Norm Macdonald SNL Monologue

Norm Macdonald, Canadian hero, rips into SNL. Hilarious. Sorry for the lack of video but this is the best that I could do. Enjoy!

[@aquajolen]

greatest monologue ever from the greatest comedian.

[@karasoth]

This is the greatest moment in SNL history

[@donreed7018]

Superb. Thank you Norm, you don't know how much this cheers me up.

[@ossermuller]

Brutally honest, completely without ego, sharp as a tack, funny as all hell... Norm is the man.

[@sg137iu]

Wait, why did I full screen this?

[@averydade]

"Alright guys we got a bad show for you tonight..." Hahaha, ahh Norm. So funny. Why doesnt anyone on the show laugh as hard as they should.

[@healthhavencom]

Possibly the best SNL opening ever.

[@oneeyehippy]

great stuff as always

[@coachurly]

I would have loved to have seen Lorne Michaels' face during this monologue. Thanks for the awesome post!

[@jukeboxdan]

Seeing Norm at Jukebox Comedy Club Sunday OMG can't wait!

[@rextside]

This was the best Monologue EVER !!! Norm owns

[@grungefreak10]

I heard that after Norm gave this monologue, he was banned from hosting ever again. That was nine and a half years ago. Now he has actually just appeared in another Celebrity Jeopardy sketch. Not bad.

[@fearthegeckotoo]

I remember tuning in just to see him host and laughing my ass off when he did this. Way to go norm!

[@RichardKleiner]

Norm, I didn't find you funny before, but after hearing this, you've delivered one of the funniest monologues in SNL history.

[@blueshirt12]

thank you thank you thank you for this

[@jamescassidy1366]

Norm is awesome! Seeing him tomorrow night in Boston, 09/21/12!

[@SolonaCousland]

I wasn't even aware this was linked to from ED; I just love Norm. Now I have to go searching the site for what pages links here.

[@mnyfrsh]

Norm was awesome, I was like eight years old loving that shit.

[@autoblindato]

we love you norm ,we love you!

[@tylertac]

that was by far the funniest opening snl monologue i've ever heard

[@Fayejealousy]

good god, hes so awesome

[@verycoolnin]

Greatest SNL monologue evah.

[@FFGG22E]

Norm, you sir are my hero.

[@Munedawg]

thanks for this.

[@Barison]

"How did I suddenly get so goddam funny?!" You've always been goddam funny, man!

[@Wolves2314]

BALLS. HE'S GOT BALLS.

[@ddl74]

Norm was great on Update. He's so unique. No wonder he does such a good Letterman impression, his style is like Dave's but still very much his own.

[@Dibrini]

Artie Lange said that what Norm wanted to do, after the monologue was over, was just get in his car and leave without doing any of the sketches! It would have destroyed his career, but it would have been epic!

[@GrimJokes]

Norm is my hero and possibly one of the greatest Canadians to grace t.v.

[@StarsShineNow]

Norm was the only one worth watching when he was on there. He still funny as hell.

[@slimshaid]

legend...

[@smitty5ca]

Norm just became my new personal hero.

[@Susquehanna80]

Norm Macdonald on SNL was just brilliant.. besides Weekend Update, his spoofing of Larry King and Bob Dole was spot-on

[@grungefreak10]

They are putting out entire seasons of SNL now (granted they are pretty expensive.) It could be a year or two before the 80s/90s are available, but I think they will be worth the wait.

[@kennerguy66]

Norm doesn't take shit from anybody. He's the greatest.

[@bloodsling]

ah Norm,such biting bitterness laced with laughs,my hero

[@beckrokk]

Oh dear god, I nearly died listening to this. Norm is amazing.

[@docellis]

o wow just brutal. only norm can burn bridges with such hilarity and ferocity, before he even crosses them.

[@koutalives]

he didnt get fired midway through 97-98, he left the show but he was fired from update by nbc west coast president don ohlmeyer on december 13, 1997

[@swelldame]

Norm is brilliant.

[@coolins335]

what an opportunity for revenge

[@StaffordChristensen]

"So, yeah, I'm funny compared to - well, you'll see later...." lol Hilarious!

[@pinkstate]

norm is the best!!!

[@jenniferswe]

Norm rules!

[@toughbutfair32]

Norm is so boss.

[@DarkEyedJunko]

EPIC

[@Barison]

"How did I suddenly get so goddam funny?" Norm's the man.

[@Teabonesteak]

Norm had a reputation of saying exactly what was on his mind and that didn't jive with to many people.

[@redresch]

Im seeing Norm on Thursday, Fuck I cant wait. Norm is God.

[@Shlumpledink]

norm is hilarious

[@walrusonion]

that was youtube's april fool's joke

[@slimshaid]

man, i wish he had done what he originally wanted, and just taken off after the monologue and screw them over completely, LOL!!!

[@moddub123]

More relevant today than ever. Norm is a prophet among men. From his departure, the show has gotten painfully unwatchable each week. The Anna Faris episode yesterday was brutal.

[@NoRosesForMe]

I remember I HAD to see this when it aired. I had stopped watchin SNL by then,,,,I think. Yea,,,,So-I just had to see it cuz it was NORMMMM!!....I cried when they fired him tho. Like a damn baby hehe

[@openmindedproduction]

@Dibrini oh fuck man, he should've did that... I remember watching this live and was half expecting him to just fuck up every sketch he was in purposefully and just freeze and stare at the audience saying nothing and have the cast members just squirming the whole time, haha

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

only about 7.9% according to Insight. a lot of people just love Norm Macdonald.

[@Aguzman0077]

11 people are NBC managment

[@AngelEspino]

lol this man is hilarious! He should have never been fired from SNL!

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

October 23rd, 1999

[@sbtbfanatic]

@cowboyfromhell663 I wonder whether Lorne Michaels knew what Norm was going to say before Norm started the monologue...

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

I think that NBC is one of those uber-serious companies when it comes to copyright infringement so whenever their stuff gets put up it immediately gets taken down. I suspect that this monologue has only lasted because there's no video and it's pretty "godamn" old.

[@NightlifeSux]

"affect"

[@thegov08]

"Ok so lets recap..."

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

@CanadianGuitarist I think so. I probably googled it back when I answered the guy and that's what I found. Plus I think he got fired sometime in 98 and he says it's a year and a half later.

[@TheScientist0000000]

@RobTFirefly wow, fancy meeting me here.

[@ABlimp]

? whoa everything is up side down

[@DontGoInThere]

What's funny is that Norm was pretty accurate in saying how the show blew. SNL has suffered severely since his firing. They've had a few funny people on the show, but not nearly enough to really make it all that decent.

[@GregLynn]

Wasn't this monologue LAST MINUTE and SNL didn't know he was going to say this?? I heard that story somewhere...

[@exiledPostman]

hahaha ahhh that's great.

[@Bleeinyourself]

i thought they just "fired" him from weekend update

[@kappagirl981]

@sbtbfanatic norm said it was the writers in the back booing together haha

[@BrucknerMotet]

@theinstantvincent Did Norm's O.J. Joke at the ESPYs (when he was talking to Charles Woodson) have anything to do with his firing from SNL?

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

i had to sign up to view a video and my annoyance shone through in my username.

[@gr406]

trolling IRL

[@sbtbfanatic]

@kappagirl981 Thanks. Were they pissed off, or were they just joking around? I bet they were pissed off!

[@kdemon17]

Lmao. This is SNL

[@eslubin]

You can hear some show lackeys trying to boo in the background when he says the show isn't funny

[@bishoptl]

ETHER

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

ohhh

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

I just downloaded this mp3 from fakenews(dot)net and stuck a background on it. And no problem.

[@JoJaDaRu]

I wish there was more of his snl stuff posted, did it get taken down?

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

erm. what? i think that may be a problem with your browser.

[@ControlDenied307]

Hilarity.

[@Netriderceo]

@sbtbfanatic Try Hulu. I know that either a large portion or the entire episode is available there.

[@grungefreak10]

"So one minute you are firing me, the next you are asking me to return? Well you know what? FU, you guys suck!" Hell, his career wouldn't have been that much bigger if he had played nice and gone along with what they had scripted for him. If I can't have as big a career as the other guys, then the least I can do is go out in a blaze of Sour Grapes!

[@RobTFirefly]

@TheScientist0000000 I'm actually TheScientist0000000.

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

It's only slander if it's not true. :p

[@CF1975]

Classic monologue.The people of SNL fired him for being unfunny: so this means that people like Will Ferell and Jimmy Fallon are actually funny? Being fired is never good, but if I were Norm Macdonald, I would take this as a compliment for being good at what he does.

[@sbtbfanatic]

Is the full episode available on a torrent anywhere?

[@fuckfuckfuck1]

hmm? his reply was three days ago and mine was two days ago meaning i posted the day after he posted.

[@CanadianGuitarist]

@fuckfuckfuck1 Is that right? That was a pretty quick return to hosting after being fired, wasn't it?

[@elemmayo2602]

when they announced the musical guests norm was right about the show getting bad.

[@verycoolnin]

Not to mention the conglomerate Viacom which owns NBC sued KZbin because their videos were on KZbin. Okay, alright whatever. But guess this; they sued for an Austin Powers villain like total of 1 billion dollars.

[@RobTFirefly]

@TheScientist0000000 Quite possibly. :-)

[@TheScientist0000000]

@RobTFirefly er... wait.... am I THE rob t firefly from off the hook?

[@CanadianGuitarist]

@fuckfuckfuck1 I actually typed it before listening to the full clip; for some reason, I thought he was fired in late 98.

[@sbtbfanatic]

I wonder who the people were that booed at around 2:49 when Norm joked that the show had gotten really bad. Were they people who worked on the show? I can't see why a regular audience member who boo at that joke.

[@SSjBankai]

lol.

[@InKa4484]

...or so the German's would have us believe.

[@sbtbfanatic]

@IntenseLowerChafing Remember the Weekend Update where Norm kept talking about anal rape in prison being a deterrence to crime?