Norm MacDonald tells his professor of logic joke on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, 1996. RIP Norm. You'll be missed.
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Norm has the most incredible talent of wasting as much of everyone's time as possible just for one stupid joke
@knightimer22 жыл бұрын
Yes, but a stupidly funny joke!
@KS-gn2mv2 жыл бұрын
Well, you had to fucking jinx it.
@silversrayleigh13992 жыл бұрын
^ Norm would have loved this reply
@JLove8082 жыл бұрын
@@silversrayleigh1399 20 hours ago I was binging some of his best bits, and today I'm back again for a completely different reason. Utterly blown away by the news.
@knightimer22 жыл бұрын
:/
@funwillfunwill2 жыл бұрын
he says to me he says
@jamiegantz967 жыл бұрын
Ya know?
@commenteroftruth97906 жыл бұрын
and by god
@derpizzaman10506 жыл бұрын
Get this
@broncokonco6 жыл бұрын
ya know
@huntergreen26496 жыл бұрын
I'm positive that norm, while on TV, has NEVER been given the "stretch it out" signal from a producer.
@Carl-LaFong16185 жыл бұрын
I love how immediately after he says “the guy says no I don’t own a doghouse” the audience starts laughing cause the jokes already completed in their heads
@AlexGonzalez-ye9pc2 жыл бұрын
Which is ironic, since it's a logical fallacy that doesn't follow, it's called denying the antecedent.
@jacobbellamy7640 Жыл бұрын
@@jacobbellamy7640 you said it that audience must have been gay too
@rickpaul8012 Жыл бұрын
@@jacobbellamy7640 that's the entire joke
@cullenscott7940 Жыл бұрын
@@jacobbellamy7640 Congrats on understanding the joke lol
@Lowmandavis Жыл бұрын
@@jacobbellamy7640 my lord! You’re getting your money’s worth out of that logic degree
@iambencollins Жыл бұрын
Everyone's laughing cause they know what's coming, but the best part is seeing him smile as he says the punchline
@qdeanc2 жыл бұрын
Well sure as hell it wasn't his inviting the logician round for Chcken - But the audience *still* laughted ike drains at that. (You gotta suspect they didn't own a doghouse either).
@Farweasel2 жыл бұрын
we see the punchline coming from a week away but Norm lands it perfectly. i laughed out loud.
@r4ttlech4n442 жыл бұрын
I thought the punchline was gonna be "I'm on my way to buy a doghouse" or "After standing around the bus stop for a while, I realized....I don't own a doghouse"
@AlcerusOfficial2 жыл бұрын
I doubt it lmao
@jarrodrees72722 жыл бұрын
I didn’t. I thought that he’d unable to give the example due to the smoker not owning a doghouse, then he’d do something with that.
@capncake88372 жыл бұрын
I'm still waiting on that chicken..
@TheProfessorOfLogic4 жыл бұрын
XD
@stephenkenworthy96373 жыл бұрын
If you made an account just for this joke... I truly commend you, Professor.
@solidkingcobra3 жыл бұрын
Come by any day
@barfeyman36223 жыл бұрын
@@barfeyman3622 No thanks Barfeyman, I don't trust your carving.. I know where that knife has been.
@TheProfessorOfLogic3 жыл бұрын
professor do you own a dog house?
@sukalpashrestha613 жыл бұрын
i love how he completely half asses transitions to jokes because he knows its total bullshit. he just wants to tell jokes
@qweqweqweqwe407 жыл бұрын
I Have No Idea What I'm Doing no that’s part of his schtick - it’s intentional
@grant56036 жыл бұрын
A lot of work goes into making it look like he's half assing it.
@brogcooper254 жыл бұрын
Yeah but.... Isn't that part of the joke?
@Janinho8973 жыл бұрын
@@brogcooper25 No, it doesn't.
@Janinho8973 жыл бұрын
You know
@adanxd777andax73 жыл бұрын
Norm could read a cornbread recipe and it would be hilarious.
@FranchiseCityOnline2 жыл бұрын
'Interesting story, I got this recipe for uh- for uh- cornbread, you know, uh, you know cornbread?'
@magnificentbuzz2 жыл бұрын
How is that difficult? Most cornbread recipes I've ever read are hillarious.
@thefirehawk14952 жыл бұрын
💯💯
@BigJ769372 жыл бұрын
I always thought he was over-rated. He ALWAYS did these meandering lame jokes which I could see the punchline from a mile away. I don't know why he was so celebrated but whatever. Different tastes.
@fuzzywzhe2 жыл бұрын
@@magnificentbuzz the uh’s come off as him thinking but I’m almost 100% it’s really just a set up every single time
@Schticky2 жыл бұрын
They way Norm mentioned the cigarette and bus thing made it even funnier because it took the focus away from the main story for a little while, so smart.
@Liasos882 жыл бұрын
It's also subtly relevant to the theme of the joke, which is logic. The smoker noticed the pattern that, about the time when he gets bored/antsy and lights a cigarette while waiting, the bus shows up. But, like the doghouse, lighting his cigarette has no real relationship to whether or not the bus will show up (or whether or not he is gay, in the case of the doghouse). There is kind of a "moral of the story" here, which is that strictly logical conclusions are not always right or even reasonable.
@CrizzyEyes10 ай бұрын
@@CrizzyEyes No the point was that neither of those two relations were strictly logical. They were inductions (in the case of the doghouse) or straight up faulty coincidences (in the case of the cigarettes), not actual deductions.
@niranjansooraj27810 ай бұрын
I think he actually messed up that part of the joke. The bus-cigarette thing is supposed to tie in. The bus comes, and then Norm should be impressed with his friend's prediction and say, "Wow, are you a professor of logic?" Then the friend says, "No, what even is that?" Then ... As Norm told it, the bus-cigarette thing happens and then they just talk about Norm's neighbor, etc. Norm is still the best ever, though.
@dre39518 ай бұрын
@@dre3951 I disagree. I think the cigarette and bus thing is indeed part of the joke. But Norm intentionally subverts the expectation of the bus and this logic theme tying in together. He does this again with his famous “porpoise” joke when he says he went to sea world and the audience expects him to say he saw his friend from school working there, but instead he says it’s just an attendant to waste more time. Anyone else can tell the same joke but the way Norm subverts expectation and drags the story is comedy gold imo
@chill32824 ай бұрын
@@chill3282 the cigarette part is part of the joke and relevant because it's inductive logic, make a generalization from an observation.
@luishumbertochavezrodas36193 ай бұрын
"So I says to him, I says..." Norm's style was a beautiful mashup of square Midwestern folksiness, puppy dog enthusiasm, drunk uncle energy, and stealth razor-sharp brilliance. RIP to a master of his craft.
@dougfishback31162 жыл бұрын
And he wasn’t even Midwestern haha
@GoldenZero982 жыл бұрын
Canadians are north midwesterners
@tuttosalve83522 жыл бұрын
Maybe he just was very bad at telling jokes. "So he said, I said..."
@joetheplumber88842 жыл бұрын
@@joetheplumber8884 Sure, but that's a style. It's like how Picasso painted people looking all crooked and with weird angles and colors, that would have gotten him kicked out of a figure drawing class.
@xander95642 жыл бұрын
Brilliant description of the man
@paulies54072 жыл бұрын
FUN FACT If you remove every "you know" and "so I says" from this joke, the whole story takes 8.6 seconds from start to finish.
@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid4 жыл бұрын
That's a neat fact there, you know.
@joelbizzell13864 жыл бұрын
Anyone who goes to the University of Science talks that way.
@MrJimmyTide4 жыл бұрын
Also "the guys goes" or "the guy says"
@thenode_4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know,so I says it’s still very funny to watch him do that you know. That’s all I’m saying.
@hansspa38924 жыл бұрын
But they're essential to the story.
@zztopz70904 жыл бұрын
The great thing about Norm's jokes is that he has a punchline and then finds a way to build a whole convoluted story to get you to that place.
@parzooman2 жыл бұрын
"How can I make a shaggy joke out of a fallacy of denial of the antecedent?"
@pandoorloki12322 жыл бұрын
That's how everyone writes jokes.
@listek981 Жыл бұрын
@@listek981 Norm does it best imo
@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232 Жыл бұрын
Just a question though. Do you own a dog house?
@philiplee17699 ай бұрын
and sometimes he drops the punchline entirely
@retrodefective4 ай бұрын
"[Logic] is hard to explain, let me just give you an example." - Professor of logic -- hidden joke
@pderedactyl2 жыл бұрын
I don't get it
@damianescobedo41432 жыл бұрын
Is that a "Those who don't do teach" kind of joke or a Feynman's "Those who really know something can teach it simply"? :)
@rafeu22882 жыл бұрын
Down at the university of science.
@EconAtheist2 жыл бұрын
Anecdotal fallacy.
@pandoorloki12322 жыл бұрын
Norm said "you know" more than owen wilson says"wow"
@jasonwalbridge91332 жыл бұрын
He once made a rare out of character comment about saying "you know" and "uh" he said it made him seem stupider subtly so he could deliver the punchline better
@seraph...44732 жыл бұрын
Owen Wilson says "says wow" a lot? That's weird.
@LeslieJayBoschPhoto2 жыл бұрын
Wow, you know, I hadn't realized that.
@zalyster2 жыл бұрын
@@zalyster Can’t believe it took 3 days
@ThPaScCo2 жыл бұрын
@@LeslieJayBoschPhoto you must be one of those gays
@chodechotchney53312 жыл бұрын
I told this joke to my dad once and he laughed hysterically and continued to laugh randomly throughout the day every time he thought about. He loved the joke so much that I had to tell it to any guests that came over and he so happened to remember about it
@ebenolivier70852 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool that his comedy has created this great memory of time with your dad, that's awesome!
@gnack4202 жыл бұрын
You must have a talent at delivering then 👍🏼
@AbadyonYT2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, you must a be a great story teller if you made this joke to be funny tbh
@sergiodeus38652 жыл бұрын
@@sergiodeus3865 Absolutely. I think 99.9% of us would totally bomb attempting to tell this joke.
@nathanwilliams40052 жыл бұрын
Your Dad must own a dog house.
@tashawn22222 жыл бұрын
I love how he interjects things into the story that literally have nothing to do with the punchline (I.e. the cigarette/bus thing)
@noahsong38652 жыл бұрын
lol I was expecting the bus to come halfway through the doghouse story.
@TonyEnglandUK2 жыл бұрын
E.g. I think
@nolangutierrez9572 Жыл бұрын
The cigarette part cements the punchline which is that strictly logical conclusions are often absurd. It's just as absurd to think that a bus will come the moment you light up a cigarette to think that you're gay or straight based on whether or not you own a doghouse.
@CrizzyEyes10 ай бұрын
@@CrizzyEyesexactly, thanks for eloquently spelling it out so I didn’t have to.
@dr.winstonsmith15 күн бұрын
I'm a "professor of logic" (although that's not my actual title - I teach an intro to logic course to philosophy undergrads) and I show this video to my class to illustrate the fallacy of *_denying the antecedent_* (that's the "mistake" Norm makes at the end of the clip). He manages to make it funnier than any other example I've found. For those interested, the fallacy of denying the antecedent takes the form: If P, then Q. (In this case: if doghouse, then heterosexual) Therefore, if not P, then not Q. (If no doghouse, then not heterosexual)
@razzle_dazzle2 жыл бұрын
cool :)
@livinglogically8180 Жыл бұрын
thanks for this :)
@ssamiuddin1 Жыл бұрын
yeah, this second layer to this joke is really wonderful, especially since he's playing an ignorant guy in this bit. according to wikipedia, he dropped out of university, but he enrolled in mathematics while he was there. so i'm sure this joke was very intentionally crafted
@Iamfafafel Жыл бұрын
The inference would be correct if it was: If and only if P, then Q
@adityanbharadwaj3247 Жыл бұрын
Plato, not Testicles ( tes-tuh-cleeze ) disproved the full gonad theorem.
@johnraponkus2746 Жыл бұрын
This might sound weird, but the way I describe Norm McDonald is that he's funnier than his jokes.
@ronrolph3 жыл бұрын
The best description of Norm I've ever heard is Every other comedian talks about funny things and Norm talks about things in a funny way
@DemonVido3 жыл бұрын
holy shit how i this so accurate
@enzldavaractl83452 жыл бұрын
Is this his joke though? It's exactly the same as the whippersnipper joke from buddy washisname and the other fellers
@oliviarose35132 жыл бұрын
All of the great comedians are like that.
@xwhite20202 жыл бұрын
Not weird at all. I hear Norm's voice, and I'm already primed to start giggling.
@taputechnic2 жыл бұрын
You know
@eddielaur7 жыл бұрын
I says to the guy, I says
@schadenfreudebuddha7 жыл бұрын
That's the joke.
@AlexO-sx6ff7 жыл бұрын
eddielaur i cant stop hearing this now, thanks.
@IfUReadThisEatADick7 жыл бұрын
I came here to see this comment
@pcapmany147 жыл бұрын
lamarcus aldridge distant cousin lmao
@smh026 жыл бұрын
Really sucks that he’s gone ....one of a kind comedian!!...gonna miss his stuff ...
@skyy2562 жыл бұрын
@FISHY LAMAR it’s been over 5 hours I don’t think he can
@Iurkerlight2 жыл бұрын
Don't get injected, you won't die
@Rex-gu1bu2 жыл бұрын
He took out the cancer with him, so it was more like a draw…
@moky28122 жыл бұрын
@@Rex-gu1bu He died from cancer, he has been battling it for years, stop peddling your beliefs of what people should do in terms of getting a vaccine, it is their choice.
@angina502 жыл бұрын
@@Rex-gu1bu Are you... being serious?
@TheUnderscore_2 жыл бұрын
Not often he tells a joke where you see the punchline coming for miles. He still manages to make it funny.
@ertert4tetert2 жыл бұрын
"Logic? What the hell is that? I never heard tell o' that."
@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj1787 жыл бұрын
Norm comes from 1920
@arblahblah6 жыл бұрын
Nah he’s just Canadian
@pwnageprata6 жыл бұрын
Ludwig Wittgenstein It was more of an comment.
@Gyrbae6 жыл бұрын
We know you are one of them gays using 'logic'
@captainmarvel40155 жыл бұрын
@Carl Cruton wittgenstein was richer than rothschilds n donated it all
@GODHATESADOPTION5 жыл бұрын
Nothing against his punchlines, but with Norm, getting there was half the fun. RIP
@davet1081AA2 жыл бұрын
half?! More like ALL the fun! You know it's coming and there are smaller punchlines along the way!
@hapilydamaged2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. When it comes to Norm MacDonald, the journey is the destination.
@TheHumanSpirit2 жыл бұрын
Very much so @Dave T
@Gabriel.1985.2 жыл бұрын
Far more than half
@tek64232 жыл бұрын
I know all of his jokes and I still come back just to hear him telling them.
@trespasser1212 жыл бұрын
This was the first Norm joke I ever heard and I was instantly hooked. I had never heard anyone talk this way or tell a story in such a funny & quirky manner. He brought so much joy to people's lives. RIP 🙏
@dualityofman1253 Жыл бұрын
The Greatest Of All Time! It was never about the punchline of the joke, it was always about the journey.
@jecovi719 Жыл бұрын
the long setup, shitty transitions, and regretfully the punchline all made me laugh. genius
@verynice90906 жыл бұрын
Johnathan Jones Yup. How the HELL does he do it?
@RobJazzful4 жыл бұрын
the shitty transitions, regretful punchline and the long ass joke is the reason I didn't laugh.
@callmegary26224 жыл бұрын
If you knew logic you'd get the joke, ironically enough.
@charlesbetz94754 жыл бұрын
@Tarun Singaria His style of comedy is like 50% shaggy dog stories. You either don't like or just don't understand that type of joke.
@JayJonahJaymeson4 жыл бұрын
Vikram Oldham That’s the stick up your ass talking.
@SalvableRuin4 жыл бұрын
Norms jokes are a bit like going on a trip. It's just as much about the journey as it is the destination. He's a class act.
@afinelookinggentleman26316 жыл бұрын
A fine looking gentleman the destination isn’t worth the journey to me. Need a stronger punchline for a 5 minute wait.
@josephpagan68205 жыл бұрын
the anticlimax is kind of part of it though it either gets you or it doesnt
@starslikelittlefish66695 жыл бұрын
Exactly. The moth joke is a prime example.
@mc764 жыл бұрын
all of you shut the fuck up
@jack-uv6mt4 жыл бұрын
Joe P is appreciate
@TheMarkgob4 жыл бұрын
Norm was one of those gold rare comedians in which the actual joke telling is as funny (if not even more) than the punchline
@saturnoenllamas2 жыл бұрын
The punchline is one thing; getting there is another class of comedy. So long, friend. I cried when I knew of your passing away two weeks ago.
@sammomin81152 жыл бұрын
"I said, come on, come by one day and have a chicken with me."
@ron80476 жыл бұрын
Ron Andy certainly liked that line
@langdonalger92196 жыл бұрын
who's ron andy
@t4si0r6 жыл бұрын
I believe he is addressing Ron who wrote the comment and saying that Andy enjoyed that line
@kierannaul95764 жыл бұрын
@@t4si0r I love Ron Andy. My favorite comedian.
@dxk20074 жыл бұрын
@@t4si0r lmfao
@MichaelMagill19904 жыл бұрын
Punchline coming from 5 miles out and it's still gold. Why? It's Norm.
@brucemoyers10066 жыл бұрын
Why are there no ads on it
@arpansamuel67454 жыл бұрын
He is actually really boring
@zeus11174 жыл бұрын
So right... I started laughing with tears streaming down my face when he said told the guy at the bus stop he met his neighbor today. My God, what a genius!
@richardkaylor96794 жыл бұрын
@@richardkaylor9679 is that sarcasm?
@arpansamuel67454 жыл бұрын
@@arpansamuel6745 it's not often I get asked that question
@richardkaylor96794 жыл бұрын
I saw this when it aired and have been looking for it. "University of Science" still gets me!
@philosopher2king2 жыл бұрын
Conan is like a butterfly that never emerged from its chrysalis
@ThatOpalGuy2 жыл бұрын
Because he’s all dried up and brown and hanging from a leaf or something? I don’t get it
@ballisticcranberrypeat77772 жыл бұрын
No, Conan is a full fledged butterfly, but he was smart enough to take his gig to streaming now. Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon are dropping in the networks with their high octane DNC political commentary. Conan is fine.
@dbsti30062 жыл бұрын
"that theory really worked, huh?" the cig part served absolutely no point or purpose, but of course made the story better. Good ol' norm.
@herculesbrofister2655 жыл бұрын
Hercules Brofister i think it did! Cause it was an instance of where intended logic fails („always when I light a cigarette the bus comes“ - bus doesn’t come) kind of anticipating the next/main false logic story.
@MRegah4 жыл бұрын
Malte Regah yeah also it serves as a distraction from his first neighbor story so his punchline hits better
@mongoose93904 жыл бұрын
@@MRegah : right, norm prepares with the cig-illogic the punchline-illogic. From what I know, Norm built his shaggy jokes very meticulously...not a word superfluous
@stranraerwal4 жыл бұрын
Malte Regah The point is that it was unnecessary but so funny. Proves the genius of Norm
@anguishingquark4 жыл бұрын
the cigarette or Fag (UK) story gives Norm a way into a conversation with a stranger.
@jimfullam58074 жыл бұрын
It's high time the University of Science gave Norm his honorary degree already.
@GabrielCsaba2 жыл бұрын
Ok that is funny😂
@jeffkg12 жыл бұрын
I love the way Norm breaks for a second when he refers to the University of Science for the second time. He was always right there with his hand on the wheel, even when he seemed three miles off course
@dougfishback31162 жыл бұрын
Any University of Science alumni here? Go Beakers!
@vasyan1232 жыл бұрын
@@vasyan123 Class of '90
@jwfmsu1990 Жыл бұрын
There is a great University of the Sciences in Philly... devoted primarily to health sciences and trains doctors, researchers, nurses, organic chemist-types, etc. Part of it is the nation's oldest College of Pharmacy founded in the 1820s,
@newyorkslim200110 ай бұрын
“Come by and have a chicken with me” was the funniest part of the whole thing 🤣🤣🤣
@crobj102 жыл бұрын
Hilarious he recalled "syllogism," that is actually related to logic.
@jamesboulger87052 жыл бұрын
These jokes are well thought out and rehearsed day in, day out. To every detail , facial expression and so-called 'mistakes'.
@Movie2Documentary2 жыл бұрын
@@Movie2Documentary No, I understand comics spend hours staring in mirrors getting their gesture perfectly right. It is almost like pantomime.
@jamesboulger87052 жыл бұрын
@@jamesboulger8705 that must really kill the joke then to the comic then i feel like
@HessSR2 жыл бұрын
@@HessSR No, the payoff to all of the preparation is in the reaction of the listeners
@maricastefan2192 жыл бұрын
@@maricastefan219 sure, but I feel like maybe you’d get tired of a joke while practicing, maybe even question if it’s actually funny.
@HessSR2 жыл бұрын
Norm's punchline set-up is funnier than most comedian's punchlines. What a legend. RIP
@MrDrBoi2 жыл бұрын
I think that's the point. The punchline is like an anti-punchline.
@stopthephilosophicalzombie90172 жыл бұрын
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Idk, that didn't seem like much of an anti punchline.
@thedog5k2 жыл бұрын
Well Norm was a comedian lol your sentence implied that he wasn't a comic but rather a writer. His muttering or words and structure was purely for the punchline. No where near a "anti punchline" like how Mrs.Dumbshit up there assumed
@guccimane83982 жыл бұрын
Would have been funnier if the story was shorter by the end of it all I was very underwhelmed
@spedmonie4162 жыл бұрын
@@spedmonie416 everyone seems to disagree with you.
@guccimane83982 жыл бұрын
He turns dad jokes into room levelers
@davidjd1236 жыл бұрын
@burteriksson Dad joke = a joke viewed as lame. They usually contain cheap puns or tired cliches, and mostly contain clean language. Room leveler = A joke which results in an explosion of laughter from the audience.
@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid4 жыл бұрын
@burteriksson dads predominantly make cheesy jokes to their kids to annoy them, hence being called dad jokes. Dont be so politically correct, that's fascism.
@ankstuhful4 жыл бұрын
@burteriksson Go fuck yourself with the political correctness bullshit.
@samborlon4 жыл бұрын
@@ankstuhful as a dad, I genuinely find the jokes funny
@andrewfrey55623 жыл бұрын
@burteriksson ah shoot, not one of you gays raving on again
@louispconstant66243 жыл бұрын
This joke would land flat for most of the people when they try to crack it, but with him it's the entire act, the narration that makes it become alive and we actually imagine standing on the bus stop and this happening that gets us laughing. Makes us realize talent isn't just in writing the jokes, it lies more in delivering them.
@budguesor9222 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE that little part about the man he meets at the bus stop. Love how he brings us into this cutaway where we can see a bunch of people waiting for the bus and one eccentric guy who says he has a trick or two. What a LEGEND.
@WastingTime1878 Жыл бұрын
The more you explain, the funnier it gets
@alpha0xide911 ай бұрын
The genius is that the audience logically deduces the outcome of the joke through a logical presentation of an illogical deduction.
@BoloBouncer2 жыл бұрын
So I says to the guy, I says, I says, I says.
@Ten_Thousand_Locusts6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that. God bless em both.
@jetnut896 жыл бұрын
i bet you would do better
@egeerdem82726 жыл бұрын
Ya know ya know ya know ya know
@kindle95976 жыл бұрын
Then homeland security comes
@barberman10874 жыл бұрын
A lot of people back East talk like that
@captain_inglorious2 жыл бұрын
Well at least he's not a hypocrite
@DolanDarker3 жыл бұрын
That is true, mr. Darker
@Fralsii3 жыл бұрын
What do you mean? Why?
@valinorean48162 жыл бұрын
@@Fralsii He's referring to a joke about Bill Cosby. ;)
@user-yq4tv2gi9e2 жыл бұрын
No sir, he is a deeply closeted gay man
@SweetComputing2 жыл бұрын
@@SweetComputing who?
@valinorean48162 жыл бұрын
This dude has the undeniable ability to land the HEAVIEST punchlines after what feels like a year of build up, and it's ALWAYS worth it
@OfficiallyMaidenless2 жыл бұрын
So you don't know Polo polo...
@djonotv2 жыл бұрын
Norm you were such a gift to the world! Badly missed.
@tommymorgan73 Жыл бұрын
Kept the jokes going even while he suffered in private. So long, Norm.
@knuckleheadX982 жыл бұрын
The joke is number 1. He's a different breed. I appreciate the laughs Norm
@hospice88962 жыл бұрын
Norm looks about 35 hear. Pretty sure he wasn't diagnosed with cancer till he was about 50.
@emanuelmota72172 жыл бұрын
This was before he was diagnosed with cancer.
@josh182302 жыл бұрын
@@emanuelmota7217 we realise that this was before his cancer (im not fully retarded), that does not make the statment any less true, maybe not true for this particular talk, or act or whatever, but he was still suffering for years and kept the jokes rolling.
@jonathanrandom78372 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanrandom7837 Who's "we"? Are you speaking for knucklehead? Because his original comment clearly indicates that he thinks Norm had cancer while doing this performance on Conan. Your point is irrelevant.
@emanuelmota72172 жыл бұрын
I love how the audience caught on how the joke will end but it don't matter cause of how Norm delivers it
@relaxedphylax2 жыл бұрын
The audience probably did laugh but on tv laugh sounds are added by post production
@BurnBabylon_Selecta2 жыл бұрын
So right on... I knew exactly where he was going, but there was STILL that 1/2 second pause before I laughed
@mikezak88122 жыл бұрын
That is an absolute hallmark of Norm.
@Jiggerjaw2 жыл бұрын
There's also a surprise punchline that comes after the end of this clip. Something like: "And get this: then the guy asks me to have a chicken with him at his house."
@poleag2 жыл бұрын
they didnt catch on to that, are you slow?
@TheRafaelBond9 ай бұрын
An incredible talent lost too young. RIP Norm. Thank you for giving the world your presence
@Ru7hle5S2 жыл бұрын
I 'discovered' him like last year and he immediately became my all-time favourite. I was so eagerly waiting for the new season of Norm Macdonald Live. RIP 💔
@SatyamKumar-zy9oq2 жыл бұрын
I had a similar thing with George Carlin, I found his stuff, watched it all, by the time I was all in on Carlin he died. Fucking sucks.
@-The-Darkside2 жыл бұрын
Absolute magic and a huge loss to the world of comedy. Rest in peace Norm.
@MrDaHammers2 жыл бұрын
huge loss to the world*
@illkissyourightnow2 жыл бұрын
Wait. What? Norm died?!
@17Scumdog2 жыл бұрын
@@17Scumdog Cancer. Was diagnosed 9-10 years ago. Kept it totally secrete. Look at his jokes in that time frame. He was telling people all the time.
@theakh42382 жыл бұрын
Sad...really sad...
@janoszakar87402 жыл бұрын
You knew him personally?
@dusbus23842 жыл бұрын
I love how Norm has some old timey speech patterns, like "I never heard tell of that"
@basehead6176 жыл бұрын
so i says to him i says
@-dash6 жыл бұрын
i think its because he is an avid reader and he is wicked smart... he throws in so much comedy through his stories that its hard to keep up... just watch his 12 minute joke.
@2bLackCats19894 жыл бұрын
You never heard tell of a boot?
@SpivWiggins4 жыл бұрын
SW627 I’m Canadian. It’s not a Canadian thing, at least not where I’m from haha
@SalvableRuin4 жыл бұрын
@SW627 His dad was 55 years older than him, so he was basically raised by the generation before the one others his age were.
@Mantorok3 жыл бұрын
May Norm be at peace.
@Marksman_123 ай бұрын
Norm smiling to himself as he tells the joke just makes you love him so much.
@tostare Жыл бұрын
"Come have a chicken with me!" Not even the punchline, but it has me in stitches
@ahnafkalam2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to be that guy, but I don't get the chicken bit... can you explain it please?
@calebgodard45542 жыл бұрын
@@calebgodard4554 Its just a strange choice of words to invite someone over for dinner.
@olliejones7222 жыл бұрын
@@olliejones722 Thank you!
@calebgodard45542 жыл бұрын
@@calebgodard4554its cut off in this clip but at the end the gay guy at the bus stop invited norm to have chicken with him. so i guess another subtle joke was norm hitting on the professor of logic with the invitation
@LainInTheBrain2 жыл бұрын
That line had me ROLLING. (And still does). Something about “having a chicken” is so freaking hilarious. RIP Norm.
@chrisburger24672 ай бұрын
The most underrated part of this joke is how nobody in Norm's joke universe has ever heard the word "logic" before
@jacobmiller10262 жыл бұрын
They never heard tell of it.
@emanuelmota72172 жыл бұрын
@@emanuelmota7217 lol!
@michaellengyel2 жыл бұрын
Logic? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
@CesarDaSalad2 жыл бұрын
Not everyone has attended the University of Science.
@BixbyConsequence2 жыл бұрын
So explain to the folks at Norm's joke what logic is...
@redacted22752 жыл бұрын
From now on, if I ever want to make sure someone is straight without having to ask, I’m just going to ask them if they have a dog house
@g_a_v_i_n2 жыл бұрын
"Has cats" is often shorthand for feminist/lesbian these days.
@stopthephilosophicalzombie90172 жыл бұрын
He told a joke on Stern once about his uncle in Vietnam that was mesmerizing. Must have taken 15 minutes to deliver it. Gold!
@sguillory62 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the prestigious "University of Science"
@nothingnoone87523 жыл бұрын
Fuck yes. The very nature of comedy. Obscured reality
@hospice88962 жыл бұрын
-You have a doghouse -Yes -So you have a family -Yeah, I keep them in the doghouse, how did you know
@ekathe853 жыл бұрын
That made me laugh way more than the joke
@claida3393 жыл бұрын
@@claida339 No it didn't
@jeremyc95932 жыл бұрын
"Just a guess, Mr Fritzl..."
@Holdit662 жыл бұрын
ive heard this joke so many times. i still effing cry from laughter
@stebopign7 ай бұрын
I've got an actual logic (maths) joke: Four logic professors walk into a bar. The bartender assumes, and asks: - So, all of you are having beer? And one by one, they answer: - I don't know. - I don't know. - I don't know. - Yes!
@Henkibojj Жыл бұрын
For those who don't get it: If professor 1 knew he wasn't going to have a beer, the answer to the bartender's question would have been "no - not all of us". But he wants a beer, only, he doesn't know what the rest will have, so the full answer is yet unknown. Same goes for professor 2, and seeing as they have the same skills and logic, he knows that the answer of professor 1 was not "no", and must therefore be a "Yes for me, but let's hear what the other ones will have". Professor 2 also wants a beer. The exact same thing goes for professor 3. Now, professor 4, finally, concludes that as nobody has yet said no, they all must intend for a yes for their own sake. Professor 4 also wants a beer, and can finally answer yes, all of us.
@Henkibojj Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a non-doghouse-having kind of joke.
@captain_malaria2 күн бұрын
The way Andy laughs when Norm says the dialogue 'Come by and have some chicken with me sometimes' always brings me back to this video. A true entertainer till the end.
@BhushanPokharel2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Andy's laugh was so real! That's what Norm did this for...he loved making people laugh. There's such a joy in being able to do that.
@Farley802 жыл бұрын
"Come have a chicken" The way he said it made Andy crack up completely.
@stopthephilosophicalzombie90172 жыл бұрын
I think that's not actually Andy, but Emmet.
@KaeYoss2 жыл бұрын
You do realise it's a racist joke right
@flyingfrogofdeath96162 жыл бұрын
@@flyingfrogofdeath9616 Not really. Only if you want it to be
@stopthephilosophicalzombie90172 жыл бұрын
My theory about Norm is that he’s such a master of comedy that he tries to see if he can make people laugh with corny jokes just to keep himself sharp
@alexanderbean77373 жыл бұрын
I've actually been studying logic recently and came across the term "syllogism", and immediately thought of this bit. Anyway to cut a long story short I don't own a dog house.
@LewisCampbellTech Жыл бұрын
He had such a beautiful smile ❤️
@Beatit444 Жыл бұрын
This and the moth joke have two of the greatest punchlines for a deadpan joke. Rip Norm
@akhilpandey68742 жыл бұрын
Oh I don’t know… I think I serve a youthful porpoise
@IncredibleDisplay2 жыл бұрын
@@IncredibleDisplay you guys haven't heard of dirty Johnny??
@zoulzopan2 жыл бұрын
@@zoulzopan don't ruin the punch . It's still lingering for some. Genius
@hospice88962 жыл бұрын
The moth is absolutely classic.
@kenperlman22042 жыл бұрын
@@zoulzopan and what about that New York taxi driver's riddle
@fivoskaralis62752 жыл бұрын
I can't believe we've lost him now. He was truly a legend and comedy will never be the same without him. RIP Norm.
@JabbaDeezNuts2 жыл бұрын
He really was a genius it’s a huge blow
@Hack_The_Planet_2 жыл бұрын
Rest in power. ❤
@AskAir2 жыл бұрын
Everything living dies.
@stockbluefox2 жыл бұрын
Are we watching the same the guy
@ifyagotajaburadumsheep17522 жыл бұрын
@@ifyagotajaburadumsheep1752 I never thought he was funny, actually.
@kentalanlee2 жыл бұрын
So sad that I learned about this man’s incredible ability of delivering lines after his passing, RIP good sir
@omnicrongaming67262 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite comedians...he will be missed!
@kit-cv1tw2 жыл бұрын
It's stunning that Norm is this hilarious. His joke composition and delivery are so fucking weird, but they're phenomenal
@Linkolod2 жыл бұрын
Was
@Palmstar1252 жыл бұрын
one of a kind. you cant really trace his influences cuz he's so original
@felixicon2 жыл бұрын
His delivery was genius, there isn’t a comedian Alive who compares
@Kampbell3002 жыл бұрын
I think there is some similarity with Kids in the Hall... it's sort of a Canadian style I guess
@kalaupun2 жыл бұрын
I recently noticed that Norm's style is actually more alike British-style comedy than American, which has more to do with quick wit and dry humour. A dream matchup would have been Bob Mortimer and Norm.
@sirtoes28402 жыл бұрын
now I have to buy a doghouse to reassure myself of my heterostatus
@zee3396 жыл бұрын
zee339 Just remember, that doesn't work if you keep a naked teenage boy chained up in there.
@marccolten98015 жыл бұрын
@@marccolten9801 bahahahahaha
@spitty34564 жыл бұрын
I bought myself a trash can to remind myself that I am a trash can
@sandpaper6314 жыл бұрын
Marc Colten lol
@SK-pj8mg4 жыл бұрын
Seems logical
@nlatimer4 жыл бұрын
Its the details that make it. When he says "University of S-Science", its so deliberate to make thr university name funny. It works so good
@brunospasta11 ай бұрын
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call: “A leap in logic”
@EM10gamer2 жыл бұрын
If i had a shot of vodka for every time norm said ''ya know''? I'd be dead
@MrMeanor7 жыл бұрын
Mr.Meanor you would be drunk, sir, not dead, though i can see how that would confuse a light weight
@zargmatt6 жыл бұрын
zargmatt Mm, yeah, on my count there were only 14. I think it seemed like there'd be way more bc he loaded up 11 of those RIGHT at the start, and if you kept going at that rate, you'd either be dead or COVERED in vomit
@supyoist6 жыл бұрын
@@zargmatt you must be very cool
@roryoc185 жыл бұрын
How do, ya know?
@mario6sic64 жыл бұрын
I had a professor (at the University of Science) that was like this with the word, "basically". Granted he was from Russia and English wasn't his first language, but people already came up with a drinking game for it and said you'd probably die after a full lecture.
@MrJimmyTide4 жыл бұрын
RIP Norm, he’s cracking jokes with Patrice and Super Dave now.
@TheSnoozeFox2 жыл бұрын
Super Dave is dead??? Damn, this day keeps getting worse.
@Eltalstro2 жыл бұрын
And cracking beers with Mitch... or so the germans would have us believe.
@noa26132 жыл бұрын
And Sean Lock, I hope. Because in heaven American and Brit comics actually get each others' jokes.
@sturgeon28882 жыл бұрын
Definitely chillin with Farley
@chronicthoughtskc8162 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately we can’t lose anymore comedians like Patrice and Norm that aren’t afraid to speak their mind…they’re a dying breed and we need them more now than ever…I would absolutely love to hear Patrice’s take on certain things these days
@SWWonders2 жыл бұрын
He has s great voice for a vintage docummentary
@Velidmujic1114 ай бұрын
This guy had once-in-a-generation comedic talent. RIP, Norm, you did what you came to do.
@stephenpayne91202 жыл бұрын
The genius here is that he actually bothers to complete the badly told joke right to the end despite the punchline being obvious minutes earlier and without improving his telling of the joke at any point throughout. Genius.
@davegaskell76802 жыл бұрын
I was just watching this when I learned of his passing. RIP Norm.
@Chris-07032 жыл бұрын
Me, too. Count Dankula brought me here.
@ninetales12342 жыл бұрын
Same. R.I.P Norm MacDonald.
@theflash97352 жыл бұрын
I've heard this many times , but it still one of the best delivered jokes I have ever heard.
@markfairman162 Жыл бұрын
If you’re intelligent enough to track every aspect of what he’s doing the only conclusion is he’s the best comedian ever.
@aerosmithskoal2 жыл бұрын
Been a massive Norm fan for like 30 years, he's definitely one of my faves of all time. It's all subjective. Norm and Carlin are joint number 1 for me. There's no one around like them anymore. I guess Chappelle and Burr are good but even though they're still around I'd rather watch my Carlin adn Norm clips all day.
@-The-Darkside2 жыл бұрын
He's pretty good, extremely offensive but good 😂
@ThepurposeofTime2 жыл бұрын
Fuck. Really hoped he’d come back at some point. This is so devastating
@charlierocks21562 жыл бұрын
My god its the small things with norm. Not "some chicken" "A chicken". Shouldn't be funny but in his hands it is
@JamoonXerxesSauber4 жыл бұрын
I miss you, Norm. I miss you every day. 😔🙏🕉🌻🦅
@stacyblue1980 Жыл бұрын
What a pleasant funny guy, he will be greatly missed 😢
@Coccolinodc2 жыл бұрын
Whose here from JRE? Listened to Burnt Chrysler recite this joke and had to listen the OG.
@navtektv4 жыл бұрын
Yep ;) I've put the JRE on pause and came here because haven't heard this joke in fe months :) Next stop is the dirty uncle Johnny joke lol
@maciek99474 жыл бұрын
@@maciek9947 heard it before and still had to watch it again
@jackorban1674 жыл бұрын
Yep
@mr.meister73354 жыл бұрын
I am.
@robert4you4 жыл бұрын
Me too but I just realised from googling professor of logic norm MacDonald ripped this joke off of Another comedian.. find it.. it's a goldfish instead of a dog 8 years ago.. to be honest I found Bert's version the funniest
@Mullerfruit4 жыл бұрын
Conan is so talented he pulled off a full blown laugh without opening his mouth.
@sisbrawny6 жыл бұрын
sisbrawny It was Andy Richter. Also, nice joke... sorry I ruined it, but I was already typing. Lol
@undericesinger6 жыл бұрын
It's ok. If you trace your mouse over the progress bar, you can watch Norm get whiplash.
@sisbrawny6 жыл бұрын
Oh I’ve watched this so many times 😂😂😂 Just brilliant. And I love the way Conan plays along.
@ben_3654 ай бұрын
You know, never before realized how often Norm used the phrase, "you know" when telling his jokes; you know.
@phenixcrow2 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when you can strike up a conversation with another guy at the bus stop
@isaacbernath4 жыл бұрын
@ Isaac Bernath you still can, you just need to be broke enough to ride the bus, yet happy enough inside to have some social skills.
@AVERYhornyMrDinosaur4 жыл бұрын
@@AVERYhornyMrDinosaur *to bother having some social skills when you're that broke 😂
@jerres95854 жыл бұрын
Can't anymore that's for sure
@trevorperkins45854 жыл бұрын
Also back in the day when you could strike up a cigarette without brown shirts beating you with batons as they tax you to death.
@rexseven69073 жыл бұрын
@@AVERYhornyMrDinosaur funny thing. I'm not broke enough to need it but still enjoy it.. Mostly when I travel. and luckily I have the social skills to do it.. But living in NYC gives you a whole different experience 🙊😂
@isaacbernath3 жыл бұрын
Really sad Norm is gone. He was one of the best ever. RIP
@BluntforceJ2 жыл бұрын
I never even knew he was sick. One of the best of all time , at least makes the top 5.
@pauloconnor5850 Жыл бұрын
I love this guy. RIP Norm, still cracking me up from beyond
@jailhouselee2 жыл бұрын
I knew the punchline that was coming but I still was ROTFL. RIP Yaphit.
@davemitchell1162 жыл бұрын
Yes, part if Norm's style was that the punchline sometimes was obvious to everyone with half a minute left of the joke - but him still pushing on as if it wasn't.
@JeansWebbTv2 жыл бұрын
Ht No problem
@carlphipps51692 жыл бұрын
@@JeansWebbTv khggfdc
@carlphipps51692 жыл бұрын
i adore norm. the man is witty and smart. i love his rambling yarns.
@muggedinmadrid7 жыл бұрын
I love this joke, it was brilliant comedian and will be greatly missed.
@dogster4862 жыл бұрын
I just happened to find Norm's, "University of Science." It's in The University of Bristol in England. The narrator actually said, "The University of Science." Brilliant. Wouldn't you just know it!
@goldkhw2 жыл бұрын
norm is a master. i like how even though the crowd is already laughing because they know where the joke is headed, he still gets ya with the delivery.
@dolotsofacid6 жыл бұрын
Norm MacDonald is the King -- the unidisputed King -- of the Bad Joke and the Shaggy Dog Joke. He has a delivery that is unique and undeniable. So shut up
@DGVlogsHub7 жыл бұрын
winlip2 Jim Norton's Chip is a close second.
@robertolangada10786 жыл бұрын
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH NORM MACDONALD IS THAT HE'S CANADIAN.
@drServitis6 жыл бұрын
Uhm, yes it is. He's not saying the joke is bad, but that the style of joke is the "bad joke" style. Which it is. It's intentionally corny humor.
@Arcessitor6 жыл бұрын
I completely understand you! But! Isn't that just the average person?
@Tousicle6 жыл бұрын
Well, if McDonald's goal had been to point out the fallibility of logic (I believe it isn't), then he's doing a rather poor job of it here. Firstly, the professor of logic in MacDonald's story was not inferring the sexual orientation of MacDonald from the fact that MacDonald owns a doghouse. After every question from the professor, MacDonald answered in the affirmative. Thus, the professor received new information after every inferential step in his reasoning. This means the professor was only inferring from the fact that MacDonald owned a doghouse to the fact that he owned a dog, from the fact that he owned a dog to the fact that he has a family, and so on. These are discrete inferential steps, all of which are much more plausible than the ridiculous inference from ownership of a doghouse to sexual orientation. Secondly, these are all cases of inductive inferences, not deductive ones. Here's the difference: In an inductive inference from A to B, that inference is justified by the accumulated experience of cases where A is true tending to be cases where B is true. If your previous experience tells you that people who own doghouses tend to own dogs, that gives you reason to believe of someone you know owns a doghouse that she owns a dog. If it turns out she doesn't, that only means that your previous experience was not a good guide to this particular situation. In fact, it is in the nature of induction that this will sometimes be the case: After all, drawing inductive inferences essentially means estimating something unknown based on what is known. Logic tells us that inductive inferences are fallible, any concrete example of a failed inductive inference merely confirms what logic tells us. Deductive inferences, on the other hand, are the ones found e.g. in the syllogisms MacDonald refers to. Generally, logic concerns itself with deductive inferences, induction and abduction are better left to epistemology and the philosophy of science. Therefore we say of a good case of deductive inference that it is a logically valid inference. For an inference from A to B to be logically valid, it must be the case that A being true and B being false leads to a logical contradiction. It is not a logical contradiction for someone to own a doghouse and not own a dog. (The dog might be dead.) Thus, the argument "A owns a doghouse, therefore A owns a dog" is not logically valid. If MacDonald had presented a logically valid deductive inference from a true premise to a false conclusion, he would have made a devastating argument not just for the fallibility of logic but for logic in its current form being fundamentally misguided. He has not. I think most every logician would agree that logic is fallible, but in a relatively straightforward sense: The study of logic is done by humans. Human beings are, alas, fallible. The great logician Gottlob Frege himself managed to overlook Russell's paradox, a paradox rendering large swathes of his work false. Presumably, logicians will continue to make mistakes in the future, making logic fallible. I suspect you wanted to say that MacDonald has shown logic to be fallible in a much more dramatic sense. I hope I have helped show you this is not the case.
@gunnargrautnes44516 жыл бұрын
This Norm guy seems alright. I don’t often say this about strangers I come across for the first time online, but he really gives off a “doesn’t care for Hitler” kind of a vibe. Rip legend!
@ENikolaev2 жыл бұрын
3:10 It always cracks me up when Norm can’t keep a straight face during the bit. Even he knew that it was ridiculous.
Norm has the most incredible talent of wasting as much of everyone's time as possible just for one stupid joke
Yes, but a stupidly funny joke!
Well, you had to fucking jinx it.
^ Norm would have loved this reply
@@silversrayleigh1399 20 hours ago I was binging some of his best bits, and today I'm back again for a completely different reason. Utterly blown away by the news.
:/
he says to me he says
Ya know?
and by god
Get this
ya know
I'm positive that norm, while on TV, has NEVER been given the "stretch it out" signal from a producer.
I love how immediately after he says “the guy says no I don’t own a doghouse” the audience starts laughing cause the jokes already completed in their heads
Which is ironic, since it's a logical fallacy that doesn't follow, it's called denying the antecedent.
@@jacobbellamy7640 you said it that audience must have been gay too
@@jacobbellamy7640 that's the entire joke
@@jacobbellamy7640 Congrats on understanding the joke lol
@@jacobbellamy7640 my lord! You’re getting your money’s worth out of that logic degree
Everyone's laughing cause they know what's coming, but the best part is seeing him smile as he says the punchline
Well sure as hell it wasn't his inviting the logician round for Chcken - But the audience *still* laughted ike drains at that. (You gotta suspect they didn't own a doghouse either).
we see the punchline coming from a week away but Norm lands it perfectly. i laughed out loud.
I thought the punchline was gonna be "I'm on my way to buy a doghouse" or "After standing around the bus stop for a while, I realized....I don't own a doghouse"
I doubt it lmao
I didn’t. I thought that he’d unable to give the example due to the smoker not owning a doghouse, then he’d do something with that.
I'm still waiting on that chicken..
XD
If you made an account just for this joke... I truly commend you, Professor.
Come by any day
@@barfeyman3622 No thanks Barfeyman, I don't trust your carving.. I know where that knife has been.
professor do you own a dog house?
i love how he completely half asses transitions to jokes because he knows its total bullshit. he just wants to tell jokes
I Have No Idea What I'm Doing no that’s part of his schtick - it’s intentional
A lot of work goes into making it look like he's half assing it.
Yeah but.... Isn't that part of the joke?
@@brogcooper25 No, it doesn't.
You know
Norm could read a cornbread recipe and it would be hilarious.
'Interesting story, I got this recipe for uh- for uh- cornbread, you know, uh, you know cornbread?'
How is that difficult? Most cornbread recipes I've ever read are hillarious.
💯💯
I always thought he was over-rated. He ALWAYS did these meandering lame jokes which I could see the punchline from a mile away. I don't know why he was so celebrated but whatever. Different tastes.
@@magnificentbuzz the uh’s come off as him thinking but I’m almost 100% it’s really just a set up every single time
They way Norm mentioned the cigarette and bus thing made it even funnier because it took the focus away from the main story for a little while, so smart.
It's also subtly relevant to the theme of the joke, which is logic. The smoker noticed the pattern that, about the time when he gets bored/antsy and lights a cigarette while waiting, the bus shows up. But, like the doghouse, lighting his cigarette has no real relationship to whether or not the bus will show up (or whether or not he is gay, in the case of the doghouse). There is kind of a "moral of the story" here, which is that strictly logical conclusions are not always right or even reasonable.
@@CrizzyEyes No the point was that neither of those two relations were strictly logical. They were inductions (in the case of the doghouse) or straight up faulty coincidences (in the case of the cigarettes), not actual deductions.
I think he actually messed up that part of the joke. The bus-cigarette thing is supposed to tie in. The bus comes, and then Norm should be impressed with his friend's prediction and say, "Wow, are you a professor of logic?" Then the friend says, "No, what even is that?" Then ... As Norm told it, the bus-cigarette thing happens and then they just talk about Norm's neighbor, etc. Norm is still the best ever, though.
@@dre3951 I disagree. I think the cigarette and bus thing is indeed part of the joke. But Norm intentionally subverts the expectation of the bus and this logic theme tying in together. He does this again with his famous “porpoise” joke when he says he went to sea world and the audience expects him to say he saw his friend from school working there, but instead he says it’s just an attendant to waste more time. Anyone else can tell the same joke but the way Norm subverts expectation and drags the story is comedy gold imo
@@chill3282 the cigarette part is part of the joke and relevant because it's inductive logic, make a generalization from an observation.
"So I says to him, I says..." Norm's style was a beautiful mashup of square Midwestern folksiness, puppy dog enthusiasm, drunk uncle energy, and stealth razor-sharp brilliance. RIP to a master of his craft.
And he wasn’t even Midwestern haha
Canadians are north midwesterners
Maybe he just was very bad at telling jokes. "So he said, I said..."
@@joetheplumber8884 Sure, but that's a style. It's like how Picasso painted people looking all crooked and with weird angles and colors, that would have gotten him kicked out of a figure drawing class.
Brilliant description of the man
FUN FACT If you remove every "you know" and "so I says" from this joke, the whole story takes 8.6 seconds from start to finish.
That's a neat fact there, you know.
Anyone who goes to the University of Science talks that way.
Also "the guys goes" or "the guy says"
Yeah I know,so I says it’s still very funny to watch him do that you know. That’s all I’m saying.
But they're essential to the story.
The great thing about Norm's jokes is that he has a punchline and then finds a way to build a whole convoluted story to get you to that place.
"How can I make a shaggy joke out of a fallacy of denial of the antecedent?"
That's how everyone writes jokes.
@@listek981 Norm does it best imo
Just a question though. Do you own a dog house?
and sometimes he drops the punchline entirely
"[Logic] is hard to explain, let me just give you an example." - Professor of logic -- hidden joke
I don't get it
Is that a "Those who don't do teach" kind of joke or a Feynman's "Those who really know something can teach it simply"? :)
Down at the university of science.
Anecdotal fallacy.
Norm said "you know" more than owen wilson says"wow"
He once made a rare out of character comment about saying "you know" and "uh" he said it made him seem stupider subtly so he could deliver the punchline better
Owen Wilson says "says wow" a lot? That's weird.
Wow, you know, I hadn't realized that.
@@zalyster Can’t believe it took 3 days
@@LeslieJayBoschPhoto you must be one of those gays
I told this joke to my dad once and he laughed hysterically and continued to laugh randomly throughout the day every time he thought about. He loved the joke so much that I had to tell it to any guests that came over and he so happened to remember about it
Pretty cool that his comedy has created this great memory of time with your dad, that's awesome!
You must have a talent at delivering then 👍🏼
Oh wow, you must a be a great story teller if you made this joke to be funny tbh
@@sergiodeus3865 Absolutely. I think 99.9% of us would totally bomb attempting to tell this joke.
Your Dad must own a dog house.
I love how he interjects things into the story that literally have nothing to do with the punchline (I.e. the cigarette/bus thing)
lol I was expecting the bus to come halfway through the doghouse story.
E.g. I think
The cigarette part cements the punchline which is that strictly logical conclusions are often absurd. It's just as absurd to think that a bus will come the moment you light up a cigarette to think that you're gay or straight based on whether or not you own a doghouse.
@@CrizzyEyesexactly, thanks for eloquently spelling it out so I didn’t have to.
I'm a "professor of logic" (although that's not my actual title - I teach an intro to logic course to philosophy undergrads) and I show this video to my class to illustrate the fallacy of *_denying the antecedent_* (that's the "mistake" Norm makes at the end of the clip). He manages to make it funnier than any other example I've found. For those interested, the fallacy of denying the antecedent takes the form: If P, then Q. (In this case: if doghouse, then heterosexual) Therefore, if not P, then not Q. (If no doghouse, then not heterosexual)
cool :)
thanks for this :)
yeah, this second layer to this joke is really wonderful, especially since he's playing an ignorant guy in this bit. according to wikipedia, he dropped out of university, but he enrolled in mathematics while he was there. so i'm sure this joke was very intentionally crafted
The inference would be correct if it was: If and only if P, then Q
Plato, not Testicles ( tes-tuh-cleeze ) disproved the full gonad theorem.
This might sound weird, but the way I describe Norm McDonald is that he's funnier than his jokes.
The best description of Norm I've ever heard is Every other comedian talks about funny things and Norm talks about things in a funny way
holy shit how i this so accurate
Is this his joke though? It's exactly the same as the whippersnipper joke from buddy washisname and the other fellers
All of the great comedians are like that.
Not weird at all. I hear Norm's voice, and I'm already primed to start giggling.
You know
I says to the guy, I says
That's the joke.
eddielaur i cant stop hearing this now, thanks.
I came here to see this comment
lamarcus aldridge distant cousin lmao
Really sucks that he’s gone ....one of a kind comedian!!...gonna miss his stuff ...
@FISHY LAMAR it’s been over 5 hours I don’t think he can
Don't get injected, you won't die
He took out the cancer with him, so it was more like a draw…
@@Rex-gu1bu He died from cancer, he has been battling it for years, stop peddling your beliefs of what people should do in terms of getting a vaccine, it is their choice.
@@Rex-gu1bu Are you... being serious?
Not often he tells a joke where you see the punchline coming for miles. He still manages to make it funny.
"Logic? What the hell is that? I never heard tell o' that."
Norm comes from 1920
Nah he’s just Canadian
Ludwig Wittgenstein It was more of an comment.
We know you are one of them gays using 'logic'
@Carl Cruton wittgenstein was richer than rothschilds n donated it all
Nothing against his punchlines, but with Norm, getting there was half the fun. RIP
half?! More like ALL the fun! You know it's coming and there are smaller punchlines along the way!
Agreed. When it comes to Norm MacDonald, the journey is the destination.
Very much so @Dave T
Far more than half
I know all of his jokes and I still come back just to hear him telling them.
This was the first Norm joke I ever heard and I was instantly hooked. I had never heard anyone talk this way or tell a story in such a funny & quirky manner. He brought so much joy to people's lives. RIP 🙏
The Greatest Of All Time! It was never about the punchline of the joke, it was always about the journey.
the long setup, shitty transitions, and regretfully the punchline all made me laugh. genius
Johnathan Jones Yup. How the HELL does he do it?
the shitty transitions, regretful punchline and the long ass joke is the reason I didn't laugh.
If you knew logic you'd get the joke, ironically enough.
@Tarun Singaria His style of comedy is like 50% shaggy dog stories. You either don't like or just don't understand that type of joke.
Vikram Oldham That’s the stick up your ass talking.
Norms jokes are a bit like going on a trip. It's just as much about the journey as it is the destination. He's a class act.
A fine looking gentleman the destination isn’t worth the journey to me. Need a stronger punchline for a 5 minute wait.
the anticlimax is kind of part of it though it either gets you or it doesnt
Exactly. The moth joke is a prime example.
all of you shut the fuck up
Joe P is appreciate
Norm was one of those gold rare comedians in which the actual joke telling is as funny (if not even more) than the punchline
The punchline is one thing; getting there is another class of comedy. So long, friend. I cried when I knew of your passing away two weeks ago.
"I said, come on, come by one day and have a chicken with me."
Ron Andy certainly liked that line
who's ron andy
I believe he is addressing Ron who wrote the comment and saying that Andy enjoyed that line
@@t4si0r I love Ron Andy. My favorite comedian.
@@t4si0r lmfao
Punchline coming from 5 miles out and it's still gold. Why? It's Norm.
Why are there no ads on it
He is actually really boring
So right... I started laughing with tears streaming down my face when he said told the guy at the bus stop he met his neighbor today. My God, what a genius!
@@richardkaylor9679 is that sarcasm?
@@arpansamuel6745 it's not often I get asked that question
I saw this when it aired and have been looking for it. "University of Science" still gets me!
Conan is like a butterfly that never emerged from its chrysalis
Because he’s all dried up and brown and hanging from a leaf or something? I don’t get it
No, Conan is a full fledged butterfly, but he was smart enough to take his gig to streaming now. Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon are dropping in the networks with their high octane DNC political commentary. Conan is fine.
"that theory really worked, huh?" the cig part served absolutely no point or purpose, but of course made the story better. Good ol' norm.
Hercules Brofister i think it did! Cause it was an instance of where intended logic fails („always when I light a cigarette the bus comes“ - bus doesn’t come) kind of anticipating the next/main false logic story.
Malte Regah yeah also it serves as a distraction from his first neighbor story so his punchline hits better
@@MRegah : right, norm prepares with the cig-illogic the punchline-illogic. From what I know, Norm built his shaggy jokes very meticulously...not a word superfluous
Malte Regah The point is that it was unnecessary but so funny. Proves the genius of Norm
the cigarette or Fag (UK) story gives Norm a way into a conversation with a stranger.
It's high time the University of Science gave Norm his honorary degree already.
Ok that is funny😂
I love the way Norm breaks for a second when he refers to the University of Science for the second time. He was always right there with his hand on the wheel, even when he seemed three miles off course
Any University of Science alumni here? Go Beakers!
@@vasyan123 Class of '90
There is a great University of the Sciences in Philly... devoted primarily to health sciences and trains doctors, researchers, nurses, organic chemist-types, etc. Part of it is the nation's oldest College of Pharmacy founded in the 1820s,
“Come by and have a chicken with me” was the funniest part of the whole thing 🤣🤣🤣
Hilarious he recalled "syllogism," that is actually related to logic.
These jokes are well thought out and rehearsed day in, day out. To every detail , facial expression and so-called 'mistakes'.
@@Movie2Documentary No, I understand comics spend hours staring in mirrors getting their gesture perfectly right. It is almost like pantomime.
@@jamesboulger8705 that must really kill the joke then to the comic then i feel like
@@HessSR No, the payoff to all of the preparation is in the reaction of the listeners
@@maricastefan219 sure, but I feel like maybe you’d get tired of a joke while practicing, maybe even question if it’s actually funny.
Norm's punchline set-up is funnier than most comedian's punchlines. What a legend. RIP
I think that's the point. The punchline is like an anti-punchline.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Idk, that didn't seem like much of an anti punchline.
Well Norm was a comedian lol your sentence implied that he wasn't a comic but rather a writer. His muttering or words and structure was purely for the punchline. No where near a "anti punchline" like how Mrs.Dumbshit up there assumed
Would have been funnier if the story was shorter by the end of it all I was very underwhelmed
@@spedmonie416 everyone seems to disagree with you.
He turns dad jokes into room levelers
@burteriksson Dad joke = a joke viewed as lame. They usually contain cheap puns or tired cliches, and mostly contain clean language. Room leveler = A joke which results in an explosion of laughter from the audience.
@burteriksson dads predominantly make cheesy jokes to their kids to annoy them, hence being called dad jokes. Dont be so politically correct, that's fascism.
@burteriksson Go fuck yourself with the political correctness bullshit.
@@ankstuhful as a dad, I genuinely find the jokes funny
@burteriksson ah shoot, not one of you gays raving on again
This joke would land flat for most of the people when they try to crack it, but with him it's the entire act, the narration that makes it become alive and we actually imagine standing on the bus stop and this happening that gets us laughing. Makes us realize talent isn't just in writing the jokes, it lies more in delivering them.
I LOVE that little part about the man he meets at the bus stop. Love how he brings us into this cutaway where we can see a bunch of people waiting for the bus and one eccentric guy who says he has a trick or two. What a LEGEND.
The more you explain, the funnier it gets
The genius is that the audience logically deduces the outcome of the joke through a logical presentation of an illogical deduction.
So I says to the guy, I says, I says, I says.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that. God bless em both.
i bet you would do better
Ya know ya know ya know ya know
Then homeland security comes
A lot of people back East talk like that
Well at least he's not a hypocrite
That is true, mr. Darker
What do you mean? Why?
@@Fralsii He's referring to a joke about Bill Cosby. ;)
No sir, he is a deeply closeted gay man
@@SweetComputing who?
This dude has the undeniable ability to land the HEAVIEST punchlines after what feels like a year of build up, and it's ALWAYS worth it
So you don't know Polo polo...
Norm you were such a gift to the world! Badly missed.
Kept the jokes going even while he suffered in private. So long, Norm.
The joke is number 1. He's a different breed. I appreciate the laughs Norm
Norm looks about 35 hear. Pretty sure he wasn't diagnosed with cancer till he was about 50.
This was before he was diagnosed with cancer.
@@emanuelmota7217 we realise that this was before his cancer (im not fully retarded), that does not make the statment any less true, maybe not true for this particular talk, or act or whatever, but he was still suffering for years and kept the jokes rolling.
@@jonathanrandom7837 Who's "we"? Are you speaking for knucklehead? Because his original comment clearly indicates that he thinks Norm had cancer while doing this performance on Conan. Your point is irrelevant.
I love how the audience caught on how the joke will end but it don't matter cause of how Norm delivers it
The audience probably did laugh but on tv laugh sounds are added by post production
So right on... I knew exactly where he was going, but there was STILL that 1/2 second pause before I laughed
That is an absolute hallmark of Norm.
There's also a surprise punchline that comes after the end of this clip. Something like: "And get this: then the guy asks me to have a chicken with him at his house."
they didnt catch on to that, are you slow?
An incredible talent lost too young. RIP Norm. Thank you for giving the world your presence
I 'discovered' him like last year and he immediately became my all-time favourite. I was so eagerly waiting for the new season of Norm Macdonald Live. RIP 💔
I had a similar thing with George Carlin, I found his stuff, watched it all, by the time I was all in on Carlin he died. Fucking sucks.
Absolute magic and a huge loss to the world of comedy. Rest in peace Norm.
huge loss to the world*
Wait. What? Norm died?!
@@17Scumdog Cancer. Was diagnosed 9-10 years ago. Kept it totally secrete. Look at his jokes in that time frame. He was telling people all the time.
Sad...really sad...
You knew him personally?
I love how Norm has some old timey speech patterns, like "I never heard tell of that"
so i says to him i says
i think its because he is an avid reader and he is wicked smart... he throws in so much comedy through his stories that its hard to keep up... just watch his 12 minute joke.
You never heard tell of a boot?
SW627 I’m Canadian. It’s not a Canadian thing, at least not where I’m from haha
@SW627 His dad was 55 years older than him, so he was basically raised by the generation before the one others his age were.
May Norm be at peace.
Norm smiling to himself as he tells the joke just makes you love him so much.
"Come have a chicken with me!" Not even the punchline, but it has me in stitches
Sorry to be that guy, but I don't get the chicken bit... can you explain it please?
@@calebgodard4554 Its just a strange choice of words to invite someone over for dinner.
@@olliejones722 Thank you!
@@calebgodard4554its cut off in this clip but at the end the gay guy at the bus stop invited norm to have chicken with him. so i guess another subtle joke was norm hitting on the professor of logic with the invitation
That line had me ROLLING. (And still does). Something about “having a chicken” is so freaking hilarious. RIP Norm.
The most underrated part of this joke is how nobody in Norm's joke universe has ever heard the word "logic" before
They never heard tell of it.
@@emanuelmota7217 lol!
Logic? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
Not everyone has attended the University of Science.
So explain to the folks at Norm's joke what logic is...
From now on, if I ever want to make sure someone is straight without having to ask, I’m just going to ask them if they have a dog house
"Has cats" is often shorthand for feminist/lesbian these days.
He told a joke on Stern once about his uncle in Vietnam that was mesmerizing. Must have taken 15 minutes to deliver it. Gold!
Ah yes, the prestigious "University of Science"
Fuck yes. The very nature of comedy. Obscured reality
-You have a doghouse -Yes -So you have a family -Yeah, I keep them in the doghouse, how did you know
That made me laugh way more than the joke
@@claida339 No it didn't
"Just a guess, Mr Fritzl..."
ive heard this joke so many times. i still effing cry from laughter
I've got an actual logic (maths) joke: Four logic professors walk into a bar. The bartender assumes, and asks: - So, all of you are having beer? And one by one, they answer: - I don't know. - I don't know. - I don't know. - Yes!
For those who don't get it: If professor 1 knew he wasn't going to have a beer, the answer to the bartender's question would have been "no - not all of us". But he wants a beer, only, he doesn't know what the rest will have, so the full answer is yet unknown. Same goes for professor 2, and seeing as they have the same skills and logic, he knows that the answer of professor 1 was not "no", and must therefore be a "Yes for me, but let's hear what the other ones will have". Professor 2 also wants a beer. The exact same thing goes for professor 3. Now, professor 4, finally, concludes that as nobody has yet said no, they all must intend for a yes for their own sake. Professor 4 also wants a beer, and can finally answer yes, all of us.
Sounds like a non-doghouse-having kind of joke.
The way Andy laughs when Norm says the dialogue 'Come by and have some chicken with me sometimes' always brings me back to this video. A true entertainer till the end.
Yes! Andy's laugh was so real! That's what Norm did this for...he loved making people laugh. There's such a joy in being able to do that.
"Come have a chicken" The way he said it made Andy crack up completely.
I think that's not actually Andy, but Emmet.
You do realise it's a racist joke right
@@flyingfrogofdeath9616 Not really. Only if you want it to be
My theory about Norm is that he’s such a master of comedy that he tries to see if he can make people laugh with corny jokes just to keep himself sharp
I've actually been studying logic recently and came across the term "syllogism", and immediately thought of this bit. Anyway to cut a long story short I don't own a dog house.
He had such a beautiful smile ❤️
This and the moth joke have two of the greatest punchlines for a deadpan joke. Rip Norm
Oh I don’t know… I think I serve a youthful porpoise
@@IncredibleDisplay you guys haven't heard of dirty Johnny??
@@zoulzopan don't ruin the punch . It's still lingering for some. Genius
The moth is absolutely classic.
@@zoulzopan and what about that New York taxi driver's riddle
I can't believe we've lost him now. He was truly a legend and comedy will never be the same without him. RIP Norm.
He really was a genius it’s a huge blow
Rest in power. ❤
Everything living dies.
Are we watching the same the guy
@@ifyagotajaburadumsheep1752 I never thought he was funny, actually.
So sad that I learned about this man’s incredible ability of delivering lines after his passing, RIP good sir
One of my favorite comedians...he will be missed!
It's stunning that Norm is this hilarious. His joke composition and delivery are so fucking weird, but they're phenomenal
Was
one of a kind. you cant really trace his influences cuz he's so original
His delivery was genius, there isn’t a comedian Alive who compares
I think there is some similarity with Kids in the Hall... it's sort of a Canadian style I guess
I recently noticed that Norm's style is actually more alike British-style comedy than American, which has more to do with quick wit and dry humour. A dream matchup would have been Bob Mortimer and Norm.
now I have to buy a doghouse to reassure myself of my heterostatus
zee339 Just remember, that doesn't work if you keep a naked teenage boy chained up in there.
@@marccolten9801 bahahahahaha
I bought myself a trash can to remind myself that I am a trash can
Marc Colten lol
Seems logical
Its the details that make it. When he says "University of S-Science", its so deliberate to make thr university name funny. It works so good
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call: “A leap in logic”
If i had a shot of vodka for every time norm said ''ya know''? I'd be dead
Mr.Meanor you would be drunk, sir, not dead, though i can see how that would confuse a light weight
zargmatt Mm, yeah, on my count there were only 14. I think it seemed like there'd be way more bc he loaded up 11 of those RIGHT at the start, and if you kept going at that rate, you'd either be dead or COVERED in vomit
@@zargmatt you must be very cool
How do, ya know?
I had a professor (at the University of Science) that was like this with the word, "basically". Granted he was from Russia and English wasn't his first language, but people already came up with a drinking game for it and said you'd probably die after a full lecture.
RIP Norm, he’s cracking jokes with Patrice and Super Dave now.
Super Dave is dead??? Damn, this day keeps getting worse.
And cracking beers with Mitch... or so the germans would have us believe.
And Sean Lock, I hope. Because in heaven American and Brit comics actually get each others' jokes.
Definitely chillin with Farley
Unfortunately we can’t lose anymore comedians like Patrice and Norm that aren’t afraid to speak their mind…they’re a dying breed and we need them more now than ever…I would absolutely love to hear Patrice’s take on certain things these days
He has s great voice for a vintage docummentary
This guy had once-in-a-generation comedic talent. RIP, Norm, you did what you came to do.
The genius here is that he actually bothers to complete the badly told joke right to the end despite the punchline being obvious minutes earlier and without improving his telling of the joke at any point throughout. Genius.
I was just watching this when I learned of his passing. RIP Norm.
Me, too. Count Dankula brought me here.
Same. R.I.P Norm MacDonald.
I've heard this many times , but it still one of the best delivered jokes I have ever heard.
If you’re intelligent enough to track every aspect of what he’s doing the only conclusion is he’s the best comedian ever.
Been a massive Norm fan for like 30 years, he's definitely one of my faves of all time. It's all subjective. Norm and Carlin are joint number 1 for me. There's no one around like them anymore. I guess Chappelle and Burr are good but even though they're still around I'd rather watch my Carlin adn Norm clips all day.
He's pretty good, extremely offensive but good 😂
Fuck. Really hoped he’d come back at some point. This is so devastating
My god its the small things with norm. Not "some chicken" "A chicken". Shouldn't be funny but in his hands it is
I miss you, Norm. I miss you every day. 😔🙏🕉🌻🦅
What a pleasant funny guy, he will be greatly missed 😢
Whose here from JRE? Listened to Burnt Chrysler recite this joke and had to listen the OG.
Yep ;) I've put the JRE on pause and came here because haven't heard this joke in fe months :) Next stop is the dirty uncle Johnny joke lol
@@maciek9947 heard it before and still had to watch it again
Yep
I am.
Me too but I just realised from googling professor of logic norm MacDonald ripped this joke off of Another comedian.. find it.. it's a goldfish instead of a dog 8 years ago.. to be honest I found Bert's version the funniest
Conan is so talented he pulled off a full blown laugh without opening his mouth.
sisbrawny It was Andy Richter. Also, nice joke... sorry I ruined it, but I was already typing. Lol
It's ok. If you trace your mouse over the progress bar, you can watch Norm get whiplash.
Oh I’ve watched this so many times 😂😂😂 Just brilliant. And I love the way Conan plays along.
You know, never before realized how often Norm used the phrase, "you know" when telling his jokes; you know.
Back in the day when you can strike up a conversation with another guy at the bus stop
@ Isaac Bernath you still can, you just need to be broke enough to ride the bus, yet happy enough inside to have some social skills.
@@AVERYhornyMrDinosaur *to bother having some social skills when you're that broke 😂
Can't anymore that's for sure
Also back in the day when you could strike up a cigarette without brown shirts beating you with batons as they tax you to death.
@@AVERYhornyMrDinosaur funny thing. I'm not broke enough to need it but still enjoy it.. Mostly when I travel. and luckily I have the social skills to do it.. But living in NYC gives you a whole different experience 🙊😂
Really sad Norm is gone. He was one of the best ever. RIP
I never even knew he was sick. One of the best of all time , at least makes the top 5.
I love this guy. RIP Norm, still cracking me up from beyond
I knew the punchline that was coming but I still was ROTFL. RIP Yaphit.
Yes, part if Norm's style was that the punchline sometimes was obvious to everyone with half a minute left of the joke - but him still pushing on as if it wasn't.
Ht No problem
@@JeansWebbTv khggfdc
i adore norm. the man is witty and smart. i love his rambling yarns.
I love this joke, it was brilliant comedian and will be greatly missed.
I just happened to find Norm's, "University of Science." It's in The University of Bristol in England. The narrator actually said, "The University of Science." Brilliant. Wouldn't you just know it!
norm is a master. i like how even though the crowd is already laughing because they know where the joke is headed, he still gets ya with the delivery.
Norm MacDonald is the King -- the unidisputed King -- of the Bad Joke and the Shaggy Dog Joke. He has a delivery that is unique and undeniable. So shut up
winlip2 Jim Norton's Chip is a close second.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH NORM MACDONALD IS THAT HE'S CANADIAN.
Uhm, yes it is. He's not saying the joke is bad, but that the style of joke is the "bad joke" style. Which it is. It's intentionally corny humor.
I completely understand you! But! Isn't that just the average person?
Well, if McDonald's goal had been to point out the fallibility of logic (I believe it isn't), then he's doing a rather poor job of it here. Firstly, the professor of logic in MacDonald's story was not inferring the sexual orientation of MacDonald from the fact that MacDonald owns a doghouse. After every question from the professor, MacDonald answered in the affirmative. Thus, the professor received new information after every inferential step in his reasoning. This means the professor was only inferring from the fact that MacDonald owned a doghouse to the fact that he owned a dog, from the fact that he owned a dog to the fact that he has a family, and so on. These are discrete inferential steps, all of which are much more plausible than the ridiculous inference from ownership of a doghouse to sexual orientation. Secondly, these are all cases of inductive inferences, not deductive ones. Here's the difference: In an inductive inference from A to B, that inference is justified by the accumulated experience of cases where A is true tending to be cases where B is true. If your previous experience tells you that people who own doghouses tend to own dogs, that gives you reason to believe of someone you know owns a doghouse that she owns a dog. If it turns out she doesn't, that only means that your previous experience was not a good guide to this particular situation. In fact, it is in the nature of induction that this will sometimes be the case: After all, drawing inductive inferences essentially means estimating something unknown based on what is known. Logic tells us that inductive inferences are fallible, any concrete example of a failed inductive inference merely confirms what logic tells us. Deductive inferences, on the other hand, are the ones found e.g. in the syllogisms MacDonald refers to. Generally, logic concerns itself with deductive inferences, induction and abduction are better left to epistemology and the philosophy of science. Therefore we say of a good case of deductive inference that it is a logically valid inference. For an inference from A to B to be logically valid, it must be the case that A being true and B being false leads to a logical contradiction. It is not a logical contradiction for someone to own a doghouse and not own a dog. (The dog might be dead.) Thus, the argument "A owns a doghouse, therefore A owns a dog" is not logically valid. If MacDonald had presented a logically valid deductive inference from a true premise to a false conclusion, he would have made a devastating argument not just for the fallibility of logic but for logic in its current form being fundamentally misguided. He has not. I think most every logician would agree that logic is fallible, but in a relatively straightforward sense: The study of logic is done by humans. Human beings are, alas, fallible. The great logician Gottlob Frege himself managed to overlook Russell's paradox, a paradox rendering large swathes of his work false. Presumably, logicians will continue to make mistakes in the future, making logic fallible. I suspect you wanted to say that MacDonald has shown logic to be fallible in a much more dramatic sense. I hope I have helped show you this is not the case.
This Norm guy seems alright. I don’t often say this about strangers I come across for the first time online, but he really gives off a “doesn’t care for Hitler” kind of a vibe. Rip legend!
3:10 It always cracks me up when Norm can’t keep a straight face during the bit. Even he knew that it was ridiculous.