During the roast of Bob Saget, Norm got up on stage and read jokes out of a joke book for 20 minutes. Comedy Central ended up clipping most of his set since the only people laughing were the other comedians on stage.
I loved that so so much. He broke all the rules. He told jokes, read them from a book, paced them terribly, and paused for laughter when there wasn’t any.
“Cloris Leachman is here!” checks the book “Cloris, if people say you’re over the hill, don’t believe them. You’ll never be over the hill. Not in the car you drive.”
There was a site that used to offer celebrity AI voices. It’s weird and sick and sad, but also kind of sweet, because there was a Norm Macdonald voice and his cadence made LITERALLY EVERYTHING FUNNY. I miss him. One of only two celebrity deaths that made me legit cry.
Norm did have a brilliant mind, that’s why he’s so respected among comedians.
I think his Norm Macdonald live stuff is where he really shined, pretending to be the fool while dog walking other comedians.
Granted they often played into it, but you can usually see their immense respect for him while they watch like fans themselves.
During the roast of Bob Saget, Norm got up on stage and read jokes out of a joke book for 20 minutes. Comedy Central ended up clipping most of his set since the only people laughing were the other comedians on stage.
I loved that so so much. He broke all the rules. He told jokes, read them from a book, paced them terribly, and paused for laughter when there wasn’t any.
“Cloris Leachman is here!” checks the book “Cloris, if people say you’re over the hill, don’t believe them. You’ll never be over the hill. Not in the car you drive.”
Dear god, I read that in Norm’s voice and I’m dying.
There was a site that used to offer celebrity AI voices. It’s weird and sick and sad, but also kind of sweet, because there was a Norm Macdonald voice and his cadence made LITERALLY EVERYTHING FUNNY. I miss him. One of only two celebrity deaths that made me legit cry.
I think it was weekend update where Norm really figured out how to lean into this.
I think this clip is maybe the definitive “Norm” tone and cadence (as well as the ‘subverting the subservsion’ aspect):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thHWvoYfNyo