Norm MacDonald Talk Show 1997 (Part 1)

[@wiscomitch3412]

RIP NORM. This was my favorite interview with Norm on Conan ever.

[@sventoby]

a sitcom doesn't exactly play to his strengths he needs a show where some guy just interviews him the entire time

[@ironpirites]

Norm is a real favorite among comedians. They all like him because he is so pure as a stand-up. He has an amazing knack for digging comedy gold up out of the weirdest most unpromising ground. His sense of comic timing is very quirky. I think his greatest most original contribution to stand-up comedy is his realization that bombing is funny too and can actually be funnier than killing. He's a total original. Really a giant, like Howard Stern in radio comedy. Both of these guys broke new ground.

[@pelicanajar]

I love reading the old comments and seeing pure appreciation. No one saying “RIP” or anything like that. Just love of the moment. Feels like a time capsule.

[@mcg102789]

The way Norm says "fluids" at 6:02 is hilarious to me for some reason lol he acts as if he has never even heard of the word before

[@Dulcimerist]

Norm came the closest to winning the million dollars on Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and would've won the million dollars if he hadn't second guessed himself on the final question. He is brilliant! :)

[@dreyersg]

One of the best interviews of all time. Conan is the best interviewer of any of the talk show hosts around in my opinion.

[@shc3754]

Thank you for this real clip it’s awesome to see the original

[@ironpirites]

Norm is the Chuck Yeager of standup. The first person to break the "bombing" barrier. The first person to realize that a fumbling delivery, a lame uninteresting situation and no punch line can, in the hands of a genius, bring the house down.

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Just watched The Elephant Man tonight and remembered this, had to look it up. He does say both "elephant" and "animal" in that scene. Great movie.

[@bigbowlowrong]

He was really on a roll that night. Legendary performance.:)

[@BrianRatkus]

His setup of the Denmark joke was the modern Late Night host punchline.

[@hebber1961]

Norm is the favorite of all the comedians/talk show hosts. The guys in the industry just love him. As do i.

[@phenylphenol]

These three clips are really the very funniest I have ever ever seen of TV. Wow.

[@quiksix25]

Nice touch including the beginning of the AT&T commercial

[@aldamakazumi]

The best advertising ever for AT&T

[@AJScraps]

The ads make this better, never saw those small moments in the compilations

[@wlbaz]

OMG...I remember when this first aired! My husband and I were watching and we were ROTFL when Norm was talking about fluids coming out of his ass (and that made Conan crack up, too!). Great clip!! :)

[@janmadsen6867]

Quite common practice in Denmark in the 90ies. And stil is.

[@ganondufus]

lmao, starts off the interview, "I was barfing and had diarrhea!"

[@sa7sul]

His voice is great, so much charismatic. Reminds me of the voice of Thom Bresh.

[@birchboy79]

Thanks for the post! I watch this a few times a week, my favorite interview on youtube. 'Norm isn't feeling well tonight' = Norm is DRUNK off his ASS', and at his funniest when he is apparantly!

[@slytown]

One of my favs. Great upload.

[@4seeableTV]

NBC needs to put this clip up in HD.

[@SFFOOL76]

Norm MacDonald is such a nut case, but I always crack up when he talks.

[@mclockwork777]

Norm is the master!

[@AgentGordonCole]

Hes like effortlessly funny. lol

[@techparts]

Not sure why but I laughed at your description of "and hydration".

[@TrippySloth]

Legend. RIP

[@lorcanoconnor6274]

I didn't even know he was sick

[@GTinATL100]

NORM!

[@AutoStigmata]

Norm MacDonald should be way more famous than he is.

[@quiksix25]

@techparts Problem is that Norm NEVER had a mainstream hit. SNL was the most mainstream success he ever had and he got fired. Although, I hear he got fired because the cast didn't like him, he wouldn't do sketches, and he criticized the writers' lack of original ideas, not because he wasn't good. I also don't think a lot of people get his delivery. Basically, he's too smart for mainstream.

[@Jiihaasaatana]

Lol @ Conan's reaction and the commercial after Norm's diarrhea joke :D

[@techparts]

@quiksix25 I'm not sure if he's not mainstream, the show was just another sitcom clone and it didn't really have Norm's standup sensibility. The only thing keeping it afloat was the fact that norm starred in it.

[@goodfellabeats]

The weekend update jokes bombed but the fluid thing killed. The audience loved it and even Conan couldn't keep it together. Norm is hilarious when hes just saying stuff like that. Needs his own show

[@PinStripes41]

norms delivery is the best

[@nikemac84]

Fuck, I miss this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@oopsadaze]

FUNNY, FUNNY Guy- For Great Timing, Originality-Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Norm MacDonald

[@PinStripes41]

how do you feel about that folks... hahahaha norm is the man

[@acidslug]

I got an AT&T commercial at the end of this. No shit!

[@nikemac84]

@cmonguy9 OMG!!!!!! How could I forget FEDEX Pope. He's one of my favorites. There's also Pimpbot 2000, Coked-up Werewolf, Shoeverine, and of course, Triumph-The Insult Comic Dog.....

[@livardo]

I lost it when he said "fluids out of my ass"

[@JayPivot]

I like how he was about to say bitch but instead he said woman. What a fricken nice guy!

[@AJHyoton]

Conan said he "I don't fuck with..." on NBC and it was not bleeped! Good shit!!

[@AJHyoton]

1:25

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

Never noticed that till now and you can tell it thru Norm off

[@TRH982]

But he says “talk”?

[@dagoat127]

Norm on latenight(especially Conan,who gets him) is must see t.v! Norm needs his own show or movie...bad!

[@robyz250]

Norm Rules....!!

[@dagoat127]

Yeah, I remember the show Norm had on ABC. It wasn't a monster hit but he really got put off the air because of his appearance on "the view" which he really got into hot water because of some controversial comments he made. Seems like he's been blacklisted ever since. I mean if Jim belushi has his own show, why can't norm? lol

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

DEAR GOD GIVE US BACK NORM MACDONALD AND WILL GIVE U LUCIE DONLAN !!!!

[@MRKetter81]

omg I'm crying LOL!

[@bearsaremonkeys]

lol yup

[@Matika]

@Lip87 OH MY GOD MY BRAIN JUST EXPLODED THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NORM AND CRAIG FERGUSON TOGETHER!!!!!!

[@62Dano]

Conan has a little tim hiedecker stand up moment going at 2:30, that was hilarious!

[@geocraftsman]

3:20; Norm Macdonald inadvertently presages modern standup

[@chief1223]

@Astrolounge I've been saying that for a while too, I'd watch him for 30 minutes or an hour a night.

[@chawk111]

i wish current conan was more like this. in stead of crazy stunts every night like it's a circus or something

[@AgentXaos]

Tonya Addy is hot...she's on linkedin

[@JohnSlimey]

"Im not a elepahnt im a humanbeen" Vittu.

[@jronzani]

@Astrolounge If you haven't seen Sports Show with Norm MacDonald you are denying yourself of the Best talk/news show ever made.

[@jimgravesus]

Its Rickles and Carson.

[@Lumpycpu]

i would be BUSTIN' UP laughing if i was conan

[@BozNow]

@Astrolounge he has one now

[@bradnugget]

AT&T. It's ALL within your reach...

[@cmonguy9]

@nikemac84 don't forget the fedex pope, but hands down the interrupter was the best

[@techparts]

@quiksix25 Yeah he got fired because of that but mostly because he made fun of OJ, who was a close friend to the CEO at the time. Most people think he really is stupid, which makes no sense to me because he pretty much always slips in the idea that the stupidity is just a part of his routine every time he's doing standup/being interviewed, like here where he screws with Conan using Tanya and his risible joke.

[@RealDefentertainment]

Norm should have got Fallon`s Job

[@Wolves2314]

@nikemac84 Conan has his own talk show again ever since like 2 years ago dude.

[@EskilIsDaShit]

I would love to see a show with just norm and some other guy talking for an hour or something like that, i would go on late at night, with just norm and this guy talking and filosofing, smoking ciggars, with this real moody feeling, real relaxed and just cooooool as fucking cucumber. Maybe they should do some drugs aswell. Just like that, that would be the perfect show.

[@Vsquad93]

whats in the cup norm

[@masterjoey1029]

haha 4:06 Norm fought hard not to say "bitch".

[@itswhip]

The banter was so much better back in the mid 90's. Not all PC pleasing bore-talk

[@thehoundz1]

1:27 Did Conan say FUCK?

[@Erilis666]

@Astrolounge that would be epic. it'd be so better than tom green or some shit.

[@EagleEye812]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaah thank God he doesn't need to do those obvious plugs anymore....

[@hectorguzman256]

AT&T? I think it's pronounced "Mangrate".

[@stevemonkey6666]

@thehoundz1 "TALK"

[@quiksix25]

His show got put off the air because it had horrible ratings. Norm is a great comedian but he just isn't mainstream.

[@RealDefentertainment]

80 pound homeless guy? wow he said it like the guy was huge. I weighed 80 pounds in primary

[@Monkeyman2357]

@AutoStigmata More like "than he ISN'T"!!! lolamirite??

[@McMaster2000]

Conaw!

[@nikemac84]

I know, DUDE, it SUCKS because he can NO LONGER SHOW his characters like the "masturbating bear", "Preparation H. Raymond", "The Interrupter", etc. He also no longer has Max Weinberg to use for his skits........

[@cubicleboy]

don't worry conan. AT&T already screwed themselves by hiring paul reiser.

[@JohnSlimey]

Graaaaaaahaaaaaaaahhaa

[@RealH0rr0rsh0w]

I like Conan but for some reason he annoys me in every Norm interview.

[@WuAssassin024]

box office poison

[@Googopqp]

@bigboylikesalsa AHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA! :)

[@Lip87]

@dreyersg Conan's great and I love him but Craig Ferguson is GOD. And Norm is a genious :D

[@ACanadian19]

Norm had his own show, it failed miserably, i'm not saying he's not hilarious! I love him, have tickets to his stand up, just letting you know, but his and Conans back and forth, its one of the funniest things you can see on late night television!

[@jronzani]

@Ph4nToM890 *Sigh*

[@GitanoRenegado]

andy richter the sweedish german

[@lucariofan30]

lol at and t it's all within ur reach lol jokes

[@Hassus]

Boooh!

[@smurfyday]

Conan was much much funnier than Norm here. He saved an interview.