Norm Macdonald early stand up 1989 Yuk Yuks Toronto

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Kane Alson

6 жыл бұрын

( with manually made closed captioning for the hearing impaired )

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@theloniouscoltrane2082 2 жыл бұрын

Here he looks like a young super villain that hasn't had the bad thing happen yet.

@matthewstreasuretrove 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he's the Joker

@MyBoomStick1 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@yoswa5517 2 жыл бұрын

that tragedy

@nonameman7114 Жыл бұрын

Alternate timeline: if The joker was actually funny

@rickdeckard1075 Жыл бұрын

actually has similar features to roseanne

@mattlovesdrums25 2 жыл бұрын

amazing. not even a minute in and he’s already hit the crowd with a “HUH?” hahaha RIP

@develupa 2 жыл бұрын

It's more like a "hnayneh" 😂

@rowdyyeets4532 5 жыл бұрын

The early days of "HAH?!?"

@midinerd 5 жыл бұрын

when it verified truths :) haha

@Chameleonardodavinci 2 жыл бұрын

"Hah???" I swoon everytime

@georgesotiriou7051 6 жыл бұрын

There's something about his eyes. Hypnotic...

@kanealson5200 6 жыл бұрын

3:37

@bunnyblurrz 5 жыл бұрын

odd looking duck

@zztopz7090 4 жыл бұрын

They really are. Shifty, yet hypnotic.

@lusio7182 3 жыл бұрын

satan himself

@nathanwolfe6698 2 жыл бұрын

He was an attractive dude. Something charming, handsome, and gleeful.

@LiquidSpiral 2 жыл бұрын

He’s unbelievably beautiful

@JasonMashak 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant how he could stay on one theme for so long, something so simple as sitting in the back of a car, and pull seemingly limitless, hilarious, and universal material from it.

@winnipeggordo7047 3 жыл бұрын

When other comedians do impressions of Norm they always sound like young Norm.

@expertplace 3 жыл бұрын

winnipeg stinks

@dixonpinfold2582 2 жыл бұрын

Good point.

@aaronreeder5753 7 ай бұрын

I have never heard a good Norm impression. I have always found that super impressive, he was that original.

@Ana_Lev 3 ай бұрын

@@aaronreeder5753 Mark Normand does it naturally

@david_4739 Ай бұрын

ha - so true

@Yahmuddacapiche 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta say he was a pretty good looking lad here. I must be one of those gays

@ecoterrorism_liker7251 2 жыл бұрын

you sir, have won the internet for today

@salmonax4987 2 жыл бұрын

Presumably no doghouse

@hawkeyebricks9905 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not one of those... I'm deeply closeted.

@NobodyCaresALot 2 жыл бұрын

Aw shucks.

@DaveAnchovies 2 жыл бұрын

This is a "thorny" issue

@jacksondrew960 2 жыл бұрын

The only celebrity whose death I’ve mourned.

@dracowolfe305 2 жыл бұрын

Same :( such a real personality.

@rustyshacklefordposter 2 жыл бұрын

edgy

@Hoffmanpack 2 жыл бұрын

Spok and scotty and doc all brought tears to my eyes

@HerbalistGuybrush 2 жыл бұрын

And what about hitler

@sethiddings7293 6 ай бұрын

ditto

@thomasnc 2 жыл бұрын

I do own a doghouse but my god was he a handsome fella.

@OGwakarican 7 ай бұрын

I just know u went to the College of Science There

@Livender 6 ай бұрын

hahahaha what a comment :D

@david_4739 Ай бұрын

I'm a man of a word so I'll finish what I started but I'd just like to say .... this is ridiculous!

@wesleyreiber5643 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best comedians to ever walk this earth!

@SaltBhj 2 жыл бұрын

The best, my friend.

@BileDuctBalderdash 2 жыл бұрын

Localism

@saturdaynightwrist3602 2 жыл бұрын

his cute dimples always gave him innocence no matter what he was saying hahaha. rip legend..

@Freddy-Da-Freeloadah 2 жыл бұрын

@@AmmoGus1 First time I saw a Norm video he was FAT!!! And Russell Brand was his guest. I just could not figure out why Brand was talking to this fat guy who kept telling him about lying on top of a lady.... Dressed in old dirty sweats... IMHO

@respectfulgamer7232 2 жыл бұрын

@@Freddy-Da-Freeloadah What's the opinion? :p

@guillermo907 2 жыл бұрын

@@respectfulgamer7232 its more of a comment

@Chicanery_Artifice 2 жыл бұрын

@@guillermo907 haha nice

@bryangordon831 2 жыл бұрын

I saw him at Yuks the year before. What a blessed memory RIP

@marcspardello1254 2 жыл бұрын

It was a long time ago, but did you notice a difference in that performance with this one?

@thetruthexperiment Жыл бұрын

A year before?? Wow, did he have totally different material or did he do some in this from Back then?

@apastasauce5905 4 жыл бұрын

That one dislike, you guessed it................Frank Stallone

@squishlovesgames5229 2 жыл бұрын

Dan ohlmeyer

@derekk2732 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@nickadams797 3 ай бұрын

Or so the Germans would have you believe.

@BudoReflex 2 жыл бұрын

He is a million years old with the face of an archangel. RIP.

@SUPACONSCIOUS 2 жыл бұрын

"Ya ever buy clothes at a store?" People would answer no to this question today.

@SuperJimmyChanga 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a good angle. Glad they caught him at this angle

@denverdubois5835 2 жыл бұрын

He was 29 or 30 here but he looks much younger. And I'm just realizing, he reminds me a great deal of my lovely, funny college boyfriend. Tall, skinny, with those sensitive hands, sparkling eyes, sharp mind and ineffable air of innocence and mischief. Suddenly a few things make sense LOL...I guess my taste is consistent! Miss you, Norm. You were the very best, and the most loveable, too. You deserved so many more years of life, and we all deserved so many more years of you.

@michaeltellurian825 2 жыл бұрын

So, umm, you don't own a doghouse?

@StrawberryDonutKing 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltellurian825 I gotta tell you a secret! ...Denver is a WOMAN!

@michaeltellurian825 2 жыл бұрын

@@StrawberryDonutKing I see that now. Kind of ruins my comment, doesn't it? (nice reference, btw!)

@MrBezagreen 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is very clearly 29-30 in appearance.

@Yoshsterpalooza 2 жыл бұрын

He looks like someone in their 20s or early 30s, people in their 30s are supposed to be young so the way he looks doesn’t surprise me

@normsstandupvault9862 2 жыл бұрын

Help! I can't stop watching Norm.

@motleysue8171 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a sickness, but I think you’ve got the best one. Smiling and laughing a lot are the main symptoms.

@sibkiss2009 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, there is no cure.

@peterlboyce 8 ай бұрын

I only discovered him 3 mths ago. I'm no idolator . He is still destroying me with all his intelligence Emotional intellectuals! : " 'wwtba millionaire' ..crazee crazee. Bi have heard the same jokes many times and I guffaw louder n louder each time It's like he infused us with the madness of constant happiness. Caring about us as he was dying. Teaching us the essence. His sincerity knew no bounds.His love moreso

@weltschmerz333 5 ай бұрын

same, I just lost lost a loved one and somehow i started binging norms vids the past couple days and its getting me through it, thanks norm 👍

@thepopemichael 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Funnyman. You will be missed.

@nathanvanpelt7216 2 жыл бұрын

he was a good boy that norm.

@hoodootheclown929 2 жыл бұрын

He's a good guy

@midinerd 5 жыл бұрын

His hand mannerisms didn't change over 40 years. Stylin

@pearlmax 5 жыл бұрын

Hold on, let's not get ahead of ourselves now.

@mommyslilstinker 2 жыл бұрын

he was SO HANDSOME WTF

@jeffemerson6122 2 жыл бұрын

I MET NORM AT RIVERDOWNS IN CINCINNATI N THE GUY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY NICER TOO ME. JUST A NORMAL GUY. FUCKING LEGEND! R.I.P.

@mikekellykrumenacker3768 2 жыл бұрын

I always figured he was a down to Earth nice guy. Glad to hear that. Norm. Best ever!

@steveschellenberg7485 Жыл бұрын

If Norm was a normal guy the world would be a much better place

@jwelda1 9 ай бұрын

A normal guy? The man was deeply closeted

@tjwhisenhunt1089 7 ай бұрын

@@jwelda1 how do you know? Did he not own a doghouse?

@weltschmerz333 5 ай бұрын

@@jwelda1 he used something called "Mangrate" I assume its some toy, as they call them

@mika4269 2 жыл бұрын

he was so fucking fine oh my GOOOODDDD

@ElGordo2497 2 жыл бұрын

Gone way too soon. I can't get over it.

@georgeorwell126 2 жыл бұрын

What did we learn here? Norm MacDonald has always been funny!!!

@wyskass861 2 жыл бұрын

And he liked including hats in jokes from the start.

@ripevanwinkle494 2 жыл бұрын

God damn norm had some beautiful dreamy eyes

@stevenmccart5455 2 жыл бұрын

His delivery is soo perfect. I've been searching for anything I haven't heard before and I guess I've seen them all. What a shame there won't be any more.

@chriscatton705 2 жыл бұрын

I've had a crush on him my whole life. He's so perfect.

@peterthompsonfunny 2 жыл бұрын

Chris Kattan, is that you?!

@chriscatton705 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterthompsonfunny pretty much!

@weltschmerz333 5 ай бұрын

me too, hes the perfect gay boyfriend

@looptheloopish 5 жыл бұрын

It's a wonder any comedian doesn't give up after the first show.

@kennysmith1925 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of them, if not most do give up somewhere along the way. Even Rodney Dangerfield did but he eventually came back when he was older

@whataloadofbollox 2 жыл бұрын

@@kennysmith1925 and thank god he did, you know what I'm sayin, no respect.

@Hoffmanpack 2 жыл бұрын

@@whataloadofbollox you know my wife, she doesent laugh at my jokes, so I asked her, why don't you laugh, she said she was laughing all night long at a norm Macdonald show. I tell ya I get no respect!

@RS-ni3lj 2 жыл бұрын

They're all masochists.

@Profile.4 2 жыл бұрын

Why

@sgonged 2 жыл бұрын

Norm was 30 years old here. Looks like he is 15.

@Synthpoptroubadour 2 жыл бұрын

No he looks 30

@VideoAmericanStyle 2 жыл бұрын

That would be one incredibly tall and old looking 15 year old.

@Yoshsterpalooza 2 жыл бұрын

Someone in their 30s is still a young person, he looks like what a 30 year old should look like

@uhlexseeuh 2 жыл бұрын

@@VideoAmericanStyle lol

@chakreshsingh 5 жыл бұрын

The way he says aaaaa

@1stNationer 2 жыл бұрын

No driver’s license to driving in the back alone then in the back middle to truck driving. Done oh so effortlessly. What a story teller!

@mitchellcurtis4683 2 жыл бұрын

It really liked the fact it was unproduced. It looks like it was filmed as a final test for some material. He filmed it and was timing it. Club stand up is a skill and Norm was a master.

@johnliberty3647 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the closed caption, I accidentally went deaf with getting old. Although I can hear with the right headphones I know that if they break I can come back here and laugh as Amazon delivers the next pair. I miss Norm, he was my favorite Comedian.

@Sniperboy5551 Жыл бұрын

Accidentally? Lol

@MisterSingh. 7 ай бұрын

HUH?! @@Sniperboy5551

@wyskass861 2 жыл бұрын

Norm's style and delivery changed a bit over time, but the one thing that never changed, was his inclusion of hats in jokes. That's right, Norm loves hat jokes.

@mytyrel420 2 жыл бұрын

No thoughts at all... just a hat!!!

@wyskass861 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJx0hNpjl7LQhIk.html

@brentcrude8153 2 жыл бұрын

“In a brilliant move during closing arguments, Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran put on the knit cap prosecutors say O.J. wore during the night of the murders. Although O.J. may have hurt his case when he suddenly blurted out, ‘Hey, hey. Easy with that! That’s my lucky stabbing hat!’”

@DstrtdMnd 2 жыл бұрын

It's really old hat

@overnightdelivery Жыл бұрын

It's an oversized hat. Like a regular hat.. but bigger. It's funny.

@LoLo-hs7bp 2 жыл бұрын

Can we please appreciate the amazing camera job? Well done!!!

@nicksinger1698 2 жыл бұрын

he was the exact same person then compared to 30 years later. Amazing

@rstyknfe 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see him keep moving his hand up to take a drag but forget he doesn't have a lit cigarette.

@antant4287 2 жыл бұрын

You can already see the absolute "I don't give a fuck" in him. The sweetest psychopath to ever walk the earth.

@chrisk6668 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, I don't think you know what a psychopath is.

@vincentgiordano7510 Жыл бұрын

I never heard this bit He had endless material.

@kellychristiansolo 2 жыл бұрын

His early comedy footage cracks me up. His Canadian accent was really thick back then.

@mytyrel420 2 жыл бұрын

C, eh?... N, eh?... D, eh? :-D

@thomasnc 2 жыл бұрын

What Canadian accent? Maybe I don't notice it because I'm Canadian.

@jishcatg 2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasnc It was thickest when he talked about putting a big driveway in front of your 'hoase' and truckers would show up. Although, to be fair, that feature ranges form the Dakotas to Buffalo I think.

@DstrtdMnd 2 жыл бұрын

His thick juicy Canadian accent

@abgh7853 2 жыл бұрын

Wow the quality is really high for that time

@BrendanBeckett Ай бұрын

The video quality? Not really, it's just not been through several layers of recording like most old clips on youtube have

@jessperson9750 2 жыл бұрын

It's so weird seeing him be the same old boss but the year i was born. Maaan... Miss the dude

@areyoutheregoditsmedave 2 жыл бұрын

You can really tell how influenced Norm was by David Letterman in his early years.

@develupa 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but this makes me sad (in a good way), sentimental, and nostalgic all at once...

@frame-perfectadskip9159 2 жыл бұрын

@@develupa It's because he's dead. He died.

@pizzapizza2225 2 жыл бұрын

@@frame-perfectadskip9159 What? I didn’t even know he was sick

@dangerous8333 2 жыл бұрын

Which always seemed odd to me. I never found Dave funny as a comedian. He's a good straight guy though.

@lcunash8093 2 жыл бұрын

@@frame-perfectadskip9159 that actually made me chuckle, thanks.

@redwood1133 Жыл бұрын

You gotta get in the mind state of 1989…. Jesus how far we’ve come since then…

@TheLastProzacNation Жыл бұрын

Most beautiful man I've ever seen

@thomasipkiss8793 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is so attractive 😂 Now I’m wondering if I own a dog house….or not…

@verlinswarey507 3 жыл бұрын

As a trucker,I can vouch for that bit about looking for big parking lots. We also like good food,though too!

@angelaoehley809 2 жыл бұрын

Funny, handsome, so funny 😂. Loved him on the “fake” news. He came back from that situation better than ever & now he’s making his idols laugh in Heaven. RIP Norm 🙏☮️✝️💜

@bambam6488 Жыл бұрын

The angels are laughing their asses off right now.

@averageenjoyer147 3 жыл бұрын

"You ever buy clothes at a store?...Hah?"

@michaeltellurian825 2 жыл бұрын

That's the takeaway.

@shaboebaboe7482 2 жыл бұрын

Folks weren't too big on ordering their clothes online bank then

@TheJimprez 2 жыл бұрын

That hit home. I had a grade six teacher that was the BEST. EVER. SHe was our mom, friend and, helper for ANYTHING we needed. .. . RITA. In 1982 Gatineau. She gave the whole class 50cebnt mini-Loto tickets for Christmas. She got FIRED because we were wre underaged..And lotteries are only for adults.. The saddest day of my life, even if it was grade 6 and I,d never see her again anyways.

@nmarbletoe8210 2 жыл бұрын

she thought she was serving a youthful porpoise

@liambrammall1764 8 ай бұрын

So poignant.

@johnheath970 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad this exists!!!!!

@RandyVanSykes 2 жыл бұрын

I've been Utubing Norm for a week....so much great stuff. Miss him.

@jackievegas6987 2 жыл бұрын

I’m Norms biggest fan. He knows what he’s doing and was plenty polished. He did the back seat middle on his first A&E Improv a year or two later. I disagree with people here who thinks he is testing stuff out and still green. He had been working steady since early eighties and was just about ready to break here. He looked young but he was already a killer act.

@LennyTheFreakOG 2 жыл бұрын

No im his biggest fan ! haha ;D

@mojoschmee9320 2 жыл бұрын

@@LennyTheFreakOG You guys are confused. I'm his biggest fan.

@LennyTheFreakOG 2 жыл бұрын

@@mojoschmee9320 nuh uh

@maureentrant5588 2 жыл бұрын

👈🏻😘

@Threedog1963 2 жыл бұрын

I can relate to the back seat passenger bit. 2 of my best friends in high school always sat in the front of his 73 beetle. I was always the back seat passenger. This bit brought back memories. LOL. Haven't seen those ass clowns in 35 years.

@Georgetto89 2 жыл бұрын

He was so Handsome

@VisualTreats4U 2 жыл бұрын

2:56 Amazing to see the Professor of Logic in the audience!

@maureentrant5588 2 жыл бұрын

Norm was GORGEOUS!!!! And I’m straight as an arrow (*sigh).💔🥀🕊

@chrislopez44 5 жыл бұрын

"it's livestock but it notices me there!"

@tylerlavoie7874 5 жыл бұрын

Love early norm standup

@Truther2001 2 жыл бұрын

Norm was 29 or 30 here!

@tracylf5409 4 ай бұрын

How gorgeous was he? Oh, Norm! I'm so, SO sorry you left us. I'm so sincerely sorry for your close friends & family's loss. You were just an amazingly, lovely, funny person. Why are you gone & the Rump still here to torment us? If there were a deity, this would NEVER happen. I miss you so much. xx

@Vanilla-jd1ez 5 ай бұрын

Norm is my favorite. He was loved more than he could of known.

@SaltBhj 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit he was great from the get-go

@pdestefano 2 жыл бұрын

The mirror jokes alone are just epic - already great

@ooshogunoo6004 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the algorithm for randomly giving me an old norm vid. RIP Legend

@iurizur8526 2 жыл бұрын

This is so early on, the only thing missing is his answering machine bit

@V-is4Val 2 жыл бұрын

Oh Norm, your Canadian is showing

@mrbard1 5 жыл бұрын

He looks like Tom Hanks circa Big movie title

@tickedoffnow 2 жыл бұрын

So young and Canadian 😁😘

@ParkerPPipe 2 жыл бұрын

Unreal how handsome he was

@diggitywaxenhausen9011 2 жыл бұрын

tom green screaming out at the start was great.

@BigWokstar 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing the come ups and its amazing to see it all evolve in videos

@schlafin 2 жыл бұрын

I love that he's been saying "trembling logs" for the last 30 years

@Tuherd 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Buddy we love you!

@aquatarkus2022 2 жыл бұрын

Great Salinger reference at the end. Classic Norm.

@Alsatiagent 2 жыл бұрын

It's more of a John Lennon reference.

@khester7397 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a Jodie Foster reference.

@Alsatiagent 2 жыл бұрын

@@khester7397 Yes. That too.

@good2seeyou763 2 жыл бұрын

@@Alsatiagent It even goes back to Lee Harvey Oswald who had a copy of Catcher in the Rye at his home. It is like an assassins' handbook.

@Alsatiagent 2 жыл бұрын

@@good2seeyou763 Did not know that. In the 1960's many people had a copy. The covers were all the same deep red colour. My son's mother destroyed mine. But i'm not angry anymore.

@andrewdouris6035 Жыл бұрын

I lived 2 mins from that Yuk Yuks in 1989. Yorkville and Bay. I used to pop in all the time.

@ogshoeplugogshoeplug5039 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Norm, we love you!

@cassandrajoiner9933 2 жыл бұрын

14:51 His 'lady voice' never changed. Lol. Love the trucker bit. AAAAHH.

@kbrown4ou 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a great routine by Norm. Thanks for posting it. I haven’t read all the comments; wonder if the guy who got kicked out left one. Nah, he’s probably still trying to find himself one of them hats.

@mariumeplume9562 2 жыл бұрын

He's done it all!!! He's Norm Macdonald!

@fishinwithshredders5112 2 жыл бұрын

rip norm. we miss you

@thecommondingus 2 жыл бұрын

Young Norm sounds like everybody's Norm impression

@apastasauce5905 4 жыл бұрын

Those 2 dislikes?.....you guessed it Frank Stallone........and that acid-tongued Arab

@dalerohling5989 2 жыл бұрын

OJ must not have seen this yet.

@rigsby1454 2 жыл бұрын

'you know when you buy clothes from a store' how does he make that funny?!

@frenchy7474 2 жыл бұрын

I've watch sets from the 80's from Robin Williams, Jim Carrey etc. They did not age well. Unlike Norm who's set still fire 30 years later.

@Mikehuntisdry 2 жыл бұрын

Jim Carrey doing impressions was gold

@mikemurray3962 2 жыл бұрын

Should someone tell him?

@AbstrACTioNation 2 жыл бұрын

… Eddie Murphy

@kanealson5200 6 жыл бұрын

I see David Letterman in his mannerisms and style in the early days.

@YoureRatherDumb 4 жыл бұрын

Norm in 1986. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/es2PftGf1dy1fIk.html

@paulcolbourne9112 3 жыл бұрын

@@YoureRatherDumb I didn't know he was even doing comedy in the mid 80's. Is that date accurate?

@georgeharrison1182 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulcolbourne9112 yes. He started in 1984 I believe. Of course there’s no video because he was a bad open micer like everyone else haha

@paulcolbourne9112 2 жыл бұрын

@@georgeharrison1182 I think that must be true because the politicians he's talking about in this bit were in office in '84.

@blackkened1 2 жыл бұрын

So, there was this guy named Norm, yeah, from Canada..he was the norm of Canada,...but not Canadas norm. Well, fuck, yes he was CANADAS NORM🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦