Absolutely brilliant how he could stay on one theme for so long, something so simple as sitting in the back of a car, and pull seemingly limitless, hilarious, and universal material from it.
@@AmmoGus1 First time I saw a Norm video he was FAT!!! And Russell Brand was his guest. I just could not figure out why Brand was talking to this fat guy who kept telling him about lying on top of a lady.... Dressed in old dirty sweats... IMHO
He was 29 or 30 here but he looks much younger. And I'm just realizing, he reminds me a great deal of my lovely, funny college boyfriend. Tall, skinny, with those sensitive hands, sparkling eyes, sharp mind and ineffable air of innocence and mischief. Suddenly a few things make sense LOL...I guess my taste is consistent! Miss you, Norm. You were the very best, and the most loveable, too. You deserved so many more years of life, and we all deserved so many more years of you.
Norm's style and delivery changed a bit over time, but the one thing that never changed, was his inclusion of hats in jokes. That's right, Norm loves hat jokes.
“In a brilliant move during closing arguments, Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran put on the knit cap prosecutors say O.J. wore during the night of the murders. Although O.J. may have hurt his case when he suddenly blurted out, ‘Hey, hey. Easy with that! That’s my lucky stabbing hat!’”
Thanks for the closed caption, I accidentally went deaf with getting old. Although I can hear with the right headphones I know that if they break I can come back here and laugh as Amazon delivers the next pair. I miss Norm, he was my favorite Comedian.
@@whataloadofbollox you know my wife, she doesent laugh at my jokes, so I asked her, why don't you laugh, she said she was laughing all night long at a norm Macdonald show. I tell ya I get no respect!
It really liked the fact it was unproduced. It looks like it was filmed as a final test for some material. He filmed it and was timing it. Club stand up is a skill and Norm was a master.
His delivery is soo perfect. I've been searching for anything I haven't heard before and I guess I've seen them all. What a shame there won't be any more.
@@thomasnc It was thickest when he talked about putting a big driveway in front of your 'hoase' and truckers would show up. Although, to be fair, that feature ranges form the Dakotas to Buffalo I think.
How gorgeous was he? Oh, Norm! I'm so, SO sorry you left us. I'm so sincerely sorry for your close friends & family's loss. You were just an amazingly, lovely, funny person. Why are you gone & the Rump still here to torment us? If there were a deity, this would NEVER happen. I miss you so much. xx
I’m Norms biggest fan. He knows what he’s doing and was plenty polished. He did the back seat middle on his first A&E Improv a year or two later. I disagree with people here who thinks he is testing stuff out and still green. He had been working steady since early eighties and was just about ready to break here. He looked young but he was already a killer act.
I only discovered him 3 mths ago. I'm no idolator . He is still destroying me with all his intelligence Emotional intellectuals! : " 'wwtba millionaire' ..crazee crazee. Bi have heard the same jokes many times and I guffaw louder n louder each time It's like he infused us with the madness of constant happiness. Caring about us as he was dying. Teaching us the essence. His sincerity knew no bounds.His love moreso
That hit home. I had a grade six teacher that was the BEST. EVER. SHe was our mom, friend and, helper for ANYTHING we needed. .. . RITA. In 1982 Gatineau. She gave the whole class 50cebnt mini-Loto tickets for Christmas. She got FIRED because we were wre underaged..And lotteries are only for adults.. The saddest day of my life, even if it was grade 6 and I,d never see her again anyways.
Funny, handsome, so funny 😂. Loved him on the “fake” news. He came back from that situation better than ever & now he’s making his idols laugh in Heaven. RIP Norm 🙏☮️✝️💜
So, there was this guy named Norm, yeah, from Canada..he was the norm of Canada,...but not Canadas norm. Well, fuck, yes he was CANADAS NORM🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
This was such a great routine by Norm. Thanks for posting it. I haven’t read all the comments; wonder if the guy who got kicked out left one. Nah, he’s probably still trying to find himself one of them hats.
I can relate to the back seat passenger bit. 2 of my best friends in high school always sat in the front of his 73 beetle. I was always the back seat passenger. This bit brought back memories. LOL. Haven't seen those ass clowns in 35 years.
@@good2seeyou763 Did not know that. In the 1960's many people had a copy. The covers were all the same deep red colour. My son's mother destroyed mine. But i'm not angry anymore.
this set really showed how impossibly hard this JOB actually is... non stop blabbering by audience members, could you imagine being up there relying on timing when you cant even hear yourself. god dam
To everyone commenting on how young he looks. He did this set when he was two, right as the aging process accelerated . Although he looks a withered, decrepit 20, he was only two years old. You should have seen him when he was one. People would say he didn't look a day over zero. Joke on into eternity, Norm. We will eventually catch up to you.
Here he looks like a young super villain that hasn't had the bad thing happen yet.
Maybe he's the Joker
😂
that tragedy
Alternate timeline: if The joker was actually funny
actually has similar features to roseanne
amazing. not even a minute in and he’s already hit the crowd with a “HUH?” hahaha RIP
It's more like a "hnayneh" 😂
There's something about his eyes.
Hypnotic...
3:37
odd looking duck
They really are. Shifty, yet hypnotic.
satan himself
He was an attractive dude. Something charming, handsome, and gleeful.
Gotta say he was a pretty good looking lad here. I must be one of those gays
you sir, have won the internet for today
Presumably no doghouse
I'm not one of those... I'm deeply closeted.
Aw shucks.
This is a "thorny" issue
The early days of "HAH?!?"
when it verified truths :) haha
"Hah???" I swoon everytime
Absolutely brilliant how he could stay on one theme for so long, something so simple as sitting in the back of a car, and pull seemingly limitless, hilarious, and universal material from it.
When other comedians do impressions of Norm they always sound like young Norm.
winnipeg stinks
Good point.
I have never heard a good Norm impression. I have always found that super impressive, he was that original.
@@aaronreeder5753 Mark Normand does it naturally
ha - so true
He’s unbelievably beautiful
One of the best comedians to ever walk this earth!
The best, my friend.
Localism
his cute dimples always gave him innocence no matter what he was saying hahaha. rip legend..
@@AmmoGus1 First time I saw a Norm video he was FAT!!! And Russell Brand was his guest. I just could not figure out why Brand was talking to this fat guy who kept telling him about lying on top of a lady.... Dressed in old dirty sweats... IMHO
@@Freddy-Da-Freeloadah What's the opinion? :p
@@respectfulgamer7232 its more of a comment
@@guillermo907 haha nice
I do own a doghouse but my god was he a handsome fella.
I just know u went to the College of Science There
hahahaha what a comment :D
I'm a man of a word so I'll finish what I started but I'd just like to say .... this is ridiculous!
He was 29 or 30 here but he looks much younger. And I'm just realizing, he reminds me a great deal of my lovely, funny college boyfriend. Tall, skinny, with those sensitive hands, sparkling eyes, sharp mind and ineffable air of innocence and mischief. Suddenly a few things make sense LOL...I guess my taste is consistent!
Miss you, Norm. You were the very best, and the most loveable, too. You deserved so many more years of life, and we all deserved so many more years of you.
So, umm, you don't own a doghouse?
@@michaeltellurian825 I gotta tell you a secret!
...Denver is a WOMAN!
@@StrawberryDonutKing I see that now. Kind of ruins my comment, doesn't it? (nice reference, btw!)
This guy is very clearly 29-30 in appearance.
He looks like someone in their 20s or early 30s, people in their 30s are supposed to be young so the way he looks doesn’t surprise me
I saw him at Yuks the year before. What a blessed memory RIP
It was a long time ago, but did you notice a difference in that performance with this one?
A year before?? Wow, did he have totally different material or did he do some in this from
Back then?
Norm's style and delivery changed a bit over time, but the one thing that never changed, was his inclusion of hats in jokes. That's right, Norm loves hat jokes.
No thoughts at all... just a hat!!!
th-cam.com/video/J6DQw22LlTU/w-d-xo.html
“In a brilliant move during closing arguments, Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran put on the knit cap prosecutors say O.J. wore during the night of the murders.
Although O.J. may have hurt his case when he suddenly blurted out,
‘Hey, hey. Easy with that! That’s my lucky stabbing hat!’”
It's really old hat
It's an oversized hat. Like a regular hat.. but bigger. It's funny.
The only celebrity whose death I’ve mourned.
Same :( such a real personality.
edgy
Spok and scotty and doc all brought tears to my eyes
And what about hitler
ditto
Thanks for the closed caption, I accidentally went deaf with getting old. Although I can hear with the right headphones I know that if they break I can come back here and laugh as Amazon delivers the next pair. I miss Norm, he was my favorite Comedian.
Accidentally? Lol
HUH?! @@Sniperboy5551
RIP Funnyman. You will be missed.
he was a good boy that norm.
He's a good guy
He is a million years old with the face of an archangel. RIP.
I MET NORM AT RIVERDOWNS IN CINCINNATI N THE GUY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY NICER TOO ME.
JUST A NORMAL GUY.
FUCKING LEGEND!
R.I.P.
I always figured he was a down to Earth nice guy. Glad to hear that. Norm. Best ever!
If Norm was a normal guy the world would be a much better place
A normal guy? The man was deeply closeted
@@jwelda1 how do you know? Did he not own a doghouse?
@@jwelda1 he used something called "Mangrate" I assume its some toy, as they call them
This is such a good angle. Glad they caught him at this angle
What did we learn here? Norm MacDonald has always been funny!!!
And he liked including hats in jokes from the start.
It's a wonder any comedian doesn't give up after the first show.
A lot of them, if not most do give up somewhere along the way. Even Rodney Dangerfield did but he eventually came back when he was older
@@kennysmith1925 and thank god he did, you know what I'm sayin, no respect.
@@whataloadofbollox you know my wife, she doesent laugh at my jokes, so I asked her, why don't you laugh, she said she was laughing all night long at a norm Macdonald show. I tell ya I get no respect!
They're all masochists.
Why
It really liked the fact it was unproduced. It looks like it was filmed as a final test for some material. He filmed it and was timing it. Club stand up is a skill and Norm was a master.
His delivery is soo perfect. I've been searching for anything I haven't heard before and I guess I've seen them all. What a shame there won't be any more.
His hand mannerisms didn't change over 40 years. Stylin
Hold on, let's not get ahead of ourselves now.
His early comedy footage cracks me up. His Canadian accent was really thick back then.
C, eh?... N, eh?... D, eh? :-D
What Canadian accent? Maybe I don't notice it because I'm Canadian.
@@thomasnc It was thickest when he talked about putting a big driveway in front of your 'hoase' and truckers would show up. Although, to be fair, that feature ranges form the Dakotas to Buffalo I think.
His thick juicy Canadian accent
@@DstrtdMndhis juicy, meaty Canadian accent... so thick and sticky
"Ya ever buy clothes at a store?" People would answer no to this question today.
How gorgeous was he? Oh, Norm! I'm so, SO sorry you left us. I'm so sincerely sorry for your close friends & family's loss. You were just an amazingly, lovely, funny person. Why are you gone & the Rump still here to torment us? If there were a deity, this would NEVER happen. I miss you so much. xx
That one dislike, you guessed it................Frank Stallone
Dan ohlmeyer
😂
Or so the Germans would have you believe.
I’m Norms biggest fan. He knows what he’s doing and was plenty polished. He did the back seat middle on his first A&E Improv a year or two later. I disagree with people here who thinks he is testing stuff out and still green. He had been working steady since early eighties and was just about ready to break here. He looked young but he was already a killer act.
@Raymond Birch You guys are confused. I'm his biggest fan.
👈🏻😘
They keep saying how green he was. Like he was so green. Yeah, mama's apple pie... the fourth of July.
This guy is so attractive 😂
Now I’m wondering if I own a dog house….or not…
I'm guessing not
You can already see the absolute "I don't give a fuck" in him. The sweetest psychopath to ever walk the earth.
Lol, I don't think you know what a psychopath is.
Gone way too soon. I can't get over it.
No driver’s license to driving in the back alone then in the back middle to truck driving. Done oh so effortlessly. What a story teller!
he was so fucking fine oh my GOOOODDDD
I've had a crush on him my whole life. He's so perfect.
Chris Kattan, is that you?!
@@peterthompsoncomedy pretty much!
me too, hes the perfect gay boyfriend
Hilarious, this thread. Absolutely.
@@peterthompsoncomedy it is
Help! I can't stop watching Norm.
It’s a sickness, but I think you’ve got the best one. Smiling and laughing a lot are the main symptoms.
Sorry, there is no cure.
I only discovered him 3 mths ago. I'm no idolator . He is still destroying me with all his intelligence
Emotional intellectuals! : " 'wwtba millionaire' ..crazee crazee.
Bi have heard the same jokes many times and I guffaw louder n louder each time
It's like he infused us with the madness of constant happiness. Caring about us as he was dying. Teaching us the essence. His sincerity knew no bounds.His love moreso
same, I just lost lost a loved one and somehow i started binging norms vids the past couple days and its getting me through it, thanks norm 👍
That hit home. I had a grade six teacher that was the BEST. EVER. SHe was our mom, friend and, helper for ANYTHING we needed. .. . RITA. In 1982 Gatineau. She gave the whole class 50cebnt mini-Loto tickets for Christmas. She got FIRED because we were wre underaged..And lotteries are only for adults.. The saddest day of my life, even if it was grade 6 and I,d never see her again anyways.
she thought she was serving a youthful porpoise
So poignant.
Can we please appreciate the amazing camera job? Well done!!!
Funny, handsome, so funny 😂. Loved him on the “fake” news. He came back from that situation better than ever & now he’s making his idols laugh in Heaven.
RIP Norm 🙏☮️✝️💜
As a trucker,I can vouch for that bit about looking for big parking lots. We also like good food,though too!
You can really tell how influenced Norm was by David Letterman in his early years.
I don't know why, but this makes me sad (in a good way), sentimental, and nostalgic all at once...
@@develupa It's because he's dead. He died.
@@frame-perfectadskip9159 What? I didn’t even know he was sick
Which always seemed odd to me. I never found Dave funny as a comedian. He's a good straight guy though.
@@frame-perfectadskip9159 that actually made me chuckle, thanks.
So, there was this guy named Norm, yeah, from Canada..he was the norm of Canada,...but not Canadas norm. Well, fuck, yes he was CANADAS NORM🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Norm was 30 years old here. Looks like he is 15.
No he looks 30
That would be one incredibly tall and old looking 15 year old.
Someone in their 30s is still a young person, he looks like what a 30 year old should look like
@@VideoAmericanStyle lol
he was the exact same person then compared to 30 years later. Amazing
You gotta get in the mind state of 1989…. Jesus how far we’ve come since then…
God damn norm had some beautiful dreamy eyes
I've been Utubing Norm for a week....so much great stuff. Miss him.
This was such a great routine by Norm. Thanks for posting it. I haven’t read all the comments; wonder if the guy who got kicked out left one. Nah, he’s probably still trying to find himself one of them hats.
I've watch sets from the 80's from Robin Williams, Jim Carrey etc. They did not age well. Unlike Norm who's set still fire 30 years later.
Jim Carrey doing impressions was gold
Should someone tell him?
… Eddie Murphy
I never heard this bit
He had endless material.
Wow the quality is really high for that time
The video quality? Not really, it's just not been through several layers of recording like most old clips on youtube have
It's so weird seeing him be the same old boss but the year i was born. Maaan... Miss the dude
Interesting to see him keep moving his hand up to take a drag but forget he doesn't have a lit cigarette.
Thanks to the algorithm for randomly giving me an old norm vid. RIP Legend
I love seeing the come ups and its amazing to see it all evolve in videos
I love that he's been saying "trembling logs" for the last 30 years
Most beautiful man I've ever seen
I will love you forever, Norm.. Almost a year.
Whomever gives this video a dislike is probably a good friend of Kitchner Lesley.
This is precious video, thank you.
14:51 His 'lady voice' never changed. Lol. Love the trucker bit. AAAAHH.
I’m so glad this exists!!!!!
I see David Letterman in his mannerisms and style in the early days.
Norm in 1986. th-cam.com/video/Dg_KnnpvQLU/w-d-xo.html
@@YoureRatherDumb I didn't know he was even doing comedy in the mid 80's. Is that date accurate?
@@paulcolbourne9112 yes. He started in 1984 I believe. Of course there’s no video because he was a bad open micer like everyone else haha
@@georgeharrison1182 I think that must be true because the politicians he's talking about in this bit were in office in '84.
Norm is my favorite.
He was loved more than he could of known.
Those 2 dislikes?.....you guessed it Frank Stallone........and that acid-tongued Arab
OJ must not have seen this yet.
I can relate to the back seat passenger bit. 2 of my best friends in high school always sat in the front of his 73 beetle. I was always the back seat passenger. This bit brought back memories. LOL. Haven't seen those ass clowns in 35 years.
I've always loved Norm. He's always been a top 5 comic for me, and I love stand up. He was a comic's comic.
He looks like Tom Hanks circa Big movie title
I lived 2 mins from that Yuk Yuks in 1989. Yorkville and Bay. I used to pop in all the time.
Norm was GORGEOUS!!!! And I’m straight as an arrow (*sigh).💔🥀🕊
"You ever buy clothes at a store?...Hah?"
That's the takeaway.
Folks weren't too big on ordering their clothes online bank then
2:56 Amazing to see the Professor of Logic in the audience!
The angels are laughing their asses off right now.
The way he says aaaaa
Camera operator has NO chill, and I love it
He was so Handsome
Look at you trying to puff away on a cigarette that isn't there between jokes.
Love early norm standup
Great Salinger reference at the end. Classic Norm.
It's more of a John Lennon reference.
I thought it was a Jodie Foster reference.
@@khester7397 Yes. That too.
@@Alsatiagent It even goes back to Lee Harvey Oswald who had a copy of Catcher in the Rye at his home. It is like an assassins' handbook.
@@good2seeyou763 Did not know that. In the 1960's many people had a copy. The covers were all the same deep red colour. My son's mother destroyed mine. But i'm not angry anymore.
This guy's possibly even funnier than Amy Shcumer, and she's the funniest person in the world
She'd better watch her back for this guy. She can't be #1 forever.
😐😐
@@TylerFarrer why did he come back as a Ghost Comedian...
Amy Schumer is too big to fail.
If he's a ghost, you can put your hand right through him and he's invisible.
And he goes, "Uhhhhh."
That's not scary.
Norm was 29 or 30 here!
'you know when you buy clothes from a store' how does he make that funny?!
Absolutely hilarious! Thank you for the video. This legend was beyond funny.
Wow! More from this time period, please!!!!
So young and Canadian 😁😘
The mirror jokes alone are just epic - already great
He's done it all!!! He's Norm Macdonald!
this set really showed how impossibly hard this JOB actually is... non stop blabbering by audience members, could you imagine being up there relying on timing when you cant even hear yourself. god dam
Yeah, I've played music in front of crowds like that. Takes away the nuances and makes it hard to feel things out.
Yeah must be so annoying when you go out for a drink and and a chat with your friend and a comedian starts performing his act…🙄
Holy shit he was great from the get-go
This is so early on, the only thing missing is his answering machine bit
To everyone commenting on how young he looks. He did this set when he was two, right as the aging process accelerated . Although he looks a withered, decrepit 20, he was only two years old. You should have seen him when he was one. People would say he didn't look a day over zero. Joke on into eternity, Norm. We will eventually catch up to you.
Wow, his Canadian accent is strong here.
Agreed. He says lots of ‘there’s’ and pronounced O like U. “You ever get in the backseat od a Cur there?
People talking throughout the performance - some things never change!
Oh Norm, your Canadian is showing
RIP Norm, we love you!
rip norm. we miss you
A real treat. Thank you. And yes ofcourse the man had to have layed many a damsel
Can't believe I've never seen this. Thanks!
That's one of the best sets I've ever seen of Norm's! Just non-stop jokes. Thanks @Kane Alson :)
Unique delivery, he'll be missed.