fitting i'd love this one. just a very funny dude. RIP.
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 6:49 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 6:53 pm
by tree_
oh tommy that's a great one.. i remembered hearing that and even retold it to someone before, but I forgot that punchline! so good
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 6:57 pm
by BurtReynolds
Almost died on 9/11.
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 6:57 pm
by B
dad wrote:fitting i'd love this one. just a very funny dude. RIP.
I JUST told that joke to my kids last night. It bombed.
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:01 pm
by tree_
tragabigzanda wrote:Comedians In Coffins Getting Cremated
starring:
Bob Einstein
Carl Reiner
Don Rickles
(Aziz Ansari)
Garry Shandling
Norm Macdonald
Jerry Lewis
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:03 pm
by Bammer
Damn. Only 61.
Truly one of the greats.
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:10 pm
by VinylGuy
fuck
i loved him in snl back in the day
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:22 pm
by Strat
Damn. Was it common knowledge he had cancer ?
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:23 pm
by Anders
RIP
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:24 pm
by tree_
Strat wrote:Damn. Was it common knowledge he had cancer ?
No.. he didn't want it to distract from his comedy
Lori Jo Hoekstra, Macdonald's friend and producing partner, told Deadline she was with him at the time of his death and that the comedian had been fighting cancer for nine years, but did not wish to share his health struggles with the public.
“He was most proud of his comedy,” Hoekstra told Deadline. “He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him...
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:29 pm
by wease
Bi_3 wrote:That hurts. He was a long time favorite
Bi_3 wrote:“Chairman of the Bored”
That’s the best line ever.
My god, this one hurts. Bad. He’s been a favorite for a long, long time.
Goddammit
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:32 pm
by Norah
norm saves the interview is the best thing he's ever done
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:32 pm
by spike
Noooooo
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:33 pm
by dimejinky99
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:38 pm
by washing machine
I don't usually chime in on this thread but this sucks to hear. My old RM name was Burt Muston from an old Norm joke on Dennis Miller Live.
"What about Burt Muston? Just cause he lived long, that doesn't mean anything... right? That's just one guy."
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:38 pm
by tree_
Who's joke is "washing machine" from?
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:39 pm
by washing machine
Here's a quarter, tree.
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:39 pm
by wease
dad wrote:fitting i'd love this one. just a very funny dude. RIP.
As much as I love Letterman and Norm loved Letterman, I think his appearances on Conan were better.
Re: R.I.P.
Posted: Tue September 14, 2021 7:40 pm
by wease
Strat wrote:Damn. Was it common knowledge he had cancer ?
Not at all. Apparently he kept it hidden from family and friends, as well.
