Remembrances of the late comedian Norm Macdonald have been pouring in since he passed away September 14 at the age of 61 .
That includes one from Conan O’Brien who, on his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” talked about the time NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer tried to ban Macdonald from appearing on O’Brien’s NBC-operated late-night show (via Entertainment Weekly).Macdonald served as host of “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” from 1994 through 1998.
His emcee duties happened to overlap with the Oj Simpson trial, and he frequently made jokes about Simpson that did not sit well with NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer, who was a friend of the former NFL running back.
In later interviews with David Letterman and Howard Stern, Macdonald blamed Ohlmeyer, whose feud with Macdonald didn’t end there.“The word came down: You can’t book Norm Macdonald anymore.
It came from the top, from Don Ohlmeyer,
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