Norm Macdonald English vs French - Radio Interview CJAY92 w/ video

Norm Macdonald English vs French - Radio Interview CJAY92 w/ video

[@mathewlee5712]

Just imagine for a moment if a francophone parent in Toronto wouldn't want their child to learn english....

[@PPP-xl1cn]

People would be cheesed but since he grew up on a military base I don't think anyone would give a fuck, also rest in peace

[@deedonnerramone4757]

To each his own

[@janetclaireSays]

I'm sure there are many.

[@oldstockwhitecanadian2492]

Dude, as a born n'bread Kebz, I can assure you, this whole language thing was a royal pain in the arse. I am natively Francophone but wanted to do English high-school and for Quebec French kids, it was forbidden by Government decree... So I had to teach myself and not through school either ( the pathetic English course was so retarded... lol ) or my mostly French speaking surroundings. Closeting a complete society by refusing to open up to the reality of a vast country is somewhat ridiculous. This ain't how you make people grow fonder of a different lingo and culture technically speaking ?! Always found it to be dumb because by wanting to protect the culture, they snuffed out the drive of most citizens to grow to encompass the rest of the continent! Anyhoo... Many historical reasons for it but I personally believe it is unfortunate and not conducive to harmonious relations between the folks of this fine continent. Just my 2 cents on the topic.

[@ygg9888]

@Pat V Bah, le niveau de qualité requis pour réussir dans son domaine implique forcément un certain « tact médiatique », corollaire à ses autres aptitudes. Des allégations clairement racistes, en tant que célébrité - Norm ou n’importe quelle autre vedette - n’auraient jamais passé, ou du moins auraient compliqué sa situation, vraies ou pas. De toute façon, son humour lui permettait de passer ses messages sans tout à fait fournir à sa cible les munitions pour contre-attaquer. En effet il était brillant.

[@diegoarias8831]

Man i went to the same high school as him and was also an english speaker with almost no French while i was there. Was devestated to hear about his battle with cancer today, he was someone I related to a lot

[@ontologique]

Well the fact that his father didn’t want Norm to learn French explains , at least in part, why many Quebecers wanted to separate from Canada.

[@pdfbanana]

as an american who has researched the situation, i completely understand. québec solidaire

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

It literally wouldn't matter if people were made to learn French

[@benvad9010]

We still do because we have our own nation.

[@benvad9010]

Those WASPs are disappearing as we speak, they won’t even reproduce. Us French should turn to the Church, la langue maternelle and work on our religious economy of Solidarisme. If we do as we did before we’ll out populate les anglais.

[@hgodvilla00]

Rest in peace Norm

[@SeeNoEvil294]

💔

[@supernautzero]

Just a minutes ago I realized I've never heard Norm speaking in french. Hopefully, i found this video exists in KZbin.

[@p.sandratangkulung6451]

at the beginning pf the Jane Fonda episode of Norm Macdonald Has a Show on Netflix, he spoke French with Jane Fonda briefly.. she said something in French, and he said something back and she was surprissed he knew and spoke good French, he basically said yeah i'm from Quebec, i speak Quebecois. It was a great episode, and both the first and last 10-15 seconds were the best.

[@ygg9888]

Il parle français dans cette vidéo, à part dire « vivre le Québec libre »?? J’ai dû manquer un bout. Il parle anglais avec un accent québécois oui, mais parle-t-il français comme tel?

[@user-wd5sb5ce8b]

j'avais aucune idée qu'il était québecois

[@sylvaingoy6359]

Sérieusement? Il vit actuellement à Ottawa... avec sa mère Québécoise.

[@Lanwarder]

Soyons honnête, il était Québecois de la même manière que Paul Stastsny est Québecois.

[@jrlepage2a03]

@@Lanwarder what? Statsny était un réfugié politique. Norm Macdonald est littéralement né à Québec.

[@Lanwarder]

@@jrlepage2a03 Je parlais de Paul Stastny l'actuel joueur de hockey qui est né à la ville de Quebec en 1985. Maintenant, je suis bien conscient de l'histoire de la manière dont les 3 frères Stastny (de la génération précédente) ont quitté la Czechoslovakie, mais je suis loin d'être convaincu que le status de réfugié s'applique à des enfants étants nés en sol Canadien (Ont ils vraiment besoin de status de réfugié considérant les circonstances entourant leur naissance? Il est possible que je suis dans le tord.) En ce qui concerne Norm McDonald, je suis parfaitement conscient d'où il est né et d'où il a grandi. Mon point était surtout que le gars n'a jamais semblé nécessairement particulièrement fier de ses origines Québécoises ou Canadiennes. (J'ai peut-être tord, je ne suis pas non plus un giga Norm McDonald fan, même si j'ai beaucoup d'appréciation de d'admiration pour ce qu'il a fait.) Ceci étant dit, quand je dis qu'il est Québecois de la même manière dont Paul Stastny c'est dans le sens où les deux sont effectivement nées au Québec pour finalement déménager aux États-Unis et ne pas sembler ressentir d'appartenance ou d'attachement au Québec ou même au Canada. Les deux ont quittés pour les É.U. et ont passés la majorité de leur vie et leur carrière là bas. Ce n'est pas en soit, c'est juste ce que me semble être la réalité. Ceci dit, j'aime beaucoup Norm McDonald ET Paul Stastny (pour des raisons complètement différentes :p). Mon but n'était pas de manquer de respect à qui que ce soit et je suis désolé si mon message vous a offensé. J'espère que mon Français un peu rouillé tient la route, désolé si ce n'est pas le cas.

[@robertandthecavalry2062]

@@Lanwarder Surtout, il a oublié de mentionner St-Pat's, l'autre école anglophone à Québec, et un powerhouse de foot dans les années 70! :) Mon cousin Paul, c'est vrai qu'il est de Québec, mais plus américain qu'autre chose.

[@BertiesGhost]

Norm was announced as being born in 1963 when it was actually 1959 lol one of his fibs

[@NeTxGrl]

If there's one person that can get away with fibbing, it's Norm.

[@badad0166]

Deep cut. Thanks, man.

[@robertandthecavalry2062]

I went to high school with Norm's cousins (Dom and ... I forget Dom's older sister's name). At St-Pat's though, not QHS. St-Pat's is one of North America's oldest high schools, and in the 70s it was a football powerhouse, steamrolling everybody 95-0. I accept that Norm pretended that St-Pat's doesn't exist :)) I was too young to appreciate Norm's humor on SNL. Plus I think in 95 he'd taken a dump on Quebec, on Letterman, so I was like, who is this guy! But I'm a big fan now. RIP, buddy

[@ronparker3000]

Went to QHS too. Great city.

[@LEGIOXIIIG]

Rest in peace buddy!

[@vincentemuya9513]

Norm with the lollypop going

[@fletcherb4728]

Yeah he had the lolly pop going!

[@rafaelfernandeslopesdeoliv1700]

Here's looking at you kid.

[@gretz5792]

He had an oral fixation, which he found out after sucking his doctor’s cock

[@suzart00]

RIP Norm Macdonald :(

[@remydaitch9815]

That slow burn, that Norm had.

[@DeLorean4]

Is anyone aware of any footage where Norm speaks at least a full sentence of French?

[@genevievebismonte4808]

When he interviews Jane Fonda on his show. Off camera. As they walk into studio he asks her if she speaks French en francais

[@red149]

it is good to know closed minded people exist on both sides . some french Canadians are against learning English and Norm's father was against learning french ! isn't knowing 2 languages better than knowing one ?!

[@whiteninjaplus5]

Sure, so long as one ain't french

[@red149]

@@whiteninjaplus5 is that you Norm's dady ? ;)

[@mchanson9332]

@@red149 nah, that's just everyone who isn't French

[@JR-wj9bh]

Dont worry, Norm knows french.

[@orchidtreasure1484]

Red /rouge, le fait d'être bilingue est une vraie richesse. Encore plus, si tu es polyglotte.

[@sarcasmo57]

Good stories Norm.

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

He was born in 1959.

[@CTRL_F]

I hope to see him live someday soon!

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

Nate The Great what the fuck are you on about?

[@CTRL_F]

@Crazy Canuck i was kidding around, but alluding to the reality that he is indeed getting older which reminded me that I want to see him perfom live before he is dead. He is my favorite comedian.

[@jomac841]

He was notorious for lying about his age

[@blueravenrecords]

Whats the original air date?

[@jceepf]

I am just 2 months older than Norm McDonald. These French-English sport meetings in the 1960s were just an excuse for fights between kids. I would not have liked to be on this English football team on the Plains of Abraham..... This was a time when the Montreal Canadiens were full of the best French speaking hockey players by design.... This is why the team was so good. Imagine if the Toronto Maple Leafs had automatic access to the best English speaking hockey players! No so, but Montreal did. I did not want to be in any sport that turned into an automatic cat fight. So I dropped hockey and went to pingpong joining a city club where we were just individual trying to compete!!!

[@mightisright]

Happy Norm is the best Norm

[@AlystrZelland]

How could he ask him to do Turd Ferguson and not offer him some chewing gum?

[@ayannadif3923]

Shakira law next dictator

[@LoveBaseballLove]

Jesus it's JT Yorke 😳

[@GreenProds]

Vive le Québec libre !!!❤❤

[@MrZoot42]

Wait.... Born when? Wait..... Grew up where? His dad was a farmer right? No wait.... I mean he was a school teacher.... I mean in the military.... Norm was the consummate liar. He could shoot these guys through the grease without one tell. Rest In Peace Normie. You were one of a kind.

[@davidpepin3017]

I always thought Norm was special and so funny and I learned today, for some reason that he was born in Quebec, very close to where I'm from. That is why I stumbled on this video. I must admit I'm a bit sad that he seems to hate french canadian. :( Ho well, he's still funny :P

[@m_christine1070]

He doesn't hate French Canadians. He was probably just caught up in what every person in Prov Quebec had been manipulated by the media to be turned against each other. We are all set up to be divided along every parameter, all based in fear. When each side is manipulated into believing that the other side is malevolent; then there's not much else anyone needs to do. Their work is done. If we all didn't grow up watching tv, cultures would have naturally learned to peacefully coexist and benefit from each other's cultures.

[@PPP-xl1cn]

Yeah it probs just comes from his dad

[@mab]

il avoue ne pas parler français pcq daddy ne voulait pas qu'il apprenne la langue et qu'il devienne francophone... jeezus

[@thegoodgeneral]

He didn’t hate French Canadians, don’t worry. : )

[@Lanwarder]

So did he end up being British because he learned english.........you know, because learning french would have made him french.........goddamn, I hate having issues with a dead guy that I actually love...

[@TheMissLeduc91]

No Hun, he is still Canadian... He was born in a very mainly french city but spoke english. Speaking French would make him a French Canadian . This happens more than people think. . But Quebec is part of Canada so he was Canadian. Hope this helps you

[@Lanwarder]

@@TheMissLeduc91 Yeah, I grew up in and around Montreal and was raised in both languages. My comment was meant to be a joke. The point was that I hate whenever someone says that speaking french or being a french Canadian somehow makes that person "French".....It would be as ridiculous as saying that anyone speaking english is a Brit and that was the point I was trying to make. That being said, thanks for being this patient with your explanation. It's great to know that there are still good people willing to explain things that should be obvious (It kinda sounds like I'm being sarcastic, but I honestly am not trying to be. This truly is me being 100% sincere.)

[@TheMissLeduc91]

@@Lanwarder oh I see, no worries!! And, my pleasure! 😋 I find it so not necessary when people are mean to someone asking a question in the comment section. Knowledge should always be shared and not shamed. And I totally get what you mean tho. I'm from Montreal too, grew up in French and learned English later on in school. I've always considered myself simply as a French Canadian in English and canadienne/Québécoise in French. But never as a "French" person. Take care!!

[@user-qx3dy4om7d]

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[@jameshudson169]

2:27 they DID tape it! HELLO?! where do you think the re-runs come from?!?

[@kingofallwhites]

He meant that they didn’t air it from a previously recorded performance. They aired it live and yeah that was recorded.

[@jameshudson169]

@@kingofallwhites they were being smartasses and they were WRONG! i know what they meant. don't come crying to me 'casue they got out smartassed!

[@glad9446]

@@jameshudson169 huh ? Who was being a smartass ?

[@jameshudson169]

@@glad9446 norm. let's talk straight. the man was a smartass. that was part of his charm!

[@CityofLondon_GreatGame]

Any Latin swear words Norm?

[@mayalucinder6240]

eheu

[@mayalucinder6240]

go to pompeii and you'll see em on the walls !

[@polyhistorphilomath]

Clearly the existence of the words _sacrilegium_ and _opscaenitas_ hint that some must exist. Actually they seem to be well attested. Hit the sources!

[@leoc9154]

I have to say his dad was a wise man. Otherwise, the world would be less funny than it is today.

[@qwerty9714]

That makes no sense at all, he would still be fluent in English, everyone has to grow up speaking their parents language

[@richmoney9348]

My father wouldn't teach me french too!

[@johnmiller5679]

He was born in October of 1959 not 1963.

[@ygg9888]

Plus j’entends parler de ce gars-là, plus je me fous de lui.

[@glad9446]

Et pourquoi écrire ce commentaire donc ? Juste pour exprimer votre point de vue sur quelqu’un dont vous vous foutez ?

[@thai2go]

@@glad9446 C'est une joke de Norm mais en français...

[@ygg9888]

@@glad9446 “The more I hear from the guy, the more I don’t care about him.” - Norm McDonald, on Hitler

[@glennmathisen2537]

c'était un vrai con!

[@yoyolol22]

Norms father was a disgrace

[@bobhilton2643]

0:27 I don't get it. Norm never struck me as a hateful guy. Why did he insult the French? He sounded pretty sincere here.

[@ImAliveAndYouAreDead]

Anglo-Canadians. Seemingly nice people until it gets to the French.

[@dubmait]

@@ImAliveAndYouAreDead ye strange thing I've noticed. I'm not Canadian but they seem to dislike quebec ppl a lot

[@thai2go]

@@dubmait There is a lot xenophobia an francophobia int the ROC (rest of Canada) against Quebec.

[@xavierdube6520]

Im from qc and its mostly bitterness from history. Quebec people are way kinder and are more welcoming. But i still consider myself a canadian. People suck everywhere in the world

[@DavidTxanin]

If you lived in Canada you would also insult the rogue state that doesn't share our laws, charter rights, culture and gets paid to remain to bitch about everything in French. French speakers are fine, but the French Language and the Quebec in its current state is not

[@franghan]

Jesus christ. Dissapointing to hear that. I love Norm, but purposefully not learning the local language is pretty fucking backwards. I mean he lived at least 18 years in a 95% francophone community and purposefully CHOSE not to learn french. Yikes. I know it came mostly from his dad, but still...

[@luukeluketer1024]

I lived in the middle east for 27 years......Don't speak middle eastern at all......

[@luukeluketer1024]

@Etta James yup.......

[@ClappingSnakes]

Pretty sure he lived a large part of his life in Ottawa too

[@nedks11]

Half of Norm's stories are made up

[@bunnyblurrz]

Norm knows French. Check out the Jane Fonda episode of Norm Macdonald Has a Show