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  Norm Macdonald’s Nothing Special review: Comedian’s posthumous Netflix show is quite the opposite

  5/5 The late stand-up’s new work is the first Netflix comedy special to come from beyond the grave. This poignant and hilarious goodbye from the master of the shaggy dog story is a must-watch.

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  Norm Macdonald’s Nothing Special: a standup says farewell

  The revered comic, who died last year, recorded his last Netflix set at home in 2020. It has the feel of a wake, as fans including David Letterman pay tribute

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  Norm Macdonald secretly filmed stand-up special in 2020

  Norm Macdonald filmed one last stand-up special before his death. The late comic, who died of leukaemia in September 2021 at the age of 61, recorded a run-through of a planned show titled Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special at his home during the Covid-19 lockdown. Macdonald's friend and fellow comedian David Spade broke the news on Wednesday that the run-through will be able to view on Netflix from 30 May. Appearing on Jim Downey's Fly on the Wall podcast, Spade revealed he had watched the special.

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  Late comedy icon Norm Macdonald filmed secret stand-up special in 2020 in case ‘things went south’

  ‘Literally the night before going in for a procedure, he wanted to get this on tape just in case’

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  Saturday Night Live: host Kim Kardashian West struggles to keep up

  Saturday Night Live: host Kim Kardashian West struggles to keep up. The unlikely choice of host leads to a patchy show with a host of desperate celebrity cameos, from Amy Schumer to Kris Jenner to Chris Rock

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  SNL cast members pay tribute to Norm Macdonald on ‘Weekend Update’

  The comedian died last month

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  John Oliver praises Conan O'Brien and late Norm Macdonald in Emmys acceptance speech

  John Oliver used his acceptance speech at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night to praise Conan O'Brien and the late Norm Macdonald. The host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won Best Variety Talk Series, making it his eighth Emmy win for the late-night programme. In his acceptance speech, he turned his attention to fellow comedians. "Thank you so much. I think like many in this room, I was kinda rooting for Conan, so this is bittersweet," Oliver began. "Thank you so much Conan for 30 years of in

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  New this week: 'The Starling,' Diddy and Billy Bob Thornton

  This week’s new entertainment releases include new albums from rapper Diddy and “Star Trek” star William Shatner, as well as Melissa McCarthy playing a grief-stricken mother in the Netflix drama “The Starling.”

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  Bob Saget remembers times spent with Norm Macdonald: ‘He made me better’

  In a monologue, Saget recalled the early days he spent with the late ‘SNL’ comedian

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  Norm Macdonald looked death in the face and laughed

  The comedian, who has died aged 61, railed against the phrase ‘battling cancer’. Kevin E G Perry pays tribute to a man brave enough to be frank and funny even when facing the end

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