# Norm MacDonald's Sports Show On Comedy Central **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612 "2011-05-12T03:17:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/1 "2011-05-12T03:17:14Z")
Is it just me, or is this a remarkably unfunny program? Somehow I get the impression he is reading other people’s lines and doesn’t quite buy into them. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Cheech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Mister\_Cheech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Cheech)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/2 "2011-05-12T03:24:40Z")
This show is totally hilarious. It’s like Letterman in the sense that it’s best when Norm are just doing his own thing (i.e. the lengthy bit about Michael Jordan’s Hitler mustache). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/3 "2011-05-12T03:26:22Z")
I only saw the first episode, but I thought it was very good and much, much funnier than I expected. MacDonald has been one of those guys I wanted to like, but he never really did it for me. I liked what I saw in that episode, and I thought Blake Griffin was also good. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/4 "2011-05-12T03:33:07Z")
When he’s just talking, it’s great. Reminds me of when he did Weekend Update. It’s very dry, and certainly not for everyone. Most of the skits are pretty dumb though. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Cheech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Mister\_Cheech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Cheech)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/5 "2011-05-12T03:36:18Z")
“See that American Flag on the moon?” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/6 "2011-05-12T05:09:42Z")
We saw what I think was the first episode, too, and we laughed our asses off. I haven’t seen any other episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/7 "2011-05-12T05:14:58Z")
I’ve quite enjoyed it. Norm MacDonald really hits my funnybone, but i can see where it might be a taste thing. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/8 "2011-05-12T14:26:13Z")
Norm is an acquired taste. I has it. I even liked his short-lived, little-remembered sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/9 "2011-05-12T14:54:48Z")
Hey, I like him. I thought he was great as the SNL newscaster. I even like him in that comedy about revenge for hire, which I can’t remember the name of right now. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/10 "2011-05-12T15:31:49Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Hey, I like him. I thought he was great as the SNL newscaster. I even like him in that comedy about revenge for hire, which I can’t remember the name of right now. Dirty Work. A truly underrated comedy. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/11 "2011-05-12T16:09:15Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Dirty Work. A truly underrated comedy. “First we eat the pig, then we burn!!” Yeah, it had its moments. I find myself laughing about every 30 seconds throughout _Sports Show_. I especially like the “Wait, what?” segment, and have deliberately tried to say “Wait, what?” wherever I might have said “Huh?” or “Excuse me?” before, just because it makes me laugh. Norm’s awkward, phony delivery style is definitely a matter of preference, however. For me, it adds to the humor more often than it detracts, but I can totally see how someone would land on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/12 "2011-05-12T16:19:17Z")
I guess my question has been answered. It IS just me. ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/13 "2011-05-12T19:53:24Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Dirty Work. A truly underrated comedy. That was a VERY funny movie. It’s pretty hard to make me laugh out loud, but there are lines from that movie that make me laugh every time I think of them. ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/14 "2011-05-12T19:56:14Z")
> [@quixotic78](#): > > Norm’s awkward, phony delivery style is definitely a matter of preference, however. For me, it adds to the humor more often than it detracts, but I can totally see how someone would land on the other side. Norm did one of the Comedy Central roasts a year or two ago, and did kind of a bumbling, too-square series of clean jokes among all the other guys doing really raunchy stuff, and I laughed my ass off. Found a sample: [http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=179722&title=norm-macdonald](http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=179722&title=norm-macdonald) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/15 "2011-05-12T21:54:50Z")
> [@brocks](#): > > That was a VERY funny movie. It’s pretty hard to make me laugh out loud, but there are lines from that movie that make me laugh every time I think of them. You know what hurts the most is the… the lack of respect. You know? That’s what hurts the most. Except for the… Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/16 "2011-05-12T22:27:50Z")
Hit and miss for me, but worth watching for when he hits. I usually catch up On Demand. I thought the Blake Griffin sketch was hilarious. “Cameron Diaz is producing a baseball movie starring her boyfriend Alex Rodriguez. Look for my review of this film in Norm MacDonald’s Suicide Note.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/17 "2011-05-13T00:03:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Somehow I get the impression he is reading other people’s lines and doesn’t quite buy into them. This is what Norm’s act is. His general approach is to induce nervous laughter as he acts like a bumbling idiot trying to do comedy. Then the actually funny punchlines catch you off guard. Paraphrased example from last night: First the lame joke: How does the guy in the San Diego Chicken suit go to the bathroom? Pause Then the real joke: Or not kill himself ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/18 "2011-05-13T00:33:06Z")
I’m laughing out loud just reading his jokes here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/19 "2011-05-13T01:44:57Z")
> [@brocks](#): > > Norm did one of the Comedy Central roasts a year or two ago, and did kind of a bumbling, too-square series of clean jokes among all the other guys doing really raunchy stuff, and I laughed my ass off. > > Found a sample: > [http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=179722&title=norm-macdonald](http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=179722&title=norm-macdonald) I remember that. Probably three-fourths of the audience was just looking at him funny, and the other quarter (and all the comedians, and me) were dying of laughter. One of my favorite jokes from his new show: “It has been announced that Ultimate Fighting Championship is joining with Mixed Martial Arts to form a new league. The new league will be called Murder.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/20 "2011-05-13T02:25:52Z")
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