[July 4th]

Norm may have been a Republican, but he was also a huge drunk. There was never a ton of stuff in the press about it, but over the past few years he had several public appearances where he was noticeably wasted. If you show up to tapings like that, you're going to get fired. Too bad...I thought he was pretty funny.

[sneakypete]

Norm may have been a Republican, but he was also a huge drunk.

Hmmm,I didn't know that. You are right,though. If you keep showing up drunk,you will end up getting canned.

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"If you show up to tapings like that, you're going to get fired. Too bad...I thought he was pretty funny."
Sorry, but that is NOT how it works in Hollywood.Starting with Drew Barrymore, Mike McCarthy,Charlie Sheen....I could go on for an hour. Robert Downey...look, he got canned twice for attacking left wingers.ABC/DISNEY is plain damned evil.

[Plummz]

Norm may have been a Republican, but he was also a huge drunk. Too bad...I thought he was pretty funny.

Do you have any cites for this? One of the tabloid rags ran a story with a ohotspread of Norm's costar (Dad from ALF, blanking on the name) smoking crack with a male prostitute (ActuallyI think it was a homeless crack addict who wasjust exchanging services, but anyway). The guy was even on the local news out there after he was arrested for driving on crack. The Enquirer (or whatever) article alsosaid that Norm McDonald was absolutley merciless with him on the set, cracking jokes about the crack etc . . . None of which would really square with showing up drunk to his own tapings (sure,maybe Letterman or the ESPYs. . .).