# RIP Norm MacDonald **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [September 14, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662 "2021-09-14T18:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/1 "2021-09-14T18:36:37Z")
One of my favourites. Damn. > ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/2 "2021-09-14T18:38:19Z")
Or so the Germans would like you to think. . . RIP, funny man. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/3 "2021-09-14T18:46:18Z")
Sad to hear. If you did not know SNL axed him because an NBC exec was friends with OJ and did not like Norm constantly bashing OJ over the Nicole/Ron murder ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/4 "2021-09-14T19:26:21Z")
Very funny guy - sorry to hear this. His sitcom, in which he played a probation officer, was consistently worth watching. Rest in peace, Norm. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/5 "2021-09-14T19:28:12Z")
You know who’s responsible, don’t you? That’s right! Frank Stallone. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/6 "2021-09-14T19:32:15Z")
> First Sean Lock, and now Norm. RIP, fellas. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlax/32/2927_2.png) [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/7 "2021-09-14T19:33:11Z")
I for one, would like to think Norm will be watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries in the great by and by. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/8 "2021-09-14T19:38:55Z")
Oh no. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/9 "2021-09-14T19:42:59Z")
Farewell, Turd Ferguson. (Before I get reported for threadshitting, here’s one of his appearances on SNL playing Burt Reynolds on Celebrity Jeopardy) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bEghu90QJH4/maxresdefault.jpg "Celebrity Jeopardy!: French Stewart, Burt Reynolds, & Sean Connery - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEghu90QJH4) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/10 "2021-09-14T19:44:17Z")
So sad. He was always my favorite Weekend Update anchor and I loved his comedy specials. He had a sports highlights show for like 2 seconds and I thought it was so funny. My other lasting memory of him was seeing him on $100,000 pyramid back in the day. He was so competitive and you could tell he really really wanted to win and was physically mad at himself whenever he lost/messed up. It was great. I want to say I saw him on another game show and he was the same way, dude wanted to win. Note to Self: Rest in Peace ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/11 "2021-09-14T19:53:09Z")
Cancer is a piece of shit. “And the reason I don’t like it is 'cause in the old days, they’d go, “Hey, that old man died.” Now, they go, “Hey, he lost his battle.” That’s no way to end your life, you know? What a loser that guy was. Last thing he did was lose.” RIP. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/12 "2021-09-14T19:53:22Z")
Aw man, RIP Normie. When I was going off the rails last year, it was binging his work (and live Police performances) that kept me tethered to reality. The moth joke is still one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/13 "2021-09-14T19:58:45Z")
His last big role, as Pigeon, made me laugh so hard. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/14 "2021-09-14T19:59:22Z")
[Please watch Norm’s 1997 appearance on Conan where he decided to just outright rip into Courtney Thorne-Smith’s choice to be in the Carrot Top movie. I still tear up thinking about it.](https://youtu.be/5F6dXcW-_Fc) I’ve followed his career since his earliest TV appearances. He was one of those celebrities that I kind of discovered before he was super famous. I’m really sad to learn he has died. We lost a hilarious guy. I love the bit on one of his CD’s where he ponders how the Fantastic Four have names that describe them…except Stretchy-man who goes by “Mr. Fantastic” for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/15 "2021-09-14T20:01:31Z")
Damn, Was thinking not to long ago that he had gone off the Radar entirely. IWas going to look into why. Guess i know now. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/16 "2021-09-14T20:02:38Z")
Wow, that’s surprising news. RIP to a unique funny man! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/17 "2021-09-14T20:03:56Z")
I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/18 "2021-09-14T20:09:47Z")
Spookily, one of the ads in this thread is for Peacock, featuring Burt Reynolds, one of Norm’s greatest impressions. A sad day for comedy ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/19 "2021-09-14T20:37:36Z")
That’s a shame to learn. I always loved his delivery. And this clip of Norm reading the gift basket card to Conan right after he was let go from the Tonight Show is a classic (2:30): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uarJj-K4XH4/hqdefault.jpg "Norm Macdonald send off for Conan's Tonight Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uarJj-K4XH4) ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662/20 "2021-09-14T20:52:05Z")
> [@mtnmatt](#): > > Burt Reynolds, one of Norm’s greatest impressions. I never really think of him that way, but he was a good impressionist. At about 12:45 of this clip from Kimmel, Norm breaks out a pretty random impression and nails it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/czg_mANOZYs/hqdefault.jpg "Norm Macdonald interview - April 2011") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czg_mANOZYs) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norm-macdonald/950662.md?page=2)