Name: He Had Dementia at the End
Uploaded: 2022-01-18T19:24:48.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'He Had Dementia at the End' from I'm not Norm on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-01-18. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'He Had Dementia at the End' from I'm not Norm on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-01-18. Transcript available.

Now, as an old-timey broadcaster, do you have other old-timey broadcaster
friends?
Well, they did.
Mike Wallace was a great friend. I love Mike.
He did me on 60 Minutes, and it was really great.
They were very laudatory.
And he said to me, we were so good to you, I'm going to kill the next three
guys we do.
Mike was a grand guy.
I said, he had dementia at the end.
That's funny to you, huh?
You know, McDonald, I want to tell you.
No, it's a very odd thing to say.
If you're looking to broaden your horizons, I don't think it's worth to laugh
at someone who had dementia.
I'm not laughing at that. I'm laughing at that you said.
He was the best. I loved him.
Mike Wallace was a great guy. He had dementia at the end.
He was sad. Why is that funny?
You said it as if that's what made him a great guy, was his raging dementia.
You're not hearing things well.
You're not hearing things well.
I made a face like I was sad.
Not that he was a great cause of dementia.
No, but how did you know he had dementia?
I'll tell you how I knew.
I went to his apartment in New York.
He took my hand and he said, you came to see me.
You came to see me.
I can't believe that you came to see me.
And then 10 minutes later, you came to see me.
And the amazing thing is, Carl Reiner said to me,
The only problem I have is short-term memory loss.
The only problem I have is short-term memory loss.
There must be a story about a guy who was,
because it was such a good story.
A guy who had surgery.
And, oh, I can't remember the joke.
I can't either.
I can't either.
And I did it last night.
I remember the punchline.
What was the punchline?
Maybe we could reverse engineer this thing.
Monday morning, that man walked out of the hospital.
Thursday, he reached the parking lot.
So, I can't remember back up.
Yeah.
It's a whole punchline regardless.
Yeah, it almost works by itself.
We got jokes written on cards.
Do you want to read them?
How's your reading?
I read well.
You read well?
Well, read this thing.
Why have you got that?
Huh?
Just to read it.
Yeah, just to fill in.
Whenever we have great comedians on the show.
What the hell is that joke now?
I can't remember that.
Say the punchline again.
Thursday, he reached the parking lot.
But Monday, he left the...
And Monday morning.
He left the building.
Monday morning.
He was allowed out of the hospital.
He walked out of the...
No.
What the hell?
Is that funny not to remember the joke?
Yeah.
Thank God that guy that stole it from you remembers it.
Gee, what?
You're going to be lost to history.
I can't remember the setup.
It's funny when the...
You know the punch and you forget the setup.
Yeah.
It should be...
Monday morning.
He was...
I thought he had a stroke for a second.
He was in a hospital.
Yeah.
But I remember things from 10 years ago like that.
Yeah.
Don't you remember things from a childhood?
Yes.
I remember the street, walking down the street.
I remember my friends.
You have terrible memories.
Yeah, terrible.
I had a good memory.
He can remember like when he was a kid, but he can't remember murdering that
prostitute
last night.
You can go to jail for that.
It's a whole new law.
I've been told.
How old was she?
I don't remember.
If you don't remember, you're not going to convict you.
Yeah.