Norm Macdonald & Courtney Thorne-Smith | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

“Death is a funny thing. Not funny haha, like a Woody Allen movie, but funny strange, like a Woody Allen marriage” - Norm MacDonald

Carrot Top actually played clips from this interview at a show last night out of respect for Norm, huge respect to Carrot Top

Norm is absolutely amazing here but credit to Courtney for not taking herself or her projects so seriously that she couldn't laugh like hell at herself too. Love that.

Courtney displays TRUCKLOADS of poise and class here. Other guests would've been annoyed by Norm burning up their airtime, but she knows how good he is and she lets him do what he does better than anyone in the business. And it pays off! Salute to Courtney. Rest in peace, Norm.

“I’m pretty sure, I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure if you die, the cancer dies at the same time. That’s not a loss. That’s a draw.” -Norm MacDonald

No one made Conan laugh like Norm did. He'll be dearly missed.

I love how Norm always plays it like he’s spaced out but in reality he’s always the smartest guy in the room.

As soon as Conan says "Do something with that, you freak" you can tell Norm instantly has it, he's just waiting for the laughter to die down

"I bet the Board is spelled B-O-R-E-D." This was the greatest line ever. RIP Norm.

Norms comeback to Conans challenge of "do something with that you freak." was delivered in about 4 seconds. That my friends, is the quick wit of a genius...

Courtney Thorne-Smith; what a stunning and rare example of celebrity having no detrimental effect on one’s genuine, delightful personality.

"You're the biggest ass that I ever met, and I love you for it." What a beautiful line. O'Brien and Macdonald...what a great comedy team!

Courtney Thorne-Smith later told Vanity Fair, Every once in a while, I’ll run into Conan and he’ll apologize, and I say, ‘That was one of my favorite moments of my life.’ Teased by Norm Macdonald? Are you kidding? I did The Tonight Show once, and Don Rickles made fun of my father, and my father never stopped talking about it. This is my version of that. I told a story about my father telling a joke at my sister’s wedding, and then Don Rickles just went off on my father being crazy, and it was the high point of my father’s life. That’s how I felt when Norm teased me. It didn’t even occur to me that it could possibly be negative. I was beside myself. I was there to promote Chairman of the Board. I was not thrilled about having to do it, so when Norm took over, I’m like, Oh, thank you, God and Norm Macdonald. It was a blessing. Look — had I thought that Chairman of the Board was my path to an Oscar, I might have been offended. I did not. So it was a joy to be teased about it. Because I didn’t know what I was going to say [on the show]. I was like, Good, Norm, you take over. RIP Norm

RIP Norm, what a fitting clip. It reminds me of that tragedy

She was asked about this interview on the Team Coco channel, and had nothing but nice things to say about Norm, and how genuinely hard she was laughing (especially because it took the heat off of her for a bad movie).

Conan couldn't have handled this better. He's the best late night host ever by a mile. This entire interaction was perfect.

This segment was dead in the water until Norm pipes in with "Hey are you talking about Melrose place??" and breathes hilarious life into it.

Wow, the most fitting tribute if there ever was one. RIP Norm.

One of my favourite Norm interviews. At the “I bet board is spelled B-O-R-E-D” bit I was in hysterics laughing.

When Conan challenges him to make a joke out of the title and he immediately whips B-O-R-E-D out of the clear blue sky, this illustrates what a one of a kind comedian and a first class mind Norm had. The pinnacle of off-the-cuff comedy. All comedians aspire to this.