"Men Full of Promise" - Oscar Pistorius

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  • Опубликовано: 24 мар 2022
  • Norm 2/2: Norm speaks about Men of Promise - such as Jacques de Gauthier de Gatineau and Oscar Pistorius
    Conan Season 4 Episode 89: May 21, 2014: Norm Macdonald, Mackenzie Davis, Veruca Salt
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  • @MrEzekiel1982
    @MrEzekiel1982 Год назад +2935

    I’ve seen Norm get to a lot of dead ends and recover but “you know a man grows…” may be the most brilliant

    • @ConanVictor
      @ConanVictor 11 месяцев назад +4

      Ay nigra

    • @sfonylx
      @sfonylx 11 месяцев назад +103

      I honestly think Norm said it on purpose. Always two steps ahead.

    • @TA-tg1cf
      @TA-tg1cf 10 месяцев назад +56

      @@sfonylx at 3:03 he set it up. Brilliant

    • @TA-tg1cf
      @TA-tg1cf 10 месяцев назад +76

      @@sfonylx he did it ALL on porpoise

    • @sfonylx
      @sfonylx 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@TA-tg1cf 😄

  • @doctrinmontreal
    @doctrinmontreal 3 месяца назад +1056

    Oscar Pistorius may have been an alleged murderer, but I’ll tell you one thing he was not: a legged murderer.

  • @rg3412
    @rg3412 4 месяца назад +640

    “Allegedly…. Also, really.” Brutal, and re-usable!

    • @kozhikkaalan
      @kozhikkaalan 2 месяца назад +5

      Hahahahaha. "And re-usable" is great and reusable too

    • @witchking6787
      @witchking6787 15 дней назад +1

      That's what I thought, "I'm gonna have to stick that one in my back pocket".

  • @constantreader7483
    @constantreader7483 Год назад +1800

    I only regret that we never got to see Norm as an actual old man.

    • @pooriasheikhi5042
      @pooriasheikhi5042 5 месяцев назад +30

      Damn... that was deap

    • @carlodave9
      @carlodave9 5 месяцев назад +109

      He skipped from lanky nasal-talking 20-something, to baritone backwoods geezer before he was 40. We was robbed of Old Man Norm.

    • @HalConick
      @HalConick 4 месяца назад +80

      I’d say we did. He knew he was dying. Norm embraced his full transition into Grandpa Norm in those last years. He seemed so at peace and care-free.

    • @sollognelle2929
      @sollognelle2929 4 месяца назад +6

      I don't knew i was goin to cry again.

    • @quainejohnson4808
      @quainejohnson4808 3 месяца назад +11

      To be fair he's always acted like an old man

  • @morehumanthanyou
    @morehumanthanyou Год назад +1090

    My God, his transition from Oscar to Jacques is the most beautifully non-connected thing i've ever seen.

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname 7 месяцев назад +72

      It serves a youthful porpoise.

    • @joshuapeterson2366
      @joshuapeterson2366 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@knowsmebyname😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @maximilianschulz6455
      @maximilianschulz6455 5 месяцев назад +5

      Is that even a real person?

    • @tomgrus604
      @tomgrus604 4 месяца назад +11

      I've only ever seen the second half, but damn, that transition was masterful!

    • @BowlCrossy
      @BowlCrossy 4 месяца назад +5

      @@knowsmebyname Youthful porpoise.

  • @mitch_sorenstein
    @mitch_sorenstein 7 месяцев назад +458

    The way Norm falls out of his chair and shakes Andy's hand, you know he took that as a massive compliment.

    • @fenwayify
      @fenwayify Месяц назад +21

      Andy has never been a dunce, nor an empty vessel. He's always caught the astute folly of Norm and Conan. He was well-suited as a sidekick, much more substantive than Ed McMahon. I've always felt a little sad for Andy, that he may have regretted that he hasn't done enough with his life...I could see him in a dramatic role and be surprisingly convincing...

    • @Leonisel
      @Leonisel 27 дней назад +1

      @@fenwayifyhis show was really funny too, shame it didn’t last

    • @RespectProcess
      @RespectProcess 14 дней назад

      @@fenwayifyshut UP

  • @jaredhaas4168
    @jaredhaas4168 4 месяца назад +282

    I am reasonably confident that Norm liked Andy's idea so much that he did, in fact, take someone on a 4 mile hike to show them a dog turd.

  • @Barberfrog
    @Barberfrog Год назад +979

    "Well you know, a man grows." is the best bit of this entire segment. Funniest man who ever lived.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi Год назад +3

      I don't get it. What does that have to do with the last name changing?

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  Год назад +59

      Growth is one of the manners in which things change.

    • @clayton229
      @clayton229 Год назад +82

      @@mayedalshamsi The joke is basically that it's an absurd comment. Norm accidentally changed the last name of the guy in the joke. Instead of acknowledging that or explaining it, he said "a man grows" which is kind of a literary, fortune-cookie-esque way of saying that people change over time.
      But generally that sort of thing refers to someone growing emotionally or growing in wisdom. Not someone changing their last name.
      It's the sort of joke that isn't particularly funny when you explain it, but it's fantastic as an off the cuff response to Conan pointing out that he made a mistake.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi Год назад +26

      @@clayton229 - Thank you for that explanation! I'm sure it's less funny now that I've had to have it explained to me, but I'd take that over not understanding the joke at all, any day. 😜

    • @harbinger_9152
      @harbinger_9152 Год назад +8

      I’ve used this line and it kills

  • @Havok259
    @Havok259 Год назад +1163

    "You're not a biped" kills me.

  • @thomaskorycinski5763
    @thomaskorycinski5763 10 месяцев назад +399

    “Something Wile E Coyote would order” is my favorite line

    • @stabyourcat
      @stabyourcat 4 месяца назад +17

      For some reason it flies under the radar. Love that line.

    • @evansevansevans1
      @evansevansevans1 26 дней назад +1

      It’s the word order that is so funny. Like he went on Amazon.

  • @cmase1991
    @cmase1991 7 месяцев назад +147

    "Take your time, as long as you want. But get the hell outta here!" - As long as you want is the funniest damn thing Norm was able to slip in there

  • @linkage432
    @linkage432 Год назад +464

    The way Norm falls out of his chair to Andy’s retort is the best

    • @pats5375
      @pats5375 5 месяцев назад +67

      Yes! I've never seen Norm laugh that hard! He loved that analogy from Andy and even shook his hand soon after. That's big praise coming from Norm! 😅

    • @landon4278
      @landon4278 4 месяца назад +15

      @@pats5375 Yes. Norm is usually only left to laugh at his own jokes, and give the audience a side eye as an indication that they should laugh too. I thoroughly enjoyed Norm getting a belly laugh for once.

    • @Optim40
      @Optim40 3 месяца назад +4

      Hes just trying to recover from the beat down hes getting from conan and andy if youre astute like that. Thinking about it any other way is off.

    • @GameTime-yj6qv
      @GameTime-yj6qv 2 месяца назад +5

      I absolutely loved that part and the fact Norm felt he had to shake Andy's hand. Talk about giving approval. Awesome.

    • @billmartinson4205
      @billmartinson4205 Месяц назад +6

      @@Optim40 Norm didn't "try to recover from a beat down." Throughout his career he actively pursued subverting expectations, told bad jokes on purpose, and wasn't afraid to walk an entire room. Going into this Conan appearance, Norm absolutely knew his shaggy dog story had a terrible punchline -- puns are the worst -- and when Andy fearlessly jumped on it with a hilarious rejoinder, Norm was genuinely delighted. The handshake was respect, not recovery.

  • @grahamdonaldson9069
    @grahamdonaldson9069 5 месяцев назад +312

    He takes us on these long journeys on Porpoise.

    • @TimonofIlford
      @TimonofIlford 4 месяца назад +15

      And we have a whale of a time.
      Sorry, just seven words. Norm would have spun it out to several minutes of comedic majesty.

    • @tripmcquagg4969
      @tripmcquagg4969 Месяц назад +1

      @@TimonofIlford10/10 for effort anyway haha. Man he was the best.

    • @torchmark66
      @torchmark66 12 дней назад

      @@TimonofIlford Don't sell yourself short, my friend! That was eight words.

  • @graemecreegan6749
    @graemecreegan6749 Год назад +169

    Conan: “No one is going with you on this !”
    Norm (internal): “precisely”

    • @thetruthexperiment
      @thetruthexperiment Год назад +12

      I dunno. Conan even joking around that it’s weird to not like that guy enrages me. He wore springs and bullied people to let him compete with people who were not allowed to wear springs. Yes, that is the kind of person who is so full of themselves that they’ll shoot their girlfriend. I called it years before. Never liked that guy. If he allowed the other participants to wear springs then maybe. No. Seriously. The Paralympic runners who ran with the modern prosthetics of the time were known to be much faster than people with legs. Which means if Jocko could do it, then everyone with no legs should have been allowed. But only he was allowed and he could obviously run way faster because he had springs for legs. Anyone who liked that guy was a complete moron.

    • @graemecreegan6749
      @graemecreegan6749 Год назад +9

      @@thetruthexperiment yeah man, Pistorius is so lame 😁

  • @prashantnegi007
    @prashantnegi007 2 года назад +153

    wow full clip. Only segments of this were on RUclips before. Thanx. Not only are you a scholar and a gentleman, but you must have a lot of doghouses.

  • @random-nz7dy
    @random-nz7dy 5 месяцев назад +114

    3:30 "well, you know, a man grows" 😂😂😂😂 one of my all time favorite Norm lines.
    No one but Norm could deliver it like that.

  • @highestsettings
    @highestsettings 11 месяцев назад +1259

    I'll be real.
    I'm with Norm on that. His cardiovascular system didn't need to pump oxygen as hard, he didn't need to train his ankles or calves, and he genuinely had actual fucking springs for legs.
    He DID have an unfair advantage.
    The murdering I can live with, but cheating is unforgivable.

    • @lepari9986
      @lepari9986 9 месяцев назад +381

      Worst thing about Oscar Pistorious is the hypocrisy.

    • @ryanfox2478
      @ryanfox2478 8 месяцев назад +229

      the more i learn about this oscar pistorious guy, the more i don't care for him

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname 7 месяцев назад +23

      The spring thing is obvious isn't it?

    • @BouncyBrown
      @BouncyBrown 5 месяцев назад +33

      also, weren't his blades longer than his legs? longer legs are definitely an advantage.

    • @T25de
      @T25de 5 месяцев назад +32

      Some say the hypocrisy was the worst part

  • @chadparsons50
    @chadparsons50 Год назад +195

    I live in Gatineau, Quebec, I'm sure there's a Jacques around here somewhere.

    • @etiendre
      @etiendre Год назад +14

      Hello fellow québécois

    • @MehYam2112
      @MehYam2112 3 месяца назад +27

      Just don’t pin your hopes on him

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 3 месяца назад +6

      @@MehYam2112 nice.

    • @ButtPins
      @ButtPins 2 месяца назад +4

      hey I'm from Gatineau too!

    • @Stanzi18
      @Stanzi18 2 месяца назад +1

      I hope he's out there serving a youthful Porpoise.

  • @johnnymossville
    @johnnymossville 5 месяцев назад +69

    Seen this a half dozen times and it gets me every time. We pinned our hopes on you Jaques De Gatinau!

    • @kyon813
      @kyon813 3 месяца назад +3

      Or de Gauthier.

    • @torchmark66
      @torchmark66 12 дней назад +2

      @@kyon813 Hey. A man grows.

  • @simon4187
    @simon4187 Год назад +144

    “4 mile hike to show you a dog turd” It’s the journey, not the destination

    • @nomnom112
      @nomnom112 5 месяцев назад +5

      Andy clearly has never been on a hike

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 3 месяца назад +4

      Underrated comment.

    • @apollobro91_2
      @apollobro91_2 Месяц назад +1

      I'm pretty sure Oscar hasn't been on a 4 mile hike either, not with those rob9t legs. He'd probably fall down face-first into the dog turd, which is what he deserves for all those races he cheated in.

  • @spontaneousphil3175
    @spontaneousphil3175 Год назад +168

    “I had no problem with the murder.”
    😂😂😂😂

    • @alvareo92
      @alvareo92 3 месяца назад +3

      Well, it was tragic, at the time

  • @aldersmoke1
    @aldersmoke1 2 месяца назад +32

    The fact that Norm so thoroughly won over both Conan and Letterman tells you all you need to know about just how brilliant he was.

    • @dp1582
      @dp1582 Месяц назад +3

      The man was a true comedic genius he reached deep into peoples minds and not everyone got it but to those that did he was the best truly.

  • @CrStrifey
    @CrStrifey 5 месяцев назад +39

    'I started to travel to here and there...and to here again'.

  • @DBEENE123
    @DBEENE123 Год назад +104

    Andy’s comment after the youthful porpose joke is the sugar on top.

    • @khester7397
      @khester7397 Год назад +7

      The most "youthful porpoise" the German swede ever served.

  • @edwardh1003
    @edwardh1003 2 года назад +195

    Herald Johnson, you're a scholar and a gentleman for uploading this. 👍

    • @GarthKnight1884
      @GarthKnight1884 3 месяца назад +1

      Whether Herald knows it or not. He's found a youthful porpoise.

  • @lonewolfe2502
    @lonewolfe2502 3 месяца назад +26

    " I don't have a problem with the MURDER."
    What a delivery. 😂

  • @mjr_schneider
    @mjr_schneider 2 месяца назад +17

    No one else tells jokes quite like Norm did. He’s the only person I’ve seen intersperse punchlines throughout his ramblings that way. Genuinely the most unique voice in comedy.

  • @CaptainCologne
    @CaptainCologne 5 месяцев назад +34

    After the punchline Norm’s “Now I believe…” and the explosion of facial expressions that go with it was the pay off.

    • @jakelover1731
      @jakelover1731 4 месяца назад +7

      I love post-punchline riffs like that. I think what I like most about it is it's very risky if the punchline doesn't get a laugh. Because then the riff is just a half-sentence that you have to keep going.

    • @CaptainCologne
      @CaptainCologne 4 месяца назад +3

      @@jakelover1731Agreed. It gets funnier the more I watch it, the way he plays innocent and darts his head back and forth at Conan and Andy.

    • @RaulCastillo
      @RaulCastillo 2 месяца назад +3

      The faces he makes when Conan calls him out on changing the name.

  • @MrCWL
    @MrCWL Месяц назад +11

    That little shrink when he realises he mixed up the last name, that is what i love about Norm so much. He was such an honest kid just trying to have fun, it was so endearing. Was really painful to learn he passed away but like a dear grandfather i will always come back to watch these videos and remember Norm and his kindness and fun with people. Missed always

  • @Eralen00
    @Eralen00 Год назад +33

    conan just can't contain himself whenever norm is on the show lol

  • @riverjao
    @riverjao 4 месяца назад +22

    Until Conan reminded us, “There’s only one like him…”. So true ❤️😢❤️

  • @kvps27
    @kvps27 Год назад +84

    He really loved the dog turd joke!

    • @krugbit9642
      @krugbit9642 Год назад +22

      It was more of a comment, really.

    • @Jagar_Tharn
      @Jagar_Tharn 3 месяца назад +1

      @@dejuren1367 That's not hate for Andy, it's referencing a line from Norm MacDonald Live.

  • @TA-tg1cf
    @TA-tg1cf 10 месяцев назад +27

    2:35 and 2:52 . That mischievous glint in his eye, the laughter prior, knowing how unnecessarily long and underwhelming that joke is 😭 and then taking us on the ride anyway 😁👌🏼❤ LOVE

  • @Chunkieta
    @Chunkieta 4 месяца назад +37

    The amount of gold from Norm during this single appearance (his entry bit and gypsy Jack Macdonald, the 1-min-audition, Pistorius, Jacques De Gautier/Gatineau, his messing with Mackenzie Davis) is staggering

  • @rosscockcroft5662
    @rosscockcroft5662 4 месяца назад +55

    The worst thing about Oscar Pistorius was the hypocrisy…

  • @crancelbrowser5478
    @crancelbrowser5478 2 месяца назад +8

    I absolutely love how at 6:30 Andy so succinctly sums up Norm's comedy that Norm falls out of his chair and has to shake Andy's hand. Idk how, but Norm always managed to come off as a class act while also playing a total fool. His acknowledgement of Amdy's searing read on him is part of what makes him so entertaining and lovable.

  • @jebwatson
    @jebwatson 3 месяца назад +18

    Not many people could go on Conan and just tell a 40 minute story for a pun. Mr McDonald was a legend.

    • @galenburghardt3272
      @galenburghardt3272 Месяц назад +3

      And he did it more than once - IMO his moth joke is the best joke I've ever heard. It's poetry, "I no longer love my son, I no longer love him because when I see his face all I see is the same cowardice I see whenever I look into a mirror" - just outstanding

  • @CT2507
    @CT2507 5 месяцев назад +29

    I fully agree and said this from when i first heard about Pistorius. Those blades gave him an unfair advantage as a runner. But the world insists on being stupid about this.

  • @heliopyre
    @heliopyre Год назад +42

    those blades were objectively superior for running than actual legs.

  • @piercewilson4029
    @piercewilson4029 4 месяца назад +18

    The 4 mile hike to show you a dog turd line is pretty great

  • @Uarehere
    @Uarehere 2 месяца назад +6

    5:17 Conan's expression here is the best!! 😄

  • @jasonnoble3971
    @jasonnoble3971 Год назад +45

    The smartest comedian ever.

  • @daniel.s.stefanov
    @daniel.s.stefanov Месяц назад +8

    "I'm serving a youthful porpoise" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ezanadaniel9149
    @ezanadaniel9149 3 месяца назад +12

    blows me away what kind of a talent he is

  • @anonfinally1692
    @anonfinally1692 Месяц назад +4

    When Norm was at the Niagra Falls part and Conan said he saw Jacques and Norm said no it's just some attendant I thought it was really brilliant and hilarious. Norm could've just said "I went to Seaworld and saw Jacques" but Conan kind of interrupted him and Norm had to subvert Conan's expectation a bit in a very hilarious way

  • @G4rm0nb0zi4
    @G4rm0nb0zi4 2 месяца назад +6

    I love that at the end of it all, it was good ol' Andy Richter The Swedish-German, who got Norm to fall out of his chair laughing.

  • @keithws2779
    @keithws2779 4 месяца назад +18

    Seriously, that just gave me the idea of taking my children out on a long walk - I'm going to tell them I've got something to show them. After an hour, I'm just going to point to the most mundane thing I can spot and tell them "there it is!"

    • @kevinabel2370
      @kevinabel2370 3 месяца назад +6

      I run a city hiking group in Forest Park Queens. I ran an internet ad saying "Take a hike to Freedom". After 90 minutes we arrived at Freedom Road and I showed 30 hikers the street sign.

    • @clark2491
      @clark2491 2 месяца назад

      Did you do it?

  • @pooriasheikhi5042
    @pooriasheikhi5042 5 месяцев назад +6

    This is amongst my top 10 all time favorite RUclips videos

  • @pintkobe
    @pintkobe Год назад +41

    This never gets old 😂

    • @polreamonn
      @polreamonn 9 месяцев назад

      Just like Reeva Steenkamp.

  • @LucasTOrz
    @LucasTOrz Год назад +30

    He definitely loves Andy's joke more

    • @sandworm9528
      @sandworm9528 Месяц назад +2

      I love how much he enjoyed that 😂

  • @fpvflyer4758
    @fpvflyer4758 5 месяцев назад +12

    Norm we miss you so much!! With love ❤ RIP

  • @videosextra9434
    @videosextra9434 5 месяцев назад +13

    Thank you many many thanks OP for this clip. I had never seen this clip in its entirety but just some of the bits and pieces of this one floating around including present in TeamCoco channel. Thanks for sharing and loved enjoying every moment with this piece of coal , Norm !!🎉❤👌👍😅😊

  • @peterhoffmann502
    @peterhoffmann502 2 месяца назад +6

    Norms long form dad jokes are the fucking greatest

  • @Mark01962
    @Mark01962 Год назад +90

    I'm sorry but I only discovered Norm thanks to The Orville and only started watching his comedy after his death and I'm loving his humour. He's passed but still making us laugh

    • @iskandar.bakshi
      @iskandar.bakshi Год назад +9

      the more you will learn about norm the more you will not care for him

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 Год назад +4

      he's the greatest

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 Год назад +4

      "the funniest man formerly alive" is the best compilation

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 Год назад +3

      Although he did Letterman's last show, a very competitive last show was the last night Conan had on NBC. Norm showed up with a gift basket, the bit was genius. Little harder to find though.

    • @ijij8191
      @ijij8191 Год назад +3

      @@iskandar.bakshi why not? Dudes a legend

  • @stephengrigg5988
    @stephengrigg5988 Месяц назад +4

    "I feel that one of the basic requirements of being a sprinter, is having legs"
    ....... it's hard to articulate why he's the greatest comedian of all time

  • @bobnethan5474
    @bobnethan5474 4 месяца назад +18

    When I'm feeling down I watch Norm he always makes me laugh

    • @skyluke9476
      @skyluke9476 4 месяца назад +2

      There’s many comedians that could make me us laugh at suicide and murder jokes. But only one that could make us smile

  • @kennysmith1925
    @kennysmith1925 4 месяца назад +23

    This hits different as a Canadian. The funny thing is Norm knows our SeaWorld is called Marineland but is purposely calling it SeaWorld for an American audience.

  • @Dylan_Valentine
    @Dylan_Valentine 2 года назад +23

    I have to write that I appreciate your channel. Not reuploading other people's work or trying to profit, like that guy selling access to NML.

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  2 года назад +20

      Aww God bless! Do people not know about the internet archive? No need to pay a scoundrel:
      archive.org/details/Norm_Macdonald_Live

    • @kaikaisen2155
      @kaikaisen2155 Год назад

      @@HeraldJohnson To my knowledge he has 3 specials, do you have them?

    • @kaikaisen2155
      @kaikaisen2155 Год назад +1

      Just realized two are there, just Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Trickery that´s not

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  Год назад +6

      His specials are HBO One-Night-Stand (it is on youtube: ruclips.net/video/EZGBbwnMlqQ/видео.html ), Me Doing Stand-up (Comedy Central, blocked on YT), and Hitler's dog (Netflix), plus Nothing
      Special (Netflix) which is more like a Cameo than stand up.

  • @badfdsify
    @badfdsify Месяц назад +2

    norm absolutely LOVED that needle from Andy after his story lmfao. I love to see him genuinely laugh at a joke, it's rare someone gets one over on him

  • @angrysquirrel187
    @angrysquirrel187 5 месяцев назад +12

    Norm could make you want to take that 4 mile walk to see the dog turd.

  • @MA-iridium
    @MA-iridium 4 месяца назад +2

    Best Norm....and I have just watched the first two minutes so far.

  • @LlyleHunter
    @LlyleHunter Год назад +19

    I thought that Pistorius should have been in the Special Olympics with other comparable competitors

  • @Talkitrhrough
    @Talkitrhrough 3 месяца назад +4

    After he says “Ottawa” and Conan gives an exhausted look

  • @mathias4891
    @mathias4891 2 месяца назад +2

    One of the most knowledgeable. Rip my dear friend

  • @neofunq9024
    @neofunq9024 Год назад +39

    You know, the more I hear about this Pistorius fella, the less I care for him…

    • @eldermillennial8330
      @eldermillennial8330 Год назад +2

      He had a GREAT girlfriend from his hometown, she was with him for years in all his early inspirational videos, only to foolishly ditch her for a gold digger that he came to hate enough to kill.

    • @RhysMogg
      @RhysMogg Месяц назад +1

      I think the worst thing about the Pistorias story was the hypocrisy

  • @PainflyErect
    @PainflyErect 4 месяца назад +8

    He could really get on a roll with other funny people. Feed each other the jokes, fantastic to watch.

  • @brianmathews2926
    @brianmathews2926 3 месяца назад +10

    I don’t know which was ballsier: the Oscar Pistorius joke, or delivering a deeply Québecois based joke to an American audience.
    I’ve always held this particular Norm appearance very dear because my mother was in fact born in Témiscaming, Quebec; a town remote enough that it’s citizens receive isolation pay from the provincial government. It just made me feel that much more connected to Norm, a comedian whose specialty was making you feel like you were in on the inside joke. Couldn’t get much more inside than that.

    • @Elriuhilu
      @Elriuhilu 3 месяца назад +3

      That's a real place? I thought Norm just made it up for the joke.

    • @brianmathews2926
      @brianmathews2926 3 месяца назад +3

      @@ElriuhiluYep, real place, pulp and paper mill town along the Ontario-Quebec border on the Ottawa River. Around 2,500 people, quite isolated geographically. Their Wikipedia page actually reference this segment.
      Also when he calls the man Jacques-de-Gatineau, Gatineau is a big city in Quebec, part of the National Capital region directly across the river from Ottawa.
      And when he mentions the "Three Wise Men of Quebec," he is referencing three actual politicians from Quebec, who, during the 1960s, were dubbed as such by English media in Canada, seen as men who would change the course Canadian poiltics. Correspondingly, one of those men, Pierre Trudeau (Justin Trudeau's father) became one of the longest tenured Canadian Prime Ministers ever, championing multiculturalism and bilingualism, and having a major impact on the country's history, leaving a significant but somewhat divisive legacy.

  • @mfinn27
    @mfinn27 Год назад +24

    LMAO. “You’ve done so many benefits for me and the gypsies.”

  • @THEJOHNiVERSE
    @THEJOHNiVERSE Год назад +11

    Norm Nailed it.

  • @chinaasia4584
    @chinaasia4584 5 месяцев назад +6

    This is like the 25th time I have watched this and I have never laughed so hard

  • @brawnydasco
    @brawnydasco 5 месяцев назад +7

    The Swedish-German really gave it to Norm there.

  • @Batterystang
    @Batterystang 4 месяца назад +6

    GOAT!!! dood just had it, 100% of the time, so brilliant

  • @ChristopherJohn4389
    @ChristopherJohn4389 7 месяцев назад +8

    Ill never stop watching Norm

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 5 месяцев назад +6

    Well, you know, a man grows.

  • @AnarchyEnsues
    @AnarchyEnsues Месяц назад +3

    Andy's never fallen for the 4mile hike trick.

  • @nocarebutyes3436
    @nocarebutyes3436 4 месяца назад +5

    0:16 im stealing this bit lmao

  • @UltimateIrishRebel
    @UltimateIrishRebel 22 дня назад +1

    I love the way Conan looks at the camera after "you were supposed to go to Canada's nations capital of Ottawa"

  • @christiananderson6761
    @christiananderson6761 3 месяца назад +3

    Makin Norm fall out of his chair laughing would high on my list of life achievements

  • @chrisnelson3668
    @chrisnelson3668 2 месяца назад +3

    I miss you norm.

  • @brantisonfire
    @brantisonfire 20 дней назад +1

    Love it when he makes himself crack up at his own malarkey. I honestly don't think it's embarrassing to laugh at your own jokes, especially when you know they're funny and other folks just aren't picking up on the humor. Lots of people focus on the wrong aspects of a joke and miss the funny bits.

  • @motley331
    @motley331 4 месяца назад +3

    Its currently 2024. Norm's ridiculous humor is as funny as ever.

  • @JacksonMeyer
    @JacksonMeyer 2 месяца назад +2

    This is a great LESSON: don’t give up on the joke. Andy tried to tell his 3 (maybe 4) times and each time got cut off and then nailed it!

  • @QueuePea
    @QueuePea 2 месяца назад +3

    I grew up in the Ottawa Valley, and hearing Norm's cadences as he tells a atory, always takes me back to the bullshitters I grew up around. None were as funny as Norm though. That nod he gives at the start of his story is a big part of that-it's a bit like a knowing wink.

  • @BKPS
    @BKPS 2 месяца назад +4

    Oscar may have been armed when he murdered that poor woman, but he wasn’t legged.

  • @bjkarana
    @bjkarana 2 месяца назад +1

    Norm was brilliant. Just brilliant.

  • @tommartin2648
    @tommartin2648 2 месяца назад +1

    Brilliant !

  • @CowboysCastlesandIndians
    @CowboysCastlesandIndians 25 дней назад +1

    "but I'm not gonna tell you my last name!"...different video....keep watching....lol....I love these guys

  • @cairene
    @cairene 14 дней назад +1

    I love how Conan had to ask if Norm was done with his jokes.

  • @NulJern
    @NulJern 4 месяца назад +1

    I love Norm!!!

  • @Spumoon
    @Spumoon 3 месяца назад +2

    Only post-humously have I begun to develop and appreciation for Norm Macdonald

  • @kadesh111
    @kadesh111 2 месяца назад +1

    Andy's reactions are the best...

  • @spontaneousphil3175
    @spontaneousphil3175 Год назад +28

    Andy laughing that hard after Norm saying he has no problem with him murdering someone 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @KaninTuzi
    @KaninTuzi Год назад +3

    Miss him

  • @stroock6394
    @stroock6394 6 месяцев назад +5

    so funny how he starts losing it at 2:36 and 2:49 knowing what's coming next

  • @rounick28
    @rounick28 5 месяцев назад +6

    Alleged murderer but not a legged murderer

  • @charlesgates4387
    @charlesgates4387 4 месяца назад +3

    Norm...always great. "A man grows," by gum....but Andy struck gold.

  • @andrejbogdanov2816
    @andrejbogdanov2816 2 месяца назад +1

    4:20 love how proud he is of what he just said

  • @rickylafleur1446
    @rickylafleur1446 2 месяца назад +1

    Norm is a master at putting people on the defence of something they don't believe. Pure art. 2:05 - 2:26

  • @matti1003
    @matti1003 Месяц назад +2

    That joke set up was truly Norm.

  • @Dan14833
    @Dan14833 19 дней назад

    Andy explained almost exactly what Norm’s real joke was with these long deliberately hack but still entertaining stories on the talk shows. The insider piece, which Conan notes in an interview, was that it was such a big opportunity to be on this show or Letterman and Norm was entertainingly self destructive by throwing it away on drawn-out street jokes when he was a great comic with a unique perspective.