Hey, remember when The Jay Leno Show first premiered– before the late night wars began? Leno employed a solid group of comedians for recurring segments– peeps like Nick Thune and Jim Norton, guys that wouldn’t normally be thought of as network friendly, even at 10 pm.
Luckily, Leno invited Norton back to file a report last night from INPEX, the Invention and New Product Exposition. And once again Norton was able to bring his brand of twisted, dark humor to a show that, well, doesn’t ever do that kind of stuff. Check the veteran comedian out below as he deals with products like the Handwash Reminder, the Nurse N’ Go bra, and yes — we are not joking — the Douche To Go. Just watch.
You may know comedian – and proud metalhead – Jim Norton from his daily gig on Sirius XM’s Opie and Anthony Show or from your finer comedy clubs and theaters across the country, where he headlines.
But Norton is beginning to become a bit of a radio brand; he recently began hosting The Jim Norton Show on Sirius XM. And today, he premiered a new music show on the satellite provider: Jim Norton–Obsessed on the Boneyard. The show will feature the hard classic rock characteristic of The Boneyard channel (Sirius channel 19; XM channel 53), which will focus on one theme each week.
Today’s theme was “first songs” from various hard rock albums. Upcoming shows will include “Songs I Play When I Want my Girlfriend to Leave the Room,” “Favorite Title Tracks from Albums,” and “Favorite Cover Songs.” All are promised to feature songs from rock giants Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, and Metallica.
You can hear Norton’s show every Wednesday at 11 am EST; rebroadcasts happen on Fridays at 9 pm and Sundays at 9 pm. Go here and here for more info.
In what I can only describe as one of the most pointless and ill-conceived analyses on the subject of comedy, Troy Media yesterday, in a pair of op-eds (“American Comedians Can’t Hold a Candle to their Canadian Counterparts” and “Why Americans Love Canadian Comedians”) makes the point that Canadian comedians are better than American comedians. “Better”— as if it can be quantified. I actually had to make sure, before writing what’s below, that Troy Media was not part of the Onion News Network.
To be clear, I’m not annoyed that Troy Media – an online news service that covers “issues shaping Canada and the world” – thinks Canadian comedians are funnier than American comedians. I’m annoyed that as a news organization, they feel that this is something that can be proven; they take an art as complex, personal and subjective as stand-up comedy and attempt – failingly – to compare the two camps (as if there are two camps and not just comedians from two different countries) as if they’re comparing sedans or bathroom cleaning products.
That said and out of the way, the most disturbing parts of the editorials are the reasons they give for Canadian comedians’ dominance.
This is my favorite: Canadian comics have “no need to spill their psychological guts.” It continues:
Why? Because they don’t have the need to talk about the psychological horrors of their upbringings the way American comedians do. Canadians are either free of them or throw themselves into their work and hide behind their characters in an attempt to avoid confronting them.
Listen, there are many American comedians that I love to watch who do not feel the need to share their inner most scars – see Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan – but the comedians who bare their souls artfully are the ones that fuel my passion for covering comedy and embedding myself into their world. Guys like Doug Stanhope, Jim Norton, Marc Maron and Greg Giraldo would no doubt fall into the “spilling of their psychological guts” categories Troy Media disdains. And that’s exactly why those comedians resonate so powerfully with their fans.
Comedians are the Amish of entertainers: always gathering to selflessly support each other. But instead of raising a barn together, the magnanimous comics in the video below (including Darrell Hammond, Jessica Kirson, Jim Norton, Colin Quinn, Nick Thune and Ardie Fuqua) assemble to raise awareness of Amy Schumer’s upcoming Comedy Central special, which premieres on April 2. How altruistic! How sarcastic!
This week marked the return of Jay Leno as host of the Tonight Show, after Conan was unceremoniously pushed out of his promised spot at NBC. It also marked a rise in vocal Leno critics. On Tuesday, Howard Stern made an appearance from his studio at Sirius XM on CBS’ Early Show, wherein he expressed his hatred for Jay Leno, outlining the reasons the late night host has not been not acting like a man nor a professional.
A Day later, however, comedian Jim Norton, the man behind the third mic on Sirius XM’s Opie & Anthony Show (a long time rival of Stern), popped up on a Web-only interview on CBS news, defending Leno’s character and business decisions. Norton was a regular contributor on the Jay Leno Show. So let’s take a look at both interviews. Who makes better points? Does this resolve anything? Let us know in the comments section!
After the jump, check out Stern’s appearance on Conan from 2006, where he warns Coco about the deal he’s made with NBC to take over the Tonight Show.
Longtime Jim Norton fans are familiar with his first two classic live recordings Yellow Discipline and Trinkets I Own Made From Gorilla Hands. But if they own them, it’s because they bought the discs at a Norton show or ordered it direct from his earlier website incarnations.
For the first time, these albums will be widely released on iTunes, Amazon.com, Rhapsody and ComedyFilez.com. BSeenMedia, the comedy label that’s put out records by Mitch Fatel, Tom Papa and many more, is set to unleash the pair of cringe-worthy albums on Feb. 16.
Two days ago, comedian Jim Norton and former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler Jesse Ventura butted heads quite hard on The Opie & Anthony Show, where Norton is the man on the third mic. You’ve probably seen the video already. If not, watch it here. And yesterday, Norton talked with Punchline Magazine about the fight. See his quotes here. But he’s not stopping there. Tonight at 9 pm on The Joy Behar Show on HLN, Norton explains how it all went down. Check out the clip below for a preview of tonight’s conversation.
Every now and again, it’s refreshing to see a good old fashioned knock down, drag out fight between a comedian and a non comedian. Yesterday one of our favorite comedians Jim Norton, the veteran third-mic man on SiriusXM’s Opie & Anthony Show, got into it pretty damn deep with former wrestler and now former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. The governor was a guest of the show to promote his new gig as the host of Conspiracy Theory on TruTV, a show wherein he and a team of investigators explore some of the most famous conspiracy theories.
Check out the first video below, which shows the culmination of the conversation incredibly entertaining fight. After the jump, there’s three more videos, that better show how the fight began. Sound off in the comments section! Was Jimmy right? Was Jesse right? What do you think?
On another installment of “Who Cares What They Think?” on the Jay Leno Show last night, comedian Jim Norton, along with Adam Carolla, screenwriter Diablo Cody and Meghan McCain share their thoughts on everything from homosexuality on Sesame Street, a violent female college soccer, Carrie Prejean and people who dress badly in public. Once again, Norton, pushes as much R-rated humor into the PG-13-esque network show. We love you, Jimmy!
Each week, we’re always pleased with Jay Leno’s work with stand-up comedians. This round table segment — called Who Cares What They Think?! – from last night, was especially interesting. Our favorite degenerate Jim Norton was joined by Daily Beast blogger Meghan McCain (daughter of John), God-fearing Stephen Baldwin and the Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington. As always, Norton does an outstanding job of bringing some much needed-cringe worthiness to this Leno-helmed conversation. Check it out below.
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You may know comedian – and proud metalhead – Jim Norton from his daily gig on Sirius XM’s Opie and Anthony Show or from your finer comedy clubs and theaters across the country, where he headlines.
