Topic: Norm Macdonald, comedy
As I have been reading over my blog entries, it occurred to me that I may not have adequately described how much I love and admire Norm Macdonald. I have said I am a huge fan, but I don't think I have really explained why. That is what this blog entry is for.
Norm Macdonald may have been MIA for a while, but he is definitely back, better than ever! Not long ago, I found him on Twitter. Since he has been on Twitter, the man has been tweeting almost non-stop. Out of all the celebs I have been following since I joined Twitter, he is the most dedicated tweeter of them all. He tweets almost daily, and most of those days, he tweets constantly throughout the day. If he skips a day, I start going through withdrawl. He tweeted through the ENTIRE Oscars telecast, has been tweeting sports jokes in preparation for his upcoming sports show, and has been tweeting The Masters for two days now. Tomorrow he will be tweeting live during the Comedy Awards, but before that he is going to have a special "NormCast" announcing during the entire Masters from his living room. We're talking a live audio stream here, not tweeting, btw. Who else do you know who would do all this just for his fans? There are times lately when he just tweets one word--"Hello", which for some reason, I find totally hysterical. He's probably the only comedian I know of who can make me laugh just by saying "Hello". The strange part is there are tons of celebs on Twitter, many for the first time. No one makes a big deal about it. But Norm gets on Twitter, and it's suddenly a major deal. Everyone is talking about it! He was even on "Letterman" talking about it and trying to teach Dave about Twitter. (Dave didn't get it, btw.). I think that is saying a lot. And that is that Norm is hot right now. The latest "internet sensation".
In addition to his tweeting, he has done a Comedy Central special, and he can be found on GSN hosting "High Stakes Poker". He's probably the only person who can get me to watch an hour of poker. Even Gabe Kaplan couldn't achieve that. His next venture is going to be a sports show on Comedy Central called "Sports Show With Norm Macdonald", which debuts April 12 at 10:30 p.m. eastern. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm excited, and I'm very sports challenged. But I'm a dedicated Norm Macdonald fan, so I'll be watching. Go Norm!
Oh, and if you want to listen to Norm's live audio stream of The Masters, you can go to this link:
http://sportsshow.comedycentral.com/norm-macdonald-live/
