I think it was Conan who called Norm 'the smartest guy in the room pretending to be the dumbest'

@psolo3

5 жыл бұрын

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"

@sollertiskhan3254

4 жыл бұрын

@@psolo3 dennis miller was the other guy

@tomfrascina5846

4 жыл бұрын

Norm is the anti-Trump

@jaimhaas5170

4 жыл бұрын

None wiser except Lettermen.

@DeAngelo77

4 жыл бұрын

Great. Now, explain to the folks at home what a room is.

I don't know how he did it, but he actually got Jimmy to laugh. Is there anything Norm can't do?

@sweiland75

7 жыл бұрын

Vote

@JonnyUnderrated

7 жыл бұрын

up thumb emoticon.

@ant3k971

7 жыл бұрын

Drive

@MiguelGonzalez-bg8hx

7 жыл бұрын

release podcasts in a timely manner.

@glandhound

7 жыл бұрын

There's always someone who complains about charity.

"old stone faced Fallon, if u got a Lough from old Jimmy Fallon, then by god you earned it " 😂😂

@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN

5 жыл бұрын

seriously one of the funniest bits ever

@JacobHG1234

4 жыл бұрын

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?

@zztopz7090

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@vinceswaney6196

4 жыл бұрын

@@JacobHG1234 yes I think they settled on likeability vs quality of programming because they realized it would make them mo' $

@spookydoo4697

4 жыл бұрын

He s just goofing, your hate is getting in the way of the joke, norm already said he like Jimmy on his podcast

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.

@nthomas87

4 жыл бұрын

Socks Junior, impossible. Remember, he “[doesn’t] know many words.”

@rbsk999

4 жыл бұрын

@@nthomas87 so he says..

@slazerlombardi

4 жыл бұрын

or so the Germans would have us believe...

@gordieevans2263

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Jameswindsorsmith

4 жыл бұрын

Parts were preconceived, note the coughing up blood

Norm is such a master of the slow meta mindfuck. Just brilliant and hilarious.

@ClifHaley

2 жыл бұрын

You totally nailed it with "slow meta mindfuck".

@marsaint

2 жыл бұрын

Meta... I hate meta

@g8risgr849

2 жыл бұрын

*was

@markoskar75

Жыл бұрын

@@marsaint ...but love the feta

@thegoatest

11 ай бұрын

Meta is the opposite of funny. This was not meta at all. It was funny.

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.

@timothygraham4304

7 жыл бұрын

How do expect Stonefaced Fallon to laugh? He hasn't had much practice!

@saeedvazirian

7 жыл бұрын

This was exactly what Norm was targetting here: Jimmy's laugh.

@danielsather3561

7 жыл бұрын

if you don't like it dont watch.

@redyayhole1644

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Sather No. I like watching things I don't like

@danielsather3561

7 жыл бұрын

Troll.

Don't fuck with Uncle Terry when he's been drinking.

@xCaptainHerox

7 жыл бұрын

Rob C thank god dir the hatchery

@__Beant__

7 жыл бұрын

Or we'd all be lost

@eminkerim7859

6 жыл бұрын

And then uncle Terry felt pride where shame once was

@michaelosy462

6 жыл бұрын

Rob C ah yes an old street joke

@bobsylvester88

Ай бұрын

He fired the Balishnikov like a Scythe!

Holy Shit the legend himself, finally a good guest

@artonline01

7 жыл бұрын

Glad the old battle axe let Norm out of the house.

@Kingofkings112323

6 жыл бұрын

Yoel i

@bighuge1060

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@alephmorricone7207

2 жыл бұрын

He and Gervais can make him really laugh. Check out his jail joke " Ricky returns to stand up"

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.

@david_4739

3 ай бұрын

nice

@kevinrhea7332

Ай бұрын

This didn’t bomb -

Believe it or not but the excerpt he read is based on a true story.

@joshdunham7167

4 жыл бұрын

What? Seriously? Like one of his uncles?

@GothamClive

4 жыл бұрын

No, it was the basis of a true story, told in a very timely manner.

@Coldcloves

2 жыл бұрын

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

My entire feed of KZread recommended videos is now only Norm MacDonald talk show appearances. Can’t get enough.

@matttherrien9608

4 жыл бұрын

You've got fine taste.

@greythought1872

4 жыл бұрын

same

@glsgls1045

2 жыл бұрын

I guess it turns out I have fine taste too.

@michaelpolatty1626

2 жыл бұрын

How is your news feed now?

@22.ashwinsajigeorge88

2 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

they should switch seats. permanently.

@starkilla55

4 жыл бұрын

no cuz if jimmy fallon was on the norm macdonald show, he would suck

@starkilla55

4 жыл бұрын

the best guest star norm would have on is norm macdonald, you heard of him?

@TS-qq7vr

4 жыл бұрын

@@starkilla55: He could have Adam Eget on. He could do a remote from the Queensboro Bridge.

@GEM4sta

4 жыл бұрын

@@starkilla55 Of course the best guest would be... You guessed it

@EXTENDEDWARRANT

4 жыл бұрын

Idk I think norm is great when he can fuck with hosts like this and the attention is on him

Norm is the best guest on any show

@TheDeal187

6 жыл бұрын

Him an bill burr

@teflojr1562

2 жыл бұрын

It’s him then Amy Schumer.

@lewisc215

2 жыл бұрын

I'll take Gary Coleman.

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. ♡

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. 💔❤️‍🩹

@kevinrhea7332

Ай бұрын

Same sir

I am watching this because Norm Macdonald's name attracts me more than Jimmy Fallon's name repels me

@ASJC27

2 жыл бұрын

Relatable

@stramurto

2 жыл бұрын

100% accurate

@ChiliCheeseD0g

2 жыл бұрын

I wish for tacks to be on that desk when Jimmy slaps it.

@davemakarchuk5127

2 жыл бұрын

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?

@rueisblue

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@yehheapsmadaybut

7 жыл бұрын

youtube his appearances on radio shows. Comedy gold

@herman60

8 күн бұрын

7 years later,my observation that he is an angel is CORRECT

Norm is a legend

@MeTriviSlipKlokDriva

7 жыл бұрын

As in he doesn't really exist

@gregsoon521

4 жыл бұрын

Your mum's a legend

This hurts. I’m going to miss you norm, I will continue getting my daily dose of him from ImNotNorm, hopefully

@AHN001

2 жыл бұрын

Watching Norm videos now makes me both laugh and cry at the same time

@friedchicken1

2 жыл бұрын

@@AHN001 Me too.I laugh, and then I cry

@djentile7773

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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!

The crafting of that bit was masterful...

I mean Norm.........what a fucking timeless genius.

@kevinrhea7332

Ай бұрын

He was also good at matg

@kevinrhea7332

Ай бұрын

MATH

"I mean... this guy was a real jerk."

@bopbopperono58

7 жыл бұрын

That isn't even the punchline but it's so funny I can't remember what it is.

@dcmlgs5877

7 жыл бұрын

Arthur Jackson that is a knick knack paddy whack, give that frog a loan, his father is a rolling stone

@robcramer7477

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Brondo Hold on a second! Says here he hated Jews!

@jeffbrondo6831

7 жыл бұрын

There is nothing redeeming about the guy.

@robcramer7477

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Brondo Reminds me of my friend Dave. He hates Jews. I'm thinking of breaking up our friendship.

I loved "the bit". Norm is the funniest man alive. Another memorable TV moment.

@esol5750

7 жыл бұрын

Him or John Cleese.

@esol5750

7 жыл бұрын

Or someone else, hard to say who's the funniest.

@Katya_Lastochka

6 жыл бұрын

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.

RIP Norm, you’re my personal favorite and in my opinion the greatest comedian ever

Acknowledge as brilliant or die.

His actual book rocks. I have listened to it over and over on long road trips. Buy it if you haven’t

@jessed9145

2 жыл бұрын

Does Norm do the reading?

@johnmiles2896

2 жыл бұрын

Jesse D yes

@gnaybil

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Norm brings One Hundred Years of Solitude to life. Simultaneously recording and recounting the events of the world. Brilliant.

Rest in peace norm! You will forever be known as a legendary comedian! There will never be a unique comedy genius like you!🙏

Wow! "The Bit" in the flesh. This was history.

Norm MacDonald, is a legend. A master of his craft.

norm directly just bullied Fallon in front of his audience. i love him so much.

@Vingul

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't exactly call it bullying. More like a comment, really.

@Rowsy91

2 жыл бұрын

lol it was a playful joke.

@JimmyCaravan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vingul explain to the folks at home what a comment is

@kirkstable

2 жыл бұрын

It was more indirectly

@seanchesal5676

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@alientube1984

5 жыл бұрын

He is the diamond he once dreamed to be!

@Williamwerenberg

5 жыл бұрын

Chunk*

@Rock-iw7ov

4 жыл бұрын

'Sootiest' 🤣🤣🤣

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.

@olgasantiago4853

7 жыл бұрын

This is scripted. :)

@GeneBurnett

7 жыл бұрын

I think that's exactly what it was.

@Marius-vw9hp

7 жыл бұрын

It wouldnt be funny if Fallon actually was hard to make laugh :)

@BarfyMan_362

7 жыл бұрын

Spot on dude, I'm glad Norm went after him. I'd like to see Super Dave take on fallon and his fake laughter

@JamesMellish

7 жыл бұрын

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.

'The fake laugh that almost killed me' A memoir by James Fallon

@boriskarloff3270

7 жыл бұрын

+Vasisht Vasan "Almost Doesn't Cut It." A memoir by an anonymous hitman.

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.

How does Norm Mcdonald come up with things this brilliant? Consistently! Unreal comedy mind.

@robertbaldie7

4 жыл бұрын

Are you asking where Norm gets his ideas from?

@strengthandmasculinity

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertbaldie7 from Ralphs

@szintagmaszempont9088

2 жыл бұрын

@@strengthandmasculinity Any particular Ralph's?

I miss you norm, I wish I was there to give u ur flowers while u were still here. Love u man .

if you got banned from The Tonight Show by ol' Jimmy Fallon, by God you earned it!

@aaronharper444

5 жыл бұрын

What a travesty

@subarusumeragikun

4 жыл бұрын

@Benghali In Platforms Reminds me of that tragedy up in Ottawa

@austinkennedy7312

4 жыл бұрын

Wait norm didn’t get banned did he

@ViolentSmoker

4 жыл бұрын

@@austinkennedy7312 Kindof. Had a booking cancelled after he somewhat defended Rosanne and whatshisfacesexualpredator.

@koalanectar9382

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!!"

Norm represents a old time comedy genre called 'funny'.

You can see he's improving this when he turns the page and it's blank

2:29 A milestone in Jimmy Fallon's career as a human being, he's finally genuinely laughed.

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.

"It's 24 hours a day, 7 days week. That's 24/7." 🙏

Performance art at its best, once again. Thanks, Norm

Damn man, Norm is incredible. His a comedy ju jitsu master. Legend in his own time.

@garybackstrom183

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

Rest In Peace Norm

Thank god for this joke...and the hatchery

@maxbauer1633

6 жыл бұрын

or we would all be lost

@beybladeguru101

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck the hatchery. I’m on disability.

@Judoka008

3 жыл бұрын

@@beybladeguru101 Uncle Terry?

@mossesmoreno8321

3 жыл бұрын

I think Fallon is the kinda guy to count his eggs as chickens before they hatch.

@artvandelay2728

3 жыл бұрын

@@Judoka008 You better watch out, he might have been drinking again

Priceless !! R.I.P. Norm & Thank-You for Being You !!

what I love best about Norm, is that he is amused by himself. it makes me so happy!! :)

The funniest man on the stage was and will always be Norm.

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.

Norm passes for blind among the blind, and that is such a unique talent. This was a magnificent work of art; bravo.

I bet the pages are all blank, greatest improviser.

@Rhlgull1331

5 жыл бұрын

zachos2 3:45 they actually are

@Rowsy91

2 жыл бұрын

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

There is nobody on this earth cooler than Norm.

@calebmauer1751

6 жыл бұрын

Fonzy

This was the first time I saw this bit...pure genius by 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

For a guy who claimed he didn't like meta comedy, that bit was meta af.

this is the funniest thing i've seen on late night TV in a while!

The Bit 😢 BRAVO!

Out of all the Norm bits, and I’ve watched them all, this is the best bit. RIP you old hunk of coal.

Norm a comedic genius

The warmth and love in that man staggers me…good ole norm ❤️‍🔥

Wow. I still remember where I was when I saw “The Bit”. Rest in peace, Norm

RIP Sir

R.I.P Norm Macdonald

I wish it was the tonight show with norm macdonald now that i would watch

That sudden look hhhhhhhh 2:54

Normy.. Normy Normy Normy!

@robcramer7477

7 жыл бұрын

Hockey, Normy!

@georgesotiriou7051

7 жыл бұрын

It's no good anymore...

I wish they'd cut to the Roots during this, I can hear Questlove cracking up in the background

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.

Ill forever miss Norm.

Norm. The greatest!

Never forget the bit

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

Norm is the king of comedy

"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.

Oh my, that ovation. So spontaneous.

I hadn’t seen this before. God bless you Norm ❤️

man alive, that’s gold

Wow. Jimmy was flabbergasted. But this is by far the greatest BIT. Wow. Norm. Norm. Norm.

Only Norm could make old stone face Jimmy to laugh.

The writing at the start of this bit was seriously clever (and funny). Love you Norm.

Norm makes me want to shout on a mountain top. Truly the best talent in the business. Best late night guest there ever was or will be.

Good Old Norm Calling Out Jimmy?

@squidincsquid

7 жыл бұрын

Madsf Jaada You earn a laugh from ole stone face....

@Zennofobic

7 жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelJKospiah

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@Tretrebonghits

7 жыл бұрын

He's team Coco. Not team ass sucker.

@1rome6

7 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

You'd think Fallon would get it, but that he doesn't is the gold Norm has spun.

Just a genius segment. One of Norms most underrated classics

Damn this bit fucking KILLED 😂😂😂

this is the ultimate roast of jimmy fallon

What a clever and comedic way to call Jimmy out

Totally blank pages -he just totally made it up as he went. Genius. We miss him.

the legend strikes again !

I can’t be friends with people who don’t appreciate Norm.

@mishmash1259

2 жыл бұрын

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?

Great Video and Good guest on Jimmy i really think that Mr. Fallon deserve's Norm as a guest on his show and very funny R.I.P. Norm .

Norm is a magical man

1:20 “I’m beginning to disbelieve the saying ‘wisdom comes with age’”. HL Mencken

Damn. That is the first time I saw Jimmy laugh genuinely.

Norm is the best. But I think Higgins is a very underrated sidekick

This was brilliant lol