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Incredibly in character for him and his approach to comedy to not ever have explicitly make jokes premised on his own personal struggle, but he did have a very good bit about "losing the battle" with cancer, starting about 1 minute in here.
I disagreed with him often, especially as he became older and crankier, but I thought his work continued to be funny until the end.
Incredibly in character for him and his approach to comedy to not ever have explicitly make jokes premised on his own personal struggle, but he did have a very good bit about "losing the battle" with cancer, starting about 1 minute in here.
I disagreed with him often, especially as he became older and crankier, but I thought his work continued to be funny until the end.
I'm digging through YouTube videos and found a recent one with him wearing a familiar red hat. That's unfortunate, but I admit I haven't been keeping up with his career lately, and can always fall back on my memories of him from the 1990s.
I think of him as the one funny conservative comedian so I get you there for sure.
If you mean acting, he seemed more at home with the kind of stand up and shows he was doing. Norm's appearances on Conan are God-tier. If you are willing to have someone wrest control from you, I can think of no better guest comedian.I wish he had gotten to star in more things
Came here to post this. I typically hate roasts but when I first saw this I absolutely died. King of anti-humor.
He got shittier as he aged for sure, but his delivery is something I still try to emulate to this day. He'll be missed.
Whatever issues to be had with the rest of the show (there's plenty), Norm's delivery of "yeah, that's good, drop me really hard on the couch like that" in Family Guy like season 1 or whatever where he plays Death having broken his ankle, has lived in my head for like 20 years. That line is not and would not be funny if it weren't for Norm's delivery.
Later episodes replaced Macdonald with Adam Carolla as the voice of Death, and it changes the character. He's a disgruntled hothead rather than just being flippant and passive-aggressive, and Norm's more subtle performance is missed.Whatever issues to be had with the rest of the show (there's plenty), Norm's delivery of "yeah, that's good, drop me really hard on the couch like that" in Family Guy like season 1 or whatever where he plays Death having broken his ankle, has lived in my head for like 20 years. That line is not and would not be funny if it weren't for Norm's delivery.
Next season of The Orville is gonna feel weird.I have been reading too many obituaries where voice work isn't noted
"I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure if you died, the cancer dies at the same time. That's not a loss. That's a draw."
-- Norm Macdonald