Earlier this week, Norm MacDonald and his son, Dylan, wrote a piece about last weekend’s PGA Championship. They wrote the article after Vice Sports reached out to Norm about writing a bi-monthly column for their site.
We know all this because today Norm took his Twitter followers through the whole ordeal, so keep in mind it’s all gleaned form his own perspective and we have yet to hear the story from Vice.
Vice didn’t ever actually run the story, so Norm decided to share its brilliance on Twitter instead. Let’s take a look at what happened, from the perspective of comedian, Norm MacDonald.
First the backstory to the piece, according to Norm.*
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634836485771010048
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634836636677894144
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634836851388481537
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634837209900810241
So, to rehash, Vice wanted Norm to write a piece (according to Norm), but he would only do so if he could do it as a joint venture with his son. Father and son then watched Jason Day win this past weekend’s PGA Championship and wrote their piece together afterwards. But all does not go as smoothly as you might think, which is why we’re now telling you about it. Here’s Norm:
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634837444551143424
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634837591146237952
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634837889919131648
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634838237937303552
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634838596575490048
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634838634458427393
This is where it gets closer to real time, with an editor calling Norm to — presumably — discuss the piece in question. Except, that’s not how it goes.
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634838760639827969
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634838989770465280
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634839154124288000
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634839393887518725
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634839589119782912
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634839589119782912
This next one was perhaps the most damning of tweets Norm sent about Vice Sports.
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634839969220165636
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634840331289251841
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634841194720313345
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634842558397612032
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634842809967714305
He then goes on to RT various people asking him to publish the piece he and his son wrote on Twitter. He, thankfully, obliges. Here, uncut, is Norm and Dylan MacDonald’s piece about last weekend’s PGA Championship.
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634851207685763072
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634851668501364736
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634851942267781120
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634851989826969600
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634852181850615808
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634852501108445184
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634852741056176128
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634853109051863041
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634853391353708544
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634853746888036352
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634853810977046528
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634854141198737408
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634854213265301504
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634854318382936064
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634854389405122560
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634854628610449408
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634854751910412288
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634855119482433536
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634855565714440193
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634855677584871425
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634855855737970688
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634856125519790080
https://twitter.com/normmacdonald/status/634856479665881089
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— Mike and Devery (@MikeAndDevery) August 21, 2015
And Fin.
“That’s a lot of fat, Jack,” is clever by itself, but the sociological nuance Norm and Dylan exhibit in the piece is astounding. Perhaps Vice Sports only wants Norm to interview “naturally funny” athletes, but Norm and his son Dylan can write for Uproxx Sports whenever they want.
*Keep in mind, this is Norm’s version of events. We don’t know what actually transpired, just his own recounting, which is obviously biased in his favor.
