A 12 Minute Joke (This One Gets A Little Dark)

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[@Jzscrstsprstr]

Norm is known for his detailed work.

[@Brandon-lc2yu]

😂😂

[@loganryan1317]

#cheesesandwiches

[@DaleMontdale-xd1mc]

I laughed like a genuine phyco

[@derpyc.hoovesIV]

Norm is the type of guy to actually have the cheese sandwiches in the creepiest van you've ever seen. RIP Gone far too early.

[@solomiguex]

Hahaha

[@pablozee6359]

“somehow, through sheer tyranny of will” is one of the greatest “pay close attention or you’ll miss it” bits of beautiful wordplay I’ve ever heard in a stand up bit. Norm was incredible.

[@tempsitch5632]

And I’ll bet that was ad lib. Like his old bit about his Dad catching hom smoking behind the garage. “…..and my Dad’s head appeared, his big head appeared round the corner..,” then he hears himself say that realising the specificity of his Dad’s singular head, and he ad libs “…..followed by his body as it often would..”. Same as the “sheer tyranny of will”. Thought up on the spot and amused himself.

[@charleybarley914]

"no river long enought not to contain a bend" is right behind it

[@randall-king]

@@tempsitch5632 I don’t remember that. Too funny!

[@tempsitch5632]

@@randall-king It’s super old. I actually got into Norm in the late 80’s when I would do homework to comedy on the radio. The bit is about his Dad catching him smoking cigarettes. So his Dad makes him smoke a huge cigar right til the end. “…and that’s when I started smoking cigars real heavy”. Look up his first special or any of his first good 5 mins appearances. “Them’s mean streets for a weiner dog in a cardigan”. The old stuff was great too.

[@Randsurfer]

@@tempsitch5632 I'll bet it wasn't.

[@isthatwhatemptymeans8222]

"Do that thing that makes me feel like God" is such a dark and hilarious line. I miss Normie

[@scottlounsbury7822]

my favorite line in the entire 12 min.

[@rubbersole79]

"Oh fuck not the woods. Nothing good ever happens in the woods." - Norm you magnificent bastard.

[@hockeyrd99]

"You don't have to have cheese sandwiches in the van..." 😂😂😂

[@jefftezos]

Unless you want to be known for your detailed work

[@devinup3981]

When you swivel your head around, the person you'd most want to see in your eyeline would be Janice.

[@toddsonnier3763]

Norm was the anchor for Saturday night live weekend update for a long time. That's why they clapped for the news

[@jordan0010]

"I know there's no river long doesn't contain a bend but i don't believe...." This should be a fun reaction😂😂😂

[@MaddyReactions]

😂 also moth joke seems to be back up!

[@jordan0010]

Ooh sick thanks for letting me know 🙏🙏

[@accountablehog]

“Could just be vanity… but I don’t think…”

[@mem1701movies]

@@MaddyReactionswatch NORM LOSES HIS SPONSORS

[@sjd5750]

@@MaddyReactions Yes!..The moth joke!!

[@NameOptional-p9u]

After Norm's death...that little part about "Hope" hits different. Makes you wonder if that was him venting a little about his cancer.

[@MintyFreshTurds]

I think "Me Doing Standup" was a year before his diagnosis. But he was very cynical already and he already had a stomach cancer battle back in the 80's.

[@cskillet2003]

I always liked how he accused people who didn't understand why someone would commit suicide of living in a cotton candy house.

[@johnboydTx]

Norm was a very unique comedian 😄👏👏 his view of the world 😂😂 R.I.P. too a Great Legend 😢💔

[@agent-proofme7720]

Toss up between Norm’s great sense of humour and Maddy’s awesome smile.

[@Seven50ml]

Norm was a genius disguised as just another comedian.

[@CT2507]

I wouldn't call him a genius. He was just a very bright unconformist. I think he found it hilarious that people bow before the alter of "politically correctness", and couldn't help himself from messing with that. In the world of blind people the one-eyed man is king!

[@CT2507]

@NameGoesHere21 So he was good at math. I had a friend like that who was good at math. He was so good he was helping the teachers. He was good at computers also. But apart from that he was not very adept. Had emotional problems and poor social skills. Was afraid to drive his car in the center of the city, when thousands of lesser intelligent cab drivers had no problem.

[@JS-ln4ns]

@@CT2507”genius” doesn’t mean you are equally good at everything. Your friend could be a genius but not very good at social interactions, for example. The poet, Emily Dickinson, was a genius and was a recluse. One thing does not cancel out the other.

[@ramudon2428]

"Which is fine nowadays" kills me. It's the best part of this whole deal.

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

Along with his 'ridiculous three color ball' comment shortly thereafter. This man could *write and deliver* a joke like few others.

[@johncurtis7186]

Good choice. His routine on “Alcoholism”, is another must react to video.

[@MaddyReactions]

Ooooh

[@accountablehog]

Agreed

[@nickrizzi4927]

Pride parade in San Fran is a killer too....

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

Normie tricked people by playing the dumb guy. The whole time he was setting us up for the laughter/slaughter with his ridonkulous punchlines. I loved everything about this man and miss his humor every day.

[@VegasTwins]

The joke starts so innocent and gets dark as it goes. It is great

[@ryanandy98]

Norm Macdonald is the greatest

[@dmj4966]

The moth joke on Conan is excellent, also the professor of logic joke, and there are montages of his jokes from when he was the news anchor on SNL

[@MarkMcLT]

Definitely the moth joke. Classic. All the more impressive because although the core of the joke isn't his and is very simple, his very long version was made up on the spot to fill a segment on the show that he wasn't expecting.

[@chrisb222]

the names he came up with lol@@MarkMcLT

[@vdoggydogg3922]

​@@chrisb222all from Russian literature

[@paulwalker9421]

Norm Macdonald, he was very funny .His SNL work was also wonderful. He was never PC. RIP Norm! Thanks Maddy!!

[@NameOptional-p9u]

Norm is such a funny guy. even his interviews are great

[@stevenbeall9637]

All joking aside, Maddy's got a smile that would light up a room. 😊 BTW Maddy: I've got a van...it's right over there...full of cheese sandwiches. 😉

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

damn, very nice lol

[@unclerob3474]

Hey!! Stop stealing my moves.

[@MaddyReactions]

I don’t eat cheese, guys 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Darrell7777]

​​@@MaddyReactionsBut you do say "cheese" whenever you smile 😎 Keeping the cheesy jokes going 😂

[@kevinerose]

Hey Steven I like cheese sandwiches.

[@accountablehog]

Yes! Been looking forward to this. Enjoy. RIP Normie

[@akanshsrivastav8269]

"An area most known for its remoteness " f!ing Einstein this guy

[@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA]

"Nightcrawler" is the film you're thinking of.

[@nealorr5086]

And "provocation" is the word you're trying to conjugate.

[@pattaccone]

This joke is like music for me. I listen to it almost every day. Never gets old

[@LN-Lifer]

The greatest 12 minutes in comedy history

[@LN-Lifer]

Damn I have watched more reactions to this than I can count I think you are the first person to really make a point to comment on how accurate it really is Respect

[@tiagopinto365]

Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, Ricky Gervais, Red Fox etc.. comedy is abundant and lifts the heaviness of the world

[@mikebarry7387]

I lived in LA years ago and one Saturday night a friend and I decided to randomly go a comedy club. I think it was the Laugh Factory. It turned out that David Spade and Norm were there unannounced. Spade was ok but Norm had me laughing so hard I was literally crying.

[@sjd5750]

Gotta be the funniest damn bit EVER!..Every time I hear I almost die from lack of oxygen!..Lol!!

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂😂

[@d34d10ck]

I have another tip for anyone who's interested. Don't just bury the body in a very deep grave. Also bury a dead animal in the same grave just below the surface. When the search dogs find the grave, everyone will just think it's an animal grave and no one will dig any deeper to find the actual body.

[@tiagopinto365]

just watch a ton of Norm! what a legend so funny

[@ginesdepasamonte9468]

What I find most awesome about Norm's kraft is how he takes your hand and drags you into the heart of darkness while making you crack with laughter. The efing Mozart of comedy. No one close

[@ginesdepasamonte9468]

Uncle Terry's Joke is another good example of this

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

One of the greatest stories/jokes ever told. Norm elicits about 100 laughs out of a 12 minute segment. A 12 minute joke pretty much based on the simple phrase 'a shallow grave.'

[@jaredhaas4168]

This joke always makes me hungry for a cheese sandwich.

[@MrChaes]

He is so matter-of-fact about it all. It kills me every time

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

"I guess I'll go home and await the authorities..." Classic. "I know there is no river long enough that doesn't contain a bend..." Classic.

[@nealorr5086]

This isn't a 12 minute joke. It's a 12 minute "bit" with lots of smaller joke interspersed throughout.

[@tallguytrucker7864]

Yes! Norm lol. He had a particular style that not everyone gets but I thought he was funny. More norm Maddy 😂

[@aaronmccord1129]

Norm was one was the comedian that made other comedians laugh. A truly talented and funny man. "It's just make believe You can't believe everything you see So baby, close your eyes to the lullabies On the news tonight" Thanks for putting this song back in my head :)

[@kirpalite]

It's all about his delivery!!

[@knessing7681]

the actual punch line for the overall of the story was Norm actually knowing Janice and it was him who did her off or put her in the woods ... I think this is his Darkest bit ever ... not surprising, at this time he was fighting cancer (since 2012), he never told anyone (until he was on his death bed) and he kept on working.

[@kimzwolinski9919]

Norm was great 💙

[@billwong553]

Night crawler was the movie I think.💭

[@JimiMiki]

I first listened to this joke about 10 years ago, and the Janice I pictured in my head looked exactly like this girl.

[@MaddyReactions]

😂

[@hereintheyear]

is that who you're talking about, Janis?

[@prashantnegi007]

Hey Maddy, I can get us a bottle.

[@toyota420xp]

It's emotionally provocative

[@doomtho42]

Most comedians say funny things; Norm said things funny.

[@chrismaverick9828]

The seven minute Dirty Johnny joke is hilarious.

[@428chase]

take about a minute for these 2 jokes A man and his son were in the park, when they came across 2 dogs doing it. The son ask his dad, what are those dogs doing over there? The father thinking fast, says well one dog is sick and the other one is pushing him to the hospital. so this skunk, a deer, and a giraffe go into a bar and start ordering up some drinks on tab. After they each had a number of drinks, the bar tender says to them, you guys had your drinks, now I want to see some money. Looking at the skunk, skunk says I don't have a scent, the deer says I don't have a buck, the giraffe says, well the high balls are on me

[@jdhenge]

Floyd is the Janice we've been waiting for

[@AU88]

He was such a genius. I miss him terribly.

[@debbiewilson8157]

Norm rules!!!

[@CanadaDan]

The movie with Jake Gyllenhaal is 'Nightcrawler' i believe, it was crazy but a good one. Norm was a unique guy but hilarious, comedic gold stuff

[@LesCish]

Norm's funny. When he leads Conan on for several minutes, it's hilarious. But my favorite if Norm's Biil Cosby hypocrisy joke.

[@kaltwies]

Rip Norm! Easily in the top ten of comedians of all time! Legendary!

[@robertashford2522]

That was norm. This is all constructed about the “shallow Grave” that they always describe on the news but then built a 12 minute journey through details that are just window dressing around the shallow grave joke. The longer his jokes are and the longer the journey the more entertained I am because you know it’s always a set up for the simplest punch line. He was a master

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

Emotional provocation Great reaction!

[@ColKurtzknew]

A master working his craft. The video compilation of his bashing OJ Simpson on SNL is a must !!

[@GodlessScummer]

First time hearing this routine. It's very funny.

[@rustybarrel516]

I just finished explaining to my wife why I was laughing hysterically after a local newscast threw it to a reporter in front of the woods to tell us that a missing woman’s body had been found. She wasn’t amused. 🤷‍♂️

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂😂

[@nickrizzi4927]

Maddy, your clip had a very hard stop. I recall him using his genius Norm mumble to gently stroke a soft transition out of the darkness. Your reactions are spot on!

[@MaddyReactions]

🩷🩷🩷

[@geraldherrmann787]

I have a very different opinion about the end of the joke. Yes, it may well shock us, but I have the feeling that it might make rapers, torturers, serialkillers feel very very small and unimportant. Thus, the dark end might even save lives.

[@njwho68]

Great reaction as always...spot on...and Norm, my all time fave...a genius

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

Jack Johnson the surfer dude? :) man that just brought back an whole album of flashbacks, me and my friends used to love his music for a great summer vibe ❤ 'Rodeo Clowns' always was my favourite

[@youngwrenzo]

Check out his “Moth goes to a podiatrist” joke.

[@jamesgalloway6180]

Very, very funny. My fav comedian.

[@GramadinGG]

Norm might really be the GOAT.

[@YoungGents]

Norm wants to make you laugh at something dark, and then drag your face through the subject like a dog who pooped in the house.

[@williamcabell142]

He is the King of Comedy...in my simple opinion! It’s a joke about the news! Come on young women! 🤨

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂😂

[@danielowens2913]

There clapping at the news because he’s known for doing bits about the news he was also the news anchor on SNL

[@MaddyReactions]

Ooooh lol

[@sinfulsolutionz]

haven't watched yet, but such a great bit (even tho"dark") lol hope you enjoyed!

[@Sk8c03]

R.I.P. Norm Macdonald

[@luciferthedoberman8991]

8:20 Emotional manipulation

[@choosetolivefree]

Provocation was the word you were looking for 😁

[@kevinc3427]

My fav comedian. I think this routine is not about how to get away with murder; the real punch-line is "I'd do that thing that makes me feel like god", a commentary on how humans treat each other every day to varying degrees.

[@AlanCanon2222]

You know, it might just be coincidence, but I just made a bunch of cheese sandwiches.

[@Coleyjp0716]

Lmao I’d like to see more comedy

[@MaddyReactions]

Me tooo!!! lol

[@gazoontight]

Lovely Maddy. I’m watching some of your older videos. Norm was a great performer.

[@MaddyReactions]

🩷🩷🩷

[@robertg7396]

You gotta react to Norm when he was on Weekend Update (Saturday night live). A few that are hilarious are "Trashing all women", and Sh*tting on Oh Simpson. 😂

[@Zelig2Cents]

Hi Maddy. You seem like such a good egg and Norm blessed us so much that I feel it my duty to give you context for him so you can fully appreciate him. If you've only ever seen this bit of his and worse, if you take what he says literally; you'll very much come away with a wrong understanding of him and his comedy. For example, in an interview once, someone asked him what quality he most valued and wished he showed more of and he said, kindness. If you see more of his work, you'll come to see that. Some of his jokes come off as cruel, but the intent is 100% to just be funny and not to hurt others. There are a LOT of facets to his comedy that are brilliant and you actually hit on one of them at 6:38 when you said, "This is hilarious that he's dissecting this..." One of the brilliant things Norm does is take an idea or an experience that we all just take for granted and maybe even take for truth, and deconstruct it so completely, down to its most basic components that the ridiculousness of it is laid bare for all to see. Another thing he's a master at is, as you said, storytelling. Even though it LOOKS like he's stumbling along through the story, he knows exactly where he's taking it. The story that takes you there has lots of little punchlines or funny things, but the big one is at the end. However, because he took you on this really long journey, he has distracted you from where it's going to land, so that when it does, it takes you by surprise. In this case, he early on talks about how these supposed evil geniuses seem to always bury their victims in shallow graves. At the end, as a counterpoint to that, he hits you with how he would bury them in a very, very, VERY deep grave. What's funny is NOT the theme! Norm would recoil at the thought of someone that harbored such darkness in their soul. What's funny is the surprise ending! This brings me to another brilliance of his. Norm doesn't encourage this kind of evil, nor is he trying to give anyone a template at how to succeed at it. Once again, the theme is not what is funny about his humor. What is funny is how ridiculously ABSURD the theme is, or that Norm would talk about it so nonchalantly. It is the ridiculous absurdity that is at the center of what's funny here. Lastly, not that this is the only other great quality of Norm's but one I really enjoy, is that he plays the "every man" and even pretends like he's almost a simpleton. He's anything but. I've heard many people say that he voraciously read Russian literature and that he was a mathematical genius. He has always seemed to me to come off as unassuming. To get a full understanding of Norm, I would encourage you to think of the person you know in your personal life that shows others love and kindness more than anyone else you know. Now imagine that person telling this story. With your friend or family member, that you're thinking of you have the advantage, however, of knowing them well enough to know that they would never ever condone the behavior talked about in this story. You know them so well, that you would know that the only intent is to tell something so absurd, and to tell it well enough that the story hides the punchline until you hear it at the end, and finally, that they are about deconstructing accepted concepts in order to expose them... but in a funny way, with the end result that the only intent is just to make others laugh at the ridiculous things around us. That's Norm to a 'T'. As much as he makes me laugh, knowing his mischievousness and his kindness, he makes me smile.

[@MaddyReactions]

Great breakdown

[@joecoppola3974]

Love the reaction ❤

[@jasonbyassee7541]

Only Norm could pull this joke off.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

Nightcrawler is a great movie

[@bighuge1060]

Nightcrawler might be the movie you referenced earlier in your video.

[@jamesrussell6663]

The late great Norm...

[@jvnbrk]

For some reason your aura projects innocence lol..when I saw that dirty motherf***er on the thumbnail I was like oh no lol

[@ltophoj21]

Norm is the greatest!

[@kidwave1]

Emotional provocation

[@YManCyberDude]

I like the news. You should too. Huey Lewis did.

[@jordan0010]

Hey Paul

[@sourdeez5558]

Love the comedy reactions!

[@Imsosorrytrash]

Provocation that’s the word

[@luciferthedoberman8991]

WHY ARE WOMEN SO INTERESTED IN TRUE CRIME????

[@patrickoreilly3303]

Those curls though...i can't concentrate on Norm.

[@tkorreck]

The ‘lose your job’ bit is brilliant. It’s about that all around bad person, and real jerk, OJ Simpson.

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

I love your hair, Maddy ❣

[@timothym7608]

Liked and subscribed.

[@MaddyReactions]

Welcome aboard!

[@willarrington8611]

Hi Maddy! Love your comedy reactions, more please? Norm was one of a kind, that's for sure. I would suggest anything from George Carlin, Bill Burr, Tom Segura, or Jim Jefferies. Thank you!! ✌️☮️🇺🇸❤️

[@rmdm1990]

MADDY you are too cute!

[@MaddyReactions]

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