Caliendo on Letterman, trashing Norm
What the heck was that?
Caliendo, on Late Show (as part of Impressionist Week), in the middle of his set mentions Norm MacDonald. He says, and we’re paraphrasing:
And then there’s Norm MacDonald. (In MacDonald’s voice) Hey! Why write a punchline when you just say “Crack whore?!”
(At least it was supposed to be in MacDonald’s voice. It sounded more like a Canadian John Madden.) Then, just like that, he’s onto something else.We expected more… but there wasn’t any– Just boom! Trash Norm! Then, out!
Perhaps they’re best friends and this was a wise-guy shout out to his buddy.
It was still weird.
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I saw it also. “Weird” is the best description.I took it as Caliendo couldn’t find the Norm voice, aborted, and jumped to his next bit.If I were Norm, I’d take it as a compliment to merit mention on Letterman.Other than the Norm gaffe, I though Frank Caliendo did a great show.
I see that he’s done the Norm Macdonald impression for a long time now and it stinks. He did dress up as Norm on MadTV for a comedy roast for Rosa Parks and even back then, I didn’t think the voice matched Norm macdonald’s. Nor did I find the “crack whore” bit funny. Frankie should give it a rest. It’s a bust.