Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (2022)

Directed by

Norm Macdonald, Jeff Tomsic

Genre

comedy, documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stand-up special from Norm Macdonald made shortly before his death. It shows his low-key style of telling jokes on an empty stage. The program ends with friends talking about who he was.

bittersweetintimateconversationalunpolisheddarkly funnyreflectiverawwarm

What happens

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special is a stand-up comedy special featuring Norm Macdonald, consisting of 50 minutes of previously unreleased material recorded by Macdonald in June 2020, and a half-hour roundtable discussion featuring his friends and colleagues reflecting on his life and career. It was released on Netflix on May 30, 2022, eight months after Macdonald's death from acute leukemia. The special earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, marking Macdonald's first Primetime Emmy nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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