Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Norm Crosby Stand-up Malaprops in 1997

Norm Crosby is a Jewish comedian from Boston who served time on the Borscht Belt circuit and in Las Vegas hotels. He's known mainly as a source of malapropisms that he integrates into his comedy routines. 

Crosby became a frequent guest on TV talk and variety shows, including Dean Martin’s, and subsequently was a perfect choice as a regular roaster on the hugely popular Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts of the ‘70s, writing lines like: “Wilt Chamberlain is an insulation to young people all over the world. Wherever he appears, after every game the kids give him a standing ovulation.”

Crosby continued with a busy schedule in the following decades, and was the Los Angeles co-host of the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon for over 25 years, until Lewis was unceremoniously dumped from the annual event in 2011. In later years Crosby, who is now 91 years old, performed at casinos, Friars Club roasts, and on cruise ships.

We previously posted a video clip of Crosby co-hosting a Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon in 1987. Here he is ten years later, at a MDA telethon in 1997.
Enjoy! 

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