History Creator / NormMacDonald

* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' (2005) - Norm The Genie (2 episodes before being replaced by Robert Cait in Fairy Idol)

* LaughOfLove: Mentioned in his book ''Based on a True Story'' as being the real culprit behind the common (and almost universally false) belief that women find a good sense of humor to be particularly desirable in men:

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: The accusations from NBC that Norm simply wasn't funny come off this way when you consider this: his first appearance on ''SNL'' after the Weekend Update debacle (note that Norm was only fired from the sketch, not the show, so he had infrequent appearances for months afterwards) was during guest host Creator/SarahMichelleGellar's monologue. He was immediately greeted by a massively positive audience response-- interrupting the skit for several moments. And just to hammer it home, Norm wound up hosting an episode himself ''a year-and-a-half'' later.
-->"How did I go in a year-and-a-half from being not funny enough to be even allowed in the building to being so funny that I'm now hosting the show? How did I suddenly get so goddamn funny?"

-->--'''Norm Macdonald'''

Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021) was a Canadian-born comedian who started on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (though ''SNL'' has had a lot of Canadian cast members, like Creator/PhilHartman, Creator/DanAykroyd, and Creator/MikeMyers, Norm was the only one who was not born in Ontario; he was born in UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} and grew up in Alberta). Though he appeared in sketches on the show (his impressions of Creator/BurtReynolds and Creator/LarryKing were hilarious), he was most widely known for the "Weekend Update" segment, which was considered by many critics and viewers alike to be the [[JustHereForGodzilla only reason to watch]] ''Saturday Night Live'' when it was limping to the barn with SeasonalRot during the show's 20th season and rumors spread that NBC was going to cancel ''SNL'' yet again. Creator/ChevyChase, the original host of the segment, has gone on record calling Macdonald the best of his successors[[note]]though Norm's take on "Weekend Update" combined the dry delivery of Creator/CharlesRocket from season six with the cavalier attitude of Creator/BillMurray from season five, which seems like an unlikely mix, but for Norm and his brand of comedy, it works[[/note]].

He voiced Pigeon on ''WesternAnimation/MikeTysonMysteries''. In 2015, he starred as the Colonel in UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken's advertising. In late 2016, he authored a book called "Based on a True Story", very loosely based on his life. He also supplied the voice for the gelatinous crewman Yaphit on ''Series/TheOrville'' for the first two seasons and then posthumously in the third.

He voiced Pigeon on ''WesternAnimation/MikeTysonMysteries''. In 2015, he starred as the Colonel in UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken's advertising. In late 2016, he authored a book called "Based on a True Story", very loosely based on his life. He also supplied the voice for the gelatinous crewman Yaphit on ''Series/TheOrville'' for the two seasons already released and will appear posthumously in the upcoming third season.

* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: His whole comedic persona, mixing SurrealHumor with cutting remarks.

* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: His whole comedic persona.

After a rather ignominious split from the show (and when the show was starting to become popular again), he did some movies and TV shows, none of which met or exceeded the success he had on ''SNL''. His appearances on late-night talk shows were quite popular, for had has a tendency to lampshade the tropes of whatever medium he is currently operating in.