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i have an incredible amount of willpower not posting this yesterday. i fucking love norm macdonald. i think he’s funnier now than when he was on snl.
this pops in my head all the time and i laugh.
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When did Late Night comedy talk shows become a platform for social issues? I actually prefer Fallon’s silly gimmick to the others. Sometimes it’s nice to just tune out.
Who are Roseanne's "victims"? She sent a racist tweet. She did not harm anyone. This is ridiculous. Poor Norm.
They had to cancel. If Norm had told one of his patently long 5 minute jokes Fallon would have giggled himself to death.
Leno didn’t cancel Hugh Grant, so I doubt he would have canceled Norm. He might have become a total cheesedick but he always looked out for other comics (And no, I am not calling Hugh Grant a comic).
Bumped from The Tonight Show?
To phrase it in another way: Has this #MeToo movement really extended to the outside of the entertainment industry or is it still just a media blitz that just seeks uniformity of opinion in it’s limited circles?
He's one of the most revered comedians alive. Who are you?
This. He said nothing that should cancel a talk show appearance or halt Netflix from airing his show, although I’m sure there are some idiots who think otherwise. He had some bad takes, but those are his opinions. He is allowed to think them, and when there is only “controversial” opinions, there should be no…
I’m pretty sure Fallon could just tousle his way out of it.
Agreed, he’s very funny but I definitely don’t expect him to have an enlightened take on anything. That’s kind of his entire shtick; being a blunt blockhead.
If a friend of mine killed somebody, I probably wouldn’t cut them out of my life. Definitely not if my belief is that culture, for centuries has been normalizing killing people.
If you believe the actions these people take have been normalized forever, I don’t get the rush to condemn them forever. You can argue they…
In this case I feel like it’s less about “deplatforming” Norm and more that Fallon/The Tonight Show wouldn’t want to get into this conversation or talk about the comments made and so if they were to avoid it they’d get called out afterwards for dancing around the topic. Sort of a lose lose scenario in their eyes so…
You don’t know why Norm would get a spot on a late night talk show? He’s possibly the best talk show guest ever. Go look at his countless spots with Letterman and Conan. They have millions of hits on YouTube. Plus, he’s promoting his Netflix show.
He has a talk show starting on Netflix on Friday, so he’s doing interviews and making appearances to promote it.
i’ve loved norm forever and i will definitely continue to support him, but you can support someone and still be critical of them being dumbasses.
This was the wrong move. CK and roseanne did bad things, and are rightly feeling the consequences for them. He had a super bad take that somehow they were being unfairly maligned, but nothing he said was deplatform worthy. It was dumb, and stupid but not offensive, or slanderous.
Now I question as to a lifelong C…
What a world. Someone generates controversy and so a talk show cancels his already-scheduled appearance. (!)
meh. Fuck Jimmy Fallon. I’m not interested in patting that dude on the back for anything.