Beyond ‘Saturday Night’: Norm Macdonald’s best roles from ‘Dirty Work’ to ‘Screwed’

"Saturday Night Live" returned for Season 47 this week and stopped short of its usual foray into politics in order to pay tribute to former host, Norm Macdonald.  The comedy world was shocked last month when it was announced that the former "Weekend Update" host had died following a secret cancer battle that he was waging for nine years.

The last laugh. Nearly one month after Norm Macdonald’s death, Saturday Night Live honored the late star during their season 47 premiere.

Saturday Night Live took a moment to pay tribute to their late cast member Norm Macdonald during the season 47 premiere.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe first “Weekend Update” segment of “Saturday Night Live’s” 47th season paid tribute to former cast member Norm Macdonald.First, current cast member Pete Davidson joined “Update” co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost at the desk wearing a shirt with Macdonald’s image on it.

Presenter Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has been pranked by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly as they 'vandalised' his Diddly Squat Farm.The graffiti and 'vandalism' was spotted at the star’s Diddly Squat Farm this week, but it was all part of a practical joke which will air on ITV show, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, according to OxfordshireLive.

 just broke its own record.

Jordan Moreau John Oliver and Lorne Michaels both paid tribute to late comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum Norm Macdonald at the 2021 Emmy Awards on Sunday night.“I do want to say, this is an award for late night comedy, no one was funnier in the last 20 years than Norm Macdonald on late night comedy.

Saturday Night Live picked up its fifth straight win in the Variety Sketch Series category.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver continued its Emmy streak by picking up its sixth straight win in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category.

Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Norm Macdonald, the comedian known for his dry delivery, died this week after a long battle with cancer.

Bob Saget, whose friendship with fellow comedian Norm Macdonald stretched back to their earliest days in Ottawa’s stand-up comedy clubs, remembers the late, great comic in an emotional, heartfelt 37-minute video tribute posted in the wee hours of the morning today, “when most of you who loved Norm will be awake and the people close to him will be up because we’re f*cked up and just can’t sleep.”

Norm Macdonald has died at the age of 61. The 'Saturday Night Live' star passed away after battling cancer for more than a decade.

September 14, 2021“Norm was in a comedy genre of his own,” tweeted Sarah Silverman. “No one like him on this planet.

The entire "Saturday Night Live" family is mourning the loss of one of its own, comedian Norm Macdonald, who died on Tuesday at age 61. "Today is a sad day.

Norm Macdonald is being remembered by his Saturday Night Live family on Tuesday, after the shocking news of his death due to cancer at 61.

One of Norm Macdonald’s final roles was voicing Lieutenant Yaphit, a recurring character on Seth MacFarlane’s hourlong space odyssey The Orville. Macdonald played Yaphit, the gelatinous, shapeshifting engineer on the Orville, in the first two seasons of the series on Fox, and he is also in the upcoming third season, set to stream on Hulu, sources tell Deadline.

Heartbreaking loss. Norm Macdonald died at the age of 61 after privately battling cancer for nine years.

Saturday Night Live star Norm Macdonald has died at the age of 61, after a private battle with cancer for the last nine years.The comedian’s producing partner Lori Jo Hoekstra along with his management firm confirmed his death, Deadline has reported.The star was a firm favourite on SNL and regularly had audiences and viewers in stitches when he did the chat show rounds, and was a beloved comedian in American television. "He was most proud of his comedy,” Hoekstra told the US publication.

the funniest guy I ever met. On stage and off, he had a dry delivery and always sounded like he was just figuring out the joke (or whatever he was saying) as he went along.