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This ol' chunk of coal.

—Norm Macdonald So I says to the guy I says to the guy I says...

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What happens when a Deadpan Snarker and a Cloudcuckoolander have a kid. Oh, and they're both nihilists. Well, that or The Joker. Wait, Norm Macdonald is The Joker!

Norman Gene Macdonald (born October 17, 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian-born comedian who started on Saturday Night Live (though SNL has had a lot of Canadian cast members, like Phil Hartman, Dan Aykroyd, and Mike Myers, Norm is the only one who was not born in Ontario. Norm was born in Quebec and grew up in Alberta) during the show's 19th season (1993-1994). Though he appeared in sketches on the show (his impressions of Burt Reynolds and Larry King were hilarious), he was most widely known for the "Weekend Update" segment, which was considered by many critics and viewers alike to be the only reason to watch Saturday Night Live when it was limping to the barn with Seasonal Rot during the show's 20th season and rumors spread that NBC was going to cancel SNL yet again. Chevy Chase, the original host of the segment, has gone on record calling Macdonald the best of his successors.

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After a rather ignominious split from the show (and when the show was starting to become popular again), he did some movies and TV shows, none of which met or exceeded the success he had on SNL. His appearances on late night talk shows are quite popular, for he has a tendency to lampshade the tropes of whatever medium he is currently operating in.

Known as a comedian for comedians, he's foremost a master of Anti-Humor. His comedic method can usually be distilled down to a three step process:

1. Tell Joke.

2. Joke is so cheesy, it's bad.

3. It's so bad, it's good.

Trope Namer for Germans Love David Hasselhoff, after a recurring bit from "Weekend Update", keeping viewers apprised of the Baywatch actor/producer's extracurricular exploits In Germany.

His most recent series was a sports show on Comedy Central called Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, essentially a sports-themed version of his "Weekend Update" performances, which was cancelled after one season despite regularly having over a million viewers an episode. His current project is a weekly podcast on YouTube called Norm Macdonald Live.

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Since 2014, he's been voicing Pigeon on Mike Tyson Mysteries. In 2015, he starred as the Colonel in Kentucky Fried Chicken's advertising. In late 2016, he authored a book called "Based on a True Story", very loosely based on his life. He also currently supplies the voice for the gelatinous crewman Yaphit on The Orville.

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