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Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Trickery

  • TV Special
  • 2017
  • 1h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.6K
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Norm MacDonald in Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip & Trickery (2017)
Stand-UpComedyDocumentary

In this new stand-up special, Norm Macdonald delivers sly, deadpan observations from an older -- and perhaps even wiser -- point of view.In this new stand-up special, Norm Macdonald delivers sly, deadpan observations from an older -- and perhaps even wiser -- point of view.In this new stand-up special, Norm Macdonald delivers sly, deadpan observations from an older -- and perhaps even wiser -- point of view.

  • Director
    • Liz Plonka
  • Writer
    • Norm MacDonald
  • Star
    • Norm MacDonald
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    3.6K
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    • Director
      • Liz Plonka
    • Writer
      • Norm MacDonald
    • Star
      • Norm MacDonald
    • 19User reviews
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    10taymanroofing

    Wow

    I'm sorry but screw this audience. They should of been howling. Too many dead spots. You witnessed history. Perhaps you didn't get it till the ride home. You all should of been passed out in your seats from lack of oxygen due to laughing. Perhaps that's why it's quiet you all fainted.
    9Quinoa1984

    Norm rules

    Norm MacDonald's genius is in the expectations of where his anecdotes and observations will take a turn. The finale of this special is a key example as he starts with saying a deep and true thing that with all the problems in the world and so on loving one another is the most important thing... And this leads into describing (in a first person imitation as Norm can do) of Hitler's dog and how much he loved the guy because... Well, dogs love people and don't judge.

    I almost feel weird explaining a joke like that, or how he'll take apart things like Wikipedia or how we use our phones (they didn't used to be 'magic' is the premise of that bit) or the absurdity in the commandment "thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's ox." Nevermind the fact that no one in like 500 years has seen an ox let alone referred to that commandment that way - that I think is part of the joke - so much of the laughs, and I found as many and as hearty to be had as in the best of the Chappelle or Louis CK specials (also new on Netflix in 2017.

    The key I think is that Norm comes off so... Unassuming. He's not a comic that has a rapid fire or super-high energy delivery, he takes his time with every bit he does, and it's like being drawn in to a trick (again with the subtitle of the special). There's a YouTube reviewer called the Nerdwriter who goes more in depth but the key thing is that there's a magic level to what Norm does, and not in a cheesy way, I mean that you are pulled in little by little as he does each movement of thought and winds up at something that is .... Whoa. His comedy is absurd and wholly delightful, and the intelligence behind it could cut through ten plates of glass.

    If nothing else his bit about bringing back the word 'score' ala Abraham Lincoln and George Washington cutting down the tree would get this three stars by default. There's more though so it gets the bump up to just shy of 5 (maybe a couple of minutes fell flat for me but only a couple).
    8ianshumway

    Norm the man

    I can't get enough of Norm McDonald. Norm needs to do more specials. I have watched this multiple times, and it's still great.
    8denzil-09434

    Possibly the best special

    This is probably the best comedy special I have ever seen. I first randomly drunk watched it and couldn't remember who it was. I went all over the place searching the one joke I could remember until I was recommended to look up Norm independently.

    I've since totally immersed myself in Norm and this special and his podcast Norm MacDonald Live are his best work. I would say this is the best special I have ever seen. If not Straight White Male 60 by Dana Carvey.
    10mobde_2006

    Parody of a parody of stand up

    I think this is the greatest special I've ever seen, and believe me, I've seen all of them. How can you make everything you say so dumb and shallow yet in reality it's very deep and philosophical, how, Norm, how? If you know Norm's unique uncomparabke styld of comedy, you will absoloutely love this, if you don't; I think you must learn it then come back and watch this, or you'll be missing on a lot.

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    • Trivia
      The special doesn't have an intro or title sequence. The stand-up material starts right away and the title appears at the end of the show.
    • Goofs
      Norm Macdonald incorrectly states that astronaut Harrison Schmitt was the last man to walk on the moon. Gene Cernan was.
    • Quotes

      Norm Macdonald: LSD, that was about the strongest drug I ever did - acid. I don't know if you've ever done acid, but... When I was young, they would tell me, "You have got to be careful with that acid, on account of you can do it," and then you have a flashback. Like, ten years could pass, 20 years could pass, "and then you get a flashback." So I thought, "Well, that sounds like a good deal," you know? I went to my drug dealer Frank. I said, "Frank..." is there a drug on the market where I pay you $5... I take the drug, I get high, "and then, 20 years later, I get high again?" He said yes. And I think of myself as somebody who's good at stretching his drug dollar. But the point of the whole thing is for me to tell you young folk... that it's not... it's not true at all, you know? Because I have not done LSD since I was a teenager. Ten years have passed, 20 years have passed. Sadly, 30 years have passed. And still... no flash... What a gyp that turned out to be. I... Just more horseshit by the big acid companies if you ask me.

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Norm Macdonald/Chelsea Clinton/Robert Irwin/Rae Sremmurd (2017)

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site - Netflix
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Норм МакДональд: Пес Гитлера, слухи и жульничество
    • Filming locations
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA(Filming City)
    • Production company
      • Irwin Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 1m(61 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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