalkingab2777 Congrats, you have no argument yet you managed to drag this conversation for so long wasting my time.

🧵Doesn’t matter what you call those Lousy old jokes; they still make my Skin Crawl.......😂👊 Hope that joke didn’t give you the Willies because I used to work in a coal mine and there was this one guy, this one guy, Obsequious might be the best name for that fella, anyways after a while the Mine just became unworkable because of the Creep. 📚📚😂👊

.....I left all my Oxford jokes with Gnoam Chompsky and Batman and I’ve always thought PEDANTPENDANT looked so funny. Does anyone know if there is a name for that type of joke where all the words have double or sometimes triple meanings.. I used to call them oxford jokes because I learned them out of that type of FUNKNWAGNEL and whatever they are I find them pedantic so I’m just going to keep calling them PENDANT jokes until I can figure out the write word

Personally, my favorite shaggy dog story is about Wilfred’s cousin Winfred.......he used to have his initials monogrammed on this really large gold plated pendant that hung from this really nice gold plated chain. ...

Haha! Oh but won't it take hours.

@@whatimtalkingabout4093 It took Norm hours to tell it. And that's why I love it and remember it. I probably read the original joke in a jokebook, but it's a simple, short joke. Norm's story is The Odyssey and is epic.

DEPORTMENT OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT 🧵

We all still ♥️Janice♥️ she really was the best, and everyone knows her estate funds this whole city block, and all the JANITORS that come and clean up our mess around here, not just in this one building but in all of them. That’s her true legacy to all of us old chunks of coal. So face it , if you had given that poor soul a clue and said.... LOOK AT IT......then he might have understood your post or at least your POINT u TRUNCHEON.☮️ 😂👊 Sincerely, Im going outside and sweeping off the leaves or gum wrappers , cigbuts or whatever’s out there to make a spot for the next private investigation that comes in here and stinks up the joint😂😂👊💎♥️RIPJANICE♥️💎

Hey Thom who is droller than us all, I heard a news report about that guy, if I recall I was something about his public speaking tour...... Earlier this week, In an attempt to make himself feel smarter, Andy Richter gave a speech in front of 4000 Amway members. In a futile attempt to rebuild his shattered confidence after he was unable to understand the definition of a Ponzi scheme, next week Andy will be giving a speech in front of 4 Mongoloid toddlers..... .........Or as they’re referred to these days, scions of Genghis Khan that can barely walk.......

@@frailhammer 🦧god. What are you talking about? Couldn’t find a deer so

I would, NORM-ally, say give your head a shake but it seems that’s already happened a few times too many so go find it yourself......you can start...... by gettin’ that..... FUNKNWAGNEL .....out from under your arse.......and maybe grab one of them. books. ( ever heard of those ) by that poet guy......you know the skinny one.....not the one that looked like.......well I don’t want to talk about t......that person .......right now anyways ......you know that guy.... he writes those pretty stories.... about staring out at lakes all day...... and then he gets so bored.....he wrote this whole book.....just full of fancy words.....that no one’s ever heard of.....just so when you know a word.....then you can figure out other words......anyways after you figure out what a book is, go get you one them THOUROUGH-SUS books by that poet guy ....that lives out by that pond and then get back to me.......🤕😂👊😂 ☎️🎙 HEADSHAKE 🎙☎️ WHERE NORM COLLIDES WITH SPORTS -🤡 🤕. DON’T GET A HEADACHE 🤕 🤡🧵 .........PLUS.....stories from when it all began......and whatever else...... Call in Show with good natured Norm inspired ROASTED blueberries ( we don’t NORM-ally don’t run out but it’s possible we might serve up some raspberries once a week ) WE’LL HAVE TO CHECK THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ROOM FIRST, THOUGH..... What was the OP again? I forgot all ready...... 👌 okay..... Weren’t ? ...don’t you mean...’Twernt...? .....what? ... I’m not funny?...what?... I’m fired?....🎄😂🎄....Hey you’ll never guess who I saw Don Ohlmeyer palling around with down under the Queensborough Bridge 🌉 ....

.....next caller......get in the GRANDSTAND....oh wait ...I’ve got whatstherename on the other line anyways and that was just starting to sound like it was going to cost me 🥉🥉🥉3 cents....well that person whatevertherename hung up while I was talking to that fella with the traumatic brain injury, I wanted to help that guy but he’s talking about deer and stuff and while I have my own opinions about Don and all this is an old story and while I should just let ole Don RIP I think this whole part is fairly relevant to what we were talking about so let’s keep going.... I’ll give you a hint?.....

@@frailhammer 🦧❤️🥶cunt.

@@frailhammer I love you. ❤️😘