The whole point of the post is that Macdonald is underappreciated and at times riotously, subversively funny, and nobody who only knows him from the Safe Auto spots or his recent oddball Twitter activity would know it. We get about 50 visitors a month, so getting an actual comment is like finding $20 in the laundry.Īs for the rest…where to start. (Good Lord!)įirst of all, thanks for stopping by. And start picking on someone who deserves it. Enjoy the fact that Norm’s finally been recognized by corporate America for his undeniable likability. In another, he asks a tailor to let out the crotch of his suit because that particular area is, quote, “A strength.” He even manages to end a couple of commercials with his trademark “Good Lord.” All of which are perfect examples of Norm’s understated style. To name just a couple of examples: In one commercial, Norm (with tongue firmly in cheek) contemplates dying alone while joking about his ex-girlfriend. And for insurance commercials, Norm’s are ten times funnier than anything Flo’s ever done. Remember, he’s advertising discount car insurance. What did you think Norm was going to do…? Come out and make jokes about crack whores and Bob Dole’s nether regions, all while dropping a series of F bombs? Name one insurance executive in America who would sign off on that. A true fan should know that.Īnd as far as the level of humor is concerned, what did you expect? The guys paying for these commercials are no doubt midwestern suits with pretty traditional values. Understated sarcasm has always been his bread and butter. They should be applauded.Īnd to criticize Norm for looking despondent? Wasn’t Norm famous for his uncomfortably long (but undeniably hilarious) deadpan stares into the camera after a Weekend Update joke stalled? In other words, I think you may have Norm confused with Shecky Greene as overtly animated behavior was never Norm’s thing. In fact, for a conservative car insurance company to even consider a guy as unconventional as Norm is pretty amazing. For starters, the fact that Norm was chosen and agreed to be the spokesman for a midwestern car insurance company is, by itself, pretty breakthrough. Worse, it’s pretty obvious you don’t “get” Norm’s Safeauto commercials… at all. It includes the sublime line, “All I could see were the angry eyes of Alan Thicke.” Norm commits to six-plus minutes of terrible hack jokes, ridiculing the entire roast premise while bewildering many and riotously amusing the handful who caught up with what he was doing.Īnd our friend Tim O’Shea always finds the hidden gems, in this case Norm breaking down his Saget roast experience to WTF’s Marc Maron. As Jon Stewart squirms, Norm just mashes the gas even harder:įinally, there is this, Macdonald’s much-discussed trolling at the Bob Saget Comedy Central roast a few years back. Here he observes why it’s entirely expected for a crocodile hunter to die. So you just get the link, with an annoying commercial plus inexplicable bleeping of the “swear words.”) (I tried to embed the clip but Comedy Central’s crappy clip site gives you worthless code. I especially love this clip because beneath the detached snark he’s personal and poignant while wrecking the feel good characterization of “battling” a terminal disease. This clip from a 2009 stand up special is a great example. And not just from back in the day, in his SNL Weekly Update prime. Which sucks because Norm Macdonald is funny as hell. Seems like rocky times to be Norm Macdonald. His swiftly canceled sports show on Comedy Central that just never found a stride. HIs peculiar recent controversy about being criticized on Twitter for his study of scripture (?), which made him a fleeting and unlikely rallying point for right-leaning religious types. ( Always pay your bookie first, Norm.)Īnd some other Norm news lately has been bad or just odd: His live PGA tournament update tweets that border on performance art. You can’t tell me he’s not mainlining Klonopin to get through these spots.
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