We all know why we're here. Hilarious Norm said he was "kinda nervous meeting someone so famous & powerful", but the reality is Norm is more famous & holds a place no other celeb or politician could. "Kathy griffin has her gays, but me, I have my retards. And I love my retards".
What a pussy. Kept saying Clinton is a bitch in SNL and yet when facing the real person he didn’t even make fun of her. Guess that’s why he died like a bitch.
@@donaldtrunq3483 The dinner was pre-Lewinsky scandal/Impeachment and Clinton just won a landslide Election over Dole, so his hard jokes at Clinton weren't "child's play" back then as they are today.
I can see Norm saying, “I’m going to end this thing by telling the audience to kiss my ass.” And they ended up giving him a standing ovation right after he said it.
He got a standing ovation from the politicians. That was the punch line proving him as one of the greatest. LEGEND. RIP Norm. I love you man. Will miss you for the rest of my life. See you on the other side.
It would of been great if he would of greeted the 1st lady as "1st Bitch"! Go ahead look it up, best of SNL.... His "awkward" meter must of been off the scale while he was up there....
Plus, his self-effacing manner & 'innocent' demeanor, like his comments "I'm just a guy, ya know" and "Who the hell am I?", makes his controversial jokes more palatable. He's like a 'baby-faced assassin'.
He was, he liked Bill and loved how mostly back then they could be politically opposite but friends. Bushes were friends with Kennedy's, Clinton with Bush family etc.
Debra R none of them are diametrically opposed politically. They are all right of center at least. especially the Clintons. It’s kind of a bummer how little variations there is in the American political arena. The funniest thing is that there’s no truly left wing parties, but there’s a lot of talk about the “extreme left”. It’s bonkers
he was really remarkably intelligent, some of those jokes were layers deep in truth. it was quite nostalgic to see so many of the biggest criminals of the last half century.
@@adiamondndrough - I've watched plenty of them, thanks. Most there are comedians and they're used to it as they get to roast others themselves. It's a show and they came to expect it. Not the same situation. Comedians know how to take a joke from other comedians b/c they know about the construct of the joke, and not the insult itself, that is funny. Even so, they might laugh outwardly, and they're professional performers, but internally you don't know how they really feel. They can take it but it doesn't mean they "enjoy" it.
@@TimeIdle thanks, I agree with some of the points you are making, but not 100%. I'm not a comedian and I can laugh at myself all day, even when it's coming from another party. Plus you just said it yourself, "you don't know how they really feel". So, how do you know how everyone really feels? Not trying to be rude, just objective
@@adiamondndrough - I said you don't know how they really feel. I didn't say I know how they feel. Just b/c they laughed in front of the camera doesn't mean that they enjoyed it. My point is these TV roasts aren't evidence that these people enjoyed being made fun of. It's good that you don't take yourself seriously and can laugh at yourself, but you're not sitting in front of an audience of hundreds either. I think it's natural to be nervous (and drink water) when you are the subject of a roast in front of hundreds, especially when you don't know what's going to come out of the comedian's mouth next.
Norm Macdonald is a Canadian treasure. RIP September 2021 I'm pretty sure you got another helluva' standing ovation as you entered the pearly gates. Norm, you live on in all the friends and fans from around the world who loved you. 👏🍁👏🍁👏🍁👏🍁👏🍁👏
@@subg8858 l was thinking the same thing! One of the greatest female singers of all time. She helped Gordon L get started in the business. Also Neill Young is a great Canadian songwriter and performer. Lots of talented people from Canada, Corner Gas is a funny show. Norm came from a beautiful country of very nice people.
@@filmneye the joke was that Ted Kennedy was a heavy drinker and would on the floor drunk. So instead of the usual groom to be getting down on one knee to propose, Ted had to get himself up on one knee
@@holdencaulfield4808 Easy. Roy Wood, Hasan Minhaj, Seth Meyers, Al Franken (twice), Conan O'Brien (twice), Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Al Franken (twice), Cecily Strong, Jimmy Kimmel. All better than Norm, who distractingly laughed at his own jokes. He was often a funny comedian, but I have never understood the pedestal some put him on.
I’m truth; Norm’s actually acting to mitigate their enormous spiritual liabilities incurred as product of all the stealing and raping and murdering they’ve been synonymous with. You know all that shit that grinds Gods gears no end. God’s flirting with the notion of gangster slapping their murky souls into the Lake of Fire… counsel assisting their defence counters their exploits clearly weren’t as nefarious and wilfully malicious as God’s asserting if a global comedy icon can riff on their heinous misdeeds at a televised White House gala as a warm up act for the important people. Anyone not aware Bill and Hillary raped and murdered anyone and anyone who’s demise would curry Beelzebub’s favour must’ve REALLY had their heads in the sand. Somehow in a bitter irony Norm is summonsed to testify in favour of their eternal damnation, but ultimately tricked by some crafty demonic defence team members when asked under oath, (understanding Norm believes in a higher power/God and has few it any qualms about ‘calling David Spade a spade’ he goads Norm into divulging how he might postulate a Devil’s advocacy based defence of the Clintons… Norm being acutely aware is sworn an Oath to God and the courtroom to shit on any non-Clintons, with his trademark jocularity with a view to circumventing their immediate demise/oblivion. Norm’s finds himself bushwhacked by some sneakily contrived double bind & the Clintons are spared eternal damnation thanks to some astute defensive legal manoeuvring and Norm’s divine gift at crafting scenarios most would never have otherwise contemplated
Yes! That joke really knocked Lauer down to where he belongs in the world of journalism. I don't think he laughed at that one since it hit too close to home.
Almost as good as the laughs Norm gets, are the drink sips and stone faces that expose the nature of that world, proving even more how funny the jokes were.
Normie...man how we miss ya. The kind of fella you just miss...as fellas go. He used to be just an old chunk of coal, but he will forever be a diamond in our hearts.
Norm McDonald was a comedic genius! Some of his jokes were so good and deep people wouldn’t fully grasp the hilarity until later on! What a huge loss it was to lose him!
I know it was done in an indirect way, but he closed by saying "to hell with all of you, you can kiss my ass" to a bunch of politicians and TV executives. Essentially echoing the sentiments of the general public. I wouldn't say this was done intentionally, but I never put anything past Norm.
I agree, I wasn’t born yet back then so I never had a chance to appreciate Bill Clinton’s charisma, but I can see why he was so popular. There are a lot of references that most people that weren’t alive then wouldn’t get, but I’m pretty well-versed in political history so I understood a lot of it.
Legendary.A standing ovation from the viper pit, entertained everyone with peerless wit, maintained his integrity, showed us how to deal with traitors & tyrants.A great loss for us, when he passed.
I can see her clenched teeth and muttering "I am going to have this Norm trash murdered"🤣 Her facial expressions is scary to watch...😂 Only Norm can pull something like this....RIP. Genius.🙏
Back then, Clinton was under intense scrutiny and about to be investigated for illegal fundraising practices, so that's why most of the Dems were booing Norm's fundraising jokes.
You got to love that with Norm Macdonald would do something he didn't care about results several jokes land flat and he just keeps plugging along I love that about him and it turned it around it turns out to be really funny in the end a man there is a couple scary moments
Norm is obviously brilliant but can we take a moment to note that (love him or hate him) what an incredibly skilled charmer Bill Clinton was. Only Kennedy, Reagan and Obama could compete.
@@Uarehere most idiotic comment ever. #1 - Please explain how Clinton caused a recession 8 years after he left office? And before you yammer about the CRA, you might want to look up the fact that much of the CRA loan volume was packaged up a RE-SOLD. Idiots like you think that "Dems forced banks to make bad loans which later went bad". OK...then explain why those loans got re-sold. The originators did not carry them. If the loan was so bad, then how come it was re-sold. Last time I checked, no one forces someone else to buy something. So you are basically an idiot who is ignorant of how mortgage securities actually worked. #2 - Nothing was going to stop China from rising. Look at Trump...openly hostile to China...and what did it do. NOTHING. Trumps final "scorecard" vs China is as bad as anyone else's. No significant change in US outsource to China. Just as much IP theft (because American Corps basically GIVE IP to China. The trade war hurt US jobs more than it hurt China. State support and subsidies in China are still predominant. #3 Finally, lets not talk about how GOP refusal to regulate Wall Street, and specifically for writers of Mortgage Insurance to carry loss reserves was the #1 contributors to the mess. If just that one thing had been done, requiring writers of CDSs (I bet you are so stupid you do not even know what a CDS is) to carry loss reserves, then NONE of it ever would have happened, because the bubble could not have grown so big due to loss reserve limitations. So your comment is all around moronic.
Doing comedy in front of these people is like doing standup in a cemetery. For Norm to get a standing ovation is a testament to his sheer comedic genius!! A brilliant mind, a unique talent, and had much respect among his peers! RIP Norm, you are sorely missed!
100% this... You can see the seemingly sociopathic faces in the audience refusing to make any kind of facial gesture to suggest laughter or good humor at all. Definitely top level power players who care more about staying on top than enjoying the best things in life, in my opinion. Many in the audience were good sports and laughed at the jokes about others and even themselves, respect.
This entire event is a throwback to a different time in politics. But that’s not good nor bad wholly. Sure they were more civil with each other, but their back door deeds were lesser known and easier to hide compared to today, so it’s an interesting dichotomy.
Why on earth did they get Norm for this ? What a treasure he was . I would have really liked to have had many more years of his unique humour ,what a shame.
Norm Bit them all. They didnt care about the jokes told about themselves.. but, loved the ones about everyone else. Notice.. they gave a 'STANDING Ovation.'
Norm starts at 19:00
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they need to pin this comment
We all know why we're here. Hilarious Norm said he was "kinda nervous meeting someone so famous & powerful", but the reality is Norm is more famous & holds a place no other celeb or politician could. "Kathy griffin has her gays, but me, I have my retards. And I love my retards".
thanks because that vid was like torture
Thank you
Spitting in the face of corrupt power when you have everything to lose and nothing to gain. What a beautiful gesture.
What a pussy. Kept saying Clinton is a bitch in SNL and yet when facing the real person he didn’t even make fun of her. Guess that’s why he died like a bitch.
Seeing Hillary squirm.priceless.
That's what gamblers do sometimes. Was Norm heavily gambling at some point in his life?
@@X_w45ey89 Norm and his gambling...😅😅
@@X_w45ey89he was the master gambler 😂😂😂
Other than Norm being hilarious, the best part of this is Bill laughing his ass off and Hillary staring daggers at Norm. Some things never change
That's tightrope walking and he made it.
"tap dancing over lasers"
That's child's play.
Insultied the Clintons and survived.
@@donaldtrunq3483 The dinner was pre-Lewinsky scandal/Impeachment and Clinton just won a landslide Election over Dole, so his hard jokes at Clinton weren't "child's play" back then as they are today.
who? Darrell?
@@esltogo6898 you had to edit yours.
He ended it with “you can kiss my ass, every last one of you!”. We damn well know that was on purpose. Such a legend.
Really? You're telling us the ending?
@@ClarityDeterminationThen don't read the comments during the video, genius.
I can see Norm saying, “I’m going to end this thing by telling the audience to kiss my ass.” And they ended up giving him a standing ovation right after he said it.
@@amild9110 The crowd was like retarded silly putty in his hands... very retarded... they went full retard.
I bet he had a $20 riding on that@@amild9110
He got a standing ovation from the politicians. That was the punch line proving him as one of the greatest. LEGEND. RIP Norm. I love you man. Will miss you for the rest of my life. See you on the other side.
Did you see if they were Repubs or Dems? Most likely the former since he hella roasted Clinton & the Dems.
@@filmneye It was both while he was yelling, "as Bob Dohl", they could all kiss his ass lol
@@filmneye It was mixed
It would of been great if he would of greeted the 1st lady as "1st Bitch"!
Go ahead look it up, best of SNL....
His "awkward" meter must of been off the scale while he was up there....
@@filmneye wasn’t this before he roasted them on snl?
Devilishly handsome. Devilishly funny. Too good. Rest in peace, Norm.
He was a hot piece of ass
The great thing is through it all he seemed nice. You just don’t see it anymore. He seemed genuinely happy to there. Plus he is hilarious
Plus, his self-effacing manner & 'innocent' demeanor, like his comments "I'm just a guy, ya know" and "Who the hell am I?", makes his controversial jokes more palatable. He's like a 'baby-faced assassin'.
He was, he liked Bill and loved how mostly back then they could be politically opposite but friends. Bushes were friends with Kennedy's, Clinton with Bush family etc.
Debra R none of them are diametrically opposed politically. They are all right of center at least. especially the Clintons. It’s kind of a bummer how little variations there is in the American political arena. The funniest thing is that there’s no truly left wing parties, but there’s a lot of talk about the “extreme left”. It’s bonkers
@@filmneye much like Letterman, who was no doubt an inspiration to Norm.
@@opaljk4835 yes, they're all collectivist totalitarian war mongers
Definitely a shame
Who woulda thought Artie Lange would outlive Norm. RIP
Good point!
You never know what tomorrow brings, if anything at all
Absolutely no one would have ever thought that wow Artie is still kicking and Norm is gone. Who would have thought it.
Who woulda thought that fossil Newt Gingrich would outlive almost everyone Norm roasted, for that matter.
The "Boris Yeltsin's secret service agents" joke fuckin' destroys me every time
he was really remarkably intelligent, some of those jokes were layers deep in truth. it was quite nostalgic to see so many of the biggest criminals of the last half century.
That "Is he laughing?" Reminds of of Don Rickles talking about Frank Sinatra. 🤣
Most definitely a tribute to the GOAT
@@fernandofigueirinhas7110 His closers are like Rickles too, that sincere complimenting to soothe the cut of their jape. Like icey hot or some shit.
Yep, Don Rickles was one of Norm's idols.
I caught that too
nice catch!
When you don't like a joke about you, take a drink of water
I don't know anyone normally would enjoy a joke about them.
@@TimeIdle watch comedy roasts, there are people who do
@@adiamondndrough - I've watched plenty of them, thanks. Most there are comedians and they're used to it as they get to roast others themselves. It's a show and they came to expect it. Not the same situation. Comedians know how to take a joke from other comedians b/c they know about the construct of the joke, and not the insult itself, that is funny. Even so, they might laugh outwardly, and they're professional performers, but internally you don't know how they really feel. They can take it but it doesn't mean they "enjoy" it.
@@TimeIdle thanks, I agree with some of the points you are making, but not 100%. I'm not a comedian and I can laugh at myself all day, even when it's coming from another party. Plus you just said it yourself, "you don't know how they really feel". So, how do you know how everyone really feels? Not trying to be rude, just objective
@@adiamondndrough - I said you don't know how they really feel. I didn't say I know how they feel. Just b/c they laughed in front of the camera doesn't mean that they enjoyed it. My point is these TV roasts aren't evidence that these people enjoyed being made fun of. It's good that you don't take yourself seriously and can laugh at yourself, but you're not sitting in front of an audience of hundreds either. I think it's natural to be nervous (and drink water) when you are the subject of a roast in front of hundreds, especially when you don't know what's going to come out of the comedian's mouth next.
Norm absolutely killed it! Already missing him and his unique brand of comedy. RIP, Norm.
Norm Macdonald is a Canadian treasure.
RIP September 2021 I'm pretty sure you got another helluva' standing ovation as you entered the pearly gates.
Norm, you live on in all the friends and fans from around the world who loved you.
👏🍁👏🍁👏🍁👏🍁👏🍁👏
besides the Trailer Park Boys and Gordon LIghtfoot and Norm, nothing good came out of Canada, oh...maybe Anne Murray
the entire universe lost a treasure
Well Joni Mitchell was one of the greatest songwriters of all time, whether you like her or not, it’s pretty much a subjective fact
@@michaeltischuk7972 letterkenny…..
@@subg8858 l was thinking the same thing! One of the greatest female singers of all time. She helped Gordon L get started in the business. Also Neill Young is a great Canadian songwriter and performer. Lots of talented people from Canada, Corner Gas is a funny show. Norm came from a beautiful country of very nice people.
RIP to the comedian's comedian. "He got up on one knee." LOL
I'm rather un-'worldly', so I didn't get this joke. Can somebody explain it to me? Does it imply some kind of sexual position?
@@filmneye the joke was that Ted Kennedy was a heavy drinker and would on the floor drunk. So instead of the usual groom to be getting down on one knee to propose, Ted had to get himself up on one knee
a really daring and incredible performance - he actually got some really special laughs from these people - and a standing ovation - a great success
Meh. Norm was fine but I can think of 10 performances at this event that were better.
@@gheller2261Name 10 other people that spoke at this event.
@@holdencaulfield4808 Easy. Roy Wood, Hasan Minhaj, Seth Meyers, Al Franken (twice), Conan O'Brien (twice), Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Al Franken (twice), Cecily Strong, Jimmy Kimmel. All better than Norm, who distractingly laughed at his own jokes. He was often a funny comedian, but I have never understood the pedestal some put him on.
@@gheller2261 No. From 1997.
I’m truth; Norm’s actually acting to mitigate their enormous spiritual liabilities incurred as product of all the stealing and raping and murdering they’ve been synonymous with.
You know all that shit that grinds Gods gears no end.
God’s flirting with the notion of gangster slapping their murky souls into the Lake of Fire… counsel assisting their defence counters their exploits clearly weren’t as nefarious and wilfully malicious as God’s asserting if a global comedy icon
can riff on their heinous misdeeds at a televised White House gala as a warm up act for the important people.
Anyone not aware Bill and Hillary raped and murdered anyone and anyone who’s demise would curry Beelzebub’s favour must’ve REALLY had their heads in the sand.
Somehow in a bitter irony Norm is summonsed to testify in favour of their eternal damnation, but ultimately tricked by some crafty demonic defence team members when asked under oath, (understanding Norm believes in a higher power/God and has few it any qualms about ‘calling David Spade a spade’ he goads Norm into divulging how he might postulate a Devil’s advocacy based defence of the Clintons… Norm being acutely aware is sworn an Oath to God and the courtroom to shit on any non-Clintons, with his trademark jocularity with a view to circumventing their immediate demise/oblivion.
Norm’s finds himself bushwhacked by some sneakily contrived double bind & the Clintons are spared eternal damnation thanks to some astute defensive legal manoeuvring and Norm’s divine gift at crafting scenarios most would never have otherwise contemplated
In contravention of normal internet law: That actually aged well -- the Matt Lauer joke. Norm is a sage.
Came to look for this comment before I said it. To think some of the people that booed might have been privy to his ways is disgusting too
Yes! That joke really knocked Lauer down to where he belongs in the world of journalism. I don't think he laughed at that one since it hit too close to home.
I agree. That was priceless. :D
I wish they’d find Lauer during the standing ovation.
Clinton’s sphincter puckered when Norm brought up fundraising. Brilliant! Love you Norm!! RIP
Almost as good as the laughs Norm gets, are the drink sips and stone faces that expose the nature of that world, proving even more how funny the jokes were.
He who dares win, you won, Norm!
R. I. P A legend, a true individual, a pioneer, no one can touch
I love how the at the time president of America is in the video, but it's a Norm MacDonald video.
Norm liked Bill.."You must inhale sir" lol The best.
take a drink every time norm says “you know”
NORM WAS BRILLIANT. HE WILL BE MISSED.
Normie...man how we miss ya. The kind of fella you just miss...as fellas go. He used to be just an old chunk of coal, but he will forever be a diamond in our hearts.
Larry King loved Norm. His reaction to the about him marrying the waitress was priceless. Larry loved a good joke.
Norm McDonald was a comedic genius! Some of his jokes were so good and deep people wouldn’t fully grasp the hilarity until later on! What a huge loss it was to lose him!
Its amazing how many people you see in the cut aways that do not have a smile on their faces. RIP Norm. We miss you.
They are dead inside
@@iprey4surf he could see through them
Darryl Hammond’s laughs at Norm’s and Bills jokes makes this roast so much better
19:53 you can hear Darryl’s cackle after Norm’s first joke fizzles
I know it was done in an indirect way, but he closed by saying "to hell with all of you, you can kiss my ass" to a bunch of politicians and TV executives. Essentially echoing the sentiments of the general public. I wouldn't say this was done intentionally, but I never put anything past Norm.
I don't see any other way to interpret it, really
While also pointing out their bias. Genius
truth telling at its finest
"...he got up on one knee." killer!!!
How did I miss this in 1997? Nobody made me cry laughing like Norm. xx
I need to watch this once every 3 months.
This and the Bob Saget roast are the best comedy bits ever:
Its a shame to pair NM with BS who was a bad comedian itfp, horrible person, child predator
Well yeah. Bob saget did rape and kill a girl.....
The best. And on his top when people are ashamed of laughing, but can't stop bursting with laughter.
@ 29:26….This Matt Lauer joke may not have been popular at the time, but it certainly aged well! We love you, Norm! Still not over it.
I'll never stop watching Norm.
The Frugal Gourmet - Cheap Bastard bit had me wheezing. What a talent he was. You're dearly missed, Norm.
That was an awesome display of comedy courage. Brilliant.
Norm just NAILED it! An awesome performance, a razor-sharp lesson in how a roast ought to be done.
Norm goes on at 19:30
My nigga
Say what you want about the guy, but Bill's speech was pretty damn funny as well.
I agree, I wasn’t born yet back then so I never had a chance to appreciate Bill Clinton’s charisma, but I can see why he was so popular. There are a lot of references that most people that weren’t alive then wouldn’t get, but I’m pretty well-versed in political history so I understood a lot of it.
He and Dubya could actually joke about themselves. Changed when our first gay president was elected
Legendary.A standing ovation from the viper pit, entertained everyone with peerless wit, maintained his integrity, showed us how to deal with traitors & tyrants.A great loss for us, when he passed.
lol Bill knew how to take a joke, unlike some presidents
Hillary’s reaction to the sexual harassment in the Army joke is a reaction gif if I’ve ever seen one.
Totally agree
I can see her clenched teeth and muttering "I am going to have this Norm trash murdered"🤣
Her facial expressions is scary to watch...😂
Only Norm can pull something like this....RIP. Genius.🙏
34:38 is when Killary decided to put the cancer causing agents into Norm's Molson Ice.
That Matt Lauer joke aged well.
the yen stops here
Hillary didn’t
You know who also aged well? You guessed it. Frank Stallone.
I've watched this numerous times, however, it seems a little sweeter now.
No one apart from Norman could have pulled this shit off !
Thank you norm forever x
Except for the at least 10 other performers at this event who were better.
@@gheller2261you must be one of them gays
@@LuisHernandez-sf5hf hahaha. You can't beat Norm. He got Hillary good and proper.
Love Norm, no one hurts my gut more from laughing...
Bill Clinton had great comedic timing. The dude knew his way around a microphone.
Norm and Hillary in the same room... I would've feared for my life if I were him
"she promised to love, honor and speak into his good ear" lmao
Bill's uncomfortable water sips worried what Norm might say
That and also when he nervously feathers the side of his hair lol he was a good sort though.
Even though I hadn’t got a clue as to who most of those getting roasted were, Norm was brilliant.
At 31:18 Norm's punchline catches the president with a gulp of water in his mouth.
No, he drinks so that you can't see his face
So good to see this, R.I.P Norm you were really one of a kind.
That was one of the funniest things I've ever watched .
Brilliant, beautifully pitched... a gentle finger prodding the ribs of anybody, everybody.
Hillary trying not to laugh at sexual harassment was priceless 😂😂😂😂
25:08
The funniest thing to me is Norm usually does this joke ABOUT Clinton
Brutal joke! Gold!
Norm spared The Clintons that time. I think it was the Xanax or the Prozac that softened him up.
@@filmneye maybe the booze
That was bc I believe Hillary was present. Even Norm had boundaries.
Yep, he slayed, that night. Got a standing ovation.
I like how he got booed for the coffee joke, it was so harmless.
Back then, Clinton was under intense scrutiny and about to be investigated for illegal fundraising practices, so that's why most of the Dems were booing Norm's fundraising jokes.
And he loved every minute of it.
I think you misheard "oooh" for boo.
@@filmneye How could identify that was the Dems who booed? Were you in the room?
Notice how Bill nodded proudly when Norm said he's good at raising money. That's the Clintons in a nutshell.
I am so enraged Hillary took out Norm, one of the greatest human beings of our age
We salute you,
Norm Macdaddy
The best part of this is Hillary realizing she shouldn’t laugh at that joke
Performing for that crowd and killing is the ultimate sign of a genius.LEGEND!! So much respect for a guy that didn’t give a fuck if it landed or not
You got to love that with Norm Macdonald would do something he didn't care about results several jokes land flat and he just keeps plugging along I love that about him and it turned it around it turns out to be really funny in the end a man there is a couple scary moments
Norm is obviously brilliant but can we take a moment to note that (love him or hate him) what an incredibly skilled charmer Bill Clinton was. Only Kennedy, Reagan and Obama could compete.
C'mon man....
Kennedy was Clinton's hereo because he got away with all the cheating on his wife. So Bill did the same.
Yeah, charmed us into the great recession and a booming China. How fabulous.
@@Uarehere most idiotic comment ever.
#1 - Please explain how Clinton caused a recession 8 years after he left office? And before you yammer about the CRA, you might want to look up the fact that much of the CRA loan volume was packaged up a RE-SOLD. Idiots like you think that "Dems forced banks to make bad loans which later went bad". OK...then explain why those loans got re-sold. The originators did not carry them. If the loan was so bad, then how come it was re-sold. Last time I checked, no one forces someone else to buy something. So you are basically an idiot who is ignorant of how mortgage securities actually worked.
#2 - Nothing was going to stop China from rising. Look at Trump...openly hostile to China...and what did it do. NOTHING. Trumps final "scorecard" vs China is as bad as anyone else's. No significant change in US outsource to China. Just as much IP theft (because American Corps basically GIVE IP to China. The trade war hurt US jobs more than it hurt China. State support and subsidies in China are still predominant.
#3 Finally, lets not talk about how GOP refusal to regulate Wall Street, and specifically for writers of Mortgage Insurance to carry loss reserves was the #1 contributors to the mess. If just that one thing had been done, requiring writers of CDSs (I bet you are so stupid you do not even know what a CDS is) to carry loss reserves, then NONE of it ever would have happened, because the bubble could not have grown so big due to loss reserve limitations.
So your comment is all around moronic.
President Clinton was the only modern day president to balance the United States budget and our economy was booming during his terms, both of them.
Of course they would chose one of the best funniest Canadians to do this... great choice!
Fearless Norm .
Doing comedy in front of these people is like doing standup in a cemetery. For Norm to get a standing ovation is a testament to his sheer comedic genius!!
A brilliant mind, a unique talent, and had much respect among his peers!
RIP Norm, you are sorely missed!
100% this... You can see the seemingly sociopathic faces in the audience refusing to make any kind of facial gesture to suggest laughter or good humor at all. Definitely top level power players who care more about staying on top than enjoying the best things in life, in my opinion. Many in the audience were good sports and laughed at the jokes about others and even themselves, respect.
What a legend...R.I.P Norm...!!
What a gift. I miss Norm
he was an angel that could touch the soul of anyone, from the poorest to the richest. legend
I noticed that he didn’t roast Bill Clinton much. Even funnier how “the yen stops here” is more relevant now than it was back in 1997. 😂
More like the Yuan
Lord, we miss you Norm. R.I.P. ❤❤😂 (the hypocrisy’s still alive n well).
Norm was the best. God Bless him and keep him.
This entire event is a throwback to a different time in politics.
But that’s not good nor bad wholly. Sure they were more civil with each other, but their back door deeds were lesser known and easier to hide compared to today, so it’s an interesting dichotomy.
Dichotomy ...I have to look it up in the dictionary
A shame dinners nowadays aren't black tie anymore, it's really a classy thing.
"You make a good point with your incoherent gibberish." One great response to a heckler/fan.
The yen stops here, spot on, Norm. Way ahead of his time.
But the buck didn't, obviously
29:20 More proof he was way ahead of his time.🎯
Norm Macdonald said to a room full of politicians "you can kiss my ass, every last one of ya"
This video proves that Norm had balls the size off Jupiter. Sorely missed.
I've never seen him more nervous
The Matt Lauer joke aged perfectly! Damn, Norm, you were a fortune teller!
Epic Norm!! I loved seeing all the robots and maniquíes out in the audience.
The great Norm MacDonald.
Just brilliant! He stood up there and slammed them all and there wasn't a damn thing they could do about it.
Why on earth did they get Norm for this ? What a treasure he was . I would have really liked to have had many more years of his unique humour ,what a shame.
34:30 norms most underrated joke
A historic moment in American history! I love watching most of those stuffed shirts squirm 😃😂
Did he just say "We got alotta power here, alotta juice." 😱😂
Norm was on a whole other level
Norm Bit them all.
They didnt care about the jokes told about themselves.. but, loved the ones about everyone else.
Notice.. they gave a 'STANDING Ovation.'
Props to posting the whole thing and exposing Daryl once and for all
"Exposing" him for what? What's to expose coz I didn't follow Daryl Hammond's life.
A 90,000 dollar cup of coffee. The price has gone way up since then.
Best of all time.
The sad part is that Alen Greenspan is still alive, but Norm Macdonald is dead. Alen Greenspan is 800 years old. Enoughs enough.
I miss those days when people were normal and freaks were called out for what they were.