Norm Macdonald's Weekend Update - The Whole Damn Thing (Audio Only)

[@DannyBoy-nz2mi]

Audio only is good enough for me, I listen while driving and falling asleep. Norm was a true gem. I remember Saturday night, half drunk, age 21 waiting for Weekend Update. So talented...

[@HOGuru]

So genius!

[@yamj5528]

I thought I was the only One listening to this while driving and sleeping

[@carltonbreezy]

@@yamj5528 Hahaha.

[@mercesletifer47]

Me too.

[@JohnParkWilliams]

@@carltonbreezy He h

[@benjaminlebaron7128]

Well done! I wasn’t a Norm fan growing up but his comedy grew on me after watching in my adult years. This is GOLD! R.I.P. Norm

[@Thelavendel]

you're probably dumb. Same as me

[@LiminalCandy]

2025 and i’ll still be falling asleep to this every night !

[@Brave_New_Tube]

Not only is it great to have all of Norm's WU bits in one video, it's also a great glimpse into what the news cycle was like in the mid-late 90s. Weird times for sure. Wouldve loved to see what a Norm-style Weekend Update show for headlines from the past several years looked like.

[@FairEnoughDude]

“Sources say the COVID-19 virus originated in Wuhan, China. …or so the Germans would have us believe…”

[@cool3865]

it really was a wierd time back then

[@VAMPZDJ]

I'm a comedian, I love Norm. I just had the realization that I need to do this very thing.

[@jeremypeatman6844]

@@cool3865 weird?

[@hdrjunkie]

So glad this is on you tube to keep it alive forever…. Norm was great, losing him this year was probably the biggest loss in the entertainment industry in a long long time!

[@HOGuru]

He was the king!

[@hdrjunkie]

@@HOGuru that he was…. I must have listened to this 10 times now…I put it on and fall asleep to it…lol

[@HOGuru]

@@hdrjunkie Yay!

[@padraigomadain6681]

I've only discovered him a month ago through reference on a vid. God am I glad this man existed. I'm Irish mid 30s, this is golden 90s TV and just silly edgy funny and brilliantly orated by a handsome man, has nothing quirky except the sheer humour and essence of whit he exudes, its fuckin brilliant and I been laughing my fuckin head off this past month!!!!

[@hdrjunkie]

@@padraigomadain6681 have you listened to the vids when he used to call into the Dennis. Miller radio show… all off the cuff and funny as hell.

[@roberthuismans3533]

I listen to this while I work. The non sequiters are gold.

[@carltonbreezy]

Really awesome job on this, buddy.

[@HOGuru]

All credit goes to the original poster - I just cleaned up the audio as much as possible!

[@joerivandeweyer3056]

i like how you can see the evolution of the reaction to the hasselhoff and stallone jokes from a confused disbelief to a premature laughter due to expectation, what a decade

[@HOGuru]

He was building a huge audience when they fired him!

[@rainspiritflower2385]

@@HOGuru I don’t remember why they fired him; would you be so kind to post here the reason that you’re aware of? Thank you and this is a cool find.

[@HOGuru]

@@rainspiritflower2385 Because he wouldn't stop making OJ jokes - his boss at the network was one of OJ's best friends.

[@joerivandeweyer3056]

@@rainspiritflower2385 Don Ohlmeyer didn't like Norm. Thought he wasn't funny. Now that's a problem isn't it :D especially when you're doing like.. comedy

[@KnivesNIN]

This is beautiful. The best thing on KZbin.

[@HOGuru]

Just wish we had some of the guest pieces!

[@KnivesNIN]

@HOGuru Me too! I'd pay NBC money to have all the Norm video. However this is the next best thing. Thank you!

[@skyluke9476]

@@HOGuruhonestly I like having just Norm. Atleast if I’m gonna watch the weekend update back to back I don’t want the guests cuz it’s distracting. A seperate video I guess would be cool tho

[@macblastoff7700]

OMG! I can't believe this has been compiled! And I'm painting this weekend. Guess I know what I'll be listening to.

[@penilewrinkle69240]

This is great! Thank you kindly

[@joblo2671]

The good 'ole days...when SNL really was funny...but nobody thought so. When they shat equally on both sides of the aisle...ah the 90s...

[@Louisiana_Wendigo]

So true… man i miss those days

[@skyluke9476]

The 90s were a wonderful time, indiscriminately offensive Jokes, Nirvana, Play Station, and AIDS.

[@gregorsamsa1364]

So much better. Thank you

[@JKO716]

6 hours of this? Yes, bring it on! I'm going to start listening to this later on after I get high and then fall asleep with this 😆Thank you so much!

[@HOGuru]

Thank the original uploader, I just took most of the crackle out of the audio!

[@NankerPhelge65]

Today is the 3rd anniversary of Norm's passing. The worst thing to ever happen in the month of September. 😢

[@ghostofnorm420]

Well....there was WW2 that started in September 1939. 60 million died ! .....54 million according to Adam Egret 😒

[@NankerPhelge65]

​@@ghostofnorm420😂 lmao

[@NelsonVlog66]

Well, there was that whole 9-11 thing. It was in all the papers and all over the news. Just saying.

[@ghostofnorm420]

@@NankerPhelge65 well Ww2 started in September 1939. 60 million people died in the war. 54 million according to Adam Egert. lol

[@Shadowb-w7s]

@@ghostofnorm420or so the Germans would have us believe.

[@destroybot3000]

@3:48:54 for personal amusement.

[@wernerheisenberg2296]

Thanks for doing this.

[@danielreed4050]

Damn it’s too bad it’s only audio I feel like there are some good visual gags in these or atleast just good signals for the joke

[@HOGuru]

There were! Also nearly all of the interviews and guests were cut. Thank heavens they left in David Hasselhoff!

[@davidmason6395]

@@HOGuru aa

[@RabbiHerschel]

The reason why the visuals have been cut? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.

[@jeffsims8270]

@@RabbiHerschel LOL!!! YESSS!!!😅😂🤣

[@jasonbent97]

@@RabbiHerschel nahhh OJ butchered the footage.

[@rafizalizada35]

27:10 Red wine pill 32:17 Yippie Jerry Rubin 44:40 Twins born 90 days apart 54:32 Valentine’s day gesture 55:59 James G. Watt’s indictment 58:32 Athina Onassis

[@rafizalizada35]

2:41:23 The Peanut Advisory Board

[@henryyoutube4359]

Excellent

[@HOGuru]

He's magnificent!

[@Koexistence13]

Who is that in the photo behind Norm? You guessed it.........

[@HankBukowski]

Frank Rambo.

[@SMacCuUladh]

Thank God Frank has a sense of humour, otherwise there would be many a school with little metal plates on the wall by now.@@HankBukowski

[@NelsonVlog66]

Frank Balboa.

[@NelsonVlog66]

​@SMacCuUladh Frank is quite a character.

[@CCsDomain]

This is Great!!! Thx for Sharing

[@rafizalizada35]

1:37:51 The oldest person 1:47:59 Internal clock of fruit fly brain 1:56:12 John Lennon’s secret message 2:04:34 New appendix removal method 2:08:14 Martha Stewart Christmas Special

[@GinenTawnik]

Love having the audio for this! Understand it would be real tough to string together video clips (possible copyright issues?) ... The only joke that is better with the image is the one about Prince Charles being the one in the middle... too funny!

[@HOGuru]

Yeah, I also miss the guest pieces!

[@rafizalizada35]

4:14:33 Nosy anthropologist 4:38:11 Stephen Hawking bet 4:47:10 Heinz layoff 4:48:06 Serial fondler 4:55:33 Medical Journal ...

[@Davethe3rd]

There are going to be some that come across this and say, "You couldn't get away with saying this stuff now..." He didn't "get away with" saying this stuff THEN. Norm was constantly in trouble about the jokes he told and, oh yeah, GOT FIRED FROM SNL.

[@HOGuru]

Yes, they never appreciated what they had in him.

[@Davethe3rd]

@@HOGuru Well, Norm was a brilliant comedian, but part of what made him brilliant is that he took risks. Taking risks means that occasionally, you're going to have jokes that fail or flop or (rightfully) offend or piss people off. This is largely hilarious, but there are some jokes in here that are just fucked up. He shouldn't have told them. And I think even Norm would agree. That's something modern comedians have forgotten: Occasionally, in your comedy, you will cross a line you shouldn't have. Don't make a big deal out of it, your joke bombed, move on.

[@Bill-jc1fy]

The funniest guy who ever lived

[@rafizalizada35]

5:33:30 Yoko Ono Hiroshima 5:37:54 Vince Foster depressed 6:00:43 Household chores

[@jasonbent97]

Boy that OJ really butchered this footage in the editing bay.

[@motnosniv]

My new theory: Norm hates hummingbirds.

[@HOGuru]

That explains so much!

[@SMacCuUladh]

This is joke writing training for any young hopeful.

[@jeffsims8270]

That pic of Frank Stalone is pretty good. Almost as good as Norm's "Dennis the menace" calic. Oh, and aside from that pic in the background, this is the only other thing that makes me think of him. (See link below) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGirnZidhs-WhpY

[@HOGuru]

Who decided on which frame to use? You guessed it: Frank Stallone.

[@jeffsims8270]

10:15 - best laugh in this vid in 5-4-3-2-1...

[@Max-DuBois]

3:45:37 a pretty good one here as well 4:04:23

[@NelsonVlog66]

10:15 sounded like a turkey getting choked.

[@joerivandeweyer3056]

"snakeman. he climbed right up the side of a highrise. just like a snake" "the african american community has finally received their own barbie version. now black youth all over america can have a crippling self esteem" edit: president clinton refused to take a lie detector's test. reason being: it detects lies. i don't know how this comedy is called but it's the best

[@lambrosk3790]

Those are all some of my favorites too. Norm always said his favorite kind of joke was one where the punchline was as close to the premise as possible. Just the idea of Norm and company coming up with ideas for jokes like this makes me smile

[@joerivandeweyer3056]

@@lambrosk3790 weird thing is norm can get away with anything. any other guy writes a norm joke, he's that meme where the third guy gets kicked out of the 2nd office floor. but norm gets away with it. would have loved to hang with him

[@chillaxTF]

I think the closest term for it is "dry humor". But Norm was in a league of his own, not sure there's really a pre-existing category for his style! Nice selections btw :)

[@skyluke9476]

@@chillaxTFit’s his take on meta comedy. Meta meaning self aware humor. Norm didn’t like meta comedy because it was often up its own ass at being so clever, (see Rick and Morty). But Norm found a way to be self aware but also always having a punch line. Saying the most obvious thing but because of the long setup and complete misdirect you didn’t see it coming even tho it’s the obvious joke right in front of you. Weirdly meta without being meta is how I describe it.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

Making fun of Frank Stallone absolutely ENDED his career.

[@you_beg_my_pardon]

No, you are 100% wrong.. he was asked to stop doing OJ jokes, and he still went out and did them anyway, which is what ended his career with SNL for the time being, but it boosted his overall career. He was invited back on SNL as a host so Frank Stallone had nothing to do with it and his career definitely didn't end, which makes you wrong. You actually got three dumb people to agree with you 🤣🤣🤣

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@you_beg_my_pardon you must be very dense

[@you_beg_my_pardon]

@@LIONTAMER3D as dense as Osmium I'll give you a minute to give that a quick goog..

[@you_beg_my_pardon]

@@LIONTAMER3D so explain why you are saying that I'm dense..

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@you_beg_my_pardon you wouldn't "get it"

[@ChuckMock3826]

The GOAT!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@rally_chronicles]

Yeah Norm!

[@HOGuru]

Indeed!

[@rally_chronicles]

@@HOGuru 🙂

[@brucepetty6059]

The echo makes me think it was recorded from Sirius Radio

[@jeffsims8270]

I love how like 90% of his jokes consist of O.J., Bill Clinton, Crack, and...you guessed it...Frank Stallone. ...or so the Germans would have us believe...🤷‍♂️

[@Shadowb-w7s]

And David Hasselhoff.

[@jeffsims8270]

@@Shadowb-w7s ahh, touchè.

[@terriblecrayon]

@@jeffsims8270 The reason you forgot Hasselholf? You guessed it: Frank Stallone.

[@jeffsims8270]

@@terriblecrayon ...or so the German shepherds would have us believe.🤔

[@tylerhowie1304]

Which once again confirms my theory... Norm MacDonald loved crack!

[@TheAmateurEditor]

03:16:40 - absolute favourite!

[@HOGuru]

Nice!

[@kennorton1478]

isn't that background picture of Frank Stallone ?

[@HOGuru]

You guessed it!

[@NelsonVlog66]

"Uncle Frank".

[@garrettdavis6500]

Damn, it seems like only yesterday, that I used to watch Norm on SNL. Getting Old, man.

[@DrMattDestruction]

Homeless people are wasting time begging for money when they could be volunteering in the community or creating businesses instead. Let’s change that with the Universal Basic Income. Or by abolishing money. Let’s give everyone over the age of 13 a guaranteed minimum income of $1,500ish USD/month! Bun

[@avamasquerade]

Regarding the joke about the lady who had boiling hot mcdonalds coffee scald her skin off being a "senile old hag," the coffee was so hot that the lady had to have skin grafts on her crotch and both legs, also the lid of the coffee cup didnt fit the cup correctly, so it fell off easily, a known faulty design that mcdonalds chose to ignore (like the skin scalding temperature of their coffee which they had alrwady been repeatedly warned about), on top of that, she only "sued" to have her medical expenses covered after McDonald's refused to help her in any way. And *then,* to top it off, mcdonalds not only fought her, they orchestrated this horrific smear campaign against her in which they actually paid late night talk show hosts and comedians to spin the story and lie in order to annihilate her character to such a degree that she and her family actually had to go into hiding *after* she was finally released from intensive care.

[@HOGuru]

Norm and his writers were some of the many people taken in by McDonalds' scumbag PR push!

[@merlinoddog2197]

That was a terrible story. I was one of the people fooled by mcdonalds scumbag pr campaign. For years I believed she was one of the worst of the fraudulent lawsuit crowd. Then I saw the pictures of her wounds and read what actually happened. Mcdonalds should still be apologizing to her.😢

[@The56567878]

A: settle out of court and quietly fix your coffee making procedures from whatever in gods name they were doing before, preventing the possibility of further incidents B: spend even more time and money to turn it into a nationwide story, ruining lives just so you can get out of paying an insignificant amount of money and taking responsibility for your failure Hmmmm, I wonder which option the soulless corporate husks will pick???

[@goat-eyes]

​@@merlinoddog2197So like most mouthbreathers, you opine first, learn second (if ever).

[@merlinoddog2197]

@@goat-eyes when did I OPINE ? Pick a fight somewhere else.

[@You-Tube_Administrator]

@3:01:00 error

[@rafizalizada35]

1:04:40 The Medical Journal

[@mrmoshpotato]

The head, the tail, the burn in Hell, OJ Simpson!

[@AliceBowie]

Frank Stallone in thumbnail?

[@HOGuru]

Who better to put there?

[@NelsonVlog66]

Hell yeah.

[@maskof]

5:02:38 .."fuck was that?"

[@bradynorris1653]

That’s when he got fired, went to Vermees Vermont, hypnotized the remaining police officer, and looted town.

[@KrwiomoczBogurodzicy]

53:47 - Disliking 01:04:40 01:09:31 03:12:15 [03:12:59] Twister [04:35:48] Michael Jackson [05:27:13] MJ2

[@surflasal]

Don Ohlmeyer is rolling in his grave.

[@HOGuru]

Likely

[@kingsuperbus]

Let the record show I LOVE FRANK STALLONE

[@HOGuru]

Who doesn't?

[@kingsuperbus]

@@HOGuru haha, i know its just the way he said it. was so funny

[@martinez-shaffer]

I guessed it!

[@NelsonVlog66]

Frank Stallone, America's uncle and national treasure.

[@MrHitthedanceflo]

I think the Germans might love David Hasselhoff 🤔

[@HOGuru]

All evidence certainly points in that direction!

[@sorbethyena3828]

nice

[@HOGuru]

Thanks

[@danielberg7644]

2:59:30 my favorite joke.

[@barrymarlin6055]

I don’t know anything about this online crap… share “Necessary Information”

[@victorbasta7359]

Yay. Another Norm site without video!

[@HOGuru]

Tragic that there's not more footage out there!

[@quad5186]

I’m enjoying this again, but this time the audio is rolling along just fine. But all their is to see is a freeze-frame of Norm with a pic of Frank Stallone 😂

[@HOGuru]

It's weird all right!

[@braddockakalatis2]

3:48:56 For decades I thought I imagined that joke.

[@HOGuru]

Yay!

[@braddockakalatis2]

10:18 Exotic bird much?

[@HOGuru]

Indeed!

[@chillaxTF]

Any idea where one could find the video version of this, or a WU video recording repository?

[@HOGuru]

Not a version of this, but Archive.org has a bunch of old SNLs!

[@robertmagill6005]

The video is great but I wish the screenshot would change for the visual jokes.

[@SerendipityChild]

Impressive

[@HardRockMiner]

I would have been better if you had the actual video instead of just the audio.

[@HOGuru]

You can ask the OP if they have any of it!

[@8a12a05]

When can we have all the episodes including video??????? :(

[@HOGuru]

Hopefully someday...

[@foobarmaximus3506]

Great effort, but this doesn't work without the pictures. Sorry.

[@HOGuru]

Fascinating, and logical too.

[@CalmDownJack]

ADD THE VIDEO

[@HOGuru]

Not my file originally - I just cleaned up the audio of someone else's compilation.

[@imadawg2833]

2:56:51

[@Justanoldrunner]

I wonder what the Hiroshima stamp looks like? (around the 35 minute point)

[@TheAbosloh57]

If you are wondering my friend ; you can see the side comments of norm : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXSYXo2wnr-ojtE minute 1:35. but you should watch every second of the video because it's magnificent!

[@Justanoldrunner]

@@TheAbosloh57 thank you!

[@TheAbosloh57]

@@Justanoldrunner no thanks is needed.

[@Addicti0nz1]

Wow

[@imadawg2833]

4:30:58

[@paulhammons7077]

Oj.. the juice... why did the orange lose the race?... it ran out of juice 😪

[@robertcaruolojr4162]

Personally I prefer Dr.Whore.

[@foobarmaximus3506]

All of the video is available. This wasn't done in the Stone Age. You can get it. Try harder next time. No one is interested in audio only. This is called YOU TOOB for a reason. Video.

[@HOGuru]

Next time read the description and then embarrass yourself a little less.

[@candyjack3659]

I mean I was interested in audio only. I like to put Norm on while I work.

[@leethayer6856]

I like the audio people love to complain whenever they get the chance grow up

[@puffycattopdog420]

✊🤣

[@injongchoi7165]

2❤😊

[@jasonnstegall]

Norm may be down, but he is far from over! (hee hee) [or so The Germans Who Love David Hasselhoff would have us believe!]

[@DrMattDestruction]

Homeless people are wasting time begging for money when they could be volunteering in the community or creating businesses instead. Let’s change that with the Universal Basic Income. Or by abolishing money. Let’s give everyone over the age of 13 a guaranteed minimum income of $1,500ish USD/month! Bun

[@CEngelbrecht]

He was never cancelled. He just wasn't that funny.

[@HOGuru]

It depends if you consider 'fired by one of the network heads for making jokes about that guy's good friend being a murderer' being cancelled. But that's really up to you.

[@CEngelbrecht]

@@HOGuru I think that's disgruntled worker rationalizing.

[@trip4923]

No one ever said he WAS canceled.

[@stephenbudd6375]

You highly value your opinions, nobody else does.

[@ragingcomrade6823]

Clearly you don’t own a dog house

[@imadawg2833]

4:00:04

[@dougiejones5719]

2:13:25

[@dougiejones5719]

6:12:44

[@imadawg2833]

4:08:45