After Michaels quietly rehired Downey, he focused on writing “Weekend Update” with its new anchor, Norm Macdonald. “Norm didn’t think you should sell a joke,” Downey said.

Norm Macdonald was never the most popular guy with audiences. He was fired from Saturday Night Live. His various movies and sitcoms often under-performed. Many of his friends and fellow stand-up ...

Comedian Norm Macdonald, who privately battled cancer for years before his death in 2021, garnered a nod for his final standup special, Netflix’s Norm Macdonald: Nothin’ Special.

"Norm was working hard preparing material for his Netflix special — until COVID shut things down," a title card on the Netflix series explained. "In the summer of 2020, he was scheduled to ...

Netflix relased Norm Macdonald's secret stand-up comedy special on May 30. The final one-hour show was shot eight months before Macdonald's death.

Verdict Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special — a one room, one take stand-up routine recorded before Macdonald’s death — captures what made him so uniquely and absurdly funny.

Netflix said Macdonald “shot this in one take” while “at home, the night before going in.” “Hey everybody, it’s Norm Macdonald and this is my comedy special,” he began.

Macdonald is gone, but he was able to orchestrate his own curtain call, saying goodbye with a little help from his friends. “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special” premieres May 30 on Netflix.

Macdonald stayed with the SNL cast until 1998. He was also well-loved for his stand-up performances and late-night talk show appearances, most notably a five-minute long joke on Conan about a moth ...