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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nati...at-61/3271686/
Norm Macdonald, an influential comedian known for anchoring the Weekend Update desk on "Saturday Night Live," has died.
The comedian’s longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra, who was with him at the time of his death Tuesday, said Macdonald had been battling cancer for nearly a decade but was determined to keep his health struggles private, away from family, friends and fans.
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Wife just told me.
This is so very sad. So many two bit comedians doing political commentary disguised as comedy are alive and well but one of the guys who just wanted to be funny has to be taken. Why couldn't it be any of the late night show hosts instead?
Very upsetting.
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F**k that sucks. He was a legend, from SNL, his appearances on Conan and Letterman, to his standup he just knew how to make people laugh in the most brilliant ways.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning.”
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That is moderately depressing news.
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I hope he filmed his own SNL Weekend Update memorial message...
Funny, intelligent, irreverent guy.
The Second Amendment ACKNOWLEDGES our right to own and bear arms that are in common use that can be used for lawful purposes. The arms can be restricted ONLY if subject to historical analogue from the founding era or is dangerous (unsafe) AND unusual.
It's that simple.
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OJ Simpson did it.
And yeah, Norm Macdonald and Phil Hartman were the last of the SNL funny guys. When it became the Tina Fey / Amy Pohler politics show it nose dived hard.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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One of the last of the old-school, savage, stand-up comedians. If it was funny, he’d say it right to your damn face.
He was on the Tonight Show with Conan when NBC announced they were giving Leno a 10pm slot for a talk show that was essentially The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in prime time -
“Hey, you remember when NBC said you weren’t gonna have to follow Leno anymore?”
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Norm at his finest:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OyznACXeAUc
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Note to self....
It may be my age, but he was the one who put the weekend update on my radar when I watched SNL because it was all funny back then, and Norm was no exception. He shined even amongst Farley, Spade, Sandler, Meadows etc.
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He had some savage humor - I liked him.
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