{"id":455073,"date":"2022-05-30T17:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T14:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/norm-macdonald-final-netflix-special-drops-he-left-this-gift\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T14:34:39","slug":"norm-macdonald-final-netflix-special-drops-he-left-this-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/norm-macdonald-final-netflix-special-drops-he-left-this-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"#Norm Macdonald final Netflix special drops: &#8216;He left this gift&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599503fbda\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599503fbda\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/norm-macdonald-final-netflix-special-drops-he-left-this-gift\/#%E2%80%9CNorm_Macdonald_final_Netflix_special_drops_%E2%80%98He_left_this_gift%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Norm Macdonald final Netflix special drops: &#8216;He left this gift&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Norm Macdonald final Netflix special drops: &#8216;He left this gift'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Norm Macdonald\u2019s final stand-up special, filmed before the co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n\u2019s death in September, has made its way to Netflix with fellow funny people paying tribute to the late icon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to bring you Norm Macdonald\u2019s last special, followed by reactions and commentary from a few of his special friends,\u201d Netflix wrote in the opening credits for \u201cNorm Macdonald: Nothing Special,\u201d which was released Monday and includes <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earances from David Letterman, Dave Chappelle, Molly Shannon, Conan O\u2019Brien, Adam Sandler and David Spade.<\/p>\n<p>The special shows Macdonald, who died in 2021 after a private nine-year battle with leukemia, wearing a baseball cap and headphones and talking into a mike, pandemic Zoom style, in a nondescript room where dogs can be heard barking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorm was working hard preparing material for his Netflix special \u2014 until COVID shut things down,\u201d another title card read. \u201cIn the summer of 2020, he was scheduled to undergo a procedure and as he put it, \u2018didn\u2019t want to leave anything on the table in case things went south.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-23.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Norm Macdonald &quot;didn't want to leave anything on the table in case things went south,&quot; Netflix said.\" class=\"wp-image-22461748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-23.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-23.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-23.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Norm Macdonald \u201cdidn\u2019t want to leave anything on the table in case things went south,\u201d Netflix said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The special concludes with Letterman, Chappelle, Shannon, O\u2019Brien, Sandler and Spade gathered together to watch \u201cNothing Special\u201d and honor their longtime pal.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix said Macdonald \u201cshot this in one take\u201d while \u201cat home, the night before going in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey everybody, it\u2019s Norm Macdonald and this is my comedy special,\u201d he began. \u201cOf course, I\u2019m looking forward to getting back out there, seeing you folks in person. I love doing gigs and I miss it. My God, I miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-22-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Norm Macdonald secretly recorded a run-through of a planned stand-up special shortly before his death.\" class=\"wp-image-22461717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-22-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-22-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-22-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Norm Macdonald secretly recorded a run-through of a planned stand-up special shortly before his death.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum succumbed to leukemia, which he hid from the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure his fans see this very funny hour. He left this gift for all of us,\u201d his longtime producing partner Lori Jo Hoekstra said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/norm-macdonald-faces-death-as-only-he-can-in-posthumous-netflix-special\">statement to the Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hoekstra said, \u201cNorm worked so hard on a new hour of material and wanted it to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/weekend-update.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Norm Macdonald on the Weekend Update desk on SNL.\" class=\"wp-image-19459206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/weekend-update.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/weekend-update.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/weekend-update.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Norm Macdonald on the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d desk on \u201cSNL.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile this version of\u00a0\u2018Nothing Special\u2019\u00a0was not originally meant to be the final product, COVID restrictions prevented him from filming in front of an audience,\u201d Hoekstra noted.<\/p>\n<p>Topics in the special are far-ranging, but at several points, the \u201cScrewed\u201d star talked openly about his own death and mortality in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>. He spoke about how \u201cdepressing\u201d it was to write his \u201cliving will\u201d and joked that his family would pull the plug if he ever hypothetically wound up in a coma.<\/p>\n<p>He also joked about being a Christian and his fears he \u201cpicked the wrong religion,\u201d Daily Beast reported, and imagined the afterlife. \u201cAhh, it\u2019s you! I thought it was the other fella. I should have been slaying apostates the entire time. Ah well, what are you gonna do?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-21-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Norm Macdonald died in September after a private cancer battle.\" class=\"wp-image-22461611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-21-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-21-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Norm-Macdonald-21-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Norm Macdonald died in September after a private cancer battle.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his sign-off, Macdonald loses track of the \u201cpoint\u201d of the joke he was telling before finishing with: \u201cI would drop the mike, but I paid for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing Special\u201d also includes commentary from his friends, with Letterman calling it a \u201cgreat gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not strictly stand-up, it\u2019s something else,\u201d the 75-year-old former \u201cLate Show\u201d host added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looked like he just wanted to get everything out,\u201d 55-year-old Sandler said, calling the special a more \u201cgentle Norm.\u201d O\u2019Brien reflected that Macdonald \u201cdidn\u2019t want anybody to know\u201d about his cancer and wishes he could have said goodbye. \u201cWe were so upset that we didn\u2019t get a chance to tell him what he meant to us,\u201d the former \u201cTonight Show\u201d host, 59, added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy was, in a weird way, reconciling his mortality, hilariously. And ironically, he\u2019s no longer with us,\u201d 48-year-old Chappelle added. \u201cWe\u2019re sitting in the aftermath of Norm Macdonald, watching him be incredibly alive.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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