So you wear a hat...that's funny

March 7, 2017 9:19 PM

the live podcast is a tresure Norm MacDonald Live is a weekly podcast hosted by Norm MacDonald and co-host Adam Eget. The show features interviews with comedians, actors, and other members of the entertainment community.
Adam Sandler
Bill Hader
Jokes
Carl Reiner
And much more. Worth a look.

Norm is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor. He was best known for his five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, which included anchoring "Weekend Update" for three years. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne and made appearances on shows including The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. He starred in The Norm Show from 1999 to 2001. Comedy Central named him #83 on the five-part miniseries 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. His brother is Canadian journalist Neil MacDonald, of CBC News.

posted by shockingbluamp (11 comments total)

Norm's smartest man in the room act doesn't work as well as it might once have. He's the best comedian of all time (imho), but he's also a loon (also imho).
posted by Yowser at 9:43 PM on March 7, 2017 [2 favorites]

Also god damn it do I really have to use a VPN to see a Canadian comic, from Canada?
posted by Yowser at 9:44 PM on March 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

His delivery of the moth joke (yt) completely slays me.
posted by parki at 4:29 AM on March 8, 2017 [7 favorites]

a weekly podcast

As I mentioned in the Letterman thread earlier, something's afoot with Norm. The last episode was September and he apparently has since done interviews with Letterman, Seinfeld and Mike Tyson. I think his YouTube days are over.
posted by davebush at 5:37 AM on March 8, 2017

I've been enjoying this show a lot. He's superbly dry and so dark that I'm occasionally shocked. The interviews are really good.
posted by overeducated_alligator at 6:16 AM on March 8, 2017

Also god damn it do I really have to use a VPN to see a Canadian comic, from Canada?

How does one do that, out of curiousity?
posted by cotton dress sock at 6:56 AM on March 8, 2017

Politely, duh.
posted by wenestvedt at 7:32 AM on March 8, 2017 [4 favorites]

I apologize; that was lame, "America's Hat"-grade stuff.

Probably by getting a VPN into the U.S. I've heard that Private Internet Access is a well-regarded international VPN provider, but I am not a user so I can't comment firsthand on it.
posted by wenestvedt at 7:34 AM on March 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

No, it was good & I liked it :) Thanks for the explanation!
posted by cotton dress sock at 7:59 AM on March 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

I just listened to the Bill Hader episode last week. Here's the Spelling Bee skit they mentioned. And here's Song for Daddy where set wall almost collapses on Justin Beiber.
posted by mcmile at 9:25 AM on March 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

He had another funny joke on NPR (dinner party download I think?) where someone complained about a neighbor's bright security light, and asked how to confront him.

Norm said something to the effect of "I like to take a different angle. If you could put some kind of barrier between you and the light... yeah, if were you I'd buy a large bag of moths ..."

I guess it's a leitmotif of his.
posted by msalt at 10:50 AM on March 8, 2017 [1 favorite]