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Norm Macdonald Live w/ Guest Tom Green (S01E02)

Good evening everybody, welcome to Norm Macdonald Live, episode number two, and
tonight we have
the great Tom Green on the show. We will be asking him questions, interviewing
him. I will
be interviewing him along with my trusty sidekick, Adam Egris. It's Egot. Egot.
He's right. Adam
Egot. How are you, Norm? Good, man. How's your Easter? It's fantastic. Couldn't
be better.
That's great. Yeah, it was great. Hey, I thought the show was great last week.
Our first show,
Super Dave Osborne. Amazing. It was hilarious. Unbelievable. Hysterical.
Unbelievable. And
we're not the only ones that think that. I have some pretty good news. The
critics loved
us. They couldn't get enough of it. And more importantly, we officially are the
number one
podcast on iTunes. So not too shabby. I don't know anything about that. But I
will tell you
about critics. What? You can't get wrapped up in that kind of thing because
critics, you
know, they're just one guy's opinion. Right. That's just one guy's opinion.
That's true.
You know what I mean? Like what I like about the computer is it's interactive.
Do you know
what that means? Yeah, sure. It doesn't matter if you don't. I didn't either
before today.
But what it means is that the people that are watching, they can post their own
reviews of
the show. Absolutely.
On the web page. Sure. Yeah, of course. So what I did is, and because that's
what I care
about. I don't care about Owen Gleiberman. Right. That's not who we do this way.
I care
about the folks at home. Right. And so Daniel Kellison gave me a big bunch of
comments. These
are comments. Oh, cool.
From the internet. Oh, great. People that listen to this. And I haven't read
any of
these. I'm just going to read them. Oh, I can't wait to hear some. Let's hear
some. I'm
going to read them live because this is a live show. I don't want to do pre-stuff.
No.
Do you like pre-stuff? No. Who likes pre-stuff? All right. So do you want to
hear one?
Of course. This first one is from MonkFan72. I love these guys' names. Yeah.
That guy likes
Monk. He says, I love this podcast. It was great to see Norm Macdonald back,
and Super
Dave was the perfect choice as first guest. Lose the douchebag.
He's talking about me. Well, we don't know if he's talking about you. He's
clearly talking
about me. He is talking about you. But listen, it's not bad news. It further elucidates
my
point, actually, because let's suppose this guy were Richard Corliss or Pauline
Kael. I
don't know if she's still working. I don't think so, but I get it. That would
hurt. Oh, it
hurts. This is just one person's opinion, but I have hundreds of other people.
Well, all
right. You know, you're right. This one guy, he's entitled to his opinion, and
that's
fine. Whatever. And mostly they like the show. Well, good. Well, let's hear
another one,
then. All right. Let's hear another one. What's the deal with that fucking douchebag?
Oh, Jesus. Well, that was about you. I mean, are there any, are there any good
ones? I'll
look. Okay. Not good. Okay. Let me see here. Ooh. What? Is it a good one? It's
not good
at all. I found one. Oh, good. Yes. Okay. This is a positive one. Thoroughly
enjoyed
it from top to bottom. Great. Blinky91 says. A sparkling exchange between
veteran funnyman
Norm MacDonald and comedy legend Super Dave Osborne. One minor problem. The set.
Oh. It's
just too distracting. Why are there so many clocks? We're not tuning in to see
what time
it is in Hong Kong. We're tuning in to listen to comedians doing comedy. Plus
some douchebag.
I don't know who he was, but I like to punch him right in the fucking face.
Okay. I mean,
we don't need to know what the people think. Well, no, I mean, it's hard, Norm.
It's just,
it's hard. I'm not used, you know, I'm not, I'm not used to this. You know why?
Cause
you're just new to the whole, I think that's part of it. Show business thing.
Oh yeah. That.
You know what it reminds me of? Huh? I written a book one time about Saturday
Night Live,
which I was on. Yeah. And, uh, when it started out, Chevy Chase retired, then
Bill Murray came
on. Mm-hmm. Nobody liked Bill Murray. Nobody liked Bill Murray? Unfathomable
today to think
that. Shocking. Shocking. But they did not like him because he was new. You
understand? I get it.
I mean, that makes sense. So what he did, it was very famous. He went on TV.
Yeah. He talked
right to the camera, right? Yeah. And he introduced himself to the folks. Did
it work? Said who
he was. Of course it worked. Oh yeah, it was Bill Murray. It's Bill Murray. He's
probably the most
successful guy ever to come out of the franchise. Maybe you're right. So why
don't you just look
at your, your camera. All right. And tell the folks who you are. Introduce
yourself. All right,
I'll give it a shot. All right. I'll give it a shot. I'll see the worst. Um, I'm
Adam Egot.
Uh, I work at the world famous comedy store. I'm the, the manager over there.
Uh, before
that I was a manager at the Tempe Improv and I, I don't know what I'm doing. I'll
be honest.
And I'm not an actor. I'm not a comedian, but I, I'm just going to try my best
and, and I'm going
to do the best I can. And I hope that, hope the people watching at home will,
will give me a chance
to, to, I don't know, just give me a chance. And I did this as a favor to Norm.
Yeah. I, I'm not an actor
and I'm not a comedian. This guy says your face looks like a cunt. I can't, I
mean, I can't even change that.
It's not the first time I've heard that. Uh, but I mean, but you know what? I
didn't get you on this
show because you're funny. That's clear. Yeah, obviously. I got it because you're
a friend
of mine and we go a long way back. We have chemistry, what they call chemistry.
And that's irreplaceable
in, in, uh, on TV. Yeah. I mean, it took a long time for us to build that
chemistry.
Oh, we've known each other a long time. A long time. I met you when I was on
Saturday Night Live
doing the news segment. Right. And you were just a kid. You were, what were you?
18, 19.
Something like that. And I liked you right from the start. I'll tell you that.
Because you had, you know,
you didn't have a lot going for you. No. But you had get up and go. You know,
you had grit.
Absolutely. You know, and you had gumption. And these are things that my dad
all taught me,
always taught me to look for in a, in a fella, you know. So to look for gumption.
Yeah, gumption and grit, you know.
Of course. You remember when we first met? Where we were? Remember where we
were?
Um, yes. Carnegie Deli. I think that was Trump. No, no. No, that was, we met,
we were,
Carnegie Deli was where I interviewed you for Saturday Night Live. Oh, you're
right, you're right.
No, where did we first meet? But we first met, I met you, underneath the
Queensborough Bridge.
You, at the time, were jerking off punks for $15 a man.
Um, my, my whole family's watching, man. My grandmother.
Your family doesn't know that when you were a young man, you used to jerk off
punks for $15 a man?
What is a fucking podcast anyway?
It's, uh, well, it's, it's originally, it was, I think, a broadcast that was,
uh, initially intended to, to be downloaded on a people's iPod.
So that's, oh.
Call it a podcast.
Podcast.
Yeah.
That's interesting.
Yeah.
Huh.
You know what I don't understand?
Hmm.
Why do we have all these cameras here?
Well, it's evolved.
I mean, it started out that way.
Very simple.
Very punk attitude.
Do it yourself.
And, uh, I think it's evolved.
And people have video podcasts, all kinds of different podcasts now.
But you're right.
We have a huge staff here.
But I've been on people's podcasts.
Right.
Mark Maron.
Oh, yeah.
Great.
You go into his garage, it's just him with a microphone.
Right, right.
Yeah.
No overhead, nothing.
No, no.
Greg Fitzsimmons, same deal.
Yeah.
Well.
Adam Carolla, same deal.
You're always in a guy, you're always in a guy's garage.
It's just you and him.
Exactly.
I think this adds a new dynamic.
It's pretty cool.
But this, we have so many people.
It's very elaborate, yeah.
A hundred people working here.
Oh, yeah.
Huge production.
And you know what I think that?
It cuts into the overhead.
That's why we're not seeing any money out of this.
I got paid.
I got a check.
You got paid?
For this?
You didn't get a check?
I did not get a check.
Who paid you?
Daniel Kelison, our producer.
He gave me a check last week.
You got a check from Daniel?
Yeah.
He got it right here.
No way.
Let me see that.
Let me see this thing.
It is from Daniel Kelison.
Pay to the order of Adam Egott for services rendered $15.
I'm sorry, folks.
We'll be back with Tom Green.
We are back on the podcast and our guest with us, the hilarious Tom Green.
Hey, thanks.
How are you, Tom?
I'm doing real good.
Thanks for having me on the show.
So happy to have you.
Adam, how are you?
It's good to see you again.
You know Adam Egott?
Yeah, I know Adam from the Tempe Improv and the Comedy Store.
That's right.
What are you doing here?
I'm just helping Norm out.
Yeah.
Tom, that's one of the first clubs when you made your triumphant return to
stand-up.
I believe Tempe was one of the first clubs you played.
Absolutely, yeah.
We had a great time out there.
I remember you didn't -- wasn't that the time you put on -- you had everybody
dressed
as robots?
Oh, yeah.
Wow.
That is true.
I thought it might be good to have kind of a hook to it.
You know, come to the show.
But, you know, if you haven't heard about the show yet, meet me on the corner
in front
of Subway, wrap tinfoil around your head, and we'll walk around Tempe, Arizona
for a
couple hours.
It was a blast.
It was a fucking blast.
That was what I did the first weekend.
I don't do that anymore.
As a matter of fact, when I first met you, you were dressed as a robot.
I don't know if you remember that.
Yeah.
You have such a good memory.
I do.
The very first time I met you was on the Regis Show.
That's right.
It was in the dressing room of the Regis Show.
And I went on in a large, some sort of a robot costume.
Yeah.
And I was confused at that time because everybody was telling me about Tom
Green.
Uh-huh.
And I mistakenly thought they meant, they said, you know this guy Tom Green
from Canada has
a sketch show.
Yeah.
And you were thinking Red Green.
Yes.
Yeah.
Do you get that a lot?
Because Red Green was a more traditional, older kind of guy that had a kind of
lame show.
Yeah.
And that show was huge.
I was like, Red Green?
Suddenly it was broken?
Yeah.
That show was huge in Canada at that time.
So, yeah.
Absolutely.
And there was another guy in Canada, I think Red Green, that was a fisherman.
Do you remember him?
Oh, yeah?
Red Green?
I think it was.
He'd bring out guys fishing every week.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
His name was Red Green, too.
I used to like those shows.
Yeah, yeah.
You do a lot of fishing growing up in Canada?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Salmon.
Yeah.
Really?
Yeah.
In the...
You know what was a bad fish was rock bass, because they'd always have worms in
them.
Yeah, rock bass, largemouth bass.
Yeah.
Smallmouth bass put up a bit more of a fight than the largemouth.
Is that right?
Yeah.
If you know anything about Canadian freshwater fish.
He doesn't know, but he knows a lot about smallmouth and largemouth.
Yeah.
You learned that at the Comedy Store.
Well, more under the Queensboro Bridge, but yeah.
So how do the other comics feel?
Like you're at the Comedy Store.
Right.
You're running the Comedy Store.
Exactly.
And they're all there working on their comedy, hoping to maybe someday break
into television.
And then all of a sudden, there's this great new opportunity.
Norm MacDonald's starting his new live talk show, and he's looking for a co-host.
Does he go down and look for the latest talent at the Comedy Store on stage?
Yeah.
But no, he just ends up, I mean other comics kind of like.
Yeah, they're not happy.
Yeah.
A lot of them are in my ear.
They're like, you know what you should do?
You should get, you know, get me in there.
You clearly don't know what the fuck you're doing.
You're not happy about i