Norm Macdonald Will Be Missed


photo of me meeting Norm years ago

Yesterday’s death of Norm Macdonald hit me pretty hard. He’s easily my favorite comedian of all time, and maybe one of the funniest people to have ever done the job. I loved him before I was a comedian and loved him even more once I became one. His joke writing was equal parts silly and brutal. He wasn’t afraid to tell a dumb joke, but would deliver it with an equaled sincerity that … read more

Messing with Scammers on The Phone

SCAMMER: “I am with the IRS and we have suspended your Social Security Number due to traces of fraudulent activity and will be sending the cops to your house unless you give us information to fix this.”
ME: “Oh no…what do I need to do?”
SCAMMER: “Please verify your name and birthday first?”
ME: “Or the cops will come to my house?”
SCAMMER: “Yes, the cops will come to your house.”
ME: “Actually, send them over. I’ll wait on the
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Midnight Movies

Once I saw The Shining at a midnight movie and the crowd was so rowdy and drunk they were cheering for Jack Nicholson. Then I came back for a Star Wars midnight movie and they were cheering for Darth Vader. Then next week for a Woody Allen movie and they cheered for Woody Allen.… read more

Gangsta’s Paradise

Once I hosted a comedy show at Luna’s Cafe in Sacrametno and I introduced every comedian with credits that were actually lyrics from Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise.” stuff like “Our next comic is so crazy, even their momma thinks that their mind is gone!” or “Our next comic walked through the valley of the shadow of death and took a look at their life and realized there’s nothing left!” The only thing is that nobody understood what I was doing and … read more

Great Things In Store for RETROCRUSH

It’s hard to believe that this site has been around for 20 years now. Sorry I have so much of the archives offline at the moment, but we’ll have the best of the last 2 decades restored soon! I had originally made this site using old school HTML and Microsoft Front Page, so removing things like embedded code, bad links, and more were always a nightmare. I’m not the biggest fan of WordPress, but it will make it easier to … read more