This site is where I found out, at minimum, that Norm Macdonald and Rik Mayall had died.

Just found out, and came straight here to perhaps submit, but more likely to upvote, or five star whatever tribute was going to waiting for me. We all loved Norm. I remember the first time I saw him on Short Attention Span theater. He talked about a guy who murdered his family because the Devil told him to ("what a dork!) , and what if that had been a prank?

"Oh Bob! You got me! I have my family chopped up in a duffle bag, but that was a good one, Bob!"

In retrospect, it wasn't a great routine, especially compared to Bob Odenkirk's absurdist one man Abraham Lincoln show, which was in rotation about the same time (also a Mentos commercial every 15 minutes, 24/7).

But Norm MacDonald's voice and diction could elevate everything he said into high comedy. His arguably most famous joke, about Bill Cosby, wasn't even a joke. It was a simple, direct statement of obvious fact.

In the late nineties, I had a girlfriend who had a sexual crush on Norm McDonald. She signed up for the Win A Date with Norm Contest, and once had a dream about Norm with a giant corkscrew penis.

RIP.

Celebrity deaths don't normally phase me but this one crushes me. The way I like to wind down after a stressful day is a nice brandy and some Norm on Youtube. Doesn't matter if I've seen it 30 times. It would still put me in a happy place.

That bit with Letterman at 9:28- he was such a handsome dude!

I rewatched the Mangrate montage on Sunday.

Hard to say who poetv collectively admired more than Norm. MAYBE Werner Herzog. Not many else spring to mind.

I knew about him on the periphery, but it was his role as Lucky in the Eddie Murphy Doctor Dolittle movies that put him on the map for me, that voice is perfect for Lucky the well-worn mutt. He IS Lucky.

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