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Posted on 5/30/22 at 1:25 pm
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Posted on 5/30/22 at 1:28 pm to OMLandshark
I hope to see this soon!
Posted on 5/30/22 at 1:33 pm to OMLandshark
Just watched. Pretty tame yet endearing. Weird not having an audience there.
Afterwards, Chappelle sounds pretty high.
Afterwards, Chappelle sounds pretty high.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:12 pm to OMLandshark
Watched it. You can tell which parts need an audience’s laughs, and which parts would bomb, but of course Norm wouldn’t cut those bits because he’s a true artist.
I wish somebody in the room at the end would have brought up anti-humor and acknowledged that Norm, Letterman, and Andy Kaufman are the kings of the trick.
ETA: I notice that Norm’s face looks a bit more back to normal compared to his usual look in recent years, when he suffered from “moon face” due to steroid treatment (I noticed he looked different back then and thought that maybe he had work done, which seems out of character). It’s good for this special because he gets to communicate more with his expression here than he might have three years earlier.
I wish somebody in the room at the end would have brought up anti-humor and acknowledged that Norm, Letterman, and Andy Kaufman are the kings of the trick.
ETA: I notice that Norm’s face looks a bit more back to normal compared to his usual look in recent years, when he suffered from “moon face” due to steroid treatment (I noticed he looked different back then and thought that maybe he had work done, which seems out of character). It’s good for this special because he gets to communicate more with his expression here than he might have three years earlier.
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Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:17 pm to Alyosha
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Weird not having an audience there
I was wondering how they’d treat that. Was sorta hoping they’d show it in a private club viewing and overlap that with it. I can understand why they wouldn’t though.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 12:50 am to OMLandshark
It kinda had a slow start but really had some solid laughs throughout and the last bit about his mom killed. I liked the commentary.
I’m still kicking myself for not seeing him live. And I had multiple opportunities.
I’m still kicking myself for not seeing him live. And I had multiple opportunities.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 1:07 am to SUB
I only got to see him once in Houston a long time I ago. Hardest I've ever laughed. In person, he was a little more spontaneous in the way he worked through old material and tried out new stuff, so even as a hardcore fan who knew all his TV material could still get taken off guard.
Most standups I've seen do a pretty standard set, but Norm would read the audience and pick the next jokes based the reaction. So there'd be a long pause while beady eyes darted around nervously and he'd get this nervous grin before pulling some bit from his memory files and launching into the next wave. By the end, the audience was just completely surrendered to him. I felt like I'd been worked over.
I checked his tour schedule for years hoping to catch him again.
Most standups I've seen do a pretty standard set, but Norm would read the audience and pick the next jokes based the reaction. So there'd be a long pause while beady eyes darted around nervously and he'd get this nervous grin before pulling some bit from his memory files and launching into the next wave. By the end, the audience was just completely surrendered to him. I felt like I'd been worked over.
I checked his tour schedule for years hoping to catch him again.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 10:34 pm to Alyosha
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Afterwards, Chappelle sounds pretty high.
Chapelle looked like he was trying really hard to fight off tears
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Posted on 5/31/22 at 10:42 pm to BatonrougeCajun
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Posted on 5/31/22 at 11:03 pm to PowerTool
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Posted on 6/1/22 at 2:09 am to BatonrougeCajun
I don’t see why. The guy barely knew him. It was awkward as hell listening to him talk about a guy he hardly knew in a room of folks that knew him so so well. The self centeredness of his stories about the guy was also off putting. Further, he sounds like Flo in a 50s diner who smoked 12 packs a day. Yeeesh.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 7:55 am to Richleau
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Posted on 6/1/22 at 8:02 am to Richleau
They made a movie together and were friends. The hardcore stand up guys are also a pretty tight knit community, I wouldn’t say Dave barely knew him
Posted on 6/1/22 at 1:54 pm to Richleau
That’s simply not true. They filmed Screwed together. Dave actually spoke about how Norm was one of the few comedians who could make him laugh and how Norm got him through some rough times after his father died.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 1:56 pm to Richleau
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The guy barely knew him. It was awkward as hell listening to him talk about a guy he hardly knew in a room of folks that knew him so so well.
Incredibly funny to see a guy that knows neither of them talking about how well they know each other.
Posted on 6/8/22 at 10:02 pm to Richleau
Just watched it and I have no idea how you came to the conclusion Dave didn’t know norm
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