The most detailed and personal tribute came from the host of Late Night, Macdonald’s fellow Saturday Night Live alum Seth Meyers, who called him a “fantastic comedian.”.

“I would just suggest that everybody go watch him tell the moth story on Conan, go watch any number of Norm Macdonald things tonight, because they are really, truly timeless.”.

Meyers noted while Macdonald’s passing is “tragic”, he doesn’t believe the comic would want to hear “anything sentimental” said about him.

“I started at SNL in 2001, and I remember one time, Norm walked back into the studio to visit,” Meyers remembered?

“I don’t remember how old his son was at the time, but his son was young and someone said, ‘Hey Norm, how’s being a dad?’ And he said, ‘It’s going great.

“I always think about this…It is a perfect Norm joke,” he said.

“I think for so many of us, we came up watching Norm, and we thought that you were on the inside with him, when you were watching him tell these jokes that you thought were great, and no one in the room thought was good,” he said.