Conan's reaction to the "charman of the bored" line is just priceless. You can tell he's both delighted and kicking himself for setting Norm up for a perfect lay-up. That entire moment belongs in a museum it's literal media history.
And that wasn't scripted. Most things said on talkshows are rehearsed but Norm is a true gem. He just says whatever he wants and it's always witty and funny.
Watched hours of these in dark hospital days. Norm saved me from depression, truly. I busted stitches laughing. Two months later he passed, I love this guys art
"Nine and a half seconds" was even funnier. The B-O-R-E-D was mostly just funny because it was the climax of a series of brutal blows that completely killed the interview. Just when Conan challenged him to make another joke, he drops that one.
Yeah, 4:50 The comedians were freestyling then Conan challenges Norm with that "freak" comment...4:57 an honest to God laugh response from everybody! Conan loses it. Norm WAS a very witty & quick script.
Norm had a way of making the most blunt and biting remarks without ever coming off as mean spirited. Some of the best comedians like him and Steve Martin are incredibly intelligent, and yet play the fool with a little wink to the audience. The Conan interview with Courtney Thorne-Smith is legendary.
I still don’t know how Courtney managed to be so gracious and self depreciating. What a champ. I’ve never seen any of her work, but she’s the total pro. They’re essentially picking apart the entire direction of her life and she’s still 😂😅
Oh, hell yeah..."Blindsided" is the perfect word too bc Dave was prob thinkin' "I'm gonna help Norm out here"...Norm just didn't need the help there Dave...He was not your 'typical' guest.
8:32 I have never seen Dave laughed so hard 😂😂😂 I have seen all the clips in this video except this one. I laughed so hard and had to replay a few more times. Thanks Norm!
You should look up Norm’s Bob Uecker story that he told on Letterman. That’s as hard as I’ve ever seen Letterman laugh. His reaction makes the story five times funnier.
One the world's naturally funniest people . I had tickets for a show 2 weeks before he passed. What a terrible loss. He makes me appreciate Conan even more
@@thomassimmons1950 She actually did very well. And it's hard to find good roles; most stars don't reach their old level of success ever. Courtney Thorne-Smith was actually in 69 episodes of Ally McBeal just after this, and over 50 episodes of 2 1/2 Men, even though it was no longer a top-rated show. And then starred in the terrible-but-successful show According to Jim. But the quality wasn't her fault.
What distinguishes genuinely funny people is their ability to nail the tiny details which compounds that hilarity of a joke… “Hang gliding” is just such a genius choice in that joke! It works infinitely better than “skydiving” or “meth” etc… because it’s just a subtler more subdued activity and an unusual thrill-seeking activity to mention. It’s the small stuff that counts.
I never get tired of listening to the witticisms Norm MacDonald. It's like Monty Python Fans. They get to know the Monty Python routines so well, that they can pretty much recite the dialogue of each skit as they're watching them.
Norm is one of the few comedians that can give the same energy of watching an amazing play in sports. Sometimes the build up alone is worth it (moth joke), other times he pulls those quick retorts that feels like watching a Hail Mary catch in the end zone.
norm was so brilliant that i don't know what to do with myself now that he's gone. he and my best friend died on the same day in sept. '21. not a good day.
That really sucks. I'll never forget the day Norm died, so can't imagine losing my best friend on top of that 🥲From one Norm fan to another, I hope you're doing ok now.
I have seen all of these probably over 50 times now - I was watching them as the pandemic started and I just loved it - Norm was with us then and I had no idea we would lose him soon. I will continue to watch them. The segment with Courtney still gets me like it's the first time I watched it. I laugh out loud when watching it (and Conan's interaction is equally funny). RIP you old chunk of coal.
'You're the biggest ass I've ever met.... And I love you for it.' - Conan and Letterman really loved Norm. He's such a likeable guy. I remember Artie calling the Howard Stern show because some idiot was telling lies about Norm. I am binge-watching Norm videos...again.
That Chairman of the Board bit is amazing in so many levels, Norm improvising ways to skewer the movie and Carrot Top, Conan genuinely worried he was upsetting his guest, he looked so worried he tried to pivot into trying to make it seem like they were kind of "roasting", so to speak, Courtney because she had appeared on another talk show.
Conan's reaction to the "charman of the bored" line is just priceless. You can tell he's both delighted and kicking himself for setting Norm up for a perfect lay-up. That entire moment belongs in a museum it's literal media history.
That is how they spell it in Canada, eh...
@@duenge Hahaha
You're right but you gotta stop saying the word literal for no reason.
@@paulcronin3626 Santa Claus is a registered *** *******
Don’t all museums have literal history? Unless I’ve been missing out on rhetorical history this whole time
"Do something with that you freak"
Norm: *does something with that* 😂
And that wasn't scripted. Most things said on talkshows are rehearsed but Norm is a true gem. He just says whatever he wants and it's always witty and funny.
I can do Norm compilations forever 😂
Hell yeah.
Norm was a beast in that interview
🔥
I looked up "Chairman of the Board" .... 13% on rotten tomatoes and 2 out of 10 IMDb rating. Norm was right 😂
😂
Chairman of the bored
Ahahaha!!!
Not to nitpick here but you should have included it’s box office numbers
@@humanwavetactic2668 tell the folks at home what box office numbers are
Watching videos of Norm over and over again, never gets old. He was a special kind of funny.
Absolute master. Get your hands on his full-length specials and a blunt but be warned -- you might die laughing! 😂
100% 😄👍
Box.Office.Poison 😂
❤️
Norm never got old indeed.
I love how Conan is trying to be respectful of Courtney Thorne Smith but when Norm drops the "bored" line he completely loses it.
Norm gave her a HUGE BOOST,,, 😊 Great guy.
She couldn't help but laugh!
If there were such a thing as winning comedy, that would be a contender.
I love how Conan usually tries to laugh at everything but with Normal was the other way around, he tried to contain himself until completely losing it
Conan was single back then. He was trying to get them walls.
Norm: Why didn’t you bring out the Gstring? **sips coffee*
😂😂😂
"I took crystal meth"
Holy @#$% there was never, and will never be anyone else like Norm MacDonald. Beautiful
The more I read about this guy Norm MacDonald, the more I like him.
Definitely not a "real jerk"
Hold the fort...he died
Norm looks like he women's a dog house to me. 😊
Germans love him.
@@TheNewAmericanMedia Because he has a Dog House 😁
“Gone but not forgotten.”
There’s an understatement.
Watched hours of these in dark hospital days. Norm saved me from depression, truly. I busted stitches laughing. Two months later he passed, I love this guys art
I went through something similar. I walked through blood and bones in the streets of Manhattan to find my brother, we was in Northern Canada.
Who’s this guy Art ? and does he own a doghouse?
Hey, hope you're doing better
Norm was there just for you😢
The ‘Chairman of the Bored’ joke is such fast thinking and perfect comedy 👏👏👏
Conan really thought Norm would be stumped.
@@barringtonfisher87 it did seem like he was genuinely floored that Norm came up with something so perfect so quickly 🤣
Norm was so proud of himself. Rightfully so
The B-O-R-E-D joke he came up within a few seconds is much better than 99% of the scripted jokes nowadays
"Nine and a half seconds" was even funnier. The B-O-R-E-D was mostly just funny because it was the climax of a series of brutal blows that completely killed the interview. Just when Conan challenged him to make another joke, he drops that one.
Yeah, 4:50 The comedians were freestyling then Conan challenges Norm with that "freak" comment...4:57 an honest to God laugh response from everybody! Conan loses it. Norm WAS a very witty & quick script.
Guarantee it was funnier than anything in the Carrot Top film.
I probably seen this chairman of the board clip over a hundred times and I laugh everytime
Absolutely No Drinking on Conan at all to help 😂😂😂
Norm had a way of making the most blunt and biting remarks without ever coming off as mean spirited. Some of the best comedians like him and Steve Martin are incredibly intelligent, and yet play the fool with a little wink to the audience. The Conan interview with Courtney Thorne-Smith is legendary.
I could not stop smiling through all of this. Even though I've seen it several times the "bored" joke gets me every time.
1,000,000% 🤣
Instead of merely repeating the hang gliding joke, Norm makes it funnier.
Think Letterman appreciated it more the second time as well lol!
Much funnier and he didn't have to tell it either, what a genius
@@einar7163 Exactly!
I honestly think Norm bullshits so much that he didn't remember what Dave was talking about
@@lizardmandx The only part he bullshited was pretending he didn't remember the hang gliding joke which is brilliant.
When norm explains the obvious it makes itveven funnier !😂😂
“Don’t be a midget” killed me 😂🤣😂🤣
@@mmmfloorpie link it blud.
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It's not a deal killer though, check out Gemma Suicide
@@TheAedalasyea, but that was like 25 years ago. Today weighing 200kg is also not a deal breaker because “all bodies are beautiful”.
"Why didn't you bring out the G string?" LMAO!!
I love Norm because he’s says the stuff most think but would never have the nerve or tact to say.
Dave’s legit trying to keep it together for the meth bit. He’s just like oh boy…
Norm’s unpredictability was something amazing.
Norms a beauty! Both Dave and Conan loved him as a guest.
“Oh was that it?” 😂😂
I still don’t know how Courtney managed to be so gracious and self depreciating. What a champ. I’ve never seen any of her work, but she’s the total pro. They’re essentially picking apart the entire direction of her life and she’s still 😂😅
She was asked that and she said she knew the movie was awful and loved being roasted by Norm
Yes indeed which makes her even more awesome!@@bornbrit7776
@@bornbrit7776 She actually went on to do a guest spot on his TV sitcom ("Norm") a few years later.
Plus in the 90s people weren’t so soft and could take being teased like that; it was fun
Deprecating....she wasn't lowering her value
"9 1/2 Weeks, but with Carrottop" cracked me up.
Courtney deserves a lot of credit for being funny and a good sport during this. It’s too bad this is what she’s best known for.
"...DOC, SHE'S CHOKING..." hahahahahahahh
Conan trying not to laugh at a joke about sexually assaulting your unconscious wife is my favorite part.
He will never be forgotten! We need him now more than ever. The friend that I never met.
Yes, this is perfect - Norm is the best friend we never met.
Norm MacDonald. The king of dad jokes.
Norm had a lighting fast comeback: "I bet board is spelled B-O-R-E-D.
When Norm said Box office Poison, you can see Andy Richter die laughing
Norm blind siding Letterman with the "I took crystal meth" comment killed me 😂
All time hilarious moment!
Letterman was a fool for thinking Norm was predictable, even for a moment. 🤣
Norm stares at him after he says really soaking in how he was able to catch Dave by surprise
Oh, hell yeah..."Blindsided" is the perfect word too bc Dave was prob thinkin' "I'm gonna help Norm out here"...Norm just didn't need the help there Dave...He was not your 'typical' guest.
Norm makes Letterman funnier when he’s around him. The feed off each other so well
That’s Conan not letterman.. 😂
8:32 I have never seen Dave laughed so hard 😂😂😂
I have seen all the clips in this video except this one. I laughed so hard and had to replay a few more times. Thanks Norm!
You should look up Norm’s Bob Uecker story that he told on Letterman. That’s as hard as I’ve ever seen Letterman laugh. His reaction makes the story five times funnier.
Conan holding in his laugh when he knows the “she’s choking”punchline is coming. 😂
The supermodel was such a good sport.
She really knew how to set Norm up for some hilarious lines!
I'm pretty sure she would have let Norm lay down on top of her.
The super model that barely concealed her top and no one knows her name😂😂😂
@@mangafq8
Roshumba Williams. She was a fantastically beautiful model in the 80's.
His Melrose bit is the most non-joke greatest joke ever
One the world's naturally funniest people . I had tickets for a show 2 weeks before he passed. What a terrible loss.
He makes me appreciate Conan even more
Did you save the receipt?
Did he perform. I'm thinking he had to cancel? He must have been in his end stage two weeks before.
I didn't even know he was sick.
By god, did you get your money back? You dirty dog….
Norm gets so excited when conan repeats his G-string joke lmao
Norm is a comic genius, no one kills a polite coversation like him.
Chairman of the Board had a budget of 7 million, and only made 300,000. Box office poison indeed
"Bored" lol
"Do something with that pal"... Chairman of the "Bored". BOOM!
Norm probably doubled their revenue.
Sad. It was an excellent film with an Oscar winning performance from carrott top
Courtney Thorne Smith genuinely seems lovely and her laugh is contagious
I agree. I don’t know anything about her but she does seem really cool here on Conan.
She was a great sport and seemed to be having a great time.
She's said in interviews she knew the movie was crap and didn't mind Norm riffing on it at all.
Andy just sits there enjoying the whole thing!
Norm was one and only! Never seen anybody like him. He's funny even when he's not
"He said 9 and a half seconds, and I'm looking at him because I know there's more."
Well after 9 and a half seconds I sure hope so.
I love Dave teeing it up for Norm's hang gliding story and Normy hitting it out of the park with "I tried crystal meth".
Greatest comedian of all time. A brilliant man. Gone too soon. But thankfully left behind so much gold.
Courtney is absolutely adorable and a great sport!
The movie was sooooo bad it legit killed her career for ~20 years
@@electrostatic1 That's too bad. Seems like a good kid.
@@zerstreubarHuh, I jylust knew she wasn't in any more movies.
@@thomassimmons1950 She actually did very well. And it's hard to find good roles; most stars don't reach their old level of success ever.
Courtney Thorne-Smith was actually in 69 episodes of Ally McBeal just after this, and over 50 episodes of 2 1/2 Men, even though it was no longer a top-rated show.
And then starred in the terrible-but-successful show According to Jim. But the quality wasn't her fault.
@@AJTwo Cheers!
What distinguishes genuinely funny people is their ability to nail the tiny details which compounds that hilarity of a joke… “Hang gliding” is just such a genius choice in that joke! It works infinitely better than “skydiving” or “meth” etc… because it’s just a subtler more subdued activity and an unusual thrill-seeking activity to mention. It’s the small stuff that counts.
"I have to do your act for you now?" Rolling.
For sure..gone but not forgotten..long live Norm 👍👍
A Classic that will never get old!
I didn’t even know he was sick.
Norm and Conan had the best energy. Bravest comic ever.
My goodness!!!! He was so funny!!!! Miss you Norm!
Box office poison. Nailed it lol
"Do something with that!"
Norm: *Does something with that*
Dave's genuine joy with Norm is infectious
Comedians like Norm will never be "gone" from our lives. Like all the greats, his stuff never gets old, and you feel the laughter in your gut.
Why is it you listen to him over and over and he's still funny wish I had the chance to see him in person
I never get tired of listening to the witticisms Norm MacDonald. It's like Monty Python Fans. They get to know the Monty Python routines so well, that they can pretty much recite the dialogue of each skit as they're watching them.
"Chairman of the BORED" is so good 😆
There was everyone else and Norm McDonald. He was in a league all by himself.
A true Legend, will be missed for sure!
Sure was. Damn I miss him . Not just the most naturally funny guy but also the most likeable .
The crystal meth joke is top shelf Norm. Busted a gut laughing first time I heard it.
Do something with that you freak …2 seconds later comedy gold….
"B-O-R-E-D" gets me every time.
"Do something with that you freak"
Chairman of the
B
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priceless, timeless, forever
Norman just killing it.
Norm is one of the few comedians that can give the same energy of watching an amazing play in sports. Sometimes the build up alone is worth it (moth joke), other times he pulls those quick retorts that feels like watching a Hail Mary catch in the end zone.
What a legend. Rest in peace, Norm.
Thanks for this. Norm was always great. Miss him.
Just seeing Norm laughing is my remedy
Norm always surprised you. you just never knew what he'd come up with, but you knew it would be great.
Norm completely corpsing dave was fuckin awesome lol
norm was so brilliant that i don't know what to do with myself now that he's gone. he and my best friend died on the same day in sept. '21. not a good day.
Sorry for your loss, these clips are a ray of sunshine for many of us!
That really sucks. I'll never forget the day Norm died, so can't imagine losing my best friend on top of that 🥲From one Norm fan to another, I hope you're doing ok now.
I actually choked up at this. My best buddy passed in 2014 and this brought it back. Bless you, Robert.
@BYO Fitness absolutely. Every now and often I search Norm for a good laugh, no matter how many times I've seen the video.
@@ayy2193 911...hahahahahahahahaahaha
Norm is just the best.
" You're the biggest ass I ever met......and I love you for it. " kinda says it all.
Lmao "I took crystal meth!!!"
I have seen all of these probably over 50 times now - I was watching them as the pandemic started and I just loved it - Norm was with us then and I had no idea we would lose him soon. I will continue to watch them. The segment with Courtney still gets me like it's the first time I watched it. I laugh out loud when watching it (and Conan's interaction is equally funny).
RIP you old chunk of coal.
“… spelled ‘b-o-r-e-d’…”
Truly done of the funniest guys ever.
Doc, she's choking 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Chairman of the Bored" is the best comment I've ever seen :). RIP Norm - some politicians should really address that death thing.
Norm seemed so proud of himself for "bored." He was right to feel that way
That man had no mental filter. Everything that came out of his mouth was uniquely Norm. There is not, and will never be anyone like him.
R.I.P. Norm. You're the greatest.
Miss this guy. At least we have videos.
We love you Norm.
Norm is just gold
Norm was a truly special talent and the world was better with him in it
The world is a lesser place without this legend of a man in it..
She’s choking 😂
think that is one of Norms best!
clock's been running but still the greatest talk-show guest
Hard to beat!
This comment reminds me of richard clock
@@johannsebastianbach3411 What did that richard clock fella do
@@Rash-fv9et I’ll put it to you like this: he was a good man.
Norm was seriously the best
'You're the biggest ass I've ever met.... And I love you for it.' - Conan and Letterman really loved Norm. He's such a likeable guy. I remember Artie calling the Howard Stern show because some idiot was telling lies about Norm. I am binge-watching Norm videos...again.
How dare you censor Norm. It's an integral part of his routine.
No filter, Norm😂😂😂
We miss him! One of the greatest!
"I have a son. He's got to be at least 8" 😂😂😂
Chairman of the board riff is the best comedy ever
Thanks man! I needed this today, I just got laid off but now I’m laughing my ass off.. I guess being laid off is funny!
That Chairman of the Board bit is amazing in so many levels, Norm improvising ways to skewer the movie and Carrot Top, Conan genuinely worried he was upsetting his guest, he looked so worried he tried to pivot into trying to make it seem like they were kind of "roasting", so to speak, Courtney because she had appeared on another talk show.
Not only was Norm hilarious, he was also very accurate and informative
It was like an event to watch Conan for me and my roommates back in the mid to late 90s. Such a great time for late night talk shows.
I love how he later replaced "I went hang gliding" with "I smoked crystal meth."
He was a different type of comic, a classic, no others can compare.
8:48 looks to me like Norm is so proud and happy to see one of his idols laughing so hard at his joke.