Mark Normand Proves He's A Master Of The Quick Joke In New Netflix Special

Mark Normand’s ever had a typical marque of brutally funny, quick-fire comedy. From his New Orleans roots to establishing himself successful New York, Normand has built a estimation arsenic a relentless joke writer whose worldly is spiked pinch hilarity done somewhat twisted interpretations. The consequence is laughing while your jaw is connected nan floor.

Normand’s thrust does not extremity onstage. He besides co-hosts 2 wide followed podcasts pinch adjacent friends successful comedy. “Tuesdays With Stories!” pinch Joe List and “We Might Be Drunk” pinch Sam Morril. His business pinch Morril besides led them to commencement Bodega Cat Whiskey, keeping nan “cheers” going beyond nan shape and studio.

Normand’s activity ethic shows up again pinch his latest project, “None Too Pleased,” premiering Tuesday connected Netflix. Filmed astatine nan Boulder Theater successful Colorado, it touches connected matrimony and fatherhood, and not successful a family friends way. The comedian talked astir his willingness to pursuit a joke wherever it goes, his caller typical and more.

Not to contradict nan title of your special, but I screened “None Too Pleased,” and it’s ace pleasing and so funny.

Wow, that intends a lot. I admit you watching. Nobody wants to watch thing now. I’m really excited. The typical is simply a joke every, I don’t know, 15 to 20 seconds. So if you dislike a joke, conscionable retrieve there’s 1 correct aft it. And it’s each jokes and a batch of it isn’t moreover existent truthful if you get excessively upset, conscionable recognize half of this worldly is conscionable made up for nan liking of humor. Just effort to bask it and don’t outcry astatine me.

Yeah, successful 2026 you person to put a disclaimer connected it. “None Too Pleased: I’m kidding!” I’m ever trying to find a correlation, and I’m wondering if your typical comes retired connected St. Patrick’s Day because it’s specified a immense point successful New Orleans?

Oh my God, I wish we put that overmuch thought into it but no, we’re idiots. That was conscionable nan day they gave me, and I’m excessively frightened to push backmost because everybody wants to beryllium connected Netflix. I really recorded my past typical connected St. Patty’s Day successful Chicago and that was a immense mistake. It’s for illustration this weird curse now.

No way, it’s your day now! I was reference astir really New Orleans gets down astatine nan St. Pat’s parade and did you cognize they propulsion onions and cabbage astatine people?

Oh yeah, I’ve gone to nan parade astatine nan Irish Channel and it’s beautiful wild. As you know, they are nan drunkest people, truthful it gets crazy. But New Orleans throws down for Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, Ramadan … I mean, we’ll get drunk for immoderate reason.

“The typical is simply a joke every, I don’t know, 15 to 20 seconds. So if you dislike a joke, conscionable retrieve there’s 1 correct aft it,” says Mark Normand astir his caller show.

(Matthew Salacuse)

I mightiness person heard that. At nan very opening of your special, a portion goes into a VCR and it’s called “Best of Gay Porn.” Were location immoderate different moving titles for that VHS tape?

No, my dumb friend edited it and put that successful himself arsenic a small Easter egg. He thought it’d beryllium funny, truthful I had thing to do pinch that. I was a large skateboarder successful my youth, and I told him I wanted a portion successful nan VCR for illustration an aged skate video. So that’s what he did. Thanks for catching it!

It was nan first laughter earlier we moreover sewage into nan typical truthful shout-out to your dumb friend! Something other I caught, you emotion to propulsion a fist successful nan air. Is it a tribute to Rocky?

I don’t cognize wherever I sewage it from, there’s really nary communicative down it. I conscionable get truthful pumped up to do comedy! I’m truthful excited that conscionable nan thought of it makes my fist spell successful nan aerial retired of sheer fun, excitement and gratitude. It conscionable goes up there, for illustration a boner, I can’t power it.

Something resonated pinch maine successful your special, nary spoilers, but I learned to aquatics nan aforesaid way. Is that a achromatic personification thing?

I mean, it’s gotta be. I deliberation it’s nan achromatic personification type of letting your babe vertebrate jump retired of nan nest. I grew up successful a Black vicinity and location was a batch of “I can’t swim, I can’t swim” from each of nan different kids, truthful I assumed it was a achromatic feline thing. I gotta show you, I’m still doing that joke, and it’s gotten truthful overmuch amended and truthful overmuch longer that it kills maine that I taped it already. But I thought of a cardinal different annoying things achromatic group do. Those are nan champion too, erstwhile you watch thing and you go, hey! It’s not conscionable me! That’s nan astir relatable nosy stuff.

Along pinch his caller typical and touring, Mark Normand besides co-hosts podcasts and co-founded a whiskey brand.

(Matthew Salacuse)

Fully agree! Sometimes erstwhile comics go parents, their worldly goes consecutive to “kids opportunity nan funniest things,” but yours feels still beautiful horned up and not overly kid-heavy.

Listen, that’s news to me! No, I was conscious of that. I didn’t want to beryllium nan aww shucks dad, “kids are truthful crazy” comic, truthful I admit you noticing that. I don’t cognize astir nan charged-up portion though, possibly my kid turns maine on? I person nary idea. I don’t want to beryllium put connected a list! You know, Louis CK is nan champion pinch that. He has a ton of kids stuff, but it’s still, you know, throwing your kids successful nan dumpster and each of that, truthful that was benignant of my North Star.

You person truthful galore things going on, woman and kid, touring, Bodega Cat Whiskey, podcasts, a caller typical — really are you managing?

I’m a weirdo and I for illustration to work. I utilized to beryllium a janitor, and I utilized to move furniture, truthful podcasting and stand-up is not truthful bad erstwhile you talk astir having a job. It is simply a lot, and I person nary free time, but I don’t mind it. I bent retired pinch my 2 friends, and we do a pod together each, truthful that’s really we get to bent retired now. We monetize it, truthful that’s something! And past nan stand-up, I conscionable really emotion doing it. Love of nan game! If I wasn’t doing it, for illustration during COVID, I wanted to put a weapon successful my mouth. I felt for illustration I had nary self-worth, and I conscionable started drinking each time and doing drugs. Comedy gives maine immoderate meaning, which is benignant of sad, but that’s really I’m wired. If I person thing to activity towards, I will conscionable illness successful connected myself.

I’m gladsome you person comedy! Good God, that sewage dark. Now that you’re beautiful seasoned, what’s opinionated retired pinch nan newer comics coming up?

Well, I get a batch of it. Like, I deliberation comics are chasing going viral. I get it though, everybody wants nan followers, everybody wants nan views, but they’re not really chasing bully jokes aliases value comedy. I would opportunity that’s a large thing, but it’s not moreover young comics’ responsibility because you perceive these clubs opportunity worldly like, “We request a comic pinch a batch of followers, aliases we won’t book you.” So they’re scrambling to get followers. But I’m aged fashioned, and young comics are going to astir apt make nosy of me, but I deliberation nan pick tends to rise. So if you’re killing, you’re penning bully stuff, and you’re getting up, nan correct group will announcement you eventually. I deliberation nan aged guard, for illustration Louis CK and Seinfeld, these guys are each very against nan internet. They’re like, oh, get disconnected nan internet, and I’m saying no! Clips waste tickets! Both extremes, nan young and nan old. I deliberation we conscionable request a small spot of readjusting towards nan middle.