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a b MacPherson, Guy (January 17, 2006). "Norm Macdonald" (Interview). ComedyCouch.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006 . Retrieved October 3, 2010. Beyond 'Saturday Night': Norm Macdonald's best roles from 'Dirty Work' to 'Screwed' ". New York Post. September 14, 2021 . Retrieved November 6, 2021. Earlier this week, Marlon Brando met with Jewish leaders to apologize for comments he made on Larry King Live, among them that “Hollywood is run by Jews.” The Jewish leaders accepted the actor’s apology and announced that Brando is now free to work again.” First let me say that Lorne is often portrayed as an intimidating man, and he is. In some ways he can’t help it. He is quietly confident, smart, funny, and he always carries a dagger. These four qualities combine to make for an intimidating man. But at the time of Macdonald’s death, it’s his material on cancer, like a chapter in the book where “Norm” takes a Make-a-Wish child to Canada to club a harp seal, that really makes the read worthwhile. He had cancer when he published the book, although that wasn’t known even to much of his friends and family until after his death. “The boy had been alive nine years, which made him young, but he would only be alive for one more year, which made him old,” “Norm” (or, actually, Keane) describes this child, a bitter and blunt way to talk about a dying kid.

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Macdonald said his influences included the comedians Bob Newhart, [96] Sam Kinison, [97] Rodney Dangerfield, [97] Dennis Miller, [98] and the writers Leo Tolstoy [99] and Anton Chekhov. [100]

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The capitalization of Norm Macdonald's surname has been inconsistently reported in publications such as TV Guide. Books that discuss him, such as Shales (2003) and Crawford (2000), as well as other sources such as the Game Show Network and Comedy Central's Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, all consistently report "Macdonald" (lowercase "d") as his surname.

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a b c Edgers, Geoff. "Norm Macdonald had one last secret". The Washington Post . Retrieved July 17, 2022.a b Reilly, Dan (September 15, 2021). "20 Times Norm Macdonald Was the Best TV Guest". Vulture . Retrieved September 20, 2021. I hate when people say “touché” after you say something funny. I don’t know what it means, but I know that I hate it.” Maybe it’s the gambling. Norm was a self-identified addict who lost his entire net worth more than once. As an entertainer, he placed the biggest bets you’ll ever see. When he bombed, he dragged the whole crowd to hell with him. He raked his audience, and himself, over the coals with a little grin on his face, as if to say that audience reaction was none of his concern. He never just let a joke fail. He’d double, triple, quadruple down. He’d make it so bad you’d get embarrassed for yourself and then for him and then maybe the promoter. Macdonald also joined Grantland as a contributor in the first two months of 2013. [78] [79] 2014–2022 [ edit ]