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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Norm MacDonald at Helium this week, is busy with movie, show.

Norm MacDonald says he doesn't have any topical material. "I don't watch the news. I watch repeats of 'Rhoda' that air at the same time," he said when we asked if he wanted to try any new one-liners on our readers. But the former "Saturday Night Live" funnyman, who plays five sold-out shows at Helium (2031 Sansom) this week, says his material is all new.

MacDonald, who also starred in the hilarious "Dirty Work," is now working on a movie called "Grown-Ups," in which he plays "some dude named Geezer." The comedy stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Chris Rock, Colin Quinn, Maya Rudolph and Salma Hayek. It's directed by Dennis Dugan, father of new Phillies draftee Kelly Dugan.  MacDonald is also working on a TV show for FX called "The New Norm MacDonald Show," which he calls "a pretend reality show" in which he plays himself.

We asked MacDonald, who reprised his gum-chewing Burt Reynolds in the "SNL" finale "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch last month, how Frank Stallone had been chosen as a frequent punch line on his "Weekend Update." "We just liked the picture of him," MacDonald says. "It was just a complete non sequitur. The jokes were so retarded, like 'There was a giant tsunami. What caused the tsunami? Yep, you guessed it, Frank Stallone," he said, thinking back on the gag.

Posted by Dan Gross @ 7:58 AM  Permalink | 15 comments
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Posted 09:22 AM, 06/16/2009
LarryMendtesKeylogger
I will be at Norm's 10:30 set...cannot wait!
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Posted 10:28 AM, 06/16/2009
Edward Isadore Savitz
Dan I hear they are going to name a rest stop in your name like Jim Mcgreevey since you are always hanging around there anyway. What is the tapping code again? One tag means you suck me Two taps means I suck you Two taps with a cough means you love ATM?
Posted 10:32 AM, 06/16/2009
Edward Isadore Savitz
TSR Fat Boy has commented on at least four of my "not funny" posts. So I am thinking the R means Rosie which means everyone hear hates you so go back into your hole.
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Posted 10:43 AM, 06/16/2009
iamnotTHATking
Better than avg stuff from Dan......Norm is like a good baseball player. His jokes bat about .300, which in comedy isn't very good. WOW......Savitz thinks TSR is reincarnation of Rosie.....DANita: get working on that theory. Call your sources, maybe Booker or the crew from Davio's will know. The Dugan kid will never play in the bigs. His rookie contract is less $$$$ than his allowance. KING~out
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Posted 10:52 AM, 06/16/2009
Edward Isadore Savitz
The phone, the phone is ringing! This is se-wious! We have to help him. What's gonna work? Teamwork! What's gonna work? Teamwork!
Posted 11:58 AM, 06/16/2009
Professor Smart E. Pants, PhD.
I've always liked Norm and I find him to be quite funny. Why is Frank Stallone's name in boldface, but Burt Reynolds' isn't? With all of the unrelated names it would make sense that he would be included. It would totally amp up the celeb-quota for this article.
Posted 12:00 PM, 06/16/2009
Professor Smart E. Pants, PhD.
Poor, old forgotten Burt.
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