Levine and Isaacs spoke with Entertainment Weekly in 2020 for their series on perfect TV punchlines. Here’s the joke Levine called “so stressful,” and Isaacs’ pick for favorite Norm joke. One ‘Cheers’ ...

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 ...

O.J. Simpson’s death was greeted with an outpouring of love… for Norm MacDonald. Ohlmeyer fired Macdonald from the Weekend Update gig after he continued to joke about Simpson following his acquittal. ...

Conan O’Brien tipped his hat to the late, great Norm Macdonald, remembering the comedian in particular for his eviscerating comic takes on former NFL star O.J. Simpson, who died Thursday. Sitting with ...

“Thank you, I just had it stuffed.” [Hands over a stuffed beaver.] Ranking All 20 Wordle Variants (That I'm Aware Of) The 35 Best Anime of All Time The 10 Best New Anime Series of 2021 It’s a ...

George Wendt as Norm Peterson on the set of ‘Cheers.’ (Paul Drinkwater / NBCUniversal via Getty Images) Norm entrances were a pain to write — something about the simplicity of the form, perhaps — and ...

Macdonald created one of the most iconic “Saturday Night Live” impressions ever with the help of a novelty foam cowboy hat and the nickname “Turd Ferguson.” Macdonald loved telling long, rambling ...

Norm Macdonald was a Canadian comedy icon for several decades. Toward the end of his life, though, his presence grew more and more contentious—not to mention his history of making hurtful jokes at ...