https://variety.com/2021/tv/ne...dies-snl-1235064570/
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Man.
Loved that guy. Dead pan and understated….and my fucking age.
Watch Hitlers dog sometime, guy was a genius.
Also listen to his Bob Uecker stories
One of the greatest OJ Simpson jokes ever told was made by Norm Macdonald at the ESPYs and it came out of nowhere. Absolute gold.pic.twitter.com/fGfjxGaUap
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 14, 2021
Norm MacDonald on battles with cancer: “I’m pretty sure, I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure if you die, the cancer dies at the same time. That’s not a loss. That’s a draw.”
@El-Ka-Bong posted:Watch Hitlers dog sometime, guy was a genius.
Also listen to his Bob Uecker stories
Yeah, I did that...and not sure what to think about Uecker after some of the stuff Norm and Artie claimed he said. I hope it was them exaggerating.
@Maynard posted:Yeah, I did that...and not sure what to think about Uecker after some of the stuff Norm and Artie claimed he said. I hope it was them exaggerating.
If what they said is true, I'm worried that he's eventually going to forget to hit the cough button and say something that will get him in trouble.
I'd love to hear the actual Uecker/Drysdale story that Lange couldn't even tell to Howard Stern.
He's a pro. Nothing to worry about
As Jim Gaffigan said, “Norm was punishingly funny”. He really was.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:If what they said is true, I'm worried that he's eventually going to forget to hit the cough button and say something that will get him in trouble.
I'd love to hear the actual Uecker/Drysdale story that Lange couldn't even tell to Howard Stern.
Did you and I hear different stories about the Uke or did you just dislike the cursing.
Can’t recall where I heard it, but he curses like a sailor and is, let’s say, not very PC…he deftly switches in and out of mode as he is on and off air.
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@Goalline posted:Did you and I hear different stories about the Uke or did you just dislike the cursing.
It's not the swearing. It's the lewd comments about women. Uecker supposedly would hit the cough button and say things like "look at the tits on that whore." There was also a comment about how he called his co-star on Mr. Belvidere was a "huge fu**ing fa*" EKB posted the link above.
My memory is confirmed. Seen (sic) that somewhere.
@El-Ka-Bong posted:He's a pro. Nothing to worry about
Ya, like all the other pros that have forgotten NOT to say stuff…..how many announcers have lost their job because they didn’t turn off their mic……LOTS.
As EKB noted, Ueck is a pro. There shall be no missteps.
@H5 posted:As EKB noted, Ueck is a pro. There shall be no missteps.
He's also 87 years old. The chances for a misstep with the cough button aren't going to decrease.
If he has a misstep with the button, it will likely and sadly be time for Bob to sign off.
Yeah, the comments on women and the Mr. Belvedere costar made me sad. I am still a fan of him, but this makes me look at him a little differently I guess.
But again, were Norm and Artie possibly embellishing those stories?
Never idolize anyone.
If Bob gets canceled for homophobic and misogynistic utterances, there’s always a career waiting for him in rap music.
@Blair Kiel posted:If Bob gets canceled for homophobic and misogynistic utterances, there’s always a career waiting for him in rap music.
Hell, he could be president