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Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, raconteur, and SNL veteran and one of the best stand-up comedians of all time.
As this book's title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life - more or less - from his origins on a farm in the-back-of-beyond Canada and an epically disastrous appearance on Star Search to his account of auditioning for Lorne Michaels and his memorable run as the anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live - until he was fired because a corporate executive didn't think he was funny.
But Based on a True Story is much more than a memoir; it's the hilarious, inspired epic of Norm's life. In dispatches from a road trip to Las Vegas (part of a plan hatched to regain the fortune he'd lost to sports betting and other vices) with his sidekick and enabler, Adam Eget, Norm recounts the milestone moments, the regrets, the love affairs, the times fortune smiled on his life, and the times it refused to smile. As the clock ticks down, Norm's debt reaches record heights, and he must find a way to evade the hefty price that's been placed on his head by one of the most dangerous loan sharks in the country.
As a comedy legend should, Norm peppers these minutes with classic jokes and fondly mythologized Hollywood stories. This wildly adventurous, totally original, and absurdly funny saga turns the conventional comic's memoir on its head and gives the listener an exclusive pass into the mad, glorious mind of Norm Macdonald.
- Sales Rank: #981 in Audible
- Published on: 2016-09-20
- Released on: 2016-09-20
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 443 minutes
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53 of 59 people found the following review helpful.
Amazing book ... for Norm fans
By Jeremy
It might be most helpful to start with what this book is not -- it is most certainly not the typical comedian memoir that is common right now. You won't be getting a chronology of Norm's life written humorously. You won't get any insight into his past or his personality, aside from tangentially. You won't even get many true stories.
This book is aimed squarely at those who are fans of Norm's slightly odd brand of comedy; his mixing of fact of fiction, the shaggy-dog quality of many of his jokes and stories, his brilliant and hilarious use of language, and his deadpan refusal to acknowledge when he is joking. Some of it almost relies on outside knowledge -- for instance, his descriptions of Adam Eget probably just come across as confusing and mean if the reader is not familiar with their relationship from Norm's video podcast. Maybe some of that is a bit too "inside baseball", but for me as a huge fan of Norm, it made almost every aspect of this book uproarious.
I believe I can honestly say I laughed more and harder while reading this book than any book I have ever read (including many, many other comedians' books). Without giving too much away, Chapter 5 in particular made me set the book down from laughing so hard. But at the same time, I can easily see others reading it and barely cracking a smile. It is definitely aimed at a very specific sense of humor, but for those of us who share that, it lands beautifully.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Beyond The Norm...
By Y. Homnick
To be truthful, I don't buy a lot of digital books. Usually, any book that doesn't help me reach a high shelf, or can't be used to swat a fly on the wall, isn't multi-purpose enough for my medieval mindset.
But Norm MacDonald is Norm MacDonald is Norm MacDonald, and I wanted a copy at 12:01a.m. of its release date. I also wanted to save the tree that would've been used to print this book so that the tree could be used for its most natural purpose: Baseball bats. Or exacerbating forest fires. (Take that, Smokey, you overgrown, smarmy, preachy Ursus Americanus!)
As one of Norm's slavish Twitter followers, I tweeted that I would be counting my audible laughs, divide them by the purchase price, and determine whether I got good value from my purchase. While I haven't finished counting the marks on my wall, and add the fact that I was forced to stop marking the wall by a wife who under-appreciates Jail Cell-style decor, I can only give you a rough range on this. I surmise that each laugh cost slightly under two cents. Even if you count belly laughs as worth a dime, and short,snorting laughs as being worth a penny, I got good value from this tome.
And whether my purchase amount helps him recover from his last gambling flame-out, or helps fund his next downward spiral, I figure I contributed to a Good Cause.
But, I didn't buy this book just for laughs, or to take credit for fueling the MacDonald Publishing Empire. I wanted to get a glimpse into one of the most original, brilliant comedic minds of our time. In that capacity, Norm opened a small window into his soul... then slammed it closed on my fingers.
First, my view of Norm: Most comedians come from ethnic groups that are held down artificially, or had harrowing childhoods, or are introspective to the point of self-flagellation. Norm, by contrast, seems to be a cheery, boyishly handsome, middle-class Caucasian with an impish quality to him. And Canadian, to boot. From where comes the compulsion to make us laugh?
On top of that, he has a strong anti-establishment streak, and a refusal to be controlled. "Big deal," you say, "So do I!" Norm differs in that his unwillingness to be controlled includes the people that sign his checks, or that could lift him onto the next step of the success ladder. And for some reason, Bosses tend not to hire unpredictable Free Spirits that may defy direct orders on a whim - even if they're excellent at what they due. Check Signers like predictability, period.
So, when you continue to make witheringly effective O.J. jokes while working under one of O.J.'s friends & golf partners, or when you're asked to be "shocking" at a roast of Bob Saget and you therefore write one cornball line from the 1950's after another, it makes TV producers skittish about giving you a late-night talk show, for example. So, while that level of subversion & unpredictability adds to his legend, it commensurately subtracts from his potential income.
Yet, Norm protests that he'd rather be a high-profile comic than a "comic's comic", a commercially successful comedian than a critically acclaimed one. So, I wonder out loud from where the dissonance stems.
Norm hints that he might have been repeatedly sexually abused as a boy. But, since this is only "BASED ON a True Story", he leaves you wondering: Was this a literary device to introduce another of many writing styles he uses throughout the book? Or was this a way of explaining why he never wants to feel "totally out of control" in his life again? Was this a comedic device to make an anti-joke when you were expecting a joke? Or was this a way to connect to his readers with a deeply personal admission? Was this an attempt to exploit another taboo subject for devastating comic effect - as he has with prison rape, media treatment of murders, gay pride, Hitler, bestiality, psychopathic sadists, etc.? Or is this the exposing of one of the roots of his addictive personality?
We'll never know. Norm has recently bristled at this book being referred to in the media as a memoir, when in his mind he wrote a novel. Mind you, a memoir is not synonymous with an autobiography. A memoir allows for a greater exchange of Truth for truthiness. And novels generally don't use real people's names, especially real people who have lawyers on retainer.
So, if you want to read a funny, entertaining, quirky & unique book, it's a 5. If you want to read about Norm's life, it's a 2. If you want to read Alice In Wonderland with a male lead, and where the mind-altering substances are addiction and gambling, it's a 3.5.
Stop reading this, and buy the stupid book already. It's still more real than that frappuccino you were going to spend the money on, and it'll keep you awake at least as well. And while you're at it, re-watch Norm's Dirty Work, disregarding the poor pacing and below-par acting. There's still comic gold to be mined in them thar celluloid hills.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
well its a good book. Many of the chapters read like a ...
By hobblinharry
This book, well its a good book. Many of the chapters read like a Norm stand-up bit. The chapter on Rodney Dangerfield was probably my favorite. I was laughing through the entire chapter. The chapters that aren't about his career are about a story that is supposed to take place in 2013 where Norm has hired a ghost writer to write this very book we are reading while him and his friend Adam Eget go on a gambling spree to try to win a few million dollars. These chapters are interesting enough but they are weak compared to the chapters about his career and the people he has met. Overall I like it. I'm not a reader and I bought this only because Norm is one of my all time favorite comics and it kept me turning the page, so there's that.
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