re: Norm Macdonald fascinates me.

He was kind of obsessed with it. His career would have been a lot more successful if he didn't have to burn bridges and talk shite. His opening monologue when he hosted SNL was his undoing. They finally kissed and made up after his firing, but he just couldn't let it go.

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NM is in my hall of fame if only for one joke. He was doing the SNL Weekend Update in '95 or so and said this, in his matter-of-fact tone of voice and with an incredulous semi-smirk on his face:

"After the OJ Simpson acquittal verdict was announced, Washington DC mayor Marion Berry urged both white Americans and black Americans... To help get him some crack."

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Reminds me of another one. He was doing weekend update, and for all the years of watching SNL, for some reason this quote stands in my mind.

He told some joke that was pretty anti-woman. It got some jeers and a few boos from the crowd, then he said "oh pipe down! For your information one of our female writers wrote that joke" then everyone calmed down and kind of had some accepting laughs. Then he came back with "nah just kidding, we dont' hire women here"