Norm Macdonald on the Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno (Dec 1999) "The perfect stocking stuffer"

RIP Norm. Happy New Year

[@igorszamaszow171]

Thank you! It's always nice to here Norm's slightly different takes on his familiar stories. He even sort of revisited the bunker bit in his 2020 cоrоnаvіrus stand-up set, though this time he wouldn't let his son in!

[@noonespecial7]

I love this channel.

[@pete123]

Explain to the the folks at home who Jay Leno is.

[@jacksonjack7838]

Ok so the song Norm comes out to at the beginning is the Theme song from his show Norm, but I thought it was Telephone Line by Electric Light Orchestra sorta sped up.

[@dhalsim282]

"A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer" - Mitch Hedburg (from Strategic Grill Locations, Sept '99). I wonder who really did it first.

[@CircuitRider]

Good question. Norm loved Mitch and supposedly was even present at Mitch’s first Comedy Central special. It’s possible Norm was inspired by Mitch for this joke, even if subconsciously. It’s also a kind of simple joke though so could be a coincidence

[@bmh18172]

Good observation. I noticed Norm copied another Hedberg joke on one of his specials as well, the joke about ID - where the I stands for “I” and the D stands for “dentification”. Norm was a huge fan and I don’t think he’d ever plagiarize intentionally, so probably just an outcome of listening to endless material from Mitch.

[@mattm1982]

Third time hearing the homeless bum story, lol... always hilarious.

[@lxldny]

Thanks for the upload. 👍

[@christophersummers1939]

at least they'd finally got someone actually funny on that show

[@jaybyday2381]

That was great, nice seeing norm unleashed

[@codydavidyates72]

We love you Mr Happy Dog

[@petercook360]

Norm's vibe with both David Letterman and Conan O'Brien was way better than Jay Leno.

[@trippytradingcards7852]

5 cents a pop underneath the queens borough bridge!

[@qwerty8601]

Classic Leno - comic always feels like theyre bombing cause of his stone faced replies

[@io3204]

Yes I heard he broke several motorcycle helmets by trying them on.

[@Threedog1963]

Leno sucking the funny out of comedy, old school.

[@rogue-like4life]

Norm is definitely not a Jay comic...no chemistry.

[@rogue-like4life]

or so the Germans would have you believe.

[@michelejensen1527]

Leno maybe never tripped?