Norman Macdonald gets a 9/11 joke from a fan at the airport

Now all that'll come back is that dead silence, I guess.

The moment you catch what he's saying, the reaction is just the best. Norman was the real deal.

Norman's "What?" was about the idea of giving up Canadian citizenship because of 9/11. It made no sense. But the person filming jokingly read that "What?" as Norman not knowing what 9/11 was, and that's funny because it's a massive event everyone knows about. Norman did a similar bit on his podcast.

In the bit with Andy Dick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_oFrxlYNMM), Norman brings up an old joke tied to Johnny Carson's 9-1-1 sketch, and he deliberately calls it "9-11." When Andy Dick corrects him with "You mean 9-1-1, right?", Norman replies, "Yes... but 9-11 was a national tragedy." Andy chuckles at the obvious wordplay, but Norman smoothly turns it around, acting like he was mocking 9/11 rather than making a funny remark himself. "Why is that funny?" he asks. It seems like Norman's favorite style of comedy was getting someone to laugh at something, then framing it as them mocking 9/11 rather than their own funny line. He had more 9/11-themed material and loved playing with it, but this one is especially funny and memorable to me. So it really hit home when a fan made a joke in the exact same style to Norman this time.