You can listen to your favorite music over and over and not get tired of it. You can watch your favorite movies a few times a year and not get tired of it. But when you can listen to the same jokes over and over and not get tired of it, well then you know you're listening to a legend.
Your comment deserves more than 37 votes my good man. I've done everything in my power to get you to 38 but if I'm being honest with you it's still too low.
Using the term: "I know there's no river long enough doesn't contain a bend," to express that he can't say for sure he would never murder someone is a top tier Norm joke.
@@cryptochangos5918 No problem! It's pretty much what it sounds like. The phrase implies that if something goes on for long enough it is bound to change course in time.
Yeah, that is right. The genius of Letterman is his sense of humor.. you just let that ball continue to roll.. because you have already experienced that Macdonald will deliver the humor any second!
@@LizaFan I think about him all the time😢. I do crappy impressions of people, but it's fun and I enjoy doing it, it was Norm's impression of Bob Dole that got me into it. A man I never met affected my life so much God I miss him
the bed and breakfast bit is 1000% Norm humor, at first I wasn't smiling much, then I was smiling a lot, and then I was laughing out loud. That's how he gotcha.
Sometimes I wonder if there was a punchline that David messed up by asking about breakfast and Norm just rolled with it, or if there was never a punchline in the first place.
@@guhankns Except for that one retarded guy who used to be in my second grade class who would throw shit at the walls and pull down his pants to pee on the ground. He looked like a fool because, well....
The Janice story began as an indictment on the shallow state of current news media and ended as a study on the evil depths of human behavior. And Norm's genius had us laughing all the way through. The world is a lesser place without this ol' chunk of coal.
I always remember how Norm would say “a” instead of an, in a sentence where it belongs! Like he said, “The news used to be half “a” hour!” “Remember when it was half “a” hour?”
I’ll never forget Norm saying “if you die from cancer, you didn’t lose the fight. I’m pretty sure the cancer dies with you.” He was a savant and a good-hearted guy; I bet he owned a doghouse
It gets glossed over but the blank scrabble piece joke is so insightful, so observationally brilliant I'm astounded every time I hear it. The way his mind worked was singular.
"You know the best part of a Work Place congo line....is when you look back and realize no one's behind you and you're in a Mental Institution" bahahahahahahashahaha
Man, his bit on playing Scrabble with Old Harold is a thing of beauty. He was among a handful of completely original, totally unique comics. I listen to these compilations and laugh out loud as I’m driving. What a gift; to be able to make people laugh without resorting to the cheap tricks most commonly employed by comics these days. No wonder they all admire him so much. I hope he found peace and comfort through God in his last days.
He can take a 15 second bit and turn it into a 20 minute story, where nothing actually happens, and make people laugh the entire time. It was incredible
Norm's comedy was actually brilliant and ingenious because they came in Long stories where he remembered everybody's parts.. Like telling the story about the railway guy who like to beat up on homeless people and how the pig ended up being his wife.. Actually a very long joke requiring memory of said people what they were doing what was going on around them.. And then his flat Affleck in the way that he told it was actually when made it that way it was the punch and a kick all at the same time.. Norm was definitely one of a kind may, he rest in peace..
"We found her car in a taco bell parking lot. Dont worry about the car, its fine." I love those little weird comments he puts into his way too long stories.
Do You know what the funniest part about doing an office Conga line is? When you look back and realize you're doing it alone and you're not in an office you're in a psychiatric hospital
my brain is mush from that last joke, it was so dang funny but i just kept waiting and waiting and then the video ended and gosh you cant stop his jokes halfway through
@@jonahclark859 bro this was 2 years ago when I was high 25/8, so who knows what I meant lol!? Maybe I just meant his jokes are long and drawn out, but totally worth it in the end.
That news segment, with Janice. That is one of the funniest bits ever. The way he uses language, the phrases and structure of the sentences. It makes all the jokes hit harder. Is there a way to give up Pauly Shore and get Norm back? We need Norm.
God every time I hear the shallow grave joke it is such a shaggy dog tail just to get to that punch line that comes out of nowhere a very very very deep punchline. Sweet baby Jesus ribs Norm Macdonald the funniest goddamn person
Great compilation of the GOAT. He found the humor in "cheese sandwiches" like a fucking wizard. If he had said "grilled cheese sandwiches" it wouldn't work. Unbelievable.
For me, the thing about norm is you’re already laughing before he gets to the punchline and you knew the punchline anyway. The other thing is he tells stories, everybody else just tells jokes. Big difference.
I have an annual tradition of getting a Nutcracker every holiday season and I'll name them, mostly according to how they look. But the one I got in 2021, and I named him Norm.
The bed and breakfast joke was hilarious because it was a long rambling waste of time during prime time tv. Every second that goes by is expensive and potential ad money... but he just went on and on in mundane detail about a scrabble game. Hilarious.
11:44 Norm doing an impression of Janice's third friend being interviewed by a news crew investigating her abduction, but somehow acting as if she's an old chunk of coal telling her ol' friend Janice's stories to her distant relatives who've dropped by her house or something. "I'll tell you something about Janice, is that who you're asking me about, Janice?"
I’ve heard damn near every norm joke recorded, definitely everything on the internet/youtube… but somehow it feels like I’m hearing it for the first time, every time
LIFE IMITATING ART OR ART IMITATING LIFE???? ONE THING FOR SURE IS THAT LIFE IS HUMOROUS!!! SO LAUGH AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AND NOTHING MORE!! ONLY THEN YOU ARE TRULY FREE??? THANKS TO ALL COMEDIANS!! NEVER STOP YOUR ART AND CRAFTS!!!!
Ol harold Delaney is just a old chunk of coal...
But he's very hospitable
He sounds like a real jerk
@@jharvable or so the germans would have us believe
@@عبدالعزيزالمسلم-ج4ك Reminds me of the Tragedy.
@@Diogenesthedog0 Oh don't laugh at 9/11
You can listen to your favorite music over and over and not get tired of it. You can watch your favorite movies a few times a year and not get tired of it. But when you can listen to the same jokes over and over and not get tired of it, well then you know you're listening to a legend.
Mr. Fog Norm is arguably the greatest of all time. To me he is the goat
And then you listen to norm.
i've noticed that recently with norm... performs to perfection...
Insanely true..so..true!!
Norm describing the news is amazing.
I miss Norm. 😭
But you know who I miss more?
Janice.
Your comment deserves more than 37 votes my good man. I've done everything in my power to get you to 38 but if I'm being honest with you it's still too low.
That's like three references to three different Norm jokes
You know who I miss??
You guessed it: Frank Stallone.
I put Janice in a very, very deep grave.
Don't worry, Janice should come bounding down out of the scraggly woods any minute now. At least her car is okay.
Through sheer tyranny of will, Norm could light up a room.
And he didn’t have a fuckin light or nothin like that
It’s no inside but it’s alright.
Fuck you I'm hanging with Janice
I do miss Janice
But I miss Norm more
When you say room perchance you mean the inside of a doghouse?
Using the term: "I know there's no river long enough doesn't contain a bend," to express that he can't say for sure he would never murder someone is a top tier Norm joke.
Just a woman lol. Left options open for a man
@@cryptochangos5918 No problem! It's pretty much what it sounds like. The phrase implies that if something goes on for long enough it is bound to change course in time.
@cryptochangos5918 "A liile bit" in English is like if a Mate is talking too long, you slowly close your finger to the thumb.
10/10
Up there with moth and oj Norm material
Anyone else craving a delicious cheese sandwich?
David letterman did a great job not interuppting or stopping norm at all during the very long story
He wouldn’t interrupt Picasso while he was painting either. Just sayin’
He add fuel to the fire. Him and Conan is great with norm
Yeah, that is right. The genius of Letterman is his sense of humor.. you just let that ball continue to roll.. because you have already experienced that Macdonald will deliver the humor any second!
@@joelluongo7419 yeah it's genius to just shut up and listen 😂
@@laqueenawilliams4762 freelancing the scrabble board.
It's been a year Norm. We miss you. RIP Sir Norm
what’s with all the plurals
😪♥️
Feels like an eternity.
@@LizaFan I think about him all the time😢. I do crappy impressions of people, but it's fun and I enjoy doing it, it was Norm's impression of Bob Dole that got me into it. A man I never met affected my life so much God I miss him
he wasnt a knight but he like the night
Only Norm Macdonald can tell a story about Scrabble and make it interesting and funny. On the biggest talk show none the less.
Uh oh, old Harold Delaney wants to have sex with me there.
the bed and breakfast bit is 1000% Norm humor, at first I wasn't smiling much, then I was smiling a lot, and then I was laughing out loud. That's how he gotcha.
Same. When he got to the old guy playing hat in the corner I was laughing pretty hard the rest of the way
He got laughs (even out of Dave) by explaining the concept of a bed and breakfast as he would to a 5 year old. That is art.
@@Sledgehammer003 It is far more sophisticated comedic timing and set up than explaining as you would to a five year old.
Was there a version where the old guy said "Well, I was trying to tire you out so I could have sex with you" or something?
Sometimes I wonder if there was a punchline that David messed up by asking about breakfast and Norm just rolled with it, or if there was never a punchline in the first place.
The man could go from 60 IQ to 270 IQ whenever haha
That's wildly accurate lol
Regis cost Paul Newman's charity $500k
People who don't mind looking like a fool are also the ones that have high intelligence
@@guhankns Except for that one retarded guy who used to be in my second grade class who would throw shit at the walls and pull down his pants to pee on the ground. He looked like a fool because, well....
@@brandonschwab7234 Paul Newman's charity told me, they never got over it
" which is fine nowadays " is so subtle but so brilliant
The Janice story began as an indictment on the shallow state of current news media and ended as a study on the evil depths of human behavior. And Norm's genius had us laughing all the way through. The world is a lesser place without this ol' chunk of coal.
It began as a joke. And ended as most good jokes end, as a joke.
It's brilliant
"Through sheer tyranny of will". I'm going to borrow that gem.
Can I borrow your 🍆
The office Conga line joke killed me. 😂😂😂
Norms comedy is medicine for the soul.
I didn't even know you were sick
@@GigaBoost turns out he hated jews
It really is.
and homeopathic supplement for the spirit
That whole chunk of standup just kept getting better and better.
"I would never, never kill a lady in cold blood."
[crowd roars with applause]
How could he get us to the point, where this is so funny? Amazing.
Dude that Janice bit was BRUTAL! That’s why I love Norm
Janice is the type of person who could walk into a room and light it up by flipping on the light switch.
You could never steal jokes from Norm because you need his delivery to tell them. RIP Buddy.
The ol’ Harold Delaney story has no right being as funny as it is😆
Knife Raping how wife had got to be the funniest anti-punch line I've ever heard i love this man
The worst thing about killing a woman in cold blood is the hipocrisy.
At least he wasn’t a hypocrite
Well its not like crimes of passion arw always free of hypocrisy either.
Or so Frank Stallone would have us believe
I think it was the Iron y
@MMaRsu That's genius man. Works on a couple of levels.
Something about the way he delivered the line “do that thing that makes you feel like GOD” had me in tears
Such brilliant delivery and timing. Unique.
The most underrated and talented comics ever. Norm is one of the greats
I'll never stop watching Norm
Stop pretending to be dead, Norm
My word! In tears of laughs. Love this legend. His jokes within jokes within jokes is so great.
I always remember how Norm would say “a” instead of an, in a sentence where it belongs! Like he said, “The news used to be half “a” hour!” “Remember when it was half “a” hour?”
"I'm going to ride a rollercoaster and eat a egg"
There really is something genius in his use of abnormal, misplaced, and outdated words. All the money in the world couldn't replicate Norm.
He did that intentionally
Oddly enough Jeremy Clarkson does this too, using 'a' and 'an' intentionally wrong
Norm takes us through life even though he is gone. Hopefully to a way better place.
He's floating on a cloud playing a harp and looking down laughing at his friends getting raped by the devil.
If it's there, so is he
I love how I can listen to these again and again and they funnier even when you know what’s coming.
Yesterday we lost a real voice of comedy. Might as well be the day laughter died.
Rest in peace Norm.
Yes 👍
Can’t believe it’s been over a year
I didn't even know he was sick.
8:46 "They make up news stories, they do that a lot" proceeds to make up a news stories for 10mins
Janice was a good girl, Mama's apple pie...4th of July...
She was a hooker!!
She was a hooka!
SHE WAS A HOOKER
This Norm MacDonald seems like a great guy, I'd love to meet him some day- Fuck I forgot he died!
Just your luck
Meet him in heaven!
I’ll never forget Norm saying “if you die from cancer, you didn’t lose the fight. I’m pretty sure the cancer dies with you.” He was a savant and a good-hearted guy; I bet he owned a doghouse
He definitely didn’t own a 🐢 😂. True legend.
He said the way I see it the cancer dies with you so it's not loosing the battle it's more like calling it a draw
@@edvill4315
no Cuff ...no Link.
The thing that makes Norm last forever is not the big jokes you remember, but the small ones that he fits in that you forgot.
huh, I don't recall those "small jokes" you're talking about
I love that these clips aren’t the same old clips that are used in every other Norm clip compilation
It gets glossed over but the blank scrabble piece joke is so insightful, so observationally brilliant I'm astounded every time I hear it. The way his mind worked was singular.
Norm's jokes are really made by those tiny details, word choices, insights, etc. (as well as delivery obviously)
“You know when u gotta turn? You ever wanna turn to somebody? U know when u gotta turn?”
I think Norm went through the whole Harold Delaney story just so he could say "a boot."
americans love hearing canadians say "about" at least that was my experience when living there.
"You know the best part of a Work Place congo line....is when you look back and realize no one's behind you and you're in a Mental Institution" bahahahahahahashahaha
Man, his bit on playing Scrabble with Old Harold is a thing of beauty. He was among a handful of completely original, totally unique comics. I listen to these compilations and laugh out loud as I’m driving. What a gift; to be able to make people laugh without resorting to the cheap tricks most commonly employed by comics these days. No wonder they all admire him so much. I hope he found peace and comfort through God in his last days.
He can take a 15 second bit and turn it into a 20 minute story, where nothing actually happens, and make people laugh the entire time. It was incredible
Norm's comedy was actually brilliant and ingenious because they came in Long stories where he remembered everybody's parts..
Like telling the story about the railway guy who like to beat up on homeless people and how the pig ended up being his wife..
Actually a very long joke requiring memory of said people what they were doing what was going on around them..
And then his flat Affleck in the way that he told it was actually when made it that way it was the punch and a kick all at the same time..
Norm was definitely one of a kind may, he rest in peace..
Remember guys... You don't have to have cheese sandwiches in the van.... Unless you want to be known for your detailed work! 👍
"We found her car in a taco bell parking lot. Dont worry about the car, its fine."
I love those little weird comments he puts into his way too long stories.
“How’s it going outside, Bill?”
“Well it’s not inside but it’s fine…”
To understand the mind of Norm MacDonald, you just need to listen to the Janice saga. Sick, twisted, and hysterically funny!
What is it?
I love that bit!! I remember first watching that stand up special with my dad❤ He passed from cancer also, 2 months after Norm. I miss them both! 😢
"shallow grave" is my favorite Norm bit. RIP
Do You know what the funniest part about doing an office Conga line is? When you look back and realize you're doing it alone and you're not in an office you're in a psychiatric hospital
I love his bit on being attacked by your heart
I listen to these compilations all the time..Norm was a master of his craft…At least we get to hear all of his material anytime we want..
Its so impressive the comedic timming that Norm had. He was the best of the best.
my brain is mush from that last joke, it was so dang funny but i just kept waiting and waiting and then the video ended and gosh you cant stop his jokes halfway through
Norms jokes are like Tarantino movies
literally in what way
@@jonahclark859 bro this was 2 years ago when I was high 25/8, so who knows what I meant lol!? Maybe I just meant his jokes are long and drawn out, but totally worth it in the end.
In both Tarantino movies and Norm's jokes, some lady ends up in a deep grave. See Kill Bill Vol. 2 and this video for reference.
Lmao tru
but without the foot fetish and subtle pedophilia
simply the best. better than all the rest
That news segment, with Janice.
That is one of the funniest bits ever.
The way he uses language, the phrases and structure of the sentences. It makes all the jokes hit harder.
Is there a way to give up Pauly Shore and get Norm back?
We need Norm.
This must be the funniest thing to watch when stoned
I don't know. those things hurt.
I finally got my acid flashback watching this
Yup norms fucking hilarious when baked
@@riccardoverde4683 The guy throwing those things is a real jerk.
@@AlanaBananaCanada ahh, a fellow drug dollar stretcher
Man, I’d sure like to meet Janice someday, oh fuck. She vanished. I am very sorry now that I didn’t see Norm’s act at least once.
I like your choices here. Some of his best bits.
20 seconds in and I'm already fucking dying at the Richard Clock joke
about half a hour was right amount for news - just like the way he says half a hour
Half AN hour
@@philmckenna5709 did you watch the video
Good ol’ Norm. The one guy that could take an uninteresting story and make it funny. An absolute legend. RIP
Hotels in Central Asia are a lot like ol' Harold Delaney's place except they don't play Scrabble
God every time I hear the shallow grave joke it is such a shaggy dog tail just to get to that punch line that comes out of nowhere a very very very deep punchline. Sweet baby Jesus ribs Norm Macdonald the funniest goddamn person
I'm trying to paint corners and trim on a wall and this cheese sandwich joke made me start over a few times already.
Nice compilation, some of his less popular bits. Still just as funny
This is perfect, I love Norm always.
Great compilation of the GOAT. He found the humor in "cheese sandwiches" like a fucking wizard. If he had said "grilled cheese sandwiches" it wouldn't work. Unbelievable.
I love how Norm would go on talk shows and just talk whatever forever…
I miss Janice.
#NeverForgetJanice
I didn’t even know she was sick
The delivery on “sweet hot fucking asshole” always warms my heart
GOAT
The Janice bit is a masterpiece.
You don’t HAVE to have cheese sandwiches in the van you know,fuckin genius man
"I got avocado, I know a boot" 😂
It seems like it wouldn’t be hard to imitate Norm and be funny but goddamn it’s harder than you’d think
“Which is fine nowadays” 😂😂😂😂
You never heard tell of a BOOT?
8:15 “Half a hour.” The weird genius…
The thing about Norm Macdonald is that u have to stick around for the punchline lol
For me, the thing about norm is you’re already laughing before he gets to the punchline and you knew the punchline anyway.
The other thing is he tells stories, everybody else just tells jokes. Big difference.
@@butchie2752 He has regular jokes too but I know what you mean and you're right.
I have an annual tradition of getting a Nutcracker every holiday season and I'll name them, mostly according to how they look. But the one I got in 2021, and I named him Norm.
Norm could tell you that you've been diagnosed with cancer but his delivery would make you laugh
The Janice bit is a comic masterpiece.
The bed and breakfast joke was hilarious because it was a long rambling waste of time during prime time tv. Every second that goes by is expensive and potential ad money... but he just went on and on in mundane detail about a scrabble game. Hilarious.
11:44 Norm doing an impression of Janice's third friend being interviewed by a news crew investigating her abduction, but somehow acting as if she's an old chunk of coal telling her ol' friend Janice's stories to her distant relatives who've dropped by her house or something. "I'll tell you something about Janice, is that who you're asking me about, Janice?"
The magical thing of living in the US as an expat, is getting to listen to Norm MacDonald (RIP fella).
I've been trading stock for 15 years and I react exactly the same way about the Dow Jones and the NASDAQ
Norm's eating pizza, while Janice is eating cheese sandwiches
His way of talking is unique and thats what i like.
Recently looked up a bed and breakfast on the internet. It turns out to be my parents house.
I live in victoria ... I know that bed and breakfast very well
I miss him so much
that richard clock joke has me in
RIP ol Harold Delaney
Those serial killers do get a little hasty.
Absolute comic genius
I’ve heard damn near every norm joke recorded, definitely everything on the internet/youtube… but somehow it feels like I’m hearing it for the first time, every time
Masterpiece!
LIFE IMITATING ART OR ART IMITATING LIFE???? ONE THING FOR SURE IS THAT LIFE IS HUMOROUS!!! SO LAUGH AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AND NOTHING MORE!! ONLY THEN YOU ARE TRULY FREE??? THANKS TO ALL COMEDIANS!! NEVER STOP YOUR ART AND CRAFTS!!!!
I agree, comedians are so important! 🔥