Norm MacDonald Interviews Jim Downey

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  • Norm MacDonald Interviews SNL writer Jim Downey on the Dennis Miller Show - July 16, 2008.

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  • @SidelerMN
    @SidelerMN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    19:12 every once in a while I come back to this to listen to Gary’s call. I love how much Norm enjoys his question for Jim. God damn, gonna miss you Norm

    • @eddy87su
      @eddy87su 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That was the most genuine laugh I ever heard from Norm. You can tell that Norm really liked the guy cause he reminded him of his people back home. He even has that thick Canadian/northern Midwest accent)

    • @harshailapakurty
      @harshailapakurty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That caller was delightful and I completely agree with the laugh 😊

    • @harshailapakurty
      @harshailapakurty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      “If you’re gonna do four in a row, you’re not gonna have much time for pokin around the fire” oh Normie

    • @Sui_Generis0
      @Sui_Generis0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did he mean?

    • @nathanielmilner6646
      @nathanielmilner6646 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do the exact same thing!!

  • @scromtrulescent
    @scromtrulescent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    In 2005 I was an intern at SNL... most writers kept to themselves and seldom interacted with us. However, on show nights, I would stand just outside Lorne's office and watch the show with Jim Downey. He was open, approachable, and loved to joke around. I recognized him from a few 90's sketches, but only later realized how influential he's been.

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/KodqIPMbyUg/w-d-xo.html

    • @vhscopyofseinfeld
      @vhscopyofseinfeld ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing

    • @billbally4419
      @billbally4419 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who are u

    • @garpfunkel2876
      @garpfunkel2876 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's very cool.

    • @nicknoga564
      @nicknoga564 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@billbally4419 well that’s just it… I was just some kid interning there. Lorne’s assistants would stick me outside his office to sort of restock his beer/wine and pour glasses for VIP guests. Usually I was invisible to those high-profile types… but Jim Downey saw fit to chat with me for whatever reason. (I think because I’d made a reference to an old sketch he’d done ten years before). He made a point to remember my name, include me in conversations he was having with other writers, etc. They were little gestures that meant a lot to me… gestures few other staffers were generous enough to make.

  • @Densemankat
    @Densemankat 11 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Had no idea Jim Downey was the "I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul" guy from Billy Madison.

    • @812DirtyJ
      @812DirtyJ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      also, one of the bums in Dirty work

    • @lordmonty9421
      @lordmonty9421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I knew that. I totally knew that. Jim Downey rocks.

    • @king_draculakid6711
      @king_draculakid6711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He’s also in There Will Be Blood. :)
      RIP NORM

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He wrote the famous First CityWide Change Bank sketches and is in those too. I was so stoned the first time I saw those in 1991 and laughed so hard at its absurdity that I thought I had gone insane... th-cam.com/video/CXDxNCzUspM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/KodqIPMbyUg/w-d-xo.html

    • @murderc27
      @murderc27 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lordmonty9421 okay, easy fella.

  • @zg9445
    @zg9445 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I wish I could have called in to ask Jim where he gets his ideas from 😂😂😂

    • @MrVisde
      @MrVisde 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      “What’ve you got poking in the fire?” is the next best question 😂

    • @JanGottschau
      @JanGottschau 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @chrismoseley349
    @chrismoseley349 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I love the "change" sketch Jim did. It was a sketch about a bank and he spent like two minutes talking about different combinations of change they could give out. F'ing hilarious.

  • @mightisright
    @mightisright 9 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    This is basically a precursor to Norm's podcast. So funny.

    • @luukeluketer1024
      @luukeluketer1024 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He's just a cursor now .......Letterman 25th July.....

    • @BigNorm69
      @BigNorm69 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mackhomie6he is now

  • @Roy__Batty
    @Roy__Batty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    “So Jim, whaddaya got poking around in the fire?”

    • @edmcboy7746
      @edmcboy7746 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That was pretty funny but a better question would have been to ask him where he gets his ideas from. To each his own, I suppose.

    • @Roy__Batty
      @Roy__Batty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ed McBoy “Ed McBoy” is fucking amazing

    • @edmcboy7746
      @edmcboy7746 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, it is. Carl Reiner coined it during his Norm Macdonald Live episode. It's genius.

    • @francisdaly1757
      @francisdaly1757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like something Norm would ask

  • @chasedwards9626
    @chasedwards9626 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Norm using his opportunity as guest host to troll his old friend and corner him into saying something sexist is so classic.

    • @synchc
      @synchc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This is probably the best chemistry I've ever seen from Norm. You can tell these two have an absolutely solid gold history, friendship and a profound respect for one another. Almost everything Norm says he's either baiting Jim, trying to derail him or sharing an in-joke and Jim's just ploughing on, trying to be professional and not laugh. Jus' two ol' lumps of coal with 1000 carat cores and a gold nugget of an interview for posterity.

  • @RoryMonaghan
    @RoryMonaghan 11 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    It's a pity Jim doesn't do more acting himself. His Dead Pan delivery is excellent

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/KodqIPMbyUg/w-d-xo.html

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Seriously. His bit part in Billy Madison features some of the best deadpan comic delivery I’ve ever seen.

  • @dashrirprock
    @dashrirprock 9 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    At 30:56 Norm asks, "Who was the funniest guy ever on Saturday Night Live?"
    Downey eventually begins naming names...
    Norm finally says, "That's interesting you didn't mention a woman."
    Downey: "Oh, I thought you said 'the funniest guys'?"
    Norm: "No, I said 'the funniest performers.'"

    • @daviddavid1972
      @daviddavid1972 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      point?

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      david wood it's sorta funny

    • @Wingoball69
      @Wingoball69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Really dude? its a joke, you're watching a norm macdonald interview. If u don't see the humor in mr dashriprock's comment then you probably shouldn't be here.

    • @murderc27
      @murderc27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      david w Is that supposed to be a takeoff from the joke or are you really that stupid?

    • @SOS-School_Of_Survival
      @SOS-School_Of_Survival 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He's a provocateur

  • @jthunderstriker
    @jthunderstriker 11 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This is great. 2 geniuses having a conversation.

    • @albertfish1227
      @albertfish1227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Real meeting of the the mindddd.

    • @craggles7538
      @craggles7538 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Are they good at math or something?

    • @synchc
      @synchc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, there's a real stream of consciousness going on.

  • @ludwigfan3013
    @ludwigfan3013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I had a life, a house, cars, respect in the community, suddenly it was all taken away. I think I finally realized how low I sunk. One day I was at my daughters soccer game, she lives with her mom, when I was standing on the sidelines and a cop came up and asked me to move along. That's when it hit me, I'm not even a human be...

    • @jewfroDZak
      @jewfroDZak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Heres your two dollars!

  • @Daniel-RunToRoyal
    @Daniel-RunToRoyal 11 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    So ahhh Jim, ahhh what do you got poking in the fire?? LOL!!!!!

    • @gaylordmcgillicuddy8745
      @gaylordmcgillicuddy8745 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I almost thought that was a planted call.
      It was just too perfect lol...

  • @rockitmorton
    @rockitmorton 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Name five great women writers on Saturday Night Live...... Hey you want to take a call from Joel!

    • @rockitmorton
      @rockitmorton 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Aramis3737 Great idea! I completely understand what you're referring to 24:45

  • @TheMitchyevans
    @TheMitchyevans 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    30:54 Norm asks who the funniest guy on SNL was, then traps him a minute later by saying he asked who the best performer. A good gag, and he had Downey stumbling over himself.

  • @utopian3d
    @utopian3d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Norm: name 5 great woman writers.
    Downey: uhhhhhhh

    • @opaljk4835
      @opaljk4835 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And then does

  • @Sh0n0
    @Sh0n0 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    19:59 is basically the origin of eget’s ‘where do you get your ideas from question

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wonder if that was a set up by Norm, a genuine question, or just a random funny guy

    • @bmh18172
      @bmh18172 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In a Loveline appearance a radio caller asks Norm where he gets his ideas from and Norm responds “how did you come up with that question? Same way, just thinking of stuff”

  • @madforit2
    @madforit2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    That guy who rang in on 19:25 is hilarious

    • @pennystocklocks
      @pennystocklocks ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Norm 100% set that up

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      “What you got pokin’ in the fire?”

    • @madforit2
      @madforit2 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@pennystocklocks It sounds like it is a set up but I'm not sure. Think it could be genuine

  • @saaketh83
    @saaketh83 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A real meeting of the minds. Like for real. Miss you norm, love you Jim.

  • @FlanzShirt
    @FlanzShirt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    It's a true credit to Norm (though his fans already know this) that all of the significant Harvard Lampoon writers LOVE Norm. Jim, Steve O'Donnell, Conan....Funny people know funny. Norm is the best of the best.

    • @ImnotNorm
      @ImnotNorm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Flanz Shirt You don't have to be from ivy league schools to know what's funny

    • @Gush27
      @Gush27 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love your videos! Great to see you on all of these Norm videos, nice to know there's a small community of us starving for Norm content. What's your favorite podcast episode? Mine is the Andy Dick and Todd Glass interviews.

    • @nostalgiajunkie
      @nostalgiajunkie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not Norm I mean he’s known as a comedian’s comedian so it would make sense to refer to really funny people who’ve gone on record listing him as a favorite. Don’t simplify things, comedy can get complicated, especially when you’re dealing with norm or other Kauffman-esque comedians. A lot of the times the fact that the audience doesn’t understand IS the joke

    • @bmh18172
      @bmh18172 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ImnotNorm rare comment

  • @BunnyMan456
    @BunnyMan456 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Jim is apparently Robert Downey Jr.'s uncle.

  • @luukeluketer1024
    @luukeluketer1024 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow...Jim Downey knows his shit inside out.........

    • @Roggiedodgie
      @Roggiedodgie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Until he starts praising Obama

    • @natwolf687
      @natwolf687 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@Roggiedodgie Oh, you're like that.

  • @mpoukanouka6622
    @mpoukanouka6622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how even the first 15 minutes of them bloviating about politics is practically a lame half arsed bit, because that's what the Dennis Miller crowd usually wants to hear

  • @mischiefmikeyo
    @mischiefmikeyo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    norms laugh when that caller asks what jims got going is the funniest part of this. must be fun being famous and having people ask you idiotic questions

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought the caller did that as a joke, I hope so cos I thought it was hilarious

  • @WillHerndon
    @WillHerndon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    23:13 Norm pretending to praise Kristen Wiig "I saw her doing something on Update, I dunno what it was but she talked real fast? Man, she's good" lmao

  • @KingMinosxxvi
    @KingMinosxxvi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Obama was such a great salesman Americans forgot the war was going on.

  • @maya-em4mr
    @maya-em4mr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jim May God Have Mercy On Your Soul Downey

  • @grands1am
    @grands1am 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I listened to this just because I'll listen to anything with Norm, but now I know that Jim Downey is the guy who did the hilarious Grayson Moorhead Securities commercial from SNL.

    • @adamcoe
      @adamcoe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If My Wife Calls

  • @Bd951
    @Bd951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The amount of jokes and sketches this guy has written over the years is probably staggering.

  • @Mr_Never_Sad
    @Mr_Never_Sad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Here’s a fun fact that I just learned Jim Downey is Robert Downey Jr’s uncle.

    • @pennystocklocks
      @pennystocklocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha yeah that guy who called was a real jerk

  • @aliofly
    @aliofly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    7:00 Norm already noticing in 2008 that 'fake news' had been co-opted

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And calling out the female double standard

    • @opaljk4835
      @opaljk4835 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Roescoethe female double standard…which one?

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@opaljk4835
      "That's interesting you didn't mention a woman."
      Downey: "Oh, I thought you said 'the funniest guys'?"
      Norm: "No, I said 'the funniest performers.'" He knows they're not any good in comparison to guys, but that's not funny.
      So uh Double standard? HAHA you must be out of your mind.

    • @opaljk4835
      @opaljk4835 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Roescoe comparing woman to each other vs comparing guys to each other is a double standard?

  • @kaithongsavanh3649
    @kaithongsavanh3649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jim Downey worked with Norm at that duo also did the “Celebrity Jeopardy” skits. It was Norm and Jim who wrote all those.

    • @noahgreene1955
      @noahgreene1955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was Norm and Steve Higgins

  • @veespa_
    @veespa_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “...he has a question I’ve always wanted to know about!”
    “yea, hey Jim, I am really curious & have always wondered... where do you get your ideas from?”

    • @mattbowman9526
      @mattbowman9526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Frank Stallone

    • @pj545
      @pj545 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Super Dave's response to this is so damn funny!

  • @quiet1234
    @quiet1234 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Norm is such a troll. But his friends get it, as you can tell with the way Jim handles the interview, anyone else would think norms being a rude interviewer but his friends know that hes just joshin em :)

    • @normmacdonaldrules4602
      @normmacdonaldrules4602 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +quiet1234
      My name is Josh and FUCK YOU!

    • @MichaelStarkey
      @MichaelStarkey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are friends and writing geniuses. The whole show is a gag, and on fire.

  • @MelBrewer
    @MelBrewer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hard to believe Downeey when he says the heavy drug use stopped in season 3. Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Belushi all had bad drug problems throughout their time on the show, which the living ones admit to.

    • @pts5217
      @pts5217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thought the same thing. It seemed to end more like after 4/5 years. Lorne Michaels started cracking down after Belushi got really out of control.

  • @hazerebitaraf
    @hazerebitaraf 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bani Sadr alive, and currently lives in France; Ghotbzadeh, however was executed for conspiracy shortly after the revolution.

  • @tobyrucker
    @tobyrucker 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How could he not list Phil Hartman on the first tier?

  • @JaneDoe-zr4px
    @JaneDoe-zr4px 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I adore Norm on tv and in movies but would love him to do more radio. Love his intelligence, voice and sleepy/mellow quality. Also when he's in his super-sleepy-Xanax mode, he gives major ASMR tingles. Norm rules.

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jane Doe he gives major asmr tingles? what in the hell does that mean

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Aha I was just typing that same question when I saw my own comment from two months ago

    • @Dhardy316
      @Dhardy316 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would love him to do more radio also!!

  • @peterd5843
    @peterd5843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "what you got pokin' in the fire?"

  • @johnwalsh6998
    @johnwalsh6998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really, really want to fix that image box around Downey so it’s lined up with Norm’s.

  • @EkafEmanresu
    @EkafEmanresu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    19:12 lol this guy

    • @IWantSomethingNew
      @IWantSomethingNew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The guy's going to remember forever that he made Norm crack up! Not a small achievement for a common man calling on the radio!

  • @thomasipkiss8793
    @thomasipkiss8793 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They are like brothers

  • @johnlilly0
    @johnlilly0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'd say Jim Downey's commentary about Hillary Clinton's failure to take Obama seriously (at around 11:00) both is correct and eerily foreshadows her fate as a candidate against Donald Trump in 2016. Weird--but not surprising given that Jim Downey is an astute observer and analyst of lots of stuff in my experience.
    Anyway, like a lot of people I'm watching this because I'm missing Norm MacDonald, and also because TH-cam apparently knows that about me and keeps shoving his stuff down my throat. To my great delight, I might add.

  • @apachedisco
    @apachedisco 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Norm is a genius. Crazy bat-shit peeing in jars kinda cra cra. I love him.

    • @strangerinthealps5874
      @strangerinthealps5874 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peeing in jars LOL

    • @mackhomie6
      @mackhomie6 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      D WMS stern has said more than once that norm told him he pees in bottles at home, but norm always kind of ignores it or does his "whaaaaaat?" until stern moves on

    • @DrDebD
      @DrDebD 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good God why?

  • @MrVisde
    @MrVisde 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Jim: “Pat was a man. Anyone who watched the show can very clearly see that…”
    Norm: “Oh, because Farley said it was a woman…”
    Jim: “Yup, she could be. I can see that. Maybe…”
    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @kirkstable
    @kirkstable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Real stream of consciousness

  • @josephallen9261
    @josephallen9261 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The call at about 19:10 was beautiful. If it was a set-up, it was impressive. (gotta be another comedian? a friend of norm's?)

    • @zenoftupac9096
      @zenoftupac9096 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounded like Chris Farley’s Brother ( Kevin Farley )

    • @nicholaskothari8150
      @nicholaskothari8150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      one the biggest laughs from Norm i've heard... so funny!

  • @JoJaDaRu
    @JoJaDaRu 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great upload, this is what youtube is all about. Not some stupid vlog.

    • @00001Rob
      @00001Rob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They still suck 7 years later 😁

  • @bigLdrones
    @bigLdrones 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m all cleared up on the Pat thing.. finally

  • @timadamson3378
    @timadamson3378 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Freed the hostages? That happened immediately once Reagan was elected.

    • @boeing_opal
      @boeing_opal 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah his understanding of the whole thing is uh a little off base

  • @josephkelley8641
    @josephkelley8641 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Posting below made me recall the beautiful, classy, hysterical Marilyn Suzanne Miller - who taught
    comedy-writing around NYC for those lucky-enough to get in. (Monday night 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. - the great
    Joe Minion a few seats away).
    .

    • @josephkelley8641
      @josephkelley8641 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marilyn being the former Head Writer of SNL - a real hottie from the Midwest - I think Marilyn was
      working for Kresge's when she decided she'd become a comedy writer. Kresge's.!!!

    • @josephkelley8641
      @josephkelley8641 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kresge's being the Rite-Aid of its' time - though not a chain - very East Coast.

  • @quincee33
    @quincee33 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Norm is from Ottawa, he knows politics. He has a brother Neil who hosts The 5th Estate on CBC.

  • @somarriba333
    @somarriba333 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now I am smarter for listening to this.

  • @ENigma-um8zw
    @ENigma-um8zw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Iran contra bit had me rolling so hard

  • @edmcboy7746
    @edmcboy7746 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jim's prediction about Casey Wilson didn't quite pan out.

    • @alexholycross9524
      @alexholycross9524 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ed McBoy A1 profile name

    • @joshuathomas5626
      @joshuathomas5626 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is that because stalin was worse you wife fucking jew hater

  • @Guntherthefool
    @Guntherthefool 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I could watch/listen to a whole video of just norm trying to pronounce Arab names and words.

    • @APOLLO-dy8rc
      @APOLLO-dy8rc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those names weren't Arab, they were Iranian

    • @Guntherthefool
      @Guntherthefool 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@APOLLO-dy8rc sorry for my ignorance but it was only half ignorant as I also want to hear him pronounce Arabic names. I could listen to him trying to pronounce Farsi or Arabic names all day

  • @kmcg6444
    @kmcg6444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prescient points re: Obama vs Hilary the first time (about 10 minutes in).

  • @boeing_opal
    @boeing_opal 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Downey's interpretation of Iran-Contra is completely nuts lol. Doesn't even mention the cocaine trafficking

  • @ToxicCityOfficial
    @ToxicCityOfficial 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After listening several times I can confirm that the caller at 20:00 is the great Sid Youngers

    • @corymcpherson1235
      @corymcpherson1235 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gary from Saginaw has a lot of pokers in the fire

  • @MsElke11
    @MsElke11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jim Downey.... the second most important person behind SNL, according to Dennis Miller. He served as writer for 32 years on SNL... brother of Robert Downey Jr. and a HARVARD GRAD. Not bad for someone who isn't easily recognizable!

    • @thebrazilianatlantis165
      @thebrazilianatlantis165 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "brother of Robert Downey Jr." No.

    • @josephdykes1820
      @josephdykes1820 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@thebrazilianatlantis165 yeah, junior is not Jim's last name

    • @JackTempest94
      @JackTempest94 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jim Downey is Robert Downey Jr.'s Paternal Half Uncle.
      Jr's Father was Born Robert Elias. His father died, then his mother married someone by the name of Downey. Who adopted Robert Elias, changing his name to Robert Downey. They had Jim Downey a few years later.

  • @mattfinleylive
    @mattfinleylive 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jan hooks was great.

  • @theducksneezes4987
    @theducksneezes4987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Name Five great women writers 24:44

  • @pizzapizza9091
    @pizzapizza9091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    True interviewer. With out a desk...

  • @greenvelvet
    @greenvelvet 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If Jim Downey and Norm Macdonald started a podcast about American foreign policy. I would listen to that religiously.
    to be honest if they started a podcast talking about anything I would listen to it

  • @pennystocklocks
    @pennystocklocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you think norm had people call in

  • @josephkelley8641
    @josephkelley8641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Best UPDATE in the history of Comedy, not just SNL."
    I get a little twinge because of my love/respect for the great Chevy Chase.
    Who just blew-up in front of our eyes - took over - cover of Tim, Newsweek - if he
    got any hotter he'd have exploded (taken about 100 people with im).
    -But Norm and Jim - yeah, something very very special - in fact Lightning.
    -Norm and Jim proved that LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE TWICE
    cuz they went-for-it-, went hard, hit hard - took no prisoners - and at the exact moment
    in time when Political Correctness STARTED.
    In fact Norm MacDonald was (pc's) it's very first VICTIM.
    But it just made Norm greater.
    not richer maybe - but Norm's about Truth not Legal Tender.
    .God Bless Norm, Jim Downey and Chevy - (deep bows)
    .

  • @beterbutz
    @beterbutz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is Robert Downey jrs uncle

  • @krisschaefer876
    @krisschaefer876 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    best 'Update' ever...

  • @DizKord1600
    @DizKord1600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TIL Jim Downey is Robert Downey Jr's uncle

  • @pennystocklocks
    @pennystocklocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    20:00 Norm Losing It LoL...

  • @Justcarlosdiaz
    @Justcarlosdiaz 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love this interview but i really hope jim downey knows how much Norm actually cares about him because hes kinda brutal with him haha

  • @zg9445
    @zg9445 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here’s your two dollars!

  • @NetCerpher
    @NetCerpher 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happened to Jim? Just saw him on Conan’s pod. Hard to believe it’s visibly him.

    • @seanwade8188
      @seanwade8188 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was cursed with the side effects of a long period of time

  • @angelmanfredy
    @angelmanfredy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I called the number but no one answered. 😢

  • @amirbostani734
    @amirbostani734 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bani Sadre is alive, and lives in France Norm.

  • @scottprice6927
    @scottprice6927 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Norm could've done this as a career a la Miller, Corolla, others. He was too funny to get a bs interview show going. Downey is his favorite person so he's into it here

  • @Turnheadcough
    @Turnheadcough 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Satins instrument he hit that on the head it is

  • @treasurechest2951
    @treasurechest2951 ปีที่แล้ว

    Norm does ask who's the funniest *guy* 30:55 then gaslights Jim for not answering with a woman

  • @bcast9978
    @bcast9978 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The real estate man.

  • @pburnzzz9260
    @pburnzzz9260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    '7.00, "Fake News"....If they only knew what it would mean in the Trump era

  • @trevorphillips5201
    @trevorphillips5201 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agreed. I hate people do impressions of funny stuff. Impossible to find Christopher Walken Census and Cow bell.

  • @lpowers
    @lpowers 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Norm was a big fan of Bani-Sadr.

  • @Josh1billion
    @Josh1billion ปีที่แล้ว

    "Norm Macdonald was the funniest man to ever live" -people with a propensity to tell the truth
    "no" -liars

  • @ComedyJakob
    @ComedyJakob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey I hope you're not related to the Roberts Downeys
    Well, he's their brother and uncle so

  • @handfullocheez
    @handfullocheez 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have it backward

  • @ili626
    @ili626 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m surprised Jim Downey placed Belushi in the “second tier” of talent. Anyone else surprised? ..or have I been overrating Belushi?... or underrating Ackroyd & Murray etc?

    • @natwolf687
      @natwolf687 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He was ok.

  • @ifyouseekade
    @ifyouseekade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    32:20 Jim "I hate women" Downey

  • @corymcpherson1235
    @corymcpherson1235 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pat…was a WOMAN

  • @sageantone7291
    @sageantone7291 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who's with Norm?

  • @Benjabola
    @Benjabola 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    that ended kinda awkwardly. i hope there was more radio show after where downey wasn't just put in a corner

  • @TheEleatic
    @TheEleatic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “Fake News” will never catch on.

  • @demoistogu3935
    @demoistogu3935 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😊

  • @johnisaacdavey
    @johnisaacdavey 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    anybody know what Jim Downey's IQ is?

  • @waremblem3405
    @waremblem3405 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Occasionally, sane people work in TV. About as often as when the DB Cooper's bail out at 30,000 feet, but hey, it's better than nothing. Ebersole, what an ass. No wonder his wife dumped him!

    • @TELEthruVOXx
      @TELEthruVOXx 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      War Emblem this comment reads like a trump tweet. Bravo

    • @waremblem3405
      @waremblem3405 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The connection of whatever Trump would tweet and --- sorry, got distracted. Some pharma company finally hired an ATTRACTIVE (non-botoxed) lady for their Viagra TV ad. I got REALLY distracted. Four hours from now, I should be back to normal.

  • @greggreaves1727
    @greggreaves1727 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    abolhassan banisadr wasn't executed. what kind of crap is this

  • @bearpickle
    @bearpickle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was shocked to learn Jim Downey is dull.

  • @MikeHunt-rw4gf
    @MikeHunt-rw4gf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    algorithm

  • @2HHB
    @2HHB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    one of the most disappointing interviews ive ever listened to. this guy has so many untapped stories

  • @andysott
    @andysott 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    HOw you lovin Obama NOW? lol

  • @byronwelichko8577
    @byronwelichko8577 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Downey supports Obama cause “he’s a cool guy.” ... Downey sounds like a real smart guy.

    • @gerrydooley951
      @gerrydooley951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      well, he did attend Harvard which isn't exactly community college. Also, I'm sure he has other reasons why he liked Obama