Norm Macdonald convinces you to buy his book “Based on a True Story”

Norm Macdonald tells different groups of people why they should buy his book. Read more about BASED ON A TRUE STORY: bit.ly/2wYJu8a
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[@theartfuldodger935]

Highly recommended by Jacques de Gatineau. "Will greatly aid you in finding your porpoise in life".

[@9AJW4]

A youthful porpoise I hope?

[@theartfuldodger935]

@@9AJW4 Yes! Because as we all must know by now, Jacques is a big supporter of youth in Asia.

[@mikewilliams6025]

Jacques de Gauthier recommended it first.

[@murderc27]

I'm 69! I'm 69! Yeah.

[@leomatthias6657]

Wonders what he is doing these days... such a bright future, such a promising young fella

Greatest comedian of all times, rest in peace.

[@HP-fn4bo]

God norm, you are loved and missed.

[@WhitneyHaverstock]

I purchased this book full price on purpose so he'd have more money to gamble away. All I want in return is for him to marry my mother. Truly. They're soul mates.

[@WhitneyHaverstock]

@@Jorshes right??, oof. 😔

[@jasonpinon1205]

the ending made me cry like a baby in my car

[@robovac3557]

Oh my, how we love him and how we miss him.

[@soopplaza4477]

It’s a shame I’m just discovering him now that he’s passed

[@Mythraen]

Yeah, it was a real tragedy when that happened.

[@jackywackysmacky4031]

@@Mythraen The largest tragedy in the month of September so far.

[@Mythraen]

@@jackywackysmacky4031 I hope you mean all Septembers. Frankly, I couldn't imagine a bigger tragedy occurring in the month of September in all of history.

[@softstar5661]

@@Mythraen I can see a true Norm viewer right here

[@T25de]

Didn’t even know he was sick

[@masoudsarvin6117]

You left out an important demographic, bounty hunters.

[@stevenkelby2169]

His bounty hunting days are over. No one expects that kind of language from a Bounty Hunter.

[@johnulcer]

RIP, Norm.

[@LordBeezleDwarf]

Its going to be a good day when youve found a video of norm that uve never seen before

[@johnboothman390]

this book needs to be made into a movie

[@laurenbigmamadoughty8652]

Do u wanna play Norm?

[@clinicaltranscription1190]

I'm a big fat guy. Every movie needs one of us, right?

[@timsession6736]

As a deeply closeted gay man, I see no reason to buy his book.

[@Vamos82]

Tim Session you're not gay!

[@timsession6736]

What the "H"? Where'd you come up with an idea like that. I'm not gay.

[@OliverObz]

Do you *know* what deeply closeted means?

[@lonewolf3314]

OliverObz no

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

@@OliverObz I know a swedish-german guy who does.

[@dispassionateobserver]

I love this book. Everything Norm does is funny.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

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[@T25de]

Rip

[@JohnGeometresMaximos]

We need you guys to print the hardback version again!!!

[@josemontano7767]

Great book I read it over 10X RIP Norm miss you very much.

[@erickrosas2702]

Buzz Lightyears will love this book because it has a foreword by Neil Armstrong lol.

[@rowdyyeets4532]

Norm kinda looks like he's ready to tell a shark story and then say, "Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women."

[@seeqr9]

His eyes are empty... they’re like dolls eyes

[@Mythraen]

@@seeqr9 Yeah, he was probably dead on the inside. Now he's definitely dead on the inside. Also, the outside.

[@sexhaver420]

"...and norms... you know."

[@QuinnIsIn]

I need this book. Haven't read in ages but I know there's no way Norm Can do anything that's not profound.

[@RecbyVideos]

It’s exactly what you want it to be definitely read it

[@memopinzon]

I would never buy a book written by someone that knows the word 'detritus'. Someone of that literary prowess could convince me, a lesser intellect, of anything! Like putting people in gas chambers.

[@laurenbigmamadoughty8652]

You had to bring up that Third Reich Fürher, Hitler... What a jerk.

[@JoseEspinoza-xn4zp]

Rest in peace legend

[@jmeds94]

Heh… you got the same profile picture as me. It’s funny… It’s a funny picture

[@influentia1patterns]

Who else would like this book? You guessed it... Frank Stalone

[@daman7387]

dang it every time

[@T25de]

Or so the Germans would have us believe

[@dripcaraybbx]

Every moment this man ever breathed is a rewatchable treasure.

[@NeTxGrl]

I just bought your book on Amazon love. Got to wait almost 2 months before I get it. RIP.

[@stevenkelby2169]

Yeah he can't hear you. Or anything at all.

[@NeTxGrl]

@@stevenkelby2169 duh

[@RageONTv]

Normie Normie Normie, I will miss you ! You old chunk of coal

[@matt-st9ox]

Explain to the folks at home what detritus means

[@Mythraen]

It's what's left of Norm McDonald now.

[@myflatlineconstruct]

@@Mythraen Or "stuff" as the more dignified term he used.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

If you're going to ask me to explain everything, I'm going to leave! Signed, Super Dave

[@davidwdorr6636]

It's the opposite of the grand champion cliff diver, stuff on a rock.

[@ilyichulyanov3132]

That's the funniest goddamn thing I've ever seen.

[@cdvitunac]

That's some quick thinking by norm, the pro

[@MikeyForrester]

finally something for regular Joes like me To infinity and beyond!

[@GrandmasterofWin]

I'm getting sick of seeing Norm's old jokes paraded around in the comments section of every Norm related video. You know who else is getting sick of it? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.

[@Mythraen]

@@GrandmasterofWin You'll just need to wait for some of his new jokes, then.

[@GrandmasterofWin]

@@Mythraen yeah that didn't age well. You know who else didn't age well? You guessed it

[@Mythraen]

​@@GrandmasterofWin Frankly, stallions just aren't relevant right now.

[@al3x1252]

im reading this book now..its awesome!! i love it..and i love NORM!!

[@WhitneyHaverstock]

Full agreement. Except I already done read it. You are not wrong in where you've placed your heart or wallet.

[@zachwbehr1767]

detritus! oh my god. I laughed out loud.

[@sherrysyed]

How did norm know people frozen in ice would find this guide helpful

[@MrKrisstain]

”Wolves pick up all kinds of detritus”

[@rockroll9473]

I’m headed to the book shop now...never been so excited.

[@billybongthornton777]

Literally just watched Encino man

[@DiggitySlice]

Oof. Looking back and seeing the cancer's effect, which at the time we assumed was just aging, is painful.

[@byHexted]

Such a good book

[@andrewlaco1776]

Sounds like his pre stage ritual is working...

[@electrolyteblend]

Super underrated comment. It looks like he's knocking on heaven's door here LOL. But probably just the booze and Xanax catching up

[@hollyk4123]

@@electrolyteblend looks like we have a bit more clarity on this now.

[@Rkenichi]

@@electrolyteblend in more ways than we knew then

[@electrolyteblend]

Oh no

[@RockChampEnglish]

The only book i read on a weekly basis in five years

[@burningdaylights]

I really want to know where he gets his ideas.

[@Mythraen]

Himself, from the future.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

That's the dumbest goddam question I've ever heard, Adam. He gets them at Ralph's! 🤣

[@joec8745]

I’ve heard he gets his ideas from a guy who blows dudes for 5 dollars a pop underneath the queensboro bridge

[@choxiden3776]

Morays and Norms

[@Atestinal]

Damn, they really got me when they said "a wolf that wandered into a bookstore"

[@redshark618]

Holy fuck the CVS line came outta nowhere hahahahah

[@AliOGUL]

I like how he keeps repeating the question

[@mkultra2456]

Gives him more time to think up funny answers.

[@explodingmonad4535]

Norm, just have fun with it!

[@MrCWL]

Detritis!! Hilarious to think of a wolf absent mindedly holding this in its mouth

[@user-dn9nw5oe9b]

I bought his book and saw on it 18$. I googled and found out it costs 12$ on Amazon and I paid 70 dollars. Way out of line

[@utkarshsrivastava4013]

Well I guess all I can is Rest in Peace to the Funniest man ever not a quisling whatsoever . You will be missed. oh and uh Never Forget that O J did it!

[@violinsinthevoid4579]

With different mores and NORMS??!

[@pauljohnson2982]

Good questions- better answers!

[@campbell451]

Funniest man alive...

[@PsychedelicDug]

Was :(

[@stevenkelby2169]

😂

[@stevenkelby2169]

Oops sorry I didn't realise this comment was made a year ago.

[@edwardleas592]

Why am I here 4 years later?

[@TimCarter]

I'm just an old chunk of coal. Why should I buy this book?

[@despitecovid283]

The fact that he would repeat the ridiculous demographic, no matter how ridiculous it is (a wolf that wandered into a bookstore 😂) with complete seriousness & no reaction whatsoever. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JeffWaynee]

This Norm guy seems like a real jerk!

[@Mythraen]

Well, now he's gone. Do you feel better?

[@influentia1patterns]

What are books?

[@ERIC-65]

He sent Letterman back home to Indiana, as if he would be a Mamas-Boy ! True Story, real !

[@jqyhlmnp]

1:19 he said the thing :O

[@1999rustey]

Is that Adam egret?

[@Protectobot]

‘Long blond hair?’ I never met Norm. Handsome though?! I dunno about that 😂

[@ramazanbora846]

Can you tell us why people who work at the hatchery are going to love this book?

[@_munkykok_]

💜

[@SANDSCORCHER]

A bitter and regrettable irony, is that not a single cent of the 15 dollar profit from my purchase of Norm’s tome will ever now afford him that final visit to the shade beneath the Queensboro Bridge that he no doubt craved for many years.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

Life can be so cruel - it's true. PS - Adam charges 25 bucks now. I mean, uh, that's what I was told. 🤣

[@SANDSCORCHER]

Damn it ! Goddamn Eget and his super inflation🤦🏻‍♂️ Appreciate the heads-up Ernie...would have needed to know anyway (for a friend) 👍🏻

[@TheHornet79]

Sometimes he goes full Dr Steve Brule

[@Squishysforbreakfast]

If I was a out of control teen I'd swoop this up next Thursday. It's too bad I'm 30. Missed it by that much.

[@myflatlineconstruct]

"Detritus"? , no sir, wolves like diamonds, which is why they kept steeling the book here in my town.

[@Protectobot]

I don’t stand in line at CVS cos the store near me is 24/7 like my damn mcdevil’s graveyard shifts 😂 no one there except an occasional crackhead asking me for meth! 😵

[@Andrea-gv1sm]

Did anyone else have to google "detritus" and then appreciate Norm even more for having used that word or was it just me

[@Protectobot]

I would LOVVVVVE to get paid to talk like Norm does cos I can talk forever but I’m not as funny 😄

[@lgporra]

Why the swedish german people should buy this book?

[@daman7387]

what did he say at 1:16? "moraisnt?"

[@RaceChapman]

he said "with our different mores" mores are customs of a specific culture, the word is often combined as "social mores" which is a term you might be more familiar with.

[@daman7387]

@@RaceChapman wow thank you that's actually super helpful

[@WhitneyHaverstock]

He's one verbose sonofabitch either way. He reads fat Russian novels and plays the dummy. God I love that.

[@Mythraen]

@@WhitneyHaverstock No, he's not. He's dead.

[@WhitneyHaverstock]

@@Mythraen 3 months ago up until Monday my comment was absolutely right. You have me on semantics though. I'll give you that. Calloused. 😑

[@erniebuchinski3614]

You covered a lot of demographics, and we all appreciate it greatly. However, you didn't cover why a 65-year-old American guy living in Helsinki, who suffers from haemorrhoids, should get the book. I know you can't answer me now (RIP), but no biggie. I figured out that I should get your book because it'll make inspiring reading while I'm sitting on my whoopee cushion, and I'll have plenty of time to read it. We miss you, Norm!

[@DrDebD]

Take a shave

[@apestasguey]

no d on the name

[@woodhd]

yeah, why is that, gives it the french pronunciation

[@despitecovid283]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robertvecchiarello4863]

The answer to all those questions should be: “Because Im Norm McF*knDonald and if you like my comedy you will enjoy this book”. PS. I heard it was a good book

[@Bonez0r]

What? I always heard it was gay.

[@TheUnsilentMajorityBigmo-ev8sr]

Ape tit

[@tombean-king3486]

Canadians say on line lol

[@dutchmountainsnake5379]

they almost made norm unfunny

[@hammypie]

dutchmountainsnake FALSE

[@ZachJenkins]

A rare video of Norm that isn't funny

[@tomashize]

Just an old chunk of coal y'know