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The Joe Rogan Experience: https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
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The Tim Dillon Show: https://open.spotify.com/show/2gRd1woKiAazAKPWPkHjds
Good For You: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AgQSpalNK5OwhQjWFmAEr
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,1,A tribute documentary about Norm, his incident in Iowa, his philosophies, and the things he kept quiet. I tried to condense what I love about Norm into this tribute.
*Apologies if you experience incessant ads, a music label is controlling this entire video for a song clip I used. Learned my lesson on that front at least.
There are a lot of people I trust to make me laugh, but with Norm it’s almost like there’s also this element of joy you get beyond just humor. Joy from his demeanor and originality, even if the joke flops.
Hopefully I didn't misrepresent any of his thoughts or events, just trying to spread Norm far and wide and add to all the awesome content out there, and hopefully introduce more people to him who would have a chance to connect with his unique life and comedic style.
For me a big part of Norm's genius was that he didn't see value in posturing, possessions, or regarding himself above others - as is the default in Hollywood…he was just a guy. And for me, it's very refreshing that his life exists as this beacon/role model.
Thanks for watching and thanks to r/NormMacdonald which led me to many useful links/articles/clips.
Because some have asked - the book he is reading is his own novel (fake memoir) titled "Based on a True Story".
Revisions:
-On graduating at 14…someone brought up a good point I didn’t put together. Norm used to lie about his age haha so it’s possible graduating at 14 was just a confusion with his actual birthdate and he’s just really bright, but not savant. Hard to find anything on this. I saw somewhere else that he “skipped the last two years” of HS (and Norm would always lie and tell people he dropped out.)
-It’s *possible* Regis was genuinely concerned about Norm “losing” the $500,000 for charity. Reportedly he doesn’t know the answers beforehand. I could have been more objective there.
-Also, I think it's important to mention - Norm discussing not disclosing cancer is in a "show business" sense. I could have provided more context. Personally, I don't take his message as "you should hide cancer from your family". He probably knew that if he told any more than a few people word would get out, and his comedic work would be tarnished with pity.
-(typo) Comedian Lara Ray should be “Lara Rae”
-The music got much louder than I wanted in some parts, I will be sure to listen to the final draft on both headphones and my phone before uploading in the future.
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Podcast episode sources:
WTF Marc Maron: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6c4O2B2L1V6OMgzDHh1Vua
Comedy Album Bookclub: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fpZUV08br5vpQPdJnQ0Lz
Theo Von/Jim Breuer (Iowa Story): https://open.spotify.com/episode/18GDB8paYnHA8h7IYTeVka
Conan O'Brien: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PRdqcSkRnZuYpznfIubu4
All 45 Full Norm Macdonald Live Video Podcast episodes are available for free viewing/download on the Internet Archive, there's a real jerk of a channel on YouTube is trying to charge people for them: https://archive.org/details/Norm_Macdonald_Live
I uploaded all the newspaper clippings I found using a newspaper archive site here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1schs3Ouhg8Xhm3OWJHhgB2fYU3EcxBsR?usp=sharing
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