Norm Macdonald Tells His 7-Minute “Dirty Johnny” Joke (2016)

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2022
  • Norm Macdonald tells Howard a “Dirty Johnny” joke during his 2016 visit to the Stern Show.
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Комментарии • 694

  • @howardstern
    @howardstern  Год назад +102

    Stream the FULL interview now on SiriusXM: sxm.app.link/HSNormMacdonald

    • @QIKUGAMES-QIKU
      @QIKUGAMES-QIKU Год назад +3

      100%

    • @timcistone1431
      @timcistone1431 Год назад +2

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    • @Jeremy848
      @Jeremy848 Год назад +1

      ​@@timcistone1431 ll

    • @Jeremy848
      @Jeremy848 Год назад

      Llll) 4:38

  • @pedrosimas2642
    @pedrosimas2642 Год назад +3121

    "the land was uneven" is such a fantastic line

    • @GMaster7
      @GMaster7 Год назад +221

      "The earth was uneven," too!

    • @sushimaster77
      @sushimaster77 Год назад +338

      The chickens survived easily; they frolicked.

    • @sfkingalpha
      @sfkingalpha Год назад +6

      @@sushimaster77 too good

    • @greasyboy737
      @greasyboy737 Год назад +41

      Sounds biblical

    • @greasyboy737
      @greasyboy737 Год назад +11

      @@k-mart7475 i am in your closet

  • @mister_vegas
    @mister_vegas Год назад +2545

    9/14 was a national tragedy. It's the day we lost Norm.

    • @brianbacich9999
      @brianbacich9999 Год назад +19

      Legend

    • @bansaw99
      @bansaw99 Год назад +83

      Why'd you laugh at that?

    • @startervisions
      @startervisions Год назад +152

      Oh, don't laugh at 9/14

    • @betsybauer7340
      @betsybauer7340 Год назад +32

      I’m down a rabbit hole of Norm, I had no idea it was today

    • @idklol.4434
      @idklol.4434 Год назад +22

      More of a regional tragedy if you ask me lol rip norm you’ll be missed

  • @2wheeled76
    @2wheeled76 Год назад +872

    I don’t know why, but my favorite part of Norm’s joke is when he interjects “thank god for the hatchery!”

    • @lukefressell5483
      @lukefressell5483 6 месяцев назад +4

      Me too

    • @martino5742
      @martino5742 5 месяцев назад +15

      Where would we be?

    • @Booksaplenty1
      @Booksaplenty1 4 месяца назад +6

      @@martino5742we’d all be lost

    • @yesmate3442
      @yesmate3442 3 месяца назад +3

      It's just so funny how he adds depth and backstory to this joke

    • @sungazer454
      @sungazer454 2 месяца назад +1

      So much societal criticism pressed into such a simple injection

  • @TheSavageGospel
    @TheSavageGospel 8 месяцев назад +102

    “The chickens survived easily…they frolicked.”

  • @cdawg_sf
    @cdawg_sf Год назад +2302

    This is true performance art. He could read the phone book and hold your attention and make you laugh until it hurts

  • @SubtlyAggressive
    @SubtlyAggressive Год назад +2031

    The whole joke, was funnier than the punchline. Just Norm's commitment to the way he tells long jokes like this had me cracking up so hard. RIP Norm

  • @ry4nx
    @ry4nx Год назад +309

    i start laughing automatically when norm says "and by god"

  • @davida4607
    @davida4607 Год назад +762

    There is no way I could tell this same joke and make anyone laugh. Norm’s magic is that he can do that.

  • @danwiberg8537
    @danwiberg8537 Год назад +1089

    Props to Howard for reading the room and understanding a master storyteller was talking.

    • @daquanblackson
      @daquanblackson Год назад +15

      Howards a great radio show host. He’d make an incredible late night show host as well

    • @midnightrider2342
      @midnightrider2342 Год назад +62

      Anything is better than Howard talking, or Robin cackling. This is probably about the only Howard clip I can bear to watch.

    • @tubeguy4066
      @tubeguy4066 Год назад +5

      ​@@midnightrider2342 true lol

    • @Ard.cfc90
      @Ard.cfc90 5 месяцев назад +3

      Props to Gary you mean, more than likely he spent ages convincing Howard to let this masterpiece to happen 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @quainejohnson4808
    @quainejohnson4808 Год назад +270

    This is the only joke that turns into a Cormac Mccarthy novel and then turns back into a joke

    • @Fafafohi
      @Fafafohi 11 месяцев назад +15

      Going to pick up Blood Meridian soon. My first novel by him. Good place to start?

    • @friend-nn2zk
      @friend-nn2zk 7 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@Fafafohivery good place, amazing book

    • @Fafafohi
      @Fafafohi 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@friend-nn2zk thank you!

    • @Dunmerdog
      @Dunmerdog Месяц назад +1

      @@Fafafohiso how was it?

    • @Fafafohi
      @Fafafohi Месяц назад

      @@Dunmerdog haven’t picked it up yet. Still need to finish the two books I’m reading now. But thanks for asking!

  • @gpliskin
    @gpliskin 8 месяцев назад +66

    Norm's "by God!" he usually throws in during a bit always makes me laugh, I don't know why.

    • @coleweber1484
      @coleweber1484 3 месяца назад +5

      and by God, even the children

  • @rhahnabunaid
    @rhahnabunaid Год назад +559

    "My father always told this joke."
    Makes me think ol' MacDonald senior told this joke every year during Christmas dinner.

    • @user-ellievator
      @user-ellievator Год назад +20

      That bastard still owes me 5 bucks

    • @kenneth6211
      @kenneth6211 Год назад +6

      @@AstroBear11 E I E I O

    • @TheAmateurEditor
      @TheAmateurEditor Год назад +1

      @Rhah Nabunaid
      "ol' MacDonald senior" - I think you mean 'ol Gypsy Jack Macdonald'

    • @bigorange000
      @bigorange000 Год назад +2

      Only when his brother Terry couldn't make it for dinner.

    • @DrTimWhatleyDDS
      @DrTimWhatleyDDS 2 месяца назад

      This is a great holiday tradition that I’m going to introduce to my family.

  • @mikemck5150
    @mikemck5150 Год назад +175

    When the teacher says HOLY FUCKING SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT KIND OF FUCKING STORY IS THAT? I literally fucking lost it. Hearing Howard chuckling throughout the joke just adds to the build up. What a goddamn legend. RIP Norm!

    • @jam-nc8ut
      @jam-nc8ut Год назад +8

      I also love that the teacher calls one of her students 'Dirty Johnny'. Got to be a blow to any child's morale!

  • @zaartac
    @zaartac Год назад +24

    "The chickens survived, they frolicked."

  • @fuegofreh3648
    @fuegofreh3648 Год назад +713

    No one can tell a joke like this and make it funny like Norm. RIP Legend

    • @cybercop0083
      @cybercop0083 Год назад +10

      I love that the teacher has to grapple with her responsibility to let poor dirty Johnny speak

  • @Sully0020
    @Sully0020 Год назад +1188

    One of the most underrated parts of the joke:
    Teacher asks what the moral of the story is.
    “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch out of the eggs”
    Teacher says well you could probably shorten it a little.

    • @BakelitTV
      @BakelitTV Год назад +4

      Could someone please explain why thats funny? Shorten it a little? Shorten what

    • @Sully0020
      @Sully0020 Год назад +106

      @@BakelitTV It's funny because the traditional saying is "Don't count your chickens before they hatch". That's why the teacher says you could shorten it.

    • @bhedgepig9653
      @bhedgepig9653 Год назад +145

      Explain to the folks at home why this line is underrated.

    • @elducky9574
      @elducky9574 Год назад +24

      @@BakelitTV The whole joke could be a minute long, not 8 minutes.

    • @Sully0020
      @Sully0020 Год назад +88

      @@elducky9574 I wish it was 18 minutes long

  • @paulogaviola6828
    @paulogaviola6828 4 месяца назад +22

    No matter how many comedians we can watch on youtube, we always find our way back to Norm

  • @premsarin9866
    @premsarin9866 Год назад +342

    Fuck man, nobody is going to capture humor like that ever again. Rip to a legend

  • @wompevents
    @wompevents 11 месяцев назад +44

    I recently got “thank god for the hatchery” tattooed on my arm. RIP Norm.

  • @alexandergannon7058
    @alexandergannon7058 Год назад +288

    I dare everyone to try and retell this story to your family and friends and get a laugh. It's a tough one lol. What a goddamn genius

    • @voighta
      @voighta Год назад +89

      Can confirm it doesn’t go well

    • @btjohns2
      @btjohns2 Год назад +9

      I've done it.

    • @MattM0481
      @MattM0481 Год назад +8

      @@btjohns2 Same, I got quite a few laughs in retelling it.

    • @HamuraiC-137
      @HamuraiC-137 Год назад +21

      I used to be a bouncer and when it was slow would ask people coming in if they wanted to hear a joke. Some made it all the way to the end and thought it was funny

    • @anthonyconvery4331
      @anthonyconvery4331 Год назад +9

      I've done it, it takes practice. I've done the Kermit Jagger joke a few times and when someone has hear me say it before they laugh harder bc I was able to make it even longer... norm has such awesome storytelling

  • @3SpeedHolster
    @3SpeedHolster Год назад +51

    Someone asked Norm if he was the class clown in school. He said "no...I couldn't afford the shoes."

  • @DevonMessinger
    @DevonMessinger Год назад +81

    Stay away from Terry when he's uncorked the jug 😂

  • @Human_Evolution-
    @Human_Evolution- Год назад +652

    Norm perfected this joke on his own show.

    • @tapatton9
      @tapatton9 Год назад +75

      You ain't wrong. That particular telling was the absolute best. He was really in his element when it was just him, Adam and a funny guest.

    • @Nobodyevencares27
      @Nobodyevencares27 Год назад +3

      Absolutely

    • @Cenyon
      @Cenyon Год назад +36

      This version has a better delivery of the line «and from the town came … people».

    • @howtomakeamonster
      @howtomakeamonster Год назад +46

      this is the better one for me

    • @johningle1
      @johningle1 Год назад +25

      this is the best version. by far.

  • @threegreencharms
    @threegreencharms Год назад +94

    This is one of the most masterfully crafted jokes in human history.

  • @robertduffy5805
    @robertduffy5805 Год назад +195

    Norm could drag out a joke longer than anyone else.

  • @travisfletcher900
    @travisfletcher900 5 месяцев назад +6

    It’s not the destination… it’s the journey!
    RIP NORM. YOU ARE THE GREATEST!

  • @marknasuta1775
    @marknasuta1775 11 месяцев назад +43

    Stern being quiet for 7 minutes is a miracle!!!!

  • @og_bhaiyu
    @og_bhaiyu Год назад +159

    This man's ability to hold someone's attention is/was astounding. Rip Norm.

  • @mattsharkey8437
    @mattsharkey8437 Год назад +44

    The pauses actually make you visualize the classmate's uncomfortable demeanor while Johnny tells the story lol. Brilliant!

  • @MrSuperdelf
    @MrSuperdelf 2 месяца назад +4

    I think this is the best joke ive ever heard honestly. Everything norm said set up the rest of the joke. It was long and amazing. It also helped that Robin, Fred, Howard, and yes even Benji responded to the joke perfectly

  • @robertwalker387
    @robertwalker387 Месяц назад +1

    I was in tears crying at the end. Norm was a legend. We lost him too soon.

  • @pioung
    @pioung 8 месяцев назад +8

    I could have listen to that same joke unfolding for at least 30 minutes more without being disappointed. Storytelling is an art that Norm had perfected.

  • @JakeWitmer
    @JakeWitmer Год назад +29

    2:40 Howard's expression of being slowly tortured at this timestamp is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life.

  • @bobbywhite1645
    @bobbywhite1645 7 месяцев назад +16

    I've heard it a dozen times. Still makes me laugh everytime. Might be the best joke ever

  • @Lavender_menace_
    @Lavender_menace_ Год назад +18

    Terry could have caught up with his battalion
    But the land was uneven

  • @dtcarpediem
    @dtcarpediem Год назад +179

    God no one can tell a story like Norm. Even if it goes nowhere his delivery a lone will make you laugh. Man I miss him so much 😢.

  • @danprump72
    @danprump72 Год назад +24

    Admiration for him in Howards eyes makes me very happy

  • @monkeyslap7772
    @monkeyslap7772 Год назад +32

    You look at Howard's eyes while Norms talking and they are lit up enjoying every second of Norm telling this joke.

  • @Y3MINEM
    @Y3MINEM Год назад +16

    Not “the road was bumpy” but “the earth was uneven”
    Fckn Norm all the way

  • @mikey1836
    @mikey1836 3 месяца назад +3

    Norm’s so honourable for clearly saying it’s not his joke.

  • @kevin_nagle
    @kevin_nagle Год назад +62

    Miss Norm, certainly one of a kind.

  • @Romany1111
    @Romany1111 Год назад +46

    Whenever Norm told a story, I felt as if I was sitting next to him on the porch. Relaxed, captivated, and knowing...just knowing that I was destined to be howling with laughter in a short time. Or, more likely, in a longer time.

  • @ichris2011
    @ichris2011 Год назад +34

    One of my favorite things about this joke is that this post Vietnam era town still uses horse and carriages to get around lol

    • @apurugganan
      @apurugganan Год назад +14

      Well, the land *was* uneven

    • @YourHeartIsTheKey
      @YourHeartIsTheKey 3 месяца назад +1

      Just makes it funnier lol

    • @jarbackk447
      @jarbackk447 14 дней назад

      and that somehow there is a jungle with a village in the middle of the city Danang

  • @user-js8ud3ub9p
    @user-js8ud3ub9p Год назад +74

    thanks Howard stern show staff for posting this clip, probably one of norm's best moments and now it's being enjoyed by hundreds of thousands

  • @blackstacie_ibe
    @blackstacie_ibe 8 месяцев назад +7

    I love how they respectfully and lovingly hang on every word of such a nonsensical but genius bit.

  • @antileft6776
    @antileft6776 Год назад +9

    F*cking pure genius. God Bless Norm. Proof of divinity.

  • @KeatonMcAdams
    @KeatonMcAdams Год назад +58

    One of my all time favorite norm jokes

  • @GravityFalloutPines
    @GravityFalloutPines 29 дней назад +1

    The best part is seeing Howard's sheer delight as Norm is telling the story

  • @2weeksupnorth539
    @2weeksupnorth539 Месяц назад +3

    My life goal is to tell this joke in front of others and have someone appreciate it…

  • @kobbetop
    @kobbetop Год назад +200

    Man, I miss Norm. He told that same joke on the podcast with Stephen Merchant as guest and it was even better than this. The punch line was more honed ”When uncle Terry’s been drinking, you don’t f*ck with him!”.

    • @Uuu44
      @Uuu44 Год назад +17

      Truth he hit every beat on the podcast

    • @GenghisClaus
      @GenghisClaus Год назад +1

      thanks for ruining it for me

    • @kobbetop
      @kobbetop Год назад +1

      @@GenghisClaus you’re welcome Turd Ferguson.

    • @davidmelville5675
      @davidmelville5675 Год назад +8

      That's where I saw it first and he nailed it there. This is good but that version is sublime.

    • @andyt9181
      @andyt9181 Год назад +3

      Agreed. The teacher's reaction is funnier on this one though.

  • @GlenMcGlone
    @GlenMcGlone Год назад +5

    “Awoke in the middle of Danang”. Mad bastard.

  • @wpdoyle
    @wpdoyle Год назад +63

    I would have paid lot of money to hear Norm tell a 3 hour version of this. And I’m sure he could have done it, too.

  • @luciendevolontat2488
    @luciendevolontat2488 28 дней назад +2

    I’m in love with this joke.

  • @Luca-ez3sw
    @Luca-ez3sw Год назад +8

    "Thank you for that story Norm" !! Says Howard at the end.. 😂😂😂 i love Norm ☀️

  • @andrewmurphy5532
    @andrewmurphy5532 Год назад +12

    Part of the genius of this joke is there are so many small details in the story, theirs nothing that gives away what the punchline will be

  • @GlenMcGlone
    @GlenMcGlone Год назад +10

    “The mud and the blood and the guts”

  • @patrickclark1000
    @patrickclark1000 Год назад +7

    Good God. The change in demeanor once Dirty Johnny takes over the story.

  • @Dwightaroundyolips
    @Dwightaroundyolips Год назад +3

    He was so good

  • @esunsalmista
    @esunsalmista 2 месяца назад +1

    "Dirty Johnny, what on earth could be the moral to such a story??" -- Hilarious that even the teacher calls him Dirty Johnny 🤣

  • @johnfazzari6208
    @johnfazzari6208 Год назад +9

    Norm had them mesmerized. He's quite an orator.

    • @MrMotoflou
      @MrMotoflou Год назад +6

      He's also an incredible public speaker

  • @willyoung859
    @willyoung859 Год назад +3

    “The earth was uneven” is the best way to say the road was bumpy lol

  • @MikeMurdok
    @MikeMurdok Год назад +45

    Thank you so much for uploading this clip! I’ve only heard the audio a million times. 😂

  • @prakharjain9801
    @prakharjain9801 Год назад +7

    "And in this joke he's not dirty" 🤣

  • @sonofaseawarrior
    @sonofaseawarrior Год назад +5

    That aw shucks, ambling, laconic way Norm tells his tale (weaves his masterpiece) is black belt comedian. WØW!
    Special guy. 👌
    R.I.P. ❣

  • @Chreeeis
    @Chreeeis 7 месяцев назад +6

    If you liked this joke, you HAVE to see him telling it on his own show. It's one of the greatest things you'll ever see

    • @ADF366
      @ADF366 2 месяца назад

      Which episode?

  • @massapower
    @massapower 7 месяцев назад +5

    This is story telling 😎👍🏻

  • @jman7826
    @jman7826 Год назад +6

    Thank god for the hatchery!

  • @antileft6776
    @antileft6776 Год назад +19

    The Great Norm MacDonald. Pure genius.

  • @JFromAcc
    @JFromAcc Год назад +54

    Love norm. Especially on Howard. Only he could make this funny in the way that he did.

  • @swopnilgyawali2844
    @swopnilgyawali2844 Год назад +5

    BY GOD this was amazing

  • @jacksonpowell6687
    @jacksonpowell6687 6 месяцев назад +5

    “They frolicked”

  • @haroon420
    @haroon420 12 дней назад +1

    I was listening to this in bed, half asleep.. and I swear to God, when the teacher interrupted Dirty Johnny, I burst out laughing.
    norm had us completely engrossed and I had totally forgot that it was a class room story.
    I think that misdirection was the actual joke. Listening to a really absurd story being told by a child. 😂😂

  • @justingreen4450
    @justingreen4450 Год назад +3

    Your favorite comedian's favorite comedian. #legend

  • @mangasky7
    @mangasky7 Год назад +52

    One of the truly magical Norm moments on the Stern show. We miss you so badly, you old chunk of coal. Funniest dude ever. Say "Hi" to Bowie for me.

  • @monolithsound
    @monolithsound Год назад +3

    Norm was a national TREASURE!!!! Thanks, Stern Show.

  • @MisterKidd555
    @MisterKidd555 Год назад +7

    On behalf of every single one of your fans, we still miss you Norm and we will be watching your many genius comedy clips and standup specials until the end of time, sir.

  • @E1N101
    @E1N101 Год назад +3

    Thanks for reminding us of this beauty

  • @sideswiped6874
    @sideswiped6874 Год назад +3

    LOL that was F'n great!

  • @Maithius222
    @Maithius222 Год назад +21

    Norm Mcdonald is the only comedian I know where the story IS the punchline rather then the punchline itself

  • @saladtoss1
    @saladtoss1 Год назад +5

    ….. and that’s a joke to lighten things up!! Lol 💀💀💀… a legend

  • @XanderShiller
    @XanderShiller Год назад +10

    Best sit-down comic of all time.

  • @aaronlohr8477
    @aaronlohr8477 Год назад +7

    Thank God for the hatchery.

  • @Andres-lt7hp
    @Andres-lt7hp Год назад +16

    At lastt! We have this video on!!, I’ve been listening this for years, literally make me teary eyed to see norm like this. In his element, jovial😕

  • @resn_x
    @resn_x Год назад +12

    I've listened to this joke over and over but this is the first time I got to WATCH Norm tell the joke!
    Thank you, Howard. My life is now complete.

  • @user-gw5cg2mw5v
    @user-gw5cg2mw5v Месяц назад +1

    My favourite joke of all time!

  • @antileft6776
    @antileft6776 Год назад +8

    Pure and absolute genius. One in a billion gifts.

  • @CharlesRBiggs
    @CharlesRBiggs 3 месяца назад +2

    "The land was uneven." "The Hatchery". Hilarious!!

  • @adachi8902
    @adachi8902 Год назад +4

    Uncle Terry is an American Hero.

  • @alext2566
    @alext2566 Год назад +10

    It takes a LOT to make Stern squirm in his seat. RIP Norm

  • @TheJuggerClutch
    @TheJuggerClutch Год назад +15

    Getting a kick lately out of trying Norm’s most elaborate jokes with friends/family and bombing terribly, making them sit through the entire thing anyway lmao

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi Год назад +2

      I think he'd be proud
      and andy kaufman would be REALLY proud.

    • @lewashby8662
      @lewashby8662 Год назад +2

      @@KairuHakubi What about Andy Richter, the Swedish-German?

  • @thegiftedone
    @thegiftedone Год назад +4

    The GOAT!

  • @GlennPeoples
    @GlennPeoples 11 месяцев назад +6

    My whole sense of humour is just me re-telling Norm's jokes.

  • @RyanCoomer
    @RyanCoomer Год назад +15

    I am a local lawn care specialists in the suburbs of Chicago. At customers homes if there is not bathroom I have to hide in the corner of there fence to go to bathroom sometime it number 2 but I cover myself with a garbage bag so no one can see me. I have tried to jiggle customers door handles for maybe I can use there bathroom but they always lock there doors smh

    • @patsayjack402
      @patsayjack402 Год назад +5

      The rare perfect comment

    • @i.quadmegistus5768
      @i.quadmegistus5768 Год назад +3

      Some customers’ homes don’t have bathrooms? What is going on in IL?

  • @Fafafohi
    @Fafafohi Год назад +8

    Love that Howard let’s him go. He really DID understand Norm.

  • @SoupA150
    @SoupA150 Год назад +7

    So funny! It's all in the delivery.

  • @mattyjay8896
    @mattyjay8896 Год назад +11

    The greatest joke teller of all time! RIP Norm.

  • @privatepenguin3137
    @privatepenguin3137 Год назад +12

    R.I.P. Norm - exactly one year ago today...hard to believe 😥

    • @Uuu44
      @Uuu44 Год назад

      Was just thinking that when august came around. I can’t believe I made it this long without him. But he’s still here with us thru his favorite medium: RUclips

  • @Bob.Jenkins
    @Bob.Jenkins 4 месяца назад +1

    I listened to this while it was being broadcast - I was driving from Manchester to London... it's the cause of the only car accident I've ever had. Miss you Norm!!!

  • @broncobilly4029
    @broncobilly4029 Год назад +2

    He just made that up as he went. He was great. RIP Norm.