I like how when he doesn't get laughs he just starts dragging it out deliberately until people start laughing

@sweeshu9513

4 жыл бұрын

So basically his entire career at SNL

@aricgoss

4 жыл бұрын

Conan just corroborated this point on his podcast with Tina Fey, how only Norm had the balls to tell a controversial joke on weekend update and then would just stare at the audience if they were clearly offended. Only Norm...

@strengthandmasculinity

4 жыл бұрын

This fella looks like he doesn't own a dog house

@vimgeer

4 жыл бұрын

Aric Goss He said that to Letterman, too

@chadmichael03

4 жыл бұрын

But I'm not telling ya anything you don't already know

This is exactly how other people's impressions of Norm sound. This is the quintessential Norm voice, and I love it

@jerrynadler2883

Жыл бұрын

That's the most asinine thing I've read all day.

@LordsofMedia

Жыл бұрын

@@jerrynadler2883 Go chit your diaper, Jerry Nadler.

@KaninTuzi

4 ай бұрын

Fashioned on Archie Bunker

This just feels like Norm walking onto the stage and trying to amuse himself with whatever comes to his head. And it’s great.

I feel like he just started talking with absolutely no plan. Tiss lovely.

@bunnyblurrz

4 жыл бұрын

John Perkins lmao he looked so nervous. I feel like Conan just grabbed him last minute from the SNL writers room.

@NormMagnusMaximus

4 жыл бұрын

That's the plan...

@raybalistik3064

4 жыл бұрын

Nah that's from one night stand hbo

@dayonegaming6152

3 жыл бұрын

straight wingin it

@ananyachahar6946

2 жыл бұрын

He died

One of the bravest, strangest, and most hilarious comedians ever.

@tnijoo5109

2 жыл бұрын

❤️yes

@anic5805

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! A nice trio of words to describe the man‼️

@denverdubois5835

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect description!

@biocykle

2 жыл бұрын

Can't think of anyone braver (or funnier) really

@AC2237

Жыл бұрын

Pure genius....

Norm just loves bleeding the awkwardness dry. He thrives on the audience's tension. I've never seen another comic like that. Most comics seek to break that tension at all cost. Norm builds it like a pressure cooker and rides the wave.

The lack of fear and the nonchalance towards the intense pressure just about every other human would feel in the situation of being an unknown comic - alone in front of a camera in front of millions of people- is remarkable here. Guess that’s one of the reasons he’s a pioneer!

@chadgrov

4 жыл бұрын

He’s not unknown at all here, but still pretty young. think he was on SNL by this point

@sndrgrmns8910

4 жыл бұрын

@@chadgrov He started on SNL in 1993 (Season 19) but was mainly writing then. He had his first part as a featured player 9 days before he performed this routine on Conan. :-)

@Vamos82

4 жыл бұрын

@@sndrgrmns8910 thank you, I was wandering about that!

@2-bitsampler841

4 жыл бұрын

Also fistful of xanax.

@michaelmcdonald8452

4 жыл бұрын

chadgrov He’d also been doing standup on tv for at least five years. I remember him doing the wiener dog bit on a standup special in 1988.

Awwwww, I like how Conan released a video of Norm doing stand-up on Norm's birthday (today). He didn't forget. Conan loves Norm.

@osacheetah7037

4 жыл бұрын

It's the social team uploading the clips, not Conan at all.

@honeytlbadger4365

4 жыл бұрын

@@osacheetah7037 Yes, but I can't imagine it's a coincidence :)

@nd8954

4 жыл бұрын

Honey Badger loves him so much that cancel norm from being on his show because some #metoo shit

@soth1sol

4 жыл бұрын

just a coincidence. 1/365 chance, bound to happen

@NormMagnusMaximus

4 жыл бұрын

Luckily Norm doesn't share his birthday with Tim Allen...

Norm reminds me of a drunk friend who's just rambling without even trying to be funny, but you can't stop laughing for some reason.

That "he's got a lot of birthdays" joke is hilarious and it seems to have slipped entirely under everyone's radar. Incredible.

@aidenlippert7682

Жыл бұрын

Same with the "he is ridiculous and that's he will ever be when you think about it." As in wiener = dick.

@russcooke5671

Жыл бұрын

I know. Straight away I thought this dogs got another 6 birthdays coming up this year. But it went over people. He’s a funny guy

@finnanutyo1153

Жыл бұрын

I don't fully get it. Does it have something to do with every year, it's like 7 dog years?

@peterthompsonfunny

Жыл бұрын

@@finnanutyo1153 yup

@asukalangleysoryu6695

5 ай бұрын

I thought it was a meta-joke about him always telling this same joke.

I assume Norm was sitting in the SNL writers room when Conan called up and said "We need to fill four minutes come up and talk to the audience right now!"

@soth1sol

4 жыл бұрын

"it'll be fine, you don't even have to be the slightest bit funny!"

@mr.personhumanson6871

4 жыл бұрын

Those SNL actors and writers used to walk in on Conan's set to entertain the audience during commercial breaks

@perstimppa

2 жыл бұрын

Conan actually just admitted that on his podcast, this was Norms first appearance on the show, and Frank Smiley who is Conans producer got him the gig.

@ErikMcNeillBuettner

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3qc0duEdsK2oLA.html i just came from this video and you're absolutely right. rip

I had a crush on him back in the 90s. That glint in his eye was everything.

@orizas1

2 жыл бұрын

Eyes are almost entirely black.

@ClutchClick

2 жыл бұрын

@@orizas1 Lmao!

@joshyc2006

2 жыл бұрын

@@orizas1 just like, you guessed it... Frank Stallone

@bornanagaming3329

2 жыл бұрын

He was an odd looking duck

@belbelboo2

Жыл бұрын

He was 🔥🔥🔥

Still waiting for him to be on Conan Needs a Friend

@luislima3476

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@nicoleeliz

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@grapplermodel

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Vamos82

4 жыл бұрын

Please Team Coco, listen to this good man right here! Norm is a good man

@moviedude22

4 жыл бұрын

Does he still have his own talk show? the one no longer on you tube

Seeing his older stuff… this guy was freaking handsome in the 90s.

This isn't I'm not Norm

@mohannadrayan6782

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm cheating on him tbh

@strengthandmasculinity

4 жыл бұрын

It's Frank Stallone

@jpm199

4 жыл бұрын

@Selfspot do you??

@MrRainbowPug

4 жыл бұрын

@SelfspotOh norm definitely knows about it. He's actually collaborated at least once with I'm not norm.

@SwampyMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Im not norm needs to kick a few bucks norms way for all these damn t-shirts he keeps pushing sooo hard.

One of his best jokes is when he just casually stares at the audience while saying nothing

This is it. I'm guessing this is Norm's first appearance at Conan's. This must be the one where Andy tells to Conan in the backstage, "This guy just does not care in a way that frightens me." I feel you, Andy.

@bernlin2000

Жыл бұрын

I always figured that happened on the "Swedish German" episode. 😂 Norm really had his hooks in Andy on that segment.

@Kai_Peters

Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing Norm told his Wiener-dog in the backstage "This Swedish-German guy most likely does not even own a doghouse". I feel you, Norm.

@ikejugend

9 ай бұрын

Explain to the folks at home who Andy the Swedish-German guy is.

This Norm Macdonald fella sure looks like sort of a howdoyoudo.

@scottfowle4028

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@JeffWiersma

2 жыл бұрын

Does he own a doghouse?

"You're a weiner dog! Its all you'll ever be... when you think about it". That ending mixed with his joyous delivery had me laughing hardest of all

“When you think about it” I’m in tears 🤣

They both are so young. Time goes quick. I was 18 watching this on TV. Now 45 and it shows.

@Yoshsterpalooza

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, they were both still in their 30s here, time flies

Norm Macdonald was gorgeous! His blue eyes are dreamy . . . Anything he says is funny to me.

3:37 When he says stuff like “when you think about it” his jokes are just taken to another level

Don't wait for a punchline, just enjoy the ride.

@facelessandnameless

4 жыл бұрын

SleepingAgent 😂👌

Doberman- I used to be somebody- Such a funny line

I love how his jokes are horrible but his delivery is so perfect that he’s still funny… the best part is, he probably just improvised this bit

@Despotic_Waffle

2 жыл бұрын

His humour is an enigma. I think I would describe it as the weird uncle who tells jokes.

@roddydykes7053

2 жыл бұрын

He had that wiener dog bit for at least 5 years at this point

@rayaqin

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard him perform this exact joke more than once

@myhatmygandhi6217

2 жыл бұрын

@beep boop well, to be fair, Norm himself didn't get much laughs here from doing this bit. I love Norm but he isn't as good at stand-up as he when he is a guest on a talkshow.

@ripgamecubememorycard5312

Жыл бұрын

It’s setup to be look that way, which is total master of their craft-type energy Norm was working with rip. Only tell I noticed was how he called back to the idea pit Bulls after going on about his wiener dog

Was he just hilarious or did he totally bomb? You never can say with Norm.

@camcommerford2420

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Lugg the more other people thinks he bombs the more I laugh

@kryptonitespider-bitedynam7305

3 жыл бұрын

Both

@mikedl1105

2 жыл бұрын

@@camcommerford2420 me too

@Redfoot138

2 жыл бұрын

With Norm, it's never necessarily the joke itself but the way he tells it--his pauses, inflections, etc. I usually laugh at just a phrase or the way he emphasizes a certain word. And then there's that grin.

@estevandiaz6733

Жыл бұрын

Norm doesn't really bomb, because the audience he's trying to amuse isn't always the ones who bought tickets. Sometimes it's the comedians backstage, someone he has an inside joke with who he knows is watching, or just himself. To us it may look like bombing, but I think more often than not he gets the reactions he's looking for

Please upload every single Norm appearance on Conan. Even the ones where he just sits on the couch with another guest.

@petehakkinen3020

4 жыл бұрын

He never just sits though. He derails the interview sooner rather than later.

@aaronreeder5753

Жыл бұрын

Those were some of the best sets, can't leave those out.

Norm gets more comfortable the less comfortable the crowd gets and it’s beautifully funny af

Rip to the greatest comedian🇨🇦, you’ll be forever missed my man. I’m in f’n shock.

I bet Norm asked Conan “Hey is it OK if I try to bomb?” Five minutes of dog jokes and it was still hilarious.

The timbre of his voice back then is amazing. Wish young Norm & young John Mulaney were around at the same time

@UxCANxDOxIT

3 жыл бұрын

Explain to the folks at home what timbre means.

@woozertoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@UxCANxDOxIT it’s a kind of wolf.

@bigtommy9715

2 жыл бұрын

I thought his voice was better as he aged from around the time dr Doolittle came out

Those eyes! 😍

I think this right here is one of the single greatest stand up performances of all time. Even if you don't find the jokes very funny, the delivery and seeming lack of care just makes this so hilarious. Masterclass.

Would never want to try to retell this bit to anyone else. No way it could come out humorous yet I enjoy every second of Norm telling it.

Who else heard Conan's totally genuine, utterly gratuitous giggle when he joins Norm onstage, right after the "Hey!" Norm was great, Conan laughed from just walking up to him.

So handsome

Young Chunk Of Coal

The master of purposely doing badly to where you can’t help but laugh.

@facelessandnameless

4 жыл бұрын

The Last Sifu Yup, it’s brilliant 😂

@chriskazaam896

3 жыл бұрын

I will always resent his call-backs

@maskof

2 жыл бұрын

..like Bob Saget's roast. Only Norm could get away with stuff like that.

RIP Norm. What a unique comedic talent. Thanks for all the laughs-there were a lot 😭

Man Norm did the scratch his side of the cheek thing right till the end.

Imagine anyone else doing this material.

@jazy921

4 жыл бұрын

He kinda reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld, no offense to him

@jazy921

4 жыл бұрын

@cauchamar You're right. Thanks!

Please bring Norm back as a guest on Conan!

@Dick_Valparaiso

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that Norm has his own interview show on Netflix. It's called Norm Macdonald Has A Show.

@sauravVocals

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dick_Valparaiso like " old McDonald had a farm"

@bozozero9784

2 жыл бұрын

rip norm

@roddydykes7053

2 жыл бұрын

Dammit

@Kancerru

6 ай бұрын

This!

Happy Birthday Normie!

He could all be making this up off the top of head, but it's Norm's delivery that will always win

My grandfather used this style of humor on me when I was a preteen and didn’t quite grasp it yet, few years later he passed. I think that is why Norm is the gold standard in my eyes. Miss ya Norm

just naturally funny, he has what other try hards will never have.

@carllange4297

4 жыл бұрын

@Howdy Justice speak for yourself

At 2:49 when the camera cuts to his face you see true comedy happening inside his mind and showing in his eyes

He never knew how to end a performance and in itself was also hysterical!! Rest In Peace Norm!!!

I love the way he pronounced Dober-man. 😂

He was hilarious and unique and a funny character. But why does nobody talk about how handsome he was? Very statuesque face. I think I saw a clip of a lady comment on his face and she said he resembled a young Marlon Brando.

@katieh8186

2 жыл бұрын

He was gorgeous. I think he was handsome to the end, just was sad seeing him sick

@eilishoshea3349

2 жыл бұрын

He was so hot, it's rare to get that combo of hilarious and gorgeous.

@katieh8186

2 жыл бұрын

@@eilishoshea3349 he could’ve been totally regular looking and still be hot With that personality. He just happened to be totally beautiful

I miss Norm. He was so good with Conan and they always were so funny together.

I love that he used his allotted time for his Dog routine. The whole set about dogs.

The man's delivery hasn't changed one bit and I love it.

Norm was a special kind of odd. One in a million there

I was binge-watching Norm MacDonald's interviews and his other videos on the internet. and coincidentally, they release his first stand-up on Conan, as the cherry on top. perfect conclusion to a successful binge i say

@MrLronhubbard2000

4 жыл бұрын

On his birthday, no less.

@sndrgrmns8910

4 жыл бұрын

Same! *high five*

We need more Norm MacDonald content from the Conan vault please!!!!

Conan really loved Norm. You can see at the end.

I feel like Norm did this bit on a bet. Somebody said to him the night before, "I bet you (X amount of money) that you can't do five straight minutes of dog material tomorrow night on Conan." Norm replied, "Easy money."

@samueltenka1079

2 ай бұрын

For X = 1 dollar, 2 dollars max

He's literally just telling one long joke.

@Richerodt

4 жыл бұрын

You should listen to the one about the news.

Please explain to the folks at home who Norm Macdonald is

@MutualOutlook

4 жыл бұрын

Dx Flash a legend

@concreteman03

4 жыл бұрын

Pigeon from Mike Tyson Mysteries

@josecarbajal5710

4 жыл бұрын

He invented the MacNugget.

@bunnyblurrz

4 жыл бұрын

a GOAT

@jon.wilson

4 жыл бұрын

You guessed it... Frank Stallone

I've seen it countless times and I still laugh out loud. Damn norms delivery is perfect. I hope he has a full house for eternity . A Dober man.

Don't cry because he's gone. Smile because he was here in the first place.

I can't stop watching Norm😵‍💫

He took one joke and did a whole set with it

One of the best delivery comedians ever. Norm always made me smile. I sure do miss him. 😰

@ClarkMoorman

4 жыл бұрын

He's alive and well. Just put out a book and Netflix special a couple years ago, and had a Netflix talk show last year.

@Shootpplnotdope69

2 жыл бұрын

Now he will be missed

Watching it again, I can't help noticing Norm touch his stomach early in the video, at 0:46, and think how he had already had his first battle, with stomach cancer.

I only knew his performances after he became middle-aged but boy is he a dashing young man and his style is the same.

I could listen to Norm saying 'weiner dog' all day.

Literally just Norm thinking outloud for 4 mins. And it's gold! I've watched whole Kevin Hart specials and just grinned. This is what's wrong with the world.

The punchline is the word "dog". What a G.

R.I.P. Norm, this was the best skit ever, I always say "I'm a Doberman, I used to be somebody"

Get him on the podcast conan. Get him on ur netflix show norm.

@Dick_Valparaiso

4 жыл бұрын

Not enough people know about Norm's show. I sure hope there's a season 2.

Legend!

The entire punchline was Timberwolves. Legendary!

No one could take awkwardly terrible material and still make it funny like Norm could

'Nothin' But A Weiner Dog' and other hit country songs

I wonder if Norm waited outside the Theater to greet the audience members as they left. He used to do that if he bombed on stage. He would go out and say hi to the people as they left. So great.

"youre a weiner dog. thats all you'll ever be, when you think about it" LMAOO i dont know why thats so funny.

I love how he paints mental pictures. Of course they would all hang in some demented art gallery. I particularly like the forgotten doberman on the park bench with the frisbee.also I like the one where Norm's napping with the Weiner dog nibbling at his throat...a masterpiece!

You either get Norm, or you don't. I do, and he is hilarious.

It's funny but... my mom said the same thing. When she was a kid, Dobermans were the"scary dog".

Legend! I find myself watching his videos every couple of days. Thanks for the laughs!

I’ve been rewatching and listening to a lot of Norm’s stuff, and I think my favorite part is his weird ramblings before/after punchlines. Everything about his comedy was great, but that is my favorite, close second is pronunciations like “dober-man”

props= this guy out of this world funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jinglemeow

Жыл бұрын

whats the deal with these dogs

Norms a genius. you know you've got talent when your material comes of as natural and off the top...

My ceiling is $2 😆

O'Brien and MacDonald are effortlessly funnier than the funniest and I look to them to fulfill my wish to die laughing.

The genius of this set is next level.

This is feels improvised on the spot. AND HE STILL KILLED IT.

@nunocavac0

4 жыл бұрын

@Howdy Justice Norm is an acquired taste, you clearly don't know/saw the guy before, otherwise your question wouldn't actually be here.

R.I.P Norm 😢 Still hard to accept...

"But I'm not telling you anything you don't know."

hes fucking hilarious i was essentially in stitches the whole time.

How many times did he say "I love my Weiner..."?!😅😂🤣

I'm glad this is out there. Thanks Conan.

May Norm's memory be eternal. He's irreplaceable.

Norm was so canadian back then

This is the best video I've seen from him so far.

The first minute it's like a guy doing an exaggerated impression of Norm Macdonald then you realize those Norm Macdonald impressions you've been seeing were on point all along.

He’s not telling any tales out of school when he says that a Doberman will rip your throat out.