Norm Macdonald

New comedy is coming from Norm Macdonald, who isn't letting a little thing like being dead stand in his way. The Canadian comedian died in September 2021 at ...

See all photos See all photos The Netflix film will also include tributes from Macdonald's comedy contemporaries including Adam Sandler, Conan O'Brien, Dave Chappelle and David Letterman.

Netflix has one last treat in store for Macdonald fans, a self-taped hour-long comedy special of new material, filmed before Macdonald's passing.

The new comedy special will also include a bonus featurette with appearances from Adam Sandler, Conan O’Brien, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, David Spade and Molly Shannon, who discuss Macdonald, remembering his life, legacy and friendship. The special was filmed in 2020 after COVID-19 restrictions closed comedy clubs, theatres and performance venues. “Norm worked so hard on a new hour of material and wanted it to be seen.

Legendary comedian Norm Macdonald's final comedy special, coming to Netflix at the end of May, was filmed in one take in his living room.

However, when Macdonald's health continued to fail, it soon became apparent that he wasn't going to be able to film the special in front of an audience proper. He did it for the stand-up. He didn't do this for the shock that it exists. The ailing comedian was working on a new Netflix comedy hour when he needed to go to the hospital and the test results were not looking good. Fearing the worst, Macdonald decided to film his special on the night before his procedure. So, Macdonald opted to film the whole thing in one long single take in his house, with no audience, to get it out of his system, just in case the operation proved fatal.

Macdonald was working on new material for a Netflix special while undergoing treatment for acute leukemia, a disease he quietly lived with for nine years. In ...

“He ended up getting sicker last August and September, and he remembered he had shot this and asked me to find it so he could watch it,” Hoekstra revealed. “He looks great and the material’s fantastic.” In case “things went south,” the SNL alum wanted to get something on tape, so he shot an entire hour’s worth of material in his living room in a single take.

Netflix announced Thursday that an unreleased Norm Macdonald comedy special, which he recorded during quarantine, will be released May 30.

During his time on the sketch-comedy series, Macdonald was known for his impressions of Larry King, Burt Reynolds and Bob Dole, among others. While this version of 'Nothing Special' was not originally meant to be the final product, Covid restrictions prevented him from filming in front of an audience," Macdonald's producing partner Lori Jo Hoekstra said in a release. The "Saturday Night Live" veteran died Sept. 14 after a private battle with cancer at age 61.