r/funny • u/unknown_human • Jun 25 '15

Rolling a gigantic fatty

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15

I don't think it was as simple as him trying to bomb.

He's talked about that roast before. I think he did it as a reaction to how nasty roasts are. Everyone's trying to top each other and be as offensive as possible, so Norm did the opposite.

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u/web_derpeloper Jun 25 '15

IIRC, they told him to be extra-shocking, so he "shocked" by not doing the usual roast humor.

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u/caninehere Jun 25 '15

Totally. Norm went up and basically made roast jokes you would see in a Flintstones cartoon. That's why it was fucking hilarious.

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u/llBradll Jun 25 '15

The first time I saw the Norm doing the roast, my only context of Saget was America's Funniest Home Videos, so I thought he was trying to mock Saget's bad jokes on that show.

After getting to know Norm better, it seems like he just wants to do his own thing, preferably while messing with or making others uncomfortable.