Macdonald

Norm Macdonald was never the most popular guy with audiences. He was fired from Saturday Night Live. His various movies and sitcoms often under-performed. Many of his friends and fellow stand-up comedians were able to book much larger venues and likely make a lot more money than he did, but yet, when he tragically passed away, the outpourings of memories and support from those he touched were as loud as you'd see for some of the most famous celebrities in the world.I think it's because he saw life in a completely…

Trainspotting producer Andrew Macdonald has been appointed chair of the Edinburgh international film festival in order to create a new organisation to run the festival from its 2024 edition onwards, after the abrupt collapse of its previous operator, the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) in October 2022.Isabel Davis, executive director of Screen Scotland said: “ was one of the first to offer support when the previous organisation collapsed and with his customary vigour, has already been instrumental in bringing people…

Photo by Ethan Miller via Getty Images Norm Macdonald‘s posthumous comedy special, Nothing Special, has arrived on Netflix, concluding with a 30-minute commentary and tribute from his famous friends. At a private pre-release screening, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Adam Sandler, Conan O’Brien, David Spade, and Molly Shannon watched Macdonald’s 54-minute special and then discussed it, touching on memories they have of Macdonald personally and on a global scale. After Macdonald signed off from what would…

Image via Comedy Central In addition to a Netflix comedy special, Norm Macdonald left behind a screenplay for a film adaptation of his celebrated book, Based on a True Story. Geoff Edgers, Macdonald’s trusted scribe, wrote in the Washington Post that the Canadian comedian adapted his “memoir” into film form sometime around June 2020. That wasn’t the first mention of a cinematic adaption. In February 2019, Macdonald announced on Twitter that he had “begun the process of adapting Based on a True Story into a…

Before his death last September, comedian Norm Macdonald filmed one final stand-up routine alone in his living room. Streaming giant Netflix will release the posthumous special, titled Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special — a moniker the comedian chose himself — on May 30. “Norm worked so hard on a new hour of material and wanted it to be seen. While this version of Nothing Special was not originally meant to be the final product, Covid restrictions prevented him from filming in front of an audience,” Lori Jo Hoekstra,…