I know this is depressing and bleak, but this segment of an interview he had with a radio station may most summarize not only Norm's view as a conflicted absurdist/Christian dying from a terminal disease, but also my general view of life.
Yeah, that’s a great interview. Listened to it before he died. It’s remarkable how the interviewers can’t believe he’s being sincere, that it must be a bit. But I’d wager he came to that outlook before he was diagnosed.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
If this day gets you riled up, you obviously aren't numb to the disappointment yet to be a real fan.
Last edited by CliffFletcher; 02-28-2022 at 08:05 AM.
I know this is depressing and bleak, but this segment of an interview he had with a radio station may most summarize not only Norm's view as a conflicted absurdist/Christian dying from a terminal disease, but also my general view of life.
Starts at 7:35.
The only thing depressing in that interview is the interviewer's narrow view of life.
The Following User Says Thank You to ComixZone For This Useful Post:
People always want to murder Hitler with their time machine, right? But then I feel if I got back there I'd be afraid of falling under the spell of his beautiful ####ing eyes and then I'd join the party knowing me!
Oh yeah, Dave was famously closed off from guests and didn't give it up for you just because you were on his show. The fact that he was even on the couch as the show ended, along with Dave reciting part of his act to make the crowd laugh was a true sign that Dave loved him.
I'm pretty sure Norm was everyone's favourite guest. His interviews were always deep, meta-comedy bits that mocked the absurdity and pointlessness of celebrity interviews, but they were always presented as a buffoon telling a long story. The host could never explain what was going on to the audience, lest they expose the underlying banality of their whole premise and being a comedian themselves, the hosts would understand what was happening, that Norm had effortlessly stripped them of their power and now the show was his. They would also understood that Norm had created his bit specifically to make the host laugh and anyone else who could keep up. Even the people who didn't get everything still sucked into the absurdity of it all.
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Matata For This Useful Post:
May 30th on Netflix. Man the legend of Norm MacDonald continues. Such great news, just finished his book recently too. Exactly what you'd expect from Norm Macdonald.
The Following User Says Thank You to 8sPOT For This Useful Post:
Netflix has packaged Macdonald's performance, which runs a little over 50 minutes, with a half-hour discussion featuring six of his friends: Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Conan O'Brien, and Molly Shannon, who spend another 30 minutes or so reminiscing about him while deconstructing what viewers just saw.
I'm saving the Norm performance for another night, but I watched the special at the end with Letterman, Chappelle and others. It was really beautiful to see them sitting around just talking about Norm.
I admit that I was super disappointed when it suddenly ended on the joke about the inability of celebrities to go our for dinner with Letterman. I could have watched those 5 speak about Norm for another hour.
Last edited by jayswin; 05-31-2022 at 01:18 AM.
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to jayswin For This Useful Post:
This is a really well done documentary on Norm, by some guy I've never heard of. I was really surprised by it, it was really well edited and went into great depth and detail about his upbringing, family and early career.
Well worth the watch if you're a Norm fan. Glad it was made.
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to jayswin For This Useful Post:
It was really emotional hearing the part about Norm's mom in her late 80's moving into the same apartment complex as him in 2020 so she could look after him and the amazing, rekindling of their relationship that followed.
I loved the video of his mom telling Norm's jokes with him.
edit: and the end quote from Norm that finishes off the documentary is just beautiful. There's a million wonderful videos highlighting Norm either from a comics view or just focusing on his comedic brilliance. It was really beautiful to have a production that was serious from start to finish. One could argue it's something Norm never would have wanted.
I remember in the 9th grade we were for some reason doing some sort of comedy curriculum in health class(yeah it didn’t make much sense to me at the time either) so I offered to bring in a funny movie for the class to watch as my contribution. That movie was Dirty Work. Needless to say we only made it about 3 minutes into the movie when the scene about feeling whist full started before the teacher shut it down and I was (IMO) unfairly in trouble.
The Following User Says Thank You to iggy_oi For This Useful Post:
