A review by xomor
Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald

4.0

you MUST listen to the audiobook. norm, along with his greatest talk show companion, conan, formed my comedic sense in high school. as such, it was no surprise that i thoroughly enjoyed this book of quintessential norm quips and meandering recollections. i didn’t want a memoir so much as i wanted norm to tell a convoluted story only to hint at his own journey, and that’s exactly what i got. i’m marking it down a bit due to two unnecessary—albeit very much of-an-era—jokes that i didn’t care for, but most of my deductions are for some hitches in the narrative. if you love norm like i do, give it a listen — there are some smarter writers online who have covered the aforementioned jokes, too, if that interests you