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Norm Macdonald on Germany
Norm Macdonald's 2015 appearance on Letterman's final Late Show, delivering a deadpan bit about Germany and its military history. Jerry Seinfeld reportedly called it Norm's best joke.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN shares it as one of the greatest stand-up bits ever, and pulls it out whenever Germany, war or trade come up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Ray “PODAN” Dorschner
- Topic
- stand-up comedy
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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[VIDEO] Bit starting at :43 (Germany) will easily go down as one of the greatest stand-up bits ever written and performed. And he was the perfect guy to do it.
ultramundane828 on Hacker News · 2021-09
In Norm Macdonald has died> But this time, the trade war is against the whole world. Reminds me of this excellent Norm Macdonald sketch [1] on Germany of which I've learned only recently. [1] [VIDEO]
paganel on Hacker News · 2025-04
In Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs
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