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Norm is a treasure. I remember he once totally mangled the word "Caribbean"--he somehow managed to combine the Care-uh-BE-uhn pronunciation and the CUH-rib-e-uhn pronunciation in some bizarre, irreproducible way. He finished the joke, then smiled and said "two correct ways to say that word, and I missed both of them" and moved on. It was a totally random, throwaway moment, but even at the time (i was probably 14), I realized that very few comics could build a persona of arrogant dickery, puncture it so effectively on the fly, and then immediately re-deploy it for the next joke.

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The Bulls haven't done anything wrong, and they're not going to do anything wrong.

Saw Norm at the Tempe Improv in October. He was so great. Fun night.

Norm selling the Man Grate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGczCl6_L_o

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I like Norm but Dirty Work was garbage

Dirty Work grows on you. It's really a good movie after you see it a few times...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

His stuff from Friday on Letterman was pretty touching. I obviously don't know the man, but I have a feeling that he is emotionally removed from pretty much everything except things which are really important to him, in which case he becomes an old softie (to use his words.)

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Happy to see all the Norm love on here. I remember taking my whole family (wife,small son & daughter) to see Dirty Work. It came out in 1998,so my kids were 11 & 10. Little did I know it would have some comedy bits like "dead hookers stuffed in a trunk".

His type of delivery on SNL news seems to be mimicked by every no-talent hack they have stuck in that chair since with maybe a few exceptions.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I suspect many of you have seen it, but it's still great ... "Norm Saves the Interview":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL0WayC7jW0

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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Thanks,Don....That's one I missed.

I actually did Laugh out Loud....great stuff.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

That was one of the nicest moments I've seen on TV in a long time. Norm seemed very earnest.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Rickles doing what he does best.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."