norm

>cut to closeup

I thought you guys were joking about the close-ups but I'm watching on my big screen TV and can literally see Norm's flaky skin and dandruff on his jacket

>>85454063
It's eyebrow kino you fucking pleb

>>85453669
that camera guy is a real jerk!

>close ups and studio audience
what the fuck norm
is this some sort of meta-joke?

>>85456484
it's not a studio audience, just staffers

hope he drops the close ups before the jenner interview

>>85454063
flaky skin and dandruff is the next wave in comedy

normy normy normy

is this supposed to be boring? or is Letterman just a bad guest?

>>85455517
>norm's one long eyebrow hair
IT'S FUCKING DISTRACTING

>>85453669
Remember when he said on twitter that the leaked pictures of him doing shows with Letterman and Seinfeld like 6 months ago were photoshopped fakes?

Why is he such a pathological liar, and why the hell did he take so long to release these old episodes?

>>85456878
Norm just likes to screw with people.

>>85456878
He's just mischievous, it's part of his charm

>>85456878
Letterman actually asks if this is what he put Seinfeld through

>>85456734
It's like the Larry King episode.
Some episodes (especially with the dirty comics) are hilarious and some are pretty clean with guests that are rarely interviewed. Nobody else could get Letterman and Norm had to tone it down for his sake.

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Is the zoom actually kino?

>>85456484
Some "JASH" faggots rejected from Adult Swim probably are directing it

>>85454063

I can never tell if Norm's doing a bit or if he's just heading towards an early grave

the jokes were pretty sad tbqh

>>85459400
Where did you get your ideas from was pure kino though

>>85456547
>the jenner interview

As in the tranny? Good lord that would be a clusterfuck.

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>>85453669
Guy's a goddamn genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX1SojKfgNI

I just want to write books...

A big black desk!

did adam eget get fatter

Letterman is so supportive of Norm. Warms my damn heart

>>85456734
It's very inside. If you're not a hardcore comedy nerd, I can see why it would be boring.

>>85454063
Came here to ask if it was just me. Tried two different platforms. Weird.

>>85456734
Norm has a different energy with people like Dave whom he truly respects. It's endearing but it makes for a less interesting pod.

>>85460259
>calling a podcast a "pod"
What's cock taste like?

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>>85460303
>thinking homosexuality is an insult

>>85460259
True but Dave also has the ability to actually nail Norm down and get honest answers out of him. I thought it was really good.

>>85460375
Haha what a faggot. Don't think I don't see what you're packing down there. Why don't you bring it over here, I'll show you what a fag you are?

>>85456484
Cloe-ups are an homage to Tom Snyder.

>>85460303

Nearly the same as pork, I usually marinate mine overnight before grilling it over an open flame.

>>85456878
He's a real jerk.

>>85456484
...9/11

The closeups might work if they weren't as close up. I think it would be better to just keep the normal zoomed out view.

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mfw

>>85460686
>mfw my doctor says "open your mouth and say 'oink'"

Nixon anecdote is great. Dave's the man, ive missed him.

I'd watch Norm live even if they passed the video through every single instagram filter then passed the audio through a walky talky

>>85460927
I stopped watching Late night TV the same time Letterman went off the air.

One scoops or two?

>>85457127
You bet, I got lost in Dave's whiskers.

>>85461177
He was the last of a dead breed. An old school broadcaster. Norm and Howard Stern have it too.

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I know you're in here faggot

Where do you get your ideas?

>>85461592
Best one yet 2bh

>>85461592
My favorite bit. I'm always surprised that so many of the guests don't get it

>>85461592
Just got to that part, classic.
Dave's depression insight was brutal.

>>85461930
>>85461936
Is it a reference to something specific or is it just a deliberately moronic and goofy question?

>>85462099
The latter

>>85462099
Not those anons and maybe i missed an inside joke but i've assumed it's just a stereotypically schlocky, novice question (sorta like Chris Farley's 'Member when you were in the Beatles?) to put the guest on the spot

>>85457038
the Larry King episode was great

the worst episode was probably Martin Mull

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I watch norm because it's essentially a class's worth of historical comedy knowledge.

That story about Richard Nixon was fucking fascinating.

I enjoyed the closeups desu. No other show does that. It feels like Norm made the cameraman do it for a bit...

>>85462099

It's something complete hacks always ask creative people. It's sort of an in joke with comedians because they have all heard it a thousand times from some interviewer or fan. Scott Aukerman does the same joke on Comedy Bang Bang. Stephen King has made lots of jokes about it in a couple of his books too.

Is it me or does Norm look in better health during the ad segments?

>>85459484
>Would be
It's happening, I saw a preview
https://streamable.com/oq7qd

>>85459462
I knew it was coming and I still lost it. Egret is pretty okay sometimes

>>85462273
What in the fuck

It was great but went by really fast, i would watch another 10 hours. What do you think happened w/ the top ten list? Kinda serious moment when Dave said he *would* do it only for him, then didnt air. Wonder if it's a licensing/trademark thing or something.

>>85462426
I imagined it was a bit and they just did it to fuck with us.

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Caitlyn Jenner is an upcoming guest

>>85462426
>>85462469
it was a reference to carsons last appearance on letterman

he even does the same sort of hand motions on the table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjYc2JEJCg

>>85462426
post yfw the the list is the top 10 close-ups in this episode

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>>85462426

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Really looking forward to more Norm Bookino

>>85462675
Ahhh I see. Thanks man

>>85460422
Kek

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>>85462962
Interesting.You could tell he didnt wanna do it but they still managed to squeeze a gag out of it.

>>85462981
Fucking kek'd out loud when i read that for the first time. The book is genuinely brilliant

>>85462099
everyone before me was right, but he also has asked it several times before so it's a show inside joke now too

>>85462981
I gotta buy that audiobook

>>85453669
The top 10 list was the best part.

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made me laugh

>drunk
>as a boiled owl

all these close-ups, is this season directed by cassavetes?

>>85464490
Felt more like Aronofsky with the top and bottom of the head cutoff and only the face taking up the entire screen

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>why aren't half the people walking around have nooses around their neck?

>>85461592
>>85462186
>>85462212

https://youtu.be/A848xpsDJbw?t=3m12s

>>85464821
ALL THE STARS ARE HERE

>>85462099
he asked that question genuinely on the first episode with Super Dave, and didn't get any response from him because of how stupid that question is, and after that it became a running joke.

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Where do you get your ideas from?

>>85465180
This reminded me of seeing Les Miserables in the theaters and how sick I felt from seeing Hugh Jackman's, Russell Crowe's, and Eddie Redmayne's faces too too closeup in sustained shots while they sang, and seeing all their pores and Eddie Redmayne's little white mustache hairs.

>>85453669
Mediocre episode, norm respects Dave too much too try and be funny it felt like

>>85463991
>mfw just the comments from NML make me laugh more than prime time million dollar sitcoms

>>85453669
Never been a fan of Letterman's show but that beard is fantastic

>>85462212
How do you balance work and family

all these comments about the closeups have only made them fucking hysterical for me

>>85465354
I don't to shit talk the guy too much, but what is there to even respect? He isn't particularly funny, isn't particularly warm, particularly interesting aside from some very occasional insight. I just don't get the fascination with these old uninteresting fogies. Must have been a different time. It's the same way how they have this insane respect for bob hope but the guy isn't fucking funny.

>>85465518
get a load of this underage&b@

>>85464794
what a great question tho

>>85465518
Are you typing from the womb? I don't even like Letterman or Hope but I know they are/were living legends.

>>85465518
Letterman legitimately changed late night television and paved the way for guys like Conan and Craig Ferguson.

>>85465518
Letterman changed the entire medium and did it with a 'I literally couldn't give a fuck less' attitude that made him a legend with comics and comedy fans.

Nowadays every edgy teenager is a badass but Dave did it when it was legitimately bizarre.

>>85456878
I followed him on Facebook last night to see if he posted anything funny.

Dude literally talked about poker to himself for 3 days straight.

>>85465904
Based Norm

>>85465663
>paved the way for loud obnoxious only halfway funny people who introduce sketches written by other writers

uhh thanks I guess?

>>85465904
Norm is a sexual abuse victim and an addict. I pray he's alive 5 years from now.

>>85465957
I think you underestimate how much material the hosts contribute themselves. All of those guys are fantastic writers.

>>85465992
>sexual abuse victim
Plz be joking

>that difference between the interview and the commercials
What the heck happened to norm in the last year? His hair is completely grey, he lost a ton of weight, and he's all wrinkly. He looks like a grandpa. Looks like Adam got ripped though.

he should interview roseanne they're both batshit and talk weird

>>85466061
he already did

>>85466061
He did

>>85466028
He was repeatedly raped as a child. Have you not read the book?

>>85466082
>>85466084
o cool i gotta see that

>>85466054
Norm looks healthier in the commercials but Adam looks like shit.

adams really put on weight

>>85466010
I'll admit I'm being a bit cynical. I think I read conan was a writer on SNL at one point when they were actually good. Still though, these talk show guys have never been particularly funny or interesting in my opinon. Being frank, conan is one of the more tolerable ones but late night is filled to the brim with absolute shit. Kimmel, Colbert, seth myers (who the fuck actually watches him), Carson Daly, etc. I'd like to say it was always more or less this way because when I watch old hosts, they seem pretty dry apart from Johnny Carson who had some charm to him, yet people will kick and scream that the all the oldies were legends.

>>85465659
>I don't like them but of course they're legends
THATS THE PROBLEM

why are they legends? There were people even at the time who were more charming and funny than both of those people

>>85466134
He looks thinner but much older. He probably just lost a lot and didn't bother getting new clothes, but having them be so baggy on him is something I associate with the illness and frailness of someone who lost a lot quickly due to cancer or something.

Adam is bigger but he carries it in such a way that is makes him look tough.

>>85466228
Prime 80s Letterman was GOAT tier. Plus back then, late night shows were more of an institution than they are now. Norm is right in this episode. All of the current late night shows follow pretty much the same template.

>>85466156
they say a camera adds 10 pounds
he must have eaten 4 cameras!

>close ups
>boring interview
>weak jokes
>literally cutoff the end of the episode where Dave was going to do a top 10
is this the blunder of the century? I can't believe people have been waiting almost a year for this to come back.

>>85466169
I think if Colbert took the show and himself more seriously he could make something happen. He has the presence and command of a room of someone who can do this, but none of the respectability. He also used to be a writer. Aside from him and Conan though you are right, they're just a bunch of goofballs who have no business interviewing anybody.

Lotta children ITT. Dave is a legend, and hearing him tell personal stories about his life and career with Norm is comfy, funny and insightful. If there's not enough memes, you don't actually get Norm's humor.

>>85466447
>literally cutoff the end of the episode where Dave was going to do a top 10
That's the joke.

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>>85466228
You're minimizing the impact that people like Letterman or Bob Hope or Dick Cavett or Carson had on the medium of television itself.

They don't just fit the "host" category their shows were institutions. Before the 1990s talk shows and interview shows were different.

>>85463991
literally, unironically, reddit-tier

>>85466500
Agreed. I find Letterman endlessly fascinating.

Will they bring up Adam's denial of the holocaust in the Seinfeld interview?

>>85466228
Comedy, especially on television, was a lot more broad and straight laced, Letterman brought 'alternative' comedy to the mainstream.

>>85462557
that could legitimately be one of the best episodes to be honest

These are my favorite episodes, where Norm interviews living legends and they just talk about mutual acquaintances and anecdotes from their lives for an hour.

>>85462557
Norm has been making Jenner jokes for years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxhUynNaNnQ&feature=youtu.be&t=18m7s

there's another from the podcast I dont remember which episode

>>85466817
im banking on tyson being the golden ep

>>85466938
Was his sports show kino?

>>85466054
He looks much better with his natural hair

Letterman's right, Norm has the chops to host a late night show and be the best of the best

Kinda heartwarming when he said they worry about Norm

>>85466938
this makes me legitimately think Norm would make a great late night host

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Letterman picked up where Carson left off. You can see it if you watch Letterman's appearances on Carson in the mid 80s, how he's going to the next step. There was no "alternative comedy" on regular TV until Dave or arguably SCTV.

Theoretically you can say Conan picked up where Letterman left off, but anyone past Conan or Craig Ferguson probably sucks at hosting anyway so that's kind of where it ends...

You don't even have to be oldfag to youtube old Carson and Letterman clips and see the difference. I recommend watching old late night before bed its very comfy and won't make you vomit like Seth Meyers.

>>85467130
Some nights I actually dream of seeing old Letterman shows on TV and then I wake up and wonder why the hell all those shows are lost to time now. I know the Carson shows are kept in a vault and NBC owns the rights to Late Night and Letterman owns the rights to the Late Show but it's a crime that all that comedy is locked away never to be seen again.

>>85466273
He looks healthier compared to his big fat face from the earlier episodes of NML.

This episode felt scripted as a mother fucker.

I wonder if that was intentional by Norm, or if it something that Letterman wanted.

>>85467207
Anon there are a few Youtubers who have uploaded thousands of hours of old Dave and Carson(I'm in no way associated with the accounts but that's how I started watching them). A Canadian network was airing 80s Dave reruns into the 90s and I assume the clips are ripped vhs.

This guy has Dave allllll the way back. No copyright problems I guess?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqkkzIyGnwkEShBIGYRRgqQ/videos

Theres another account with a weird name but if you search Late Show Dave youll probably find it.

>>85467413
Thanks for the link, I was unaware this existed. I knew there was a channel for a lot of Craig's shows but I had no idea full Letterman shows were available.

>>85464821
>Norm tries to make the best out of a bad situation
kek

When they were talking about the Password game show, Norm said Dave said "aerofoil" and then mumbled what the contestants guess was. Did anyone catch what he said?

I thought it was good, the closeups are fine after you adjust. It's just different than the old show, or really any show in the past decade or so, but it's interesting.

>>85456878
It was a joke senpai, an obvious one at that.

>>85461529
that joke was in one of the earlier episodes from this season, during the skit about his book.

>>85462273
The rumors were true after all.

>>85468264
it was one of the jokes in one of the earlier episodes too
something about the reviews for the movie pain & gain

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>>85459843
This, the moment he asked out of nowhere on a dead serious manner why most people don't just kill themselves was just lovely, real paternal and admirable.

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I know it's a tired comment but what the fuck where they thinking with the subjects, especially since both Dave and Norm are masters at body language to complement what they are saying.

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>>85461592
>Mfw
All the while i was hoping based Eget would dust that one off for Letterman.

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>That ending
Marvelous, how is Norm so endearing bros?

>implying Norm won't make the Jenner interview beyond kinosthetique

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>>85466938
Holy fuck is that the origin of the SPORTS hat? how deep does the Norm lore go?

>>85462962
>>85462962
Where's this from? i'd love to read the full interview.

>>85468781
http://uproxx.com/tv/norm-macdonald-interview-late-night-politics/
Great interview

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>>85469225
Thanks a lot.

I was distracted by daves beard the whole time.

>>85464821
this is still the best video on youtube

>>85467130
You could just have some whore sucking a celebrities dick for an hour and it wouldnt be any different to Kimmel or Fallon.

>>85466169
I've watched Seth Myers a few times and his opening monologue is actually pretty funny, but his interviews are fucking dull as shit.

But honestly whenever I watch an episode of late night when someone I like is the guest I always end up wishing I could just watch the interview on youtube because they're always uploaded there anyways and the guests don't come out for like 45 minutes sometimes. I swear the commercial breaks are longer than the interviews.

Craig Ferguson managed to make the entire show entertaining though, which is a testament to his talent. He could make me watch an episode where no one I've even heard of are the guests, just because he's that funny. None of the current late night hosts can do that.

You think they're going to bring out Mike next week? Is there some sort of schedule they put out that I don't know about?

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Now that leaked guest lists are confirmed fake you guys think we might be lucky enough to get Conan just by coincidence?

>>85469984
i think some of the staff probably come here and anybody mentioned would have their name tossed around in meetings

be honest, did you have to look up who luther burbank was?

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I really wish Gary Shandling was still alive he'd be a great guest on Norms show. Norm wrote him a beautiful eulogy he read at the funeral that I can't find currently...He was on Larry Sanders show, seeing as we're talking late night the best fake late night show should be mentioned...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IgD32TVWaQ

Who's gonna be on next Tuesday?

>>85469984
i pray daily for this

>>85466998
Weekend Update tier

>>85470748
They'll talk about him with Seinfeld, I guarantee it.

>>85467089
Notice the way Norm states he just wants to write books, similar to Dave hiding his cards when he used to say he just wanted to be a writer. I feel like Norm has all the cards he needs, but he's not ready or able to play the hand if he wants to at all.

>>85466998
definitely worth watching if you like his other stuff, there were only like 10 eps

>>85472306
probably Tyson since he was previewed

>>85472587
The show Norm wants Dave to do is pretty already done by Conan with Serious Jibber Jabber

I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and say that I don't think that those """commercials""" are gonna be selling many undies- Norm reading out copy in a manner that makes Harrison Ford's voiceover in the Blade Runner theatrical cut sound positively enthused, while Adam Eget sleepily exclaims "oh my god" every now and then.

>>85472861
I was thinking the same, hopefully Conan will get back to make them, it's been over a year since the last one.

>>85472587
norm got a good laugh when he said he wants to write books
i suspect he hated writing the book and that was an inside joke

>>85457127
these closeups have made me glad i stopped combing my moustache down and started parting it side to side

i think with a big bushy beard you must have a big bushy moustache

>>85469292
Big beards are distracting the same way big tits are. You just feel compelled to look at them. I've grown out a big beard and it changes everyones perception and behaviour towards you. It's polarising though, girls mostly hate it but some girls go absolutely mental for a big beard.

>>85470748
>See Hanks video? Guys got some cock on him!

>>85460375
Being a sodomite is pretty abhorrent you faggot

>>85472998
Norm loved writing the book. He's very serious about literature and writing in general, its a genuine passion for him.

>>85465518
Bob Hope movies are funny.

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What did he mean by this?

>>85474743
Kek i was thinking about that too, was it that the top 10 below the apple where beyond the reach of those that had not bitten the forbidden fruit?only those that had fell for the temptation had access to it and us, the audience remain pure having our last LAST memory of a top 10 be on the Letterman Show itself?

They sacrificied themselves for us and for this i'll never forget them.

>>85472998
Possibly, but the way Norm immediately dismissed Dave's assertion that he is smart, and immediately launched into a joke when the sincerity started flowing is very telling to me. I feel that Norm doesn't want to walk in Dave's footsteps because in his mind Dave is still standing there (hence Norm pushing the idea that Dave should continue in some way), whereas Dave made it abundantly clear that not only is he done with the gig, he believes Norm could handle it with ease. As I said before though, I don't think Norm is willing and/or able to do that right now.

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

That was great. Really love learning about broadcasting and the entertainment industry back when it mattered.

>>85475113
Normie was trying to say he can't "talk to everybody/anybody". I'm sure he can, he just does not want to. Imagine some GOT faggot or faggotess infront of Norm telling him some garbage 5 nights a week?

Maybe Norm could do it once a week and be more choosey with his guests

I hate the way people dismiss episodes based on their own interpretation of behind the scenes or the attitude of Norm/the guest, just watch them all and enjoy for fuck's sake.
>The guest didn't laugh at every little thing Norm did, they obviously don't understand humor at all and Norm obviously hates them

>>85475176
Listen to Lettermans podcast with Alec Baldwin. Letterman goes into the full details of his life and how he got started in radio and the vietnam war and all kinds of shit.

>>85475212
https://www.wnyc.org/story/216217-david-letterman/

David Letterman began his Late Night gig as a self-described “gap-toothed, unknown smart ass.” But thirty highly successful years later, Letterman’s comedy formula has evolved: he no longer attends all the meetings or makes all the decisions and stupid pet tricks are a thing of the past.

Letterman began his television career as a weatherman, but moved rapidly up to anchorman and talk show host. He left for L.A. and, after only three years on the comedy scene there, he found himself guest-hosting the Tonight Show. He talks to Alec about how a quintuple by-pass and the birth of a child have dramatically shifted Letterman’s priorities.

>>85475181
>once a week and be more choosy with his guests

Pretty much what he's doing right now and I'm glad.

>>85475181
this 100x

could you imgine how depress norm would be sitting in front of capeshit retards having to putting on a fake smile and ask boring fucking questions keeping himself tame as a pg-rated movie

christ what a nightmare. Norm would lose his mind

>>85475181
I think you're right about that, with that being one of the reasons I'm alluding to about Norm not being willing/able to fill that role. I can't remember which guest said it, but they were right that an online podcast is the perfect way for Norm to do what he wants to do. I sometimes wonder if Norm understands that what he's doing now is just as valid as if he were doing it on TV (at least to the people who are actively watching it) or if he feels unfulfilled or illegitimate doing an online only show.

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>>85475253
>"So tell me... you're Wonderwomans beard?"

>>85456878
>Why is he such a pathological liar
It's almost like he's a comedian making a joke or something.

>>85475245

Thank you!

>>85464821
I've genuinely watched this upwards of 20 times, absolute gold. I don't want Norm to have his own talk show, I want him to just be like a roving figure, sabotaging other peoples shows

>>85475279
The way he (doesnt) talk about his podcast on his twitter makes me think he isnt interested in it beyond getting the ad money and hanging out with interesting people. I dont think he thinks its respectable, but I could be wrong. He has an overt lack of confidence.

I felt bad when Letterman said he was on SSRIs, I know Conan is too. I hope I don't need that shit, please god just let me be functionally fucked up.

>>85475335
Happy to share the little gem that I think noone knows about my man.

Alec Baldwins podcast is one of the best. Just listen to the people you know of and skip the rest. Seinfeld, Billy Joel, Letterman, Sarah Jessica Parker, they're memorable ones. Billy Joel is a cool dude.

>>85460762

you dirty dog!

>>85475279
>they were right that an online podcast is the perfect way for Norm to do what he wants to do
not sure if it's the guest you're referring to but andy dick told him this is what he should be doing

>>85453669
>>85453669
>Race you to the grave, Dave!

>>85475414
Yeah that's the one, thanks buddy.

>>85475346
It's tough to read the situation because if it was someone like Seinfeld hosting this show, they would talk openly and honestly about why they do it and what it means to them. Norm invites all sorts of intrigue and analysis of what he might be thinking, when the answer is probably much simpler than we could imagine but still unquestionably private to him.

>>85466092
Kind old Jack, you don't find men like that anymore

>>85475384
The interview with Thom Yorke is also great>>85475335

>>85467089
you could tell Norm was deeply affected by Letterman's comments. and the close up finally fit the moment

>>85475519
It's like the story Norm told about seeing the psychiatrist who told him to stop joking around, then once he didn't have jokes to fall back on he broke down. The way Norm juked Letterman's compliment by immediately firing off into a couple jokes wasn't Norms way of disregarding it, it actually shows just how much those words meant to him.

>>85466384
An absolute legend has uploaded a ton of full 80s and early 90s late night episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJg0d_4CGw

Anyone got a download link for the audio? I've saved all Norms podcasts

Also I remember he gave Sandler a similar amount of reverence. Not as much, but he certainly pulls back the goofing around on someone he really respects.

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When Norm asked Letterman "Why don't half of people walk around with a noose on their necks" in such a sudden and calm manner really fucked me up, it was such a serious moment and the fact that Letterman engaged him on such a serene manner only made it more intense.

Why do i feel like this lads?

>>85467413
Christ almighty. What a goldmine. Thanks anon

This might be me getting ahead of myself but I was kind of disappointed they didn't discuss Gary Shandling. I feel like Letterman would have something interesting to say about Larry Sanders Show since it was at least partly a pastiche of him

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>>85467130
mfw they have Carson episodes every night on antenna tv. so fucking good

>>85475858
Just youtube to mp3 it.

>>85462981
>>85463083
>>85463421
get the audiobook, makes it 10x funnier

>>85475858
Go to keepvid.com and paste the link to the video there. You'll be able to download the audio there

>>85476003
Will do, when reading those i couldn't help but to read it on his voice anway and it'd be a waste to no take the opportunity to get the real thing.

>>85476023
To do this properly you'd have to mentally read it in his delivery/tone, which means it'd take about a week to read

>>85469728
Tbh the UK late night hosts are a lot better at bantz than the US ones.

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who wins, /tv/?
a hundred Johnny Carsons
or ten Roseanne Barrs

>>85453669
>Adam is high and dumber than ever, they even shot behind David so they wouldn't catch Adam in the frame
>Norm lets David control the show and his boring life stories ruins what is suppose to be a comedy show not talk show
>boring old dusty jokes
>worst ep of the series

>>85476823
wew lad

>>85457038
>Larry King episode
was better

it's zoomed in to hide the netflix logos after their deal fell through

>>85476804
is norm invovled with that roseanne reunion?

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>>85476879
Fuck it, i buy that.

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>Letterman talking about being a gameshow host
>Says that Pat Sajak probably wants to kill himself all the time despite making a great living

This was an interesting moment to me because hey maybe I'm wrong but wasn't Letterman phoning it in throughout the whole 2000s? When Jay Leno beat him in the ratings and there was no coming back a part of Letterman just clearly died off to me and he stopped doing surreal humor allowing Late Show to just be a bunch of toothless gags.

I don't know maybe Dave really loved the show and I'm just rationalizing my own dislike towards his latter career but it seemed to me he treated it no differently than how Sajak hosts Wheel of Fortune. A job's a job you know.

>>85476879
Was the thing about moving the podcast to netflix ever legit or people were just memeing around?

>>85476879
I thought about that, but they clearly shot it before there was any deal. Maybe as a pilot to shop around, hence the heavy editing.

You think Netflix passed because Seinfeld already sold them his car show and they didn't want two comedy interview shows?

>>85477242
>move to netflix
>suddenly adam egret is replaced with a tranny
>first guest is beyonce
>sponsored by blacked.com

>>85454063
>dandruff
sure it is

Based Norm.

I really hope they have Mike up next week, I think Adam might actually participate for an episode like that.

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>>85453669
>get notification that this was uploaded on my phone
>get so excited
>eagerly put it on
>those close ups
>I couldn't make it 5 minutes, shut it off and watched something else

>>85462981
Im fucking crying

>>85464821
You can make fun of the fact that he's an AYE-RAP

>>85472432
Seinfeld is going on the Norm McDonald show?

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>>85453669
It seems a lot more commercialized now which is disappointing. there was like 15 minutes of Norm shilling sponsors and clearly a lot of editing to make sure it was exactly 1 hour long. I have a feeling there will be less funny jokes so they don't scare away more sponsors.

>>85481408
>>85456878
>>85456922

>>85474358
I've never seen a Bob Hope anything as far as I know, what's something of his I could watch as an introduction?

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>>85480222

>>85480222
queer

This was really disappointing episode.

Hope it's just a rough start

>>85484561
I'm placing all my hopes and dreams on the Sarah Silverman episode. There's 20 years of pent up sexual aggression brewing in Norm.

It was never going to be the kind of funny like swardson impersonating don knotts fucking somebody up the ass, it was more like an evolution of the preceding episode (hader) which was just a great talk.

Norm is kind of accidentally getting better at being an interviewer. Letterman does not bust out a Nixon impression/talk about making up stuff in therapy unless he's comfortable and has someone guiding the direction of the show. Norm was like a ballet dancer in this regard, exacting in his quiet probing of dave ('so how did you leave indiana for a job that didn't exist?') and minimal but brilliant in his joke outbursts/non-sequiturs like the story of the guy not wanting to give up cigarettes. It was a poignant sorta-shaggy-dog that had dave's eyes twinkling and seriously asking why he didn't put THAT in the book.

So while he's getting better at being an interviewer just by osmosis/time, because of his personality and stories such as the church one he is forever seperated from Maron & the other podcasting duds that long ago ran out of ways to make it unselfishly funny for both the guest and interviewer. It's like the Super Dave season premiere is his floor, if he wants at anytime he can make an episode that funny. He's just learning a few new talents that occasionally take the interviews elsewhere.

Thought the closeups were great because we see Dave's santa beard never ending in the screen, webbing the corners, and then Norm's blushing cherubic face. This was the ultimate and perhaps final step up from the unlit cigs, a gag Norm seemed to relish more than anyone else.

>>85484642
Hopefully Norm will finally get to take her out for a beef steak and then lay down on top of her.

>>85484687
He also had like a nervous euphoria playing a host interviewing his hero guest, which was startlingly modest. Maybe flashes of rushed, shy Norm in his mid 20's living and dying by his rotely memorized but still brilliant jokes. Same as with him questioning dave now, way back when he was before an audience he wanted adoration from, and after his years of accumulation he is free to sit alone and write (and maybe panic about death) as he is free to sit for the final five minutes of this episode to hear dave's unrestrained praise and respond with silence and a joke. Thus is Norm.

The ending I don't doubt was also Norm's idea and the best of the series. Kauffman-esque? Norm's devilish insistance on less-is-more: punchline is best when it repeats the joke, steinbeck/hemingway-like prose in his writing? Or just the enigmatic Norm, the Norm who worships Becker's Denial of Death, who knows and ponders his own version of an immortality project...

Ever since the first half of the Merchant episode NML has been on a ridiculous tear. I think we will get plenty swardson style eps and some more Letterman/Hader style. Can't wait for whatever comes next Tuesday.

>>85475977
They're pretty comfy.

>>85484748
Yeah, I don't expect the Tyson interview to be serious in tone at all.

>>85476823
time to go to the rope store

This podcast has been shit since the first season

Due to droughts all over Europe scientists are predicting a global shortage of olive oil.

Soon the world will know how Popeye felt after the death of his wife.

OLIVE OIL

Remember how skinny and ugly that bitch was and they always wanna fuck her?

>>85484687
>>85484748
Nice mancrush, faggot

>>85481509
I wish Norm would drop the video portion altogether and go to Earwolf or something and do a regular, audio-only podcast.

>>85480222
You do know it's available as a standard podcast as well, right? I actually prefer just listening to the audio.

>>85475195
Yeah YouTube comments on this phenomenom drive me insane.
Literally every video norm is featured in is riddled with "this asshole piece of shit hack doesn't deserve to sit next to a legend of comedy"

>>85475346
You're right. His producers suggested optional donations to the show but Norm shot it down because it seemed "very low" to ask viewers for money or guilt them into it by even having the option

>>85475414
Andy Dick was surprisingly likeable, but moreso than that his chemistry with Norm was phenomenal. One of my favourite episodes and yet I don't care for Andy Dick at all. Same with Simon Helberg but that was a different tone. Norm not taking the interview seriously is when he's at his least digestible and funniest

>>85484748
>>85484687
well written

you can tell this fucker watches a lot of norm

>>85485963
here's my favourite

If you guys think it's weird that guy in Chicago kept women in his basement as sex slaves, wait'll you hear what my, middle-aged uncle Gordon kept in his basement - a fucking electric train!

>>85463991
you have to go back

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>that good feel when you made the norm thread that produced this

>>85487014
>that bad feel when you ruin your bragging rights with a phone screenshot

Super Dave was still the best episode.

>>85487416
Top 3 episodes for me in order are Super Dave, Fred Willard and Bob Saget.

>>85487014
>getting assmad about the way some random person you'll never meet browses a Cantonese basket weaving board
neck yourself my dude

>>85472957
>norm: it's one of amazon's top rated apps
>adam: wow that's unbelievable

>>85466433
kek