A new Netflix documentary charts Norm Macdonald’s career, from his rise on Roseanne and SNL to his firing over O.J. Simpson jokes and his death from leukaemia in 2021.
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01Summary
- 01Norm Macdonald got his start writing for Roseanne before becoming known as the host of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update.
- 02His repeated jokes about O.J. Simpson led to him being fired from SNL, according to the story.
- 03Macdonald’s 1998 film Dirty Work, starring Bob Saget, bombed at the box office.
- 04He died in 2021 at the age of 61 from complications from leukaemia.
- 05Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald premieres on Friday on Netflix and is directed by Judd Apatow.
02Why it matters
The documentary revisits one of comedy’s most distinctive voices and shows how Macdonald’s work has found a new audience after his death. It is also a look at how a major comic’s reputation was shaped by both controversy and posthumous appreciation.
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