This is an interview with a girl from MELROSE PLACE... Thank GOD, Norm Macdonald cannot resist giving her the business.
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Norm is the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
@TheSnoopy17508 жыл бұрын
+TheSnoopy1750 yeah norms the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
@synchc8 жыл бұрын
+synchc yeah norms the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
@personofinterest40488 жыл бұрын
+Dan 123 yeah norms the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
@ryansitv8 жыл бұрын
ryansitv I'm telling you people laughed, so I made mine funnier by explaining it, because it was in the moment, I was bombing, spontaneous things are funnier.
@DaniboyBR28 жыл бұрын
+Dan 123 we are only having a crack m8, fair play to you for getting up.
@synchc8 жыл бұрын
She is on record as loving Norm's comments and jokes here, in part because she thought the film was going to be so bad she didn't really want to be there to promote it, and was glad he was there to fill in the gaps of the interview. Out of a 10 million dollar budget, box office was only $180,000 or so. RIP Norm. A giant.
@nhprman2 жыл бұрын
Even Carrot Top has been positive about it
@smitty73262 жыл бұрын
So it was box office poison!
@TheFailedmessiah2 жыл бұрын
The movie grossed less than 200,000. The budget was 10 million. Omg
@MrJamberee2 жыл бұрын
He fulfilled this role a few times on Conan's show. If a guest was nervous then Norm was given to go ahead to jump in and liven it up. Conan's interview of snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler is another great one where Norm offers up a lot of his own thoughts. Highly recommend it.
@JackDManheim2 жыл бұрын
@@JackDManheim "Actually looks easy" :')
@ipellaers2 жыл бұрын
The fact that Conan said “do something with that” and then Norm hits a grand slam joke 😂
@zodspeed Жыл бұрын
Can you explain the joke for me please? :') I'm not a native English speaker or I'm just too dumb to understand.
@hampuswallin594211 ай бұрын
@@hampuswallin5942 “Chairman of the Board” is the movie. Norm calls it Chairman of the ‘Bored’ … Board and Bored have 2 different meanings, yet sound exactly the same.
@zodspeed11 ай бұрын
Conan, as quick as he is, was shut out on this one. Norm's grand slam drove in 8 on that reply.
@jakikazemier966311 ай бұрын
What about the fact?
@redacted227511 ай бұрын
@@jakikazemier9663I don't think Conan was competing with Norm, he just said that to him expecting nothing... so much so that Conan almost died laughing at Norm's response.
@redacted227511 ай бұрын
Thank you sir, may you rest in peace
@cizia692 жыл бұрын
Comedians comedian rip
@MrPorkrolleggNcheese2 жыл бұрын
Rip Out of curiosity, why did this interview need to be saved?
@bdsuf2 жыл бұрын
@@bdsuf because comedy
@charlie21gunner872 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I didn't even know he was sick
@johnnyray29552 жыл бұрын
"Do something with that, ya freak." Norm then proceeds to make Conan almost piss himself with laughter. Only true natural comics can do that when put on the spot.
@johnboy78568 жыл бұрын
+John Rainey I dunno, anyone 5th grade on up could spot the ole "board" - "bored" joke. That's not comic ability, that's a) having the balls and comfort level with Conan to go for it and b) being such a natural comic that he got everyone in such a laughing mood in the first place :) edit: after 7 years of still getting reply notifications on this, I finally reconsidered how I phrased it. Not editing my original wording, since it seemed to get a lot of people riled up and I wouldn't want to try to gaslight you about it. Making Conan/audience laugh with that joke at the right time IS fantastic comic ability, as was my point. What I meant as "not needing much comic ability" was the specific stock joke itself, but it wasn't clear I was referring specifically to that, because OP was also not explicitly referring only to the stock joke. We were both complimenting Norm, but I was trying to highlight how "lol board sounds like bored" wasn't the brilliant part, but his overall mastery of the conversation was, and I did it badly.
@antourte18 жыл бұрын
+antourte1 Yeah that's pretty much what I said...that he was a natural comic
@johnboy78568 жыл бұрын
+Person1 I was complimenting norm on exactly his comic ability. That's how he can get away with a 5th grade level joke!
@antourte18 жыл бұрын
+John Rainey Well, it seemed like you were specifically talking about the "bored" pun, that's all I was knocking - it's not as good a demonstration of his ability as his better jokes.
@antourte18 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite comedy moments. The guy in this thread saying "Oh anybody in the 5th grade could've seen that pun coming" is fucking pretentious douche bag. Of course its obvious after you heard it! If it was so obvious and simple Conan the harvard graduate professional comic wouldn't have been so blindsided by the comeback. Not even mentioning the entire room lost it.
@somethingclever45638 жыл бұрын
Conan: "Do something with that you freak." Norm: challenge accepted.
@CMonty9 жыл бұрын
And that last joke, kids, is how you establish yourself as a FUCKING LEGEND
@simonetanzi51036 жыл бұрын
@@simonetanzi5103 Norm was always a legend. Funny since the day he was conceived. I wonder how terrible or fantastic a parent has to be for that to come of your kid lol Like was the dad a megalomaniac genius corporate cuthroat and his mom was a pantomime?
@poeticalvision2 жыл бұрын
RIP Norm…can’t believe we just lost this legendary ol’ chunk of coal. You were the greatest, Norm.
@toddpinkstonisgod2 жыл бұрын
The world is….. not so….. bright of a place…. And never will be again….. you’re missed Norm, I hope you know….
@Rick_Sanchez_C137_2 жыл бұрын
Load
@yokfhhi6732 жыл бұрын
Man I didn’t even know he was sick
@mahdielzein852 жыл бұрын
@floggingmolly4life bruh😂 it’s a joke norm said one time and all the comedians and interviewers said it as a tribute to him after he passed.
@mahdielzein852 жыл бұрын
@floggingmolly4life lol no worries
@mahdielzein852 жыл бұрын
Tribute to one of the greatest comedians of our generation. In his own words, his battle with cancer was a draw. “I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure that if you die, then the cancer also dies at the same time. “That to me is not a loss. That’s a draw.” RIP Norm...
@adiwidjonarko22292 жыл бұрын
unless if OJ simpson died of cancer, because he'd still win 2-1
@WheelofMorality Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah? Check "HeLa" cells
@djemanac Жыл бұрын
@@WheelofMorality ???
@anti-ethniccleansing4659 ай бұрын
She's a good sport.
@WheresPoochie8 жыл бұрын
+WheresPoochie I think she was really pissed Norm stole the show.
@QMPhilosophe8 жыл бұрын
+Paul Dirac no, just lamenting her decision to do a movie with Carrot Top
@whitedevil28 жыл бұрын
+WheresPoochie Yeah, she appeared in Norm's sitcom years later.
@Ohfishyfishyfish8 жыл бұрын
+MetrazolElectricity who isn't?
@whitedevil28 жыл бұрын
+WheresPoochie She even had a cameo in The Norm Show in 2000 so it's all good.
@Gyrbae8 жыл бұрын
I like how at 2:39 Conan checks his notes because he forgot her name
@tanaka147710 жыл бұрын
holy shit....a whole world is out there for you....
@ThatFellazZz10 жыл бұрын
Noice catch dude
@no1pjfan9 жыл бұрын
I've hosted many shows and when you're entertaining and "in the moment", believe it or not, it's really tough to remember your guests' names sometimes.
@BrianHencheyShow9 жыл бұрын
BrianHencheyShow I'm pretty sure he forgot her name because she's a forgettable actress, promoting a movie that no one in their right mind was going to see. Norm said it best with the "Box Office Poison" movie title joke. I mean, she's not exactly Michelle Pfeiffer."
@Fluoride_Jones9 жыл бұрын
Adam Coffland Aww, but..but she's so beautiful and they made fun of her terrible movie. :( It really was hilarious though.
@Jzscrstsprstr9 жыл бұрын
Following Macdonald's death in 2021, Courtney Thorne-Smith later told Vanity Fair, Every once in a while, I’ll run into Conan and he’ll apologize, and I say, ‘That was one of my favorite moments of my life.’ Teased by Norm Macdonald? Are you kidding? I did The Tonight Show once, and Don Rickles made fun of my father, and my father never stopped talking about it. This is my version of that. I told a story about my father telling a joke at my sister’s wedding, and then Don Rickles just went off on my father being crazy, and it was the high point of my father’s life. That’s how I felt when Norm teased me. It didn’t even occur to me that it could possibly be negative. I was beside myself. I was there to promote Chairman of the Board. I was not thrilled about having to do it, so when Norm took over, I’m like, Oh, thank you, God and Norm Macdonald. It was a blessing. Look - had I thought that Chairman of the Board was my path to an Oscar, I might have been offended. I did not. So it was a joy to be teased about it. Because I didn’t know what I was going to say [on the show]. I was like, Good, Norm, you take over.
@janreznak8812 жыл бұрын
this story just cheered me up and i wasn't having the best day. thanks internet stranger
@bob3007 Жыл бұрын
So she would have got offended if it was her path to an Oscar?....That means all of this are just excuses and it's obviously a joke so why even talk about that negative-positive bullshit?
@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232 Жыл бұрын
@@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232idk when she made that comment but it may have been 10+ years ago, before everything starting becoming ‘woke’ and the word “offended” wasn’t a national past time and personality type for uninteresting privileged people. Back when it was a simple adjective and not the colloquially bastardized attention seeking connotation that you are reacting to.. Such an odd response to a harmless feel-good story
@bob3007 Жыл бұрын
@@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232 It was a politically correct way of saying she knew the movie was garbage and she was only doing publicity for it because it was part of her contract and Norm going off basically took the pressure off of her having to talk about a project she had zero interest in talking about. Basically for her it went from "oh no, how am I going to sell this" to "this is the most fun I've had in forever" thanks to Norm.
@jasonfrost6448 Жыл бұрын
@@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232 that basically just means that if she gave a shit about the movie she may have been offended. Not that she'd be right to be offended that a comedian made a joke if the movie was good. Feelings aren't always rational and some people assume she must've been offended anyway and she's explaining that she wasn't.
@obtuse186 Жыл бұрын
RIP Norm Just heard the terrible news. This and his SNL monologue after he was fired are my favorite bits of his.
@adamtherock20082 жыл бұрын
Ya know, me and God had this disagreement. See, I wanted to keep on living, and he felt the EXACT OPPOSITE.
@idiocracylarper2 жыл бұрын
😭😭
@hhrlisa2 жыл бұрын
Literally, this and the moth joke were the first things I thought about when I heard the news. That and the time he brought a book of dad jokes to a Comedy Central Roast. RIP, legend
@shwarmataylor17612 жыл бұрын
I could use a podiatrist
@littlebosaMusic2 жыл бұрын
@@shwarmataylor1761 that was the greatest roast in the history of roasts
@reuploadingjunk2 жыл бұрын
I watch this every year or so simply to marvel at how fast Norm worked. Unbelievable.
@Gigabomber9 жыл бұрын
MetrazolElectricity Andy Richter's more than a piece of meat.
@TomDavidMcCauley9 жыл бұрын
You mean Andy Richter the Swedish German?
@georgegraham98226 жыл бұрын
George Graham I forgot about that one!
@Evantainment6 жыл бұрын
I saw this the night it aired. I felt like I had been struck by like lightening that night, unbeknownst to my parents who were fast asleep in the next room.
@blaskode6 жыл бұрын
Norm will always go with the funny no matter what the situation. The other Conan appearance when he made fun of Conan and the tonight show was amazing too. And his legendary SNL monologue. Ballsy comedian.
@KTF06 жыл бұрын
The budget for chairman of the board was an estimated $10,000,000. It made $181,000 at the box office. That is literally box office poisin.
@sillynelson110 жыл бұрын
Blank Brothers lol the budget for Pirates 3 was 300 million, not thousand. 300,000,000.
@EvanSaltare6 жыл бұрын
"300,000" Lmao XD, that's probably how much then spent on snacks backstage.
@majorevangelism6 жыл бұрын
Fourteen thousand people have seen Norm make fun of the movie--probably more than saw the movie.
@EricH9286 жыл бұрын
ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! ARE THOSE THE REAL MUMBERS?!? I'VE SEEN THAT MOVIE, WHY WOULD IT COST $10,000,000!!??!!
@davidvillarrius63136 жыл бұрын
+David Villarius What people don't realize is just because a movie costs say the 10 million doesn't mean that is just the production costs because that cost also includes catering, hotels rooms, crew, paying the actors and licensing fees plus also marketing sometimes.
@randybradley41516 жыл бұрын
The amount of regret Courtney Thorne-Smith has after admitting she left Melrose Place to make a movie with Carrot Top is amazing.
@newyorkgiantsfan54402 жыл бұрын
This man was a comedic genius, may he rest in peace.
@AB-my1bi2 жыл бұрын
You must be a bot or somebody so pathetic to repeat the same sentiment all over these videos. Norm didn't even want attention for his cancer, and yet, here you are with many others repeating the same rest in peace post.
@ARedMotorcycle2 жыл бұрын
What was he good at math or something?
@142doddy Жыл бұрын
@@142doddy maths*
@GA00111 ай бұрын
Carrot top is dead!?
@Breakingbad3311 ай бұрын
after witnessing literally thousands of hours of Conan, I've never seen him laugh that hard before
@danielmoroni51857 жыл бұрын
iqless I was just about to say the same thing
@ahmedalshaiba91856 жыл бұрын
“She stood on the heads... ...of those little people!”
@RyanAustinDean5 жыл бұрын
You gotta watch Conan with bill burr
@chrismarple3 жыл бұрын
Everyone turn in your yachts!
@lethalwolf74553 жыл бұрын
@@iqless7313 I was going to comment this. I think norm and bill are the best.
@krmendez82 жыл бұрын
whoever said that a joke loses its power when you have to explain it, just hasnt met norm
@pedromiguel00077 жыл бұрын
Well, you have to remember that the notion of ruining a joke by explaining it is kind of an unwritten rule, and rules only apply to us mortals; they don't apply to gods, which is why they don't apply to Norm.
@SamPendleton7 жыл бұрын
He doesn't have to explain it, though. It's funny because we all get it and he seems to be making sure. If we just didn't get the joke until it was explained, that would be bad.
@WalterLiddy7 жыл бұрын
But that's the genius of it. He knew everyone already got the joke. The explanation was just an added punchline.
@PoeticJustice057 жыл бұрын
I get the idea, that Norms full intent is to find a way to break that rule and still make it even more funny. Its the "Challenge Accepted". Because he's done it with a lot of his jokes. I imagine it started when he did stand up. Comedians have different ways of dealing with hecklers and also jokes that bomb. As in when you tell a joke and no one laughs, it's just dead. Joke fails.......... Explain the joke in a comic manner, saves the joke.
@Logan_Baron2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes, jokes are FUNNIER if they need explanation!
@wet-read Жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw Norm passed I came back and watched this moment. The “bored” joke makes me lose it every time. RIP to a legend!
@KadeC0212 жыл бұрын
The single greatest ad-lib in talk show history. Norm Macdonald was a true comedic genius the likes of which we’ll never see again. RIP
@JustSomeCanadianGuy2 жыл бұрын
I've watched this dozens of times. It never gets old. It is, without a doubt, one of the best talk show segments of all time.
@jimmagnus12002 жыл бұрын
About fourteen years ago, I was working at a service station and a huge SUV pulled in pulling an even huger boat on a trailer. The ordinary-looking guy got our and started to fill up the boat, follower by Miss Venezuela, who clearly liked the guy for more than just his looks. It was about 40C and my colleague and I were swinging on spanners and sweating buckets. I caught her eye and quipped, "It's alright for you" referring to how hot we were and how she was gonna spend a nice day out on the river. She looked me up and down and said, "It must suck to be you!" She was kidding and we all laughed. A few seconds passed and I came up with the best retort ever. I should've said, "And so must you!" But I recognised that those few seconds would've seriously devalued the gag due to poor timing and made it seem nasty; so I said nothing but have always remembered the occasion. And that's the difference. Bless you Norm.🥰
@trinkabuszczuk6138 Жыл бұрын
This needs to go down as one of the greatest TV moments ever
@TheClique8610 жыл бұрын
Vivi Bryan Only a woman can lack THIS much humor.
@Ericanious10 жыл бұрын
It is!
@tfair510 жыл бұрын
Vivi Bryan I don't think that word means what you think it means.
@Alegiance10 жыл бұрын
It's by far the best I have ever seen
@Normally_aspirated9 жыл бұрын
Vivi Bryan Norm Macdonald's style is to be a condescending dick. that's why he's so funny. He does it perfectly.
@essey21319 жыл бұрын
"That's a bad time to suddenly take away everything you know about comedy" hahha, he didn't even try to hide his contempt for Carrot Top.
@sisyr56157 жыл бұрын
It was the people behind the movie he was really laughing at: he knew Carrot Top was good with prop jokes, so why take that away from him for his movie, that's crazy.
@thebrazilianatlantis1657 жыл бұрын
It's not even that Carrot Top was good with props, it's that Carrot Top's ENTIRE ACT was prop comedy! 100% of his material on TV performances was prop work! But instead, they cast him with this ripoff Pauly Shore role five years past expiration.... It's soooo bad. At the very start of the movie when Carrot Top is in the shower he actually does do a gimmick with a heated coil on your forehead to prevent brainfreeze, but other than that, yeah, not even prop comedy, not even comedy.....it's just....it's just a dreadful movie. Maybe a baby would watch it? It's LONG too. If it's two hours long, it feels like it's four. It's as enjoyable as a hospital visit.
@TRJ22419875 жыл бұрын
He was embarrassed after he realized that what he said was insulting. That's why he tried to awkward justify what he said.
@daborshy40895 жыл бұрын
I like Carrot Top, but yes, his ENTIRE act was props. When you make a movie with a stand up comedian, you somehow base it around their act. To the degree that you know what style and catch they have. They make a show for Jeff Foxworthy and at least the skeleton of it is "You might be a redneck" jokes. Tim Allen's stand up consisted of a lot of "arrgh, arrgh, arrgh, more power man jokes". That was then part of the show that they had other stuff too. And later he was able to show that he was good at other types of comedy and acting too. I love carrot top, but he's shown no other aptitude for other types of comedy, so you can't give him a movie without it. If you're gonna do a movie centered around Carrot Top you'd need to make it entirely centered around him (rather than have a romantic interest) and make it basically a drawn out example of his stand up prop comedy. Some Weird Al type movie have the character be surreal and not like any normal person in a movie. Just any opportunity for him to make jokes about things around him. Even then it's an extreme longshot but it's a better chance.
@Logan_Baron2 жыл бұрын
@@Logan_Baron Tim Allen's comedy is also well and alive in Buzz Lightyear too!
@nathanrocks25622 жыл бұрын
Imagine if Norm was a permanent co-host of Conan all these years... The possibilities
@xeflatio932 жыл бұрын
Norm should have been the host at that point
@peroh34082 жыл бұрын
The world is a little dimmer now without Norm in it. RIP
@cookiemadison85292 жыл бұрын
Norm is a comedic genius. That was brilliant.
@RamblinAround10 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@MinigodXDawg3 жыл бұрын
@@MinigodXDawg you’re welcome
@therealexquisiteexistentia47432 жыл бұрын
he's a hack running either very hot or very cold.
@babapambazuka28452 жыл бұрын
@@babapambazuka2845 Found the leftist
@therealexquisiteexistentia47432 жыл бұрын
@@therealexquisiteexistentia4743 clearly not, considering the volume of crap screenwriting coming from that camp, but keep confusing speculative political smears with the personality and standards you don't have.
@babapambazuka28452 жыл бұрын
"Do something with that, you freak!" Conan should know better than challenge Norm.
@kaewonf87 жыл бұрын
Rick B I dont think he was referencing it I think it was just coincidence
@TFUProductions7 жыл бұрын
I don't think he was challenging him. Conan knows Norm, so I'm pretty sure he was throwing it to him.
@Gunman6107 жыл бұрын
I'd argue that Norm wouldn't know that... he's always said left and right that he doesn't care for rock'n'roll... But who knows.
@Larry_Sportello7 жыл бұрын
Conan was still a young talk show host. He walked into that with his chin out.
@shapeshfters5 жыл бұрын
@@Gunman610 from conans reaction i doubt it
@vinceswaney61964 жыл бұрын
More people have watched this KZhead video, than actually watched Chairman of the Board
@alexh86132 жыл бұрын
3.4M views.
@Ratboy20042 жыл бұрын
Hey hey, you spelt bored wrong!
@Now_lets_get_this_straight2 жыл бұрын
Hey can anyone explain the joke ....Why it's funny??
@adiver_2 жыл бұрын
@@adiver_, your not a Norm fan so you won’t understand. Take the time and watch from the beginning of his career to now to figure it out on your own. Other people having to try to explain it to you is pointless.
@Now_lets_get_this_straight2 жыл бұрын
@@adiver_ he said the movie was called "chairman of the bored", as in boring.
@valentin76932 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Norm. You will be a legend for generations. I hope when Carrot Top dies, you will greet him at the pearly gates and yell, “Box office poison!”
@epicman0042 жыл бұрын
I was in the audience for this, a field trip with my high school film club. When they show Carrot Top's picture the second time, you can hear me and a friend yelling "Bernie!", a reference to one of our classmates who looks exactly like Carrot Top!! What a great time and a great show.
@Bluejay3216 жыл бұрын
Does Bernie know?
@eman6104 жыл бұрын
Wow
@ramibasmahjian16633 жыл бұрын
You are a part of history
@ramibasmahjian16633 жыл бұрын
3m4n I’m sure we told him!
@Bluejay3213 жыл бұрын
So your school field trips were seeing legendary guests on a high demand ticket talk show while my school only ever went to the zoo
@ramibasmahjian16633 жыл бұрын
The beauty of this is that even Courtney Thorne Smith is laughing. She doesn't seem butt hurt that MacDonald is crashing her interview time. She seems to be genuinely laughing.
@starrshine59769 жыл бұрын
+starr shine She later spent years working on a network sitcom with Jim Belushi. This is probably the hardest she's ever laughed.
@JCIce0078 жыл бұрын
Oh, I don't think so.
@bobbywoods6842 жыл бұрын
She recently did a Cameo for me and I asked her about this interview and she said it was a career highlight and that she was laughing so hard she was crying. She loved it
@michaelrochester482 жыл бұрын
That because Conan was butt hurt that she did a movie with the carrot! It really upset him that carrot got the nod and not him, which I do think he would have been better.
@Now_lets_get_this_straight2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelrochester48 you should've asked her about Two and a half men too
@Dmdm_dm2 жыл бұрын
norm was so good at pushing the boundaries that even conan got flustered. Then he comes out with the best line ever delivered on a talk show
@mxschaefer2 жыл бұрын
Binging Norm clips since his passing yesterday. The world will never be as funny again.
@allergictoglobalists2 жыл бұрын
That movie got a 2.3 on imdb.
@JoeWagner218 жыл бұрын
+Joe W I would have expected it to get 9 and a half.
@govindkrishnan68398 жыл бұрын
man...10 mil, wonder where it went....
@Rkiser05928 жыл бұрын
Coke and blow? They're the same fucking thing
@ajnode6 жыл бұрын
Drew Pierce 28 likes for a retarded comment
@simonetanzi51036 жыл бұрын
In one scene, Carrot Top mistakenly calls her Courtney, rather than her character's name. That made the final cut.
@BillyBBone3 жыл бұрын
Norm wasn't just funny he was bang on. Chairman of the Board killed her movie career.
@bashbrannigan8 жыл бұрын
bashbrannigan he probably knew of the iggy pop song, chairman of the bored. Norm has good memory, you can tell he has a database with jokes on his head
@bilbobatista36008 жыл бұрын
+Bilbo Batista well trolled *tips*
@Whatsinmypocket8 жыл бұрын
Ya... Her career tanked so hard that she had to fill roles like Rebecca on Norm.
@Rottypops8 жыл бұрын
Killed her career? She won the academy award for Black Swan. Has been in two Lifetime movies of the week and is currently starring in the biggest Broadway play in Uzakistan. Killed her career? Whatever.
@harrycarrey12256 жыл бұрын
right, she's secured her family for generations with that Two and a half men role alone
@escaton745 жыл бұрын
Possibly the greatest Norm McDonald moment. He was that fast and that funny. Thank you for the laughter brother. Rest In Peace. ❤
@abelaberdeen37572 жыл бұрын
"Norm was a comedy genre of his own." RIP there will never be another like him.
@KROGANLovesKittensAndPuppies9 ай бұрын
"Do something with that, you freak." Conan learned this day why NOBODY challenges Norm MacDonald.
@PagerNinerTwelve9 жыл бұрын
+PagerNinerTwelve Apparently Andy Richter didn't so Norm had to make him a Swedish German and had him raped....
@luukeluketer10248 жыл бұрын
Norm saves everything.
@okrajoe9 жыл бұрын
+okrajoe subbing you for that comment
@stacyblue19808 жыл бұрын
Chairman of the bored never fails to make me laugh. RIP to a true genius 🙏🏼
@aldolopez15962 жыл бұрын
Honestly one of, if not the funniest tv moments ever. I had the pleasure of seeing his standup live which was the hardest I've ever laughed in my life.
@guitaresp132 жыл бұрын
B-O-R-E-D
@anonym580632 жыл бұрын
If there is a Mount Rushmore of KZhead clips, this clip is up there. RIP Norm
@RazorsEdge18102 жыл бұрын
You know what's funny? I bet when this actually happened on TV, only a handful of people knew/cared about it the next day. But now, because of the Internet, it has turned into a legendary moment. Thanks Internet! And thanks Norm!
@FoF12127 жыл бұрын
More people have watched this specific video than anyone who ever saw "Chairman of the Board" in theaters.
@gamestation26902 жыл бұрын
ripping on carrot top is like shooting fish in a barrel for norm
@dillclinton43798 жыл бұрын
I find shooting fish in a barrel very messy, so not such an easy task.
@ThisGuyRides8 жыл бұрын
+This Guy damn you're right. who the hell made that saying
@dillclinton43798 жыл бұрын
And there's a chance you'll shoot a hole in your barrel.
@jimweber51917 жыл бұрын
I think that's the idea - even if you miss the fish, you'll hit the barrel, the water spills out, and the fish dies.
@BobSmith-pm3wx7 жыл бұрын
Since I was a kid I always thought that the shockwave created by the bullet would concuss the fish or something, so even if you missed you got em.
@ChucksSEADnDEAD7 жыл бұрын
"I bet that board is spelled b-o-r-e-d." Fucking classic. The wit on that guy was amazing.
@00tree2 жыл бұрын
As soon as I heard his passing I knew the only way to pay homage was to watch this clip. RIP, my man.
@thetong19822 жыл бұрын
Same.
@Wanapelei2 жыл бұрын
... spelled "B-o-r-e-d" - Damn, that was awesome and quick. He seems slow sometimes, but he's really quite brilliant. That was hilarious.
@tpowell4538 жыл бұрын
"Norm is a venomous and torturous snail." The creator of SNL said this, complimenting the great Norm.
@gladoshatesyoursafespace26538 жыл бұрын
Whoever that thinks Norm is slow is slow themselves.
@nshaiza3 жыл бұрын
@Sam Forbes It's what makes his timing magical
@GwaiRide3 жыл бұрын
Spot on. So quick witted
@JL-ev1pc3 жыл бұрын
@@nshaiza not a slow thinker, just his delivery style.
@sex6cult9revolution3 жыл бұрын
I love Norm's sheepish, mischievous looking grin.
@mrskinszszs7 жыл бұрын
Rip in Peace Norm You are up there with the Greats. Your legendary comedic lines will never be forgotten. You are forever in our hearts.
@ivandragomiloff23562 жыл бұрын
Just rewatched this the other day, cracking up as always, and learning that Norm passed away this morning. Rest in peace, and thank you for sharing your brilliance with the world.
@filmflim2 жыл бұрын
One (of many) things I love about Norm MacDonald, is that he consistently makes other comedians lose their minds and break character. He doesn't even have to try. Genius.
@kerryalanp9 жыл бұрын
It's always seemed to me that Conan gave Norm a bit of a pause there, like he wanted him to interject something. Hell, maybe he even left him some space because he knew he'd make that very joke. Comic minds often think alike.
@michaelmcdonald84527 жыл бұрын
Conan's definitely intelligent enough to have orchestrated that scenario. Either way, both Norm and Conan are comedic geniuses.
@DizKord16007 жыл бұрын
Michael McDonald It's been noted that Norm is one of Conan's favourite guests. I remember reading that somewhere.
@friedrichschopenhauer29007 жыл бұрын
I thinks it's fairly obvious Conan was just trying to stick up for Courtney, but couldn't help being floored with a GREAT joke.
@crashburn32927 жыл бұрын
fantastic read on the situation
@degenerate826 жыл бұрын
It seemed like when he was talking about Carrot Top's props, he started to look at Norm with desperation as if to say "save this shit"
@seang76765 жыл бұрын
RIP Norm 💔
@CaseyNewton2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Vox Day for linking to this today. It is truly THE BEST example of Norm being Norm, at his sharpest and funniest. Courtney Thorne-Smith is kicking herself now...
@DarrenSemotiuk2 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure, I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure if you die, the cancer dies at the same time. That’s not a loss. That’s a draw. - Norm Macdonald
@jamesmonroe30432 жыл бұрын
I like how Andy was unfazed by Norm's final joke. He was probably thinking the same thing! lol
@drlee29 жыл бұрын
nah, he was probably day dreaming about gay porn
@bigbromiki13 жыл бұрын
@@bigbromiki1 ....everybody likes gay porn.... butt Andy REALLY likes it.
@jdm10662 жыл бұрын
When I see norm I think of two things. Henry Fonda picking blueberries, and you guessed it, frank Stallone.
@bing789 жыл бұрын
lol even bob the devil says don't steal lettermans camera,, must be a howard stern joke?,, fun to say we are better than frank stallone? rocky won a Oscar and I play at a senior center for free?
@JazzKeyboardist19 жыл бұрын
Poor Courtney, she was just a prop in Carrot Top's movie.
@aliennotion28763 жыл бұрын
the man was an absolute genius. RIP, going to miss his presence
@1gbayfisher2 жыл бұрын
I love how Norm rubs his hands together thinking "eeexcellent" before his final joke.
@GrantGelinasBrown10 жыл бұрын
Greatest 4 minutes of Conan's talkshow ever.
@donnieaveryfan1710 жыл бұрын
Not even close... The man is a genius!
@lokizenboy10 жыл бұрын
lokizenboy Conan? A genius...
@michaelburke774210 жыл бұрын
Why do people on youtube always get so excited when you don't agree with them. It's kinda fun to watch actually. I also love how you summed up my sense of humor just because I don't find Conan a genius. I used to be a fan of Conan in the old days when he would screw around more and did skits. I think the word genius is used a little loosely. Geniuses tend to reinvent themselves and push the envelope. Lets see. Mozart was a genius. Einstein was probably a genius. Conan most likely isn't.
@michaelburke774210 жыл бұрын
What happened? You didn't respond. And there seems to be a comment missing.
@michaelburke77429 жыл бұрын
Michael Burke O'brien went to Harvard on an academic scholarship, graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in history, was the head writer for The Simpsons during its heyday and legitimately has a genius IQ. He's actually brilliant, and I don't use the word lightly. Also, this is one of the best things ever on live TV, and that chick is a total sport about it.
@dy1204819 жыл бұрын
Came here to watch this video on such a horrible day. We lost a legend today. RIP Norm. You'll be missed.
@prb28832 жыл бұрын
i just love coming back here every few days, it makes me happy
@bahiya942 жыл бұрын
"What about my career?!" - That's what you should have thought before signing on to co-star in a movie with CARROT TOP.
@marc80s9 жыл бұрын
fastest tongue on the set! ... Norm's a dark and sinister GENIUS!
@markmarsh278 жыл бұрын
Fastest tongue on the set? What porn are you watching?
@inaz19635 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Norm macdonald, you will be missed and this is one of the greatest talk show moments in history
@jackshewan63382 жыл бұрын
RIP Norm 😔
@willkeen50102 жыл бұрын
Norm is a genius... a fcking GENIUS!
@emmapigeon95318 жыл бұрын
+Emma Pigeon you seem cool, i left a comment on your channel :)
@SXI968 жыл бұрын
+SXI96 you can tell she's cool because she left out 'u' in the f word and typed GENIUS in caps
@zoodiac578 жыл бұрын
zoodiac57 she's the coolest
@SXI968 жыл бұрын
+SXI96 A youtuber once tried to flirt me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. ft ft ft ft ft ft O_O Did you left a comment on my channel? Mmh. If I comment, SXI96, it will be "turns" with us too. Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this video, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no?
@emmapigeon95318 жыл бұрын
Emma Pigeon i'm not sure how to reply to that comment haha, i like your sense of humour though, I'll send you a pm if you want to talk more :)
@SXI968 жыл бұрын
He really was box office poison: $10,000,000 budget US Gross of $306,000. And that was Courtney Thorne-Smith's last movie.
@denhartog148 жыл бұрын
She was awfully dull in this interview
@jaliscodiss5 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Norm has lost more money than that gambling. And Top has made like s billion dollars in Vegas.
@robloxvids22334 жыл бұрын
Courtney Thorne-Smith is an American actress who has a net worth of $10 million. Courtney Thorne-Smith earned her net worth through by acting in television shows and movies.
@EdDunkle4 жыл бұрын
RIP Norm. :(
@jhanick2 жыл бұрын
I come here once again to watch one of my favorite off the cuff Norm videos and one of my favorite videos on YT, but also to say RIP Mr. Macdonald.
@Anto_Skum2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Epic. Norm would have killed it on Whose Line.
@DuffyJ11117 жыл бұрын
@@bobwebb191 looking it up now
@reflectionsandintrospectio21453 жыл бұрын
That bored quip might be the greatest in talk show history.
@AdamRankNFL6 жыл бұрын
One of the best moments of tv.
@nickbowd Жыл бұрын
RIP legend
@ericdurkin2 жыл бұрын
LOL. "Do something with that, you freak." And he does!
@jeffreyriley87429 жыл бұрын
"B-O-R-E-D" was brilliant.
@gregorykrug80347 жыл бұрын
Gregory Krug i didnt get it
@ilikegamingk53977 жыл бұрын
Same. Can someone explain it?
@jaredjenkins996 жыл бұрын
Jared Clark The movie is called "Chairman of the Board," but Norm says that it's spelled "B-o-r-e-d" instead ("Chairman of the Bored").
@c17slug6 жыл бұрын
c17slug I was afraid of that. I knew it was a pun but I thought there was a better meaning than just a pun. Like it's kinda funny but not as funny as they were laughing
@jaredjenkins996 жыл бұрын
Jared Clark Its just how quickly he came up with it after being put on the spot, the joke itself wasnt that hilarious but the situation made it funnier.
@uyy7uhy6 жыл бұрын
Possibly my all time favorite segment in talk show history.
@TheeSocialPariah Жыл бұрын
Rip Norm, this interview turned him into a comedic legend in my eyes
@mu72822 жыл бұрын
Did he pass???
@VincentVision2 жыл бұрын
@@VincentVision yes, he had cancer and didn’t make it public, sad stuff.
@meh68972 жыл бұрын
It's Colonel Sanders impersonating Norm McDonald!
@rubedogg69698 жыл бұрын
You win
@kmcscorpion43726 жыл бұрын
About 2:10 when Conan says "I see the glimmer in the eye and then BANG". Okay, you can't tell from this video quality, but *that really happened with Norm MacDonald*, all the time. He had a great wicked gleam in his eye, when he was "on", that most people do not EVER have. That was half the "funny" of whatever he said, right there. You would just look at him and know SOMETHING was coming! I don't know why I'm talking about him as if he's dead.
@BenCulture9 жыл бұрын
***** He's still supporting himself by being Norm Macdonald. It's not like he's had to go out and get a menial job somewhere. Okay, maybe nobody wants to build a movie or TV series around him anymore, but he isn't working drive-through at Taco Bell, either. Although that would make things a lot more fun for the customers. He's got a fan base that still seems pretty enthusiastic. Maybe he's not earning a fortune, but he's worked consistently.
@BenCulture9 жыл бұрын
Ben Culture Actually, he's worth around two million. So... I doubt he's complaining.
@randomjunkohyeah18 жыл бұрын
randomjunkohyeah1 norm? thats not a lot...
@rickdeckard10758 жыл бұрын
randomjunkohyeah1 Sure, that's great. But not really a fortune.
@BenCulture8 жыл бұрын
Ben Culture yeah, thats pretty small considering his career.
@rickdeckard10758 жыл бұрын
My God... I did not know the guy the day before. He might have been the funniest dude in history.
@Kody-xy3jj2 жыл бұрын
Courtney and Norm were like two ships passing in the night.
@petepyeatt69093 жыл бұрын
She obviously knew this movie was a mistake and didn't have much of a heart to stand up for it.
@zyxwut3219 жыл бұрын
The thing about Norm is that he's so quick and clever with his jokes. Makes it look like he doesn't even try hard and ends up making even other comedians laugh. Dude is a delight every time he's on Conan. Truly hilarious.
@blinkatreyu8 жыл бұрын
RIP, Norm.
@repanich2 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest guests on talk shows. Him and Conan were so good during their interviews. You will be greatly missed but certainly not forgotten Norm.
@lbraddock442 жыл бұрын
I love when Norm tops the 9 1/2 Seconds joke with the premature ejaculator follow-up and Andy slaps him on the back with glee.
@TSOL20238 жыл бұрын
Three years later she did an episode of Norm's sitcom, "Norm." She played Rebecca in the episode, "Norm and the Hopeless Cause." - November 3, 2000 - Norm meets Laurie's friend Rebecca (Courtney Thorne-Smith) who is a lesbian & finds himself attracted to her.
@gotohell77959 жыл бұрын
RIP Legend.
@KanyeRespecter2 жыл бұрын
I watched this on tv all those years ago. It was the moment i became a fan of Norm. You are sorely missed.
@zamhar Жыл бұрын
I love how Conan has to check to remember the girl's name at 2:40. Thank god for Norm
@usurper707 жыл бұрын
great catch. lmao
@Fusion2010Chicago2 жыл бұрын
At 2:39 Conan looks down to remind himself the name of his guest
@ikeusa8 жыл бұрын
+ikeusa It does look that way, but that's impossible he didn't know her name. Melrose Place was one of the biggest shows on TV at the time. She was very well known. Plus Conan is an absolute pro at his job.
@567dirt89108 жыл бұрын
You can momentarily forget something you know.
@mackmasters3257 жыл бұрын
possible it's to confirm more than to remind, because getting it wrong would be very bad
@Sahuagin6 жыл бұрын
RIP Norm, I can always make my self smile just by thinking about this interview
@DC-bx8ww2 жыл бұрын
Found myself on a Norm binge in the past 6 months. A hilarious talent that I wish I was old enough to enjoy way back when. Rest In Peace.
@nickpeterson26912 жыл бұрын
"...and a talented talk show guest." Norm is a legend.
@gladoshatesyoursafespace26538 жыл бұрын
This is my "go to" for a crappy day. Always works.
@mp52496 жыл бұрын
Yep
@karlalopez16503 жыл бұрын
RIP you legend :(
@Gunde2 жыл бұрын
I never watch him on video till after he passed ! One of the best!
@greatdaneacdc Жыл бұрын
This is perfect. Norm is the funniest man ever, and everyone played their part excellently. Conan's "do something with that you freak" was funny as hell, unknowingly throwing one right down the middle for Norm. One thing I disagree with is people's opinion of Courtney Thorne Smith, which seems to be largely negative. She was a great sport. Her line "it's like 9 and a Half Weeks, but Carrot Top" was actually really funny, and it gets lost in the other brilliance of this moment. Beautiful, good sport, funny line, what else do you want? I bet her handlers or agents were fucking pissed after this, which makes me happy.
@nbadraft0810 жыл бұрын
Her enthusiasm for the film said it all didn't it
@thebossman80s7 жыл бұрын
Well, look at how much you've heard about the films since it's release. they could have just taken the 10 million dollars that they spent on it and thrown it out the window.
@Valkonnen3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest talk show segments of all time!!
@ianvincibl3 Жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace, Norm. You are such a wildcard in any interview that it's a comedic gold. You will be terribly missed.
Norm is the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
+TheSnoopy1750 yeah norms the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
+synchc yeah norms the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
+Dan 123 yeah norms the only comedian who makes a joke funnier by actually explaining it.
ryansitv I'm telling you people laughed, so I made mine funnier by explaining it, because it was in the moment, I was bombing, spontaneous things are funnier.
+Dan 123 we are only having a crack m8, fair play to you for getting up.
She is on record as loving Norm's comments and jokes here, in part because she thought the film was going to be so bad she didn't really want to be there to promote it, and was glad he was there to fill in the gaps of the interview. Out of a 10 million dollar budget, box office was only $180,000 or so. RIP Norm. A giant.
Even Carrot Top has been positive about it
So it was box office poison!
The movie grossed less than 200,000. The budget was 10 million. Omg
He fulfilled this role a few times on Conan's show. If a guest was nervous then Norm was given to go ahead to jump in and liven it up. Conan's interview of snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler is another great one where Norm offers up a lot of his own thoughts. Highly recommend it.
@@JackDManheim "Actually looks easy" :')
The fact that Conan said “do something with that” and then Norm hits a grand slam joke 😂
Can you explain the joke for me please? :') I'm not a native English speaker or I'm just too dumb to understand.
@@hampuswallin5942 “Chairman of the Board” is the movie. Norm calls it Chairman of the ‘Bored’ … Board and Bored have 2 different meanings, yet sound exactly the same.
Conan, as quick as he is, was shut out on this one. Norm's grand slam drove in 8 on that reply.
What about the fact?
@@jakikazemier9663I don't think Conan was competing with Norm, he just said that to him expecting nothing... so much so that Conan almost died laughing at Norm's response.
Thank you sir, may you rest in peace
Comedians comedian rip
Rip Out of curiosity, why did this interview need to be saved?
@@bdsuf because comedy
Oh man, I didn't even know he was sick
"Do something with that, ya freak." Norm then proceeds to make Conan almost piss himself with laughter. Only true natural comics can do that when put on the spot.
+John Rainey I dunno, anyone 5th grade on up could spot the ole "board" - "bored" joke. That's not comic ability, that's a) having the balls and comfort level with Conan to go for it and b) being such a natural comic that he got everyone in such a laughing mood in the first place :) edit: after 7 years of still getting reply notifications on this, I finally reconsidered how I phrased it. Not editing my original wording, since it seemed to get a lot of people riled up and I wouldn't want to try to gaslight you about it. Making Conan/audience laugh with that joke at the right time IS fantastic comic ability, as was my point. What I meant as "not needing much comic ability" was the specific stock joke itself, but it wasn't clear I was referring specifically to that, because OP was also not explicitly referring only to the stock joke. We were both complimenting Norm, but I was trying to highlight how "lol board sounds like bored" wasn't the brilliant part, but his overall mastery of the conversation was, and I did it badly.
+antourte1 Yeah that's pretty much what I said...that he was a natural comic
+Person1 I was complimenting norm on exactly his comic ability. That's how he can get away with a 5th grade level joke!
+John Rainey Well, it seemed like you were specifically talking about the "bored" pun, that's all I was knocking - it's not as good a demonstration of his ability as his better jokes.
One of my all time favorite comedy moments. The guy in this thread saying "Oh anybody in the 5th grade could've seen that pun coming" is fucking pretentious douche bag. Of course its obvious after you heard it! If it was so obvious and simple Conan the harvard graduate professional comic wouldn't have been so blindsided by the comeback. Not even mentioning the entire room lost it.
Conan: "Do something with that you freak." Norm: challenge accepted.
And that last joke, kids, is how you establish yourself as a FUCKING LEGEND
@@simonetanzi5103 Norm was always a legend. Funny since the day he was conceived. I wonder how terrible or fantastic a parent has to be for that to come of your kid lol Like was the dad a megalomaniac genius corporate cuthroat and his mom was a pantomime?
RIP Norm…can’t believe we just lost this legendary ol’ chunk of coal. You were the greatest, Norm.
The world is….. not so….. bright of a place…. And never will be again….. you’re missed Norm, I hope you know….
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Man I didn’t even know he was sick
@floggingmolly4life bruh😂 it’s a joke norm said one time and all the comedians and interviewers said it as a tribute to him after he passed.
@floggingmolly4life lol no worries
Tribute to one of the greatest comedians of our generation. In his own words, his battle with cancer was a draw. “I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure that if you die, then the cancer also dies at the same time. “That to me is not a loss. That’s a draw.” RIP Norm...
unless if OJ simpson died of cancer, because he'd still win 2-1
Oh yeah? Check "HeLa" cells
@@WheelofMorality ???
She's a good sport.
+WheresPoochie I think she was really pissed Norm stole the show.
+Paul Dirac no, just lamenting her decision to do a movie with Carrot Top
+WheresPoochie Yeah, she appeared in Norm's sitcom years later.
+MetrazolElectricity who isn't?
+WheresPoochie She even had a cameo in The Norm Show in 2000 so it's all good.
I like how at 2:39 Conan checks his notes because he forgot her name
holy shit....a whole world is out there for you....
Noice catch dude
I've hosted many shows and when you're entertaining and "in the moment", believe it or not, it's really tough to remember your guests' names sometimes.
BrianHencheyShow I'm pretty sure he forgot her name because she's a forgettable actress, promoting a movie that no one in their right mind was going to see. Norm said it best with the "Box Office Poison" movie title joke. I mean, she's not exactly Michelle Pfeiffer."
Adam Coffland Aww, but..but she's so beautiful and they made fun of her terrible movie. :( It really was hilarious though.
Following Macdonald's death in 2021, Courtney Thorne-Smith later told Vanity Fair, Every once in a while, I’ll run into Conan and he’ll apologize, and I say, ‘That was one of my favorite moments of my life.’ Teased by Norm Macdonald? Are you kidding? I did The Tonight Show once, and Don Rickles made fun of my father, and my father never stopped talking about it. This is my version of that. I told a story about my father telling a joke at my sister’s wedding, and then Don Rickles just went off on my father being crazy, and it was the high point of my father’s life. That’s how I felt when Norm teased me. It didn’t even occur to me that it could possibly be negative. I was beside myself. I was there to promote Chairman of the Board. I was not thrilled about having to do it, so when Norm took over, I’m like, Oh, thank you, God and Norm Macdonald. It was a blessing. Look - had I thought that Chairman of the Board was my path to an Oscar, I might have been offended. I did not. So it was a joy to be teased about it. Because I didn’t know what I was going to say [on the show]. I was like, Good, Norm, you take over.
this story just cheered me up and i wasn't having the best day. thanks internet stranger
So she would have got offended if it was her path to an Oscar?....That means all of this are just excuses and it's obviously a joke so why even talk about that negative-positive bullshit?
@@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232idk when she made that comment but it may have been 10+ years ago, before everything starting becoming ‘woke’ and the word “offended” wasn’t a national past time and personality type for uninteresting privileged people. Back when it was a simple adjective and not the colloquially bastardized attention seeking connotation that you are reacting to.. Such an odd response to a harmless feel-good story
@@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232 It was a politically correct way of saying she knew the movie was garbage and she was only doing publicity for it because it was part of her contract and Norm going off basically took the pressure off of her having to talk about a project she had zero interest in talking about. Basically for her it went from "oh no, how am I going to sell this" to "this is the most fun I've had in forever" thanks to Norm.
@@shaolinsoccerisashittymovi7232 that basically just means that if she gave a shit about the movie she may have been offended. Not that she'd be right to be offended that a comedian made a joke if the movie was good. Feelings aren't always rational and some people assume she must've been offended anyway and she's explaining that she wasn't.
RIP Norm Just heard the terrible news. This and his SNL monologue after he was fired are my favorite bits of his.
Ya know, me and God had this disagreement. See, I wanted to keep on living, and he felt the EXACT OPPOSITE.
😭😭
Literally, this and the moth joke were the first things I thought about when I heard the news. That and the time he brought a book of dad jokes to a Comedy Central Roast. RIP, legend
I could use a podiatrist
@@shwarmataylor1761 that was the greatest roast in the history of roasts
I watch this every year or so simply to marvel at how fast Norm worked. Unbelievable.
MetrazolElectricity Andy Richter's more than a piece of meat.
You mean Andy Richter the Swedish German?
George Graham I forgot about that one!
I saw this the night it aired. I felt like I had been struck by like lightening that night, unbeknownst to my parents who were fast asleep in the next room.
Norm will always go with the funny no matter what the situation. The other Conan appearance when he made fun of Conan and the tonight show was amazing too. And his legendary SNL monologue. Ballsy comedian.
The budget for chairman of the board was an estimated $10,000,000. It made $181,000 at the box office. That is literally box office poisin.
Blank Brothers lol the budget for Pirates 3 was 300 million, not thousand. 300,000,000.
"300,000" Lmao XD, that's probably how much then spent on snacks backstage.
Fourteen thousand people have seen Norm make fun of the movie--probably more than saw the movie.
ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! ARE THOSE THE REAL MUMBERS?!? I'VE SEEN THAT MOVIE, WHY WOULD IT COST $10,000,000!!??!!
+David Villarius What people don't realize is just because a movie costs say the 10 million doesn't mean that is just the production costs because that cost also includes catering, hotels rooms, crew, paying the actors and licensing fees plus also marketing sometimes.
The amount of regret Courtney Thorne-Smith has after admitting she left Melrose Place to make a movie with Carrot Top is amazing.
This man was a comedic genius, may he rest in peace.
You must be a bot or somebody so pathetic to repeat the same sentiment all over these videos. Norm didn't even want attention for his cancer, and yet, here you are with many others repeating the same rest in peace post.
What was he good at math or something?
@@142doddy maths*
Carrot top is dead!?
after witnessing literally thousands of hours of Conan, I've never seen him laugh that hard before
iqless I was just about to say the same thing
“She stood on the heads... ...of those little people!”
You gotta watch Conan with bill burr
Everyone turn in your yachts!
@@iqless7313 I was going to comment this. I think norm and bill are the best.
whoever said that a joke loses its power when you have to explain it, just hasnt met norm
Well, you have to remember that the notion of ruining a joke by explaining it is kind of an unwritten rule, and rules only apply to us mortals; they don't apply to gods, which is why they don't apply to Norm.
He doesn't have to explain it, though. It's funny because we all get it and he seems to be making sure. If we just didn't get the joke until it was explained, that would be bad.
But that's the genius of it. He knew everyone already got the joke. The explanation was just an added punchline.
I get the idea, that Norms full intent is to find a way to break that rule and still make it even more funny. Its the "Challenge Accepted". Because he's done it with a lot of his jokes. I imagine it started when he did stand up. Comedians have different ways of dealing with hecklers and also jokes that bomb. As in when you tell a joke and no one laughs, it's just dead. Joke fails.......... Explain the joke in a comic manner, saves the joke.
Sometimes, jokes are FUNNIER if they need explanation!
As soon as I saw Norm passed I came back and watched this moment. The “bored” joke makes me lose it every time. RIP to a legend!
The single greatest ad-lib in talk show history. Norm Macdonald was a true comedic genius the likes of which we’ll never see again. RIP
I've watched this dozens of times. It never gets old. It is, without a doubt, one of the best talk show segments of all time.
About fourteen years ago, I was working at a service station and a huge SUV pulled in pulling an even huger boat on a trailer. The ordinary-looking guy got our and started to fill up the boat, follower by Miss Venezuela, who clearly liked the guy for more than just his looks. It was about 40C and my colleague and I were swinging on spanners and sweating buckets. I caught her eye and quipped, "It's alright for you" referring to how hot we were and how she was gonna spend a nice day out on the river. She looked me up and down and said, "It must suck to be you!" She was kidding and we all laughed. A few seconds passed and I came up with the best retort ever. I should've said, "And so must you!" But I recognised that those few seconds would've seriously devalued the gag due to poor timing and made it seem nasty; so I said nothing but have always remembered the occasion. And that's the difference. Bless you Norm.🥰
This needs to go down as one of the greatest TV moments ever
Vivi Bryan Only a woman can lack THIS much humor.
It is!
Vivi Bryan I don't think that word means what you think it means.
It's by far the best I have ever seen
Vivi Bryan Norm Macdonald's style is to be a condescending dick. that's why he's so funny. He does it perfectly.
"That's a bad time to suddenly take away everything you know about comedy" hahha, he didn't even try to hide his contempt for Carrot Top.
It was the people behind the movie he was really laughing at: he knew Carrot Top was good with prop jokes, so why take that away from him for his movie, that's crazy.
It's not even that Carrot Top was good with props, it's that Carrot Top's ENTIRE ACT was prop comedy! 100% of his material on TV performances was prop work! But instead, they cast him with this ripoff Pauly Shore role five years past expiration.... It's soooo bad. At the very start of the movie when Carrot Top is in the shower he actually does do a gimmick with a heated coil on your forehead to prevent brainfreeze, but other than that, yeah, not even prop comedy, not even comedy.....it's just....it's just a dreadful movie. Maybe a baby would watch it? It's LONG too. If it's two hours long, it feels like it's four. It's as enjoyable as a hospital visit.
He was embarrassed after he realized that what he said was insulting. That's why he tried to awkward justify what he said.
I like Carrot Top, but yes, his ENTIRE act was props. When you make a movie with a stand up comedian, you somehow base it around their act. To the degree that you know what style and catch they have. They make a show for Jeff Foxworthy and at least the skeleton of it is "You might be a redneck" jokes. Tim Allen's stand up consisted of a lot of "arrgh, arrgh, arrgh, more power man jokes". That was then part of the show that they had other stuff too. And later he was able to show that he was good at other types of comedy and acting too. I love carrot top, but he's shown no other aptitude for other types of comedy, so you can't give him a movie without it. If you're gonna do a movie centered around Carrot Top you'd need to make it entirely centered around him (rather than have a romantic interest) and make it basically a drawn out example of his stand up prop comedy. Some Weird Al type movie have the character be surreal and not like any normal person in a movie. Just any opportunity for him to make jokes about things around him. Even then it's an extreme longshot but it's a better chance.
@@Logan_Baron Tim Allen's comedy is also well and alive in Buzz Lightyear too!
Imagine if Norm was a permanent co-host of Conan all these years... The possibilities
Norm should have been the host at that point
The world is a little dimmer now without Norm in it. RIP
Norm is a comedic genius. That was brilliant.
Thank you
@@MinigodXDawg you’re welcome
he's a hack running either very hot or very cold.
@@babapambazuka2845 Found the leftist
@@therealexquisiteexistentia4743 clearly not, considering the volume of crap screenwriting coming from that camp, but keep confusing speculative political smears with the personality and standards you don't have.
"Do something with that, you freak!" Conan should know better than challenge Norm.
Rick B I dont think he was referencing it I think it was just coincidence
I don't think he was challenging him. Conan knows Norm, so I'm pretty sure he was throwing it to him.
I'd argue that Norm wouldn't know that... he's always said left and right that he doesn't care for rock'n'roll... But who knows.
Conan was still a young talk show host. He walked into that with his chin out.
@@Gunman610 from conans reaction i doubt it
More people have watched this KZhead video, than actually watched Chairman of the Board
3.4M views.
Hey hey, you spelt bored wrong!
Hey can anyone explain the joke ....Why it's funny??
@@adiver_, your not a Norm fan so you won’t understand. Take the time and watch from the beginning of his career to now to figure it out on your own. Other people having to try to explain it to you is pointless.
@@adiver_ he said the movie was called "chairman of the bored", as in boring.
Rest In Peace Norm. You will be a legend for generations. I hope when Carrot Top dies, you will greet him at the pearly gates and yell, “Box office poison!”
I was in the audience for this, a field trip with my high school film club. When they show Carrot Top's picture the second time, you can hear me and a friend yelling "Bernie!", a reference to one of our classmates who looks exactly like Carrot Top!! What a great time and a great show.
Does Bernie know?
Wow
You are a part of history
3m4n I’m sure we told him!
So your school field trips were seeing legendary guests on a high demand ticket talk show while my school only ever went to the zoo
The beauty of this is that even Courtney Thorne Smith is laughing. She doesn't seem butt hurt that MacDonald is crashing her interview time. She seems to be genuinely laughing.
+starr shine She later spent years working on a network sitcom with Jim Belushi. This is probably the hardest she's ever laughed.
Oh, I don't think so.
She recently did a Cameo for me and I asked her about this interview and she said it was a career highlight and that she was laughing so hard she was crying. She loved it
That because Conan was butt hurt that she did a movie with the carrot! It really upset him that carrot got the nod and not him, which I do think he would have been better.
@@michaelrochester48 you should've asked her about Two and a half men too
norm was so good at pushing the boundaries that even conan got flustered. Then he comes out with the best line ever delivered on a talk show
Binging Norm clips since his passing yesterday. The world will never be as funny again.
That movie got a 2.3 on imdb.
+Joe W I would have expected it to get 9 and a half.
man...10 mil, wonder where it went....
Coke and blow? They're the same fucking thing
Drew Pierce 28 likes for a retarded comment
In one scene, Carrot Top mistakenly calls her Courtney, rather than her character's name. That made the final cut.
Norm wasn't just funny he was bang on. Chairman of the Board killed her movie career.
bashbrannigan he probably knew of the iggy pop song, chairman of the bored. Norm has good memory, you can tell he has a database with jokes on his head
+Bilbo Batista well trolled *tips*
Ya... Her career tanked so hard that she had to fill roles like Rebecca on Norm.
Killed her career? She won the academy award for Black Swan. Has been in two Lifetime movies of the week and is currently starring in the biggest Broadway play in Uzakistan. Killed her career? Whatever.
right, she's secured her family for generations with that Two and a half men role alone
Possibly the greatest Norm McDonald moment. He was that fast and that funny. Thank you for the laughter brother. Rest In Peace. ❤
"Norm was a comedy genre of his own." RIP there will never be another like him.
"Do something with that, you freak." Conan learned this day why NOBODY challenges Norm MacDonald.
+PagerNinerTwelve Apparently Andy Richter didn't so Norm had to make him a Swedish German and had him raped....
Norm saves everything.
+okrajoe subbing you for that comment
Chairman of the bored never fails to make me laugh. RIP to a true genius 🙏🏼
Honestly one of, if not the funniest tv moments ever. I had the pleasure of seeing his standup live which was the hardest I've ever laughed in my life.
B-O-R-E-D
If there is a Mount Rushmore of KZhead clips, this clip is up there. RIP Norm
You know what's funny? I bet when this actually happened on TV, only a handful of people knew/cared about it the next day. But now, because of the Internet, it has turned into a legendary moment. Thanks Internet! And thanks Norm!
More people have watched this specific video than anyone who ever saw "Chairman of the Board" in theaters.
ripping on carrot top is like shooting fish in a barrel for norm
I find shooting fish in a barrel very messy, so not such an easy task.
+This Guy damn you're right. who the hell made that saying
And there's a chance you'll shoot a hole in your barrel.
I think that's the idea - even if you miss the fish, you'll hit the barrel, the water spills out, and the fish dies.
Since I was a kid I always thought that the shockwave created by the bullet would concuss the fish or something, so even if you missed you got em.
"I bet that board is spelled b-o-r-e-d." Fucking classic. The wit on that guy was amazing.
As soon as I heard his passing I knew the only way to pay homage was to watch this clip. RIP, my man.
Same.
... spelled "B-o-r-e-d" - Damn, that was awesome and quick. He seems slow sometimes, but he's really quite brilliant. That was hilarious.
"Norm is a venomous and torturous snail." The creator of SNL said this, complimenting the great Norm.
Whoever that thinks Norm is slow is slow themselves.
@Sam Forbes It's what makes his timing magical
Spot on. So quick witted
@@nshaiza not a slow thinker, just his delivery style.
I love Norm's sheepish, mischievous looking grin.
Rip in Peace Norm You are up there with the Greats. Your legendary comedic lines will never be forgotten. You are forever in our hearts.
Just rewatched this the other day, cracking up as always, and learning that Norm passed away this morning. Rest in peace, and thank you for sharing your brilliance with the world.
One (of many) things I love about Norm MacDonald, is that he consistently makes other comedians lose their minds and break character. He doesn't even have to try. Genius.
It's always seemed to me that Conan gave Norm a bit of a pause there, like he wanted him to interject something. Hell, maybe he even left him some space because he knew he'd make that very joke. Comic minds often think alike.
Conan's definitely intelligent enough to have orchestrated that scenario. Either way, both Norm and Conan are comedic geniuses.
Michael McDonald It's been noted that Norm is one of Conan's favourite guests. I remember reading that somewhere.
I thinks it's fairly obvious Conan was just trying to stick up for Courtney, but couldn't help being floored with a GREAT joke.
fantastic read on the situation
It seemed like when he was talking about Carrot Top's props, he started to look at Norm with desperation as if to say "save this shit"
RIP Norm 💔
Thanks Vox Day for linking to this today. It is truly THE BEST example of Norm being Norm, at his sharpest and funniest. Courtney Thorne-Smith is kicking herself now...
I’m pretty sure, I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure if you die, the cancer dies at the same time. That’s not a loss. That’s a draw. - Norm Macdonald
I like how Andy was unfazed by Norm's final joke. He was probably thinking the same thing! lol
nah, he was probably day dreaming about gay porn
@@bigbromiki1 ....everybody likes gay porn.... butt Andy REALLY likes it.
When I see norm I think of two things. Henry Fonda picking blueberries, and you guessed it, frank Stallone.
lol even bob the devil says don't steal lettermans camera,, must be a howard stern joke?,, fun to say we are better than frank stallone? rocky won a Oscar and I play at a senior center for free?
Poor Courtney, she was just a prop in Carrot Top's movie.
the man was an absolute genius. RIP, going to miss his presence
I love how Norm rubs his hands together thinking "eeexcellent" before his final joke.
Greatest 4 minutes of Conan's talkshow ever.
Not even close... The man is a genius!
lokizenboy Conan? A genius...
Why do people on youtube always get so excited when you don't agree with them. It's kinda fun to watch actually. I also love how you summed up my sense of humor just because I don't find Conan a genius. I used to be a fan of Conan in the old days when he would screw around more and did skits. I think the word genius is used a little loosely. Geniuses tend to reinvent themselves and push the envelope. Lets see. Mozart was a genius. Einstein was probably a genius. Conan most likely isn't.
What happened? You didn't respond. And there seems to be a comment missing.
Michael Burke O'brien went to Harvard on an academic scholarship, graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in history, was the head writer for The Simpsons during its heyday and legitimately has a genius IQ. He's actually brilliant, and I don't use the word lightly. Also, this is one of the best things ever on live TV, and that chick is a total sport about it.
Came here to watch this video on such a horrible day. We lost a legend today. RIP Norm. You'll be missed.
i just love coming back here every few days, it makes me happy
"What about my career?!" - That's what you should have thought before signing on to co-star in a movie with CARROT TOP.
fastest tongue on the set! ... Norm's a dark and sinister GENIUS!
Fastest tongue on the set? What porn are you watching?
R.I.P Norm macdonald, you will be missed and this is one of the greatest talk show moments in history
RIP Norm 😔
Norm is a genius... a fcking GENIUS!
+Emma Pigeon you seem cool, i left a comment on your channel :)
+SXI96 you can tell she's cool because she left out 'u' in the f word and typed GENIUS in caps
zoodiac57 she's the coolest
+SXI96 A youtuber once tried to flirt me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. ft ft ft ft ft ft O_O Did you left a comment on my channel? Mmh. If I comment, SXI96, it will be "turns" with us too. Quid pro quo. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this video, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no?
Emma Pigeon i'm not sure how to reply to that comment haha, i like your sense of humour though, I'll send you a pm if you want to talk more :)
He really was box office poison: $10,000,000 budget US Gross of $306,000. And that was Courtney Thorne-Smith's last movie.
She was awfully dull in this interview
To be fair, Norm has lost more money than that gambling. And Top has made like s billion dollars in Vegas.
Courtney Thorne-Smith is an American actress who has a net worth of $10 million. Courtney Thorne-Smith earned her net worth through by acting in television shows and movies.
RIP Norm. :(
I come here once again to watch one of my favorite off the cuff Norm videos and one of my favorite videos on YT, but also to say RIP Mr. Macdonald.
Absolutely Epic. Norm would have killed it on Whose Line.
@@bobwebb191 looking it up now
That bored quip might be the greatest in talk show history.
One of the best moments of tv.
RIP legend
LOL. "Do something with that, you freak." And he does!
"B-O-R-E-D" was brilliant.
Gregory Krug i didnt get it
Same. Can someone explain it?
Jared Clark The movie is called "Chairman of the Board," but Norm says that it's spelled "B-o-r-e-d" instead ("Chairman of the Bored").
c17slug I was afraid of that. I knew it was a pun but I thought there was a better meaning than just a pun. Like it's kinda funny but not as funny as they were laughing
Jared Clark Its just how quickly he came up with it after being put on the spot, the joke itself wasnt that hilarious but the situation made it funnier.
Possibly my all time favorite segment in talk show history.
Rip Norm, this interview turned him into a comedic legend in my eyes
Did he pass???
@@VincentVision yes, he had cancer and didn’t make it public, sad stuff.
It's Colonel Sanders impersonating Norm McDonald!
You win
About 2:10 when Conan says "I see the glimmer in the eye and then BANG". Okay, you can't tell from this video quality, but *that really happened with Norm MacDonald*, all the time. He had a great wicked gleam in his eye, when he was "on", that most people do not EVER have. That was half the "funny" of whatever he said, right there. You would just look at him and know SOMETHING was coming! I don't know why I'm talking about him as if he's dead.
***** He's still supporting himself by being Norm Macdonald. It's not like he's had to go out and get a menial job somewhere. Okay, maybe nobody wants to build a movie or TV series around him anymore, but he isn't working drive-through at Taco Bell, either. Although that would make things a lot more fun for the customers. He's got a fan base that still seems pretty enthusiastic. Maybe he's not earning a fortune, but he's worked consistently.
Ben Culture Actually, he's worth around two million. So... I doubt he's complaining.
randomjunkohyeah1 norm? thats not a lot...
randomjunkohyeah1 Sure, that's great. But not really a fortune.
Ben Culture yeah, thats pretty small considering his career.
My God... I did not know the guy the day before. He might have been the funniest dude in history.
Courtney and Norm were like two ships passing in the night.
She obviously knew this movie was a mistake and didn't have much of a heart to stand up for it.
The thing about Norm is that he's so quick and clever with his jokes. Makes it look like he doesn't even try hard and ends up making even other comedians laugh. Dude is a delight every time he's on Conan. Truly hilarious.
RIP, Norm.
One of the funniest guests on talk shows. Him and Conan were so good during their interviews. You will be greatly missed but certainly not forgotten Norm.
I love when Norm tops the 9 1/2 Seconds joke with the premature ejaculator follow-up and Andy slaps him on the back with glee.
Three years later she did an episode of Norm's sitcom, "Norm." She played Rebecca in the episode, "Norm and the Hopeless Cause." - November 3, 2000 - Norm meets Laurie's friend Rebecca (Courtney Thorne-Smith) who is a lesbian & finds himself attracted to her.
RIP Legend.
I watched this on tv all those years ago. It was the moment i became a fan of Norm. You are sorely missed.
I love how Conan has to check to remember the girl's name at 2:40. Thank god for Norm
great catch. lmao
At 2:39 Conan looks down to remind himself the name of his guest
+ikeusa It does look that way, but that's impossible he didn't know her name. Melrose Place was one of the biggest shows on TV at the time. She was very well known. Plus Conan is an absolute pro at his job.
You can momentarily forget something you know.
possible it's to confirm more than to remind, because getting it wrong would be very bad
RIP Norm, I can always make my self smile just by thinking about this interview
Found myself on a Norm binge in the past 6 months. A hilarious talent that I wish I was old enough to enjoy way back when. Rest In Peace.
"...and a talented talk show guest." Norm is a legend.
This is my "go to" for a crappy day. Always works.
Yep
RIP you legend :(
I never watch him on video till after he passed ! One of the best!
This is perfect. Norm is the funniest man ever, and everyone played their part excellently. Conan's "do something with that you freak" was funny as hell, unknowingly throwing one right down the middle for Norm. One thing I disagree with is people's opinion of Courtney Thorne Smith, which seems to be largely negative. She was a great sport. Her line "it's like 9 and a Half Weeks, but Carrot Top" was actually really funny, and it gets lost in the other brilliance of this moment. Beautiful, good sport, funny line, what else do you want? I bet her handlers or agents were fucking pissed after this, which makes me happy.
Her enthusiasm for the film said it all didn't it
Well, look at how much you've heard about the films since it's release. they could have just taken the 10 million dollars that they spent on it and thrown it out the window.
One of the greatest talk show segments of all time!!
Rest In Peace, Norm. You are such a wildcard in any interview that it's a comedic gold. You will be terribly missed.