Norm Macdonald, R.I.P.
 

https://deadline.com/2021/09/norm-ma...61-1234833212/

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This one really hurts me. Norm is by far my favorite comedian of all-time. I've spent hours and hours watching every Norm set, interview, movie, show, etc. I could find. I listened to his book read by him. This sucks. RIP Norm.

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Wait... what?? UGH.

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Horrible news. Rest in Peace. :(

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I think this clip pretty much encapsulates who he was as a comedian :laugh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jJN9mBRX3uo

Well Norm MacDonald is dead.
 

that sucks...

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For my money, his best work was as Lucky the dog in the Eddie Murphy Dr. Dolittle movies.

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He was one of the best. RIP Norm.

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That was a funny story-- funny delivery. Not every comedian could do that.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjEvl43zYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmOTs36HFPw

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Just two general things:

1. That first clip Holden posted is maybe my favorite from Norm, just because it shows the weird mumbly stuff his fans love wasn't the extent of his abilities. It's a "classic" kind of standup bit (with a bit of Norm weirdness and understatement underpinning it) and it's...just perfect. Perfectly executed. He said he wanted something really good and new for the Letterman farewell and it was amazing to see that he could just decide to do that kind of thing, and do it perfectly, when he wanted to.

2. I'm a big Conan fan and when he launched his show on TBS I watched every single night for a long time, and my wife and I were watching when the moth joke first aired, and we were just flabbergasted by the whole thing. I told everyone who would listen to watch the clip and I'm so happy it's become, essentially, the very first thing people have decided to share in most cases to remember him.

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the greatest there ever was or ever will be. r.i.p.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Y0...l=I%27mnotNorm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNdP...l=I%27mnotNorm

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The funniest Weekend Update host by far. Norm will be missed.

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I'll be damned. Artie outlived him.

Watched it too...man 90s Conan is comfort food. Use to watch every night.

"No, no, you never told me your name so I just made it up"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaP2etvDc4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EsIFBs26o


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Yasi99n-o


The man is a legend...

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This has always been one of my favorite talkshow moments of a guest who has already done their interview hijacking the next guest's segment. Only Dean Martin putting cigarette ashes in George Gobol's coffee cup during a Carson "Tonight Show" may top it.

https://youtu.be/bKmadR4Ye54

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Seth Meyers' tribute which will air later tonight...

https://youtu.be/TX7BuYeR-4Q

:laugh: He aced that last joke like a master

Anyone know what kind of cancer? I'm just curious about the details.

Absolutely! I was going to post this but I'm glad you did it. I'm just glad I wasn't the only one who loved this. Norm was one of a kind and wasn't going to be held back by what, well, anybody thought. Of course it helped that he was a comic genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehBg...l=I%27mnotNorm

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I used to listen to Norm so much that I'd find myself talking in his cadence. I literally had to stop listening to him so much so that I wouldn't just rip him off all day long.

From Wikpedia - .Macdonald died from acute leukemia at a hospital in Los Angeles on September 14, 2021, at the age of 61. He had been diagnosed nine years prior, though he disclosed his diagnosis to only a few close friends and family members, fearing that publicly discussing his health would "affect the way he was perceived," according to his brother, Neil.