He’s was so smart and clever and.. I could go on and on.. Sometimes when i’m depressed, I just watch a little of Norm and it just seems to slip away.. A Christian man, he’s in heaven no doubt. Making Jesus laugh, angels too..
"The more I learn about that guy the more I don't care for him." -- that statement could only originate from the brilliant mind of Norm Macdonald. He is sorely missed.
One of the reasons Letterman and Conan O’Brien loved Norm so much was they could just sit back and let him do his thing. At times they were his straight men. At others they could almost become part of the audience, just listening and laughing, but they had the best seats in the house. They both knew Norm was always funny.
You can tell David loved Norm. He had him on his show multiple times. He started laughing as he was introducing him and didn't stop until the end of the interview.
Normally it is a battle of ego's for letterman as he want's to be the funniest person in the room but not so when interviewing Norm. You can see he has a lot of love for him.
Well, just making someone laugh about their medical condition is a kind thing to do. Making a freakin 'Letterman thing' and make ppl come out of fear of death is indeed work of a legend. RIP Norm.
When Norm was growing up it would've been "Arse over tea-kettles." (Canada used to be a lot more British.) It means upside-down, but also tumbling, like say if you fell down some stairs or slipped in the snow and your feet were actually above your head briefly.
Norm helped me get through a tough period in my life, literally saving it in the process, and not in the way you might expect. Many of you may not believe this story. That’s fine, as sometimes I can scarcely believe it myself. I had made up my mind at the time to end my life and so was standing on the steel super structure of a bridge in the dead of night looking down into the ink black waters below and knowing all the while that the black abyss that I was staring into was actually my own impending mortality. It’s a sight I’ll never forget, even long after, I fear, I’ve forgotten the faces of my loved ones. All of the sudden I heard footsteps behind me and then a voice. I turned to see who it was and it was Norm MacDonald. I knew who he was of course, he was Father’s favorite comedian. He looked at me and he said, “You shouldn’t jump.” I told him that he didn’t know why I felt that I had to. “Tell me,” he said. I told him of my father, of years of his abuse and of the high expectations he had for me that I knew I could never live up to. I told him of unrequited love and the heart rending pain I fell asleep to every night, tears still seeping from my closed eyes. I told him of the horribly emaciated visage of my mother, the thin strands of hair left to her clinging to her fevered scalp as the cancer she had fought so hard for 3 years to overcome, afflicting her body with poisons and growing weaker every day all the while, finally claimed its ultimate victory over her. I told him things I had never told anyone. I’ll never forget his response. He looked thoughtfully down at his feet while he stroked his chin for a moment, and then he looked up at me and said this: “Well, all of that may be so…but there’s a fella down under this bridge jerking off punks for $15 a man!”
Letterman always brought the best out of Norm. Kind of reminds me of how well behaved and calm Andy Kaufman was when he was interviewed by Orson Wells. Deep respect there.
@@heavnnnsent Yeah, it's a trippy video. Check it out here on RUclips. I think Welles was filling in for the regular host on some talk show back in the early 80s. He used to do a lot of random things like that to hustle and make money as he was constantly in debt (and when he died suddenly his estate was a mess and his heirs fought over it for years). I don't really think of Orson Welles or Andy Kauffman as being high brow. Orson Welles was a great storyteller and a great interview. With all due respect, Andy Kauffman was a young brat who thrived on getting under people's skin. Yeah, they were geniuses and all but since they lived before social media they weren't so entirely self-conscious and self-promoting like celebrities today. Just a different time and a different world. In many ways a better one.
He’s was so smart and clever and.. I could go on and on.. Sometimes when i’m depressed, I just watch a little of Norm and it just seems to slip away.. A Christian man, he’s in heaven no doubt. Making Jesus laugh, angels too..
My uncle would go back every five years even though what he experienced there was so terrible he could never talk about it. But it was good for him, and the Dutch treated him incredibly well. He would come back with chocolate for us, and souvenirs like little ceramic windmills in Delft blue.
Pretty sure he insisted on it for comedians performing , even bill burr wore suit and tie when he did stand up on the show, not sure if that applied to guests tho
The talk show host always seems to know exactly what questions to ask the comedian, questions that conveniently lead right into a perfect story And then they always have the perfect follow up question to continue the story
Dash Riprock was a recurring character on the Beverly Hillbillies. He played a handsome movie actor that was Elly May’s love interest. There is also was band with that name.
The 'red light' bit actually happened to me, except it wasn't Amsterdam, it was New London, Connecticut, and I wasn't pulled over by a bicycle, it was a car with three cops in it. One of them spoke to me from 20 feet away which was peculiar. I guess they like to keep their distance. Anyway, he asked me if I was on drugs. And then he asked me again. 2am, I'm lost, I ask them for help finding my hotel, and they refuse - 'just get out of here'. So if any of those three police officers are reading this I just want to say I'm OK. This has probably weighed heavily on your mind ever since. But no need to worry, I'm OK. I found a cop in the next town who gave me directions and I made it to the hotel safely.
Sad but not surprising that the American audience thought this was a joke. "In May 1945, when Holland was finally freed from Nazi occupation, it was in no small part thanks to Canadian troops. Until today, the two countries have a warm relationship, and the Netherlands hosts annual remembrance ceremonies for the thousands of Canadian soldiers that gave their lives for freedom in Holland. Canada played a key role in the liberation of Holland from September 1944 to May 1945, from the southwest - the setting of the crucial battle of the Scheldt - to the northeast, where the battles of Groningen and Delfzijl took place. It all started in October 1944 with the beginning of the Battle of the Scheldt, featuring international troops led by the First Canadian Army. One of the biggest and most gruelling battles of the entire war, this campaign was fought in harsh conditions and lasted until 8 November. It ensured supplies could reach Allied forces on the rest of the European continent following D-Day, but it came at a high price: more than 6,000 Canadian soldiers were killed, wounded or captured. Visitors to the Netherlands can step back in time to this period at the Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland, which retraces the history of the area, and in particular the Battle of the Scheldt. Another important battle in the south-west was the Battle of Kapelsche Veer on the River Maas in Noord-Brabant. It was fought in the extremely hard winter of 1944 and ’45, the so-called ‘Hunger Winter’, in which thousands of Dutch men, women and children perished from starvation and cold. In spring 1945, the liberation of the northeast of Holland began. The Battle of the Twente Canal led to the liberation of Almelo and Hengelo, and the battles for Zutphen and Deventer freed the two towns on 8 April and 10 April. This led to the crossing of the River IJssel: Operation Cannonshot. In early April, the II Canadian Corps reached the borders of Friesland and Groningen. Fierce fighting ensued in Groningen, which was freed on 16 April. Delfzijl - as a port strategically important - followed, and 62 Canadians lost their lives in a battle that lasted more than a week. Around this time the Allies also took the Dutch part of the Atlantic Wall, a coastal defence system by the Nazis. Drenthe was liberated, too, and so was, after a long wait, the Westerbork camp. The Battle of Otterlo was the last big battle to take place in the Netherlands. Otterlo was stuck between Canadian troops on one side, and the German forces trying to get their remaining troops to safety on the other. The result was an unexpected, hard and chaotic battle. In the west of Holland, the 1st Canadian Corps was responsible for the liberation of major cities like Amsterdam (7 May), Rotterdam (8 May) and The Hague. The final Dutch location to be liberated, on 11 June, was the island Schiermonnikoog, regarded as the last battlefield in Western Europe." Source: www.holland.com/global/tourism/holland-stories/liberation-route/canada-and-the-liberation-of-holland.htm
Well thank you very much ! We Dutch know nothing of this 'recent' history cause it's still a taboo obviously , non spoken , we have to get and learn it ourselves , which is always the best way , interest in history , it's all that really matters ......
It does not make any sense to state the obvious again, but good god - is this hilarious! I love chuggin half and half as the next guy, but the more I learn about this Macdonald guy, the more I care for him.
Norm passed away today. His comedy helped get me through a lot of tough times (and will continue to do so). RIP to one of my personal legends.
Just want to say he helped me too and it’s hard to see him go. Wishing you the best, he’d want us to keep laughing.
Diddo
Yeah REALLY helped me out through some tough times as well. God bless Norm AND all of you.
Laughter heals.
God bless him.
He’s was so smart and clever and.. I could go on and on.. Sometimes when i’m depressed, I just watch a little of Norm and it just seems to slip away.. A Christian man, he’s in heaven no doubt. Making Jesus laugh, angels too..
"The more I learn about that guy the more I don't care for him." -- that statement could only originate from the brilliant mind of Norm Macdonald. He is sorely missed.
Honestly I miss him so much.
Rest in Peace Norm.
The noise he makes before saying that is great too.
hitler was a real jerk
Best line ever!
Perfect fraze to describe Normie
How to interview Norm Macdonald:
1) Ask question
2) Let him talk for 25 minutes
Greatest comedian ever.
Terry Eubanks Best interviewer ever, most hosts would interrupt him every five seconds
Ben Carlson Conan is pretty fun to watch with this guy too bc he eggs him on lol
Ben Carlson PS I agree. David is THE GOAT
Step 1 is optional
Hi
One of the reasons Letterman and Conan O’Brien loved Norm so much was they could just sit back and let him do his thing. At times they were his straight men. At others they could almost become part of the audience, just listening and laughing, but they had the best seats in the house. They both knew Norm was always funny.
You can tell David loved Norm. He had him on his show multiple times. He started laughing as he was introducing him and didn't stop until the end of the interview.
They have entirely the same sense of humor 😃
Norm just delivered his act from top to bottom. I've never seen a late show episode where Letterman barely talks
When Jerry Seinfeld came on it was the same thing, as well as Howard Stern.
Thats normal, pretty much every comic does that.
Letterman has a lot of respect for Norm and Norm does for him. Thet have a sort of Father-Son relationship.
Bobby Brady and?
dildonius He is a moron
My kinda humor, I wish I could meet Norm just to Thank him for all the laughs.
You could earn 15$ while you're at it
U can still find him from time to time visiting adam under the Brooklyn bridge
Classic comedy! Is there anyone now who does something other than talking politics as comedy?!
I wish I could meet him too. Amazing mangrate.
@@waswaswad AHAHAHAH
🥂 cheers to that one guy in the audience having the time of his life
Yeah he was wildin
Hello, fellow visitors of the www computer!
What makes Letterman great is his capacity to let talk show genius express itself, without interrupting.
Normally it is a battle of ego's for letterman as he want's to be the funniest person in the room but not so when interviewing Norm. You can see he has a lot of love for him.
Dave's honest chuckling reaction to Norm is priceless 👏
The most under appreciated underrated and underpaid comedian in history.
underpaid.......ahhh GENTILE.....
Appreciated by his fans. We loved his humor & his adorable dimples!
I’m binging ever since he left us. Rest In Peace Norm! 🙏💙🙏💙
The best
nice spelling dipass
Legend!!
We'll miss you, Norm. Thank you for the laughs.
Best talk show guest ever
Agree
Him and Tom Waits
His GREATEST appearance was on the view!
Man alive holy crow, Norm is the best.
Really sad because Norm just passed away and I'm going to miss him. So much
Well, just making someone laugh about their medical condition is a kind thing to do. Making a freakin 'Letterman thing' and make ppl come out of fear of death is indeed work of a legend. RIP Norm.
When norm finishes talking then just stairs off in to space with that look on his face makes me laugh on it's own
Norm is absolutely darling. His small teeth smile just kills me everytime. I love him.
Stares not stairs
Norm is a good man
@@james-xf1ox hahahaha
@@canadaguy20081 yea what’re we tryna walk somewhere?
Norm could never tell a joke again and still be one of the funniest people in the world on his tone, speech patterns and voice alone.
Truth!
Once you understand norm you will understand.
I've been binge watching norm on a regular basis for a couple yrs. I too was crestfallen, but have continued to laugh. God bless you Norm Mac Donald .
Me too
@@kathysteiner5529Me too
0:37 Norm Macdonald, the only man who can come on stage and immediately get a laugh simply by saying "Me? I'm uh, Yeah, I'm alright, I uh...I, I"
Its the look he gives directly after, he explains how he discovered this trick from watching Bob Hope
@@joesaintjames6221 where can I find that explanation?
@@omarabibaker3637 Season 2 of Norm Live, episode 5, with Fred Willard
I cant telling it's a routine or just talking. High level comedian.
May God bless you … thank you for so many funny moments … you were brilliant
Norm spoke a lot about his health with Dave.Even his visits to the Mayo Clinic.God couldn't they save him??
Norm was so sweet and humble and handsome
Love Norm...."Ass over tea-kettle wrong" lol never heard that one before😜
gee davey that's a very old saying
Hell in a hand basket 😂👍
When Norm was growing up it would've been "Arse over tea-kettles." (Canada used to be a lot more British.) It means upside-down, but also tumbling, like say if you fell down some stairs or slipped in the snow and your feet were actually above your head briefly.
We were at this taping while in New York for our honeymoon - Norm killed as usual 👍
Norm helped me get through a tough period in my life, literally saving it in the process, and not in the way you might expect. Many of you may not believe this story. That’s fine, as sometimes I can scarcely believe it myself. I had made up my mind at the time to end my life and so was standing on the steel super structure of a bridge in the dead of night looking down into the ink black waters below and knowing all the while that the black abyss that I was staring into was actually my own impending mortality. It’s a sight I’ll never forget, even long after, I fear, I’ve forgotten the faces of my loved ones. All of the sudden I heard footsteps behind me and then a voice. I turned to see who it was and it was Norm MacDonald. I knew who he was of course, he was Father’s favorite comedian. He looked at me and he said, “You shouldn’t jump.” I told him that he didn’t know why I felt that I had to. “Tell me,” he said. I told him of my father, of years of his abuse and of the high expectations he had for me that I knew I could never live up to. I told him of unrequited love and the heart rending pain I fell asleep to every night, tears still seeping from my closed eyes. I told him of the horribly emaciated visage of my mother, the thin strands of hair left to her clinging to her fevered scalp as the cancer she had fought so hard for 3 years to overcome, afflicting her body with poisons and growing weaker every day all the while, finally claimed its ultimate victory over her. I told him things I had never told anyone. I’ll never forget his response. He looked thoughtfully down at his feet while he stroked his chin for a moment, and then he looked up at me and said this: “Well, all of that may be so…but there’s a fella down under this bridge jerking off punks for $15 a man!”
Norm always seems like he is forgetting stuff but is a great joke teller.
Its an act obviously
I still remember watching this “live”
The cake and half&half still gets me
RIP Norm
Love Norm and Dave.Norm signed his book for me,he wrote,Olli,never take Crack .read it on the Subway and Realy laughed out loud.
I love when he says personal trainers look like "Dash Riprock" from earlier
Letterman always brought the best out of Norm. Kind of reminds me of how well behaved and calm Andy Kaufman was when he was interviewed by Orson Wells. Deep respect there.
very highbrow reference if I do say so myself. I didn't know Orson Wells interviewed andy kaufman - OR vica versa....did I spell that right?
@@heavnnnsent Yeah, it's a trippy video. Check it out here on RUclips. I think Welles was filling in for the regular host on some talk show back in the early 80s. He used to do a lot of random things like that to hustle and make money as he was constantly in debt (and when he died suddenly his estate was a mess and his heirs fought over it for years). I don't really think of Orson Welles or Andy Kauffman as being high brow. Orson Welles was a great storyteller and a great interview. With all due respect, Andy Kauffman was a young brat who thrived on getting under people's skin. Yeah, they were geniuses and all but since they lived before social media they weren't so entirely self-conscious and self-promoting like celebrities today. Just a different time and a different world. In many ways a better one.
Norm's shirt is one wicked Moiré pattern.
2 years and im the first to comment saying "good eye, dude" the "glitchiness" gets me every time
You can tell these two guys really loved each other.
If anyone needed to be cloned, it's Norm. You are greatly missed.
Norm on Letterman in 2006, discussing his fitness regime and visit to Amsterdam.
Category
Music
... to my ears
Love how relaxed Norm is
“I don’t want a vein in my arm”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Telling the trainer not to earn his money, that's just classic
Love when he looks at the audience
I can't stop watching norm😵💫
He’s was so smart and clever and.. I could go on and on.. Sometimes when i’m depressed, I just watch a little of Norm and it just seems to slip away.. A Christian man, he’s in heaven no doubt. Making Jesus laugh, angels too..
Loved him. So funny
Imagine if Norm has gone to a Hindu Heaven instead of a Christian Heaven then he must definitely be facing a "communication Gap"...🤣🤣
So true....me too
He's right about the Dutch. I was there in the mid 70's and they still loved us. They teach their kids right.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
My uncle would go back every five years even though what he experienced there was so terrible he could never talk about it. But it was good for him, and the Dutch treated him incredibly well. He would come back with chocolate for us, and souvenirs like little ceramic windmills in Delft blue.
Norm always wore a suit and tie for Dave.
Pretty sure he insisted on it for comedians performing , even bill burr wore suit and tie when he did stand up on the show, not sure if that applied to guests tho
@Burnintreez321 Tf did he do to you to make you so angry?
@@eviancl4157 Nah hes not completely wrong, Letterman wasn't the funniest guy as a host. F.e. Conan 100x better.
@@SundayAssault Conan's great.
Not always
I'm glad I missed Letterman's "Ventriloquist Week."
Aka Puppet week
That foreign police officer doesn't own a doghouse.
With his fruity bike.
don't know............he's deeply closeted
In Holland you don't need a doghouse I guess
LOL he went to Holland and then called them all foreigners haha
I'm glad he got it some people don't get things on here especially sarcasm
5:28 just listen to that one guy in the audience wailing laughing . Norms unassuming intellect has got another .
Joshua Chambers lmao it’s so true. You just know he showed up and had no idea what he was in for
“Ass over tea kettle wrong” - genius
If I want to brighten my day I just listen to a letterman show with Norm.
These guys wouldve been a great comedy duo. Natural chemistry.
I love how he is proud of himself after the interview 😂
That shirt is making me seasick.
Probably the guy who makes me laugh harder than anyone else. God I miss him.
I still get sad when I watch norm now. The best to ever do it.
RIP one-of-a-kind comedian and fellow Quebecer Norm Mcdonald!! Gone far too soon, fuck cancer!!!
You could see how much he respected Dave and Dave loved him.God this is one celebrity i really missed.
RIP NORM.
The talk show host always seems to know exactly what questions to ask the comedian, questions that conveniently lead right into a perfect story
And then they always have the perfect follow up question to continue the story
I'm pretty sure on most shows they discuss the topics beforehand
This was a specially funny one
This was filmed on Spetmember 13th? Good lord, that reminds me of that tragedy.
Norm is the funniest man alive
And now the funniest man that’s left us ❤️
MAN ALIVE
Andres, that didn't age well
@@billcrowder6477 One of my favorito expresiones of his.
I'm viewing all the Norm on Letterman interviews. I'm going to be sad when I get to the last one. Norm could make doing your taxes funny...
I love you Norm
Norm was really a funny guy and I have always enjoyed him on the Letterman show! RIP Norm.
Absolutely loved this - thanks for posting it 👍🏿👍👍🏾
Its Norm's world, and the rest of us are only living in it and laughing.
Hadn't seen this one. Thanks, man
Never saw Dave happier than when Norm was on
I love the reference to Dash Riprock! Lol
I loved that line but have no clue who dart ripfart is, what is it?
Dash Riprock was a recurring character on the Beverly Hillbillies. He played a handsome movie actor that was Elly May’s love interest. There is also was band with that name.
Norm and his buddies certainly do love those hiter jokes. I can appreciate good humour.
I’ll never forget going to that bike shop in Amsterdam - they threw pedals at me.
Miss those days. Miss Norm.
The short point he makes about being better at not doing things than doing extra things is so poignant. Classic Norm
Amsterdam sounds more and more awesome everytime I hear about it
Except for the dirty foreginers.
The 'red light' bit actually happened to me, except it wasn't Amsterdam, it was New London, Connecticut, and I wasn't pulled over by a bicycle, it was a car with three cops in it. One of them spoke to me from 20 feet away which was peculiar. I guess they like to keep their distance. Anyway, he asked me if I was on drugs. And then he asked me again. 2am, I'm lost, I ask them for help finding my hotel, and they refuse - 'just get out of here'. So if any of those three police officers are reading this I just want to say I'm OK. This has probably weighed heavily on your mind ever since. But no need to worry, I'm OK. I found a cop in the next town who gave me directions and I made it to the hotel safely.
It's good to hear that you made it back okay and nobody pulled a letterman on you
Glad to hear you made it back to your hotel , I’ll sleep better now
“No use for abs, I just wanna not die”. Classic Norm
I’ll always adore his ability to make a mundane story ammusing
Love the “Late Night” color tie Norm is wearing ❤️
Ventriloquist week! I hate I missed that.
He killed it, as always...
He had Dave really cracking up!
Crazy how this was 15 years before the exact day of his desth
Norm describing Hitler's public speaking ability at 5:57
The world needs you now Norm :(
I finally got it, just changing diet is not enough, i need to exercise….life lessons scattered everywhere in Norm’s bits….
I got a kind of Tommy Smothers from the late 60's vibe in Norm's pacing and cadence during this bit.
Man alive, Holy crow
Norm mc Donald was funner to listen to than David letterman, and he cheers me up when I'm bored and down.
Do a letterman on me 😂😂😂💯
Gautham Suresh I don’t get it :/
@@jessejive117 me neither. :/
For those who don’t get the joke: not long before this interview, Letterman had a quintuple heart bypass done.
I miss him. 🥲🥲🥲
Sad but not surprising that the American audience thought this was a joke.
"In May 1945, when Holland was finally freed from Nazi occupation, it was in no small part thanks to Canadian troops. Until today, the two countries have a warm relationship, and the Netherlands hosts annual remembrance ceremonies for the thousands of Canadian soldiers that gave their lives for freedom in Holland.
Canada played a key role in the liberation of Holland from September 1944 to May 1945, from the southwest - the setting of the crucial battle of the Scheldt - to the northeast, where the battles of Groningen and Delfzijl took place.
It all started in October 1944 with the beginning of the Battle of the Scheldt, featuring international troops led by the First Canadian Army. One of the biggest and most gruelling battles of the entire war, this campaign was fought in harsh conditions and lasted until 8 November. It ensured supplies could reach Allied forces on the rest of the European continent following D-Day, but it came at a high price: more than 6,000 Canadian soldiers were killed, wounded or captured. Visitors to the Netherlands can step back in time to this period at the Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland, which retraces the history of the area, and in particular the Battle of the Scheldt.
Another important battle in the south-west was the Battle of Kapelsche Veer on the River Maas in Noord-Brabant. It was fought in the extremely hard winter of 1944 and ’45, the so-called ‘Hunger Winter’, in which thousands of Dutch men, women and children perished from starvation and cold.
In spring 1945, the liberation of the northeast of Holland began. The Battle of the Twente Canal led to the liberation of Almelo and Hengelo, and the battles for Zutphen and Deventer freed the two towns on 8 April and 10 April. This led to the crossing of the River IJssel: Operation Cannonshot.
In early April, the II Canadian Corps reached the borders of Friesland and Groningen. Fierce fighting ensued in Groningen, which was freed on 16 April. Delfzijl - as a port strategically important - followed, and 62 Canadians lost their lives in a battle that lasted more than a week. Around this time the Allies also took the Dutch part of the Atlantic Wall, a coastal defence system by the Nazis. Drenthe was liberated, too, and so was, after a long wait, the Westerbork camp.
The Battle of Otterlo was the last big battle to take place in the Netherlands. Otterlo was stuck between Canadian troops on one side, and the German forces trying to get their remaining troops to safety on the other. The result was an unexpected, hard and chaotic battle.
In the west of Holland, the 1st Canadian Corps was responsible for the liberation of major cities like Amsterdam (7 May), Rotterdam (8 May) and The Hague. The final Dutch location to be liberated, on 11 June, was the island Schiermonnikoog, regarded as the last battlefield in Western Europe."
Source: www.holland.com/global/tourism/holland-stories/liberation-route/canada-and-the-liberation-of-holland.htm
I knew it wasn't a joke! Harumph.
Sir this is a wendys
Lol you use that quote when someone is off topic, everything they shared totally has to do with what he talked about in the video.
Rush rules!!!!!!!
Well thank you very much ! We Dutch know nothing of this 'recent' history cause it's still a taboo obviously , non spoken , we have to get and learn it ourselves , which is always the best way , interest in history , it's all that really matters ......
Skrankly rankly!
It does not make any sense to state the obvious again, but good god - is this hilarious! I love chuggin half and half as the next guy, but the more I learn about this Macdonald guy, the more I care for him.
The hundreds of "ya know"s is icing on the cake.
Norm is hilarious.
Man alive! Holy crow!
The JS Bach of Comedy.
Norm's still the best.
an artist
Norm is a high class comic.