Norm Macdonald is still my favorite KFC guy after the original (recipe) Colonel Sanders
>>And, more directly, Macdonald later references an incident where the freed Simpson was denied seating at a Los Angeles restaurant, noting that, in recompense, the eatery will now have to provide “murderer” and “non-murderer” sections.
A noted Cincinnati restauranteur with a Louisville outpost kicked out OJ and his entourage from his Louisville location, during Derby week when they were both their. I may have posted the news item, I certainly commented in the thread. This ten to fifteen years ago. A waitress came to the owner who was sitting in the bar, saying “OJ Simpson is here.” His comment was “You know, I don’t want him in my restaurant”, and he then asked OJ to leave. Which he did without much fuss.
Losing Norm was a big bummer, he was a funny guy who let Libs have it.
“Proving once and for all, Germans love David Hasslehoff.”
Norm was a genius.
He was an incredibly smart guy masquerading as an ordinary clod.
Rest in Peace, Little Chubby!
Also, if you want comedy... look up Norm on The View calling Bill Clinton a murderer, of Vince Foster.
I honestly don’t understand the point of this article other than Norm was amazing, NBC was/is political and Colin Quinn sucked.
Is the larger story here network censorship of comedy?
When ratings were getting shaky, the LA honchos looked at the cast including Jim Breuer and Chris Katan, and decided Norm McDonald had to go.
Now, Will Ferrell was consistently great. And I have nothing against Anna Gasteyer, Tim Meadows, Darrell Hammond, Cheri Oteri or Molly Shannon. But there are precisely zero stars here besides Ferrell. (Hammond’s Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy still leaves me in a heap on the floor laughing... but he’s actually too good: you remember the people he impersonates, not him.) Love him or hate him, apart from Will Ferrell, Norm MacDonald was the star of that show. That they never used him beyond Weekend Update is their fault, not his.