On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Kevin M.<[email protected]> wrote: > After reviewing the episode in question, I thought Norm's first > segment was funny in that cringe-worthy way. The second segment fell > flat on its butt. And his interrupting Thomas Haden Church was rude. > > From the few professional comedians I've talked to, they've almost all > talked about the temptation which exists, when one is genuinely > bombing, to see just how far down the rabbit hole you can go. Norm > showed the world the depths of comedy (or lack thereof). > > Last time I saw this attempted must have been 10 years ago or so when > Dennis Miller went off the rails during one of his rants on the HBO > show.
This is pretty much what happened to Michael Richards. I love or hate Norm as much as many do. I generally like his persona, and at times he can be laugh out loud funny; but he is a high risk act, and he can also be extremely unfunny. He did not really score on Conan the other night, but I was fascinated watching how stubbornly he stayed with. I was rooting for it to get funny, and if it had gotten funny it would have been really funny. But it didn't get funny. I still prefer what happened to 5 minutes on how he spent his summer, or the difference between NY and LA, or the heartache of trying to get a new pool put into his house. It was also interesting to watch Conan deal with him, since so much of Conan's humor involves pushing his premise, and even his payoff, way past the expected limit. I thought he kind of had the attitude of "Really? Even I wouldn't take it that far." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
