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It wasn't among the audio files I had sent him. He had evidently reached out to others besides me for help, and chose what someone else had sent him.
So his entire setup to retelling an old Dave joke was completely made up. He hadn't heard it while growing up in Canada; he had acquired it a couple days before his stand-up from someone else whose help he had requested.
The following morning I contacted him again, praising his performance. Norm replied: "Thanks, Don, for the kind words. Also, thank you for the stuff you sent me. Fascinating. Reminded me of Bob and Ray. Where do you live, Don?"
I responded; and our conversation ended. A couple years later, in late July 2017, I wrote to Norm again, soon after his online interview with Dave. I talked about Dave's wordplay, specifically his running jokes on "Words you'll never find in the Bible."
Norm responded: "Another running joke I remember him doing in the monologue was introducing stars and their wives from the audience. Two I recall: Ladies and gentlemen, with us tonight Mr. and NRA. Abolhassom Bani-Sadr. Give a hand to the Bani-Sadrs folks.
"And: folks, I couldn't be more proud. Here with us tonight Bo Diddly and his lovely wife. Give a hand to the Diddlys." He kinda got that Diddly joke wrong; it was Jane Pauley in a Cold Open, seen here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaoEuyObRkY …
But no matter; just conversing with Norm was a privilege. And after I uploaded all of his Dave appearances in a five-part compilation, he followed me on the Twitter. What a talent. (/end)
I was thinking about this. It’s also possible he could’ve heard the joke long ago and was searching for footage so he could get the wording and tone of the joke right. Being as accurate as possible sounds like something Norm would do.
Possible, but after I posted my “story,” I heard from the person who had connected me with Norm. Norm was looking for _any_ joke from Dave’s pre-talk-show career. And not this specific joke.
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