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Norm Macdonald Secret Standup Before Passing to Air on Netflix | THR News
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One of modern comedy’s greatest talents made one final stand-up special before he passed away – and it’s been kept a secret, until now.
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It turns out Norm Macdonald shot one final secret stand-up special.
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The comedian privately made a one-hour stand-up special
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before he passed away from cancer in September 2021 at the age of 61.
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The acclaimed Saturday Night Live actor was diagnosed with the disease in 2012,
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but kept his illness private.
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He was working on new material for a Netflix special
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when he had to go into the hospital in the summer of 2020.
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His longtime producing partner, Laurie Jo Hoekstra, told The Hollywood Reporter,
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his test results were not good.
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So during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic
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and literally the night before going in for a procedure,
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he wanted to get this on tape just in case, as he put it, things went south.
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It was his intention to have a special to share if something happened.
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The result was an hour-long stand-up special shot in Macdonald's living room
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that the actor filmed in a single take.
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As it turned out, he made it through the medical procedure just fine.
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But the star became very ill a year later,
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before the Netflix special he'd been working on
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could be properly filmed before an audience.
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Netflix will release the surprise program
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Norm Macdonald, Nothing Special,
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a title suggested by the late comedian on May 30th.
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The program will include clips of Conan O'Brien
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and more comedians discussing Macdonald
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during the recent Netflix is a Joke Fest.
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For more on this story, go to THR.com.
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