# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/41 "2011-05-17T09:29:02Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > [My favorite Norm Macdonald joke.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GWJC7tlYck) That was great! Thanks, I hadn’t seen that one yet. Norm has awesome chemistry with Conan. If anyone hasn’t seen this one… here’s one of Conan trying to do station promos, with Norm causing chaos beside him: https://www.youtube.com/embed/X8LqozaaB7s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/42 "2011-05-17T13:39:44Z")
> [@Suil\_Dubh](#): > > Norm has awesome chemistry with Conan. And he is FINALLY going to be on Conan’s new show tonight, May 17. First time I’m watching again in months. I’m very excited. ---
**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 18, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/43 "2011-05-18T04:12:07Z")
> [@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) It may have been only one minute, but I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks… ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/44 "2011-05-18T04:17:44Z")
See, I don’t hate sports perse, but I don’t follow them, and have a very low tolerance of tribalism and hero worship. But I can actually tolerate, laugh, and even be somewhat captivated by sports through Norm’s bent. I even laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/45 "2011-05-18T15:44:30Z")
Caught the visit on Conan last night. Also, caught Sports Show for the first time. 2 thumbs up, I guess. Not a huge fan but he still has it. Whatever it was. Reminds me a little of Harland Williams. ---
**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 18, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/46 "2011-05-18T16:26:18Z")
It’s really only barely a sports show. He kind of just uses that format as a framework for his normal schtick. It’s a premise. It’s not Norm MacDonald doing a sports show, it’s “Norm MacDonald doing a sports show.” I liked the “oh, Google” bit last night where ever search term about the WNBA get getting the question “did you mean the NBA?” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/47 "2011-05-18T16:29:52Z")
Yep I watched all the clips that Comedy Central offered on their website, and I would agree that you don’t need to be a sports fan or know anything about sports. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612/48 "2011-06-21T00:32:03Z")
I guess not enough people enjoy Norm’s style of humor, as his new show just got the axe today… Too bad, as I have always thought that he is one of the genuinely funniest, most intelligent comics around, but his quirky delivery must not be everyone’s cup of tea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-macdonalds-sports-show-on-comedy-central/581612.md?page=2)