Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir

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Reflecting on the state of modern comedy, he bemoaned the influx of dramatic actors into comedy and comedians into dramatic acting. [101] The very clever chapter in which Macdonald details his firing from SNL is brilliant. I won’t explain what he does here, but if anyone thinks Norm MacDonald is a dummy they need to read this book. In fact, there was practically nothing mentioned about anything. Instead, Norm’s “biography” read a little like a long, strange acid trip or a road trip similar to another I’ve read about before . . . . Long after I left the segment, the term “fake news” became the ordinary way to describe what was done on SNL as well as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. So who’s the idiot now?”

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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] 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. Story, Jared (September 23, 2010). "Norm Macdonald talks to Uptown". Winnipeg: Uptown. Archived from the original on September 28, 2010. Yeah, my brother is a news reporter. He lives in Washington now. I'm glad because he used to do war reporting.

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Zinoman, Jason (September 15, 2021). "Here's Why Norm Macdonald Was Comedy Royalty. It's Not 'S.N.L.' ". The New York Times. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by

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Macdonald, Norm (October 17, 2016). Larry King Now. Event occurs at 23:21. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 . Retrieved February 22, 2017– via YouTube. Norm is one of the greatest stand-up comics who’s ever worked--a totally original voice. His sense of the ridiculous and his use of juxtaposition in his writing make him a comic’s comic. We all love Norm.” — Roseanne Barr Macdonald remained on SNL as a cast member, but he disliked performing in regular sketches. On February 28, 1998, in one of his last appearances on SNL, he played the host of a fictitious TV series titled Who's More Grizzled? [44] who asked questions from " mountain men", played by that night's host Garth Brooks and special guest Robert Duvall. In the sketch, Brooks's character says to Macdonald's character, "I don't much care for you," to which Macdonald replies, "A lot of people don't." He was dismissed shortly thereafter. [45] Anderson, Kyle (March 27, 2013). "Norm Macdonald talks new video podcast". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 6, 2013.

Jicha, Tom (January 1999). "Maybe it Wasn't the O. J. Jokes That Got Macdonald Fired". Archived from the original on December 4, 1999. Macdonald was a guest character on My Name Is Earl in the episode " Two Balls, Two Strikes" (2007) as Lil Chubby, the son of "Chubby" (played by Burt Reynolds), similar to Macdonald's portrayals of Reynolds on SNL. On June 19, 2008, Macdonald was a celebrity panellist on two episodes of a revived version of the game show Match Game. [58] On August 17, 2008, Macdonald was a participant in the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget, performing intentionally cheesy and G-rated material that contrasted greatly with the raunchy performances of the other roasters. [59] In AT&T commercials around Christmas 2007 and 2008, Macdonald voiced a gingerbread boy in a commercial for AT&T's GoPhone. [60]

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Rytlewski, Evan (March 13, 2009). "Norm MacDonald Talks Stand-Up, Teases FX "Reality" Show". Shepherd Express . Retrieved November 20, 2021.

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Hassenger, Jesse (May 10, 2017). "Norm Macdonald owns his deadpan minimalism in new Netflix special". The A.V. Club . Retrieved June 28, 2017. This “autobiography” is almost completely made up, but yet from that fiction a lot of truth emerges.