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Scrimmjob - 2014-02-02

I'm glad someone put these up. Would this show have fared better on espn?


infinite zest - 2014-02-02

Not to make the comparison to another certain Weekend Update host, but going to a legitimate sports network didn't work too well for that guy


Seven Arts/H8 Red - 2014-02-02

I would have rather Norm Macdonald go to a Canadian cable channel, then have the show's distributor sell the show to American cable. Sports Show's format was low-budget enough that it wouldn't have mattered where the show came from, and Macdonald drove most of its writing.

It doesn't matter which projects Norm Macdonald is currently on, anyway. Standup's pretty much his first love; everything else is a nice gig to land, but transient things in the end.


Old_Zircon - 2014-02-02

I can never really put my finger on what it is that makes Norm so funny, no matter what he's doing.


Hooker - 2014-02-02

I think it's a combination of

1) him having the most thorough and yet casual cynical detachment from pretty much everything. Most comedians (and people in general) have strong opinions on some stuff - usually far too much stuff. While Norm has given opinions on stuff, he never comes off as married to any idea. So when Sarah Silverman jokes about something she or someone she likes/dislikes, there's always a message underneath it, which sort of cheapens it.

2) He's the absolute best at pushing a joke too hard to make the humour about how dumb the joke was. Normally, this is an intolerable form of comedy where people make a dumb joke and then make it worse by over-delivering it like crazy in an attempt to distance themselves from the joke, and wind up with a joke nobody likes and a person that won't commit to it. Norm commits to all of his jokes _while_ letting it be known that he knows he's wasting your time with them.


Hooker - 2014-02-02

tl;dr: it's the delivery.


Enjoy - 2014-02-02

You nailed it Hooker


GravidWithHate - 2014-02-02

I wonder how much money Norm bet on the Denver Broncos.


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