Norm has complimented Letterman for that in the past. He was talking to Larry king about bill Maher and said "bill Maher is a smart guy, and he wants to show the audience how smart he is" and then he talks about another guy like that, but then he says "but Letterman is smarter than both of them. He knows: play the dumb guy. Nobody wants to watch a guy smarter than them"
When Norm turned the page you could see that it was completely blank. He either memorized that whole thing, or was just improvising it as he went. What a legend.
Well there’s no way he memorized it. Do you know how many words he said in this bit? Hundreds maybe even a thousand! An old guy like norm couldn’t memorize that much, especially not in order
That line is shitting on fallon so hard for his fake laugh. I gotta wonder how self aware someone like fallon is. I think he knows he's a hack and is just milking it for the dollars ye?
@@JacobHG1234 He has bad anxiety. But at least he acknowledges talent. To be fair, all the late night hosts are lacking. Conan is only good comparatively.
Norm Macdonald. A slow, methodical, brilliant joke teller, and a real comedian. Jimmy Fallon, a talented impressionist who just can't seem to nail one thing, the accurate impression of a laugh.
Only Norm could intentionally bomb, by reading out loud about the bit he's doing bombing, just to highlight the fact that Jimmy laughs at everything, before satirising the fact that Jimmy laughs at everything.
I get you.. now whoever will read this book knows that whatever he said really did happen! Mind blowing mind blowing.. he made a imagination into a reality by moulding it in real time.. what a god
Norm really is a legend, isn't he? Between that mind and delivery, I don't think we'll ever see another close to being as funny in that very unique but novel way.
Okay I don't know a lot about show biz, but I'm a huge fan of Norm Macdonald. But can someone please explain the contempt for Fallon? Is it because of the time NBC brass cancelled Norm's spot on the Tonight Show or is there something more?
I scrolled down 5 pages of comments and saw 0 dislikes. Norm's genius was that he let everyone who wanted in on the bit, in on the bit. He truly brought people together in playfulness, joy, and laughter. ♡
It really is like I rarely read ever. I’m part of the short attention span generation but when I started watching norm I got his book and read it in like 3-4 days and I usually read a book throughout a month or longer. Norm really is special.
What a legendary genius! Norm is remarkable at getting better with age he's got to be the best original comedian in our time "the unflappable Jimmy Fallon" "Old Stone-Faced Fallon" "If you got a laugh from old Jimmy Fallon then by God you've earned it" Just genius!
Mr. MacDonald is not for the mawkish, and he has no truck for the sentimental, but If something is true, it is not sentimental. And I say in truth, I love you. 💔❤️🩹
Elder Scrolls lore BA It's really hard to choose between the two. Cleese writes such witty comedy, but I feel like Norm would be just slightly more funny in real life. I only say that because 2 people can never be exactly as funny. One will always be funnier. So I have to say Norm, but only by a tiny fraction.
As an old hunk of the blackest sootiest coal , mined from the dark depths of mother Earth itself by miners that have been toiling away from dusk to dawn with no recognition from the outside World even though that miner keeps the lights on by his toiling and sweating and bleeding and often times death! Yes , death itself shows up in those old mines from time to time. Norm cleans up well and somehow manages to be rather presentable.
Is it just me, or was this brilliant bit also a way of slyly ribbing Fallon for his sycophantic over-laughing that hes known for? Either way, Norms a legend in my book.
Actually if you click on a video of Fallon with any other guest you'll just see him sitting there stone faced. They don't call him the unflappable Jimmy Fallon for nothing.
Norm is a legend and even though he's appreciated by many I still feel he is underrated. Something about his comedy style just makes me feel really good and happy. & I'm actually digging the beard on Jimmy now that it's fuller.
That’s one clip I actually had never seen before, refreshing, sad that we won’t get more of him, but the old clips I will watch forever. God bless him.
"Uh, which later turned out to be a complete coincidence; an unrelated, subdural, hematoma." I don't know why random misfortune (fictional) is funny, but it is. Norm is even funnier here than the bit about his uncle the master baker.
@@ViolentSmoker It's kind of misleading to say that without more detail. He defended them as people, he didn't defend anything they did. People acted as if norm said "Why yes, racial aspersions and jerking off in front of your suboordinates is totally okay and I am okay with it!!"
0.55 fallon thinks norm is describing what fallon is wearing, whereas norm is in actually describing his own attire. These are you greatest instrument fallon *points to ears
It's great to read these comments. I have loved Norm since seeing his old special on A&E it really vindicates my opinion of him and how brilliant and funny he is. That and his latest special was fantastic.
He is on team Jimmy... he refused to go on any other NYC late night talk show outside of Letterman. Until Letterman retired. And when that happened, he said he'd never go on another late night talk show in NYC. Until Jimmy. He actually has a history with Colbert going back 30 years but still hasn't been on his show. Hopefully, one day, I think it would be awesome if he was on Colbert.
Hi Jimmy, thanks for cancelling Norm while he was dying of cancer and then call him friend after his passing. That's a sign of great integrity and humanity. What was the alternative? Having him on your show a go after him for his comments? At least that could give the man a change to speak.
Norm doing some serious meta. Admitting to his own deliberate bombing onstage and skewering Jimmy's infamous overboard laughter, "the bit" name, the memory in real time of the giant standing ovation obliging the audience to all stand up and hoot just because he said so.
And conversely, it is hard for me to dislike someone that likes Norm. ......Which has me worried and wondering, would Hitler have liked Norm? Do I need to rethink Hitler?
Remember when Fallon pussed out and cancelled Norm’s appearance because some idiot on his staff was “in tears” at the thought of his appearance? I’ll never forgive him for that.
I’d just like to take a brief moment, as all moments are I suppose, to say how courageous it was for Jimmy Fallon to cancel Norm’s appearance on the Tonight Show a couple years ago.
I hope this comment gets upvoted to the moon. I'm glad all the "It" people like Fallon for letting them play flip cup on national television; meanwhile, he takes a shit on Norm when he's getting railed on. If Fallon says anything about Norm on his show, he better cop to that bullshit behavior.
@@fan5407 he won't do that because it would be a decent gesture on one hand, but would also take some actual courage because he might have to face a lot of people calling BS on that and telling him to go funk himself. But if he was even half a decent man he would say something anyway.
I don't know how he did it, but he actually got Jimmy to laugh. Is there anything Norm can't do?
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There's always someone who complains about charity.
I think it was Conan who called Norm 'the smartest guy in the room pretending to be the dumbest'
Norm has complimented Letterman for that in the past. He was talking to Larry king about bill Maher and said "bill Maher is a smart guy, and he wants to show the audience how smart he is" and then he talks about another guy like that, but then he says "but Letterman is smarter than both of them. He knows: play the dumb guy. Nobody wants to watch a guy smarter than them"
@@psolo3 dennis miller was the other guy
Norm is the anti-Trump
None wiser except Lettermen.
Great. Now, explain to the folks at home what a room is.
When Norm turned the page you could see that it was completely blank. He either memorized that whole thing, or was just improvising it as he went. What a legend.
Socks Junior, impossible. Remember, he “[doesn’t] know many words.”
@@nthomas87 so he says..
or so the Germans would have us believe...
Well there’s no way he memorized it. Do you know how many words he said in this bit? Hundreds maybe even a thousand! An old guy like norm couldn’t memorize that much, especially not in order
Parts were preconceived, note the coughing up blood
"old stone faced Fallon, if u got a Lough from old Jimmy Fallon, then by god you earned it " 😂😂
seriously one of the funniest bits ever
That line is shitting on fallon so hard for his fake laugh. I gotta wonder how self aware someone like fallon is. I think he knows he's a hack and is just milking it for the dollars ye?
@@JacobHG1234 He has bad anxiety. But at least he acknowledges talent. To be fair, all the late night hosts are lacking. Conan is only good comparatively.
@@JacobHG1234 yes I think they settled on likeability vs quality of programming because they realized it would make them mo' $
He s just goofing, your hate is getting in the way of the joke, norm already said he like Jimmy on his podcast
Norm is such a master of the slow meta mindfuck. Just brilliant and hilarious.
You totally nailed it with "slow meta mindfuck".
Meta... I hate meta
*was
@@marsaint ...but love the feta
Meta is the opposite of funny. This was not meta at all. It was funny.
Don't fuck with Uncle Terry when he's been drinking.
Rob C thank god dir the hatchery
Or we'd all be lost
And then uncle Terry felt pride where shame once was
Rob C ah yes an old street joke
He fired the Balishnikov like a Scythe!
Norm Macdonald. A slow, methodical, brilliant joke teller, and a real comedian. Jimmy Fallon, a talented impressionist who just can't seem to nail one thing, the accurate impression of a laugh.
How do expect Stonefaced Fallon to laugh? He hasn't had much practice!
This was exactly what Norm was targetting here: Jimmy's laugh.
if you don't like it dont watch.
Daniel Sather No. I like watching things I don't like
Troll.
My entire feed of TH-cam recommended videos is now only Norm MacDonald talk show appearances. Can’t get enough.
You've got fine taste.
same
I guess it turns out I have fine taste too.
How is your news feed now?
😭😭😭
Only Norm could intentionally bomb, by reading out loud about the bit he's doing bombing, just to highlight the fact that Jimmy laughs at everything, before satirising the fact that Jimmy laughs at everything.
nice
This didn’t bomb -
Believe it or not but the excerpt he read is based on a true story.
What? Seriously? Like one of his uncles?
No, it was the basis of a true story, told in a very timely manner.
I get you.. now whoever will read this book knows that whatever he said really did happen! Mind blowing mind blowing.. he made a imagination into a reality by moulding it in real time.. what a god
Holy Shit the legend himself, finally a good guest
Glad the old battle axe let Norm out of the house.
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Norm really is a legend, isn't he? Between that mind and delivery, I don't think we'll ever see another close to being as funny in that very unique but novel way.
He and Gervais can make him really laugh. Check out his jail joke " Ricky returns to stand up"
Norm is the best guest on any show
Him an bill burr
It’s him then Amy Schumer.
I'll take Gary Coleman.
they should switch seats. permanently.
no cuz if jimmy fallon was on the norm macdonald show, he would suck
the best guest star norm would have on is norm macdonald, you heard of him?
@@starkilla55: He could have Adam Eget on. He could do a remote from the Queensboro Bridge.
@@starkilla55 Of course the best guest would be... You guessed it
Idk I think norm is great when he can fuck with hosts like this and the attention is on him
I am watching this because Norm Macdonald's name attracts me more than Jimmy Fallon's name repels me
Relatable
100% accurate
I wish for tacks to be on that desk when Jimmy slaps it.
Okay I don't know a lot about show biz, but I'm a huge fan of Norm Macdonald. But can someone please explain the contempt for Fallon? Is it because of the time NBC brass cancelled Norm's spot on the Tonight Show or is there something more?
@@davemakarchuk5127 because he's fake as fuck and not funny
Every new bit of Norm on a talkshow is like a dewfresh drop of gold from God almighty himself.
youtube his appearances on radio shows. Comedy gold
7 years later,my observation that he is an angel is CORRECT
I scrolled down 5 pages of comments and saw 0 dislikes.
Norm's genius was that he let everyone who wanted in on the bit, in on the bit.
He truly brought people together in playfulness, joy, and laughter.
♡
This hurts. I’m going to miss you norm, I will continue getting my daily dose of him from ImNotNorm, hopefully
Watching Norm videos now makes me both laugh and cry at the same time
@@AHN001 Me too.I laugh, and then I cry
If you want to see him again in all seriousness , He is in heaven. Read proverbs first , and then the 4 gospels in the New Testament.
I mean Norm.........what a fucking timeless genius.
He was also good at matg
MATH
"I mean... this guy was a real jerk."
That isn't even the punchline but it's so funny I can't remember what it is.
Arthur Jackson that is a knick knack paddy whack, give that frog a loan, his father is a rolling stone
Jeff Brondo Hold on a second! Says here he hated Jews!
There is nothing redeeming about the guy.
Jeff Brondo Reminds me of my friend Dave. He hates Jews. I'm thinking of breaking up our friendship.
Norm is a legend
As in he doesn't really exist
Your mum's a legend
His actual book rocks. I have listened to it over and over on long road trips. Buy it if you haven’t
Does Norm do the reading?
Jesse D yes
It really is like I rarely read ever. I’m part of the short attention span generation but when I started watching norm I got his book and read it in like 3-4 days and I usually read a book throughout a month or longer. Norm really is special.
What a legendary genius! Norm is remarkable at getting better with age he's got to be the best original comedian in our time
"the unflappable Jimmy Fallon"
"Old Stone-Faced Fallon"
"If you got a laugh from old Jimmy Fallon then by God you've earned it"
Just genius!
Mr. MacDonald is not for the mawkish, and he has no truck for the sentimental, but If something is true, it is not sentimental. And I say in truth, I love you. 💔❤️🩹
Same sir
The crafting of that bit was masterful...
I loved "the bit". Norm is the funniest man alive. Another memorable TV moment.
Him or John Cleese.
Or someone else, hard to say who's the funniest.
Elder Scrolls lore BA It's really hard to choose between the two. Cleese writes such witty comedy, but I feel like Norm would be just slightly more funny in real life. I only say that because 2 people can never be exactly as funny. One will always be funnier. So I have to say Norm, but only by a tiny fraction.
Wow! "The Bit" in the flesh. This was history.
Acknowledge as brilliant or die.
'The fake laugh that almost killed me'
A memoir by James Fallon
+Vasisht Vasan "Almost Doesn't Cut It." A memoir by an anonymous hitman.
RIP Norm, you’re my personal favorite and in my opinion the greatest comedian ever
norm directly just bullied Fallon in front of his audience. i love him so much.
I wouldn't exactly call it bullying. More like a comment, really.
lol it was a playful joke.
@@Vingul explain to the folks at home what a comment is
It was more indirectly
Norm was a legend. Fallon is garbage. The wrong kid died!
As an old hunk of the blackest sootiest coal , mined from the dark depths of mother Earth itself by miners that have been toiling away from dusk to dawn with no recognition from the outside World even though that miner keeps the lights on by his toiling and sweating and bleeding and often times death! Yes , death itself shows up in those old mines from time to time. Norm cleans up well and somehow manages to be rather presentable.
He is the diamond he once dreamed to be!
Chunk*
'Sootiest' 🤣🤣🤣
Norm brings One Hundred Years of Solitude to life. Simultaneously recording and recounting the events of the world. Brilliant.
Norm MacDonald, is a legend. A master of his craft.
Is it just me, or was this brilliant bit also a way of slyly ribbing Fallon for his sycophantic over-laughing that hes known for? Either way, Norms a legend in my book.
This is scripted. :)
I think that's exactly what it was.
It wouldnt be funny if Fallon actually was hard to make laugh :)
Spot on dude, I'm glad Norm went after him. I'd like to see Super Dave take on fallon and his fake laughter
Actually if you click on a video of Fallon with any other guest you'll just see him sitting there stone faced. They don't call him the unflappable Jimmy Fallon for nothing.
Norm represents a old time comedy genre called 'funny'.
Rest in peace norm! You will forever be known as a legendary comedian! There will never be a unique comedy genius like you!🙏
Norm is a legend and even though he's appreciated by many I still feel he is underrated. Something about his comedy style just makes me feel really good and happy. & I'm actually digging the beard on Jimmy now that it's fuller.
Thank god for this joke...and the hatchery
or we would all be lost
Fuck the hatchery. I’m on disability.
@@beybladeguru101 Uncle Terry?
I think Fallon is the kinda guy to count his eggs as chickens before they hatch.
@@Judoka008 You better watch out, he might have been drinking again
"It's 24 hours a day, 7 days week. That's 24/7." 🙏
I miss you norm, I wish I was there to give u ur flowers while u were still here. Love u man .
That’s one clip I actually had never seen before, refreshing, sad that we won’t get more of him, but the old clips I will watch forever. God bless him.
How does Norm Mcdonald come up with things this brilliant? Consistently! Unreal comedy mind.
Are you asking where Norm gets his ideas from?
@Leafy IsHere Any particular Ralph's?
You can see he's improving this when he turns the page and it's blank
"Uh, which later turned out to be a complete coincidence; an unrelated, subdural, hematoma."
I don't know why random misfortune (fictional) is funny, but it is. Norm is even funnier here than the bit about his uncle the master baker.
I bet the pages are all blank, greatest improviser.
zachos2 3:45 they actually are
its not improvised as you can tell by the fake blood part of the skit. He may be improvising some of the wording but it was a planned bit/joke
2:29 A milestone in Jimmy Fallon's career as a human being, he's finally genuinely laughed.
For a guy who claimed he didn't like meta comedy, that bit was meta af.
if you got banned from The Tonight Show by ol' Jimmy Fallon, by God you earned it!
What a travesty
@Benghali In Platforms Reminds me of that tragedy up in Ottawa
Wait norm didn’t get banned did he
@@austinkennedy7312 Kindof. Had a booking cancelled after he somewhat defended Rosanne and whatshisfacesexualpredator.
@@ViolentSmoker It's kind of misleading to say that without more detail. He defended them as people, he didn't defend anything they did. People acted as if norm said "Why yes, racial aspersions and jerking off in front of your suboordinates is totally okay and I am okay with it!!"
Rest In Peace Norm
Damn man, Norm is incredible.
His a comedy ju jitsu master.
Legend in his own time.
I agree
R.I.P Norm Macdonald
0.55 fallon thinks norm is describing what fallon is wearing, whereas norm is in actually describing his own attire. These are you greatest instrument fallon *points to ears
Performance art at its best, once again. Thanks, Norm
Too bad we never got to see another appearance for Norm Macdonald. Rest in piece, an old chunk of coal finally turned to a diamond
Priceless !! R.I.P. Norm & Thank-You for Being You !!
You'd think Fallon would get it, but that he doesn't is the gold Norm has spun.
It's great to read these comments. I have loved Norm since seeing his old special on A&E it really vindicates my opinion of him and how brilliant and funny he is. That and his latest special was fantastic.
There is nobody on this earth cooler than Norm.
Fonzy
The unflappable jimmy fallon
Old stone-faced fallon
Norm is hilarious
The warmth and love in that man staggers me…good ole norm ❤️🔥
The funniest man on the stage was and will always be Norm.
this is the ultimate roast of jimmy fallon
Norm passes for blind among the blind, and that is such a unique talent. This was a magnificent work of art; bravo.
Normy.. Normy Normy Normy!
Hockey, Normy!
It's no good anymore...
man alive, that’s gold
He got him good 😂
Good Old Norm Calling Out Jimmy?
Madsf Jaada You earn a laugh from ole stone face....
he's not on Team Fallon at all, he just told Jimmy to his face that he's fake but in his own "Norm" way
He is on team Jimmy... he refused to go on any other NYC late night talk show outside of Letterman. Until Letterman retired. And when that happened, he said he'd never go on another late night talk show in NYC. Until Jimmy. He actually has a history with Colbert going back 30 years but still hasn't been on his show. Hopefully, one day, I think it would be awesome if he was on Colbert.
He's team Coco.
Not team ass sucker.
Norm has talk about Jimmy in his podcast and seem to really like him, calling him a "Sweet kid who loves everybody" or something like that.
what I love best about Norm, is that he is amused by himself. it makes me so happy!! :)
Hi Jimmy, thanks for cancelling Norm while he was dying of cancer and then call him friend after his passing. That's a sign of great integrity and humanity. What was the alternative? Having him on your show a go after him for his comments? At least that could give the man a change to speak.
this is the funniest thing i've seen on late night TV in a while!
Norm a comedic genius
Out of all the Norm bits, and I’ve watched them all, this is the best bit. RIP you old hunk of coal.
Damn this bit fucking KILLED 😂😂😂
RIP Sir
That sudden look hhhhhhhh 2:54
Wow. I still remember where I was when I saw “The Bit”. Rest in peace, Norm
The Bit
😢 BRAVO!
Norm doing some serious meta. Admitting to his own deliberate bombing onstage and skewering Jimmy's infamous overboard laughter, "the bit" name, the memory in real time of the giant standing ovation obliging the audience to all stand up and hoot just because he said so.
This was the first time I saw this bit...pure genius by Norm....🇨🇦✌👍🤘🤣
Ill forever miss Norm.
Oh my, that ovation. So spontaneous.
Who else could do that? Only norm.
What a clever and comedic way to call Jimmy out
I can’t be friends with people who don’t appreciate Norm.
And conversely, it is hard for me to dislike someone that likes Norm. ......Which has me worried and wondering, would Hitler have liked Norm? Do I need to rethink Hitler?
I'm pretty sure I'm getting a tattoo of Norm's "Sudden Look" face haha
Well?
Norm is the king of comedy
Wow. Jimmy was flabbergasted. But this is by far the greatest BIT. Wow. Norm. Norm. Norm.
As a proud member of the boot black union, it was a great loss to not have Norm as one of us.
Remember when Fallon pussed out and cancelled Norm’s appearance because some idiot on his staff was “in tears” at the thought of his appearance? I’ll never forgive him for that.
I wish it was the tonight show with norm macdonald now that i would watch
I’d just like to take a brief moment, as all moments are I suppose, to say how courageous it was for Jimmy Fallon to cancel Norm’s appearance on the Tonight Show a couple years ago.
I hope this comment gets upvoted to the moon. I'm glad all the "It" people like Fallon for letting them play flip cup on national television; meanwhile, he takes a shit on Norm when he's getting railed on. If Fallon says anything about Norm on his show, he better cop to that bullshit behavior.
@@fan5407 he won't do that because it would be a decent gesture on one hand, but would also take some actual courage because he might have to face a lot of people calling BS on that and telling him to go funk himself. But if he was even half a decent man he would say something anyway.
This was brilliant lol
The unflappable Jimmy fallon
Totally blank pages -he just totally made it up as he went. Genius. We miss him.
I hadn’t seen this before. God bless you Norm ❤️
Rest in Peace, Norm
Norm is the best. But I think Higgins is a very underrated sidekick
Norm. The greatest!
I wish they'd cut to the Roots during this, I can hear Questlove cracking up in the background
And then Fallon betrayed Norm and showed himself to be the phoney friend he'd always been