Curiosidades

He won $500,000 for his charity on the celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999). He guessed the right answer to the million dollar question but was talked out of answering in case he got it wrong.

He never revealed his cancer to the public. Anytime rumors circulated that he was sick, Norm denied it.

Chevy Chase has stated that since he left Saturday Night Live (1975), the only person who he believes has done Weekend Update "right" is Norm Macdonald.

Despite being fired from Saturday Night Live (1975), he was asked to host the show a year later.

Upon his death, he was immediately cremated and his ashes returned unto his surviving family.

Norm was fired from SNL for his constant jokes about O.J. Simpson. President of NBC west coast division was good friends with O.J. Norm hosted SNL a year later and quipped either he'd gotten funnier or the show must suck.

Celebrity impersonations include Burt Reynolds, Bob Dole, Quentin Tarantino, David Letterman, Larry King, Michael Richards, and Richard Nixon.

During an interview on the Late Show with David Letterman (1993) a few days after he was fired from Saturday Night Live (1975), he told Dave that the NBC execs fired him because they thought he wasn't funny.

Is good friends with Adam Sandler.

Childhood celebrity crush was Ann-Margret.

He claimed to have dropped out of high school when in fact he graduated 2 years early due to being extremely intelligent.

Was a big fan of David Letterman and was the final stand up guest on Letterman's late night show on CBS.

Although he often acted simple, he was very well read and may have been a math genius.

While he was playing poker with Scott Derrickson, the director was gushing about how funny he was. MacDonald simply quipped "Eh, I'm a low-rent Andy Kaufman".

After making several gay jokes during his March 30, 2011 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Stern asked if he was at all uncomfortable with homosexuality, to which Macdonald clarified that he was not only a supporter of gay rights, but "fascinated" by gay sexual practices, often engaging in long conversations with his "hair cut guy" on the subject.

In early 2002, he and Jon Lovitz were slated to play mismatched roommates for a proposed NBC sitcom entitled "Leave Me Alone," which was to have been produced by Adam Sandler's production company. However, because of a dispute between the network and the producers, the pilot went unfilmed, and the series never came into fruition.

He was the son of Ferne (Mains) and Percy Lloyd Macdonald, who were teachers. His father was in the Canadian Military.

Attended Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, where he took the Broadcasting-Television program, and eventually dropped out. During his time there, he became good friends with Randy Dash, who shot, edited and produced a stand-up act Norm had done in the city. The resulting tape was what helped Norm land his gig with Saturday Night Live (1975).

NBC received two complaints after he used a curse word live on Saturday Night Live (1975).

Although he is not a U.S. citizen, he has publicly stated his support for Republican politicians George W. Bush and John McCain and has said that he considers Ronald Reagan to be the best President in U.S. history.

Has a son, Dylan Lloyd MacDonald born on October 28, 1992 in Los Angeles.

Loved Russian Literature.

Middle child of three boys; younger brother Leslie and older brother Neil. Neil is a broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation.

Was a contestant on International Star Search.

Mentored Keith Reza in stand up. Considered him his "comedy son.".

On Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand up comedians of all time.

Attended Dollard-des-Ormeaux School on the Valcartier Military Base near Shannon, Quebec, Canada.

Starring as Stan Hooper in the new Fox sitcom "A Minute with Stan Hooper." (novembro de 2003)

He was let go from Saturday Night Live (1975) because a producer had complained to Lorne Michaels that he just wasn't funny.

As of 2011, the new commentator on GSN's "High Stakes Poker". (fevereiro de 2011)