Conan Season 6 Episode 142: October 5, 2016: Norm Macdonald, Keke Palmer, ZZ Top
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I wouldn’t call myself a cosmopolite, because I don’t know what it means 😂😂😂
@adamhaycock79822 жыл бұрын
Conan should've said, "Aren't you a fucking writer?"
@fan54072 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we heard it.
@20alphabet Жыл бұрын
That wasn’t in volume 5 of the Oxford English dictionary. He should’ve said like volume 5 chapter 15 or something that would’ve made more sense.
@JmO-ee1bi Жыл бұрын
@@JmO-ee1bi hey Thanks J mO! I'm sure everybody will listen to you!! ...
@Dylan_Valentine Жыл бұрын
@@JmO-ee1bi I think yer missin' the joke there, pal. It's kinda like encyclopedias, which are so large that they have to be broken down into volumes by alphabet. So the dictionary - in the joke - went from "How" to "Hug". Get it?
@mcfunwow Жыл бұрын
I feel robbed. Can you imagine Norm as an actual old codger? It would have been comedy gold.
@rexseven6907 Жыл бұрын
As a, grandpa!!
@billpetersen298 Жыл бұрын
To be fair, he already mastered that role. He'd become an old codger^2 .
@seanmcgrady8688 Жыл бұрын
Darn right,. It's high time we got rid of this cancer thing, its a grey cloud on society
@christophermanley1528 Жыл бұрын
I hear someone speaking that is 70-80 years old, when Norm intentionally tells cornball jokes because he's one of the few who could get away with it.
@mickm5097 Жыл бұрын
@@christophermanley1528 The more I read about this cancer, the more I don't care for it
@danielm4114 Жыл бұрын
I love Norms transition into an 80 yearold comedian from 1958. Miss that man.
@GHite-vf8wr Жыл бұрын
I'm convinced he became this elderly character because he knew he wasn't going to live long enough to actually become that person.
@MrAdriaxe2 ай бұрын
Conan trying to lead a horse to water and Norm deliberately sabotaging his own interview, and revelling it. Absolute madman.
@wungabunga Жыл бұрын
Conan is helping to set up the jokes.
@joeschembrie9450 Жыл бұрын
@@joeschembrie9450 While pretending to lead the horse and whatever
@epictetus9221 Жыл бұрын
@@epictetus9221 and also he farted.
@Tom_Van_Zandt Жыл бұрын
My #1 in anti-comedy!
@Erilis000 Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but if it's causing you to laugh, it is not, anti comedy.
@hugep10 Жыл бұрын
How - Hug Fucking genius
@smacdsmaccers2 жыл бұрын
Man that is such a reach, hilarious lol
@Rearmostbean2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. went right over my head 😂😂
@eaglechild4817 Жыл бұрын
hao to hug
@dofehino5444 Жыл бұрын
@@eaglechild4817 I am an idiot and I still don't understand; would you be kind enough to spoon feed it to me?
@jameslorenz3718 Жыл бұрын
Part 5 of the Dictionary: includes words How through Hug
@Anthemoney Жыл бұрын
"he was a dirty dog, but he was a good man"
@PyroNexus222 жыл бұрын
thanks pal, never saw this one!
@grunntalll2 жыл бұрын
I like how How through to Hug covers an absolutely tiny number of words, yet is an entire volume, and somehow only part 5. Love it
@EntirelyPointlessContent Жыл бұрын
Learn to read is vol 12
@riccardoverde4683 Жыл бұрын
Lmfao i didnt even get it till now, easily the worst joke ever
@abrahamlorenzo421 Жыл бұрын
Coincidentally, a day after I watched this video I saw volume 5 of the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s Dvandva to Follis. Presumably less helpful with Norm’s affection problem.
@jmmtcidc Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you explained it like that cuz I was like what the hell does that even mean
@MilesStoner Жыл бұрын
OHHH! Now I get it
@robt8094 Жыл бұрын
Just to show how well read Norm was, he slipped in "a man needs land", referencing Mordechai Richler's classic The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, where the main character's grandfather drilled into him from boyhood that a man without land is a nobody. He was always the smartest guy in the room, pretending to be the dumbest, because nobody likes someone who acts smarter than them.
@gavinpearcey Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the most underrated comment in this thread:)
@KidPersepolis Жыл бұрын
LOL that's awesome.
@threezysworld8089 Жыл бұрын
The concept of "a man needs land" is hardly restricted to that book. Pretty much ever since people started to live in towns, that idea's been around.
@alukuhito Жыл бұрын
Imagine thinking that reading Mordechai Richler's Duddy Kravitz is being well read. It's a book forced on Canadian grade school students. Have you read anything in your adult life?
@djsnakeyes Жыл бұрын
@@djsnakeyes Different schools have different required reading lists. As an ignorant American I've never even heard of that book.
@biggusdickus1689 Жыл бұрын
"Where Ryan Gosling hails...(pause)" so simple but amazing. RIP Norm.
@zdrug3676 Жыл бұрын
This "old chunk of coal" era Norm was amazing.
@heliopyre Жыл бұрын
i love the "Oh fuck!" from the audience after the How to Hug joke.
@eddardstark50342 жыл бұрын
A new Norm clip on Conan show that I had never seen?! Bless you for sharing this
@SamFreelancePolice2 жыл бұрын
Yes, please @Herald Jonson find more.
@hanscastorp1945 Жыл бұрын
That how to hug joke sounds like something right out of a Mitch Hedberg show. RIP both of those kings.
@ThomasThorr Жыл бұрын
The pause between "on my farm..." and "Well!" Is some of the most solid gold Norm in history.
@morehumanthanyou Жыл бұрын
The worse the joke the better it is🤣🤣
@joeycullagh1232 жыл бұрын
You know it’s coming but it still makes you laugh Rip norm
@daviej19792 жыл бұрын
I thought the worst part about the joke was the hypocrisy. 😉
@airmackeeee67922 жыл бұрын
To the funniest man ever. You will be missed. Rest in peace
@utkarshsrivastava40132 жыл бұрын
@Real Deal You didn't know? It's in the scriptures.
@CookedOnions Жыл бұрын
“I didn’t even know he was sick”
@KingoftheProfane Жыл бұрын
@Real Deal He died last september
@RedFiction12 Жыл бұрын
I love everything about the joke about the city guy, except the ending. I thought it was so touching and sweet.
@JNMKlover Жыл бұрын
@@JNMKlover The punchline to those types of jokes is never the point. The punchline is pretty much always a letdown. The point of the joke is its length and wordiness. I believe the term is "shaggy dog joke". Here...This is the 1st sentence on the wikipedia page for a shaggy dog story: "In its original sense, a shaggy dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax."
@Tom_Van_Zandt Жыл бұрын
3:17 when Conan says "oh god!" ROFL 🤣 😆 😂
@chrisbrant3120 Жыл бұрын
These later Conan appearances are reeaallly his finest work.
@contentinternational Жыл бұрын
How to Hug. The man was a freakin genius.
@blindjasper Жыл бұрын
"It was Volume 5 of the Oxford English dictionary...How-to-Hug."One of the most over-the-top yet understaded and underrated jokes ever crafted. Thank you, Norm, for the perfect delivery.
@chrismullarkey3181 Жыл бұрын
Which is hilarious because that means the first 4 cover A to Hoverport
@callmeshaggy5166 Жыл бұрын
@@callmeshaggy5166 Well done Shaggy, Norm would be proud 👏
@fr.mcgreer8349 Жыл бұрын
@@callmeshaggy5166 It reminds me of the problem with the abbreviation I.D. "I" stands for "I" and "D" stands for "dentification!" They could have split that one up a little better.
@coolioso808 Жыл бұрын
"How-Hug"
@acerjuglans383 Жыл бұрын
@@acerjuglans383 WTF are referring to?
@chrismullarkey3181 Жыл бұрын
2:34 Norm says "weeell" and then Conan smirks........I immediately went from a bad mood to a good mood
@charlesw322 Жыл бұрын
Norm's way of speech was the absolute funniest aspect of his genius.
@user-ye9hz4vm6s5 ай бұрын
Conan really loved having Norm on as a guest. And I always find Conan to be the funniest to watch when hosting Norm because of how much you can see he's enjoying letting himself get played. And Norm loved playing with Conan. Nothing but smiles watching these two. Rest in Peace Norm. You made it famous enough to be a legend so, I hope you're not getting harrassed too much in heaven.
@AnotherSeeker Жыл бұрын
Conan does great with Norm, but no one laughed at Norm more than Dennis Miller.
@giraffesareselfish9563 Жыл бұрын
@@giraffesareselfish9563e wouldn't know Dennis miller, except through Wikipedia.
@chinaman110 ай бұрын
@@chinaman1 you need to get out more, Dennis Miller is a legend.
@giraffesareselfish956310 ай бұрын
@@giraffesareselfish9563 he's not a legend. he's a guy that likes norm a lot. He's a deeply closeted gay man.
@chinaman110 ай бұрын
The Oxford dictionary punchline almost made me vomit and pass out from laughter.
@luchajon8480 Жыл бұрын
took me a minute to get that one
@folarinosibodu Жыл бұрын
@@folarinosibodu About 15 seconds for me.
@abc456f Жыл бұрын
omg I just got it that’s hilarious
@turolretar2 ай бұрын
When he said hellish, that was totally improvised. He cracked his self up with it and looked at conan like can you believe I just said that lmao....cause he knew conan loved word choices. Comedy will never be the same without that man.
@ja9145 Жыл бұрын
I don't think that was that improvised. It's one of these words he likes to through around. It's in the moth joke too. '' And end this hellish facade..."
@georgesotiriou7051 Жыл бұрын
@@georgesotiriou7051 was the moth joke before this one? I dont know im legitimately asking. What I do know is the moth joke was completely improvised based off a like 5 second moth joke I think Colin Quinn told him. You can fact check me on Colin Quinn. But conan talked about that segment on his podcast, he came with prepared material but for whatever reason (I can't remember off the top of my head) they asked him to do another few minutes during a commercial break which he wasn't prepared for. All that to say lol...is it not improvisation just because you use the same word from a previous segment? If an improv comic says the f word in multiple improvs that means it's not improv anymore? I think you can tell he just threw it in their by the way he stops and looks at conan. Not saying the whole thing was improv, just using the word in that moment.
@ja9145 Жыл бұрын
@@ja9145 The moth joke is from 2009. Norm has said that he stretched out the joke to fit the segment after Conan kept him on without warning. Although I am just not buying that Norm improvised everything on the spot. The moth joke has elements that are the work of a lifetime and is an almost savant level of comedy.
@georgesotiriou7051 Жыл бұрын
@@georgesotiriou7051 isn't that exactly what I said about it though? That they asked him do a few more minutes and he wasn't prepared for it? And I agree, savant level of comedy. My argument is that - is it not improv when he decided to throw in the word hellish, just because he used the word hellish in a previous joke? And maybe it wasn't improv, but using the same word from a previous bit doesn't indicate that it wasnt improv. And i dont think using the word in a previous bit indicates that it wasnt improv. It's my opinion that he knew conan liked weird words, and he just threw that in on the spot cause he knew it would get a good laugh out of conan.
@ja9145 Жыл бұрын
@@ja9145 Sorry I only read part of your comment before replying. What you are saying about Collin Queer is true as Norm has said it. Conan also said what you mentioned. On the other hand Norm is known to lie for his own amusement. A prime example is how he would casually lie about his age saying for instance during his famous Coronavirus set that he is 68 years young. I think Norm's approach was to try to keep things fresh for himself. As he said during the episode with Stephen Merchant he has the punchline in mind but the way he arrives at it varies every time. With the moth joke he knew that he is going to ''cause the light was on'' and then he draws phrases he may have thought before mixing them with improvisational elements and references from his wide range reading. In any case what I'm saying is that Norm was human (maybe the funniest ever) and that there was a lot more to his art than mere improvisation.
@georgesotiriou7051 Жыл бұрын
"I was looking for a sense of community." You know the community, it's a nice community.
@MrBoz07 Жыл бұрын
norm is the best, he just tells jokes. best comedian ever
@Vicmac862 жыл бұрын
He just tells the truth. He's a truth teller.
@chocolatechimichanga Жыл бұрын
All the while carrying an astonishingly clever wit almost without missing a beat. We love you Normy
@andrewtoebbe3885 Жыл бұрын
I think his genius is he tells anti-jokes
@jonnygibs77 Жыл бұрын
For my money, I always liked the comedians who didn't tell jokes.
@greeneggsandham9110 ай бұрын
the way he said "keeping up with the... **smirk Jonses" cracked me up so bad
@gelloyangsteryang64812 жыл бұрын
"... Over at my...farm" ... "...Well..." Conan and audience crack up 🤣
@wohkasm3544 Жыл бұрын
Why does he say “keep up with the jones’” like that and why is it like the funniest thing ever
@Botmoot Жыл бұрын
Now that that's a dad's favorite joke it ever there was one
@Lady_Viv Жыл бұрын
'How to Hug" is my second most favorite volume of the Oxford dictionary; my favorite volume is "Girl to Grab". Thanks, I'll show myself out!
@MM-vv8mt10 ай бұрын
I've never seen this clip before, in all of my searches of Norm. By God.
@acerjuglans383 Жыл бұрын
This is actually a rare clip I haven't seen before.
@ChristopherJohn4389 Жыл бұрын
Andy knows well the farm party joke, almost too well
@wohkasm3544 Жыл бұрын
If you know what I mean
@wohkasm3544 Жыл бұрын
Most Swedish Germans do.
@edmunddonnelly3881 Жыл бұрын
Conan's look after the how to hug joke is priceless, best talk show host
@wohkasm3544 Жыл бұрын
Almost genuinely disappointed
@epictetus9221 Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen almost all Norm footage and this is new to me. Thanks!
@AJScraps2 жыл бұрын
Been a Normaholic for many years. His death, unacceptable. Unbelievable. I will never get tired of his material. Never
@albertross2456 Жыл бұрын
So your addicted to Normahol?
@RG-ct6qz Жыл бұрын
Albert... your profile pic. Its is grey, in both appearance and demeanour. That is something that no one can ever take away from you.
@trevorjalla Жыл бұрын
@@trevorjalla unless he kills his wife and a waiter
@RianJudge Жыл бұрын
@@RianJudge YOU'RE THINKING LIKE ALBERT ROSS
@trevorjalla Жыл бұрын
@@trevorjalla i dont remember fishing for compliments 🤧🤔
@RianJudge Жыл бұрын
This appearance has to be the greatest of all time in my opinion
@WastingTime1878 Жыл бұрын
Conan gets out the best Norm, thank you Conan, miss you Normie.
@Bigjshifty08 Жыл бұрын
'How' to 'Hug' Not How to hug. Took me a while 😂😂😂
@yog_g5001 Жыл бұрын
That 'How' to 'Hug' part 😂😭.
@sreegovindganesh2 жыл бұрын
god I miss you norm...
@ahmadataei702 жыл бұрын
Unseen Norm stuff, how is this possible ? This is for sure the very first video of this segment on KZhead.
@prashantnegi0072 жыл бұрын
Most accurately and succinctly titled video ever.
@mcnallyaar Жыл бұрын
Norm’s suit and trainers look is hilarious to me for some reason
@fred8097 Жыл бұрын
Classic. I love how ppl are finding more and more Norm nuggets
@tayloreh Жыл бұрын
Norm cheers me up
@peterstanghellini393 Жыл бұрын
Took me a beat...only to laugh so hard yet still be amazed by his mind. Well done, Norm.
@Ohboycommentsection3 ай бұрын
I’ve seen the other clips from this interview so many times, but this is the first time I’ve seen this bit- and it’s genuinely made my day- the elevator joke made me cackle
@odw_99 Жыл бұрын
Normally, you wouldn't laugh at the same joke twice. Norm was the exception. RIP and thanks for giving us some moments of happiness.
@naayou99 Жыл бұрын
not normally... Normly.
@alanmalcheski8882 Жыл бұрын
I'll never stop watching Norm
@ChristopherJohn4389 Жыл бұрын
Norms jokes didn’t even need a punchline💙
@Erwin33332 жыл бұрын
Keeping up with the ... 😏JOnsEs
@coreyjwingate2 жыл бұрын
I have no idea what Jonses is, but by God it's hilarious.
@coal27102 жыл бұрын
@@coal2710 "Keeping up with the Jones's" is a saying meaning a person is trying to keep up with their peers. More specifically keeping up with neighbors
@threezysworld8089 Жыл бұрын
Finally this is up. I’ve been trying to watch this on KZhead for years
@meowpacino21692 Жыл бұрын
Volume V of the Oxford English dictionary... How to Hug
@20alphabet Жыл бұрын
That was awesome, I love you Norm even if you don't have no truck for the sentimental
@charlesbowen87442 жыл бұрын
LOL - I hadn't heard this one before. RIP Norm.
@staley8 Жыл бұрын
It's hard to describe the priceless reaction of Conan after Norm's "How to Hug" punchline. My dear old Dad would say that Norm "stopped his clock" for a few seconds there. A combination of bewilderment, disgust and amusement seems to show along with the dawning of the realization of the meaning of the joke. Wow, how did Norm do it? Will anyone ever again be as good? I hope so but doubt it at the same time.
@CarmenHawco6 ай бұрын
One of the rare perfect segments aired on American television. Conan always allowed the right amount of leash to let Norm run. "Got tired of trying to keep up with ....... ....... the Joneses." Even his elongated pauses got more laughs than most comedians' jokes. The audience knows the hammer will come down sooner or later (probably later, knowing Norm's routine).
@ScooterOnHisWay20249 ай бұрын
I even grew up with a set of encyclopedias and that last one took me a solid minute 😂
@rite2bcreative Жыл бұрын
Could you explain it please?
@nathanaelsoler3089 Жыл бұрын
@@nathanaelsoler3089 a set of dictionaries would cover a part of the alphabet with each book, so he's saying the book covered the words from 'How' through 'Hug' 😂
@rite2bcreative Жыл бұрын
@@rite2bcreative Encyclopedias were that way. Dictionaries were always one volume. Either Norm messed up or he was making a silly joke inside of his joke because How to Hug in a dictionary would be just a few pages. EDIT: And I was wrong the Oxford English Dictionary was sold in volumes. I never saw a dictionary even at school that was more than one volume.
@ivnabru Жыл бұрын
@@ivnabru you must be fun at parties lol
@rite2bcreative Жыл бұрын
This joke will fall flat with anyone under 30 lol
@OakmanNZ Жыл бұрын
Dang, Norm could sure spin a yarn!
@kdub1242 Жыл бұрын
A true comedian to his core and every fiber of his being. RIP Norm we miss you dearly
@westcoastkidd178 ай бұрын
Golly, he is good
@garrythegator3980 Жыл бұрын
I've seen a lot of Norm clips and was satisfied for years that the moth joke and chairman of the bored was his greatest talk show appearances. Then I saw how to hug and the reception of the audience and knew that I had witnessed Norm's lifetime peak moment
@michaelkeithduncan Жыл бұрын
Have you heard about missing Janice?
@thomasupton2664 Жыл бұрын
chairman of the bored was such an obvious pun. Why do people carry on about that? Every kid thinks of bored when they hear Chairman of the Board, or a Board meeting, etc.
@terri68544 ай бұрын
@@terri6854 I agree. The guy is very funny, but that was one of his lamest bits for sure.
@TT-fq7pl4 ай бұрын
Norm was great, but so was Conan. He was the best late night foil for Norm and it’s the Conan clips I love the most.
@zekelucente9702 Жыл бұрын
Boy, did your comment bomb. 😂
@the-method81 Жыл бұрын
Do you know what the term foil means? Lol
@joshuawidener8407 Жыл бұрын
Man, America could really use Norm right about now. Miss him almost daily.
@KurtI2525 Жыл бұрын
America needs a Canadian, interesting
@samspade4050 Жыл бұрын
Telling old Jewish one liners from the 70s like an old Canadian farmer from the 30s, truly brilliant
@bc-qm3rz Жыл бұрын
Fair summary. Scots-Canadian farmer, yeah. Jewish one-liners from the 30s as delivered in the 70s, yeah. It's all a rich tapestry.👏
@dixonpinfold2582 Жыл бұрын
Why haven't I seen this?! Thanks
@kzeich Жыл бұрын
Never seen this clip before!.. hidden gem.
@coffeepot3123 Жыл бұрын
How to Hug Vol 5 Oxford dictionary LMAO
@2005dythan Жыл бұрын
Woooah hadn't seen this! Thank you
@mikahspatzierer44642 жыл бұрын
2:55 He's a master 😂
@matheusluiz4958 Жыл бұрын
I miss Norm.
@Gozerthegozarian1984 Жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I never saw this one! Great clip!
@michaelsharpe2041 Жыл бұрын
He IS brilliant. RIP dude.
@MichaelLasotaTW Жыл бұрын
conan has that trapped in hell look on his face as norm rambles on aimlessly.
@rwhirsch Жыл бұрын
How (to Hug) have I never seen this before?! Big kudos to you, sir or madam, for posting this.
@ShinyHubCaps Жыл бұрын
How to Hug! Fucking Beautiful Normy Boy
@KingMinosxxvi Жыл бұрын
Truly, Norm was a rural Canadian treasure.
@ianbauer4703 Жыл бұрын
except he was born and raised in cities. lol
@artvandelay40911 ай бұрын
@@artvandelay409 Yeah, but it's Canada so....hahahaha!
@ianbauer470311 ай бұрын
These clips, what a trio these 3 were. Norm's silly but brilliant jokes, Conan's look to camera, ending on Andy's laugh. Nothing but the best.
@shirahonig60517 ай бұрын
God damn I love you Norm.
@vic7939 Жыл бұрын
Incredible chemistry these two. Really a modern version of when Carson had on the guests he really clicked with - Steve Martin, Johnny Winters, Joan Rivers, Rodney etc.
@rddavies Жыл бұрын
Don Rickles don't you forget!
@blueshirt265 ай бұрын
He's known Angus a long time :)
@adrasamer Жыл бұрын
What's this i didn't know this exists
@wiidub92252 жыл бұрын
Conan was a great fitting with norm macdonald...
@brianlove8353 Жыл бұрын
Excellent......thanks. We miss Norm.
@songwritersvillage45382 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Just when I thought I'd seen everything on Norm!
@martyduke31392 жыл бұрын
Nobody could recycle a joke like Norm.
@timmyteaching Жыл бұрын
Love how conan translates norm for the people who might not understand him
@bossnian5615 Жыл бұрын
This is PEAK Norm...I love the way he adlibs "hellish" in the description of the land, and that makes him chuckle because it was unplanned.
@lunaretic3 Жыл бұрын
Thank you OP for posting this, I never saw this one.
@clumsySarthak2 жыл бұрын
This is great stuff.
@lovnishgirigoswami Жыл бұрын
COB closing the book, NM's laughter genuine. I imagine he's seen this clip & making someone funny LOL is the best feeling anybody can get. Kudos to COB and RIP Norm.
@gottadomor7438 Жыл бұрын
It took me a good five seconds to get the How-to-Hug joke. Longer than Conan. Those Harvard boys are the quickest.
@nzstjohnthebaptist Жыл бұрын
Finding these rare clips is like mining for bitcoin.
@user-jw2yu7xm4p Жыл бұрын
I’ve never missed someone I didn’t personally know so much, fucking love you you old chunk of coal
@CMillz884 Жыл бұрын
2:57 Notice how, after Norm springs the punchline, he says the word "Now..." and shifts position, _as if he's still telling the story_ but has to pause for the laughter. This is a technique I've seen many comedians use -- I think idea is that it comes across as funnier if you keep talking past the punchline (even if you don't have anything else to say).
@SaintD382 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Norm was a pro!!
@albertross2456 Жыл бұрын
I don't want to be too sexist, but I see a lot of female comedians do this ineffectively. Male comedians do it, as well, but it seems to be more prevalent with women for some reason; and it's often done proceeding a dirty/vulgar punchline. Amy Schumer does it all the time in her standup and I can't stand it. It's like she'll say the punchline and then throw in a "but, uhh..." or just an "uhh" or "umm", but then there isn't more to the joke.
@Tom_Van_Zandt Жыл бұрын
@@sschario60 Considering most of what's out there today comedian-wise, I feel 100% confident that being a comedian in the current climate would be easy.
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Don rickles did that constantly
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I had never seen that part of that segment. More great old jokes from Norm!
I wouldn’t call myself a cosmopolite, because I don’t know what it means 😂😂😂
Conan should've said, "Aren't you a fucking writer?"
Yeah, we heard it.
That wasn’t in volume 5 of the Oxford English dictionary. He should’ve said like volume 5 chapter 15 or something that would’ve made more sense.
@@JmO-ee1bi hey Thanks J mO! I'm sure everybody will listen to you!! ...
@@JmO-ee1bi I think yer missin' the joke there, pal. It's kinda like encyclopedias, which are so large that they have to be broken down into volumes by alphabet. So the dictionary - in the joke - went from "How" to "Hug". Get it?
I feel robbed. Can you imagine Norm as an actual old codger? It would have been comedy gold.
As a, grandpa!!
To be fair, he already mastered that role. He'd become an old codger^2 .
Darn right,. It's high time we got rid of this cancer thing, its a grey cloud on society
I hear someone speaking that is 70-80 years old, when Norm intentionally tells cornball jokes because he's one of the few who could get away with it.
@@christophermanley1528 The more I read about this cancer, the more I don't care for it
I love Norms transition into an 80 yearold comedian from 1958. Miss that man.
I'm convinced he became this elderly character because he knew he wasn't going to live long enough to actually become that person.
Conan trying to lead a horse to water and Norm deliberately sabotaging his own interview, and revelling it. Absolute madman.
Conan is helping to set up the jokes.
@@joeschembrie9450 While pretending to lead the horse and whatever
@@epictetus9221 and also he farted.
My #1 in anti-comedy!
I'm sorry, but if it's causing you to laugh, it is not, anti comedy.
How - Hug Fucking genius
Man that is such a reach, hilarious lol
Thank you. went right over my head 😂😂
hao to hug
@@eaglechild4817 I am an idiot and I still don't understand; would you be kind enough to spoon feed it to me?
Part 5 of the Dictionary: includes words How through Hug
"he was a dirty dog, but he was a good man"
thanks pal, never saw this one!
I like how How through to Hug covers an absolutely tiny number of words, yet is an entire volume, and somehow only part 5. Love it
Learn to read is vol 12
Lmfao i didnt even get it till now, easily the worst joke ever
Coincidentally, a day after I watched this video I saw volume 5 of the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s Dvandva to Follis. Presumably less helpful with Norm’s affection problem.
I'm so glad you explained it like that cuz I was like what the hell does that even mean
OHHH! Now I get it
Just to show how well read Norm was, he slipped in "a man needs land", referencing Mordechai Richler's classic The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, where the main character's grandfather drilled into him from boyhood that a man without land is a nobody. He was always the smartest guy in the room, pretending to be the dumbest, because nobody likes someone who acts smarter than them.
Absolutely the most underrated comment in this thread:)
LOL that's awesome.
The concept of "a man needs land" is hardly restricted to that book. Pretty much ever since people started to live in towns, that idea's been around.
Imagine thinking that reading Mordechai Richler's Duddy Kravitz is being well read. It's a book forced on Canadian grade school students. Have you read anything in your adult life?
@@djsnakeyes Different schools have different required reading lists. As an ignorant American I've never even heard of that book.
"Where Ryan Gosling hails...(pause)" so simple but amazing. RIP Norm.
This "old chunk of coal" era Norm was amazing.
i love the "Oh fuck!" from the audience after the How to Hug joke.
A new Norm clip on Conan show that I had never seen?! Bless you for sharing this
Yes, please @Herald Jonson find more.
That how to hug joke sounds like something right out of a Mitch Hedberg show. RIP both of those kings.
The pause between "on my farm..." and "Well!" Is some of the most solid gold Norm in history.
The worse the joke the better it is🤣🤣
You know it’s coming but it still makes you laugh Rip norm
I thought the worst part about the joke was the hypocrisy. 😉
To the funniest man ever. You will be missed. Rest in peace
@Real Deal You didn't know? It's in the scriptures.
“I didn’t even know he was sick”
@Real Deal He died last september
I love everything about the joke about the city guy, except the ending. I thought it was so touching and sweet.
@@JNMKlover The punchline to those types of jokes is never the point. The punchline is pretty much always a letdown. The point of the joke is its length and wordiness. I believe the term is "shaggy dog joke". Here...This is the 1st sentence on the wikipedia page for a shaggy dog story: "In its original sense, a shaggy dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax."
3:17 when Conan says "oh god!" ROFL 🤣 😆 😂
These later Conan appearances are reeaallly his finest work.
How to Hug. The man was a freakin genius.
"It was Volume 5 of the Oxford English dictionary...How-to-Hug."One of the most over-the-top yet understaded and underrated jokes ever crafted. Thank you, Norm, for the perfect delivery.
Which is hilarious because that means the first 4 cover A to Hoverport
@@callmeshaggy5166 Well done Shaggy, Norm would be proud 👏
@@callmeshaggy5166 It reminds me of the problem with the abbreviation I.D. "I" stands for "I" and "D" stands for "dentification!" They could have split that one up a little better.
"How-Hug"
@@acerjuglans383 WTF are referring to?
2:34 Norm says "weeell" and then Conan smirks........I immediately went from a bad mood to a good mood
Norm's way of speech was the absolute funniest aspect of his genius.
Conan really loved having Norm on as a guest. And I always find Conan to be the funniest to watch when hosting Norm because of how much you can see he's enjoying letting himself get played. And Norm loved playing with Conan. Nothing but smiles watching these two. Rest in Peace Norm. You made it famous enough to be a legend so, I hope you're not getting harrassed too much in heaven.
Conan does great with Norm, but no one laughed at Norm more than Dennis Miller.
@@giraffesareselfish9563e wouldn't know Dennis miller, except through Wikipedia.
@@chinaman1 you need to get out more, Dennis Miller is a legend.
@@giraffesareselfish9563 he's not a legend. he's a guy that likes norm a lot. He's a deeply closeted gay man.
The Oxford dictionary punchline almost made me vomit and pass out from laughter.
took me a minute to get that one
@@folarinosibodu About 15 seconds for me.
omg I just got it that’s hilarious
When he said hellish, that was totally improvised. He cracked his self up with it and looked at conan like can you believe I just said that lmao....cause he knew conan loved word choices. Comedy will never be the same without that man.
I don't think that was that improvised. It's one of these words he likes to through around. It's in the moth joke too. '' And end this hellish facade..."
@@georgesotiriou7051 was the moth joke before this one? I dont know im legitimately asking. What I do know is the moth joke was completely improvised based off a like 5 second moth joke I think Colin Quinn told him. You can fact check me on Colin Quinn. But conan talked about that segment on his podcast, he came with prepared material but for whatever reason (I can't remember off the top of my head) they asked him to do another few minutes during a commercial break which he wasn't prepared for. All that to say lol...is it not improvisation just because you use the same word from a previous segment? If an improv comic says the f word in multiple improvs that means it's not improv anymore? I think you can tell he just threw it in their by the way he stops and looks at conan. Not saying the whole thing was improv, just using the word in that moment.
@@ja9145 The moth joke is from 2009. Norm has said that he stretched out the joke to fit the segment after Conan kept him on without warning. Although I am just not buying that Norm improvised everything on the spot. The moth joke has elements that are the work of a lifetime and is an almost savant level of comedy.
@@georgesotiriou7051 isn't that exactly what I said about it though? That they asked him do a few more minutes and he wasn't prepared for it? And I agree, savant level of comedy. My argument is that - is it not improv when he decided to throw in the word hellish, just because he used the word hellish in a previous joke? And maybe it wasn't improv, but using the same word from a previous bit doesn't indicate that it wasnt improv. And i dont think using the word in a previous bit indicates that it wasnt improv. It's my opinion that he knew conan liked weird words, and he just threw that in on the spot cause he knew it would get a good laugh out of conan.
@@ja9145 Sorry I only read part of your comment before replying. What you are saying about Collin Queer is true as Norm has said it. Conan also said what you mentioned. On the other hand Norm is known to lie for his own amusement. A prime example is how he would casually lie about his age saying for instance during his famous Coronavirus set that he is 68 years young. I think Norm's approach was to try to keep things fresh for himself. As he said during the episode with Stephen Merchant he has the punchline in mind but the way he arrives at it varies every time. With the moth joke he knew that he is going to ''cause the light was on'' and then he draws phrases he may have thought before mixing them with improvisational elements and references from his wide range reading. In any case what I'm saying is that Norm was human (maybe the funniest ever) and that there was a lot more to his art than mere improvisation.
"I was looking for a sense of community." You know the community, it's a nice community.
norm is the best, he just tells jokes. best comedian ever
He just tells the truth. He's a truth teller.
All the while carrying an astonishingly clever wit almost without missing a beat. We love you Normy
I think his genius is he tells anti-jokes
For my money, I always liked the comedians who didn't tell jokes.
the way he said "keeping up with the... **smirk Jonses" cracked me up so bad
"... Over at my...farm" ... "...Well..." Conan and audience crack up 🤣
Why does he say “keep up with the jones’” like that and why is it like the funniest thing ever
Now that that's a dad's favorite joke it ever there was one
'How to Hug" is my second most favorite volume of the Oxford dictionary; my favorite volume is "Girl to Grab". Thanks, I'll show myself out!
I've never seen this clip before, in all of my searches of Norm. By God.
This is actually a rare clip I haven't seen before.
Andy knows well the farm party joke, almost too well
If you know what I mean
Most Swedish Germans do.
Conan's look after the how to hug joke is priceless, best talk show host
Almost genuinely disappointed
I’ve seen almost all Norm footage and this is new to me. Thanks!
Been a Normaholic for many years. His death, unacceptable. Unbelievable. I will never get tired of his material. Never
So your addicted to Normahol?
Albert... your profile pic. Its is grey, in both appearance and demeanour. That is something that no one can ever take away from you.
@@trevorjalla unless he kills his wife and a waiter
@@RianJudge YOU'RE THINKING LIKE ALBERT ROSS
@@trevorjalla i dont remember fishing for compliments 🤧🤔
This appearance has to be the greatest of all time in my opinion
Conan gets out the best Norm, thank you Conan, miss you Normie.
'How' to 'Hug' Not How to hug. Took me a while 😂😂😂
That 'How' to 'Hug' part 😂😭.
god I miss you norm...
Unseen Norm stuff, how is this possible ? This is for sure the very first video of this segment on KZhead.
Most accurately and succinctly titled video ever.
Norm’s suit and trainers look is hilarious to me for some reason
Classic. I love how ppl are finding more and more Norm nuggets
Norm cheers me up
Took me a beat...only to laugh so hard yet still be amazed by his mind. Well done, Norm.
I’ve seen the other clips from this interview so many times, but this is the first time I’ve seen this bit- and it’s genuinely made my day- the elevator joke made me cackle
Normally, you wouldn't laugh at the same joke twice. Norm was the exception. RIP and thanks for giving us some moments of happiness.
not normally... Normly.
I'll never stop watching Norm
Norms jokes didn’t even need a punchline💙
Keeping up with the ... 😏JOnsEs
I have no idea what Jonses is, but by God it's hilarious.
@@coal2710 "Keeping up with the Jones's" is a saying meaning a person is trying to keep up with their peers. More specifically keeping up with neighbors
Finally this is up. I’ve been trying to watch this on KZhead for years
Volume V of the Oxford English dictionary... How to Hug
That was awesome, I love you Norm even if you don't have no truck for the sentimental
LOL - I hadn't heard this one before. RIP Norm.
It's hard to describe the priceless reaction of Conan after Norm's "How to Hug" punchline. My dear old Dad would say that Norm "stopped his clock" for a few seconds there. A combination of bewilderment, disgust and amusement seems to show along with the dawning of the realization of the meaning of the joke. Wow, how did Norm do it? Will anyone ever again be as good? I hope so but doubt it at the same time.
One of the rare perfect segments aired on American television. Conan always allowed the right amount of leash to let Norm run. "Got tired of trying to keep up with ....... ....... the Joneses." Even his elongated pauses got more laughs than most comedians' jokes. The audience knows the hammer will come down sooner or later (probably later, knowing Norm's routine).
I even grew up with a set of encyclopedias and that last one took me a solid minute 😂
Could you explain it please?
@@nathanaelsoler3089 a set of dictionaries would cover a part of the alphabet with each book, so he's saying the book covered the words from 'How' through 'Hug' 😂
@@rite2bcreative Encyclopedias were that way. Dictionaries were always one volume. Either Norm messed up or he was making a silly joke inside of his joke because How to Hug in a dictionary would be just a few pages. EDIT: And I was wrong the Oxford English Dictionary was sold in volumes. I never saw a dictionary even at school that was more than one volume.
@@ivnabru you must be fun at parties lol
This joke will fall flat with anyone under 30 lol
Dang, Norm could sure spin a yarn!
A true comedian to his core and every fiber of his being. RIP Norm we miss you dearly
Golly, he is good
I've seen a lot of Norm clips and was satisfied for years that the moth joke and chairman of the bored was his greatest talk show appearances. Then I saw how to hug and the reception of the audience and knew that I had witnessed Norm's lifetime peak moment
Have you heard about missing Janice?
chairman of the bored was such an obvious pun. Why do people carry on about that? Every kid thinks of bored when they hear Chairman of the Board, or a Board meeting, etc.
@@terri6854 I agree. The guy is very funny, but that was one of his lamest bits for sure.
Norm was great, but so was Conan. He was the best late night foil for Norm and it’s the Conan clips I love the most.
Boy, did your comment bomb. 😂
Do you know what the term foil means? Lol
Man, America could really use Norm right about now. Miss him almost daily.
America needs a Canadian, interesting
Telling old Jewish one liners from the 70s like an old Canadian farmer from the 30s, truly brilliant
Fair summary. Scots-Canadian farmer, yeah. Jewish one-liners from the 30s as delivered in the 70s, yeah. It's all a rich tapestry.👏
Why haven't I seen this?! Thanks
Never seen this clip before!.. hidden gem.
How to Hug Vol 5 Oxford dictionary LMAO
Woooah hadn't seen this! Thank you
2:55 He's a master 😂
I miss Norm.
Can’t believe I never saw this one! Great clip!
He IS brilliant. RIP dude.
conan has that trapped in hell look on his face as norm rambles on aimlessly.
How (to Hug) have I never seen this before?! Big kudos to you, sir or madam, for posting this.
How to Hug! Fucking Beautiful Normy Boy
Truly, Norm was a rural Canadian treasure.
except he was born and raised in cities. lol
@@artvandelay409 Yeah, but it's Canada so....hahahaha!
These clips, what a trio these 3 were. Norm's silly but brilliant jokes, Conan's look to camera, ending on Andy's laugh. Nothing but the best.
God damn I love you Norm.
Incredible chemistry these two. Really a modern version of when Carson had on the guests he really clicked with - Steve Martin, Johnny Winters, Joan Rivers, Rodney etc.
Don Rickles don't you forget!
He's known Angus a long time :)
What's this i didn't know this exists
Conan was a great fitting with norm macdonald...
Excellent......thanks. We miss Norm.
Thank you so much! Just when I thought I'd seen everything on Norm!
Nobody could recycle a joke like Norm.
Love how conan translates norm for the people who might not understand him
This is PEAK Norm...I love the way he adlibs "hellish" in the description of the land, and that makes him chuckle because it was unplanned.
Thank you OP for posting this, I never saw this one.
This is great stuff.
COB closing the book, NM's laughter genuine. I imagine he's seen this clip & making someone funny LOL is the best feeling anybody can get. Kudos to COB and RIP Norm.
It took me a good five seconds to get the How-to-Hug joke. Longer than Conan. Those Harvard boys are the quickest.
Finding these rare clips is like mining for bitcoin.
I’ve never missed someone I didn’t personally know so much, fucking love you you old chunk of coal
2:57 Notice how, after Norm springs the punchline, he says the word "Now..." and shifts position, _as if he's still telling the story_ but has to pause for the laughter. This is a technique I've seen many comedians use -- I think idea is that it comes across as funnier if you keep talking past the punchline (even if you don't have anything else to say).
Yep. Norm was a pro!!
I don't want to be too sexist, but I see a lot of female comedians do this ineffectively. Male comedians do it, as well, but it seems to be more prevalent with women for some reason; and it's often done proceeding a dirty/vulgar punchline. Amy Schumer does it all the time in her standup and I can't stand it. It's like she'll say the punchline and then throw in a "but, uhh..." or just an "uhh" or "umm", but then there isn't more to the joke.
@@sschario60 Considering most of what's out there today comedian-wise, I feel 100% confident that being a comedian in the current climate would be easy.
Don rickles did that constantly
I had never seen that part of that segment. More great old jokes from Norm!