Norm MacDonald Interviews Jim Downey

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @SidelerMN
    @SidelerMN 3 года назад +97

    19:12 every once in a while I come back to this to listen to Gary’s call. I love how much Norm enjoys his question for Jim. God damn, gonna miss you Norm

    • @eddy87su
      @eddy87su 3 года назад +19

      That was the most genuine laugh I ever heard from Norm. You can tell that Norm really liked the guy cause he reminded him of his people back home. He even has that thick Canadian/northern Midwest accent)

    • @harshailapakurty
      @harshailapakurty 3 года назад +7

      That caller was delightful and I completely agree with the laugh 😊

    • @harshailapakurty
      @harshailapakurty 3 года назад +10

      “If you’re gonna do four in a row, you’re not gonna have much time for pokin around the fire” oh Normie

    • @Sui_Generis0
      @Sui_Generis0 2 года назад

      What did he mean?

    • @nathanielmilner6646
      @nathanielmilner6646 Год назад

      I do the exact same thing!!

  • @scromtrulescent
    @scromtrulescent 4 года назад +84

    In 2005 I was an intern at SNL... most writers kept to themselves and seldom interacted with us. However, on show nights, I would stand just outside Lorne's office and watch the show with Jim Downey. He was open, approachable, and loved to joke around. I recognized him from a few 90's sketches, but only later realized how influential he's been.

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/KodqIPMbyUg/видео.html

    • @vhscopyofseinfeld
      @vhscopyofseinfeld Год назад +3

      That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing

    • @billbally4419
      @billbally4419 Год назад

      Who are u

    • @garpfunkel2876
      @garpfunkel2876 Год назад

      That's very cool.

    • @nicknoga564
      @nicknoga564 Год назад +15

      @@billbally4419 well that’s just it… I was just some kid interning there. Lorne’s assistants would stick me outside his office to sort of restock his beer/wine and pour glasses for VIP guests. Usually I was invisible to those high-profile types… but Jim Downey saw fit to chat with me for whatever reason. (I think because I’d made a reference to an old sketch he’d done ten years before). He made a point to remember my name, include me in conversations he was having with other writers, etc. They were little gestures that meant a lot to me… gestures few other staffers were generous enough to make.

  • @Densemankat
    @Densemankat 11 лет назад +153

    Had no idea Jim Downey was the "I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul" guy from Billy Madison.

    • @812DirtyJ
      @812DirtyJ 6 лет назад +18

      also, one of the bums in Dirty work

    • @lordmonty9421
      @lordmonty9421 3 года назад +5

      I knew that. I totally knew that. Jim Downey rocks.

    • @king_draculakid6711
      @king_draculakid6711 3 года назад +5

      He’s also in There Will Be Blood. :)
      RIP NORM

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 3 года назад +1

      He wrote the famous First CityWide Change Bank sketches and is in those too. I was so stoned the first time I saw those in 1991 and laughed so hard at its absurdity that I thought I had gone insane... ruclips.net/video/CXDxNCzUspM/видео.html ruclips.net/video/KodqIPMbyUg/видео.html

    • @murderc27
      @murderc27 2 года назад +1

      @@lordmonty9421 okay, easy fella.

  • @zg9445
    @zg9445 Год назад +27

    I wish I could have called in to ask Jim where he gets his ideas from 😂😂😂

    • @MrVisde
      @MrVisde Год назад +6

      “What’ve you got poking in the fire?” is the next best question 😂

    • @JanGottschau
      @JanGottschau Год назад

      😂

  • @chrismoseley349
    @chrismoseley349 Год назад +12

    I love the "change" sketch Jim did. It was a sketch about a bank and he spent like two minutes talking about different combinations of change they could give out. F'ing hilarious.

  • @Sh0n0
    @Sh0n0 Год назад +7

    19:59 is basically the origin of eget’s ‘where do you get your ideas from question

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 Год назад

      I wonder if that was a set up by Norm, a genuine question, or just a random funny guy

    • @bmh18172
      @bmh18172 3 месяца назад

      In a Loveline appearance a radio caller asks Norm where he gets his ideas from and Norm responds “how did you come up with that question? Same way, just thinking of stuff”

  • @mightisright
    @mightisright 9 лет назад +62

    This is basically a precursor to Norm's podcast. So funny.

    • @luukeluketer1024
      @luukeluketer1024 7 лет назад +9

      He's just a cursor now .......Letterman 25th July.....

    • @BigNorm69
      @BigNorm69 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@mackhomie6he is now

  • @Roy__Batty
    @Roy__Batty 7 лет назад +39

    “So Jim, whaddaya got poking around in the fire?”

    • @edmcboy7746
      @edmcboy7746 7 лет назад +11

      That was pretty funny but a better question would have been to ask him where he gets his ideas from. To each his own, I suppose.

    • @Roy__Batty
      @Roy__Batty 7 лет назад +3

      Ed McBoy “Ed McBoy” is fucking amazing

    • @edmcboy7746
      @edmcboy7746 7 лет назад +3

      Yes, it is. Carl Reiner coined it during his Norm Macdonald Live episode. It's genius.

    • @francisdaly1757
      @francisdaly1757 3 года назад

      Sounds like something Norm would ask

  • @dashrirprock
    @dashrirprock 9 лет назад +77

    At 30:56 Norm asks, "Who was the funniest guy ever on Saturday Night Live?"
    Downey eventually begins naming names...
    Norm finally says, "That's interesting you didn't mention a woman."
    Downey: "Oh, I thought you said 'the funniest guys'?"
    Norm: "No, I said 'the funniest performers.'"

    • @daviddavid1972
      @daviddavid1972 7 лет назад +2

      point?

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 7 лет назад +4

      david wood it's sorta funny

    • @Wingoball69
      @Wingoball69 7 лет назад +15

      Really dude? its a joke, you're watching a norm macdonald interview. If u don't see the humor in mr dashriprock's comment then you probably shouldn't be here.

    • @murderc27
      @murderc27 5 лет назад +1

      david w Is that supposed to be a takeoff from the joke or are you really that stupid?

    • @SOS-School_Of_Survival
      @SOS-School_Of_Survival 5 лет назад +13

      He's a provocateur

  • @Daniel-RunToRoyal
    @Daniel-RunToRoyal 11 лет назад +38

    So ahhh Jim, ahhh what do you got poking in the fire?? LOL!!!!!

    • @gaylordmcgillicuddy8745
      @gaylordmcgillicuddy8745 6 лет назад +11

      I almost thought that was a planted call.
      It was just too perfect lol...

  • @chasedwards9626
    @chasedwards9626 Год назад +16

    Norm using his opportunity as guest host to troll his old friend and corner him into saying something sexist is so classic.

    • @synchc
      @synchc Год назад +6

      This is probably the best chemistry I've ever seen from Norm. You can tell these two have an absolutely solid gold history, friendship and a profound respect for one another. Almost everything Norm says he's either baiting Jim, trying to derail him or sharing an in-joke and Jim's just ploughing on, trying to be professional and not laugh. Jus' two ol' lumps of coal with 1000 carat cores and a gold nugget of an interview for posterity.

  • @jthunderstriker
    @jthunderstriker 11 лет назад +30

    This is great. 2 geniuses having a conversation.

    • @albertfish1227
      @albertfish1227 3 года назад +3

      Real meeting of the the mindddd.

    • @craggles7538
      @craggles7538 Год назад +3

      Are they good at math or something?

    • @synchc
      @synchc Год назад +1

      Yeah, there's a real stream of consciousness going on.

  • @RoryMonaghan
    @RoryMonaghan 11 лет назад +50

    It's a pity Jim doesn't do more acting himself. His Dead Pan delivery is excellent

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/KodqIPMbyUg/видео.html

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription 11 месяцев назад +1

      Seriously. His bit part in Billy Madison features some of the best deadpan comic delivery I’ve ever seen.

  • @FlanzShirt
    @FlanzShirt 10 лет назад +41

    It's a true credit to Norm (though his fans already know this) that all of the significant Harvard Lampoon writers LOVE Norm. Jim, Steve O'Donnell, Conan....Funny people know funny. Norm is the best of the best.

    • @ImnotNorm
      @ImnotNorm 7 лет назад +18

      Flanz Shirt You don't have to be from ivy league schools to know what's funny

    • @Gush27
      @Gush27 7 лет назад +3

      Love your videos! Great to see you on all of these Norm videos, nice to know there's a small community of us starving for Norm content. What's your favorite podcast episode? Mine is the Andy Dick and Todd Glass interviews.

    • @nostalgiajunkie
      @nostalgiajunkie 5 лет назад +1

      I'm not Norm I mean he’s known as a comedian’s comedian so it would make sense to refer to really funny people who’ve gone on record listing him as a favorite. Don’t simplify things, comedy can get complicated, especially when you’re dealing with norm or other Kauffman-esque comedians. A lot of the times the fact that the audience doesn’t understand IS the joke

    • @bmh18172
      @bmh18172 Год назад

      @@ImnotNorm rare comment

  • @saaketh83
    @saaketh83 2 года назад +6

    A real meeting of the minds. Like for real. Miss you norm, love you Jim.

  • @TheMitchyevans
    @TheMitchyevans 3 года назад +7

    30:54 Norm asks who the funniest guy on SNL was, then traps him a minute later by saying he asked who the best performer. A good gag, and he had Downey stumbling over himself.

  • @madforit2
    @madforit2 6 лет назад +32

    That guy who rang in on 19:25 is hilarious

    • @pennystocklocks
      @pennystocklocks 2 года назад +6

      Norm 100% set that up

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 Год назад +1

      “What you got pokin’ in the fire?”

    • @madforit2
      @madforit2 3 месяца назад

      @@pennystocklocks It sounds like it is a set up but I'm not sure. Think it could be genuine

  • @rockitmorton
    @rockitmorton 10 лет назад +42

    Name five great women writers on Saturday Night Live...... Hey you want to take a call from Joel!

    • @rockitmorton
      @rockitmorton 4 года назад

      @Aramis3737 Great idea! I completely understand what you're referring to 24:45

  • @WillHerndon
    @WillHerndon Год назад +6

    23:13 Norm pretending to praise Kristen Wiig "I saw her doing something on Update, I dunno what it was but she talked real fast? Man, she's good" lmao

  • @cassandragee6589
    @cassandragee6589 3 месяца назад

    To whom it may concern I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

  • @luukeluketer1024
    @luukeluketer1024 10 лет назад +10

    Wow...Jim Downey knows his shit inside out.........

    • @Roggiedodgie
      @Roggiedodgie 7 лет назад +2

      Until he starts praising Obama

    • @natwolf687
      @natwolf687 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@Roggiedodgie Oh, you're like that.

  • @ludwigfan3013
    @ludwigfan3013 5 лет назад +13

    I had a life, a house, cars, respect in the community, suddenly it was all taken away. I think I finally realized how low I sunk. One day I was at my daughters soccer game, she lives with her mom, when I was standing on the sidelines and a cop came up and asked me to move along. That's when it hit me, I'm not even a human be...

    • @jewfroDZak
      @jewfroDZak 4 года назад +10

      Heres your two dollars!

  • @maya-em4mr
    @maya-em4mr 7 лет назад +4

    Jim May God Have Mercy On Your Soul Downey

  • @johnlilly0
    @johnlilly0 3 года назад +7

    I'd say Jim Downey's commentary about Hillary Clinton's failure to take Obama seriously (at around 11:00) both is correct and eerily foreshadows her fate as a candidate against Donald Trump in 2016. Weird--but not surprising given that Jim Downey is an astute observer and analyst of lots of stuff in my experience.
    Anyway, like a lot of people I'm watching this because I'm missing Norm MacDonald, and also because RUclips apparently knows that about me and keeps shoving his stuff down my throat. To my great delight, I might add.

  • @JaneDoe-zr4px
    @JaneDoe-zr4px 8 лет назад +30

    I adore Norm on tv and in movies but would love him to do more radio. Love his intelligence, voice and sleepy/mellow quality. Also when he's in his super-sleepy-Xanax mode, he gives major ASMR tingles. Norm rules.

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 7 лет назад +2

      Jane Doe he gives major asmr tingles? what in the hell does that mean

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 7 лет назад +6

      Aha I was just typing that same question when I saw my own comment from two months ago

    • @Dhardy316
      @Dhardy316 Год назад

      I would love him to do more radio also!!

  • @grands1am
    @grands1am 11 лет назад +16

    I listened to this just because I'll listen to anything with Norm, but now I know that Jim Downey is the guy who did the hilarious Grayson Moorhead Securities commercial from SNL.

    • @adamcoe
      @adamcoe Год назад

      If My Wife Calls

  • @KingMinosxxvi
    @KingMinosxxvi 3 года назад +8

    Obama was such a great salesman Americans forgot the war was going on.

  • @quiet1234
    @quiet1234 10 лет назад +27

    Norm is such a troll. But his friends get it, as you can tell with the way Jim handles the interview, anyone else would think norms being a rude interviewer but his friends know that hes just joshin em :)

    • @normmacdonaldrules4602
      @normmacdonaldrules4602 8 лет назад +6

      +quiet1234
      My name is Josh and FUCK YOU!

    • @MichaelStarkey
      @MichaelStarkey 6 лет назад +2

      They are friends and writing geniuses. The whole show is a gag, and on fire.

  • @mischiefmikeyo
    @mischiefmikeyo 7 лет назад +12

    norms laugh when that caller asks what jims got going is the funniest part of this. must be fun being famous and having people ask you idiotic questions

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 Год назад

      I thought the caller did that as a joke, I hope so cos I thought it was hilarious

  • @Bd951
    @Bd951 3 года назад +2

    The amount of jokes and sketches this guy has written over the years is probably staggering.

  • @kaithongsavanh3649
    @kaithongsavanh3649 4 года назад +2

    Jim Downey worked with Norm at that duo also did the “Celebrity Jeopardy” skits. It was Norm and Jim who wrote all those.

  • @utopian3d
    @utopian3d 4 года назад +9

    Norm: name 5 great woman writers.
    Downey: uhhhhhhh

  • @aliofly
    @aliofly 6 лет назад +8

    7:00 Norm already noticing in 2008 that 'fake news' had been co-opted

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 3 года назад

      And calling out the female double standard

    • @opaljk4835
      @opaljk4835 Год назад +1

      @@Roescoethe female double standard…which one?

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe Год назад

      @@opaljk4835
      "That's interesting you didn't mention a woman."
      Downey: "Oh, I thought you said 'the funniest guys'?"
      Norm: "No, I said 'the funniest performers.'" He knows they're not any good in comparison to guys, but that's not funny.
      So uh Double standard? HAHA you must be out of your mind.

    • @opaljk4835
      @opaljk4835 Год назад

      @@Roescoe comparing woman to each other vs comparing guys to each other is a double standard?

  • @veespa_
    @veespa_ 4 года назад +5

    “...he has a question I’ve always wanted to know about!”
    “yea, hey Jim, I am really curious & have always wondered... where do you get your ideas from?”

    • @mattbowman9526
      @mattbowman9526 4 года назад +1

      Frank Stallone

    • @pj545
      @pj545 3 года назад

      Super Dave's response to this is so damn funny!

  • @BunnyMan456
    @BunnyMan456 7 лет назад +10

    Jim is apparently Robert Downey Jr.'s uncle.

  • @MelBrewer
    @MelBrewer 5 лет назад +3

    Hard to believe Downeey when he says the heavy drug use stopped in season 3. Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Belushi all had bad drug problems throughout their time on the show, which the living ones admit to.

    • @pts5217
      @pts5217 3 года назад +3

      Thought the same thing. It seemed to end more like after 4/5 years. Lorne Michaels started cracking down after Belushi got really out of control.

  • @mpoukanouka6622
    @mpoukanouka6622 3 года назад +5

    I love how even the first 15 minutes of them bloviating about politics is practically a lame half arsed bit, because that's what the Dennis Miller crowd usually wants to hear

  • @johnwalsh6998
    @johnwalsh6998 4 года назад +2

    I really, really want to fix that image box around Downey so it’s lined up with Norm’s.

  • @JoJaDaRu
    @JoJaDaRu 11 лет назад +7

    Great upload, this is what youtube is all about. Not some stupid vlog.

    • @00001Rob
      @00001Rob 4 года назад +1

      They still suck 7 years later 😁

  • @josephkelley8641
    @josephkelley8641 4 года назад

    Posting below made me recall the beautiful, classy, hysterical Marilyn Suzanne Miller - who taught
    comedy-writing around NYC for those lucky-enough to get in. (Monday night 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. - the great
    Joe Minion a few seats away).
    .

    • @josephkelley8641
      @josephkelley8641 4 года назад

      Marilyn being the former Head Writer of SNL - a real hottie from the Midwest - I think Marilyn was
      working for Kresge's when she decided she'd become a comedy writer. Kresge's.!!!

    • @josephkelley8641
      @josephkelley8641 4 года назад

      Kresge's being the Rite-Aid of its' time - though not a chain - very East Coast.

  • @hazerebitaraf
    @hazerebitaraf 11 лет назад +3

    Bani Sadr alive, and currently lives in France; Ghotbzadeh, however was executed for conspiracy shortly after the revolution.

  • @peterd5843
    @peterd5843 4 года назад +2

    "what you got pokin' in the fire?"

  • @apachedisco
    @apachedisco 9 лет назад +16

    Norm is a genius. Crazy bat-shit peeing in jars kinda cra cra. I love him.

    • @strangerinthealps5874
      @strangerinthealps5874 7 лет назад

      Peeing in jars LOL

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 7 лет назад +2

      D WMS stern has said more than once that norm told him he pees in bottles at home, but norm always kind of ignores it or does his "whaaaaaat?" until stern moves on

    • @DrDebD
      @DrDebD 6 лет назад

      Good God why?

  • @josephallen9261
    @josephallen9261 7 лет назад +6

    The call at about 19:10 was beautiful. If it was a set-up, it was impressive. (gotta be another comedian? a friend of norm's?)

    • @zenoftupac9096
      @zenoftupac9096 6 лет назад +1

      Sounded like Chris Farley’s Brother ( Kevin Farley )

    • @nicholaskothari8150
      @nicholaskothari8150 3 года назад

      one the biggest laughs from Norm i've heard... so funny!

  • @jairkerker2821
    @jairkerker2821 Месяц назад

    Not your typical neurotic writer who needs that applause of confirmation.
    Just a very, very, very funny guy landing in the exact right profession and timeframe to team up with Norm of all people - to rebel against their own show.
    Celebrating unparallelled retardation and an almost statistical need for some jokes to not land, a true conspiracy that fascinates me more with every rewatch.
    The joke had to work for you and me _and against_ some people backstage or higher up.
    Watching those Updates through that lense is truly something else altogether, like fatherly lessons of life stuff.

  • @MrVisde
    @MrVisde Год назад +3

    Jim: “Pat was a man. Anyone who watched the show can very clearly see that…”
    Norm: “Oh, because Farley said it was a woman…”
    Jim: “Yup, she could be. I can see that. Maybe…”
    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @josephkelley8641
    @josephkelley8641 4 года назад +6

    "Best UPDATE in the history of Comedy, not just SNL."
    I get a little twinge because of my love/respect for the great Chevy Chase.
    Who just blew-up in front of our eyes - took over - cover of Tim, Newsweek - if he
    got any hotter he'd have exploded (taken about 100 people with im).
    -But Norm and Jim - yeah, something very very special - in fact Lightning.
    -Norm and Jim proved that LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE TWICE
    cuz they went-for-it-, went hard, hit hard - took no prisoners - and at the exact moment
    in time when Political Correctness STARTED.
    In fact Norm MacDonald was (pc's) it's very first VICTIM.
    But it just made Norm greater.
    not richer maybe - but Norm's about Truth not Legal Tender.
    .God Bless Norm, Jim Downey and Chevy - (deep bows)
    .

  • @LeeKav
    @LeeKav Месяц назад

    Downey said on Dana Carvey and David Spade's podcast that he got his first computer in I think 2013, so he would keep up being a luddite another 5 years. Impressive.

  • @Mr_Never_Sad
    @Mr_Never_Sad 3 года назад +4

    Here’s a fun fact that I just learned Jim Downey is Robert Downey Jr’s uncle.

    • @pennystocklocks
      @pennystocklocks 2 года назад

      haha yeah that guy who called was a real jerk

  • @thomasipkiss8793
    @thomasipkiss8793 Год назад +1

    They are like brothers

  • @EkafEmanresu
    @EkafEmanresu 6 лет назад +12

    19:12 lol this guy

    • @IWantSomethingNew
      @IWantSomethingNew 5 лет назад +7

      The guy's going to remember forever that he made Norm crack up! Not a small achievement for a common man calling on the radio!

    • @johnnycoolguy9554
      @johnnycoolguy9554 21 час назад

      So uh Jim, whaddya got pokin’ in the fire?

  • @tobyrucker
    @tobyrucker 3 месяца назад +1

    How could he not list Phil Hartman on the first tier?

  • @badad0166
    @badad0166 9 дней назад

    8:31 Don't forget Clinton playing sax on Arsenio. In Ray Bans...

  • @kirkstable
    @kirkstable 3 года назад +1

    Real stream of consciousness

  • @bigLdrones
    @bigLdrones 5 лет назад +1

    I’m all cleared up on the Pat thing.. finally

  • @quincee33
    @quincee33 11 лет назад +4

    Norm is from Ottawa, he knows politics. He has a brother Neil who hosts The 5th Estate on CBC.

  • @MsElke11
    @MsElke11 6 лет назад +7

    Jim Downey.... the second most important person behind SNL, according to Dennis Miller. He served as writer for 32 years on SNL... brother of Robert Downey Jr. and a HARVARD GRAD. Not bad for someone who isn't easily recognizable!

    • @thebrazilianatlantis165
      @thebrazilianatlantis165 6 лет назад +8

      "brother of Robert Downey Jr." No.

    • @josephdykes1820
      @josephdykes1820 Год назад +1

      ​@thebrazilianatlantis165 yeah, junior is not Jim's last name

    • @JackTempest94
      @JackTempest94 7 месяцев назад

      Jim Downey is Robert Downey Jr.'s Paternal Half Uncle.
      Jr's Father was Born Robert Elias. His father died, then his mother married someone by the name of Downey. Who adopted Robert Elias, changing his name to Robert Downey. They had Jim Downey a few years later.

  • @jomamackdaddy
    @jomamackdaddy Месяц назад

    Norm didn't get fired, he said if you fire Downy, I'm done.

  • @kmcg6444
    @kmcg6444 5 лет назад +1

    Prescient points re: Obama vs Hilary the first time (about 10 minutes in).

  • @ENigma-um8zw
    @ENigma-um8zw 2 года назад

    The Iran contra bit had me rolling so hard

  • @somarriba333
    @somarriba333 Год назад

    Now I am smarter for listening to this.

  • @Guntherthefool
    @Guntherthefool 5 лет назад +3

    I could watch/listen to a whole video of just norm trying to pronounce Arab names and words.

    • @APOLLO-dy8rc
      @APOLLO-dy8rc 4 года назад +1

      Those names weren't Arab, they were Iranian

    • @Guntherthefool
      @Guntherthefool 4 года назад

      @@APOLLO-dy8rc sorry for my ignorance but it was only half ignorant as I also want to hear him pronounce Arabic names. I could listen to him trying to pronounce Farsi or Arabic names all day

  • @timadamson3378
    @timadamson3378 Год назад +1

    Freed the hostages? That happened immediately once Reagan was elected.

    • @boeing_opal
      @boeing_opal 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah his understanding of the whole thing is uh a little off base

  • @greenvelvet
    @greenvelvet 4 года назад

    If Jim Downey and Norm Macdonald started a podcast about American foreign policy. I would listen to that religiously.
    to be honest if they started a podcast talking about anything I would listen to it

  • @ToxicCityOfficial
    @ToxicCityOfficial Год назад

    After listening several times I can confirm that the caller at 20:00 is the great Sid Youngers

  • @mosskey
    @mosskey Месяц назад

    19:59 I'm going to remember that phrase

  • @boeing_opal
    @boeing_opal 7 месяцев назад

    Downey's interpretation of Iran-Contra is completely nuts lol. Doesn't even mention the cocaine trafficking

  • @krisschaefer876
    @krisschaefer876 8 лет назад

    best 'Update' ever...

  • @pizzapizza9091
    @pizzapizza9091 3 года назад

    True interviewer. With out a desk...

  • @edmcboy7746
    @edmcboy7746 7 лет назад +2

    Jim's prediction about Casey Wilson didn't quite pan out.

  • @theducksneezes4987
    @theducksneezes4987 6 лет назад +3

    Name Five great women writers 24:44

  • @pennystocklocks
    @pennystocklocks 2 года назад +1

    20:00 Norm Losing It LoL...

  • @beterbutz
    @beterbutz 7 лет назад +5

    This is Robert Downey jrs uncle

  • @mattfinleylive
    @mattfinleylive Год назад +1

    Jan hooks was great.

  • @pennystocklocks
    @pennystocklocks 2 года назад +1

    you think norm had people call in

  • @scottprice6927
    @scottprice6927 3 года назад

    Norm could've done this as a career a la Miller, Corolla, others. He was too funny to get a bs interview show going. Downey is his favorite person so he's into it here

  • @angelmanfredy
    @angelmanfredy Год назад

    I called the number but no one answered. 😢

  • @trevorphillips5201
    @trevorphillips5201 11 лет назад

    Agreed. I hate people do impressions of funny stuff. Impossible to find Christopher Walken Census and Cow bell.

  • @DizKord1600
    @DizKord1600 6 лет назад +1

    TIL Jim Downey is Robert Downey Jr's uncle

  • @Justcarlosdiaz
    @Justcarlosdiaz 3 месяца назад

    I love this interview but i really hope jim downey knows how much Norm actually cares about him because hes kinda brutal with him haha

  • @Turnheadcough
    @Turnheadcough Год назад

    Satins instrument he hit that on the head it is

  • @NetCerpher
    @NetCerpher Год назад

    What happened to Jim? Just saw him on Conan’s pod. Hard to believe it’s visibly him.

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 Год назад

      He was cursed with the side effects of a long period of time

  • @pburnzzz9260
    @pburnzzz9260 6 лет назад +1

    '7.00, "Fake News"....If they only knew what it would mean in the Trump era

  • @treasurechest2951
    @treasurechest2951 2 года назад

    Norm does ask who's the funniest *guy* 30:55 then gaslights Jim for not answering with a woman

  • @bcast9978
    @bcast9978 4 года назад

    The real estate man.

  • @amirbostani734
    @amirbostani734 4 года назад

    Bani Sadre is alive, and lives in France Norm.

  • @zg9445
    @zg9445 Год назад

    Here’s your two dollars!

  • @lpowers
    @lpowers Год назад

    Norm was a big fan of Bani-Sadr.

  • @ComedyJakob
    @ComedyJakob 4 года назад +2

    Hey I hope you're not related to the Roberts Downeys
    Well, he's their brother and uncle so

  • @handfullocheez
    @handfullocheez 11 лет назад

    you have it backward

  • @Josh1billion
    @Josh1billion 2 года назад

    "Norm Macdonald was the funniest man to ever live" -people with a propensity to tell the truth
    "no" -liars

  • @ifyouseekade
    @ifyouseekade 2 года назад +3

    32:20 Jim "I hate women" Downey

  • @ili626
    @ili626 3 года назад

    I’m surprised Jim Downey placed Belushi in the “second tier” of talent. Anyone else surprised? ..or have I been overrating Belushi?... or underrating Ackroyd & Murray etc?

  • @demoistogu3935
    @demoistogu3935 Год назад

    😊

  • @sageantone7291
    @sageantone7291 5 лет назад

    Who's with Norm?

  • @Benjabola
    @Benjabola 11 лет назад

    that ended kinda awkwardly. i hope there was more radio show after where downey wasn't just put in a corner

  • @johnisaacdavey
    @johnisaacdavey 8 лет назад

    anybody know what Jim Downey's IQ is?

  • @waremblem3405
    @waremblem3405 8 лет назад +3

    Occasionally, sane people work in TV. About as often as when the DB Cooper's bail out at 30,000 feet, but hey, it's better than nothing. Ebersole, what an ass. No wonder his wife dumped him!

    • @TELEthruVOXx
      @TELEthruVOXx 7 лет назад

      War Emblem this comment reads like a trump tweet. Bravo

    • @waremblem3405
      @waremblem3405 7 лет назад +1

      The connection of whatever Trump would tweet and --- sorry, got distracted. Some pharma company finally hired an ATTRACTIVE (non-botoxed) lady for their Viagra TV ad. I got REALLY distracted. Four hours from now, I should be back to normal.

  • @bearpickle
    @bearpickle 6 лет назад +3

    I was shocked to learn Jim Downey is dull.

  • @TheEleatic
    @TheEleatic Год назад

    “Fake News” will never catch on.