I love when he calls people by what they are in jokes.. "Look other nuclear professors" "Well, dentist".. nobody else does that, and for some reason it cracks me up..
RIP Norm!!! I had this live at the improv DVD like 20 years ago. Found it in a DVD bargain bin and it was worth every penny just for Norm’s segment. I put it in anytime I had people over drinking and we’d laugh our asses off. I was amazed to find it after hearing of Norm’s passing….Loved you on Weekend Update, and everything else you did!!! Rest easy my man.
@Proudnewfoundlander1 "Comedy clubs have brick walls behind the performer. Bricks make you funny. When I'm in front of a fireplace, I'm hilarious." -Mitch Hedberg
Mitch was a legend. Some of the funniest stand up ive heard. Alot of it you would think was nonsense but his delivery and style worked so well with the material
He didn't tell the rest of that joke in this video but the rest of that joke is hilarious! If you respond to this (after 12 years lol) I'll link you to it. Hope you're still a Norm fan!!!
Theres a video up here on CZcams where he drinks Whiskey with Tom Green. And sometimes he says he never drank, then sometimes he says he drank only twice in his life when he was 17 eventhogh he drank with Tom Green. So I don't think we will every know if he truly is a drinker or not, because he is never serious and never answers questions seriously.
@ 4:24 when norm does his 'old guy' impersonation, the face he makes actually looks ALOT like his face does now that he's actually older. i always found that to be incredibly ironic ha
@Proudnewfoundlander1 A lot of the filmed segments from 80s standup that weren't performed for HBO were from The Improv, a comedy club where the brick wall is the stage backing.
Norm was OK then but he's much funnier now. That's the mark of great comedians: they work and continue to improve. George Carlin and Rodney Dangerfield are two more examples of this.
LOL. 3:32-3:38 LOL!! I was just smiling thru the whole routine til he said that! "I'll never forget it....I may forget it who the hell knows..." People don't get Norm cuz he doesn't explain his jokes like George Carlin, but it's the same stuff...George Carlin would have inlcuded that in his stupid stuff people say "I'll never forget that" or "that's all I know." But Norm just assumes you'll get what he's doing. So funny.
Does anybody know if the bit he does about dogs is posted? He talks about going to a pet store where the owner tries to sell him a six-hundred-dollar pit bull to protect his stuff. "If I had a six-hundred-dollar pit bull, it'd be the most valuable thing I own," he says. "Show me your bin of dogs, I said to the guy." That's a line worth repeating.
That bastard Jared! Up until the point he was busted for diddling minors, I was able to get free Subway sandwiches every time I visited the Middle East.
Only comedian alive or dead who's explanation is better than the punchline.
+Kevin Gillihan Love Norm. Robert Schimmel was another great stand up whose set ups were funnier than the punch lines.
Billy Connolly. His side steps whilst telling a story make me scream laughing.
:(
He's so different than the current Norm, yet he's so the same. It's weird.
James Brown it's like he's doing an impression of himself.
@@bedford4383 yes
its called aging, my friend
I love when he calls people by what they are in jokes.. "Look other nuclear professors" "Well, dentist".. nobody else does that, and for some reason it cracks me up..
"Thank you very much and enjoy yournarnanamananalanananana"
RIP Norm!!! I had this live at the improv DVD like 20 years ago. Found it in a DVD bargain bin and it was worth every penny just for Norm’s segment. I put it in anytime I had people over drinking and we’d laugh our asses off. I was amazed to find it after hearing of Norm’s passing….Loved you on Weekend Update, and everything else you did!!! Rest easy my man.
@Proudnewfoundlander1
"Comedy clubs have brick walls behind the performer. Bricks make you funny. When I'm in front of a fireplace, I'm hilarious."
-Mitch Hedberg
Mitch was a legend. Some of the funniest stand up ive heard. Alot of it you would think was nonsense but his delivery and style worked so well with the material
I have never seen my favorite comedian this young, ever.
RIP He gave us some of the most unique comedy.
"and there's his body, trailing his head as it often did" just wow XD
He didn't tell the rest of that joke in this video but the rest of that joke is hilarious! If you respond to this (after 12 years lol) I'll link you to it. Hope you're still a Norm fan!!!
Love his mumbly delivery. The greatest.
he sounds like every impression of him ever done
as it OFTEN did. no comedian like him
this dude was funny forever
+Jesse G Did he make this up on the spot?
***** Ik but it said best of improv.
Was????
@@adhesiveloki1479 no, this was his routine at the time.
I like the way he pronounces "garage"
"...I'd like to die. Boy, I'd love to die.."
It's like Norm doing his perfect impersonation of a typical hack '80s comedian.
He's like a cross between Jerry Seinfeld plus Jerry Louis divided by Michael Keaton after a lobotomy. He's absolutely perfect.
Freakin love Norm!
anyone else notice he looks like eddie vedder?
Turns out Norm and Eddie were friends. After Norm passed, Eddie did a tribute to him at a concert.
R.I.P Norm MacDonald
"And then here comes his body, trailing his head as it often did.."
"I'll never forget it! I may forget it, someday,, who the hell knows???" LMAOOO
Holy cow, this ladies and gents is a work of art.
He’s the goat
I love when Norm does a movie. Friggin hilarious.
The mischief in his face is perfect for his humor..
Did Norm ever not sound like an old man?
I love Norm Macdonald.
Best delivery-guy ever.............
I love his voice
Enjoy all the rest of the show and dadahdadah
Love it.
I bet bootlegs of his live shows where he bombs flat out are fucking hilarious
Great stuff.
i love his eyes
Great video. Best part: "Garage".
"Talk to us when you get a tooth up there" LOL!!! Buahahahahahaha!!!!
Hey you guys have been great, enjoy the rest of the show and uhergageoraoaerghh
timeless
"a big steaming bowl of plaque, i ate it" so funny it hurts my throat!
"...as it often did." LOL
sneaking a cigarette behind my garaaaage :)
Theres a video up here on CZcams where he drinks Whiskey with Tom Green. And sometimes he says he never drank, then sometimes he says he drank only twice in his life when he was 17 eventhogh he drank with Tom Green. So I don't think we will every know if he truly is a drinker or not, because he is never serious and never answers questions seriously.
His brother, Neil MacDonald is a tv journalist for the CBC.
Norm should've been a guest on Whose Line is it Anyway!
my graaaage
So Norm has always been like that. I wonder if he was sarcastic even as a baby ?
@ 4:24 when norm does his 'old guy' impersonation, the face he makes actually looks ALOT like his face does now that he's actually older. i always found that to be incredibly ironic ha
Reminds me of Peter Cook.
Giggity, giggity, giggity GOO!
@Proudnewfoundlander1 A lot of the filmed segments from 80s standup that weren't performed for HBO were from The Improv, a comedy club where the brick wall is the stage backing.
pro comic
Extra classic.
lol at the longing for death bit
Classic Norm
"And that's when I started smoking cigars..."
Wish his devil joke was on YT somewhere.
it's in part 2 of his 91 standup purple background
www.cc.com/video-clips/i6sbip/stand-up-norm-macdonald--bob-the-devil?xrs=share_twitter
Norm was OK then but he's much funnier now. That's the mark of great comedians: they work and continue to improve. George Carlin and Rodney Dangerfield are two more examples of this.
Yes, he is much funnier now.
George or Rodney?
I disagree, i think that people get worse the more they practice one thing
@@-solidsnake- You must spend alot of time thinking...
@@mestanley1753 jokes must go over your head a lot
He’s so funny. One of the greatest. F OJ.
Did anyone catch the details about this gig?date,venue and fings?
What a nice comedian dude. He just strikes me like someone who's seen their fair share of weed &shrooms :)
Norm, in my opinion, is at his funniest during interviews. Watch his Letterman interviews and his Conan appearance.
dude has a 32 oz miller because they probably served beer in that quantity back then
just a slight ringing in the ear
Look how young he looks..
bahaha, the way he pronounced "garage" is so fucking canadian. hahahah.
Do you brush your teeth at all? You ever do that? That's something, huh? That's a good thing to do.
yeah, he's got a much stronger accent in his younger years. his dad's big head trailed by the rest of his body had me in stitches! hahaha
LOL. 3:32-3:38 LOL!! I was just smiling thru the whole routine til he said that! "I'll never forget it....I may forget it who the hell knows..." People don't get Norm cuz he doesn't explain his jokes like George Carlin, but it's the same stuff...George Carlin would have inlcuded that in his stupid stuff people say "I'll never forget that" or "that's all I know." But Norm just assumes you'll get what he's doing. So funny.
cigar story...nice
NORM HAS HANDS OF A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL
He said " I put a 20/20 in my mouth"
Who the fuck says "geradge"?! Norm is superhuman.
HipHop Anonymous Canadians say that
"being my g'rage"
Shoulder pads. What were we thinking?
bOWL OF plaque!!!!!!!
Does anybody know if the bit he does about dogs is posted? He talks about going to a pet store where the owner tries to sell him a six-hundred-dollar pit bull to protect his stuff. "If I had a six-hundred-dollar pit bull, it'd be the most valuable thing I own," he says. "Show me your bin of dogs, I said to the guy." That's a line worth repeating.
I didn't know Henry from Goodfellas did stand up comedy.
cause its the early 90s and everyone did
:P hes awesome, omg. And he doesn't even sware to make ppl laugh, True comic♥
4:30 omg it killed me laughing =))) I'd like to die! :)) GOD I'd love to die =)
All the outfits lol
He sounds very Canadian
"quit smoking cigarettes"
back when norm said 'dare' a lot
wow he really improved
. . . yeah, i've noticed the stars shine far more brightly too!
he sounds really Canadian
He is so canadian.
Shoulder pads
80s
the title is misleading; this isn't a 'best of' compilation but a single act.
Young norm sounds like Krusty the clown
He looks like Tom Cruise should play him in his autobiographical film
A big steaming bowl of plaque.
I miss my wife
Aside from maple syrup and Wayne Gretzky, only good thing to come out of Canada.
You look like a Middle Eastern Jared Fogle.
the "new" Jared
That bastard Jared! Up until the point he was busted for diddling minors, I was able to get free Subway sandwiches every time I visited the Middle East.
Hey, but what about natasha henstridge?
Craig L jim carrey mike myers
He almost sounds like a South Park character...
Haha oddly enough he doesn't do drugs or drink, even though he keeps everyone wondering.
@raferskip it's name of the club
Yeah, this guy's real funny there, you know
similar to zach galafianakis claiming he's only smoked pot twice