"Men Full of Promise" - Oscar Pistorius

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มี.ค. 2022
  • Norm 2/2: Norm speaks about Men of Promise - such as Jacques de Gauthier de Gatineau and Oscar Pistorius
    Conan Season 4 Episode 89: May 21, 2014: Norm Macdonald, Mackenzie Davis, Veruca Salt
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  • @doctrinmontreal
    @doctrinmontreal 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1359

    Oscar Pistorius may have been an alleged murderer, but I’ll tell you one thing he was not: a legged murderer.

    • @fr.mcgreer8349
      @fr.mcgreer8349 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Clever 👍

    • @martinadrianarcenas867
      @martinadrianarcenas867 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      🤌

    • @Grateful2Exist
      @Grateful2Exist 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Brilliant, Norm would've loved this one.

    • @SirRandyofcxcheshire
      @SirRandyofcxcheshire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      he out now running around a free man on his stilts.

    • @longtalljay
      @longtalljay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Almost the best joke I have ever heard or read!

  • @MrEzekiel1982
    @MrEzekiel1982 ปีที่แล้ว +3199

    I’ve seen Norm get to a lot of dead ends and recover but “you know a man grows…” may be the most brilliant

    • @ConanVictor
      @ConanVictor ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ay nigra

    • @lxldny
      @lxldny 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +111

      I honestly think Norm said it on purpose. Always two steps ahead.

    • @TA-tg1cf
      @TA-tg1cf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      @@lxldny at 3:03 he set it up. Brilliant

    • @TA-tg1cf
      @TA-tg1cf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      @@lxldny he did it ALL on porpoise

    • @lxldny
      @lxldny 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@TA-tg1cf 😄

  • @constantreader7483
    @constantreader7483 ปีที่แล้ว +1994

    I only regret that we never got to see Norm as an actual old man.

    • @pooriasheikhi5042
      @pooriasheikhi5042 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Damn... that was deap

    • @carlodave9
      @carlodave9 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

      He skipped from lanky nasal-talking 20-something, to baritone backwoods geezer before he was 40. We was robbed of Old Man Norm.

    • @HalConick
      @HalConick 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      I’d say we did. He knew he was dying. Norm embraced his full transition into Grandpa Norm in those last years. He seemed so at peace and care-free.

    • @sollognelle2929
      @sollognelle2929 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I don't knew i was goin to cry again.

    • @quainejohnson4808
      @quainejohnson4808 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      To be fair he's always acted like an old man

  • @rg3412
    @rg3412 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +774

    “Allegedly…. Also, really.” Brutal, and re-usable!

    • @kozhikkaalan
      @kozhikkaalan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Hahahahaha. "And re-usable" is great and reusable too

    • @witchking6787
      @witchking6787 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's what I thought, "I'm gonna have to stick that one in my back pocket".

    • @wungabunga
      @wungabunga 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Though not in a court of law, my God!

    • @mikeyboy1234567
      @mikeyboy1234567 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He didn't shoot his girlfriend, just like OJ did t murder his ex wife.

  • @morehumanthanyou
    @morehumanthanyou ปีที่แล้ว +1193

    My God, his transition from Oscar to Jacques is the most beautifully non-connected thing i've ever seen.

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

      It serves a youthful porpoise.

    • @joshuapeterson2366
      @joshuapeterson2366 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@knowsmebyname😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @maximilianschulz6455
      @maximilianschulz6455 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Is that even a real person?

    • @tomgrus604
      @tomgrus604 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I've only ever seen the second half, but damn, that transition was masterful!

    • @BowlCrossy
      @BowlCrossy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@knowsmebyname Youthful porpoise.

  • @mitch_sorenstein
    @mitch_sorenstein 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +530

    The way Norm falls out of his chair and shakes Andy's hand, you know he took that as a massive compliment.

    • @fenwayify
      @fenwayify 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Andy has never been a dunce, nor an empty vessel. He's always caught the astute folly of Norm and Conan. He was well-suited as a sidekick, much more substantive than Ed McMahon. I've always felt a little sad for Andy, that he may have regretted that he hasn't done enough with his life...I could see him in a dramatic role and be surprisingly convincing...

    • @Leonisel
      @Leonisel หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@fenwayifyhis show was really funny too, shame it didn’t last

    • @RespectProcess
      @RespectProcess หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fenwayifyshut UP

  • @Havok259
    @Havok259 ปีที่แล้ว +1302

    "You're not a biped" kills me.

    • @leobender2910
      @leobender2910 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      "Scram"

    • @donbarone4799
      @donbarone4799 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Scram! Take all the time u need...

    • @user-yp1oz3zf5c
      @user-yp1oz3zf5c 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I GUESS IT ALSO DID THE WIFE A NUMBER

    • @jaredm.1620
      @jaredm.1620 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Just like oscar

    • @ChrisStoneinator
      @ChrisStoneinator 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      All it’s missing is an “on accounta”

  • @thomaskorycinski5763
    @thomaskorycinski5763 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +480

    “Something Wile E Coyote would order” is my favorite line

    • @stabyourcat
      @stabyourcat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      For some reason it flies under the radar. Love that line.

    • @evansevansevans1
      @evansevansevans1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s the word order that is so funny. Like he went on Amazon.

  • @Barberfrog
    @Barberfrog ปีที่แล้ว +1038

    "Well you know, a man grows." is the best bit of this entire segment. Funniest man who ever lived.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't get it. What does that have to do with the last name changing?

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Growth is one of the manners in which things change.

    • @clayton229
      @clayton229 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@mayedalshamsi The joke is basically that it's an absurd comment. Norm accidentally changed the last name of the guy in the joke. Instead of acknowledging that or explaining it, he said "a man grows" which is kind of a literary, fortune-cookie-esque way of saying that people change over time.
      But generally that sort of thing refers to someone growing emotionally or growing in wisdom. Not someone changing their last name.
      It's the sort of joke that isn't particularly funny when you explain it, but it's fantastic as an off the cuff response to Conan pointing out that he made a mistake.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@clayton229 - Thank you for that explanation! I'm sure it's less funny now that I've had to have it explained to me, but I'd take that over not understanding the joke at all, any day. 😜

    • @harbinger_9152
      @harbinger_9152 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’ve used this line and it kills

  • @highestsettings
    @highestsettings 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1354

    I'll be real.
    I'm with Norm on that. His cardiovascular system didn't need to pump oxygen as hard, he didn't need to train his ankles or calves, and he genuinely had actual fucking springs for legs.
    He DID have an unfair advantage.
    The murdering I can live with, but cheating is unforgivable.

    • @lepari9986
      @lepari9986 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +415

      Worst thing about Oscar Pistorious is the hypocrisy.

    • @ryanfox2478
      @ryanfox2478 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +247

      the more i learn about this oscar pistorious guy, the more i don't care for him

    • @knowsmebyname
      @knowsmebyname 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      The spring thing is obvious isn't it?

    • @BouncyBrown
      @BouncyBrown 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      also, weren't his blades longer than his legs? longer legs are definitely an advantage.

    • @T25de
      @T25de 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Some say the hypocrisy was the worst part

  • @jaredhaas4168
    @jaredhaas4168 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +335

    I am reasonably confident that Norm liked Andy's idea so much that he did, in fact, take someone on a 4 mile hike to show them a dog turd.

  • @grahamdonaldson9069
    @grahamdonaldson9069 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +351

    He takes us on these long journeys on Porpoise.

    • @TimonofIlford
      @TimonofIlford 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      And we have a whale of a time.
      Sorry, just seven words. Norm would have spun it out to several minutes of comedic majesty.

    • @tripmcquagg4969
      @tripmcquagg4969 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TimonofIlford10/10 for effort anyway haha. Man he was the best.

    • @torchmark66
      @torchmark66 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TimonofIlford Don't sell yourself short, my friend! That was eight words.

    • @jayhache5609
      @jayhache5609 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      For all in tents and porpoises, that is very true!

    • @tripmcquagg4969
      @tripmcquagg4969 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jayhache5609P.S. camping is in tents

  • @linkage432
    @linkage432 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    The way Norm falls out of his chair to Andy’s retort is the best

    • @pats5375
      @pats5375 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

      Yes! I've never seen Norm laugh that hard! He loved that analogy from Andy and even shook his hand soon after. That's big praise coming from Norm! 😅

    • @landon4278
      @landon4278 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@pats5375 Yes. Norm is usually only left to laugh at his own jokes, and give the audience a side eye as an indication that they should laugh too. I thoroughly enjoyed Norm getting a belly laugh for once.

    • @Optim40
      @Optim40 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Hes just trying to recover from the beat down hes getting from conan and andy if youre astute like that. Thinking about it any other way is off.

    • @GameTime-yj6qv
      @GameTime-yj6qv 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I absolutely loved that part and the fact Norm felt he had to shake Andy's hand. Talk about giving approval. Awesome.

    • @billmartinson4205
      @billmartinson4205 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@Optim40 Norm didn't "try to recover from a beat down." Throughout his career he actively pursued subverting expectations, told bad jokes on purpose, and wasn't afraid to walk an entire room. Going into this Conan appearance, Norm absolutely knew his shaggy dog story had a terrible punchline -- puns are the worst -- and when Andy fearlessly jumped on it with a hilarious rejoinder, Norm was genuinely delighted. The handshake was respect, not recovery.

  • @cmase1991
    @cmase1991 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +163

    "Take your time, as long as you want. But get the hell outta here!" - As long as you want is the funniest damn thing Norm was able to slip in there

  • @jaakkoeskola2871
    @jaakkoeskola2871 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    ”Man grows” broke Conan. What a legend he was. Kid me not - I fall asleep with Norm compilations!

  • @chadparsons50
    @chadparsons50 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I live in Gatineau, Quebec, I'm sure there's a Jacques around here somewhere.

    • @etiendre
      @etiendre ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Hello fellow québécois

    • @MehYam2112
      @MehYam2112 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Just don’t pin your hopes on him

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@MehYam2112 nice.

    • @ButtPins
      @ButtPins 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      hey I'm from Gatineau too!

    • @Stanzi18
      @Stanzi18 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I hope he's out there serving a youthful Porpoise.

  • @graemecreegan6749
    @graemecreegan6749 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Conan: “No one is going with you on this !”
    Norm (internal): “precisely”

    • @thetruthexperiment
      @thetruthexperiment ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I dunno. Conan even joking around that it’s weird to not like that guy enrages me. He wore springs and bullied people to let him compete with people who were not allowed to wear springs. Yes, that is the kind of person who is so full of themselves that they’ll shoot their girlfriend. I called it years before. Never liked that guy. If he allowed the other participants to wear springs then maybe. No. Seriously. The Paralympic runners who ran with the modern prosthetics of the time were known to be much faster than people with legs. Which means if Jocko could do it, then everyone with no legs should have been allowed. But only he was allowed and he could obviously run way faster because he had springs for legs. Anyone who liked that guy was a complete moron.

    • @graemecreegan6749
      @graemecreegan6749 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@thetruthexperiment yeah man, Pistorius is so lame 😁

  • @simon4187
    @simon4187 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    “4 mile hike to show you a dog turd” It’s the journey, not the destination

    • @nomnom112
      @nomnom112 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Andy clearly has never been on a hike

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Underrated comment.

    • @apollobro91_2
      @apollobro91_2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm pretty sure Oscar hasn't been on a 4 mile hike either, not with those rob9t legs. He'd probably fall down face-first into the dog turd, which is what he deserves for all those races he cheated in.

  • @aldersmoke1
    @aldersmoke1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    The fact that Norm so thoroughly won over both Conan and Letterman tells you all you need to know about just how brilliant he was.

    • @dp1582
      @dp1582 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The man was a true comedic genius he reached deep into peoples minds and not everyone got it but to those that did he was the best truly.

  • @prashantnegi007
    @prashantnegi007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    wow full clip. Only segments of this were on TH-cam before. Thanx. Not only are you a scholar and a gentleman, but you must have a lot of doghouses.

  • @DBEENE123
    @DBEENE123 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Andy’s comment after the youthful porpose joke is the sugar on top.

    • @khester7397
      @khester7397 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The most "youthful porpoise" the German swede ever served.

  • @random-nz7dy
    @random-nz7dy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

    3:30 "well, you know, a man grows" 😂😂😂😂 one of my all time favorite Norm lines.
    No one but Norm could deliver it like that.

  • @spontaneousphil3175
    @spontaneousphil3175 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    “I had no problem with the murder.”
    😂😂😂😂

    • @alvareo92
      @alvareo92 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well, it was tragic, at the time

  • @CrStrifey
    @CrStrifey 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    'I started to travel to here and there...and to here again'.

  • @johnnymossville
    @johnnymossville 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    Seen this a half dozen times and it gets me every time. We pinned our hopes on you Jaques De Gatinau!

    • @kyon813
      @kyon813 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Or de Gauthier.

    • @torchmark66
      @torchmark66 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kyon813 Hey. A man grows.

  • @edwardh1003
    @edwardh1003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    Herald Johnson, you're a scholar and a gentleman for uploading this. 👍

    • @GarthKnight1884
      @GarthKnight1884 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Whether Herald knows it or not. He's found a youthful porpoise.

  • @CaptainCologne
    @CaptainCologne 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    After the punchline Norm’s “Now I believe…” and the explosion of facial expressions that go with it was the pay off.

    • @jakelover1731
      @jakelover1731 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I love post-punchline riffs like that. I think what I like most about it is it's very risky if the punchline doesn't get a laugh. Because then the riff is just a half-sentence that you have to keep going.

    • @CaptainCologne
      @CaptainCologne 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@jakelover1731Agreed. It gets funnier the more I watch it, the way he plays innocent and darts his head back and forth at Conan and Andy.

    • @RaulCastillo
      @RaulCastillo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The faces he makes when Conan calls him out on changing the name.

  • @MrCWL
    @MrCWL 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    That little shrink when he realises he mixed up the last name, that is what i love about Norm so much. He was such an honest kid just trying to have fun, it was so endearing. Was really painful to learn he passed away but like a dear grandfather i will always come back to watch these videos and remember Norm and his kindness and fun with people. Missed always

  • @lonewolfe2502
    @lonewolfe2502 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    " I don't have a problem with the MURDER."
    What a delivery. 😂

  • @rosscockcroft5662
    @rosscockcroft5662 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    The worst thing about Oscar Pistorius was the hypocrisy…

  • @daniel.s.stefanov
    @daniel.s.stefanov หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    "I'm serving a youthful porpoise" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @mjr_schneider
    @mjr_schneider 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    No one else tells jokes quite like Norm did. He’s the only person I’ve seen intersperse punchlines throughout his ramblings that way. Genuinely the most unique voice in comedy.

  • @riverjao
    @riverjao 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Until Conan reminded us, “There’s only one like him…”. So true ❤️😢❤️

  • @crancelbrowser5478
    @crancelbrowser5478 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I absolutely love how at 6:30 Andy so succinctly sums up Norm's comedy that Norm falls out of his chair and has to shake Andy's hand. Idk how, but Norm always managed to come off as a class act while also playing a total fool. His acknowledgement of Amdy's searing read on him is part of what makes him so entertaining and lovable.

  • @Eralen00
    @Eralen00 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    conan just can't contain himself whenever norm is on the show lol

  • @kvps27
    @kvps27 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    He really loved the dog turd joke!

    • @krugbit9642
      @krugbit9642 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It was more of a comment, really.

    • @Jagar_Tharn
      @Jagar_Tharn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@dejuren1367 That's not hate for Andy, it's referencing a line from Norm MacDonald Live.

  • @mulemule
    @mulemule 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    *Typical Conan: being an exuberant, unselfish, straight man to highlight the guest.* 🏆

  • @jebwatson
    @jebwatson 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Not many people could go on Conan and just tell a 40 minute story for a pun. Mr McDonald was a legend.

    • @galenburghardt3272
      @galenburghardt3272 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And he did it more than once - IMO his moth joke is the best joke I've ever heard. It's poetry, "I no longer love my son, I no longer love him because when I see his face all I see is the same cowardice I see whenever I look into a mirror" - just outstanding

  • @LightS_bRight
    @LightS_bRight 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Norm was an Angel, such a beautiful and intelligent person.

  • @Chunkieta
    @Chunkieta 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    The amount of gold from Norm during this single appearance (his entry bit and gypsy Jack Macdonald, the 1-min-audition, Pistorius, Jacques De Gautier/Gatineau, his messing with Mackenzie Davis) is staggering

  • @Uarehere
    @Uarehere 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    5:17 Conan's expression here is the best!! 😄

  • @joshhynes8518
    @joshhynes8518 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The three of them. Classic. Miss it all

  • @UltimateIrishRebel
    @UltimateIrishRebel หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love the way Conan looks at the camera after "you were supposed to go to Canada's nations capital of Ottawa"

  • @CT2507
    @CT2507 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I fully agree and said this from when i first heard about Pistorius. Those blades gave him an unfair advantage as a runner. But the world insists on being stupid about this.

  • @Talkitrhrough
    @Talkitrhrough 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    After he says “Ottawa” and Conan gives an exhausted look

  • @jasonnoble3971
    @jasonnoble3971 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The smartest comedian ever.

  • @stephengrigg5988
    @stephengrigg5988 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "I feel that one of the basic requirements of being a sprinter, is having legs"
    ....... it's hard to articulate why he's the greatest comedian of all time

  • @badfdsify
    @badfdsify หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    norm absolutely LOVED that needle from Andy after his story lmfao. I love to see him genuinely laugh at a joke, it's rare someone gets one over on him

  • @heliopyre
    @heliopyre ปีที่แล้ว +44

    those blades were objectively superior for running than actual legs.

  • @TA-tg1cf
    @TA-tg1cf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    2:35 and 2:52 . That mischievous glint in his eye, the laughter prior, knowing how unnecessarily long and underwhelming that joke is 😭 and then taking us on the ride anyway 😁👌🏼❤ LOVE

  • @G4rm0nb0zi4
    @G4rm0nb0zi4 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I love that at the end of it all, it was good ol' Andy Richter The Swedish-German, who got Norm to fall out of his chair laughing.

  • @ezanadaniel9149
    @ezanadaniel9149 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    blows me away what kind of a talent he is

  • @markoverwater2179
    @markoverwater2179 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Norm is one of Canada and Amerika best person
    Bye from the Netherlands

  • @LucasTOrz
    @LucasTOrz ปีที่แล้ว +34

    He definitely loves Andy's joke more

    • @sandworm9528
      @sandworm9528 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I love how much he enjoyed that 😂

  • @piercewilson4029
    @piercewilson4029 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The 4 mile hike to show you a dog turd line is pretty great

  • @peterhoffmann502
    @peterhoffmann502 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Norms long form dad jokes are the fucking greatest

  • @anonfinally1692
    @anonfinally1692 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    When Norm was at the Niagra Falls part and Conan said he saw Jacques and Norm said no it's just some attendant I thought it was really brilliant and hilarious. Norm could've just said "I went to Seaworld and saw Jacques" but Conan kind of interrupted him and Norm had to subvert Conan's expectation a bit in a very hilarious way

  • @kennysmith1925
    @kennysmith1925 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    This hits different as a Canadian. The funny thing is Norm knows our SeaWorld is called Marineland but is purposely calling it SeaWorld for an American audience.

  • @pooriasheikhi5042
    @pooriasheikhi5042 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is amongst my top 10 all time favorite TH-cam videos

  • @BKPS
    @BKPS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Oscar may have been armed when he murdered that poor woman, but he wasn’t legged.

  • @brianmathews2926
    @brianmathews2926 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I don’t know which was ballsier: the Oscar Pistorius joke, or delivering a deeply Québecois based joke to an American audience.
    I’ve always held this particular Norm appearance very dear because my mother was in fact born in Témiscaming, Quebec; a town remote enough that it’s citizens receive isolation pay from the provincial government. It just made me feel that much more connected to Norm, a comedian whose specialty was making you feel like you were in on the inside joke. Couldn’t get much more inside than that.

    • @Elriuhilu
      @Elriuhilu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That's a real place? I thought Norm just made it up for the joke.

    • @brianmathews2926
      @brianmathews2926 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ElriuhiluYep, real place, pulp and paper mill town along the Ontario-Quebec border on the Ottawa River. Around 2,500 people, quite isolated geographically. Their Wikipedia page actually reference this segment.
      Also when he calls the man Jacques-de-Gatineau, Gatineau is a big city in Quebec, part of the National Capital region directly across the river from Ottawa.
      And when he mentions the "Three Wise Men of Quebec," he is referencing three actual politicians from Quebec, who, during the 1960s, were dubbed as such by English media in Canada, seen as men who would change the course Canadian poiltics. Correspondingly, one of those men, Pierre Trudeau (Justin Trudeau's father) became one of the longest tenured Canadian Prime Ministers ever, championing multiculturalism and bilingualism, and having a major impact on the country's history, leaving a significant but somewhat divisive legacy.

  • @bobnethan5474
    @bobnethan5474 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    When I'm feeling down I watch Norm he always makes me laugh

    • @skyluke9476
      @skyluke9476 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There’s many comedians that could make me us laugh at suicide and murder jokes. But only one that could make us smile

  • @keithws2779
    @keithws2779 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Seriously, that just gave me the idea of taking my children out on a long walk - I'm going to tell them I've got something to show them. After an hour, I'm just going to point to the most mundane thing I can spot and tell them "there it is!"

    • @kevinabel2370
      @kevinabel2370 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I run a city hiking group in Forest Park Queens. I ran an internet ad saying "Take a hike to Freedom". After 90 minutes we arrived at Freedom Road and I showed 30 hikers the street sign.

    • @clark2491
      @clark2491 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did you do it?

  • @fpvflyer4758
    @fpvflyer4758 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Norm we miss you so much!! With love ❤ RIP

  • @mathias4891
    @mathias4891 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One of the most knowledgeable. Rip my dear friend

  • @videosextra9434
    @videosextra9434 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Thank you many many thanks OP for this clip. I had never seen this clip in its entirety but just some of the bits and pieces of this one floating around including present in TeamCoco channel. Thanks for sharing and loved enjoying every moment with this piece of coal , Norm !!🎉❤👌👍😅😊

  • @leviathon18
    @leviathon18 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The ease of continuation into the winding road of Jacque de Gatineau was too funny

  • @neofunq9024
    @neofunq9024 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    You know, the more I hear about this Pistorius fella, the less I care for him…

    • @eldermillennial8330
      @eldermillennial8330 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He had a GREAT girlfriend from his hometown, she was with him for years in all his early inspirational videos, only to foolishly ditch her for a gold digger that he came to hate enough to kill.

    • @RhysMogg
      @RhysMogg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think the worst thing about the Pistorias story was the hypocrisy

  • @pintkobe
    @pintkobe ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This never gets old 😂

    • @polreamonn
      @polreamonn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just like Reeva Steenkamp.

  • @Dad_Lyon
    @Dad_Lyon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    He could really get on a roll with other funny people. Feed each other the jokes, fantastic to watch.

  • @Mark01962
    @Mark01962 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I'm sorry but I only discovered Norm thanks to The Orville and only started watching his comedy after his death and I'm loving his humour. He's passed but still making us laugh

    • @iskandar.bakshi
      @iskandar.bakshi ปีที่แล้ว +9

      the more you will learn about norm the more you will not care for him

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he's the greatest

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "the funniest man formerly alive" is the best compilation

    • @chadparsons50
      @chadparsons50 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Although he did Letterman's last show, a very competitive last show was the last night Conan had on NBC. Norm showed up with a gift basket, the bit was genius. Little harder to find though.

    • @ijij8191
      @ijij8191 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@iskandar.bakshi why not? Dudes a legend

  • @angrysquirrel187
    @angrysquirrel187 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Norm could make you want to take that 4 mile walk to see the dog turd.

  • @mfinn27
    @mfinn27 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    LMAO. “You’ve done so many benefits for me and the gypsies.”

  • @THEJOHNiVERSE
    @THEJOHNiVERSE ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Norm Nailed it.

  • @matti1003
    @matti1003 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That joke set up was truly Norm.

  • @brawnydasco
    @brawnydasco 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The Swedish-German really gave it to Norm there.

  • @MA-iridium
    @MA-iridium 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Best Norm....and I have just watched the first two minutes so far.

  • @scottsycamore8209
    @scottsycamore8209 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Norm reminds me of Andy Kaufman. He wasn't the performer. He was the audience, and we were the performers to his own personal show.

  • @QueuePea
    @QueuePea 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I grew up in the Ottawa Valley, and hearing Norm's cadences as he tells a atory, always takes me back to the bullshitters I grew up around. None were as funny as Norm though. That nod he gives at the start of his story is a big part of that-it's a bit like a knowing wink.

  • @chinaasia4584
    @chinaasia4584 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is like the 25th time I have watched this and I have never laughed so hard

  • @chinaman1
    @chinaman1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A scholar and a gentleman this old chunk of coal.

  • @AnarchyEnsues
    @AnarchyEnsues 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Andy's never fallen for the 4mile hike trick.

  • @Dylan_Valentine
    @Dylan_Valentine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I have to write that I appreciate your channel. Not reuploading other people's work or trying to profit, like that guy selling access to NML.

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Aww God bless! Do people not know about the internet archive? No need to pay a scoundrel:
      archive.org/details/Norm_Macdonald_Live

    • @kaikaisen2155
      @kaikaisen2155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HeraldJohnson To my knowledge he has 3 specials, do you have them?

    • @kaikaisen2155
      @kaikaisen2155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just realized two are there, just Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Trickery that´s not

    • @HeraldJohnson
      @HeraldJohnson  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      His specials are HBO One-Night-Stand (it is on youtube: th-cam.com/video/EZGBbwnMlqQ/w-d-xo.html ), Me Doing Stand-up (Comedy Central, blocked on YT), and Hitler's dog (Netflix), plus Nothing
      Special (Netflix) which is more like a Cameo than stand up.

  • @motley331
    @motley331 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Its currently 2024. Norm's ridiculous humor is as funny as ever.

  • @Batterystang
    @Batterystang 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    GOAT!!! dood just had it, 100% of the time, so brilliant

  • @chrisnelson3668
    @chrisnelson3668 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I miss you norm.

  • @stoictraveler1
    @stoictraveler1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nobody in modern comedy could hold court like Norm. He just took over everything he did.

  • @christiananderson6761
    @christiananderson6761 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Makin Norm fall out of his chair laughing would high on my list of life achievements

  • @thexbigxgreen
    @thexbigxgreen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never did I think I'd hear Temiscaming name checked on Conan

  • @sarkattack
    @sarkattack 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Conan really knew how to let Norm shine

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Well, you know, a man grows.

  • @Spumoon
    @Spumoon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Only post-humously have I begun to develop and appreciation for Norm Macdonald

  • @ChristopherJohn4389
    @ChristopherJohn4389 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Ill never stop watching Norm

  • @nocarebutyes3436
    @nocarebutyes3436 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    0:16 im stealing this bit lmao

  • @JacksonMeyer
    @JacksonMeyer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is a great LESSON: don’t give up on the joke. Andy tried to tell his 3 (maybe 4) times and each time got cut off and then nailed it!

  • @marcdumont2275
    @marcdumont2275 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love that his natural Quebec accent comes out a bit when he talks about Jacques

  • @andrejbogdanov2816
    @andrejbogdanov2816 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:20 love how proud he is of what he just said

  • @RebelInTheF.D.G
    @RebelInTheF.D.G 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    They always played off of each other so well.

  • @rickylafleur1446
    @rickylafleur1446 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Norm is a master at putting people on the defence of something they don't believe. Pure art. 2:05 - 2:26

  • @iancole85
    @iancole85 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Norm on Conan was the peak of the American Empire