Comedian and poker commentator Norm Macdonald has died
One of the best set ups for a joke I ever heard ... a classic of Russian Lit,
"the cold took her, like it did so many of us..."
"My son, Gregr Gregorovich,...... I no longer loved him"
"If only I had the courage..."
If you listen to the backstory of why this joke was told in the first place it make it ever more legendary. As norm tells it, he had only prepared material a particular amount of time. When Conan told him during a commerical break that they would be on for another 7 minutes or so, Norm decided to tell this joke as a filler to kill the time.
Just listen to the Norm Macdonald Live show and Norm had Dana Carvey read the following joke:
A man boarded an airplane and took his seat. As he settled in, he glanced up & saw the most beautiful woman boarding the plane.
He soon realized she was heading straight towards his seat. As fate would have it, she took the seat right beside his.
Eager to strike up a conversation he blurted out, "Business trip or pleasure?"
She turned, smiled and said, "Business. I'm going to the Annual Nymphomaniacs of America Convention in Boston .."
He swallowed hard. Here was the most gorgeous woman he had ever seen sitting next to him and she was going to a meeting of nymphomaniacs.
Struggling to maintain his composure, he calmly asked, "What's your business role at this convention?"
Lecturer," she responded. "I use information that I have learned from my personal experiences to debunk some of the popular myths about sexuality."
"Really?" he said. "And what kind of myths are there?"
"Well," she explained," one popular myth is that African-American men are the most well-endowed of all men, when in fact it is the Native
American Indian who is most likely to possess that trait...
Another popular myth is that Frenchmen are the best lovers when actually it is men of Jewish descent who are the best.
I have also discovered that the lover with absolutely the best stamina is the Southern Redneck."
Suddenly the woman became a little uncomfortable and blushed. "I'm sorry," she said, "I shouldn't really be discussing all of this with you.. I don't even know your name."
"Tonto," the man said, "Tonto Goldstein, but my friends call me Bubba.
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Just listen to the Norm Macdonald Live show and Norm had Dana Carvey read the following joke:
A man boarded an airplane and took his seat. As he settled in, he glanced up & saw the most beautiful woman boarding the plane.
He soon realized she was heading straight towards his seat. As fate would have it, she took the seat right beside his.
Eager to strike up a conversation he blurted out, "Business trip or pleasure?"
She turned, smiled and said, "Business. I'm going to the Annual Nymphomaniacs of Ame
The joke is a bit better with "down home they call me Bubba".
I get that some people might not find Norm to be their choice of tea. Different strokes. Fine.
But just know that professional comedians loved Norm.
To a T, those who were most knowledgeable about comedy thought Norm was the best. If you ever hear another comedian speak about Norm, it will sound more like worship than anything else.
Norm was the best. I was watching older High Stakes Poker (literally yesterday) and he had a great bit that made me laugh a lot.
It was something like:
"He's having a drink. Hell, everyone should be having a drink. Maybe I'll even have a drink, I'm a great (emphasis) drunk commentator!"
Damn, his delivery for random "jokes" like that were just fantastic. Nobody would get a laugh from me like a random Norm joke that just seemed to come out of nowhere.
BTW, thanks Greg **** those kids.
