Topic: Sports Show, Norm Macdonald
Time for another exciting blog about "Sports Show With Norm Macdonald". This time, Week 7, May 24, 2011. It was another jam-packed episode, so I will just report the highlights. The question is where to begin because once again, all the jokes were so good, it's hard to pick the best, but I'll try.
We got to see a video of "Norm" from his body building days, which got a huge positive response from the audience. However Norm hopes it doesn't live on You Tube forever "long after I'm dead, out of context".
Three-year-old colt Shackleford redeemed himself by winning the Preakness. But as Norm reports, Shackleford doesn't understand the concept of redemption because he's a (bleep) horse.
The Chicago Cubs made it to Fenway Park for the first time since the 1918 World Series. Norm said some people think they threw the 1918 series against The Red Sox. Then suddenly, there is "Breaking News From The Past" with Norm from 1918 reporting that The Cubs are being accused of throwing the World Series. 1918 Norm says "Don't I know it." and shows off his winnings from the bet he made on the game. Present day Norm tries to tell 1918 Norm to invest the money, but Norm 1918 has other plans--hooch and dames, prompting present day Norm to say "I'm my own worst enemy." (My apologies for the over-use of "1918 Norm" and "present day Norm", but you try keeping them straight while writing about this bit without using those phrases a lot.)
Next is a report on a dog dressed up outside a Mets game and being forced to beg for money. Norm agrees with the people outraged over this. He says the executive producer of "Sports Show", agrees too. Then they show her--a cute dog named Stella dressed up herself, who apparently likes to text too much. She's one talented dog. I don't think even Lassie can text, can she?
It looks like "Wide World of Sports Show" is becoming a permanent feature on the show, and I'm loving it! It fits in perfectly!
"Oh, Google" returns, and there is good news to report. Apparently, Google staff members watch "Sports Show" and know that Norm Macdonald is a man you should listen to. Norm reported that the day after the previous week's show with the first installment of "Oh, Google" aired, Google removed all their sexist NBA suggestions. Norm compliments them, but decided to test the waters again with other searches like "men's serve" and "women's serve". Once again, Google failed the test. My favorite search result was he decided to search for "Women's Beach Volley Ball". He got as far as "Women's Be" when some suggestions came up. One was "women be shoppin". It makes me laugh every time!
Favorite Segment of the Week--Norm reported that last year, 23 of the top 50 women golfers were Korean. So he sent "Sports Show" writer Ben Hoffman (@BeniHoff on Twitter) to Koreatown where Norm said they learned that Korean women are the best because of hard work and discipline. However, when they cut to Ben, he informed Norm that he is wrong. It's because of genetics. (By the way, is it really a good idea to tell the host that he's wrong?) Then Ben set out to prove his theory--after going through four different women to find a Korean translator, while using the others as crew members, they interviewed several Korean women and one Korean man to find out why Korean women are so good at golf. Ben finally found a woman who never golfed in her life to prove his theory. He had her take a couple swings, and she missed both times. Back at the studio, Norm told him he was wrong, but Ben wasn't backing down. He said he still has hope and brought out the same Korean woman (Jean Kwon--Hope I spelled that correctly.) to try again. Even Norm can't keep a straight face at this point, which I get a kick out of. Now, I don't know if she really was someone they found on the street or if she is really in show business. But if she really was someone they just found on the street, I have only one thing to say. PLEASE get this woman a show! She is just too dang funny! This time, she hit the ball, but missed the hole.
"What the H?" started out with Norm reporting that Charles Barkley said "Every pro athelete has played on a team with a gay guy. Yet, no active player in a major sport has come out of the closet." Norm took this opportunity to let us in on the ground rules for an athlete to come out: 1. You have to be good--preferably an all-star. 2. You also have to be good looking. 3. No fatties. 4. Don't come out in Nashville. No one wants to be known as a Gay Predator. But if you play for the Tampa Bay Rays, that's ok because you'd be a gay Ray, which sounds like something you would use to zap others into becoming gay. Norm decided to out a gay athlete. You guessed it--Shackleford! But no human athletes as of yet. He did point out you don't have to be gay and used Derek Jeeter for an example. He could pretend to be gay then pretend to come out of the closet. Then everyone else will come out. But he was quick to point out that no matter if you are gay or not, just love one another. There is no need to be homophobic. Oh, thank you, Norm, for once again throwing some words of wisdom into your routine! Love it when you do that!
One minute five seconds was on the clock for garbage time. My favorite joke was "Hunting is the only sport where you get to eat your opponent." Then finishes with "Well, that and racquetball." Unfortunately, the clock beat Norm again. Maybe week 8 will be Norm's turn.
Well, there you have it. If you are watching "Sports Show With Norm Macdonald", great! If not, what are you waiting for? June 7th is the season finale. And don't forget their website/blog at http://sportsshow.comedycentral.com/. The writers on the blog are some of the funniest writers you'll ever run into!
Until next time...