ok, Jim Downey probably does the best Norm impression. not so much for accuracy of the voice, but he has his speech pattern and manner of speaking down pat.
+QuartuvLarry Norm MacDonald, loved by hipsters despised by people who actually understand what is and what is not funny. Norm is and always will be unfunny regardless of how many people say he was a genius. He tried so hard to be Andy Kaufman but Andy actually was a genius. Norm was a pathetic knock off.
The Truth Funny, you calling yourself "The Truth" when you seem to have forgotten THE Truth about this world, which is you utterly cannot argue with other people about 2 things: comedy and eroticism
+QuartuvLarry, I can't help but wonder if 'The Truth' has considered the possibility that Norm didn't do what he said he did. He said he told that joke at the homeless benefit but that doesn't mean that he actually did. It could be nothing more than a 'what if' set up. The punchline of the joke is Norm's dumbfounded surprise that it didn't get a laugh. Norm's naivety/stupidity/wrong-headed expectation is the subject of the joke
The joke would ultimately be on Jim Downey because it never entered Downey's head that the story may not be true. Downey believed Norm's story because of the outrageous things that Norm has said elsewhere (e.g.-during interviews). Downey and Miller wanted to believe that Norm would tell that joke in such an inappropriate setting.
I thought he seemed kind of crazy when I started watching his RUclips videos at first, but he's not crazy at all. He's just weird, which is completely normal and socially acceptable. Some of my best friends are weird.
TommYYZ He's still alive... but I have a feeling that Norm is one of those guys that when he does kick the bucket his last words are gonna be "Hey, watch this." Don't ever change Norm!
Big Kaufmann fan here, and I agree that Norm is way funnier. Kaufmann was more of an entertainer than a comedian, I do in fact believe that he went into the buisness with no intentions of wanting to be compared to anything in the comedy world; in his eyes that's just the way the cards fell. He was a hipster before it was cool.
You can see that sketch of Norm's on the homeless newspaper during one of his Just for Laughs appearances. Starts at 4:38. ruclips.net/video/89oBLT2LbBg/видео.html
@@andresmendozaondatube do the second comment's link. The first comment is from 8 years ago and back then, if you pasted a full clickable link in a youtube comment, it would be immediately removed.
I remember Norms interview with Downey. Downey is all about modern feminism, and said women make the best writers. Norm asked h to name 5 good female writers. Downey could barely get one person, and Norm just says "....hey you wanna take a call from Joel? I don't want to embarrass you because you couldn't even get past one female writer." 😆
Norm's impression of Letterman is from a Tom waits interview, where Letterman asked Waits how old his son was and he hesitated and said 14 (that's where Norm had his joke 6, i wanna say 6). In that same interview Letterman made a joke and started laughing just like Norm in his impresion. A true genie.us
Samuel Stote: What's a misanthrope, Arthur? Two Bob: Some bugger who fuckin' hates every other bugger. Samuel Stote: Hey, I didn't ask you, you black bastard Arthur Burns: He's right Samuel. A misanthrope is one who hates humanity. Samuel Stote: Is that what we are, misanthropes? Arthur Burns: Good lord no. We're a family.
The homeless newspaper, Streetwise, still exists...homeless people buy the paper for a quarter apiece and then sell them on the streets for a buck or two.
+Ignatius Yeah the more I watch norm clips from his shows, the more I overcome my dislike for him. (and I am not some sort of oppositional person with contrasting politics or high sensitivities, I just thought it serves Dennis short. Listening to him and norm together really hammers home his high appreciation for Norm's genius that few ever really can truly appreciate, let alone on Dennis' level; which belies his love of comedy and its elements.
Dobro Doggie Dennis Miller is not Randian in the least. He has become quite the neocon, which ia antithetical to Objectivism. You may have some education, but you have no discernment whatsoever.
Hes not doing Andy hes picking up where Otto and George left off and is running with another idea.. Its gotta be a jab at the famous ones who are filthy rich doing the Puppet shows you know Team America ????? Gary ??
***** Ha ha, thanks. See, humor trumps arguing. I love Norm, I have probably seen everything on youtube, he is awesome. Do I think he will be remembered as one of the greats 100 years from now? No. If only because he is so smart, and that is lost on the masses.
***** This is sort of funny, but it's weird seeing a guy have a conversation with himself in a youtube comment thread. I mean, I get it, the joke needs a straight man to set up the punchline so atomicfriendo and TommYYZ are the two accounts you use to play a duo, but really dude you should just find a real friend and build jokes together in real life instead of telling old jokes to yourself in youtube comment threads. At least that way you would get to hear the laughter. This way is still funny, but not as funny as it could be and you probably wouldn't cry so much when you're drinking alone either. Just saying'. Good effort though.
Jim Downey does the absolute best Norm impersonation I've ever heard, no contest, just perfect!
Nails the newsroom guy impression too. Holy shyt
It isn't just the voice, you can tell that he understood Norm and that comes through in his impression. Perfect.
ok, Jim Downey probably does the best Norm impression. not so much for accuracy of the voice, but he has his speech pattern and manner of speaking down pat.
You want to hear a dead-on Norm MacDonald impression, listen to Jay Mohr. I swear to god, he does Norm better than Norm does.
Jay Mohr is good but I reckon Downey is brilliant
Brewer does a good one
@@kriskross8908 this downey one is definitely more accurate
Downey is the best, even the : "They Hated it!" Delivery is exact cadence as Norm
Norm MacDonald has a style of delivery that has you laughing long before he ever reaches the punch line.
With norm it’s not the punchline , it’s the trip to the punchline that matters
Downey hits the cadence perfectly!
I love how Dennis Miller starts cracking up when Jim Downey starts his Norm impression haha 😂
i can just see norm saying '...... they hated it.' lol
+Frogfucius And the look after Oo
Funniest bit. Came back to this after learning of Norm's passing. This story was so funny and memorable
500 words on going to the bathroom in your pants lmao! The older SNL was great these new kids are real jerks!
I also love me a Norm story
"'-and they hated it.'"
I felt my physical self fall away momentarily, because I laughed my ass off at that!
+QuartuvLarry Norm MacDonald, loved by hipsters despised by people who actually understand what is and what is not funny. Norm is and always will be unfunny regardless of how many people say he was a genius. He tried so hard to be Andy Kaufman but Andy actually was a genius. Norm was a pathetic knock off.
The Truth
Funny, you calling yourself "The Truth" when you seem to have forgotten THE Truth about this world, which is you utterly cannot argue with other people about 2 things: comedy and eroticism
+The Truth Are you kidding me? That story is hilarious.
+QuartuvLarry, I can't help but wonder if 'The Truth' has considered the possibility that Norm didn't do what he said he did. He said he told that joke at the homeless benefit but that doesn't mean that he actually did. It could be nothing more than a 'what if' set up. The punchline of the joke is Norm's dumbfounded surprise that it didn't get a laugh.
Norm's naivety/stupidity/wrong-headed expectation is the subject of the joke
The joke would ultimately be on Jim Downey because it never entered Downey's head that the story may not be true. Downey believed Norm's story because of the outrageous things that Norm has said elsewhere (e.g.-during interviews). Downey and Miller wanted to believe that Norm would tell that joke in such an inappropriate setting.
Norm MacDonald is a genius. Crazy bat-shit cat guy kinda cra cra. I love him.
I thought he seemed kind of crazy when I started watching his RUclips videos at first, but he's not crazy at all. He's just weird, which is completely normal and socially acceptable. Some of my best friends are weird.
you're weird, @@calebmauer1751
Great stories... Could listen for hours. Thanks, Jim and Dennis.
What a legend. RIP
“I didn’t even know he was sick”
Goodbye Norm. We love you and thank you.
Homeless newspaper is a fucking hilarious idea. A human interest piece on urine stained mattresses haha
"500 words on going to the bathroom in your pants." ("Cleaned up" for radio wording actually more funny than otherwise too.)
There needs to more and more Jim Downey on RUclips…. MORE than there is!
TommYYZ He's still alive... but I have a feeling that Norm is one of those guys that when he does kick the bucket his last words are gonna be "Hey, watch this." Don't ever change Norm!
Raped
;(
He's dead :(
Need a full compilation of "Me and Norm" stories. I feel so happy and sad at the same time every time I hear a me n norm story
Dennis Miller makes Dennis Miller look like Dennis Miller.
.............where the joke and the punch line are the same"
luuke furtado like Lyle Lovitt and Julia Roberts ....
Allen P. Williams thank you for the chuckle 😊
I love me a Norm story.
Brilliant, great upload. I've wanted to hear Downey talk about Norm for some time now thanks so much for this.
Jim downey in my opinion is the funniest comedy writer of all time
i love how giddy Miller gets, like a kid
Norm is an angel.
Loved Jim in the "First Citiwide Change Bank" sketch.
+lmiddleman Is that the one where they say "we won't give you 87 nickels (or whatever qty), unless that fits your change needs" ?
hebber1961 Yeah, that's it. And how did they make money doing this? Volume.
+lmiddleman Love it. Can't find it. SNL keeps a hold eh.
If you come to us with a $100 bill we're not going to give you 2000 nickels..
Great Norm story!
Best Norm impression by a long shot! Jim u are a legitimate phenomenon! Best producer and writer and I will see ya at the library! Lol
God I would love to see Downey on Norm MacDonald Live
From what I gather, he’s off screen for some of those. One of the joke writers for the blue cards.
The major difference between Norm and Andy Kaufmann is that Norm is funny.
boo you. boo.
Big Kaufmann fan here, and I agree that Norm is way funnier. Kaufmann was more of an entertainer than a comedian, I do in fact believe that he went into the buisness with no intentions of wanting to be compared to anything in the comedy world; in his eyes that's just the way the cards fell. He was a hipster before it was cool.
Kauffman wasn't a comedian. People just laughed because they were scared of "not getting it". You don't laugh at Kauffman, you laugh at the audience.
Was Andy that funny? Innovated yes, funny?
exactly... if you asked kaufmann he would have never told you that he was a comedian
I really hope that homeless benefit show story is true
@1:10: Downey's Perry White assignment editor ...
To think that Jim Downey is Robert Downey
Jr's uncle....Hmmm, It makes sense where some of his comedic talent came from.
+Abbey Primeaux its not tru tho
Yes it is.
Laughs last temporarily , derision lasts forever...
Might have been a year ago but I love this!
You can see that sketch of Norm's on the homeless newspaper during one of his Just for Laughs appearances. Starts at 4:38.
ruclips.net/video/89oBLT2LbBg/видео.html
or ruclips.net/video/ruurUHYlGd4/видео.html
wheres the link
@@andresmendozaondatube do the second comment's link. The first comment is from 8 years ago and back then, if you pasted a full clickable link in a youtube comment, it would be immediately removed.
Jim Downey for president.
… He would be like funny Putin
I remember Norms interview with Downey. Downey is all about modern feminism, and said women make the best writers. Norm asked h to name 5 good female writers. Downey could barely get one person, and Norm just says "....hey you wanna take a call from Joel? I don't want to embarrass you because you couldn't even get past one female writer." 😆
Norm's impression of Letterman is from a Tom waits interview, where Letterman asked Waits how old his son was and he hesitated and said 14 (that's where Norm had his joke 6, i wanna say 6). In that same interview Letterman made a joke and started laughing just like Norm in his impresion. A true genie.us
Love me a Norm story!😂
Samuel Stote: What's a misanthrope, Arthur?
Two Bob: Some bugger who fuckin' hates every other bugger.
Samuel Stote: Hey, I didn't ask you, you black bastard
Arthur Burns: He's right Samuel. A misanthrope is one who hates humanity.
Samuel Stote: Is that what we are, misanthropes?
Arthur Burns: Good lord no. We're a family.
The homeless newspaper, Streetwise, still exists...homeless people buy the paper for a quarter apiece and then sell them on the streets for a buck or two.
Of course Norm would tell a bit about a homeless newspaper at the worst possible venue lol. Damn he had balls.
He did that bit on homeless when he was really young. Before SNL it looked like to me.
He had one about the homeless guy’s dog from way back. Maybe late 80’s/early 90’s. A classic bit!
Dennis Miller is good when he stays off of politics and pop academic references or in other words, lets the other guy talk
+Ignatius Yeah the more I watch norm clips from his shows, the more I overcome my dislike for him.
(and I am not some sort of oppositional person with contrasting politics or high sensitivities, I just thought it serves Dennis short.
Listening to him and norm together really hammers home his high appreciation for Norm's genius that few ever really can truly appreciate, let alone on Dennis' level; which belies his love of comedy and its elements.
+Ignatius He might just be a bit brighter than you, igno, on politics and most everything else...fk yo.
Dobro Doggie Dennis Miller is not Randian in the least. He has become quite the neocon, which ia antithetical to Objectivism. You may have some education, but you have no discernment whatsoever.
Dobro Doggie Really? When has he ever talked about Rand? You are grasping at straws here. And doing a disservice to one of my almae matres.
Dobro Doggie If you are making that claim, you should have the references ready to go.
Norm loved playing the cranky old timer character so much because he knew he wouldn't get to be one in real life. RIP, Norm.
@imnotnorm
Hes not doing Andy hes picking up where Otto and George left off and is running with another idea.. Its gotta be a jab at the famous ones who are filthy rich doing the Puppet shows you know Team America ????? Gary ??
They mean he's being like Andy when he pretends to not know why the homeless charity didn't laugh at the homeless bits.
I disagree with Jim. The reason one would take the PA bus from Newark was because it was so convenient, not because you were cheap. Just sayin'
Dennis Miller ...White Album...Wow! Other than that, I'm not sure
Well.. at least it was 100% good comments before you left yours...
Jaajaja
2
Dennis is outstanding when he avoids his dumb political views.
Cause everything you don't believe is dumb. Very understanding and liberal of you
Right. Thanks for understanding.
Yeah his political views like keeping our freedoms, and not lowering ourselves to depending on hand-outs...what a weirdo he is.
Romney would have been no better.
Paul Turbo you have no way of knowing that, you;re basing that opinion on your politics. Romney was right about Russia
// 2:10
Why are they talking about him like he is dead?
***** Legend? I don't know about that. I mean, he is funny as shit but 70% of his stuff is cock jokes. Ha ha...cock.
***** More than you.
***** In your hand.
***** Ha ha, thanks. See, humor trumps arguing. I love Norm, I have probably seen everything on youtube, he is awesome. Do I think he will be remembered as one of the greats 100 years from now? No. If only because he is so smart, and that is lost on the masses.
***** This is sort of funny, but it's weird seeing a guy have a conversation with himself in a youtube comment thread. I mean, I get it, the joke needs a straight man to set up the punchline so atomicfriendo and TommYYZ are the two accounts you use to play a duo, but really dude you should just find a real friend and build jokes together in real life instead of telling old jokes to yourself in youtube comment threads. At least that way you would get to hear the laughter. This way is still funny, but not as funny as it could be and you probably wouldn't cry so much when you're drinking alone either. Just saying'. Good effort though.
No Andy Kaufman imo. Just norm.
Laughing at the homeless. What a genius.