Norm MacDonald and Andy Richter: A Hilariously Tricky Relationship Revealed!

[@matthewstephens6848]

‘There’s nothing wrong with being gay. Unless you’re not gay. Then there’s something horribly wrong with it.’ Haha

[@roddydykes7053]

Must’ve been referring to them prisons

[@dnd6075]

"Because you weren't gay, you were raped" followed by a massive roar from the crowd.

[@brianb2783]

Norm explaining the joke is often funnier than the punch line.

[@bensonbright]

​@@brianb2783"It was a punchline. Norm is a genius at creating two or three punchlines with the last always being the unexpected but always the best.

[@brianb2783]

​@@bensonbright I'd say he was the master of delivering punchlines regardless of where they landed. Sometimes it was the traditional location at the end of the joke, sometimes it came after, and sometimes they were sprinkled throughout the story he told during an otherwise mediocre joke. He took jokes that wouldn't be funny if anyone else told them and made them hilarious.

[@DavidTa2]

Swedish Germans are so sensitive 😂

[@DailyJuggle]

@@brianb2783bingo!!!! He always was Picasso with it, sometimes him even saying the obvious punchline is a twist in itself hahahaha

[@LePageChannel]

That 5¢ per customer joke killed me.

[@Barnaclebeard]

It's such a corny old joke but it still works

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

The "simple arithmetic" part always fucking gets me 😂

[@ashuosake2323]

😂

[@Sniperboy5551]

I saw it coming from a mile away, but it was still hilarious. Andy just saw it coming.

[@FTLnovaKid]

😂😂

[@driftless7134]

The fact that Andy still isn't over these jokes and had gone on long monologs about them on Conan's podcast, makes them even funnier.

[@callanc3925]

I also like how norm made andy say, on national tv, that theres more dignity in being raped than being gay

[@jeppolini9774]

Extra funny when Conan's done plenty of jokes in the same vein towards Jordan Schlansky; maybe the issue is rather being the butt of the joke?

[@deaconblooze1]

He really is a sweetish German.

[@jameslutian1977]

@@jeppolini9774 As a lifelong Conan watcher, I only realized toward the end what a waste Richter was the entire time. An Adam Eget-like character would've been infinitely funnier, but as we can see Andy was too prissy. What a shame....And yes, I did just give Adam Eget a compliment.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

@@callanc3925 lol. Well, more signity than being a gay prostitute.

[@Lindenrd25]

Norm was basically the only guest that even acknowledged Andy.

[@ryantiller5624]

People are so rarely acknowlwledged. Remember the good old days when we'd all go out acknowlwledging?

[@Lindenrd25]

@@ryantiller5624 Yep, then we'd all go follow a garbage truck.

[@MaxSludge]

@@Lindenrd25 …those were the days…now ruined by this meddling bureaucracy…

[@FTLnovaKid]

😂

[@mikebud12]

At least Andy wasn't a virulent holocaust denier

[@JohnSmith-vx9re]

Swedish German one was the best, so damn savage. Norm had such a unique way of telling jokes. Absolutely unique and a form of art.

[@Bronek.Konarski]

I remember in school, in the UK, in the 1970's, we used to tell that joke. Only it was seven guys that had to know. It took four to hold 'Andy' down... 😁

[@craggles7538]

Andy richter doesn’t own a doghouse

[@joblo6394]

well he’s Swedish German

[@ethanmitchell3161]

Best comment ever

[@Lo-fi_Hi-brow]

😂

[@Rcknrll666]

Wanna go get some chicken?

[@dr.madthumbz2689]

Never went to the university of science neither. What a looser

[@ComedyJakob]

Poor Andy, he jumped in appropriately with that joke and got marked for life.

[@victorespino5650]

Exactly lol

[@gestapoid]

How the hell is it I can watch these same clips repeatedly and laugh every time.

[@akonpierre]

Same here

[@SDW90808]

It was Norm’s gift. I recently watched him tell the oldest joke ever and laughed till I had tears.

[@dellis2852]

YES!! RIP Norm... the GOAT slow burn king and trolling master.

[@ludmillagutomo]

we all love norm

[@prsee5969]

Conan can’t keep it together. Norm breaks him every chance he gets

[@therealbs2000]

11:44 this is why norm is the michael jordan of comedy. Andy says being swedish german is not funny. Norm proceeds to make being swedish german so funny that people on the street still call andy the swedish german even after norm is gone

[@Pause0]

You can see the exact moment he goes "not funny eh? Time to pull out an andy richter joke"

[@therealbs2000]

He took it personal like mj

[@niknombre6773]

This is amazing and made me laugh even harder

[@skellymen2395]

Andy Richter claiming hes swedish german was a joke on it's own, stop acting like norm is the only comedian in the room

[@therealbs2000]

@skellymen2395 yeah, it was the Andy Richter joke, of course how could we forget

[@chriskasatka2095]

"Gay porn is just a genre that cuts across all demographics."🤣🤣🤣

[@Shadyrics]

But this guy really likes it

[@BoxerRick]

🤣🤣

[@GetBackToWorkSteve]

"There's nothing wrong with being gay. Unless you're NOT gay.. then it's the WORST thing you can be." is such a great, buried, throwaway line.

[@Johnny_Savage]

Just like what happened with that swedish-german fella

[@petitpenoit5981]

Getting a rape joke on tv and calling another man unwillingly gay was the pinnacle of comedy. RIP Bean King

[@silencedmaxim5889]

@@dejuren1367 I didn't know only mexicans could enjoy beans.

[@jamesdavis3851]

I don't get the bean king part??? please help, honestly

[@CharlieTWilbury]

His delight while saying you were raped, was fucking hilarious.

[@Exploshi]

insane pfp

[@arnoldziffel4943]

@@jamesdavis3851 The bean king is the guy who finds the bean in the cake.

[@SeraphsWitness]

Andy is a masterclass in how to be a good co-host. The man knows how to take a punch, and put a cherry on top. Seriously an underrated skill.

[@MartinHiggins1972]

No need to be sarcastic.

[@danceswithchihuahuas7092]

@@MartinHiggins1972gsh

[@seanmurray7804]

Knows how to take a punch? He whines incessantly on Conan’s podcast about how much norms jokes bothered him, didn’t even have the balls to talk about it while he was alive

[@SeraphsWitness]

@@seanmurray7804 yea I hadnt heard that yet at the time of my comment.

[@fshoaps]

Andy was useless.

[@diogosabino2545]

"But this guy really likes it" 😂😂

[@MrAdriaxe]

The best ever at explaining the joke and making it funnier than the punch line: "9001 dudes!"

[@tuurdemeester]

And it adds another layer. Because 9,000*0.05 = 45,000 instead of 450. It is Norm playing the dumb guy again... "simple arithmetic!"

[@Coldcloves]

@@tuurdemeester I don't understand.. 9k*0.05 equals 450 though

[@theritchie2173]

@@Coldcloves @tuurdemeester apparently doesn't understand decimals, or maybe he's just playing the dumb guy again. This thing has levels. We can all agree that it's not the absolute best Andy the Swedish German joke though.

[@deaa2325]

​@@theritchie2173I feel like you get Norm

[@GunnarMiller]

@@tuurdemeester450.05 / .05 = 9,000. That's the joke.

[@evannina2681]

He’s a good man.

[@antonjoubert6980]

But a dead man😂

[@evannina2681]

@@antonjoubert6980really? I didn’t even know he was sick

[@wildcardartsent]

​@@evannina2681Doc, she's choking!

[@joshuastinson3013]

Yes. He was

[@bradpirochta9293]

Norm's smile... you know that smile is 'cause he knows that Conan knows that his joke is ridiculous... and the more he pretends it isn't ridiculous... the more he knows that Conan knows its absolutely ridiculous, yet Conan plays along. Gotta love Norm.

[@andrewpowers985]

Love how it all goes back to Andy saying he likes hairy mens asses

[@MT0707]

The hairy guys' asses mansion always makes my lol 😂

[@AmazingFrenchman]

Look at Norm's face reading his list of things he gave up on. See how he's enjoying every moment, looking at Conan like a mischievous child in anticipation for a reaction each time. Such a legend.

[@walley2637]

the best part is that the paper was blank lol

[@MaxSludge]

…the best part was his 5 minute explanation to the audience of what a succubus was just so he could later read that one line about dressing like an incubus…I mean even typing succubus and incubus right now makes me feel how ridiculous that night was…always seems like every part is the best part..

[@rawpower12xu]

I just found out recently that Andy’s son is gay. Maybe that’s why he doesn’t find those gay jokes funny. But then again, it might just be his Swedish German heritage

[@russBwright]

“I would like to tell you one story about Andy…” “I’m scared” 😭

[@jamesdavis3851]

Andy was the first Adam Eget... sorry for Andy that he didn't get it, norm only mocked people he liked

[@derekbrown2215]

That's possibly true, but did he like OJ?

[@timothyapplescotch1361]

@@derekbrown2215i mean later in life he said he liked him so yeah

[@derekbrown2215]

@@timothyapplescotch1361 He said he was a "good guy", but did he like him?

[@gngrphyr]

I think he got it but the jokes were so pointed it's hard not to take a bit of it to heart

[@awakenow7147]

@@gngrphyr Yeah. I love Norm. But if I was a target of his jabs the way Andy was, I would feel embarrassed and hurt as well.

[@matthewstephens6848]

The little gleeful bounce at 6:20. Haha

[@mackabeats]

The first Conan clip had me in stitches. Man, no filter on Norm. Love it. RIP.

[@JimmyJamesJimbo]

“I was concerned. It’s simple arithmetic…” 😂

[@StumpkillerCP]

Norm and David Letterman were heartwarming. And Andy was such a good sport. Norm and Conan are truly entertaining. Conan waiting for what comes next draws us in. And Norm never failed to hit it out of the park. Too soon.

[@emanuelmota7217]

Never has the line "you were raped!" been SO hysterically funny.

[@brianb2783]

It’s right up there with “Doc, she’s choking.” I think Norm’s greatest talent was making people laugh at things they didn’t want to laugh at. It's the purest and highest form of comedy, to make someone genuinely laugh while also making them uncomfortable. He did it to Conan a lot.

[@emanuelmota7217]

@@brianb2783 THAT is one of Norm's greatest punch lines!! SO visual ....

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@emanuelmota7217 It was Dangerfield's joke, he was just retelling it

[@androgynousmaggot9389]

Makes me cry every time! Then I remember he's not with us anymore, and I can't stop crying

[@guinnessharvey4476]

I know what’s coming and yet I cry laughing every single time:)

[@nickmeyers9219]

Andy always looked familiar to me I couldn't quite place it... then I remembered the time I met him under the Queensboro Bridge

[@Sniperboy5551]

“That’s your hero?!” 😂

[@randomguyfan27]

Any fella that has another fella admit hes a Swedish german on tv and have him be happy about it is a man to be feared

[@RandomCarrot2806]

"Why would I lie about that, it's not funny." Never challenge the master.

[@Johnconno]

'Hairy Guy's Asses' had some great articles by Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer and Burt Reynolds.

[@CarmenHawco]

You get so busy watching Andy and Norm go at it the end of the joke that it's hard to notice that Conan can't contain his laughter, to the point that he has to get up from his chair, when you laugh so hard that it hurts to sit still, geez - Norm is a joke machine.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Oh Norm, what a battle-axe

[@mamurphy]

“…But this guy really likes it.” 😂

[@DaveKovalComedy]

Every single one of these clips looks like it was run over by a different vehicle and damaged in a different way

[@kuroneko334]

Reminds me of that tragedy..

[@Sniperboy5551]

@kuroneko334 It’s okay, I was in Northern Canada. Second time I’ve reiterated this joke in the last few days, but it’s so appropriate

[@BodyheadPictures]

Andy tried to have them destroyed.

[@Rcknrll666]

5 cents is a good deal, considering I spent $15 last night

[@theritchie2173]

Damn, I can't manage it 300 times in one night any more. The joys of old age.

[@JagWoof]

Queensboro Bridge, eh?

[@RunstarHomer]

Inflation's crazy

[@ronaldo3888]

Now i see how he got the inspiration to treat his side kick Adam Eget

[@eightapeach2861]

I always loved Norm on the Conan show. Conan really got Norm’s humor and the two of them were hilarious

[@barzy9725]

Mr Roper Norman Fell was in the first Ocean's 11 in the 60's

[@tommymorgan73]

Ah Norm, you were just the best!

[@shawnmclean7932]

The more he says he's not gay, the more upset he gets .

[@johnhirtle4300]

"It's like quicksand - the more you struggle....."

[@fuferito]

And, to think, thirty years later, Andy is still (retroactively) sore about a bit that *he* started where Norm keeps intimating that Andy the Swedish-German is gay.

[@plev10]

The fact that Andy never punched Norm proves that he loves gay porn.

[@arnoldziffel4943]

Who doesn’t love gay porn?

[@victorespino5650]

Ever since that first joke Andy gave him, he ran with it

[@CapAnson12345]

There will never be another Norm. Thankfully, for Andy.

[@tattiepeelneil7658]

The man’s a genius 😂

[@leanin2it]

“Well, you know what, I asked you how are you…” “Eh?!”

[@hugopedersen8494]

"You were raped!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@juliepeterson6639]

This is a gem!

[@joachimwalle3760]

During the Lent list bit, I kinda hoped that after saying "stop paying thousands of dollars trying to learn to seduce Andy Ricter's wife" and letting the people laugh a little, he was gonna go "Oh wait-- this is Andy Ricter's Lent list!" as a final punch line.

[@warren52nz]

That's a definite improvement! 🤣

[@MrWalkerpercy]

Yeah, I can even hear the pause and Norm’s sprite grin

[@joachimwalle3760]

@@warren52nz Thanks! That's a major compliment 💓

[@joachimwalle3760]

@@MrWalkerpercy Haha, right? I was honestly so sure that's how he was gonna end it 😂

[@kimcantswim174]

😂 Hahahahahaha

[@gabrielneves1970]

Sometimes I get a feeling that they were in a secret relationship, and that It didn't work only becaude only Norm was open about his deeply closed lack of possession of a doghouse!!!

[@CaptainByAHook]

The funniest part to me watching it back and when Andy thinks he is killing it with the "why would I lie about being Sweetish German"... He has no clue what is coming, just jolly to be there!

[@elnach3240]

Simple arithmetic that’s 9001 dudes 😂

[@shannoncurry2037]

His rant on Bob Dole and Gay Porn was pure Norm!

[@yobench]

9:50 "So I said, so I said I’m ... so he said, you know ! I said I’m sorry about that” 😮

[@chefandy-f5z]

I'm so deeply closeted that I was confused by most of this. I liked the jokes though.

[@DailyJuggle]

So you’re gay?

[@theskyisteal8346]

@@DailyJuggle No he's not gay! Why would say such a thing? He said he's deeply closeted.

[@rahkuaschount]

Despite being a legitimately funny guy, Andy Richter made a fatal rookie mistake with Norm Macdonald: he took the bait. Andy Richter to this day is bothered by these jokes, and that is why Norm MacDonald relentlessly, ruthlessly and consistently went after Andy. Andy just cannot help himself and Norm trolled him to the extreme *every* *single* *time*

[@ezeqeel8352]

Andy landed couple good punches back too!

[@Jim-su7en]

Never made me laugh

[@boardskins]

​@@Jim-su7enwhy are you here?

[@TheFrozenChildDick]

@@boardskins this guys favourite comedian is brendan schaub, andrew shultz and joe rogan.

[@kimcantswim174]

@ezeqeel8352 None of his punches landed. He was just blindly flailing his arms around.

[@jeffmeelio1396]

Should have been in chronological order

[@brocktoon8]

Who misses Norm?

[@blue84freak]

It was never personal towards Andy. Conan’s sidekick could have been anyone - that person is the fall person for the jokes. Andy played it well for a while, but clearly it go to him and he took it personally. It wasn’t. That was part of Andy’s job really.. to be the fall guy.

[@JAYJAY-yg5lc]

lost art form Norm a national treasure

[@stephenkolman5727]

This is the best pride month video

[@TheDaveBloom]

“He has a great wife!” 😂😂😂

[@jackflash8218]

9:55 A clown-prince... an absolute clown-prince. 👍🏼😂👍🏼

[@BoxerRick]

Conan reaches out and checks Norms coffee. 🤣🤣

[@ctwatcher]

I miss him so much. I bet he makes the angels laugh.

[@casualdecade]

I always liked Andy but will never forgive him for distancing himself so aggressively after Norm died, like trying to call him out or something. Really awful move by him literally within days of the man’s death. You know what they say; speak ill of the dead!

[@terremoto6663]

What did he do exactly??

[@Katya_Lastochka]

I really appreciate Norm's feigned autism.

[@anthonysteen56]

Norm putting into the gay box, knowing Andy is politically correct and absolutely abusing the sidekick role is genius

[@AmazingFrenchman]

Who gave you 5 cents? Everyone of them... Hahahaha!

[@graemecreegan6749]

If the show is fronted by a comic, and has his name in the title, and you appear every night, off to one side of him, you are his sidekick. A sidekick exists to be the butt of jokes. The fact that only one person honoured that convention doesn’t mean he was wrong. Norm was just keeping it real.

[@Barnaclebeard]

He wanted Andy to be his Adam. But Andy wasn't his Adam, he was Conan's Andy, and I do think he was misused. Not that it wasn't funny, but it also wasn't nice.

[@graemecreegan6749]

@@Barnaclebeard nope. Conan’s sidekick was Andy. When Norm got a show with his name in the title, he got himself a sidekick. Fella goes by the name, Adam Eget. The big difference is Norm (and to a lesser extent Adam) are comedians, so they get it. Conan (and to a lesser extent Andy) are writers, so they get butthurt.

[@Barnaclebeard]

@@graemecreegan6749 cogitate more.

[@fshoaps]

@@graemecreegan6749Well to be clear. The Conan show obviously had writers that weren’t Conan and Andy, meaning for the 20 or so years they were on TV they had a major role in front of the live audience. And Conan, butthurt? I really have not seen any example of that occurring.

[@graemecreegan6749]

@@fshoaps Shoaps. A Swedish-German name if I’m not mistaken.

[@MasterHippo]

Their relationship... It's a thorny, thorny issue.

[@ani2756]

That last joke was gold😂

[@adriang6259]

Not often you have those involuntary laugh out loud moments like this.

[@BirdOfHermes83]

I read HGA for the same reason as Andy!

[@XOkie]

Andy Richter the Swedish German story is one of the funniest jokes ever!!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Andy got legit offended by Norm ragging on him. I would be elated to have Norm even know my name. LOL!

[@doriandundee9906]

Props to andy for taking those jokes

[@FranssensM]

The voices and bits of business Norm adds to these old jokes. He’s a one off.

[@roddydykes7053]

1:00 Andy fucking went and sealed his fate right there

[@JiriMarsicek]

I love how Conan is trying to shield himself from the second punchline of the prostitute joke 😂 he knows it’s coming

[@brianmay3669]

I wonder if Andy is where Adam got that great money making idea from?🧐🤔

[@KillerInstinct2006]

I think Norm as a deeply closeted gay man recognized another deeply closeted gay man. Probably why he also gave deeply closeted Chris Kaatan so much grief.

[@zg9445]

Norm did much worse to Adam Egret, and they were close friends.. comedy!

[@jordans4827]

Around 1:20 When Conan starts laughing .... what was that sound?

[@GPSjammer]

A sore throat

[@kylecarter3020]

The GOAT of talk show comedy. I mean norm.

[@davidlejenkins]

In some alternate timeline these two hosted a talk show and it was so good that universe imploded.

[@Razali.]

Andy can take anything except for Norm's swedish german jokes, that's kinda sad..

[@jonathangarmuth8975]

Well look who found a nickel....

[@papayacatproductions]

I like the episodes of Conan that were apparently on Game Boy

[@greenatom]

Andy and his wife had Norm cancelled from what would have been his last appearance on Conan, because Norm had expressed sympathy for his friends Rosanne and Louis C.K. when their careers were sent into a tailspin.

[@mirkomeyerhoff2700]

Do you have any links for that?

[@greenatom]

@@mirkomeyerhoff2700 I'm sure it's easily findable. Norm's Netflix show was soon to premiere and he was making the rounds promoting it.

[@badmojo8955]

​@@mirkomeyerhoff2700no, they just make stuff up because of how they feel.

[@michaelmarkowski204]

@@mirkomeyerhoff2700 Can't recall where I heard it, but I distinctly remember Norm coming to the defense of both Rosanne and Louie shortly after those news stories broke, which was very risky to his career. He was friends with both of them, so I think he felt a duty to stand by them in their time of need. Plus, neither one of them is Swedish-German.

[@OQIF87NREU]

I have never heard this and I'm thinking that might be because it is very unconfirmed, as they say

[@dp1582]

Richter was good and norm was a legend. Thanks to Richie for setting him up!

[@JakeWitmer]

"A 450.05 on the Richter scale" 😂 ...how bad an earthquake rapes a city...or a new measure for the fraudulence of someone's closetedness 😂

[@DailyJuggle]

Andy considers this “bullying”

[@nopeyadayadayada1248]

That last bit was comedy freaking Gold! He was a master class at telling a story.