I’ve never heard that was the reason he was fired. He said was fired because he made too many O.J. jokes, and Ohlmeyer was a friend of O.J.’s.
Nope. I saw the episode and cracked up when Norm said what he said. This was the east coast feed which was three hours before the west coast airing. An NBC vice-president in Los Angeles saw the east coast feed and blew a gasket. The west coast feed was redacted to eliminate the comment and Norm was fired the next morning.