Endlessly frustrating watching the comedians at the end of Nothing Special wondering if Norm ever did this material in front of the audience and or whether or not it would kill. The second Norm did his first joke I knew that this was this set. (Roughly, of course, Norm Is too good at this to ever do the same set twice.)
same - knew it was gonna be this set, watched all like 5 versions of this they released in audio form. i think Colombus is the best performance (but they all rocked)
I felt the exact same way. It boggles my mind that Norm toured the country for years doing some of the best stand-up ever performed, and there's so little video or high quality recordings. It seems to me like every sound guy should have just had a digital recorder going when he was performing. Bill Hicks did this 30 years ago. Such a shame that so much material was lost. But, ultimately, I know that Norm was performing for the people in front of him, and for himself, and that was it. He always sounds like he is having so much fun. I will always wonder if the isolation of covid is what finally tipped the scales in the cancers favor. It seems like he really loved performing.
Operator actually has a quite negative connotation, implying he’s manipulative toward his own selfish ends. I know what you mean though. He knew how to manipulate a crowd. Genius
Happy New Year Mary. Hope this will be your best year yet !!! I definitely would have wanted to have a beer with Norm.. You can come to my house next Christmas eve and we'll figure out how to put the star on top of the tree and keep it straight - up + down. Maybe its the egg nog I choose ? Peace ✌
There have been MANY famous people pass away in the past decade... but none have hit me as hard as Norm Macdonald. His comedy was so far above others comedically and intellectually... few people were able to fully appreciate him. RIP Norm.
@@greatlakeblake you obviously need a hobby of some kind if this is how you waste your precious time - posting innane comments to people you don't even know. Are you lonely or something? Buy a dog.
When Norm died, I woke up with a bunch of texts on my phone from friends asking if I was ok. And my friends don't even really like me that much. They just knew that Norm dying would wreck me. And they weren't wrong.
Norm was one of a kind. He shed light on so much absurdity in the human condition. I miss him so much. I agree with you, bubbyberry, Norm WAS the greatest!
" I love you Norm!" Must be 5 or 6 of these recordings that I've heard someone shout that and he responded. Such a great thing. Unique, or at least rare, in my decades of sifting through comedy.
an hour in he talks about how in 2020 he "is going to film a special". damn i wish covid didn't hit for no other reason then being able to see that piece of art :/
Thank you so much for posting this! There really is nobody else I can listen to over and over again, I am so glad I live in a time where I can access this content.
I fall asleep to this set almost every night. This is one of my favorite sets from any comedian ever. Also, buy Norm's book. It's increadible, and shines some light on some of these jokes. RIP, legend.
@@user-dn9nw5oe9b I love his book, but I really like all sorts of weird, dark fiction. I find the book is as strange as it is funny, however I have laughed out loud at it several times. The book shifting back and forth between serious, silly, heartfelt, ridiculous, funny, dark, horrific stuff is very Norm to me. I definitely hear the whole book in Norm's voice. It works for me, but I can see how it definitely would not work for everyone, even fans of his stand-up.
I love all these older live shows where you can see the evolution of Norms jokes as he works them out, then does the polished version on his specials and TV appearances. I wish I could have had a beer with him and told him how much I loved him and his comedy.🍺Cheers Norm!
The upload I watched of this earlier wasn't even close to the complete set but i didn't know that until now. I was just in the mood to listen to an old set. This is the best thing that has happened to me in months which says a lot about my life and how much I love Norm lol
Thank you so much for posting these 🤘gutted that I was never able to see him live but I so enjoy hearing you guys literally choking with laughter just as I wish I could have done with the crowd someday 🖤
"It makes me sad that nothing makes me feel sad." Just proving that all great comedians are deeply depressed. Depression isn't always sadness. It's very often numbness.
if im being 1000% honest the special did not do much for me as i had heard the jokes through these recordings a million times and already had a million laughs over them. still an amazing set though!
I'm just going to leave you with this quote by Norm: “I always bristle when people say, ‘The comedian is the modern-day philosopher, there are modern-day philosophers.” He has said this many times in both interviews and on stage. This is a very strange comment coming from a channel for a "school" that seemingly has a heavy emphasis on philosophy.
PPS- I Think it was during a Letterman Show Interview… but 👀 yourselves- Typical NORM Story/ Tale; he went to visit his Grandfather, who took home on a Little Tour - Reminiscing on ALL : Barns/ Wooden/ Bridges/ Bakery He- Himself had built … - CLASSIC🏆!
I feel like this is the best worded and timed version of this set, all in all. Others have perhaps better veriations but thus is just dam near perfect.
👍👍👍 Jason! It’s Only ( in MY Opinion) the VETERAN Stand-Up Professional , always Refining their Material & Delivery- Those we’re the Days! IF you can too- go search RON WHITE- Started as a Vegas Lounge-Lizard; been a Los Vegas Headliners for years!- Tubbie-Search his MGM Grand Vegas “ … TRYING to take a Short 12 Minute/ Puddle-Jumper 8 Seater “, that developed “ Engine Problems “. Been there… “ IF “ you find yourself in the same kind of Nervous Nubbie Fliers - and they WILL- ask,”.. ??.. Errr…. What would we do if Our Engines Fail?!?..” GRAB YOUR BUSINESS BRIEFCASE Close to your Chest, and Reply “… I wouldn’t REALLY worry about the ENGINES… My Wife Divorced me & Took EVERYTHING ! … She’ll be Sorry.. She’ll be Sorry.. “ 😂😮😅. Always keep Obviously checking your Watch .. 👴🏽NoBody.
I saw most of the same act in early February 2020 in Seattle, so that would’ve been a few months later into the tour. That performance was a smidge smoother, because he had a bunch of shows to finish working on the material, but it was no less or more genius than this one was. Rest In Peace, Buddy.
Norm is just that someone you want to shout the name of in a comedy bar cause he is so funny and he makes you feel funny that you just want to scream his name and hug him
@@bubbyberry i been listening to everything you upload. thank you so so much, i appreciate your service. he'll say a few things here and there(love you too, stuff like that), but i think 10 minutes of a conversation is the longest recorded crowdwork interaction i've ever heard him do in a stage set.
Oh, to be where and with who Norm is with now. THE FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT & Norm McDonald. He brought so much joy to so many, even now. RIP Norm Mcdonald, well done faithful servant.
I'm just hoping that if there is a god, he's not an asshole about it. Because either I was thrown into this existence willingly, or I wasn't. Those are mutually exclusive. Binary. So either I signed up for this or I didn't. Either I knew what I was getting into, or I didn't. If I did, then I can't see me agreeing to any of the prevalent theologies. And if I didn't, then no just god would punish me for transgressions. And maybe god is unjust, but in that situation, why obey? Seems like kind of a cunt in that situation. So when I blow my head off because life is not only miserable, it's absurd, the god I could possibly believe in will hug me deeply and apologize for what he put me through. But I'll take eternal void black dark whatever too. Dealers choice. If there's a heaven and Kurt Cobain isn't there just because he punched his own ticket... what kind of deity is running this place? Sounds like a real asshole. JIm Morrison OD'd, so did Hendrix... are accidental deaths still suicides? The Jesus stuff is mostly decent, but the whole idea of hell is retarded. Fuck a god that would put people through life without a primer and then punish them. That's an asshole. I mean, for sure, be nice to other people. Help them out, I don't think that's too much to ask. But then there are people who are broken. This shit doesn't hold water, all things and people being equal.
🎯 A. P.! Always Entertained by,”… BEFORE they became Known & Recognized/ Famous (?) “. Especially listening to Old-School Comedians/ Stand-Up getting together Now sharing Beginning-Days “ On the Road “- Sharing Crap-$20 a Night Motel- Waiting MONTHS just to get on & Do a 5 Minute ( 1:00 am) Spot. Heckled. “ Escape/ Magician & Slap Stick” - On Top of LOST Recording- Opportunities ( PRE- iPhone Pic & Video) of the Toronto- Circuit & Trying to get into the American - Audience, and $$$$ / Fed. Tax Savings. God Bless. NRN. 👴🏽NoBody. PS- Miss Robin Williams too ❤! And Norm, Vince Foster, Dean Martin - Never REALLY 🥃 as a Public-Publicly. Like Norm’s “ Delivery “ & Tonal Quality.
5:09 I also love Las Vegas.. I honestly wasn't sure what I'd think & after spending some months there.. I am always thinking about going back & have a couple times..
Endlessly frustrating watching the comedians at the end of Nothing Special wondering if Norm ever did this material in front of the audience and or whether or not it would kill. The second Norm did his first joke I knew that this was this set. (Roughly, of course, Norm Is too good at this to ever do the same set twice.)
Honestly, that commentary part on the special was completely unnecessary.
same - knew it was gonna be this set, watched all like 5 versions of this they released in audio form. i think Colombus is the best performance (but they all rocked)
I felt the exact same way. It boggles my mind that Norm toured the country for years doing some of the best stand-up ever performed, and there's so little video or high quality recordings. It seems to me like every sound guy should have just had a digital recorder going when he was performing. Bill Hicks did this 30 years ago. Such a shame that so much material was lost.
But, ultimately, I know that Norm was performing for the people in front of him, and for himself, and that was it. He always sounds like he is having so much fun. I will always wonder if the isolation of covid is what finally tipped the scales in the cancers favor. It seems like he really loved performing.
I thought the comedians at the end of the Nothing Special was nice.
A real artist. Incredible how he mixes it up.
The best comedian ever in my opinion, I am devastated he has passed I love norm, that guys a real operator.
Operator actually has a quite negative connotation, implying he’s manipulative toward his own selfish ends. I know what you mean though. He knew how to manipulate a crowd. Genius
@@threenormmacdonaldstand-up7044 a lot of people use operator as a positive term to be honest, probably just different internationally.
@@bubbyberry strictly by dictionary definition I mean.
Man, not even in your or even my opinion, just straight up facts
💯
I'm alone.it's Xmas eve. Norm got me through! Many thanks.
Hope you're good, Mary!
🙏🏼❤️
Happy New Year Mary. Hope this will be your best year yet !!! I definitely would have wanted to have a beer with Norm.. You can come to my house next Christmas eve and we'll figure out how to put the star on top of the tree and keep it straight - up + down. Maybe its the egg nog I choose ? Peace ✌
Hope youre doing well my dude
Been there before...I've convinced myself xmas is overrated, it makes it easier lol
oh My god this set is incredible
bro check out my channel there are some absolute gems. i have 20+ hours of bootleg norm stand up and more to come
It really is. Probably the best I've heard.
Nobody else could talk about retards and get away with it.
@@bubbyberry you're doing the Lord's work
Without a doubt, the funniest man on the planet has left us. He was a brilliant and beautiful human being.
There have been MANY famous people pass away in the past decade... but none have hit me as hard as Norm Macdonald. His comedy was so far above others comedically and intellectually... few people were able to fully appreciate him. RIP Norm.
he didn't pass away, he died
@@greatlakeblake you obviously need a hobby of some kind if this is how you waste your precious time - posting innane comments to people you don't even know. Are you lonely or something? Buy a dog.
When Norm died, I woke up with a bunch of texts on my phone from friends asking if I was ok. And my friends don't even really like me that much. They just knew that Norm dying would wreck me. And they weren't wrong.
Thats what he would have wanted @nutbastard
How I love this man. Felt like a friend had died. You will always live in my heart.
Norm was one of a kind. He shed light on so much absurdity in the human condition. I miss him so much. I agree with you, bubbyberry, Norm WAS the greatest!
" I love you Norm!" Must be 5 or 6 of these recordings that I've heard someone shout that and he responded. Such a great thing. Unique, or at least rare, in my decades of sifting through comedy.
yeah bro i've been wanting to make a compilation of that but i have to go back through a lot of material hahaha
@@bubbyberry ROACH JUNIOR?? THAT YOU??
@@therightsideofthetube4856 yuh
This is one of the greatest hours of comedy ever performed in my opinion.
an hour in he talks about how in 2020 he "is going to film a special". damn i wish covid didn't hit for no other reason then being able to see that piece of art :/
That’s an interesting little bit of information. You watch oney plays
alexa, play “The Less I Know The Better”
Piii
for no other reason?? Maybe how there have been 7 million people who have miserably died, including children? WTF is wrong with you?
@@TAROTAI Do you grieve the 600,000+ that die every year for heart disease? What about car accidents and shootings?
This has got to be one of his best sets ever. God bless you Norm. Thanks for all of the laughs. ❤
He did about 300 shows a year, every year. So many that weren't recorded or bootlegged and are gone into the ether forever.
Thank you so much for posting this! There really is nobody else I can listen to over and over again, I am so glad I live in a time where I can access this content.
i have a lot more on my channel bro
Same as 👍
@@bubbyberry
Nice!
@@bubbyberry good look, thank you
He did this set in Portland and the crowd was dying of laughter the entire time haha RIP Norm!
i have 2 portland sets from norm uploaded to my channel. one from 2016 and one from 2017
@@bubbyberry hell yeah. Watching them now. Thanks for these uploads 🙏🏿
@@BrandonCockridge18 just uploaded another portland set from 2019
Aladdin? Helium?
props to the girl shouting out I'm Not Norm at the beginning
I think that may be the girl from the merch pics. She's supposed to be the president of his fan club maybe
She's not. But she knows him
The master at work.
"Oh yeah I'm not supposed to say that" thanks norman gene
I'm crying .. this is awesome thank you
The Comedic Intellect.
He was one of a kind!
I fear what will happen to this world without Norm spreading cannibalism awareness.
I was at this show. This was the 2nd and last time I saw Norm perform live. Thank you so much for recording it in such high quality.
I fall asleep to this set almost every night. This is one of my favorite sets from any comedian ever. Also, buy Norm's book. It's increadible, and shines some light on some of these jokes. RIP, legend.
have you listened to his 2010 austin set that is a also on my channel? imo that's the best one
@@bubbyberry I don't think I have, I will check it out asap, thanks for making all this available. You're doing the lord's work, ha
@@bubbyberry the Austin show is an absolute gem, thanks!
His book is so bad. Why do you think it's good? It's one of those books where if they made a movie the movie would be better
@@user-dn9nw5oe9b I love his book, but I really like all sorts of weird, dark fiction.
I find the book is as strange as it is funny, however I have laughed out loud at it several times.
The book shifting back and forth between serious, silly, heartfelt, ridiculous, funny, dark, horrific stuff is very Norm to me. I definitely hear the whole book in Norm's voice. It works for me, but I can see how it definitely would not work for everyone, even fans of his stand-up.
Norm is the greatest standup comedian of all time
True.
@@bubbyberry qiiioooiiioooooo yet i
I love all these older live shows where you can see the evolution of Norms jokes as he works them out, then does the polished version on his specials and TV appearances.
I wish I could have had a beer with him and told him how much I loved him and his comedy.🍺Cheers Norm!
This would be one of his more recent shows actually. Less than 2 years ago.
This is from 2019
My favorite live jokes are about Drakula's Restaurant and also the one about sending a lady at the bar a big bowl of chowder.
This guy is so genius, he's incredible.
This recording is an amazing look into Norm"s mind.
Love seeing the world 🌍 through his eyes.
Norm was the love of ALL our lives!
The upload I watched of this earlier wasn't even close to the complete set but i didn't know that until now. I was just in the mood to listen to an old set. This is the best thing that has happened to me in months which says a lot about my life and how much I love Norm lol
Lol I saw him live in 2019 but this set was even better than the amazing set I saw
"Each one's a stranger from the other" Norm is our generation's poet and philosopher.
"They say comedians are the modern day philosopher... which is pretty offensive to MODERN DAY PHILOSOPHERS"
-Norm Macdonald
Entre Nous
I'm only 12 minutes in and my face is already hurting🤣🤣🤣
Brilliant save BubbyBerry, Thanx for passing it on, good on ya!
I was in Vegas a short spell after this, Damn i wish I had gotten to see him live : (
The best to ever do it
Norm was a genius! Still is. Thanks Norm. Take care. God bless!
‘I ate a guy’ cracks me up every time
Thank you so much for posting these 🤘gutted that I was never able to see him live but I so enjoy hearing you guys literally choking with laughter just as I wish I could have done with the crowd someday 🖤
"It makes me sad that nothing makes me feel sad."
Just proving that all great comedians are deeply depressed. Depression isn't always sadness. It's very often numbness.
Jesus norm is sooo funny.
Unparalleled.
1 of 1. A brilliant mind
Someone so hilarious and makes so much sense we truly lost a treasure RIP Norm
*Canadian treasure
God dam. It is still hard to accept we lost this genius.
Thanks for this.
This was great!
Coming from the new special and listening to this is amazing actually hearing the jokes with the crowd is wonderful
if im being 1000% honest the special did not do much for me as i had heard the jokes through these recordings a million times and already had a million laughs over them. still an amazing set though!
I've been meaning to watch this, and I can't believe it took me this long. Norm is one of the best.
check out my channel, this isnt even the best.
@@bubbyberry I'll check it out
Brilliant. I miss him...
awesome. Thanks for sharing
No problem bro!
Thank you for this channel 😢
thank you so much for posting this if anyone has audio like this please post im a normaholic
Norm's crowd work with the sisters at the end had me rolling.
Thank you for this.
Oh, and thanks Norm..
Norm was the first famous person who ever died that I was actually upset about.
He is too funny. Comedians are the philosophers of the modern age.
I'm just going to leave you with this quote by Norm: “I always bristle when people say, ‘The comedian is the modern-day philosopher, there are modern-day philosophers.”
He has said this many times in both interviews and on stage. This is a very strange comment coming from a channel for a "school" that seemingly has a heavy emphasis on philosophy.
Humans are the monkeys of the modern age
What the H are the modern philosophers then! Disgusting
thanks so much!
PPS- I Think it was during a Letterman Show Interview… but 👀 yourselves- Typical NORM Story/ Tale; he went to visit his Grandfather, who took home on a Little Tour - Reminiscing on ALL : Barns/ Wooden/ Bridges/ Bakery He- Himself had built … - CLASSIC🏆!
Thanks for posting this! Norm was my favourite comedian! I have listened to everything he has said for years! Miss you Norm!
Amazing set
Best audio yet.
Damn, new stuff from Norm, thank you so much !
Norm the GOAT
thank you for posting this daroachdogjr
No problem man.
That has to be Todd Glass sitting next to the microphone laughing the whole set.
i know right - sounds like him after his fourth day of weekly youknowwhat
I feel like this is the best worded and timed version of this set, all in all. Others have perhaps better veriations but thus is just dam near perfect.
Surprised I haven't seen this on I'm not Norm's channel with a t-shirt advertisement sliced in.
LIKE HANGIN W A VERY FUNNY FRIEND...THANX 4 THIS
Rest in peace to a legend!! That plane bit was comedic genius.
👍👍👍 Jason! It’s Only ( in MY Opinion) the VETERAN Stand-Up Professional , always Refining their Material & Delivery- Those we’re the Days! IF you can too- go search RON WHITE- Started as a Vegas Lounge-Lizard; been a Los Vegas Headliners for years!- Tubbie-Search his MGM Grand Vegas “ … TRYING to take a Short 12 Minute/ Puddle-Jumper 8 Seater “, that developed “ Engine Problems “. Been there… “ IF “ you find yourself in the same kind of Nervous Nubbie Fliers - and they WILL- ask,”.. ??.. Errr…. What would we do if Our Engines Fail?!?..” GRAB YOUR BUSINESS BRIEFCASE Close to your Chest, and Reply “… I wouldn’t REALLY worry about the ENGINES… My Wife Divorced me & Took EVERYTHING ! … She’ll be Sorry.. She’ll be Sorry.. “ 😂😮😅. Always keep Obviously checking your Watch .. 👴🏽NoBody.
I look forward to seeing him next time he comes to town.
oh boy do i have some news for you...
Ghost town?
@@bubbyberry wat?
@@Tony-Jabroni bruh.
I saw most of the same act in early February 2020 in Seattle, so that would’ve been a few months later into the tour.
That performance was a smidge smoother, because he had a bunch of shows to finish working on the material, but it was no less or more genius than this one was. Rest In Peace, Buddy.
Damn, every time I think I’ve listened to Norm’s whole career I find another fuckin gem lmao. Thanks for posting
Maybe Norm wanted us to all watch Matlock
I'm buying the box set from e ebay.
Lmfao in the last 15 mins of the set, you can tell that old chunk of coal had game 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The beevis and butthead laughter nearest the recorder only minimally distracted from Norm's usual brilliant delivery
Legend
20:24 omfg 🤣 I miss you Norm.
I miss you to
It's good to hear Droopy enjoying the show 😄
Long Live Turd Ferguson!!!
Norm was the best
Norm is just that someone you want to shout the name of in a comedy bar cause he is so funny and he makes you feel funny that you just want to scream his name and hug him
Every stand-up show NEEDS Eddie Murphy's ventriloquist act.
Think about all the ways you love norm and how he still makes you laugh
that whole doctor/knee/hammer bit was ad lib and it was hilarious!
Loving the Roachdogg Junior profile pic and implied Hadel connection
Love the close laugher guy. Sounds like Jeff Ross.
a rare glimpse at norm's crowdwork skills. he almost never engaged conversation with audience members.
check out some more recordings on my channel, you would be surprised how often he did it in his later years.
@@bubbyberry i been listening to everything you upload. thank you so so much, i appreciate your service.
he'll say a few things here and there(love you too, stuff like that), but i think 10 minutes of a conversation is the longest recorded crowdwork interaction i've ever heard him do in a stage set.
@@jasonfifi there was a heckler once - he took some time there as well
Norm's just stuff now, we'll all be just stuff.
Better download this now before Netflix wipes it from the internet like they did to his superior TH-cam podcast. So good.
"Lot of meat on those bones"
I miss Norm
Fucking folded over laughing thanks for posting this
Oh, to be where and with who Norm is with now. THE FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT & Norm McDonald. He brought so much joy to so many, even now. RIP Norm Mcdonald, well done faithful servant.
I'm looking forward to the laughter in Heaven!
I'm just hoping that if there is a god, he's not an asshole about it.
Because either I was thrown into this existence willingly, or I wasn't. Those are mutually exclusive. Binary.
So either I signed up for this or I didn't. Either I knew what I was getting into, or I didn't.
If I did, then I can't see me agreeing to any of the prevalent theologies. And if I didn't, then no just god would punish me for transgressions.
And maybe god is unjust, but in that situation, why obey? Seems like kind of a cunt in that situation.
So when I blow my head off because life is not only miserable, it's absurd, the god I could possibly believe in will hug me deeply and apologize for what he put me through. But I'll take eternal void black dark whatever too. Dealers choice.
If there's a heaven and Kurt Cobain isn't there just because he punched his own ticket... what kind of deity is running this place? Sounds like a real asshole.
JIm Morrison OD'd, so did Hendrix... are accidental deaths still suicides?
The Jesus stuff is mostly decent, but the whole idea of hell is retarded. Fuck a god that would put people through life without a primer and then punish them. That's an asshole.
I mean, for sure, be nice to other people. Help them out, I don't think that's too much to ask. But then there are people who are broken. This shit doesn't hold water, all things and people being equal.
Norm's interaction with "Lauren" and her sister at the end was comedy gold.🤣
Notice how he ended the show right away, the devil.
Wisdom in his jokes !
42:13 The bit about the psychiatrist telling him to stop taking fistfuls of LSD. Holy shit that was funny!
check out some of his other sets on my channel, he has better versions of that joke if you can believe it.
This joke is based off a drake sather joke
KING size
Was this at Southpoint, I regret missing this show, I was there and couldn't go those nights.
Yeah he played there fairly often
That's it. He's the best ever. I'm done 👍
What a real stream of conscious thing he had going on there.
R. I. P. Norm.
Great comedian beautiful profile picture
Norm was actually an escape artist
🎯 A. P.! Always Entertained by,”… BEFORE they became Known & Recognized/ Famous (?) “. Especially listening to Old-School Comedians/ Stand-Up getting together Now sharing Beginning-Days “ On the Road “- Sharing Crap-$20 a Night Motel- Waiting MONTHS just to get on & Do a 5 Minute ( 1:00 am) Spot. Heckled. “ Escape/ Magician & Slap Stick” - On Top of LOST Recording- Opportunities ( PRE- iPhone Pic & Video) of the Toronto- Circuit & Trying to get into the American - Audience, and $$$$ / Fed. Tax Savings. God Bless. NRN. 👴🏽NoBody. PS- Miss Robin Williams too ❤! And Norm, Vince Foster, Dean Martin - Never REALLY 🥃 as a Public-Publicly. Like Norm’s “ Delivery “ & Tonal Quality.
5:09 I also love Las Vegas.. I honestly wasn't sure what I'd think & after spending some months there.. I am always thinking about going back & have a couple times..
I miss Norm.
Id like to actually SEE the show!!!!!
you got a time machine?