‘Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald’: Five Biggest Takeaways, From the SNL Firing to Concealing His Cancer Diagnosis
Norm Macdonald wasn’t for everyone.
Variety reports: Norm Macdonald wasn’t for everyone.
Armed with a deadpan delivery, devil-may-care attitude and cracker-barrel charm, the Canadian comic got his start writing for “Roseanne” before earning acclaim as the host of SNL’s Weekend Update, where his unrelenting ridicule of O.J. Simpson for being an alleged murderer — Macdonald was adamant that it wasn’t so “alleged”
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