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re: I can’t stop thinking about Norm Macdonald
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:11 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:11 pm to OMLandshark
quote:Was pulling into the parking lot of the A&P on Capital Street, Jackson, August 16,1977
Elvis Presley died
quote:Was watching Monday Night Football in Pensacola, Saints were playing maybe Oakland?? not sure. I heard of his death from Howard Cossell, of all people.
John Lennon
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:13 pm to OMLandshark
RIP for your hero, Norm McDonald, OMlandshark. He was a great comedian! And if you want to make him your hero, who am I to deny that! RIP HERO !
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:14 pm to anc
quote:Me either. He was by far my favorite comedic voice of all time.
I can’t stop thinking about Norm Macdonald
quote:This I don't agree with as much. The most similar figure that comes to mind is Freddie Mercury - he had AIDS and never said a word until less than 24 hours before he died. If you listen to songs from that last album he did (particularly "The Show Must Go On") you can see that he swallowed the suffering for the sake of his art. The news out of Norm's camp is that he did the same thing - he did not want the comedy to be affected by his illness.
or nine years he suffered and did not let anyone know. Talk about dying well. I hope my death can emulate that.
And I think that might make sense for suffering artists. But what are we saying is the supposed benefit for us ordinary humans of such hyper-stoicism?
I also think that Norm gave quite a bit of a frick...it's just his modality of expressing it was of the opposite persona. Go watch him the last week of Letterman when he was unable to keep from openly weeping...out of utter gratitude for the man who had given him a big break.
I think Norm gave quite a lot of fricks...about humanity and civilization.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:15 pm to Zap Rowsdower
Jesus would probably tell you not to judge or ridicule your neighbor on who they choose to be their hero
Or worship false idols
Or worship false idols
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:16 pm to ugasickem
quote:
RIP for your hero, Norm McDonald, OMlandshark. He was a great comedian! And if you want to make him your hero, who am I to deny that! RIP HERO !
A comedian’s job is to give the middle finger to the king and inspire others around him. I’m proud to call Norm one of my personal heroes. Maybe he wasn’t Churchill, but he knowingly repeatedly sacrificed his career for the joke. He was not coward. You are.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:17 pm to ugasickem
quote:
Jesus would probably tell you not to judge or ridicule your neighbor on who they choose to be their hero
Or worship false idols
How is Norm a false idol? I haven’t declared him God. Is only God allowed to be a hero, because if so that’s a very petty God I don’t want to worship?
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:18 pm to Big Scrub TX
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I also think that Norm gave quite a bit of a frick...it's just his modality of expressing it was of the opposite persona. Go watch him the last week of Letterman when he was unable to keep from openly weeping...out of utter gratitude for the man who had given him a big break.
I think Norm gave quite a lot of fricks...about humanity and civilization.
Right. Not giving a frick about vapid degraded modern pop culture is not the same thing as just not giving a frick. Most people understood what was meant here, I’m guessing.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:18 pm to OMLandshark
I stand by comment that I can’t deny you what makes a hero in your eyes. You should petition for a statue for him. George Floyd’s got one! Why not norm?
This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:19 pm to ugasickem
quote:
Or worship false idols
Don’t see where calling someone a hero equates to worshiping them or considering them a personal eternal savior. But ok
That being said-
Bet you didn’t think I could find this this time of year
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:19 pm to ugasickem
What the frick is wrong with you?
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:20 pm to ugasickem
quote:
I stand by comment that I can’t deny you what makes a hero in your eyes. You should petition for a statue for him. George Floyd’s got one! Why not norm?
To quote another one of my heroes, George Carlin:
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:23 pm to ugasickem
quote:
ugasickem
You sound like a total pussy
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:23 pm to OMLandshark
quote:You should have put this in that silly pledge thread from the other day.
To quote another one of my heroes, George Carlin:
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:24 pm to anc
quote:
For nine years he suffered and did not let anyone know. Talk about dying well. I hope my death can emulate that. I know that my neighbor got mad in the carpool line and that a friend of mine sprained her ankle. He had cancer and no one knew.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:25 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Nothing. Norm McDonald is not a hero. Period. Hero is a word that gets thrown around too cavalier IMO. He’s a great comedian. And he should be respected for being that. He’s not some hero. For example: People think George Floyd is a hero, and we equate hero status with crackhead who fought police. It’s an overused term. He was a great comedian, not a hero like George Floyd! RIP Norm
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:25 pm to anc
“I’m no doctor, but I’m pretty sure if you die of cancer, the cancer dies with you. So that’s not really a loss, that’s a draw.”
This joke got a laugh but I’m pretty sure he wrote this when he had cancer and no one knew.
This joke got a laugh but I’m pretty sure he wrote this when he had cancer and no one knew.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:26 pm to ManBearTiger
I just do t go along with the heroes that peel claim to be heroes in this day and age
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:27 pm to delta saint
Norm said on the view that Clinton is a murderer - that’s a hero in my book.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 8:28 pm to ugasickem
quote:
Nothing. Norm McDonald is not a hero. Period. Hero is a word that gets thrown around too cavalier IMO. He’s a great comedian. And he should be respected for being that. He’s not some hero. For example: People think George Floyd is a hero, and we equate hero status with crackhead who fought police. It’s an overused term. He was a great comedian, not a hero like George Floyd! RIP Norm
You have to be a total fricking retard to compare someone who is in the debate for the greatest comedian of all time with someone who puts a gun to the belly of a pregnant woman.
This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 8:30 pm
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