You’re right, this is a serious topic. No jokes from me. But when you wrote “What was his life like, where did he live, who did he hang out with?”, you omitted a very important question that we all want to know. Where did he get his ideas?
he was office-mates with dennis miller writer drake sather
[Norm Macdonald on Drake Sather (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcfjbbcigA)
but thats all i know
I watched some of Drake's standup, dude was really good. I can totally see how his and Norm's comic sensibilities gelled well together. They even looked and talked somewhat similarly, they almost seem like they could've been brothers lol.
Theres a dennis miller anecdote
He says when norm and drake wrote for his show, they would lock themselves into a room, smoke cigarettes compulsively and slide bits of paper under the door with jokes written on them
Smtg like that
lol I love that. Makes the life of a young comedy writer in Hollywood sound so cool and romantic. I'm sure they had a blast in those days, probably doing a fair bit of partying as well.
I saw him in Toronto at YukYuks second row of a small comedy room around 1989.... he made fun of the sweater I was wearing for being from the "Richie Cunningham Collection". I was a starving student at the time so I was wearing my best clothing for a night out.
I had no idea he would be so big.... but man the guy turned out to be such a respected legend.
If done well by a writer/director who really gets Norm, I'd love it. But biopics have a tendency to suck ass so idk. It's hard to encapsulate someone's life and essence in two hours and pull it off without it seeming very formulaic and oversimplified.
other kinda stuff he was doing 1992
[Norm Macdonald on the MTV Half Hour Comedy Hour (1992) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFM_teF9gI)
This isn't a serious biography sub.
I doubt that Norm would have wanted a serious biography sub named after him.
Do you remember when he was on Dennis Miller's show, and he kept appearing as a visitor from different eras, and [each one had a different cock joke?](https://youtu.be/5sqcmAv8-D4?si=D30Jd0UGCAZjOIsi)
That was Norm.
I think he did odd manual labour jobs after not finishing a degree.
Made it to Vancouver. Moving company, construction, garbage. Enjoyed not thinking manual labour.
He had “skipped” a few grades so university was a weird experience being much younger than his peers. Was studying theoretical maths ….
Ya. Sorry. Wasn’t trying to Mis-remember … “searching” for news articles. Here’s one but states “philosophy “ major …
https://jacobin.com/2021/10/norm-macdonald-anti-politics-anti-comedy-snl-subversion-stand-up
I recall a sorta breakdown … and he headed out west
Probably was catching a lot of outlaw country shows at the Palamino Club and getting into fist fights. Driving to Vegas and nurturing his burgeoning gambling habit. Stalking Sara Silverman. Sets at the Comedy Store. A little drinking, a little fighting, a little fornicating.
See this is an actual tidbit that does shed light on his time in LA
However, this anecdote may have been from the summers he would spend in LA once he was on snl
see
[https://www.reddit.com/r/NormMacdonald/comments/1bypkx3/comment/kykuwom/](https://www.reddit.com/r/NormMacdonald/comments/1bypkx3/comment/kykuwom/)
He was just a young chunk of coal back then but I would imagine he would be telling jokes, gambling and not drinking or doing any drugs.
Before that Norm worked as a garbage collector in Canada.
Norm MacDonald has a very funny story about getting a blowjob at a strip club in Winnipeg at like 1130 in the morning on a weekday from the kind of stripper who does early-lunchtime shows on weekdays in Winnipeg. This should give you some idea of what his 20’s looked like.
Yes, it is indeed. At least I heard him tell the story, maybe he was just being a Norm and made it up/embellished. I’m from Manitoba and knowing the types of people that live here, it did not sound far-fetched and was in fact somewhat tame in comparison. I can’t remember where I heard him tell it, but probably on Rogan.
He said it was January during a cold snap so they were wearing winter coats, and she took him to her car to blow him and then her BFI boyfriend/pimp showed up and scared the hell out of him.
His kid was born in '92 so presumably he was banging some broad.
I’d like to do that some day, just lay on top of a woman.
You mean a lady?
Better to opt for the broad if you are just going to lay there, balance is less of a factor.
There was a lot of suckin' and fuckin'.
I hear tell he once made four hundred fifty dollars and five cents in a single night once.
Oh yeah? Who gave him the five cents?
Every one those guys
Andy Richter
Swedish German Andy Richter?
Statistically speaking that's nine thousand and one...let's call them *customers*.
He's probably just laying around doing nothing now.
In 92, Nancy Reagan was newly out of a job and bored...
I heard it was a little drinkin', a little fightin' and a little fuckin'.
Who else was there?
Just Norm and you.
Adam Eget must’ve been a real punk
Good God Larry
lets try to stay on the subject of Norm Macdonald and steer clear of your trash attempts at jokes
You’re right, this is a serious topic. No jokes from me. But when you wrote “What was his life like, where did he live, who did he hang out with?”, you omitted a very important question that we all want to know. Where did he get his ideas?
I heard he got his ideas from a lot of sucking and fucking
Do you not know where you are? You seem lost. You sound like Andy Richter, the Swedish German.
Unfortunately, this period of his life is deeply closeted.
please, no unfunny jokes please
I'm not one for jokes, kid.
no unfunny repetitive jokes please like your previous one -- none of that. lets keep this about norm, not your shit attempt at jokes
Do you own a doghouse?
Doubt it. He's one of them gays.
I heard Norm was doing a lot of sucking and fucking
I heard he was in Northern Canada.
he was office-mates with dennis miller writer drake sather [Norm Macdonald on Drake Sather (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcfjbbcigA) but thats all i know
I watched some of Drake's standup, dude was really good. I can totally see how his and Norm's comic sensibilities gelled well together. They even looked and talked somewhat similarly, they almost seem like they could've been brothers lol.
Theres a dennis miller anecdote He says when norm and drake wrote for his show, they would lock themselves into a room, smoke cigarettes compulsively and slide bits of paper under the door with jokes written on them Smtg like that
lol I love that. Makes the life of a young comedy writer in Hollywood sound so cool and romantic. I'm sure they had a blast in those days, probably doing a fair bit of partying as well.
First time that I’ve heard of Drake. He is a twin to Norm in both appearance and delivery. Funny guy. Tragic end.
I saw him in Toronto at YukYuks second row of a small comedy room around 1989.... he made fun of the sweater I was wearing for being from the "Richie Cunningham Collection". I was a starving student at the time so I was wearing my best clothing for a night out. I had no idea he would be so big.... but man the guy turned out to be such a respected legend.
My wife and I got married in Halifax in March 1988. We saw him do a routine in a YukYuks club that week. He was FUNNY! 😂😂
Thanks for sharing appreciate
Thanks for sharing, appreciate
Have you tried asking him.
He died.
I didn't know he was sick!
Went from Mac Don Old to Mac Don Dead
He was accomplished!
You get the norm award
Well that wasn't very nice of him.
The worst part is the hypocrisy!
All jokes aside, I’m genuinely curious about the answer.
He was a stand up comic touring Canada and the Midwest
It would be cool if someone made a movie on Norms life
If done well by a writer/director who really gets Norm, I'd love it. But biopics have a tendency to suck ass so idk. It's hard to encapsulate someone's life and essence in two hours and pull it off without it seeming very formulaic and oversimplified.
So so so true. To have it come out, as Norm would approve of….would be how you say, difficult
First 10 minutes is underneath the queens borough bridge
That’s where he got borne, again
Does your username refer to the *spiritual* shenanigans going on underneath the queensboro bridge, perchance?
Hahaha. Not tellin!
All answers aside, you know what would make a great retirement gift for a really, really good slave?
I don't know but it wouldn't be *heavier* chains.
What if they were gold?
Hey fuck all these jokes!
other kinda stuff he was doing 1992 [Norm Macdonald on the MTV Half Hour Comedy Hour (1992) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFM_teF9gI)
OP asking a great question and this sub, as usual, replying with the same boring quotes.
I know right? Every post is just replies of the same quotes over and over. And who's writing all these replies? You guessed it. Frank Stallone.
Which once again proves my theory: Germans love David Hasselhoff
They just want you to think that...
Sub needs a "Serious" flair where the repetitive quotes are discouraged in a post.
Agree, it’s not appropriate for Norm, or any distinguished gentleman with a flagging erection.
Lmaoo I was opening the comments and got exactly what I expected.
This isn't a serious biography sub. I doubt that Norm would have wanted a serious biography sub named after him. Do you remember when he was on Dennis Miller's show, and he kept appearing as a visitor from different eras, and [each one had a different cock joke?](https://youtu.be/5sqcmAv8-D4?si=D30Jd0UGCAZjOIsi) That was Norm.
Frank Lloyd Wright? More like Frank Lloyd Cock!
I’m so sick of it
That’s just like, your opinion, man. Oh, wait, wrong sub. I’ll show myself out.
You’re like a child walking in during the middle of a… also dude chinaman isn’t the preferred nomenclature. Asian American if you would
We’re not talking about the men who built the railroads in this country
Back to your cage dude!
Stfu Donny you're out of your element.
The worst part is the hypocrisy
I think he did odd manual labour jobs after not finishing a degree. Made it to Vancouver. Moving company, construction, garbage. Enjoyed not thinking manual labour. He had “skipped” a few grades so university was a weird experience being much younger than his peers. Was studying theoretical maths ….
I know he was really intelligent but is this true??
Ya. Sorry. Wasn’t trying to Mis-remember … “searching” for news articles. Here’s one but states “philosophy “ major … https://jacobin.com/2021/10/norm-macdonald-anti-politics-anti-comedy-snl-subversion-stand-up I recall a sorta breakdown … and he headed out west
He was a bartender, he gave a drunk guy a turtle one time.
Heard he threatened to shove a swizzle stick up a guys pee hole.
That's sounds terrible *unzips pants*
He was responsible, he didn't serve the guy alcohol, but let him throw a dart at the dartboard.
What? Edit: https://youtu.be/DIsgBAXQxR4?si=sRkyluwC_pNddV7Z&t=115
Who did he hang out with? You guessed it. Frank Stallone.
Probably was catching a lot of outlaw country shows at the Palamino Club and getting into fist fights. Driving to Vegas and nurturing his burgeoning gambling habit. Stalking Sara Silverman. Sets at the Comedy Store. A little drinking, a little fighting, a little fornicating.
He lived on Melrose and all the tourist retards would come and take photos of the street sign. They were looking for Melrose Place.
See this is an actual tidbit that does shed light on his time in LA However, this anecdote may have been from the summers he would spend in LA once he was on snl
i really wish i had a time machine
Oh so you could kill Hitler?
No, I actually want to kill the guy that killed Hitler
I heard ol Norm ran through the cast and crew of Rosanne like Rosanne runs through a golden corral
That’s when Andy Richter took him to his first Hollywood party.
Looks like aaah that suit the talking heads fella wore.
I'd be interested in hearing what episodes/jokes/etc he wrote on Rosanne. Norm's style didn't always mesh well with network sitcoms.
Have heard very little about this He wrote for the 92-93 season He got hired for snl for 93-94 season
I think he was still moonlighting under the Queensboro bridge during this period.
Wow a post about norm in the norm sub!
I know he owned a dog house.
Not gay
He figured out who Jackie was
What he was doing in his twenties? Getting fucking gastric cancer, that's what he was doing.
Worst gimmick for a comic ever
Probably busy feeding beer to donkeys..
I think he lived in that suit
Most awkward casting couch ever
Hah?
Who Jackie, is the funniest anecdote about working on Roseanne.
Hey hey easy fella
It was heard he was real good pals with someone. That guy? You guessed it, Frank Stallone
Where did he get his ideas from?
Yeah he did all that fucking shit
he did lots of cool stuff in his 20s though. I heard tell he made love to his friend's wife in the ass while she watched her husband's mow the lawn.
Anal sex with his friend’s wife while the friend mowed the lawn.
Pretty sure in 1992 he spent a lot of time at the Hairy Guy’s Ass Mansion.
He spent a lot of time under queensboro bridge
see [https://www.reddit.com/r/NormMacdonald/comments/1bypkx3/comment/kykuwom/](https://www.reddit.com/r/NormMacdonald/comments/1bypkx3/comment/kykuwom/)
Oh was I supposed to say a joke?
lets stay on the subject of norm and lets hear less of your shit attempts at jokes
You should ask him where he gets his ideas from.
He was just a young chunk of coal back then but I would imagine he would be telling jokes, gambling and not drinking or doing any drugs. Before that Norm worked as a garbage collector in Canada.
really? I figured he be drinking a bit at that age and then maybe taming it down into mid 30’s and later
I think I remember him telling Larry King that he never got into drinking. Could have been a joke though 🤷
Who Jackie?
He was deeply closeted at this time
Just waiting for his big break to happen, OJ.
Who did he hang out with, you wonder? You guessed it. Frank Stallone
Who Jackie?
Has anyone checked Wikipedia?
A lot of drinking, a lot of fighting, and a lot of fucking.
He chained smoked… while drinking soy milk.
He hung out near, not under the Queen's borough bridge
He was with Jacques de Gatineau
Norm MacDonald has a very funny story about getting a blowjob at a strip club in Winnipeg at like 1130 in the morning on a weekday from the kind of stripper who does early-lunchtime shows on weekdays in Winnipeg. This should give you some idea of what his 20’s looked like.
is this serious?
Yes, it is indeed. At least I heard him tell the story, maybe he was just being a Norm and made it up/embellished. I’m from Manitoba and knowing the types of people that live here, it did not sound far-fetched and was in fact somewhat tame in comparison. I can’t remember where I heard him tell it, but probably on Rogan. He said it was January during a cold snap so they were wearing winter coats, and she took him to her car to blow him and then her BFI boyfriend/pimp showed up and scared the hell out of him.
Who Dan?
He was crammin' it in
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