"Men Full of Promise" - Oscar Pistorius

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @rg3412
    @rg3412 Рік тому +1692

    “Allegedly…. Also, really.” Brutal, and re-usable!

    • @kozhikkaalan
      @kozhikkaalan 10 місяців тому +17

      Hahahahaha. "And re-usable" is great and reusable too

    • @witchking6787
      @witchking6787 7 місяців тому +2

      That's what I thought, "I'm gonna have to stick that one in my back pocket".

    • @wungabunga
      @wungabunga 7 місяців тому +7

      Though not in a court of law, my God!

    • @mikeyboy1234567
      @mikeyboy1234567 7 місяців тому

      He didn't shoot his girlfriend, just like OJ did t murder his ex wife.

    • @therealbs2000
      @therealbs2000 6 місяців тому +2

      "Allegedly...and actually"

  • @MrEzekiel1982
    @MrEzekiel1982 2 роки тому +4846

    I’ve seen Norm get to a lot of dead ends and recover but “you know a man grows…” may be the most brilliant

    • @ConanVictor
      @ConanVictor Рік тому +8

      Ay nigra

    • @nsny25
      @nsny25 Рік тому +174

      I honestly think Norm said it on purpose. Always two steps ahead.

    • @TA-tg1cf
      @TA-tg1cf Рік тому +98

      @@nsny25 at 3:03 he set it up. Brilliant

    • @TA-tg1cf
      @TA-tg1cf Рік тому +131

      @@nsny25 he did it ALL on porpoise

    • @nsny25
      @nsny25 Рік тому +6

      @@TA-tg1cf 😄

  • @constantreader7483
    @constantreader7483 Рік тому +3327

    I only regret that we never got to see Norm as an actual old man.

    • @pooriasheikhi5042
      @pooriasheikhi5042 Рік тому +62

      Damn... that was deap

    • @carlodave9
      @carlodave9 Рік тому +187

      He skipped from lanky nasal-talking 20-something, to baritone backwoods geezer before he was 40. We was robbed of Old Man Norm.

    • @HalConick
      @HalConick Рік тому +119

      I’d say we did. He knew he was dying. Norm embraced his full transition into Grandpa Norm in those last years. He seemed so at peace and care-free.

    • @sollognelle2929
      @sollognelle2929 11 місяців тому +8

      I don't knew i was goin to cry again.

    • @quainejohnson4808
      @quainejohnson4808 11 місяців тому +21

      To be fair he's always acted like an old man

  • @doctrinmontreal
    @doctrinmontreal 10 місяців тому +3142

    Oscar Pistorius may have been an alleged murderer, but I’ll tell you one thing he was not: a legged murderer.

  • @morehumanthanyou
    @morehumanthanyou 2 роки тому +1805

    My God, his transition from Oscar to Jacques is the most beautifully non-connected thing i've ever seen.

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname Рік тому +113

      It serves a youthful porpoise.

    • @joshuapeterson2366
      @joshuapeterson2366 Рік тому +5

      @@knowsmebyname😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @maximilianschulz6455
      @maximilianschulz6455 Рік тому +6

      Is that even a real person?

    • @tomgrus604
      @tomgrus604 11 місяців тому +21

      I've only ever seen the second half, but damn, that transition was masterful!

    • @BowlCrossy
      @BowlCrossy 11 місяців тому +8

      @@knowsmebyname Youthful porpoise.

  • @mitch_sorenstein
    @mitch_sorenstein Рік тому +970

    The way Norm falls out of his chair and shakes Andy's hand, you know he took that as a massive compliment.

    • @fenwayify
      @fenwayify 8 місяців тому +74

      Andy has never been a dunce, nor an empty vessel. He's always caught the astute folly of Norm and Conan. He was well-suited as a sidekick, much more substantive than Ed McMahon. I've always felt a little sad for Andy, that he may have regretted that he hasn't done enough with his life...I could see him in a dramatic role and be surprisingly convincing...

    • @Leonisel
      @Leonisel 8 місяців тому +6

      @@fenwayifyhis show was really funny too, shame it didn’t last

    • @Omegaman18
      @Omegaman18 7 місяців тому

      @@fenwayifyshut UP

    • @therealbs2000
      @therealbs2000 6 місяців тому +22

      The Swedish Germans are a funny people

    • @brodycarlson1291
      @brodycarlson1291 3 місяці тому

      I read like the first 3/4 of your comment in his voice

  • @thomaskorycinski5763
    @thomaskorycinski5763 Рік тому +935

    “Something Wile E Coyote would order” is my favorite line

    • @stabyourcat
      @stabyourcat 11 місяців тому +22

      For some reason it flies under the radar. Love that line.

    • @evansevansevans1
      @evansevansevans1 8 місяців тому +6

      It’s the word order that is so funny. Like he went on Amazon.

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 4 місяці тому +5

      ​@@evansevansevans1 well yeah he ordered everything from Acme. Im pretty sure you'd see him getting deliveries from time to time. It's not like a coyote can just walk into a shop and buy a catapult or box of dynamite

    • @russBwright
      @russBwright 4 місяці тому +2

      Norm’s wit is much faster than Wile E Coyote, Roadrunner, and Oscar Pistorius combined.

  • @Havok259
    @Havok259 2 роки тому +2123

    "You're not a biped" kills me.

    • @leobender2910
      @leobender2910 10 місяців тому +41

      "Scram"

    • @donbarone4799
      @donbarone4799 10 місяців тому +39

      Scram! Take all the time u need...

    • @ANGELO-q3c
      @ANGELO-q3c 10 місяців тому +3

      I GUESS IT ALSO DID THE WIFE A NUMBER

    • @jaredm.1620
      @jaredm.1620 9 місяців тому +2

      Just like oscar

    • @ChrisStoneinator
      @ChrisStoneinator 9 місяців тому +3

      All it’s missing is an “on accounta”

  • @daniel.s.stefanov
    @daniel.s.stefanov 8 місяців тому +103

    "I'm serving a youthful porpoise" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @cmase1991
    @cmase1991 Рік тому +301

    "Take your time, as long as you want. But get the hell outta here!" - As long as you want is the funniest damn thing Norm was able to slip in there

  • @linkage432
    @linkage432 2 роки тому +660

    The way Norm falls out of his chair to Andy’s retort is the best

    • @pats5375
      @pats5375 Рік тому +96

      Yes! I've never seen Norm laugh that hard! He loved that analogy from Andy and even shook his hand soon after. That's big praise coming from Norm! 😅

    • @landon4278
      @landon4278 11 місяців тому +26

      @@pats5375 Yes. Norm is usually only left to laugh at his own jokes, and give the audience a side eye as an indication that they should laugh too. I thoroughly enjoyed Norm getting a belly laugh for once.

    • @Optim40
      @Optim40 10 місяців тому +4

      Hes just trying to recover from the beat down hes getting from conan and andy if youre astute like that. Thinking about it any other way is off.

    • @GameTime-yj6qv
      @GameTime-yj6qv 10 місяців тому +16

      I absolutely loved that part and the fact Norm felt he had to shake Andy's hand. Talk about giving approval. Awesome.

    • @billmartinson4205
      @billmartinson4205 8 місяців тому +24

      @@Optim40 Norm didn't "try to recover from a beat down." Throughout his career he actively pursued subverting expectations, told bad jokes on purpose, and wasn't afraid to walk an entire room. Going into this Conan appearance, Norm absolutely knew his shaggy dog story had a terrible punchline -- puns are the worst -- and when Andy fearlessly jumped on it with a hilarious rejoinder, Norm was genuinely delighted. The handshake was respect, not recovery.

  • @Barberfrog
    @Barberfrog 2 роки тому +1403

    "Well you know, a man grows." is the best bit of this entire segment. Funniest man who ever lived.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi 2 роки тому +3

      I don't get it. What does that have to do with the last name changing?

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  2 роки тому +87

      Growth is one of the manners in which things change.

    • @clayton229
      @clayton229 2 роки тому +126

      @@mayedalshamsi The joke is basically that it's an absurd comment. Norm accidentally changed the last name of the guy in the joke. Instead of acknowledging that or explaining it, he said "a man grows" which is kind of a literary, fortune-cookie-esque way of saying that people change over time.
      But generally that sort of thing refers to someone growing emotionally or growing in wisdom. Not someone changing their last name.
      It's the sort of joke that isn't particularly funny when you explain it, but it's fantastic as an off the cuff response to Conan pointing out that he made a mistake.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi 2 роки тому +38

      @@clayton229 - Thank you for that explanation! I'm sure it's less funny now that I've had to have it explained to me, but I'd take that over not understanding the joke at all, any day. 😜

    • @harbinger_9152
      @harbinger_9152 2 роки тому +9

      I’ve used this line and it kills

  • @JH_789
    @JH_789 11 місяців тому +732

    I am reasonably confident that Norm liked Andy's idea so much that he did, in fact, take someone on a 4 mile hike to show them a dog turd.

    • @FloraSora
      @FloraSora 4 місяці тому +2

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ohh2752
      @ohh2752 2 місяці тому

      shut up

    • @mehowkielan1984
      @mehowkielan1984 2 місяці тому

      That would be a trip of a life time!

  • @grahamdonaldson9069
    @grahamdonaldson9069 Рік тому +548

    He takes us on these long journeys on Porpoise.

    • @TimonofIlford
      @TimonofIlford 11 місяців тому +24

      And we have a whale of a time.
      Sorry, just seven words. Norm would have spun it out to several minutes of comedic majesty.

    • @tripmcquagg4969
      @tripmcquagg4969 8 місяців тому +2

      @@TimonofIlford10/10 for effort anyway haha. Man he was the best.

    • @torchmark66
      @torchmark66 7 місяців тому +1

      @@TimonofIlford Don't sell yourself short, my friend! That was eight words.

    • @jayhache5609
      @jayhache5609 6 місяців тому +1

      For all in tents and porpoises, that is very true!

    • @tripmcquagg4969
      @tripmcquagg4969 6 місяців тому

      @@jayhache5609P.S. camping is in tents

  • @badfdsify
    @badfdsify 8 місяців тому +25

    norm absolutely LOVED that needle from Andy after his story lmfao. I love to see him genuinely laugh at a joke, it's rare someone gets one over on him

  • @chadparsons50
    @chadparsons50 2 роки тому +401

    I live in Gatineau, Quebec, I'm sure there's a Jacques around here somewhere.

    • @etiendre
      @etiendre 2 роки тому +22

      Hello fellow québécois

    • @MehYam2112
      @MehYam2112 10 місяців тому +62

      Just don’t pin your hopes on him

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 10 місяців тому +7

      @@MehYam2112 nice.

    • @ButtPins
      @ButtPins 10 місяців тому +4

      hey I'm from Gatineau too!

    • @Stanzi18
      @Stanzi18 10 місяців тому +1

      I hope he's out there serving a youthful Porpoise.

  • @MrCWL
    @MrCWL 9 місяців тому +39

    That little shrink when he realises he mixed up the last name, that is what i love about Norm so much. He was such an honest kid just trying to have fun, it was so endearing. Was really painful to learn he passed away but like a dear grandfather i will always come back to watch these videos and remember Norm and his kindness and fun with people. Missed always

  • @highestsettings
    @highestsettings Рік тому +1899

    I'll be real.
    I'm with Norm on that. His cardiovascular system didn't need to pump oxygen as hard, he didn't need to train his ankles or calves, and he genuinely had actual fucking springs for legs.
    He DID have an unfair advantage.
    The murdering I can live with, but cheating is unforgivable.

    • @lepari9986
      @lepari9986 Рік тому +583

      Worst thing about Oscar Pistorious is the hypocrisy.

    • @ryanfox2478
      @ryanfox2478 Рік тому +366

      the more i learn about this oscar pistorious guy, the more i don't care for him

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname Рік тому +35

      The spring thing is obvious isn't it?

    • @BouncyBrown
      @BouncyBrown Рік тому +60

      also, weren't his blades longer than his legs? longer legs are definitely an advantage.

    • @T25de
      @T25de Рік тому +49

      Some say the hypocrisy was the worst part

  • @crancelbrowser5478
    @crancelbrowser5478 10 місяців тому +39

    I absolutely love how at 6:30 Andy so succinctly sums up Norm's comedy that Norm falls out of his chair and has to shake Andy's hand. Idk how, but Norm always managed to come off as a class act while also playing a total fool. His acknowledgement of Amdy's searing read on him is part of what makes him so entertaining and lovable.

  • @simon4187
    @simon4187 2 роки тому +316

    “4 mile hike to show you a dog turd” It’s the journey, not the destination

    • @nomnom112
      @nomnom112 Рік тому +9

      Andy clearly has never been on a hike

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 10 місяців тому +7

      Underrated comment.

    • @apollobro91_2
      @apollobro91_2 9 місяців тому +1

      I'm pretty sure Oscar hasn't been on a 4 mile hike either, not with those rob9t legs. He'd probably fall down face-first into the dog turd, which is what he deserves for all those races he cheated in.

  • @graemecreegan6749
    @graemecreegan6749 2 роки тому +297

    Conan: “No one is going with you on this !”
    Norm (internal): “precisely”

    • @thetruthexperiment
      @thetruthexperiment 2 роки тому +21

      I dunno. Conan even joking around that it’s weird to not like that guy enrages me. He wore springs and bullied people to let him compete with people who were not allowed to wear springs. Yes, that is the kind of person who is so full of themselves that they’ll shoot their girlfriend. I called it years before. Never liked that guy. If he allowed the other participants to wear springs then maybe. No. Seriously. The Paralympic runners who ran with the modern prosthetics of the time were known to be much faster than people with legs. Which means if Jocko could do it, then everyone with no legs should have been allowed. But only he was allowed and he could obviously run way faster because he had springs for legs. Anyone who liked that guy was a complete moron.

    • @graemecreegan6749
      @graemecreegan6749 2 роки тому +13

      @@thetruthexperiment yeah man, Pistorius is so lame 😁

    • @alexanderbreschi90
      @alexanderbreschi90 4 місяці тому

      @@thetruthexperimentI’m with you, i disliked him from the start

  • @johnnymossville
    @johnnymossville Рік тому +111

    Seen this a half dozen times and it gets me every time. We pinned our hopes on you Jaques De Gatinau!

  • @mulemule
    @mulemule 7 місяців тому +57

    *Typical Conan: being an exuberant, unselfish, straight man to highlight the guest.* 🏆

  • @CrStrifey
    @CrStrifey Рік тому +102

    'I started to travel to here and there...and to here again'.

  • @StephenIC
    @StephenIC 8 місяців тому +60

    I love the way Conan looks at the camera after "you were supposed to go to Canada's nations capital of Ottawa"

  • @lonewolfe2502
    @lonewolfe2502 10 місяців тому +76

    " I don't have a problem with the MURDER."
    What a delivery. 😂

  • @aldersmoke1
    @aldersmoke1 9 місяців тому +99

    The fact that Norm so thoroughly won over both Conan and Letterman tells you all you need to know about just how brilliant he was.

    • @dp1582
      @dp1582 9 місяців тому +8

      The man was a true comedic genius he reached deep into peoples minds and not everyone got it but to those that did he was the best truly.

    • @jackflash8218
      @jackflash8218 17 днів тому

      Agreed. Big time. One of my absolute favorite things about Norm... is watching the absolute adoration in their eyes when they were witnessing him do his thing. Beautiful stuff. The man was a Unicorn. A Clown-Prince, of the highest caliber.
      👍🏼😍👍🏼

  • @jaakkoeskola2871
    @jaakkoeskola2871 7 місяців тому +44

    ”Man grows” broke Conan. What a legend he was. Kid me not - I fall asleep with Norm compilations!

  • @CaptainCologne
    @CaptainCologne Рік тому +88

    After the punchline Norm’s “Now I believe…” and the explosion of facial expressions that go with it was the pay off.

    • @jakelover1731
      @jakelover1731 11 місяців тому +15

      I love post-punchline riffs like that. I think what I like most about it is it's very risky if the punchline doesn't get a laugh. Because then the riff is just a half-sentence that you have to keep going.

    • @CaptainCologne
      @CaptainCologne 11 місяців тому +8

      @@jakelover1731Agreed. It gets funnier the more I watch it, the way he plays innocent and darts his head back and forth at Conan and Andy.

    • @RaulCastillo
      @RaulCastillo 9 місяців тому +8

      The faces he makes when Conan calls him out on changing the name.

    • @kenmasters6438
      @kenmasters6438 22 дні тому +1

      norm loved stepping on his own punchlines, like his whole style was upside down. he best showed it in the bob saget roast. he loved doing things the "wrong" way.

    • @CaptainCologne
      @CaptainCologne 22 дні тому +1

      @ Best roast ever. “You have a beautiful face like a flower…yeah a cauliflower!” (Long stoic stare down of his victim.)

  • @random-nz7dy
    @random-nz7dy Рік тому +157

    3:30 "well, you know, a man grows" 😂😂😂😂 one of my all time favorite Norm lines.
    No one but Norm could deliver it like that.

  • @spontaneousphil3175
    @spontaneousphil3175 2 роки тому +258

    “I had no problem with the murder.”
    😂😂😂😂

    • @alvareo92
      @alvareo92 11 місяців тому +4

      Well, it was tragic, at the time

    • @jackflash8218
      @jackflash8218 17 днів тому

      Funniest sh*t ever! The delivery... GOLD!!

  • @LightS_bRight
    @LightS_bRight 7 місяців тому +26

    Norm was an Angel, such a beautiful and intelligent person.

  • @mjr_schneider
    @mjr_schneider 9 місяців тому +37

    No one else tells jokes quite like Norm did. He’s the only person I’ve seen intersperse punchlines throughout his ramblings that way. Genuinely the most unique voice in comedy.

    • @jackflash8218
      @jackflash8218 17 днів тому

      YES! Exactly! Well said! 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @DBEENE123
    @DBEENE123 2 роки тому +140

    Andy’s comment after the youthful porpose joke is the sugar on top.

    • @khester7397
      @khester7397 Рік тому +10

      The most "youthful porpoise" the German swede ever served.

  • @prashantnegi007
    @prashantnegi007 2 роки тому +193

    wow full clip. Only segments of this were on UA-cam before. Thanx. Not only are you a scholar and a gentleman, but you must have a lot of doghouses.

  • @anonfinally1692
    @anonfinally1692 8 місяців тому +10

    When Norm was at the Niagra Falls part and Conan said he saw Jacques and Norm said no it's just some attendant I thought it was really brilliant and hilarious. Norm could've just said "I went to Seaworld and saw Jacques" but Conan kind of interrupted him and Norm had to subvert Conan's expectation a bit in a very hilarious way

  • @pauldonohoe3646
    @pauldonohoe3646 6 місяців тому +81

    Good comedians can tell great jokes that make you laugh but great comedians can tell bad jokes that make you laugh harder. Norm is a great comedian🙂

  • @joshhynes8518
    @joshhynes8518 7 місяців тому +11

    The three of them. Classic. Miss it all

  • @riverjao
    @riverjao 11 місяців тому +43

    Until Conan reminded us, “There’s only one like him…”. So true ❤️😢❤️

  • @edwardh1003
    @edwardh1003 2 роки тому +213

    Herald Johnson, you're a scholar and a gentleman for uploading this. 👍

    • @GarthKnight1884
      @GarthKnight1884 10 місяців тому +3

      Whether Herald knows it or not. He's found a youthful porpoise.

  • @CrStrifey
    @CrStrifey 3 місяці тому +8

    Andy saying 4 mile hike to show you a dog turd is exactly a Shaggy Dog joke is, which Norm was a master of - especially on Conan. It's not about the punchline it's about the anti-climax where you realize you just listened to a 40 minute story that ends with something that makes you regret listening to it, but also makes you appreciate how you were taken on the absurd journey that got you there.

  • @kvps27
    @kvps27 2 роки тому +118

    He really loved the dog turd joke!

    • @krugbit9642
      @krugbit9642 2 роки тому +30

      It was more of a comment, really.

    • @Jagar_Tharn
      @Jagar_Tharn 10 місяців тому +5

      @@dejuren1367 That's not hate for Andy, it's referencing a line from Norm MacDonald Live.

    • @tonyawwwno3364
      @tonyawwwno3364 Місяць тому

      I like to think that exactly what he's going for, and he never heard anyone put it to words like that so perfectly

  • @Eralen00
    @Eralen00 2 роки тому +51

    conan just can't contain himself whenever norm is on the show lol

  • @Uarehere
    @Uarehere 9 місяців тому +11

    5:17 Conan's expression here is the best!! 😄

  • @jebwatson
    @jebwatson 11 місяців тому +33

    Not many people could go on Conan and just tell a 40 minute story for a pun. Mr McDonald was a legend.

    • @galenburghardt3272
      @galenburghardt3272 9 місяців тому +4

      And he did it more than once - IMO his moth joke is the best joke I've ever heard. It's poetry, "I no longer love my son, I no longer love him because when I see his face all I see is the same cowardice I see whenever I look into a mirror" - just outstanding

  • @rosscockcroft5662
    @rosscockcroft5662 Рік тому +196

    The worst thing about Oscar Pistorius was the hypocrisy…

    • @ih181
      @ih181 Місяць тому +4

      I thought it was the killing

    • @jackflash8218
      @jackflash8218 17 днів тому +1

      I thought it was the *scheming.*

    • @tomashize
      @tomashize 17 днів тому +1

      Let's agree to disagree

  • @roel.vinckens
    @roel.vinckens 3 місяці тому +2

    No better time spent than time filled by Norm. Literally litered with gems.
    Also Norms handshake given after he falls from his chair laughing is the biggest compliment out there.

  • @G4rm0nb0zi4
    @G4rm0nb0zi4 9 місяців тому +11

    I love that at the end of it all, it was good ol' Andy Richter The Swedish-German, who got Norm to fall out of his chair laughing.

  • @Talkitrhrough
    @Talkitrhrough 10 місяців тому +22

    After he says “Ottawa” and Conan gives an exhausted look

  • @Pwilly07
    @Pwilly07 11 місяців тому +28

    The 4 mile hike to show you a dog turd line is pretty great

  • @pooriasheikhi5042
    @pooriasheikhi5042 Рік тому +9

    This is amongst my top 10 all time favorite UA-cam videos

  • @peterhoffmann502
    @peterhoffmann502 9 місяців тому +14

    Norms long form dad jokes are the fucking greatest

  • @TA-tg1cf
    @TA-tg1cf Рік тому +31

    2:35 and 2:52 . That mischievous glint in his eye, the laughter prior, knowing how unnecessarily long and underwhelming that joke is 😭 and then taking us on the ride anyway 😁👌🏼❤ LOVE

  • @marcdumont2275
    @marcdumont2275 7 місяців тому +7

    I love that his natural Quebec accent comes out a bit when he talks about Jacques

  • @brantisonfire
    @brantisonfire 8 місяців тому +6

    Love it when he makes himself crack up at his own malarkey. I honestly don't think it's embarrassing to laugh at your own jokes, especially when you know they're funny and other folks just aren't picking up on the humor. Lots of people focus on the wrong aspects of a joke and miss the funny bits.

  • @anon6952
    @anon6952 7 місяців тому +6

    Norm’s delivery of “I don’t have problems with the murder” had me howling

  • @abon587
    @abon587 5 місяців тому +2

    Andy was great in this segment. He jumps on the "I never had a problem with the murder..." line, which took Conan a second to realize was funny, and his retort to Norm's story was A+

  • @whitelotus_zero
    @whitelotus_zero 2 місяці тому +1

    I have seen this clip countless times and everything about it still hits me as hard every time. RIP madlad you’re spot on earth is missed like hell

  • @jasonnoble3971
    @jasonnoble3971 2 роки тому +58

    The smartest comedian ever.

  • @The-Man-On-The-Mountain
    @The-Man-On-The-Mountain 6 місяців тому +5

    He was one of the very few comedians that gave the vibe that he is not acting but he is like that all the time.

  • @BKPS
    @BKPS 9 місяців тому +14

    Oscar may have been armed when he murdered that poor woman, but he wasn’t legged.

  • @CrStrifey
    @CrStrifey 10 місяців тому +6

    "No, it was just an attendant" and the gut punch laugh from Conan. Only Norm could do that to him.

  • @ezanadaniel9149
    @ezanadaniel9149 11 місяців тому +12

    blows me away what kind of a talent he is

  • @heliopyre
    @heliopyre Рік тому +70

    those blades were objectively superior for running than actual legs.

  • @videosextra9434
    @videosextra9434 Рік тому +18

    Thank you many many thanks OP for this clip. I had never seen this clip in its entirety but just some of the bits and pieces of this one floating around including present in TeamCoco channel. Thanks for sharing and loved enjoying every moment with this piece of coal , Norm !!🎉❤👌👍😅😊

  • @andrejbogdanov2816
    @andrejbogdanov2816 9 місяців тому +7

    4:20 love how proud he is of what he just said

    • @evanhayes5891
      @evanhayes5891 2 місяці тому

      I think he's just working hard on what to say next.

  • @leviathon18
    @leviathon18 7 місяців тому +4

    The ease of continuation into the winding road of Jacque de Gatineau was too funny

  • @CT2507
    @CT2507 Рік тому +49

    I fully agree and said this from when i first heard about Pistorius. Those blades gave him an unfair advantage as a runner. But the world insists on being stupid about this.

  • @markoverwater2179
    @markoverwater2179 8 місяців тому +7

    Norm is one of Canada and Amerika best person
    Bye from the Netherlands

  • @rickylafleur1446
    @rickylafleur1446 9 місяців тому +3

    Norm is a master at putting people on the defence of something they don't believe. Pure art. 2:05 - 2:26

  • @christiananderson6761
    @christiananderson6761 11 місяців тому +7

    Makin Norm fall out of his chair laughing would high on my list of life achievements

  • @motley331
    @motley331 11 місяців тому +7

    Its currently 2024. Norm's ridiculous humor is as funny as ever.

  • @stoictraveler1
    @stoictraveler1 9 місяців тому +4

    Nobody in modern comedy could hold court like Norm. He just took over everything he did.

  • @nocarebutyes3436
    @nocarebutyes3436 Рік тому +22

    0:16 im stealing this bit lmao

  • @grumpyitcushmeta4riaproduc189
    @grumpyitcushmeta4riaproduc189 8 місяців тому +6

    Wasn’t surprised to hear after he passed from his fellow comics how Norm meticulously planned these ‘down the rabbit hole’ jokes. There was only one Norm.

  • @brianmathews2926
    @brianmathews2926 11 місяців тому +21

    I don’t know which was ballsier: the Oscar Pistorius joke, or delivering a deeply Québecois based joke to an American audience.
    I’ve always held this particular Norm appearance very dear because my mother was in fact born in Témiscaming, Quebec; a town remote enough that it’s citizens receive isolation pay from the provincial government. It just made me feel that much more connected to Norm, a comedian whose specialty was making you feel like you were in on the inside joke. Couldn’t get much more inside than that.

    • @Elriuhilu
      @Elriuhilu 11 місяців тому +4

      That's a real place? I thought Norm just made it up for the joke.

    • @brianmathews2926
      @brianmathews2926 11 місяців тому +5

      @@ElriuhiluYep, real place, pulp and paper mill town along the Ontario-Quebec border on the Ottawa River. Around 2,500 people, quite isolated geographically. Their Wikipedia page actually reference this segment.
      Also when he calls the man Jacques-de-Gatineau, Gatineau is a big city in Quebec, part of the National Capital region directly across the river from Ottawa.
      And when he mentions the "Three Wise Men of Quebec," he is referencing three actual politicians from Quebec, who, during the 1960s, were dubbed as such by English media in Canada, seen as men who would change the course Canadian poiltics. Correspondingly, one of those men, Pierre Trudeau (Justin Trudeau's father) became one of the longest tenured Canadian Prime Ministers ever, championing multiculturalism and bilingualism, and having a major impact on the country's history, leaving a significant but somewhat divisive legacy.

  • @Liptakular
    @Liptakular 8 місяців тому +5

    Nobody set Norm up for success quite like Conan O'Brian.

  • @angrysquirrel187
    @angrysquirrel187 Рік тому +18

    Norm could make you want to take that 4 mile walk to see the dog turd.

  • @JacksonMeyer
    @JacksonMeyer 9 місяців тому +5

    This is a great LESSON: don’t give up on the joke. Andy tried to tell his 3 (maybe 4) times and each time got cut off and then nailed it!

  • @キラキラくりくり頭
    @キラキラくりくり頭 11 місяців тому +25

    Seriously, that just gave me the idea of taking my children out on a long walk - I'm going to tell them I've got something to show them. After an hour, I'm just going to point to the most mundane thing I can spot and tell them "there it is!"

    • @kevinabel2370
      @kevinabel2370 11 місяців тому +9

      I run a city hiking group in Forest Park Queens. I ran an internet ad saying "Take a hike to Freedom". After 90 minutes we arrived at Freedom Road and I showed 30 hikers the street sign.

    • @clark2491
      @clark2491 10 місяців тому +2

      Did you do it?

  • @Dad_Lyon
    @Dad_Lyon 11 місяців тому +9

    He could really get on a roll with other funny people. Feed each other the jokes, fantastic to watch.

  • @Dylan_Valentine
    @Dylan_Valentine 2 роки тому +25

    I have to write that I appreciate your channel. Not reuploading other people's work or trying to profit, like that guy selling access to NML.

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  2 роки тому +23

      Aww God bless! Do people not know about the internet archive? No need to pay a scoundrel:
      archive.org/details/Norm_Macdonald_Live

    • @kaikaisen2155
      @kaikaisen2155 2 роки тому +1

      @@HeraldJohnson To my knowledge he has 3 specials, do you have them?

    • @kaikaisen2155
      @kaikaisen2155 2 роки тому +2

      Just realized two are there, just Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Trickery that´s not

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  2 роки тому +6

      His specials are HBO One-Night-Stand (it is on youtube: ua-cam.com/video/EZGBbwnMlqQ/v-deo.html ), Me Doing Stand-up (Comedy Central, blocked on YT), and Hitler's dog (Netflix), plus Nothing
      Special (Netflix) which is more like a Cameo than stand up.

  • @JH-qy8no
    @JH-qy8no Місяць тому +2

    5:55😂 Conan's reaction. His face! 😂

  • @Mark01962
    @Mark01962 2 роки тому +95

    I'm sorry but I only discovered Norm thanks to The Orville and only started watching his comedy after his death and I'm loving his humour. He's passed but still making us laugh

    • @iskandar.bakshi
      @iskandar.bakshi 2 роки тому +11

      the more you will learn about norm the more you will not care for him

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 2 роки тому +4

      he's the greatest

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 2 роки тому +5

      "the funniest man formerly alive" is the best compilation

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 2 роки тому +3

      Although he did Letterman's last show, a very competitive last show was the last night Conan had on NBC. Norm showed up with a gift basket, the bit was genius. Little harder to find though.

    • @ijij8191
      @ijij8191 Рік тому +3

      @@iskandar.bakshi why not? Dudes a legend

  • @stephengrigg5988
    @stephengrigg5988 9 місяців тому +25

    "I feel that one of the basic requirements of being a sprinter, is having legs"
    ....... it's hard to articulate why he's the greatest comedian of all time

  • @3.2Carrera
    @3.2Carrera 5 місяців тому +2

    Man I miss Norm. So fearless to do shaggy dog jokes on national TV. Conan was a fan and allowed it to happen. Norm's talk shows were the best thing going before he passed away.

  • @SnoodyMcFlude
    @SnoodyMcFlude 7 місяців тому +2

    "I know, that was way out of line" he says with a huge grin, obviously very pleased with himself 😂

  • @johnreynolds952
    @johnreynolds952 10 місяців тому +2

    Norm's face at 2:38 when he decides he is now is going into his serving a useful purpose joke is awesome.

  • @chinaasia4584
    @chinaasia4584 Рік тому +6

    This is like the 25th time I have watched this and I have never laughed so hard

  • @mathias4891
    @mathias4891 9 місяців тому +3

    One of the most knowledgeable. Rip my dear friend

  • @daguy9305
    @daguy9305 6 місяців тому +4

    He made Andy laugh out loud which is rare lmao

  • @QueuePea
    @QueuePea 9 місяців тому +9

    I grew up in the Ottawa Valley, and hearing Norm's cadences as he tells a atory, always takes me back to the bullshitters I grew up around. None were as funny as Norm though. That nod he gives at the start of his story is a big part of that-it's a bit like a knowing wink.

  • @MA-iridium
    @MA-iridium 11 місяців тому +2

    Best Norm....and I have just watched the first two minutes so far.

  • @chrisnelson3668
    @chrisnelson3668 9 місяців тому +7

    I miss you norm.

  • @bobnethan5474
    @bobnethan5474 Рік тому +22

    When I'm feeling down I watch Norm he always makes me laugh

    • @skyluke9476
      @skyluke9476 11 місяців тому +2

      There’s many comedians that could make me us laugh at suicide and murder jokes. But only one that could make us smile

  • @nyChannel09
    @nyChannel09 4 місяці тому +3

    3:15 Norm cracks himself up, because he himself doesnt even know how he gets to the porpoise joke.

  • @HenrikoMagnifico
    @HenrikoMagnifico 7 місяців тому +1

    Imagine how good it must have felt for Andy to make a counter joke so good it made Norm Macdonald fall to his knees laughing

    • @scottystcloud7086
      @scottystcloud7086 7 місяців тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing, probably a career highlight for him

  • @pintkobe
    @pintkobe 2 роки тому +46

    This never gets old 😂

    • @polreamonn
      @polreamonn Рік тому

      Just like Reeva Steenkamp.

  • @lugaretzia
    @lugaretzia 2 місяці тому +2

    I love that Andy made him laugh so hard he fell off the couch

  • @dhq12345
    @dhq12345 9 місяців тому +2

    Love norm's reaction to andy's 4 mile dog turd joke. I think norm was genuinely impressed, I don't think I've ever seen him have that kind of physical reaction to a joke (along with a handshake) before.