Jeff Ross | Favorite Norm MacDonald Stories

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  • @OfficialHowieMandel
    @OfficialHowieMandel  3 роки тому +27

    Watch the Full Podcast Here: ua-cam.com/video/ymuvs5M5Dps/v-deo.html

  • @GeoffNelson
    @GeoffNelson 3 роки тому +1642

    I used to think Norm was fearless, then I saw Jeff Ross wearing those shorts and crossing his legs.

    • @MASJYT
      @MASJYT 3 роки тому +49

      He shaves his legs and wears pink shoes, what a fruity guy.

    • @jimmymcnulty5079
      @jimmymcnulty5079 3 роки тому +12

      Lmao good one 😆

    • @BedrockLeadership
      @BedrockLeadership 3 роки тому +9

      😂😂😂😂😂🏆

    • @0412lennon
      @0412lennon 3 роки тому +24

      the roastmaster is looking more like the toastmaster with all those thighs

    • @red149
      @red149 3 роки тому +15

      Can we all thank him for not wearing a mini skirt ?!

  • @x_DEUS_VULT_x
    @x_DEUS_VULT_x 2 роки тому +105

    "I didn't even know he was sick"
    Norm, you genius!
    You have us all repeating your punchline.

  • @ylette
    @ylette 3 роки тому +715

    I just love imagining a young Norm saying goodbye to everyone after having bombed, and enjoying the awkwardness.

    • @alvareo92
      @alvareo92 3 роки тому +50

      You can just picture him saying it with that genuine smile in his eyes, must’ve confused the fuck out of everybody

    • @dyerseve45
      @dyerseve45 3 роки тому +13

      I just bought his book and I came here to find someone talk about that.

    • @rockinrandy4428
      @rockinrandy4428 3 роки тому

      @@dyerseve45 0t

    • @rskrzz6233
      @rskrzz6233 2 роки тому +4

      sucks we never got a goodbye

    • @nagualdesign
      @nagualdesign 2 роки тому +4

      I snort-laughed snot out of my nose when he said that. 😆 Goodnight. Thanks for coming.

  • @eviloverlordsean
    @eviloverlordsean 3 роки тому +174

    My fave Norm bit was when he went on the Daily Show in '06, and immediately started riffing on the DEATH of Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter"... and Jon stifling laughter, going, "please don't make me laugh at this..."

    • @roems6396
      @roems6396 3 роки тому +65

      “You know who’s really pissed about it? The crocodiles....because he was killed by some fruity fish.” FFS Norm is effortlessly hilarious.

    • @callmeshaggy5166
      @callmeshaggy5166 3 роки тому +36

      You hear who died?? THE CROCODILE HUNTER! Can you believe it?!

    • @eviloverlordsean
      @eviloverlordsean 3 роки тому +42

      @@callmeshaggy5166 "he was 52! that's a ripe old age for a crocodile hunter!" Jon: "please stop..."

    • @jessepacheco5016
      @jessepacheco5016 3 роки тому +20

      @@roems6396 was it Frank? Nah you don't even want to know.

    • @bgangler877
      @bgangler877 2 роки тому +4

      I just watched that earlier. He was fucking great. RIP Norm

  • @letsdrive899
    @letsdrive899 2 роки тому +138

    When he said "did you know he was sick?" Just made me instantly laugh. Norm was a genius. Bigger man than any of us.

  • @daveminion6209
    @daveminion6209 Рік тому +9

    Norm, a great legend in comedy, will always be missed. But his life and his fearless determination to his craft and blaze his own trail will always be celebrated . A true treasure who took no prisoners. God bless him.

  • @JeffreyGillespie
    @JeffreyGillespie 2 роки тому +10

    It says so much about Norm that every comic who speaks of him reveres him and gets choked up when they do. Truly the 🐐

  • @mattkess3156
    @mattkess3156 3 роки тому +98

    Everyone who has a personal Norm story is always completely in awe of him. Greatest standup, joker writer, etc. to ever live. No one compares.

    • @InsidePhil
      @InsidePhil 3 роки тому +3

      I know.. he really understood the inner mechanizations of the character and what makes him click and how he got his scars. There will never be another like him.

    • @SharinganMan
      @SharinganMan 3 роки тому +4

      Jeff Ross: Tells a Norm story about playing the clubs with him
      Howie Mandel: Tells a Norm story where he describes a famous Letterman appearance he saw

  • @Pat10Ireland
    @Pat10Ireland 3 роки тому +161

    Thought to myself "Someone could have a very popular podcast if all their guest just told their own Norm MacDonald stories." Howie has done it!

    • @StephNuggs
      @StephNuggs 27 днів тому

      Cashing in on Norms death. What could be more American?

  • @chipsthedog1
    @chipsthedog1 3 роки тому +42

    No matter how busy I am or what's going on I always have time for Norm Macdonald stories.
    RIP Norm, you was already a legend whilst still with us and you will never be forgotten

  • @DevEastVan
    @DevEastVan 3 роки тому +135

    Can't get enough of these Norm stories!

  • @UltraInstinctLink
    @UltraInstinctLink 3 роки тому +297

    "I wonder if he's doing it now?"
    Norm's in his prime up there right now telling God a joke that goes nowhere and he has eternity to drag it out.
    Bless that man. Truly a legend amongst the greatest of comedians. I'm gonna miss that ole chunk of coal ❤

    • @fezzik7619
      @fezzik7619 3 роки тому +11

      If only those Bronze Age fairytales were true. In Norm’s case I almost wish they were. He exists now only in the memories of thousands of adoring fans. Thanks for everything Norm

    • @UltraInstinctLink
      @UltraInstinctLink 3 роки тому +9

      @@fezzik7619 Yeah the religious stuff really isn't my bag of tea, but Norm believed in it, or at least in God. I can respect that in a person, particularly people like him who don't force those values/opinions onto others.

    • @fezzik7619
      @fezzik7619 3 роки тому +4

      @@UltraInstinctLink unfortunately as an atheist, people constantly force their beliefs on me they “worry about the damnation of my soul” and warn me to repent because I’ll be judged blah, blah blah.

    • @BrightResultsMedia
      @BrightResultsMedia 3 роки тому +6

      The ole battle axe.

    • @teo5836
      @teo5836 3 роки тому +2

      @@fezzik7619 yea you can keep your hopeless, pointless existence point of view to yourself. Soon, very soon, you’ll pick a side and be “very religious”, but you’ll be on the side of apostasy, for your lack of understanding.

  • @joesimon2018
    @joesimon2018 2 роки тому +7

    I liked when he said about Don Ohlmeyer: "If you can like a guy like O.J., you should easily like a guy like me."

  • @beachcracker
    @beachcracker 3 роки тому +207

    Still a little bit busted up over Norm's sudden passing. Great stories, Jeff. Thank you much. ❤️🍻

    • @AgentRacerX
      @AgentRacerX 3 роки тому +3

      Same here

    • @Itelkner
      @Itelkner 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, same. But, man, what a legacy! I still watch him daily.

    • @parob7285
      @parob7285 3 роки тому +4

      9 years of cancer is not sudden but i know what you mean bro

    • @beachcracker
      @beachcracker 3 роки тому +2

      @@parob7285 Sudden knowledge I should say. 😉

    • @moore.k9028
      @moore.k9028 3 роки тому +3

      I still get teary eyed when I hear a
      Norm story. 💜

  • @MultiWeen
    @MultiWeen 3 роки тому +33

    Norm and Patrice 2 of the best to ever do it, taken too soon and admired by all other comics around them.

  • @AgentRacerX
    @AgentRacerX 3 роки тому +21

    Jeff is one of my favorites, Howie is awesome and Norm is my absolute favorite. Still really down about his passing. I could listen to these guy’s Norm stories all day

  • @johnnycigar2061
    @johnnycigar2061 3 роки тому +21

    Norm is so funny that even people talking about him is hilarious 🤣😆

  • @leopoldstotch7711
    @leopoldstotch7711 3 роки тому +39

    I can tell the I'm not Norm UA-cam crowd will *LOVE* this video, Jeff Ross explaining everything we love about Norm and then hitting us with that "funny how he's gone NOW" referencing cancel culture was just so deep
    Great video Howie and team, you're adapting to the podcast game seamlessly

    • @daBEAGLE1017
      @daBEAGLE1017 3 роки тому +2

      I think its wonderful. Love Norm, Jeff and the Im Not Norm channel.

  • @spiitze2262
    @spiitze2262 2 роки тому +5

    "They'd be talkin about me, and norm"... nah just norm LMAO

  • @benwintermute2804
    @benwintermute2804 2 роки тому +6

    I love these Norm stories popping up on my feed still. I miss him so much it's almost like I knew him personally

  • @willieschick7315
    @willieschick7315 3 роки тому +41

    “I got two norm stories” Me: yasss

    • @motleysue8171
      @motleysue8171 3 роки тому +2

      Me: Only two?😕

    • @Itelkner
      @Itelkner 3 роки тому +2

      @@motleysue8171 Yeah, really, let's hear the rest. Must be tons of good ones.

    • @davidperez5089
      @davidperez5089 3 роки тому

      Lemme freshen me drink-

  • @lauriLokkeni9002
    @lauriLokkeni9002 3 роки тому +23

    I love ❤️ all these background stories about Norm, love the man

  • @thesunkencathedral1718
    @thesunkencathedral1718 3 місяці тому

    Man, this made me laugh and cry at the same time. Norm Macdonald was beyond words. Thanks for the tribute.

  • @dungeonquesting8075
    @dungeonquesting8075 3 роки тому +18

    I will tune into any and all norm stories

  • @Pashspoms
    @Pashspoms 3 роки тому +19

    We need Norm more than ever. So glad we have so many memories

    • @iggypopshot
      @iggypopshot 3 роки тому

      You never miss the water till the well runs dry.

  • @pinochuck827
    @pinochuck827 3 роки тому +21

    only celeb i will ever mourn. absolute goat of comedy

    • @clarke4222
      @clarke4222 3 роки тому +3

      What about Don Vito?

    • @iggypopshot
      @iggypopshot 3 роки тому +2

      What about turd ferguson?

  • @VangeliRock
    @VangeliRock 3 роки тому +9

    I could Norms voice in my head during the Laverne story. "Laverne, Laverne, hey Laverne." omg..I wish I was there.

    • @kane4013
      @kane4013 2 роки тому

      Why was he calling Penny Laverne?

  • @cookiesup2music
    @cookiesup2music Рік тому +1

    nice clip… never forget howie mandel was on the flight logs. cheers!

  • @craigslist9176
    @craigslist9176 2 роки тому +16

    Artie Lange tells the best Norm stories. Norm was a one of a kind!

  • @TheNeonTheater
    @TheNeonTheater 3 роки тому +21

    I love all these great Norm stories people are sharing now. Hes become a legend

  • @willissudweeks1050
    @willissudweeks1050 3 роки тому +15

    I love hearing norm stories from his friends. Hadn’t heard that second one.

  • @patrickmulligan8928
    @patrickmulligan8928 3 роки тому +46

    I have Norm jokes swimming in my head 24/7, and the other day my mom was making Ham for dinner. It took a lot of self-control to keep the joke inside all day, but when dinner was ready I said, "My doctor said I need to get healthy and that I should start juicing. I don't think he meant ham juice though.".

    • @moira6443
      @moira6443 3 роки тому +12

      Me too and I'm an old lady. I have been shocking all my fellow bridge players at the bridge table with Normisms!!!

    • @nerfbutt
      @nerfbutt 3 роки тому +4

      I went to my doctor and he told me to open wide and say "oink"!

    • @daBEAGLE1017
      @daBEAGLE1017 3 роки тому +3

      It wasnt Kitchener Leslies lady was it?

    • @stevehill5803
      @stevehill5803 3 роки тому

      Wasn't that a John Pinette joke tho?

  • @jeanniemariek
    @jeanniemariek 3 роки тому +54

    Norm was brilliant. My favourite modern day comedian.

  • @harthorn6111
    @harthorn6111 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks for continuing to let us hear more about Norm, Howie!

  • @davidmathes6730
    @davidmathes6730 2 роки тому +2

    I actually forgot Norm had passed away, like double bummer, the 1st time I found out in September 2021, and today because I'm 48 and have short term memory loss, RIP NORM McDonald, a true legend of a comedian, and human being!

    • @wittkrieg
      @wittkrieg Рік тому

      That reminds me of this other thing that happened a score years before......

  • @johnisaacdavey
    @johnisaacdavey 2 роки тому +1

    I can't wait for GI Jane 2 to be released.

  • @msstroh
    @msstroh 2 роки тому +1

    That was justb great Howie, thanks for that.

  • @naumesh2047
    @naumesh2047 3 роки тому +3

    3:33 greatest joke a comic every wrote. RIP Norm🥀❤️✨

  • @traylb1231
    @traylb1231 2 роки тому +1

    Norm's Bob Uecker stories are pure GOLD! RIP

  • @ghidrah76
    @ghidrah76 3 роки тому +11

    So glad I got to meet him at my job before his passing. I almost called him Turd Ferguson when I was checking him in at the gate at my job. He has such a great warm presence, even for the short time we met.

    • @Itelkner
      @Itelkner 3 роки тому

      That's great. Norm exuded that spirit. I walked right past him once without realizing it until later. He was by himself fiddling with his phone. I wish I had noticed him earlier so I could have shaken his hand and told him how many moments of uplift he gave me and thank him for it.

  • @MrHitfromthabong
    @MrHitfromthabong 3 роки тому +4

    great job howie, talk about Norm more and your show is actually funny!

  • @drewprotzman5957
    @drewprotzman5957 3 роки тому +8

    As a late beginner in doing Standup comedy I spent many nights sick with a sickness watching Norm MacDonald clips/bits. He provided a lot of healing to so many. He was an “against the grain” comic and we loved him for that. I just wish/hope he could hear somehow on how much he means & meant to so many

    • @roymunson1
      @roymunson1 Рік тому

      How's the stand up going

    • @drewprotzman5957
      @drewprotzman5957 Рік тому

      @@roymunson1 Not well Roy, I'm chasing Open Mics in bowling alleys...I'll never be as successful as you....I gotta "hand" it to you.

  • @brentalanadamlandgrave7635
    @brentalanadamlandgrave7635 3 роки тому +13

    You're consistently doing a great show, Howie. Thank you for being you.

  • @hey_its_travis
    @hey_its_travis 3 роки тому +2

    Those were great and I haven't heard them before. Thanks

  • @randall-king
    @randall-king 2 роки тому +1

    Great stuff!

  • @I_like_turtles_67
    @I_like_turtles_67 2 роки тому +34

    Norm roasting the Clinton's. To their face and not committing suicide shortly after. Is the greatest norm story of all time IMHO.

  • @22lcmorg
    @22lcmorg 3 роки тому +11

    I miss Norm so freaking much😢

  • @glenholiday577
    @glenholiday577 3 роки тому +3

    Anything and everything Norm MacDonald gets a thumbs up

  • @Rushmore222
    @Rushmore222 3 роки тому +8

    Jeff Ross needs to star in the live action release of Futurama as Zoidberg.

  • @jimmyt7233
    @jimmyt7233 3 роки тому +2

    Can't unsee Jeff's up-short angle from this video

    • @pdodwell
      @pdodwell 3 роки тому

      Time stamp?

    • @jimmyt7233
      @jimmyt7233 3 роки тому +1

      @@pdodwell the whole first half of the video

  • @alfparker5904
    @alfparker5904 3 роки тому +29

    Get this frog a loan

    • @johns.8220
      @johns.8220 3 роки тому +6

      His old man's a rolling stone

  • @commonsense7886
    @commonsense7886 2 роки тому +2

    Norm was a stone cold gangsta!
    I miss the shit out of him.
    Why that's Ole Long Shot Louie!
    Love you man.

  • @jimallen19
    @jimallen19 2 роки тому +2

    If you look at Don's wikipedia, thefirst and most notable thing mentioned was his firing of Norm. What a thing to be remembered for.

  • @utubedestroysmytime
    @utubedestroysmytime 3 роки тому +2

    Everyone fuckin loved that guy. Comics and fans. He was just fuckin funny !

  • @fuzzy8593
    @fuzzy8593 2 роки тому

    I had never heard these Norm stories, so damn good, thank ya

  • @adamturner8732
    @adamturner8732 Рік тому +1

    All the best and I'm talking mount Rushmore comedians loved and respected norm. That's says all you need to know. Pure conviction of who he wanted to be.

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 3 роки тому +1

    Great interview. RIP Normie.

  • @markshaw7253
    @markshaw7253 2 роки тому

    I knew Jeff Ross when I did stand up. Absolutely the nice guy of nice guys. He's the person we all like to think we are .

    • @I_like_turtles_67
      @I_like_turtles_67 2 роки тому

      My wife and I were dying when Jeff roasted the prisoners.
      When he told the women she had to get back to the country bear jamboree. I almost pissed my pants laughing.

  • @kevindaniels7824
    @kevindaniels7824 3 роки тому +1

    I didn't realize until the end this was Howy. Subscribed

  • @PowerfulKundalini
    @PowerfulKundalini 2 роки тому +11

    Norm was a true man of his time. The world was absurd to him, and he accepted whatever was reality when most people would not. For example being fired from snl. He took everything in stride.

  • @truthhurts837
    @truthhurts837 3 роки тому +2

    That Lavergne story is the greatest. Normie, we hardly knew ye.

  • @KelticTim
    @KelticTim 2 роки тому +2

    I wish ppl would stop saying “Norm didn’t give an F”. There were certain ppl, and things, he cared very, very much about. Incredibly so. But if he didn’t care, he really didn’t care.

  • @baxter326
    @baxter326 3 роки тому +6

    Norm was one of a kind.

  • @MultiCaliffa
    @MultiCaliffa 3 роки тому +11

    They didn't even know he was sick

  • @nickthomas4539
    @nickthomas4539 3 роки тому +1

    Howie.....big fan of yours....thanks for all the laughs you have given me over the years. All the best

  • @ARTWV
    @ARTWV Рік тому

    Norm is my favorite. His delivery is hilarious

  • @huohization
    @huohization 3 роки тому +3

    I can imagine a genius like Norm playing cards and Vos going "Heresh the thing..."

  • @St.petersEye
    @St.petersEye 3 роки тому +1

    Please Ross, we need more about norm. He was truly the peoples comedian, World don't feel the same without him.

  • @unclemikescomedy
    @unclemikescomedy 3 місяці тому

    You rarely run into anyone that can hold in a crowd after a bad set.

  • @erikhoryza9068
    @erikhoryza9068 2 роки тому

    Awesome clip

  • @jschapp77
    @jschapp77 3 роки тому +4

    Before I heard all these people talking about Norm I used to think I was incomplete, now I’m finished.

  • @distantandvague
    @distantandvague 3 роки тому +2

    Jeff Ross literally looks like a block of butter came to life

  • @MaNuK323.
    @MaNuK323. 3 роки тому +3

    Most People didn’t get Norm, the man was a legend! RIP

  • @ragnaraxelson59
    @ragnaraxelson59 2 роки тому

    God damn. That Roseanne SNL episode is probably my all-time favorite. The Civil War sketch never gets old.

  • @TheGiantMidget
    @TheGiantMidget 2 роки тому +2

    Jeff Ross when he heard norm died - "i didn't even know he was sick"

  • @jf5618
    @jf5618 3 роки тому +7

    Norm never bombed. The audience simply didn’t get “it” on those nights. He was a deeply closeted bomber ;-). LOVE Norm and this one still pains me as it does most.

  • @chadparsons50
    @chadparsons50 2 роки тому +2

    I recently heard Downey say that Norm was fired from SNL, because they threatened to fire Downey but Norm responded with I won't do Update without Downey, so they responded with well you're fired too. Downey said Norm only told him years later Norm was not initially the one being fired. But yes, the OJ jokes is what got the whole move to fire going. Stand up guy that Norm (double entendre intended).

  • @chrisjames4438
    @chrisjames4438 2 роки тому +2

    Whoever told Jeff that those nikes looked good is the real comedian

  • @Bloodywasher
    @Bloodywasher 3 роки тому

    Lmfaooooo Howie akwardly laughing at the celeb fly by joke. Me and my buddy did this to him at weed march in Toronto once. He didn't know Howie when I pointed em out and yelled "hey it's that guy" told him again "Howie Mandel!!!" to which he briskly walked away from some outlet store lol good times had to be between 2009 and 2013.

  • @DesignBuildLift
    @DesignBuildLift 2 роки тому +2

    Laverne!!!!😂😂😂

  • @jergervasi3331
    @jergervasi3331 2 роки тому +4

    Letterman did Norm a huge favor - they made a great team. Norm could play the straight man, and Dave could rip up Ohlmeyer and Lorne. And NBC in general. Norm is and was a class act, but that show was more than meets the eye.

  • @bobbyologun1517
    @bobbyologun1517 2 роки тому +2

    1:20 A time where Jeff Ross was crashing a fifteen year old girls birthday party amirite

  • @kanereeves4866
    @kanereeves4866 2 роки тому +2

    We need more norm stories in the world

  • @TheGroundskeeper
    @TheGroundskeeper 3 роки тому +2

    Howie, Groundskeeper here. In the spirit of Norm and his Andy Kauffman-esque ability to always have an outer layer to the story you see, I invite you as my sole witness to a courthouse wedding (we each bring one and sadly we both have no family). I will offer her no backstory, and I will never explain it. Show up, shake a hand and hug, sign, and leave. Confuse her for the rest of her life. Or at least, get me over the first six months of her second guessing her huge mistake in saying “I do”

  • @tical523
    @tical523 3 роки тому +7

    People that are weird crude rough around the edges are more trustworthy and caring than perfect people. Generalization but seems true. Norm was a sweetheart from everyone you hear.

  • @josephjohnson2193
    @josephjohnson2193 3 роки тому

    I did not expect that turn in the bombing story, wow...haha

  • @WhitneyHaverstock
    @WhitneyHaverstock 3 роки тому +15

    Ooh. Thank you algorithm!
    Any chance to hear a Norm story. 😊

  • @kcaltbb1384
    @kcaltbb1384 2 роки тому +1

    “That killed me…….do you have a norm story????”

  • @toynazi
    @toynazi 3 роки тому +8

    He liked to get under peoples skin. Then pretend to not know what was going on.
    Dude will be a legend forever PERIOD.

  • @SGFTI
    @SGFTI 3 роки тому +3

    I could listen to stories about Norm forever.

  • @terenceflynn5125
    @terenceflynn5125 3 роки тому +22

    If I see another clip of comedians saying “I didn’t even know he was sick” without acknowledging the joke I’m going to scream.

    • @DJ-bj8ku
      @DJ-bj8ku 2 роки тому

      I must be slow. What’s the joke?

    • @mikeyoutube9233
      @mikeyoutube9233 2 роки тому

      @@DJ-bj8ku it’s not a reference. He was sick.

    • @DJ-bj8ku
      @DJ-bj8ku 2 роки тому

      @@mikeyoutube9233 I know he was sick, but I still don’t understand the joke. The fact is Norm didn’t tell anyone he had cancer.

    • @joshuabidencope6875
      @joshuabidencope6875 2 роки тому

      m.ua-cam.com/video/GbO53DJC75Q/v-deo.html

  • @20alphabet
    @20alphabet 2 роки тому +3

    You know you've got nothing when you reminisce about something you have nothing to do with.

  • @estradaj777
    @estradaj777 3 роки тому +2

    He was ahead of its time RIIP

  • @JohnWick-us9it
    @JohnWick-us9it 2 роки тому +3

    I must be a genius because Norm made me laugh all the time, everything he did was hilarious to me. I just got Norm and the people who didn't I feel sorry for them.

    • @davidd854
      @davidd854 2 роки тому

      Yes it means you are a genius

  • @FillipJPhry
    @FillipJPhry 3 роки тому

    Very nice. Show'em Howie-do-it!

  • @bhavyamankad479
    @bhavyamankad479 3 роки тому +3

    1:20 nice little shot at Dice.

    • @thebastard84
      @thebastard84 10 місяців тому

      Jeff Ross used to do dirty poems in his act.. so it's also a shot at himself

  • @LetsGoMetsGo33
    @LetsGoMetsGo33 2 роки тому +2

    Fantastic stories! Still missing Norm :(

  • @jerzeyguy71
    @jerzeyguy71 2 роки тому +1

    How could she not know it was Norm, he does have a voice we all recognize//

  • @miltz76
    @miltz76 2 роки тому

    To Howie’s comment.. I remember later Norm appearing on Letterman saying something to the effect of “remember that time I was here and you (dave) were saying Don Ohlmeyer’s an idiot and I was saying no no he’s a good man??.. Well it turns out you were right” lol