Norm Macdonald on Late Night September 23, 1999

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Deserves many more views for including the entire appearance and for being a better quality recording.

[@runswithraptors]

It's the VHS archive, what do you expect but the best?

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@runswithraptors Sure, I guess. Maybe I shoulda known. Cheers, mate

[@samlokken2090]

@@dixonpinfold2582hhyhh😊 hh😊😊hy😊😊jty

[@samlokken2090]

HhI’m my😅gm😊😊y

[@monkosanchez2344]

Norm deserved so much more notoriety. The fact that all the best comedians in the country loved him shows just how great he was. Norm is the only celebrity I’ve ever truly gotten sad for when they passed. He was the best.

[@rogerwilliams5382]

I still and probably will never get enough of Norm. I know it's already been a bit but I know I'm not going to get over his passing. And this story will never get old.

[@Deletirium]

He truly was the best in his field. That folksy delivery was flawless...

[@bearwrex9806]

Everyone grieves at their own pace. You do you.

[@AthelstanKing]

i didnt even know he was sick

[@mickjaegermeister]

My fav norm appearance ever. Just off the fucking rails greatness

[@No_mans_flies]

I remember watching this as a teenager in the 90s. It was on at like 1am in Australia. I hard horrible insomnia after getting clean and Conan helped on those long nights. Anytime Norm was on it was something special, clear memories of watching this episode live, it was such a stand out.

[@bbmtge]

Hope you are doing well.

[@jamesmanriquez3493]

“You sit on a couch for a living, you should think about not giving that up”😂😂

[@naruttaanime9471]

He should have listened to Norm

[@joshfenn5374]

electric chemistry these two

[@daydream_believer]

As a Canadian who had to take French in school - 6 yrs, there were many stories we had to read in French. Marie-Claire & Jean Luc were common names in them. If only we had some of Norm's stories for these classes!!! 😂 Norm, you moved to the States, but you will always be one of ours, albeit, now in loving memory. 🥀♥

[@gorway6807]

as a Canadian also, the way he says "I would like nothing bet-ter... than a rid-dle" slays me every time

[@daydream_believer]

@@gorway6807 Me too!! 🤣 Whenever I hear Norm do the Fr. Cdn. accent, I always think of our former PM Jean Chrétien - carbon copy, to me. He had to have gotten it from him. 😉

[@WastingTime1878]

As an Indian guy who has lived in New Liskeard, ON of all places for a good time, with a local teacher being my best bud, I can also attest to this. 😂

[@LaGuerre19]

Conan and Norm. 25 years later, still the best. Hey! I wonder where they get their ideas from 😢 RIP Normy, you old chunk

[@Kurdt1]

Beverly Hills Ralph’s that’s where

[@regzzuse280]

​@@Kurdt1 Do you have any idea what you've just read?

[@Kurdt1]

@@regzzuse280 this was written years ago

[@UnchainedEruption]

Norm is truly one of a kind. Nobody else can or ever will have that personality, that style of comedy. My favorite of all time.

[@zombiesateourchannel]

I wonder, if Conan is watching this every now and then with a sad smile.

[@PolajLive]

I think he does with a happy smile

[@tv-pp]

Fuck, man

[@rollerhockey69king87]

I know I got one 😢

[@petetownshend5297]

The heroic man who single-handedly saved cinema with Artie Lang! Dirty Work-comedy’s Citizen Kane.

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Artie Lange… Wasn’t he the guy who was deemed “too fat to fish”?

[@Mooreski_1]

"My friends are like, eh let's go. I'm like WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO! (thumb) Where are you gonna go--y'know, why GO? Like we're in a bar drinkin, right? HEY! I'll just stay here, I'll make new friends..." (abridged)

[@mnemot]

there's a jukebox; it's like a wild west saloon, y'know? where a guy passes an entire bottle and you go: "AAAAAHHH" drinking it.

[@dontpanic1982]

this is so cool i love how you can see the tracking the actual tape run

[@IAmThanSolo]

I want a t-shirt of Norm’s family tree with all his fictional uncles

[@minime9400]

That's clever!

[@aaronwilliams8046]

How about Rusty's family tree? 😉

[@aaronwilliams8046]

I guess only Norm could get away with referencing two obscure British TV stars on such huge US chat shows 🤣 Rula Lenska and, on another clip somewhere, Morwenna Banks.

[@aaronwilliams8046]

'arses' 😂

[@minime9400]

@@aaronwilliams8046 'dirty' 😉

[@kingjuggalo7382]

Norm and conan was gold r.i.p.

[@symmetryox7184]

This is probably his best appearance

[@minime9400]

And the show when he and later Courtney Thorne-Smith where guests. Can't decide which one of them are the best.

[@oledevo]

Many comedians can only dream of reaching his level.

[@kool9927042113]

Glad I’m not the only one doing a norm marathon, I can’t get enough of it, I listened to his audiobook narration about 5 times, still trying to finish his podcasts and watch or listen to many talk show clips while I’m at work 🥲

[@stevestackpole6817]

I’m French Canadian and I can tell you straight up his impressions of Jean-Luc and Mary Claire are perfect. And I’m willing to bet Conan doesn’t know where the Gaspe is 🇨🇦😂

[@commontater8630]

I've never seen Conan struggling so hard to keep it together.

[@MarktplaatsKoopje]

Thank you very much

[@prajnachan333]

Norm doing the news on SNL is a classic. I remember when it first aired. I was there! "O.J. is in his white bronco......."

[@jakevendrotti1496]

15:33 Norm and Sean wriggling with mischievous glee 😂

[@ravking420studios6]

I couldn't make out the punchline with the censoring

[@confettisreich]

@@ravking420studios6 yeah somebody help

[@FrustEdelns]

@@confettisreich the missing word is 'balls'

[@Burrito2Sodas]

RIP GOAT

[@davidgentz1731]

This guy is hilarious no filter on him I love it

[@benlenhard8254]

The irony in Norm not remembering how to tell that last joke is hilarious

[@kikipaisley]

❤

[@danimal710]

Oh, he remembered! He just realized how inappropriate it was and stopped... ha ha ha, he was the BEST! I saw him in Denver once. He was good but I remember being a little disappointed he didn't ever have us in stitches like he's been so wont to do in so many other appearances of his I saw on TV over the years. RIP. His final joke in his final special is another favorite of mine. NO let up!

[@ClassicInvestments1]

the best...always cracks me up

[@drewgeraci8434]

I saw him at a club and he bombed (I didn't even like his set). But a real Norm fan can get over it - the material he used that night he eventually honed and made it hilarious on a podcast. But that's a risk you took with him and Gilbert Gottfried. They were fearless.

[@grimreefer9324]

My mom served as a waitress at a comedy club in Toronto around the time Norm was still working in canada, and she said there were countless times where Norm would just be wandering on stage and ramble about some tangent the audience was barely following and waltz of like it was no big deal. The guy was in his own world in her own words, and bombing and throwing a crowd off completely to him seemed almost more satisfying than landing his jokes. The guy was truly one of a kind

[@CraigBlakesley]

​@@grimreefer9324 you can tell he did jokes for himself or comedians.. not the audience 😂 awesome

[@ccarbone3561]

This is the beauty of Norm. He doesn't bomb. He doesn't give a shiiii*. He performed for comedy, which is not necessarily for the audience. He'd do it for the one comedian listening back stage.

[@seurynck]

He said he loved it when he bombed.

[@inaverysmallroom]

2 of the best there. Miss them both

[@KingK-vl6cc]

He had a way with words...

[@rhatikeo]

God Norm was and is the Best dude was my fav

[@crucialDtale]

There's a real stream of consciousness between Norm & Conan.

[@robloxvids2233]

Yeah it's called conversation.

[@JamesBlevins0]

Norm Macdonald's "I drinks a bit" is a line from "Mr. Bojangles" (Harry Nilsson).

[@commontater8630]

Um yeah, but Mr. Bojangles is by Jerry Jeff Walker.

[@robertjamesonmusic]

@@commontater8630correct

[@ryanellis4474]

I miss Norm MacDonald What a loss! What a genius! I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.

[@MichaelMI88-88]

Yes, I completely agree. But…. Also how blessed we were to have him at all! God is great all the time!

[@exploding_like_spiders]

Norm was on fire here. He will be forever missed! Conan is a master of comedy as well

[@oliverposniak1254]

Man,I miss our beloved Norm.

[@skipholmes9040]

There will never be anyone as funny as Norm Macdonald, he was a comic genius. RIP.

[@gloriousfool]

I miss you norm 😢

[@zolnsalt]

Simply the best!

[@tonybond9914]

Brilliant

[@WastingTime1878]

THANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️

[@JasAtwal-uk8mp]

Legend RIP Norm

[@jlyn8228]

RIP to those three ladies as well 🙏

[@yragnellaable]

😂😂😂 love it; saw the drinking story on Letterman , called the pill guy "Dr. Midnight " 😂😂😂

[@Puppy_Puppington]

What a great time ❤ and then the band playing run through the jungle. WuuWee, I tell ya. Wish I cOuldve been there. Can’t even listen to creedence any more man.. they stole my car & the dang tape was in there man.

[@Jerry-b7f]

I love it when Norm does a joke with a great build up and horrible punchline and somehow he makes it so damn funny... Norm was the best at what he did and the only one doing what he did. Like the Grateful Dead of stand-up 🎉😂

[@nadavavnon8562]

“It’s a serious illness..”😂

[@readthetype]

The way he cracks up at 13.00 gets me every time.

[@CraigBlakesley]

Love Norm And Letterman just looking at each other and grinning 😂

[@minime9400]

Letterman?

[@destroyerofnations1828]

@@minime9400yeah, he did well in high school sports

[@davevrox3023]

Norm ❤ 🎉 😊!!!

[@lukestar2218]

“I always tell my uncle he shouldn’t curse so much” classic

[@takeotenn]

When he’s like “I’m a deeply closeted homosexual man…”

[@jmccullough]

"You sit on a couch for a living. You should think about not giving that up."

[@prajnachan333]

Cheers 🍻 👏 Norm. You make the world a tolerable place. And much more fun. 🤡 We miss you but are grateful you were once here. Peace ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 Norm McDonald 😂

[@ni__co]

i see an old clip of norm macdonald from september many years ago and didn't check the year and thought oh he'll have some good 9/11 jokes and i truly thought "i came here on the airplane and stuff" was about that but I guess he was just so ahead of his time

[@billlittle4285]

God bless you Norm!

[@kcguy8864]

Rula Lenska? Bro always made the oldest/most uncommon references lol

[@mikewynne7131]

You have to be in your 60's or older to get the joke.

[@kcguy8864]

​@mikewynne7131 nah but my point was that even at the time (1999) referencing her was an old and uncommon reference, he could've said a number of more recent famous red heads lol He was a foo wit it 😆 😎

[@gary-f2m]

Carson reference .... also known by the Brits from the UK show 'Minder'

[@michellequigley9418]

Norm's father was in his mid-40s when Norm was born. In interviews, he credited his father with introducing him to old school movies, comedy, etc. Maybe that's why.

[@eazypeazy33]

99 was peak culture

[@jqths1974]

Some cab driver back in NY is the greatest punchline ever 😅

[@crookbrother]

11:31 the rare loud norm laugh

[@RMGCBG]

The king

[@darrendanger6853]

Norm Macdonald super power is to tell a story with panache and deliver punchline after punchline in the process leaving you dying by the end.

[@JonnyUnderrated]

He looks like a diamond here! Thats just a bunch of really old and compressed coal though

[@doct0rnic]

12:15 FYI the riddle is an old Ole and Sven joke called The Indian Bar Game

[@naruttaanime9471]

Consn is a really great host, he dummies up when the guest is on a toll, letting Norm remember the stories. The only other competitor is the commedian/actor/director: ROBERTO BEGNINI .. look up the interview

[@erickristie5379]

Omgg I'm dying where did we go wrong now it's the 3 Jimmy's jesus

[@blohmymind]

My estimation of him has gone up even higher than it already was. Conan is joking that he's homophobic for the fact that he didn't want to be sexually assaulted, at the bequest of an MTV producer, who should have been sacked and heavy sued for offering money to someone in exchange for doing that to Norm, who he has purposefully backed into a corner to try and do that to him. Good on Norrn for thinking quickly and avoiding that situation without resorting to violence, which would have totally justified in my opinion.

[@ThomasSimmons-u5x]

Brilliantly demented!

[@jeffdawson2786]

Norm could make fun of so many things about pop culture with this type of story.

[@BomChickyBowWow]

Knowing what we know now about what happened to Norm as a child the story about being jumped on by the naked dancer on MTV takes on a much darker tone

[@fakename6658]

what happened to Norm as a child??

[@BomChickyBowWow]

@ - In his book there’s a part where a deranged town semi-homeless WW2 veteran tricks him into a tool shed and locks it. He doesn’t describe what happened in detail but he says he lost his memory for the next few years. He was asked about it on a couple radio interviews too.

[@tfyk5623]

he told the rehab joke in his norm show.

[@minime9400]

And to Letterman! Combine them and you get a even better joke.

[@leman337]

every time i see those couches i think about Tom Green

[@gary-f2m]

Whats with the Woody shirt?

[@timmyteaching]

Everything about Norm is funny..

[@minime9400]

I know one thing for sure, IF I had been in this audience, I'd be the guy @ 4:53

[@JP-kp9kh]

Possibly the start of when things started to turn sour between sour Norm and Andy

[@mattdavis9376]

That sarcastic, "everythings fine" line from Norm seemed like a bit of foreshadowing. Followed by Conan's, "you're hiding something aren't you?"

[@jaymiller9254]

Im not gay but 20 bucks is 20 bucks

[@notsocrates9529]

I am gay but 20 bucks is 20 bucks.

[@ramasama]

I'm not 20 bucks but gay is gay.

[@aaronmelton1374]

I wish Norm was still kicking for this Tuesday.... imagine he'd have an opinion....

[@RKar2009]

Good not so old days.

[@sustainableliving6319]

Hope Andy comes back

[@canavar1435]

Best

[@joshk2123]

They both knew who Chaucer was.

[@Playsinvain]

There aren’t a lot of illnesses you get to be drunk all the time

[@xtraspecialmango]

Not even 2 short years till the National Tragedy.

[@rileytrudell7050]

What do you mean?

[@TueLesPigeons]

9/11

[@JiveDadson]

Nov. 5, 2024 was far worse. You ain't seen nuthin' yet.

[@jamestyler3449]

The censorship on KZbin is so bad. A central theme of Norm’s humour is subtle and not so subtle offence. The freedom to think is also the freedom to use a naughty word. America - grow up!

[@thepiecreamer]

this was edited for tv by nbc. it’s just a recording of what aired.

[@jamestyler3449]

@@thepiecreamer Understood Still😞

[@noahv8671]

C.T.A. By Jimmy Heath in the breaks

[@Sandicaprio]

And I was born the next day 😅

[@LuciDOne2]

Did they sensor the word "Don't" ? I believe he says "I don't gag when I drink." Right?

[@vinny5004]

Umm… no!

[@minime9400]

4:57 Conan considers the life choices he made up to this point

[@billlittle4285]

Previous!

[@GaryHarney-q9t]

"Why don't you guys go?"

[@aaronmelton1374]

Best.....

[@KK__Sr]

The riddle makes no sense, but I love Norms jokes and miss his quirky humor. I always looked fwd to him and Kevin Nealon on Conan lol

[@dadyos]

10:00 😂😂😂😂

[@vincecalvarese6386]

Only Norm can work Ruehla Lenska into the conversation 😂

[@ashleybrown4754]

He could make someone laugh without even attempting to be funny

[@minime9400]

Indeed. He talked about Larry Flynt and his speech impediment: "It's not his fault, he was shot" Nothing funny about it, and yet people lol.

[@galiapower]

😂❤😅

[@estebancomulet]

I suspect Norm had a huge bet on.

[@Unmatched-c9p]

What do you do for a living, I sit on a couch. How lucky.

[@SpeedyBozar]

This man's faher is my father's son. So he is my nephew.

[@phillipsher7945]

Norm Macdonald; another great reason for Canada to be our next state.