Name: Remembering Norm Macdonald
Uploaded: 2021-09-27T02:45:15.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Remembering Norm Macdonald' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-09-27. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Remembering Norm Macdonald' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-09-27. Transcript available.

And it is really sad about Norm.
And I'll tell you why I felt like it's the most sad.
You know, I texted Adam Eget.
I texted David Spade, people that I knew that knew him decently.
You know, Norm had been a recluse for a while.
You know, he'd really been one of those, whatever it is, that Boston spider or
whatever, the thing that bites people or something.
He gets, you know, a lot of court-ordered separation or whatever.
I don't know if that's Boston.
I don't know.
I think I'm mixing things up.
But a lot of dudes in Boston have restraining orders.
That's what I'm saying.
Separately, what I'm saying is that Norm was a, he kind of stayed away from
people, it seemed like, to me.
We reached out to him to have him on.
I think there was some discussion about it for a bit between him and Nick Davis
or his producer and Nick
Davis, but never made it happen.
I didn't know he was struggling so bad.
I didn't hear even that he was.
The saddest part about it is that, or to me, this is all just to me, and I'm
just a human.
There's not a lot of comedians out there.
There's not a lot of us.
There's a little bit of comedian in all of us.
And I think there's not a lot of comedians out there, though.
And so when you lose one of them, and not to mention one of the greats and one
of the last ones that would speak his mind, it feels like you're losing a book
that nobody has copies of.
That's what it feels like, I think, especially with Norm.
I mean, you go watch him back on that Joy Behar show or the one, like The View,
and he's just giving those fucking chubby thoughts the what for.
You can just see they're all afraid to speak anything that's not written on the
script from the producers, and he's just doing what he wants.
And he stays there, and he's got the joy of just a Mark Norman the whole time.
Just this childhood fever that they can't even fight with their freaking money-grubbing,
trap house, soulless, just lack.
It's not even comedy what any of them do.
It's not even comedy, and he shows up and just toes off.
They're like, you're never going to be back.
And he's like, good!
Good!
Go watch that clip if you haven't.
We'll put it in the clips.
That's a special clip.
But the sad thing is there's not a lot of comedians, so when you lose one, not
to mention one of the greats and one of the rarest types.
And I really say this as a fan, I don't even, I mean, I am a comedian, but I
don't know if I feel like that sometimes.
You know, Norma's just a different ilk.
To be so sick and not even publicize it.
But to be like, imagine you go to the zoo, and they got like a white tiger in
there.
You know, or white llama or whatever.
And that bitch hides away, you know, everybody, the kids come, they're spitting
in each other's mouths, trying to pretend like they're the llamas, spitting in
each other's eyes, you know.
Eating fucking llama, you know, llama, you know, little llama dogs or whatever.
You know, just some thick kids over there, just double llama dogging, little
Tiffany's over there.
And she's gonna have trouble in junior high, I know that.
But you know what I'm saying, man.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's just heartbreaking.
I'll tell you a good Norm story.
So, the only one I really have.
So, Norm and I are doing a show in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
At a casino.
And there's an interesting group of people there.
You know, it's a lot of D-list celebrities like ourselves.
It's a lot of...
Oh, the guy from American Idols.
Pants on the ground Johnny or whatever.
It's Jerry.
Black Jerry.
Black Jerry's there, he's pulling his pants up and down and up and down.
I think his legs almost came at one point.
His pants had just crossed over him so much.
But anyway, this dude's in the lobby.
He's got his pants up.
He's got his pants down.
He's got his just fucking...
He's got an extra...
He's got pants in a bag next to him.
Just people throwing pants on.
He doesn't even know, you know.
They're just pants.
And it's just...
Ugh.
Just pants, pants, pants.
This fucking guy.
You remember him.
Golden Jerry or whatever it is.
Black Golden Jerry.
Dark Jerry.
Chocolate Jerry or something.
The singer.
Looking like a fool with my pants on the ground.
You know what I'm saying?
Then he...
Okay.
The show ran late because he brought his girlfriend out.
Okay?
Like tits in the fucking wild Johnnetta or something.
So he's like...
Look, I love you guys.
Because I think he had to do it with a certain amount of time.
He brought her out.
And then he repeated tits on the side.
Tits on the ground.
I don't know what it was.
There's fucking tits.
I don't even know.
This bitch has got a briefcase full of tits.
I don't know what's going on.
Okay?
I'm upstairs, baby.
I'm not downstairs.
Dealing with the shit.
I'm not downstairs.
So anyway, I'm up there.
And finally, it's my turn to go on.
Because there's a comedy show the night before.
There's a poker game the next day.
So this is a comedy show I'm opening up for Norman.
Norm.
Sorry.
I'm sorry, Mr. McDonald.
Norm.
Well, I went over.
I was trying to prove myself, I think.
I felt probably some sense of entitlement.
Or I just went over.
I don't know.
I'm not a big light runner.
I don't know.
I have my moments.
I'm not like a black guy.
Black guy will run the light two and a half hours.
And that's not even a red.
Ask anybody.
That's what they do.
So anyway, I'm running.
I'm black guy.
I'm up there black guy.
I'm going long.
Adam Eget is there with Norm, who I didn't even know at the time.
Who would turn out to be the booker at the comedy store.
And one of my closest friends, actually.
And I love you, Adam.
If you hear this, just know I love you.
And I'm sorry you lost your buddy.
So the next morning, I'm downstairs.
There's a poker tournament.
Jerry Mathers is there.
The beaver.
And Jerry Mathers as the beaver.
He's there.
I go say, I'm sorry to Norm.
Norm's looking around the room.
A lot of chicks in there.
Not really a lot.
There's a couple of chicks.
They had dudes in there with bigger tits than women.
It's fucking Oklahoma.
People's thick.
People's double bone.
You got a dude in there with nine shoulders.
You got a dude selling fucking
selling meat right off his own body.
You know, you go to some of those Middle Eastern shops
and they're just cutting meat right off the thing.
This dude's doing that right off his arm.
Just right off of,
just chopping it right onto a damn bread.
People's over there buying meat off, you know.
People buying
a damn pack of six subs
right off this dude's tricep.
So anyway, man,
we got it going.
Everybody's doing decent.
And I go over to Norm.
I apologize.
And he goes,
man, there's a lot of hot
pussy in here.
Isn't there?
And I'm looking around the room
and there isn't.
There is not.
There,
there was not.
But I,
I think he's serious.
I,
you know,
so I'm just like,
I'm like,
oh,
here's a guy.
He's a little bit older.
Yeah.
So I say,
yeah,
man,
sure is.
A lot of hotties in here.
And he goes,
the fuck there are.
And it just,
I can't.
Man,
it took me to another level
because here I am thinking
I'm placating this guy
who's a little bit older than me.
Make him think,
yeah,
these chicks are hot,
man.
I'm going to agree with you.
Yeah,
bud.
A lot of hotties in here.
And the whole time he knew,
he knew he was older than me.
He knew that I was thinking
he thought these women were hot.
And,
and there it was.
You know,
he had his own,
you know,
some humor is a maze,
I think.
And some comedians,
they make,
it's a maze.
It's a maze that
sits between them
and the world.
And the way
that the humor
is created is,
is that some people
have such a unique maze.
Some people,
it's set up punch.
That's a small maze.
It's set up punch.
Some people,
it's the element of surprise.
Some people,
it's,
it's just extremely direct
and dry.
But I think Norm just had a,
his maze was just different.
And I don't think
you can create that.
I think it's built into you.
And,
yeah.
One of a kind,
man.
Hope you enjoyed that video.
And you can watch another.
And you can watch this one.
You can watch this one.
Different options,
different choices.
Some guy just brings you
one option,
not this guy.
Two options.
Watch one.
This one or this one.