Where to Stream: Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog Gossip and Trickery

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Norm Macdonald’s curmudgeonly, say anything attitude has won him a loyal fanbase over his lengthy comedy career. Of course as Saturday Night Live scholars can attest, Macdonald’s habit of saying whatever he wants whenever he wants has sometimes gotten him into trouble.

Whether or not that happened again over the weekend remains unclear; what we do know, however, is that Macdonald did delete a tweet that was lightly critical of Netflix, which is the home of his most recent standup special Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery.

On Saturday morning, June 3, Macdonald tweeted that he learned that Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery would not be submitted for Emmy consideration because it was not “important” enough to merit an awards season push. Macdonald later deleted the tweet, which was preserved via screengrab below:

That turned out to not be the case, however, which may be why Macdonald deleted the tweet. A Netflix spokesperson informed Decider that Hitler’s Dog was submitted for Emmy consideration in the Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, and Outstanding Variety Special categories.

The special is also included on Netflix’s For Your Consideration site–although that site is not necessarily representative of everything that Netflix will be submitting for Emmy consideration. That said, the site does give a handy glimpse of just how much content Netflix has put out in the last year alone. For instance, did you know Netflix put out over 30 stand-up specials in the last year? Macdonald’s, which got the thumbs up from Decider’s Sean L. McCarthy, is still just one of almost three dozen specials Netflix could campaign for.

Hitler’s Dog was submitted for Emmy consideration in the Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, and Outstanding Variety Special categories.

While Netflix’s users have given the special an average of 4 stars, Norm himself wasn’t to keen on his latest offering when he spoke with the Daily Dot last month. “Eh. It’s dumb,” said Macdonald. “I don’t like it that much to tell you the truth… But the material is good. I like the material. The material was strong enough to pull me through the special. If I had another chance to do it, it would be entirely different. The material would be entirely different. But, it is what it is. It’s not that important anyway because it will still be one of the top 100 comedy specials that Netflix puts out this year.”

It’s at least one of the top 33 comedy specials Netflix has on their For Your Consideration site.

Where to watch Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip and Trickery