Norm Macdonald's Turtle Joke | Late Night with Conan O’Brien
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- čas přidán 15. 09. 2021
- (Original airdate: 05/07/96) Norm Macdonald tells a "true story" about a turtle, a drunk, and a dartboard.
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My favorite thing about Norm is that he always looks like he's just waiting for everyone else to realize how ridiculous it is that people keep letting him get away with being him.
hahaha that's a great way to put it!
Hahaha yeah!!!
Am i the only one seeing physical resemblance with Kevin Spacey?
Yes. I don't find him funny at all. I've watched a lot of his material since he died and still can't figure out why he was revered.
@@Smorgasbord. the whole thing that makes him a comedy legend is
A) his SNL role
B) his ability to just ramble and talk absolute nonsense and still make it entertaining and hook you.
His ability just to subvert your expectations with some absurd seemingly completely unrelated punchline with a ridiculously over explained setup never feels to make me smirk like an idiot.
I'm convinced the real joke was the "what" knowing he would get questioned about a random turtle being there
the thing about his jokes is that he makes u laugh all the way through ... the punchline at the end is usually not important
My theory is he wanted to release the tension because there was mostly a silence instead of a big laugh to the turtlebox
@@alvareo92 Less funny but that does also make sense
He really liked using the contrivance of typical joke structure to great effect like that. He had a real knack for stripping a joke down to its barest components and then reassembling it by matching the irreverence of the joke with the irreverence of his delivering it in such a bizarre context
@@dragunkiller360 well put
The “what?” was such a masterful display of inversion of reality. The way Norm could make you question your own sanity just by telling the most mundane story was truly incredible. Miss him so much.
Huh?
What?
I do "what" like that often, it's hilarious, people can't help but laugh
Came here to say that the “what” was genius. He used it to great effect so often. Conan loved it too
I get the sense that Norm forgot to work in a detail about why he had the turtle. If I had to guess, that "what" was him winking at Conan that he screwed up.
I love how he tells a joke like someone really struggling to tell a joke, yet somehow pulls it off
It wasn't a joke. It really happened.
impeccable delivery rhythm HOOKS
i think hes telling a dozen jokes..anybody who doesn't get norm is probably waiting for the punchline
Exactly. And every step is calculated. That's the real magic of it.
the "what?" at 1:57 is the funniest one-word punchline i've ever heard.
"Guy must have gone out and ate it"
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Crying
i was gonna give it i was gonna give it
I just replay that part a million times.
"It's the greatest gig in the world, being alive. You get to eat at Denny's, wear a hat, whatever you wanna do."
Norm Macdonald
RIP
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I mean it sure beats being smothered in earth for the rest of eternity
I never realized how much of my potential I'm wasting.
@@YouzACoopa Right now, we mourn his death and celebrate his life. But soon, and for some, sooner than we think, we will be as Norm is now...dead.
I saw Norm do a standup a year or so ago.....he told a joke about death. He goes..."ya know....nobody knows what happens when you die......well i do....you are found." RIP
One of Norm's best things was him explaining his own jokes.
The explanation WAS the joke. Clever.
"you weren't gay, to you were raped!" 😂😂😂
you know
I’m a little divergent
So I appreciate it
It's that meta comedy he's supposed to hate.
Norm explaining his jokes, after everyone has obviously already gotten it, is one of my favorite bits.
It's funny because it's bigger than a normal hat!
The second show.
Or the way he is surprised by his own jokes when he reads them off cards.
The whole world is on a Norm binge.
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The only way to pay tribute to a person; enjoy their life.
@@YamiOni perfectly put.
What felt so weird is i was on a Norm binge for months, like i was literally putting Norm clips in my playlist and falling asleep to them, and then i come home from work that day, yay my favorite live stream is on, and within minutes they go into Norm Macdonald passed away today and it was just like WTF. Like you can't even believe it at first. I literally had to search it right then to accept it. Seen a lot of comments saying the same thing.
Amen. I'm from Russia and know few guys who appreciate him as I do.
“He goes you-I go ‘you’re uh, you’re not a-sin-guh-you’re drunk!”
No one could deliver like Norm. RIP ❤️
i says to him i says, i say
…you know?
Beautiful epitaph for Norm the Fedex Driver
“that’s a sharp thing, a dart.”
@@JoeLoquacious oh dont do that man. not here
The best part is the fumbled words and slurred speech before saying “youre drunk!”
Norm telling a joke was, many time, way more entertaining that just the joke itself. RIP Norm. Legendary comedic timing.
The king!
It wasn't always about the punchline with Norm. He took us on a journey with every joke.
💯. The king of delivery. It's not the destination, but the journey.... he was the best. RIP Norm.
Release them all Team Coco!
RIP Norm, we'll surely miss you.
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Norm is simultaneously terrible and amazing at delivering a joke. It cannot be explained. Any other human on Earth - including seasoned professional joke tellers - telling this same joke would not get a single laugh, but somehow Norm always manages to pull it off. RIP, Norm.
He is not dead
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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"There's a shoebox with a turtle in it"
"From where? What is that doing there?"
"...What?"
Gets me every time 🤣 RIP Norm
Lol 😭😭🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
First time I’ve seen it was tonight, and you are correct: it’s one of the funniest lines I’ve ever seen.
Why did he say what ?
@@juanisidro4849 because he wasn't expecting someone to ask that question.
Norm Macdonald is so F***ing funny. A savant of comedy. His quick wit, intellect and phrasing, camouflaged under a veneer of "aw shucks" naivete while delivering the punch line is so incredibly unique. The only comedian I can watch over and over and laugh as hard as if I was seeing the bit for the first time. RIP Norm.
Well said. Some days aren’t complete without watching the moth joke again.
Take a shot every time he says "you know"
RIP everyone
I tried this. I woke up in a gutter with an empty cardboard box and a couple of broken teeth.
@@siler7 EMPTY cardboard box? Bummer, somebody stole your turtle.
A shot to drink or a shot at the dartboard?
@@siler7 Did you catch the guy that did it to you?
That "....What?" was spot on haha
Always was with Norm!
It's a 'what' of art.
I imagine Conan must be hurting right now, they were quite close. Considering the Team Coco channel hasn't stopped uploading Norm videos since his passing, I see that as a sign that he was truly beloved by the team. Cheers for sharing all this!
Honestly, I was super confused and sad when Norm MacDonald didn't make an appearance on one of the last Conan episodes but him being in the late stages of cancer totally makes sense why he was absent. I'm sure Conan reached out and was probably one of the few that was clued in on the fact that Norm was not doing well. Even watching one of the last videos Norm posted on his instagram, it's clear he was sick. Norm was a GOAT and he'll be missed. RIP. I'm glad Conan and his team are uploading these gems.
@@malcolmrjmcleod I don't know how to describe how I'm feeling. I've never been affected by the passing of a celebrity or someone I never met. This just feels different. I'm watching all the old videos and interviews - and figuring out how much he held it in. Of why he cried when he bid David Letterman farewell. The Ol' Chunk of Coal was a Diamond. These clips will carry his memory to further generations. I'm just so sad.
@Cutting Yoko’s Bra! Fallon was shunning Norm over an interview?! What interview! What happened?! I’ve never heard of this!!
@@vs71597 fallon's team, maybe not him directly, cancelled his lattest appearance due to his comments on the Louis CK situation
@@vs71597 He basically said his friends weren't irredeemable monsters and some staffers at the Tonight Show cried over it and he was banned from the show.
The more I watch videos of Norm, the more I realize what a comedic genius he really was. The timing, the delivery, and his mischievous smile, are so perfect. One in a million.
Conan was always Norm's best interviewer. Conan instinctively knew when to stop being the comedian and switch to being Norm's straight man.
Agreed, Conan's actually a great interviewer in that regard, as he very often knows how to play into the guests doing their thing in the best way possible, instead of getting in the way. Him and Graig Ferguson are my favs for that same reason really..
David letterman was one of his best interviews too. Dave loved norm.
@@JohnSmith-im8qtI watch their last show together every so often
Can y'all get up a HQ version of The Tonight Show clip where Norm gives Conan a fruit basket?
Pleaseeeeee
YES! YEEEEES!
THAT HAS TO HAPPEN
Miserable failure is not an option!
The part at the end where he says "Long Live the King", after breaking Conan's balls, is incredibly heartwarming.
"I says to him, I says..." No one will ever do it better than Normy 💔
😔
My dad used to say that, “I says”.I was confused as a child why my dad was using poor grammar. “I says”
I love the joke that he won’t give the turtle to his nephew because he’ll probably kill it, but he’s willing to give it to a drunk person...who ends up killing it more directly.
and even better, he didn't give it to his nephew, he put it in a shoebox and left it under a bar for who knows how long
It's weird seeing Conan at this stage in their on-air relationship. So early, but Conan definitely started to let Norm take the joke for a walk a little more as they both grew comedically. Both are icons
“From where? what’s that doing there?”
*”WHAT?”*
I'm glad Conan and his Team understand the monumental loss we have suffered. Norm didn't tie with cancer, he won.
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It was actually a draw
Norm lives on because today we are watching this.
Except for Andy Richter, the Swedish German,who has now taken to labeling Norm a homophobe. I hope the guy holding Andy Richter the Swedish German down sticks one in his mouth.
1:52 His delayed "...what?" Is the best part. Whenever he did something like that always got me.
Yea, like he was confused people would think his nonsense didn't make sense. Love this dude.
norm is amazing but Conan's ability to help him carry the joke is sensational too
As someone who grew up watching Conan as a teenager (and whose sense of humor was very much shaped by his), I love seeing his old sets in high def. I still miss this era of late night and this era of comedy in general, before bits and skits started to feel generated to game algorithms.
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and before politically correct and woke comedians took over
Now it's just cynical orange man bad crap and they're not even allowed to make fun of joe biden
Conan O'Brien and Craig Ferguson shaped so much of my personality. So much respect.
@@afimcr28 lots of people love and respect Conan, but no one talks about Craig furguson! The guy was amazing. Letterman and Leno had nothing on those two.
I love how it always seems like he's just making the joke up as he goes along. Maybe he is? Genius.
We'll never know.
He probably is. The same for the moth joke. Listen to Conan's podcast after Norms death. Conan said that the jokes were not planned and it always caught him off guard.
Norm never does his act or stand-up jokes as a guest on a talk-show. He just picks some dad joke from the 1920s and then tells it as if he's lived it, stretching it out to three to five minutes. The jokes are old and well known, he's a pro who'd never come unprepared.
"Oh, last time," he goes, "last time I won a ...I won a roast beef on a hard roll".........It was _a turtle!_ Stating the ridiculously obvious after other comics would have stopped at the standard punchline is classic and put Norm so far above the common standup. 3:09
Facts. The "my god... this guy must've gone out and ate it" makes the whole thing for me. Like he doesn't even know he's telling a joke
@@wadball Then more Norm genius when he "corrects" Conan: _"It wasn't a joke."_ 3:33
What's noteworthy isn't just that he gave the punchline. We all learn as little kids not to do that.
But Norm gets away with it because he waits until he's sure _everyone_ gets the joke, they've processed it, they're ready for the next thing _and then_ Norm tells the punchline. It's the subversion of expectations at such a high level.
@@wadballit wasn't a joke, it really happened
I love it how he milks the punchline to his joke as long as possible for effect! Priceless! He truly was one of a kind.
The way he smiles during & after his jokes, genuinely makes me laugh more. Especially the absurd ones like turtle in a bar!
@@jamaicanbobsledteam753 the turtle joke killed me
1:57 his delivery of "What??" is perfect
Yes!!
I'm still in disbelief that I'm living in a world where Norm Macdonald isn't here...
The more I hear about this Norm feller, the more I care for him
"Kids these days say 'like' too much, they can't go 5 words without saying it!"
Norm: *says 'you know' every 3 words*
That’s an old Canadian man reflex lol. My dad also grew up in Southern Ontario and he says y’know almost as often as Norm when he tells a story. More often when storytelling than any other kind of talking, idk why that is
@@fredthellama1329 Huh, interesting, I just thought it was a storytelling device to make the stretch the story out (and make it funnier)
I think it's a deliberate part of his patter. He's playing a persona of an everyman.
Like omg, like literally, like.
He's just the best and he will always be the king🙏
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Joe King
I didn’t even know he was sick. Took me for a total shock when I found out. RIP to a legend.
I had a feeling something was up to be honest. I’ve watched love ones fight cancer, and he just looked off when I saw him. I’m not going to pretend I knew it was cancer or that he was going to pass. But I could tell he was sick. With what, I had no idea ..
@@adamdavis5312 One thing about him keeping it a secret is a lot of his older jokes about death hit different knowing that he knew he had cancer at the time.
“What” lmfao every freakin time
A once in a lifetime talent. RIP Norm.
I love how we are finally seeing high quality versions of these classics. Thanks Team Coco and RIP Norm!!!
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I always get the feeling that Norm never knew where his own stories were going. This man was amazing 😂
That was his genius. You can never tell when he is joking either.
always knew where they were going, just had no fuckin' clue how he was gonna get there LOL
"Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way."
@missbelled6700 you knew he was going to say roast beef on a hard roll? That's impressive
he said this once. he always knew the punch line but would usually just improv most of the joke until the punchline. he said its because he was so bad at comedic acting.
The way Norm saunters through his jokes 💕
Can you imagine being in school with Norm and listing to him read his book report.
Been watching Conan for 3 decades. NOBODY made Conan laugh on his show harder than Norm.
What I love about watching these Norm & Conan clips is that with almost any other guest or in any other insert Conan wants to be the funniest guy in the room (and usually is), but with Norm he just used to let it go and you can see how much he admired Norm's genius and comedy. Truly sad that we won't get to see new clips, but happy that we get to see these old gems.
You cannot fake genuine no matter how how you try. The friendship these two had was amazing.
I can’t believe he’s passed, he is without a doubt my favourite comedian. He had such a unique unmatched delievery and style. Truely one of a kind RIP norm you will be forever missed.
This was back during Norm's "You know?" phase. Oh I knew, Norm. I knew
& Conan's"aha" phase
Sad these all are released when he's gone... What a battle-axe, reminding me of the tragedy.
I didn't even know he was sick
Maybe "Dirty Dog" is more apropos to Norm leaving us too soon.
Kitschner Leslie thought so
@@SimMaster so did i.
@@jamesd2128 Yeah, it could be too.
"Guy must have gone out and ate it." And that, folks, is why Norm Macdonald was a legend. You thought you heard the punchline, but that was the punchline.
actually when people try to explain their joke like that it ruins it completely
@@bushmanphotos he created the concept of ending your joke like that
@@bushmanphotosbruh whooosh
He’s the only famous person I’ve ever cried about when they died. Miss you Norm
Didn't cry but I was really sad to see him go. More so than any other "famous" person
Oh bullshit. As if you actually cried. No doubting you were sad...for a few passing minutes. You didn't cry....We know you didn't cry....You know you didn't cry.
@@Aaliyahchannel2024 haha. You would’ve made Norm laugh. I do cry real tears occasionally about sad things and Norms death was very sad. It especially hit hard, when I watched his Netflix special broadcast after his death, in his grail state. So yeah, some of us do cry sometimes. Brody Stevens suicide hit me hard as well
@giantfatberg3595 Nah you would of made Norm laugh. Makes someone's death about yourself....Someone you didn't even know is absolutely pathetic and he would of laughed in your face. Especially because you're attempting to make it seem like you're such a fan...You were brought to tears by the passing of a stangers death...when really you're just doing it for clout. Why comment and bring attention to it? Because You wanted the attention and likes about you crying over Norm. So ridiculously lame.
@@Aaliyahchannel2024 all the best to you. I wish you all the best.
"I says to him, I says..."
Lol I quote that all the time!!!
This was always one of my favourite Norm jokes, it's great to see it in high quality. RIP to a true comedy legend
So many great ones, the Harold Delaney scrabble story on Letterman had like 7 punchlines throughout.
Norm Macdonald's ability to make *you* seem like the crazy one is unmatched.
Funniest thing I've seen in ages is norm saying "what?" when asked why the turtle is there
You don't realise how many times norm says "you know" until you listen for it
Man, the 1:57 “What?” make this clip legendary
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Makes me laugh every single time man
96 Conan is probably his best vintage. Also, "what?" is the best punchline in joke history.
He is the favorite Uncle you always wanted over for the holidays
its officially Norm Macdonald week. lots of love from Malaysia, RIP Norm. Loving the tribute, TeamCoco.
This stream of Norm's clips makes me respect Conan more.
A.I.D.S. (?!?)
@@jennfischer959 😳😳😳
Conan was the only late night host to ever learn how to handle him.
That dudes timing is legendary
why do i always learn about and appreciate these guys after they die. it really pulls on my heart to have a newfound appreciation and know hes not even with us anymore. RIP Norm
Love this continuing celebration of Norm's genius. I don't think I've watched anything but Norm for the past couple days. #celebratingNorm
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Love seeing how Conan is always so genuinely entertained by Norm. RIP, Funny Man!!
He was so handsome ❤️ RIP Norm, we love you
"What" - Norm Macdonald
Norm explaining the joke is one of his best bits
RIP Norm. I'm sure you're serving a 'youthful porpoise' somewhere in heaven.
The way he grinned after his jokes was so funny.
No ads I see. Respect. Conan has always been a real one.
Conan must be really in pain right now. He just lost one of his closest friends.
Keep up the daily Norm videos team coco! We appreciate it
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Man what a legend. His inflection and social skills are unrivaled. 👌
I feel like I took Norm for granted when he was alive, now that he's gone I can't believe how much I miss him.
It's always the story and build up that sets Norm apart from others.
He will be missed so much, Rip Norm
How many milliseconds did he wait before that "..What?"? it was perfect 😂
Timing is everything and Norm had it in such a masterful manner….he truly was one of a kind….miss him so much
RIP to the greatest talk show guest of all time.
Awesome! Finally a clip of this appearance that hasn't been dubbed on VHS 47 times.
I'll never stop watching Norm
We miss you Norm. Gone too soon.
Only guy who could make joke funnier by explaining it. Rest in peace good sir
This might be my favorite Norm joke. I'm happy they posted this
1:57 "........What!?" 🤣
Why was that so damn funny? Lol.
Simply the funniest “what” ever
i love when Norm explains the joke
Been devastated. Thank you Conan I needed this. I really wish you could do a tribute for him. He will always be an absolute legend. There is no replacing him. My heart goes out to his loved ones. Especially his battle axe. Rest in peace forever loved sir💖💐
Norm fans are testament to the fact that truly cool people actually exist. It is reassurance of unbreakable bond of a special type of brotherhood.
“That was when I was a fry cook” fucking brilliant
I like how he only has to tell true stories about his life and it sounds hilarious!
He's so Canadian I love it haha! Thanks for being you, Norm.
this is amazing, more than a million views and only three comments?
He's so handsome and intelligent. I wish I could have met him. At least taken him to lunch.
RIP Norm. One of the most underrated comedians ever.
That "What"? Is the actual Genius i see in him. The balls of taking a joke until the very end knowing that the audience could have been bored. He didn't care. He Just cared about One thing: delivery.
I somehow relate his kind of pushing jokes and persona to Andy Kaufman.
Rip Norm.
I watch this every morning. Life's a struggle right now but that "WHAT" puts a smile across my face no matter how many times I watch it.... R I P to the FUNNIEST most SPIRITUALLY fit man in Hollywood. Thanks Norm
"It wasn't a joke it was a true story." 😂👍