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Norm MacDonald Dies at 61 - How to Stream His Best Movies and Standup Routines

Norm MacDonald was a comic’s comic. He would tell long, winding stories that ended in incredibly ridiculous ways. He was dry. He was Canadian. He didn’t play by the rules of showbusiness. He made fun of OJ Simpson so relentlessly, he got fired from SNL. And today, we’ve learned he died after a 9-year battle with cancer.

If you want to know how revered he was, watch how frequently he makes his fellow comedians laugh so hard, they cry. On one of David Letterman’s final “Late Show” episodes, MacDonald himself began crying when he spoke of how much Letterman meaned to him.

The Best of Norm MacDonald

  • Norm Macdonald Has a Show

    September 14, 2018

    Building on their original talk show, comedian Norm Macdonald and sidekick Adam Eget sit down and chat with celebrity guests about their life, career and views in a somewhat unconventional and often irreverent way.

  • Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Trickery

    May 9, 2017

    In this new stand-up special, Norm Macdonald delivers sly, deadpan observations from an older — and perhaps even wiser — point of view.

  • Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

    July 19, 2012

    Jerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry David sums it up best when he says, ‘You’ve finally made a show about nothing.’

    Norm’s interview with Jerry Seinfeld is in the season titled “First Cup.”

  • The Middle

    September 30, 2009

    The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

  • Dirty Work

    June 12, 1998

    Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam’s father needs to get a heart transplant.

  • Saturday Night Live

    October 11, 1975

    A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show’s comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

    Norm was a cast member from 1993-98 and spent three years as the “Weekend Update” anchor. He was also legendary as Burt Reynolds in the “Jeopardy!” sketches with Will Ferrell.


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