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Oct 27, 2026
Seth MeyersHOST
We're here with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.
Seth MeyersHOST
And I don't know if you guys saw this, but earlier this year, before I left, I did a little joke about you on Weekend Update.
Seth MeyersHOST
Let's take a look.
Kathie Lee GiffordGUEST
NBC announced this
Amy ArcherHOST
Things happen, you know? So now we see this trial just becomes, you know, a show for everyone.
Amy ArcherHOST
And we see Norm MacDonald making a joke about OJ being guilty on Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live.
Amy ArcherHOST
And he's pulled from Weekend Update because of it.
Amy ArcherHOST
I did not know those.
BeccaGUEST
No.
EricHOST
Because they kind of kept him away from this.
RoulaHOST
For those that have not seen it, Norm Macdonald was a comic who was on Saturday Night Live and did Weekend Update.
RoulaHOST
And it was at the time that OJ Simpson was on trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
RoulaHOST
And every weekend update, he was railing OJ about being a murderer.
RoulaHOST
And then when OJ got not guilty, he was like, well...
RoulaHOST
Looks like the state of California, murder is allowed.
Justin DeclouxHOST
Yeah.
Will SloanHOST
It's like Weekend Update.
Will SloanHOST
But a whole show.
Will SloanHOST
But there's
Jon SchneiderHOST
So, uh, I like that here.
Jon SchneiderHOST
Let's go to weekend update.
Jon SchneiderHOST
Uh, the most hyped about segment for messing out UK week after week is returning to weekend update where we're going to do some, uh, budget week talk.
Jon SchneiderHOST
Uh, we're going to talk about, uh, one of the big stories, of course, Megan Markle's dad.
Jon SchneiderHOST
Um, there's gonna be a fun bit about, uh, PHP, some back and forth.
Jon SchneiderHOST
First, we have the Lego and the boiled egg.
Jon SchneiderHOST
So there's been a story recently about things that have been removed from people's bottoms, including a Lego and boiled egg.
Jon SchneiderHOST
And here we're going to get Freddie and Annabelle in what is potentially the shortest correspondent bit I have ever seen on Weekend Update, where they come out and they're looking despondent.
Zaki HasanHOST
And I'm, like, such a... such a diehard fanboy of norm mcdonald i have not had a chance to watch this documentary yet
Brian HallHOST
you are gonna love it you're gonna love it i mean this comes from judd apatow who has just been on a tear these past couple years making these amazing documentaries about comedians yeah right and uh You know, I think when Norm passed, a lot of people started doing deep dives on YouTube, watching his appearances on Letterman or Conan or, you know, his weekend update bits, especially about OJ.
Brian HallHOST
And I thought the documentary, which is on Netflix...
Brian HallHOST
it had a clever format, which is you opening up your computer.
Zaki HasanHOST
him.
Zaki HasanHOST
For me, I often say that I was exposed to Norm at maybe the perfect time of life I could be, which was when I was in high school, and I would watch SNL every week.
Zaki HasanHOST
And so, you know, Weekend Update, as always, was the segment I most looked forward to.
Zaki HasanHOST
And I remember when he came on, you know, because he took over from Kevin Neal, and I was already familiar with him, with Norm Macdonald on the show, because, you know, he had been in sketches before he was on Weekend Update, but...
Norm MacdonaldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Murder is legal in the state of California.
Jake TapperHOST
And our pop culture lead today, that is iconic stand-up comedian Norm Macdonald, who not only helms Saturday Night Live's weekend update desk, he also wrote and starred in the film Dirty Work, headlined his own TV sitcom, hosted a podcast and his own Netflix show before he passed away a few years ago.
Jake TapperHOST
He is the subject of a new documentary out now on Netflix by director Judd Apatow.
Norm MacdonaldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's funny with Saturday Night Live, isn't it, that people either go on to huge fame or they fizzle into oblivion.
Norm MacdonaldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then I said, why is that now? And he goes, oh, you're not, you know, you're not funny.
Norm MacdonaldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then I said, I said, holy Lord, that's even worse news, you know?
Jake TapperHOST
mcdonald fired from weekend update for telling too many oj simpson jokes don all mar who was best friends with oj simpson the murderer died in twenty seventeen and perhaps ended up being best known for firing or mcdonald here now director producer author of comedy nerd a lifelong obsession in stories and pictures and also the director of uh...
Jake TapperHOST
this great documentary that just dropped a few days ago jet apatow judge great to see as always so I was a fan of Norm's for decades, as were you, obviously.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
He's best known for his performances on Saturday Night Live through the 90s.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
He also hosted a show called Weekend Update until he made a powerful enemy with relentless jokes about OJ Simpson.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
Of course, that was during that whole time of OJ's trial and for being one of the best talk show guests of all time.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
Everybody wanted Norm Macdonald on their couch to chat to.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
He's best known for his performances on Saturday Night Live through the 90s.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
He also hosted a show called Weekend Update until he made a powerful enemy with relentless jokes about OJ Simpson.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
Of course, that was during that whole time of OJ's trial and for being one of the best talk show guests of all time.
Sandy KayeCORRESPONDENT
Everybody wanted Norm Macdonald on their couch to chat to.
BillHOST
If anyone, and again, you could easily, and I didn't do it yet, but I'm probably going to get on YouTube at some point.
BillHOST
I just want to look up Norm MacDonald for a weekend update and OJ Simpson because I knew it.
BillHOST
I knew all the things, but I mean, they just kept doing all these different things.
BillHOST
fucking oj simpson jokes oh yeah because norm mcdonald was i mean uh just i the jokes were i mean all all the jokes were like come on man he's fucking guilty you know well
BillHOST
And Letterman, um had him on there shortly after he was fired and then um norm's like oh no big deal with this guy who had him fired he's like look he's like your letterman's like going i've seen
MikeHOST
that one yeah
BillHOST
it's so fucking great it is so fucking great but anyhow so that's all in a documentary uh the oj simpson yeah to your point when he was irritated at the end of the trial when he was acquitted apparently On weekend update, they showed her like, okay.
BillHOST
And, and now apparently it's legal to kill two people in
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