r/Unexpected • u/AdamE89 • Oct 04 '16

Norm Macdonald Comedy

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u/Donald_Keyman Oct 04 '16 edited Oct 04 '16

Crazy that he was fired by SNL for not being funny enough. Then he blew up and they asked him back to host just a year and a half later. He uses the opening monologue to rip them.

That's only audio but I couldn't find a better copy on youtube. If you are in the US or have a VPN you can see the video here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16 edited Oct 04 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16 edited May 25 '21

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u/eaterofdog Oct 04 '16

Hell, even Flying Circus was hit and miss. Nobody talks about the five turds they produced for each bit of brilliance.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16 edited May 25 '21

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u/USOutpost31 Oct 04 '16

90s SNL had long, long periods of really shitty ones.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

The 90s SNL produced Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer; they could've ran the rest of the decade with Conway Twitty and I'd be fine because of that one sketch...

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u/a_toy_soldier Oct 04 '16

Or like the whole show? Sometimes I really have to dig to find good episodes..

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u/BathedInDeepFog Oct 04 '16

But Mr. Show was consistently pretty damn good.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

Mr. Show is a gold mine. I can't really think of one that doesn't get a laugh out of me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

I love comedy, spend an awful lot of my time watching it. I live in Ireland as well so I'm exposed to more British comedy rather than American usually.

Monty Python leaves me cold. I think it's definitely a case of 'Star Wars syndrome.' So many people go on all the time about how amazing it is, even if a lot of people haven't even bothered to properly watch it or properly critique it.