#latelatenormnorm

[thecomedybureau]

Norm MacDonald Auditions for The Late Late Show and Is Hysterical in General on Conan

In an effort to further his campaign to take over The Late Late Show next year when Craig Ferguson steps down, Norm MacDonald put together a "one-minute audition reel" while on Conan in addition to doing his routinely amazing panel interview with Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter.

There's no way that CBS can completely ignore this.

[dragon-writer]

Show some love for Norm!!!

Can everyone in the world just tweet up cbs using #latelatenormnorm to encourage the CBS powers that be to go with Norm as the new Late Late Show host when Craig leaves?

Please!!!!! Norm is the best ever!!! I would metaphorically suck dicks for free for this to happen. (I don't know what the literal equivalent of that is...) I just really <3 Norm.

[negativemusic]

"What is rock? What is party? I want none."

Several years ago I saw Eastern Youth deliver the best performance I’ve ever and yet to have seen. It was during SXSW in some emptied Mexican restaurant near 6th. Maybe 2006, when What Can You See From Your Place? was released.

The members don’t speak English, but they had a few moments where they spoke to the audience in fragments. The most memorable quip was,

“What is rock? What is party? I want none.”

And then they continued playing very loud rock music. I never understood exactly what it meant but felt it meant something pretty significant.

Norm Macdonald recently tweeted his experience with a publicist (maybe in reaction to the #latelatenormnorm thing?) and expressed something similar to Eastern Youth's sentiment, or at least I think that's what happened. 

Maybe i'm associating disparate things because I'm coming to terms with my own wants and needs and reconciling them with reality as far as making a career out of music goes, but I think what Eastern Youth meant by "What is rock? What is party? I want none," was you can do what you want and do it on your own terms and have much more than either "rock" or "party," however you see those things. 

You don't need the rock show, the after party, the red carpet, the magazine interview. 

Though, you may rock. And you may party. But the more you want them, the more distant they become. That distance, I think, arrives when you put the thing on a pedestal. You must achieve rock. You must achieve party. People must view you rocking and partying, and know you live rock and live party. 

But what is rock? And what is party? Do you want some?

[thecomedybureau]

If you follow Norm MacDonald on Twitter (and you should), you might have noticed last night that there was a flurry of tweets and RTs of the hashtag #LateLateNormNorm (possibly started by Ben Hoffman) in a digital grassroots move to put Norm's hat in the ring to replace Ferguson.

So far, we haven't seen anything like that for any of the other names that have been rumored to be in the running for The Late Late Show. At this point, the gig really still could go to a wide range of folks, but it's definitely fun to imagine Norm MacDonald hosting late night for all the times he was absolutely hysterical as a guest.

Also, that hashtag is pretty catchy.

[martinafi]

@CBS give @normmacdonald late late show so he can finally upgrade from the flip phone! #latelatenormnorm

@CBS give @normmacdonald late late show so he can finally upgrade from the flip phone! #latelatenormnorm @CBS give @normmacdonald late late show so he can finally upgrade from the flip phone! #latelatenormnorm pic.twitter.com/Xij7hfV1js — SAM GALLEN (@SJGallen) May 2, 2014 http://dlvr.it/5YMfgz