Norm Macdonald on David Letterman - September 13, 2006

[@brianandrew9594]

Norm passed away today. His comedy helped get me through a lot of tough times (and will continue to do so). RIP to one of my personal legends.

[@tylerbuckeridge7483]

Just want to say he helped me too and it’s hard to see him go. Wishing you the best, he’d want us to keep laughing.

[@juaneswart9947]

Diddo

[@gsactotube]

Yeah REALLY helped me out through some tough times as well. God bless Norm AND all of you.

[@machia0705]

Laughter heals. God bless him.

[@nckey42]

He’s was so smart and clever and.. I could go on and on.. Sometimes when i’m depressed, I just watch a little of Norm and it just seems to slip away.. A Christian man, he’s in heaven no doubt. Making Jesus laugh, angels too..

[@bdwaggoner]

"The more I learn about that guy the more I don't care for him." -- that statement could only originate from the brilliant mind of Norm Macdonald. He is sorely missed.

[@utkarshsrivastava4013]

Honestly I miss him so much. Rest in Peace Norm.

[@SkandiaAUS]

The noise he makes before saying that is great too.

[@ryanfox2478]

hitler was a real jerk

[@DavidGarvinTechnophile]

Best line ever!

[@TNT-km2eg]

Perfect fraze to describe Normie

[@Robert-un7br]

One of the reasons Letterman and Conan O’Brien loved Norm so much was they could just sit back and let him do his thing. At times they were his straight men. At others they could almost become part of the audience, just listening and laughing, but they had the best seats in the house. They both knew Norm was always funny.

[@airport862]

You can tell David loved Norm. He had him on his show multiple times. He started laughing as he was introducing him and didn't stop until the end of the interview.

[@DavidTa2]

They have entirely the same sense of humor 😃

[@terryeubanks8797]

How to interview Norm Macdonald: 1) Ask question 2) Let him talk for 25 minutes Greatest comedian ever.

[@bencarlson4300]

Terry Eubanks Best interviewer ever, most hosts would interrupt him every five seconds

[@pfanzers]

Ben Carlson Conan is pretty fun to watch with this guy too bc he eggs him on lol

[@pfanzers]

Ben Carlson PS I agree. David is THE GOAT

[@BioHazard634]

Step 1 is optional

[@rodneyclayton4819]

Hi

[@wizardglick1]

My kinda humor, I wish I could meet Norm just to Thank him for all the laughs.

[@waswaswad]

You could earn 15$ while you're at it

[@smokedog2185]

U can still find him from time to time visiting adam under the Brooklyn bridge

[@gghegde3224]

Classic comedy! Is there anyone now who does something other than talking politics as comedy?!

[@novasky3359]

I wish I could meet him too. Amazing mangrate.

[@AbdulGabagool83]

@@waswaswad AHAHAHAH

[@eviatarwolfson9567]

Norm just delivered his act from top to bottom. I've never seen a late show episode where Letterman barely talks

[@Danimal77]

When Jerry Seinfeld came on it was the same thing, as well as Howard Stern.

[@Rowsy91]

Thats normal, pretty much every comic does that.

[@dildonius]

Letterman has a lot of respect for Norm and Norm does for him. Thet have a sort of Father-Son relationship.

[@dildonius]

Bobby Brady and?

[@bigbromiki1]

dildonius He is a moron

[@ac4740]

What makes Letterman great is his capacity to let talk show genius express itself, without interrupting.

[@beachlife2968]

Normally it is a battle of ego's for letterman as he want's to be the funniest person in the room but not so when interviewing Norm. You can see he has a lot of love for him.

[@thaspaniard09]

🥂 cheers to that one guy in the audience having the time of his life

[@kasparkirschbaum7588]

Yeah he was wildin

[@nikkomakinen6582]

Hello, fellow visitors of the www computer!

[@N8oRMusic]

We'll miss you, Norm. Thank you for the laughs.

[@scottmandu8316]

Dave's honest chuckling reaction to Norm is priceless 👏

[@tylermcclean4520]

Best talk show guest ever

[@scotts1833]

Agree

[@kitpalmer1583]

Him and Tom Waits

[@gsactotube]

His GREATEST appearance was on the view!

[@thetcmiller]

Man alive holy crow, Norm is the best.

[@shaykayback]

The most under appreciated underrated and underpaid comedian in history.

[@AB-ms6yg]

underpaid.......ahhh GENTILE.....

[@angelaoehley809]

Appreciated by his fans. We loved his humor & his adorable dimples! I’m binging ever since he left us. Rest In Peace Norm! 🙏💙🙏💙

[@BRAUSA]

The best

[@gregtronica3569]

nice spelling dipass

[@bambamsboys7394]

Legend!!

[@smokedog2185]

When norm finishes talking then just stairs off in to space with that look on his face makes me laugh on it's own

[@earthangel8730]

Norm is absolutely darling. His small teeth smile just kills me everytime. I love him.

[@canadaguy20081]

Stares not stairs

[@james-xf1ox]

Norm is a good man

[@chriscoletti4852]

@@james-xf1ox hahahaha

[@CRonaldo365]

@@canadaguy20081 yea what’re we tryna walk somewhere?

[@heartartist]

Well, just making someone laugh about their medical condition is a kind thing to do. Making a freakin 'Letterman thing' and make ppl come out of fear of death is indeed work of a legend. RIP Norm.

[@Bonez0r]

0:37 Norm Macdonald, the only man who can come on stage and immediately get a laugh simply by saying "Me? I'm uh, Yeah, I'm alright, I uh...I, I"

[@joesaintjames6221]

Its the look he gives directly after, he explains how he discovered this trick from watching Bob Hope

[@omarabibaker3637]

@@joesaintjames6221 where can I find that explanation?

[@joesaintjames6221]

@@omarabibaker3637 Season 2 of Norm Live, episode 5, with Fred Willard

[@johntravolto4058]

Once you understand norm you will understand.

[@heavnnnsent]

Really sad because Norm just passed away and I'm going to miss him. So much

[@drevm7991]

Norm could never tell a joke again and still be one of the funniest people in the world on his tone, speech patterns and voice alone.

[@earthangel8730]

Truth!

[@pauloliveira]

May God bless you … thank you for so many funny moments … you were brilliant

[@orangewarm1]

I cant telling it's a routine or just talking. High level comedian.

[@lindacarlile7059]

I've been binge watching norm on a regular basis for a couple yrs. I too was crestfallen, but have continued to laugh. God bless you Norm Mac Donald .

[@kathysteiner5529]

Me too

[@kimcantswim174]

​@@kathysteiner5529Me too

[@darin5826]

We were at this taping while in New York for our honeymoon - Norm killed as usual 👍

[@geedavey66]

Love Norm...."Ass over tea-kettle wrong" lol never heard that one before😜

[@johnw8984]

gee davey that's a very old saying

[@daviej1979]

Hell in a hand basket 😂👍

[@dixonpinfold2582]

When Norm was growing up it would've been "Arse over tea-kettles." (Canada used to be a lot more British.) It means upside-down, but also tumbling, like say if you fell down some stairs or slipped in the snow and your feet were actually above your head briefly.

[@sschevy8558]

“I don’t want a vein in my arm”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cgulljbravi8264]

Telling the trainer not to earn his money, that's just classic

[@barbatof]

Love how relaxed Norm is

[@paulinemuthena6545]

Norm spoke a lot about his health with Dave.Even his visits to the Mayo Clinic.God couldn't they save him?? Norm was so sweet and humble and handsome

[@bigsatanloaf]

I love when he says personal trainers look like "Dash Riprock" from earlier

[@oliverposniak1254]

Love Norm and Dave.Norm signed his book for me,he wrote,Olli,never take Crack .read it on the Subway and Realy laughed out loud.

[@brianlove8353]

Love when he looks at the audience

[@zyxwut321]

Letterman always brought the best out of Norm. Kind of reminds me of how well behaved and calm Andy Kaufman was when he was interviewed by Orson Wells. Deep respect there.

[@heavnnnsent]

very highbrow reference if I do say so myself. I didn't know Orson Wells interviewed andy kaufman - OR vica versa....did I spell that right?

[@zyxwut321]

@@heavnnnsent Yeah, it's a trippy video. Check it out here on KZbin. I think Welles was filling in for the regular host on some talk show back in the early 80s. He used to do a lot of random things like that to hustle and make money as he was constantly in debt (and when he died suddenly his estate was a mess and his heirs fought over it for years). I don't really think of Orson Welles or Andy Kauffman as being high brow. Orson Welles was a great storyteller and a great interview. With all due respect, Andy Kauffman was a young brat who thrived on getting under people's skin. Yeah, they were geniuses and all but since they lived before social media they weren't so entirely self-conscious and self-promoting like celebrities today. Just a different time and a different world. In many ways a better one.

[@maskof]

Norm's shirt is one wicked Moiré pattern.

[@zacharycollett5456]

2 years and im the first to comment saying "good eye, dude" the "glitchiness" gets me every time

[@NotJustALineCook]

I still remember watching this “live” The cake and half&half still gets me RIP Norm

[@bigorange000]

If anyone needed to be cloned, it's Norm. You are greatly missed.

[@MattVincentNYC]

“Ass over tea kettle wrong” - genius

[@pauldavies5611]

You can tell these two guys really loved each other.

[@yeltsin6817]

Norm always seems like he is forgetting stuff but is a great joke teller.

[@brunospasta]

Its an act obviously

[@normsstandupvault9862]

I can't stop watching norm😵‍💫

[@DoomWar1]

That foreign police officer doesn't own a doghouse.

[@daveberswick5372]

With his fruity bike.

[@chriswesterfield4818]

don't know............he's deeply closeted

[@james-xf1ox]

In Holland you don't need a doghouse I guess

[@TheFacefinder]

He's right about the Dutch. I was there in the mid 70's and they still loved us. They teach their kids right.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@dixonpinfold2582]

My uncle would go back every five years even though what he experienced there was so terrible he could never talk about it. But it was good for him, and the Dutch treated him incredibly well. He would come back with chocolate for us, and souvenirs like little ceramic windmills in Delft blue.

[@Jeffstone17]

I'm glad I missed Letterman's "Ventriloquist Week."

[@nicholaskothari8150]

Aka Puppet week

[@NxDoyle]

Norm always wore a suit and tie for Dave.

[@Roisinblacm]

Pretty sure he insisted on it for comedians performing , even bill burr wore suit and tie when he did stand up on the show, not sure if that applied to guests tho

[@eviancl4157]

@Burnintreez321 Tf did he do to you to make you so angry?

[@SundayAssault]

@@eviancl4157 Nah hes not completely wrong, Letterman wasn't the funniest guy as a host. F.e. Conan 100x better.

[@eviancl4157]

@@SundayAssault Conan's great.

[@james-xf1ox]

Not always

[@logicstudios4593]

Norm on Letterman in 2006, discussing his fitness regime and visit to Amsterdam. Category Music

[@ashchaya7676]

... to my ears

[@Sethclement96]

LOL he went to Holland and then called them all foreigners haha

[@johnw8984]

I'm glad he got it some people don't get things on here especially sarcasm

[@nckey42]

He’s was so smart and clever and.. I could go on and on.. Sometimes when i’m depressed, I just watch a little of Norm and it just seems to slip away.. A Christian man, he’s in heaven no doubt. Making Jesus laugh, angels too..

[@kathysteiner5529]

Loved him. So funny

[@AB-ms6yg]

Imagine if Norm has gone to a Hindu Heaven instead of a Christian Heaven then he must definitely be facing a "communication Gap"...🤣🤣

[@AC2237]

So true....me too

[@calidog3103]

I love you Norm

[@part1801]

If I want to brighten my day I just listen to a letterman show with Norm.

[@nothanksonh.w.3385]

I love how he is proud of himself after the interview 😂

[@joshuachambers2054]

5:28 just listen to that one guy in the audience wailing laughing . Norms unassuming intellect has got another .

[@katprosser8989]

Joshua Chambers lmao it’s so true. You just know he showed up and had no idea what he was in for

[@greglarsen1]

These guys wouldve been a great comedy duo. Natural chemistry.

[@andrewtregoning]

I still get sad when I watch norm now. The best to ever do it.

[@KillerBrees]

Probably the guy who makes me laugh harder than anyone else. God I miss him.

[@billcrowder6477]

Norm is the funniest man alive

[@bradycollins9267]

And now the funniest man that’s left us ❤️

[@andresbarriga5305]

MAN ALIVE

[@billcrowder6477]

Andres, that didn't age well

[@andresbarriga5305]

@@billcrowder6477 One of my favorito expresiones of his.

[@paulinemuthena6545]

You could see how much he respected Dave and Dave loved him.God this is one celebrity i really missed. RIP NORM.

[@tonyrossodivita9180]

Its Norm's world, and the rest of us are only living in it and laughing.

[@daveshaw9344]

The talk show host always seems to know exactly what questions to ask the comedian, questions that conveniently lead right into a perfect story And then they always have the perfect follow up question to continue the story

[@Mohammad-zc7gn]

I'm pretty sure on most shows they discuss the topics beforehand

[@emmettshaughnessy8026]

That shirt is making me seasick.

[@BUFFAL0S0LDI3R]

Norm helped me get through a tough period in my life, literally saving it in the process, and not in the way you might expect. Many of you may not believe this story. That’s fine, as sometimes I can scarcely believe it myself. I had made up my mind at the time to end my life and so was standing on the steel super structure of a bridge in the dead of night looking down into the ink black waters below and knowing all the while that the black abyss that I was staring into was actually my own impending mortality. It’s a sight I’ll never forget, even long after, I fear, I’ve forgotten the faces of my loved ones. All of the sudden I heard footsteps behind me and then a voice. I turned to see who it was and it was Norm MacDonald. I knew who he was of course, he was Father’s favorite comedian. He looked at me and he said, “You shouldn’t jump.” I told him that he didn’t know why I felt that I had to. “Tell me,” he said. I told him of my father, of years of his abuse and of the high expectations he had for me that I knew I could never live up to. I told him of unrequited love and the heart rending pain I fell asleep to every night, tears still seeping from my closed eyes. I told him of the horribly emaciated visage of my mother, the thin strands of hair left to her clinging to her fevered scalp as the cancer she had fought so hard for 3 years to overcome, afflicting her body with poisons and growing weaker every day all the while, finally claimed its ultimate victory over her. I told him things I had never told anyone. I’ll never forget his response. He looked thoughtfully down at his feet while he stroked his chin for a moment, and then he looked up at me and said this: “Well, all of that may be so…but there’s a fella down under this bridge jerking off punks for $15 a man!”

[@Ogaitnas900]

This was a specially funny one

[@tar2100]

RIP one-of-a-kind comedian and fellow Quebecer Norm Mcdonald!! Gone far too soon, fuck cancer!!!

[@jeffthewhiff]

Norm was really a funny guy and I have always enjoyed him on the Letterman show! RIP Norm.

[@crashburn3292]

I'm viewing all the Norm on Letterman interviews. I'm going to be sad when I get to the last one. Norm could make doing your taxes funny...

[@fenwyfrnk]

Hadn't seen this one. Thanks, man

[@temsedgwick9494]

Absolutely loved this - thanks for posting it 👍🏿👍👍🏾

[@rgfreese]

“No use for abs, I just wanna not die”. Classic Norm

[@charlesdarwin7253]

This was filmed on Spetmember 13th? Good lord, that reminds me of that tragedy.

[@saneman7177]

I’ll always adore his ability to make a mundane story ammusing

[@WhyDoIPlayGolf]

Never saw Dave happier than when Norm was on

[@2ndcousin100]

Miss those days. Miss Norm.

[@kurtludwig1]

Norm and his buddies certainly do love those hiter jokes. I can appreciate good humour.

[@jrh11254]

I’ll never forget going to that bike shop in Amsterdam - they threw pedals at me.

[@MichaelSnyder1776]

The short point he makes about being better at not doing things than doing extra things is so poignant. Classic Norm

[@yigithansezgen666]

He killed it, as always...

[@davethebarber62920]

I love the reference to Dash Riprock! Lol

[@chadgrov]

I loved that line but have no clue who dart ripfart is, what is it?

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

Dash Riprock was a recurring character on the Beverly Hillbillies. He played a handsome movie actor that was Elly May’s love interest. There is also was band with that name.

[@xavierpaquin]

Man alive, Holy crow

[@IPeach10]

Norm describing Hitler's public speaking ability at 5:57

[@johnsmart3153]

He had Dave really cracking up!

[@exposett246]

The world needs you now Norm :(

[@FullyComp]

Love the “Late Night” color tie Norm is wearing ❤️

[@Rogersensei93]

Amsterdam sounds more and more awesome everytime I hear about it

[@ihsahn77]

Except for the dirty foreginers.

[@billd3060]

I miss him. 🥲🥲🥲

[@gauthamsuresh3226]

Do a letterman on me 😂😂😂💯

[@jessejive117]

Gautham Suresh I don’t get it :/

[@NecumNaTo]

@@jessejive117 me neither. :/

[@nthomas87]

For those who don’t get the joke: not long before this interview, Letterman had a quintuple heart bypass done.

[@thejasonbischoff]

Skrankly rankly!

[@ThomasHenryHoran]

The JS Bach of Comedy.

[@mr.nicely9145]

I got a kind of Tommy Smothers from the late 60's vibe in Norm's pacing and cadence during this bit.

[@bansal-ue8ts]

I finally got it, just changing diet is not enough, i need to exercise….life lessons scattered everywhere in Norm’s bits….

[@fragmanialains]

Crazy how this was 15 years before the exact day of his desth

[@proximalmemoireproductions]

an artist

[@samkeith5372]

Man alive! Holy crow!

[@shecklesmack9563]

The hundreds of "ya know"s is icing on the cake.

[@davidaddison3379]

The 'red light' bit actually happened to me, except it wasn't Amsterdam, it was New London, Connecticut, and I wasn't pulled over by a bicycle, it was a car with three cops in it. One of them spoke to me from 20 feet away which was peculiar. I guess they like to keep their distance. Anyway, he asked me if I was on drugs. And then he asked me again. 2am, I'm lost, I ask them for help finding my hotel, and they refuse - 'just get out of here'. So if any of those three police officers are reading this I just want to say I'm OK. This has probably weighed heavily on your mind ever since. But no need to worry, I'm OK. I found a cop in the next town who gave me directions and I made it to the hotel safely.

[@heavnnnsent]

It's good to hear that you made it back okay and nobody pulled a letterman on you

[@Jimmyjames11111]

Glad to hear you made it back to your hotel , I’ll sleep better now

[@genericyoutubeuser1700]

Ventriloquist week! I hate I missed that.

[@BlackNGoldRules]

Miss this guy. He was great.

[@thomassimmons1950]

GENIUS!!

[@whatitisnt8270]

Norm is hilarious.

[@Drzingo]

Norm is a high class comic.

[@alphamale3643]

Norm doesn't go on Letterman to advertise his book or show, he goes on to entertain and be funny.

[@jaydraper5027]

You are correct