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Nah man. They were good friends. Letterman was his idol growing up.

@@tcherylp You just described a friend you quizzling. Having someone's back is the same thing, do you always rephrase what other people say for no reason?

@@serpentines6356 not really

Actually, the murderer friend offered to kill Norm, but his TV executive friend thought that it might look a little suspicious.

@@billolsen4360 It might have been outside his wheelhouse since Norm was neither a woman or a waiter.

Should be a lawsuit.

The sense of humour. So raw.

ya it makes no sense, maybe he was fired & poisoned for the Clinton jokes that led to the tRump win, so the OJ stuff is a cover story 🤔

Dave is great.

Norm loved him since he was a kid.

I think Dave just hated NBC

@@Drewitall54 a bit of both

I agree. Hollywood is a demonic place. Carson,Letterman, Conan we're the last 👍 Leno is a piece of 💩

The vindication most can only dream of

What a gentleman Norm was.Waitef for Dave to sit first.So handsome.

That look on his face when Dave went on that mini-rant was priceless.

Nice! And Carson helped make Letterman

Brother...I'm darn near choked up. I'm watching these for first time. Norm is really great timing his pause classic rest on Norm

Love watching him with Dave.

Wow, that is the best description for Norm!

You nailed norm! lol 🤭

Norm has that old timey flo…. A young man with old timer wisdom

genius.

Crying and laughing now 💔

been rewatching his stuff for years now, and now that he passed away, its so sad =[

That guy tore me up!! He just had that fry delivery that was flawless!

@@meanjean3023 I

I always knew of Norm but never really watched his stuff. Im watching a lot of his stuff and having to hit pause while I laugh so as to not miss anything.

:(

He was surprisingly sweet towards Norm.

@@teocantsleep4611 surprisingly? Real recognizes real, maybe.

truth

Who did follow Norm after he was let go, I can't recall?

Wtf

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😜😜😜😜😜

@Norm Meunier Worth it. OJ was guilty and one of the first people found innocent because he was a certain color. But just as Norm said, murder is now officially legal in California. It also started the trend of black on jewish hate crimes.

@Norm Meunier as a security camera technician, I can tell you, security cameras in the mid-90s were nowhere near the level of what they are today. Many systems utilized VHS tapes at that time, and absolutely everything was hardwired, so not only was it expensive to run the wires for those cameras, it would have been time-consuming and they would have had to cut into the drywall, which would make any young woman nervous.

@Norm Meunier Would you spend that money?

(That "man from a competing network" was far more vocationally-r^ped by NBC than MacDonald. I think it was as much about lingering--and justified--bitterness over old betrayals as it was about empathy for Norm.)

@@mulemule I agree with the part in the parentheses, but the rest is hogwash.

Letterman is a good man, as was Norm. Conan, too. They all made late night amazing.

@@lomarsweed6604 That breaks this "ol' lump o' coal's" heart.

I think it was his best interview ever. He kept going deeper,.asking the questions many of us had at the time but couldn't just post online and hash it out with strangers! LOL

From Ireland?

@@quiricomazarin476 no, he’s from Gary, Indiana. No one wants to tell anyone they’re from S-t hole Gary so they try to fool ya by putting their heritage in before “Gary”.

@@smelltheglove2038 Lol Michael did.... Normie actually is from an Irish village.....in quebec where Winnie the pooh was.

@@quiricomazarin476 I know where Norm is from, I was talking about IrishGary. Hey, by the way, I was wondering……….. You, uh, got any gum?

It also helped that he was on a lot of xanax and whiskey!

​@@EpicM1lkmanWhat a battleaxe! Now he's finished!

Shrugged off harsh times. We’ll said, I didn’t appreciate that this would cripple most of us and he seems as if he’s talking about something funny that happened.

Actually, he went out just like Andy Kaufman.

Drunk and in debt?

Most of norms material doesnt even sound like material cause his delivery is so natural.

Retelling his jokes is a dangerous game you can’t win

Best deadpan ever!!!

He could take a mediocre forgettable joke and turn it into a hilarious unforgettable joke with his delivery and his personality.

@@GeoffJRC his voice, delivery, cadence and his way with words can't and won't ever be matched.

Letterman made fun of NBCs execs when he was at NBC. The rumor is, he didn't get the Tonight Show due to that.

Dave and Stern were famous for digging on management, don’t know if it was for real or for material.

@@Notrocketscience101 the difference between letterman and stern is letterman isn't a cocksucker

Hmmm…. So, you uh… you got any gum?

​@@smelltheglove2038If someone has Juicy Fruit can you get an extra piece for me? They don't sell it near me anymore. 😢

@@smelltheglove2038”waddle,waddle”

Well said, and likewise. No one makes me laugh like he does. I laugh so much it hurts 😅

Good ol' Norm. Hi-fucking-larious!

Norm Macdonald and Bill Murray are spiritual allies. Everything is a joke in their minds. Every single word in a conversation is an opportunity to make a joke. You are missed, Norm.

Thanks for making me cry. ‘Don’t be sad that it’s over; be happy that it happened.’

I wish I had made that my high school quote, and or "I dont know a lot of words". (I'm 20) i came close tho with a quote of a buddy of mine, ya know who says he says "Everyone says stupid things some time i just say them lots of times"

Tig? Lol

He's like that small child strammering about having a dream where you could you could you you could fo anything.

@@Turtleproof Norm speaks like that Harmony jerk who made Gummo... except Norm is a funny, likeable guy and not a total creep

@@FIXTREME I've never watched any interviews from him but having enjoyed some of his weird movies and knowing his "artsy" name I can presume he's a pretentious arse.

I just heard a few hours ago and am actually still very sad about it🥺this one hit hard

I usually don’t get too upset when celebrities die, I mean I’m not happy, but it’s not personal. But between Charlie Watts and Norm, two of the classiest guys around, I do feel bad.

@@badbadmanly903 I know. First Charlie, now Norm. May they both rest in peace.

Well said 👍 RIP 🥺👏👏

Me too, Norm will be missed

RIP Harold Delaney

@@bshayc79 You, uh, you got any gum?

@@smelltheglove2038 hey, you...uhh.. gotta any gum? 🤣

@@bshayc79 Ehhhhh……. Enjoying your shrimp?

@@smelltheglove2038 you..uh.. got any gum?

Absolutely.

I'm partial to Tina Fey but Norm is a very close 2nd... theyve all been great though imo

When Tina left the show died. Although it’s had several deaths/rebirths

@@Fetidaf All of them? Really? Alright. You sound like a fun, easy soul to be around.

@@Fetidaf All of them? Really? Alright. You sound like a fun, easy soul to be around.

he knew his niche and he knew his funniest angle was as "just a little above" average joe. and to just deadpan the savage in there. goddamn that nack is missed by me.

Oh yes he definitely would know that - Norm was highly literate. God damn I’m sad over his death, like I was when Tom Petty died, and Garry Shandling. It’s like…. important pieces of our world are now gone and I gotta figure out how to make sense of the senseless.

@@bcdrummer1962 I am usually unaffected by the deaths of people I don’t know personally, except to sympathize with their loved ones, etc. With Norm it’s different somehow. I feel a real loss. Gone too soon, for sure, and we are all the lesser for it.

@@bellalugosi5853 yes, indeed we are lesser for it my friend. That said - guess what I just did - rented Dirty Work and I’m gonna watch the hell out of it right now :-) Cheers bro.

@@bcdrummer1962 Enjoy!

He was too genuine for mainstream TV. This was when the cancel culture PC bullshit started to really take. Norm and Dave weren’t fake enough for today’s standards. Just look at the worms who shill on the shows today

norm just didn't give a fuck honestly lol...he realized life was too absurd to take seriously

@@themanmachine125 You're his close family member, right? I thought I recognized the name HennessyOnMyPancakes!!!!

He helped me through my depression too, So I have started drinking again.

@Mr Heck ukposts.info/have/v-deo/p5aJrJ-lhqqByoU.html

Jacob Russell a

A fantastic monologue that was so good that every other comedian was talking about it with each other

Comedy = tragedy + time

@@WisamSafi1978 does that mean comedy - time = tragedy?

I have been watching all his videos laughing and crying

@@DavidaVeddar me too. I wish now I had seen him live. I imagine I could have many times over the years.

He's a good man though...

He was probably the best weekend update anchor SNL ever had. His delivery was priceless! What a legend

He sadly passed from cancer but at least he didn't have the disease of alcoholism, those symptoms are really bad🤣

Me too...I'm in shock that hes gone..

The last paragraph of his wikipedia summary ends with "He also fired Norm McDonald from Saturday Night Live." a nice little bookend to what he'll be remembered for.

He was no Hitler, but still...

The guy sounds like A REAL JERK!

@@themrreepodcast4201 haha Great!

@benadryl cabbagepatch Is that your excuse ?

I don't know why the audience wasn't dying. They liked it, but that story and the way he told it was really, really, really hard to beat. Dave visibly approved highly and had a good laugh, yet he had already heard it: you can tell from how he somehow knows when it's over. There's no actual signal in the story itself, so how else could he know? It was pre-cleared. If this had been the first time Dave heard it, I say it would have just slain him.

Even when Dave tells Norm that he does a good Cosby impression and Norm says "maybe I should play him on the show..." I've always thought the humor in that line got overlooked

@@ourtime-downhere6931 I miss the days when we could make gentle Cosby jokes.

Thanks Cronkite!

That explains why he was such a jackass.

This is on his Wikipedia: "Ohlmeyer is best known as the man who fired comedian Norm Macdonald from Saturday Night Live and as a steadfast supporter of OJ Simpson."

Amazing

And neither one of them owned a doghouse.

I don't get it. Is it actually a song?

​@@1988NickF It's a good title for a country song is all. Lol.

There is no shock in your life like getting fired. It makes you feel like complete caca.

And Norm is so humble that he was trying not to fight back. It's so disheartening. Those idiots at NBC.

Norm didn’t give a s***!

@@jameshastings5779 Sounds like you’ve lived a gilded existence, friend.

@@lauriehere6408 how do you know?

"...fired by a humor-free corporate shit." Thought I'd fix those typos.

ehhhhhhhhhh he was definitely one of them

@President Camacho I feel the top tier are norm, Dave and mr.ck

Saying of all time is very difficult to give to any one comedian. He’s definitely on the mt. Rushmore

@@igot5onit423 I agree. CK , Norm, Dave, Burr. They put in the work and are deserving of such praise. Norm is naturally funny. Kindve like a reflex he has if that makes sense

@@DrPhil-kx3ci burr is good at stand up but I think he's funnier on his podcast or in conversation.. that goes for norm to.. Ck and Dave are my fav in terms of pure standup .. But Dave & CK you can find roots of their comedy.. norm is the Exception to all the rules but it works..( if that makes sense lol)

I never watched Letterman growing up (34 now) but have so much respect for him after watching these clips. You could tell he genuinely was upset Norm lost his weekend update role due to bureaucracy rather than genuine reasons. It's funny, Norm was never really a main character in a lot of things, but I felt like I knew him better than what many would consider A-List celebrities. The pain from his passing is up there for me with Steve Irwin and Robin Williams, just absolutely treasures of our generation. As you said Norm, cancer didn't win, it's a draw as the cancer dies with you. Thank you for everything and I will miss you

at 20:56 Norm thinks to himself "anything on the middle shelf" might have been funnier

@@rajnandy7472 Loo lol lol

No the first time Norm does his Bob Uecker impression Dave laughed harder than he probably ever has

It was definitely him talking about intermission at the coffee play

Norm's Bob Uecker impression talking about John Fogerty, "You probably think of him as some f@ck&r who likes to bite the heads off of chickens" got the biggest laugh from Dave that I've ever seen. Here’s the link: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/nZmgo5uJeJqUy4k.html

Not just a tragedy for Canada but a tragedy for the entire english speaking world.

In co? Don.t know what that is. So sad about another great 🇨🇦comedian. We sure have a lot of them. I felt just as bad about John Candy. RIP

@@heatherdequetteville9184 Coolhand Luke. I make comments here using voice text. Voice typos baby.

Yeah cool hand luke

That’s awesome man. Keep Norm’s legacy alive. He was a true genius and a good man.

Yes, you really was handsome as well!

I believe he was fired on the same day that he was scheduled to be on letterman.

@@__nickinabox__5803 you are correct! cuz on the next appearance Norm corrects Dave and tells him he came on that same day

I think Kimmel or Conan would. They were Letterman's apprentices and have shown themselves to be guys that do the right thing. I mean, when NBC screwed over Conan, he paid his staff out of pocket. The moral of the story here is that NBC had a lot of idiots working there.

The hosts today are slimy little worms and complete shills.

He won't read this. Cause, ya know, he's dead

Actually, condolences to us all for our great loss at a time when good humor is so critically needed.

Nah, but he was a good guy........

@@jakebetts2885 no, it’s meant for a different one

@@Cantbuyathrill 8:40

Dave liked to have Norm's back and hated the higher ups when they screwed around with his friends.

He’s a diamond today.

Dave understands what it's like to get screwed by pinhead TV Execs coz he got screwed royally by NBC in the early 1990's when Johnny Carson retired and he had been 'promised' The Tonight Show, which of course went to Jay Leno instead.

@@filmneye exactly

Dave’s show used to book guests several weeks to months in advance. I always wondered if Dave cancelled a guest to get Norm on. I like to think that Dave was that kinda guy to show his support of Norm

This one and jimmy Fallon and Brad cooper.

Dave and Regis come to mind

@@tcherylp why bring up Fallon?

@@treefiddy5424 he must be one of the 7 people who think that Fallon was ever actually funny.

I think Dave and Conan top it. Dave went to bat against Leno and exposed the "real" Leno to the world. That was a bit more ballsy than calling an unknown exec an idiot, I would say.

its just tv man... you got the jokes here on youtube... you cant be simpin on tv shit... please... get a hold of yourself!!

It used to be. I watched the letterman show on BBC2 (90% positive it was that channel) in the 90's. I loved it! I'd learn all the top tens and recite them for the kids in class the following day.

@@andresromanoguzzo3845 Tv is just a medium, it's not different to you tube. If the medium exists and guys like Norm and Dave can throw a bit of light into the darkness, then that's a good thing. You get over yourself if you think typing random shit on you tube means you've freed yourself from some yolk of tyranny or another!

It used to be on itv2 at 2am

@@markbtelevision Not in the days I used to watch it. There was no such thing lol I think it was on bbc 2 on a thursdays, but don't quote me. I remember this because I would memorize the top tens and perform them for my class buddies the following day!

This literally reminded me that I had coffee ready.

there's something about norm and Dennis Miller that's hysterical. I nearly ROFLd when I hear segments with those two

@@jonathanbrown7250 me too… norm was great on these shows.

Writing down the Area Code for Ottawa and then just making up numbers for his dead dad. If anybody else had described that, it might rate a chuckle at best. Norm describes it and we're ROFL.

well said Tim! he left too early, but he left so much comedy for us.

it was a different time thats to be sure

Dave was excellent, but so are Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, James Corden, and Seth Meyers. Just bc you revered Letterman doesn't mean this era's late night hosts are thus crap.

@@california You’re joking. They are crap to middling. Cordon is crappest, and in descending order of crapness Kimmel, Colbert, Myers. The last good host was Craig Fergusson.

I never cared for Dave. However, with what we have now, I love the guy.

@@california No, they're just crap. It has nothing to do with a reverence towards Dave. In fact, I didn't even really care for Dave. The only episodes I ever saw were the ones with Norm. But these out of touch, sheltered commercial doofuses they have in charge of late night now are absolutely embarrassing. Clueless ignoramuses doing watered down jokes written by sjws. The fact you think they're good says a lot. I'm surprised you're even here.

That Harold Delany story would have been so much better and would have made more sense if Norm ended it with the revelation that he had gone to the wrong address and wasn't at a Bed & Breakfast after all but just some old guy's house.

@@hv3115 DelanEy and 100% true.

@@hv3115 but you'd expect that result, and that wasn't Norm's style. It was all about subverting expectations

It's not a true story. There are two Bs in a Scrabble set. No way they could have made RABBIT and BOOT without either overlap or blanks. But both overlap and blanks are explicitly ruled out in the story.

@@buntnermcgee6157 You’ve never heard tell of a boot?

If you pay attention to some of the other greats of stand up, lets not say stolen but they certainly borrowed Norm jokes from time to time.

@@yossarian1633 I think those you’re referring to fit more in the category of inspired than even borrowed. It’s hard to even use his approach let alone vocal inflection and timing.

@@Beer-can_full_of_toesFor sure no one has his style or delivery. Inspired works too, I suppose.

Any of us could recite these jokes word for word and not even get a smirk from an audience, incredible talent

my favorite moment lol

These are great. Just one nit: “highlights” is one word, not two. :)

@@dongiller That's funny because I had it as one word, looked at it and then changed it to two. There'll be other errors no doubt. Thanks Don. Fixed.

Every second of 90s/2000s Norm is a highlight

@@thriller985 True

Dave being given the ammo to rip into Ohlmeyer is classic. Also, I think that line about "[not being able to] produce a fart after a bean dinner" is a tribute to Carson... I remember reading about Carson describing Chevy Chase with the same line.

Norms said in a few interviews that he no longer thinks Ohlmeyer was the one behind it, he now just thinks Ohlmeyer was tasked with taking the flak for the decision.

letterman always criticized him for not wearing a tie so he started wearing a tie 😂