"No, I fabricated that," Normand cheerfully admitted after being asked about claims Netflix wanted a joke about Muslim people cut from his special.

What if a stand-up comedian walked onstage only to find the audience was 50 bald men? Or 50 clowns, or nuns, or bikers or goths? Mark Normand wanted to find out, so he co-created a new YouTube series ...

Normand, 40, isn’t that new an up-and-comer, though. The veteran comic has cut his teeth performing multiple sets a night for years at bars, clubs and theaters all over New York City. And now, the ...

Stand-up comedian Mark Normand talks the way he performs: fast, loose and irreverent, with a punchline lurking around every corner. With a baby at home and a new Netflix special on the way, Normand ...

Following Donald Trump’s election, a growing chorus of voices began to request—if not require—something more from cultural art forms. Say something meaningful. Use your voice to inform, dissent, ...

While the Covid pandemic initially shut down comedy clubs and wasn’t particularly funny, it’s had a silver lining for Mark Normand. After recording his hour-long show “Out to Lunch” a couple of months ...

New Orleans has a well-deserved reputation as a destination for some of the best music and food Planet Earth has to offer. But when it comes to comedy—well, not so much. From Ben Turpin and Garret ...

Alvy Singer, the protagonist from Woody Allen’s masterpiece “Annie Hall,” has something in common with comic Mark Normand. Normand grew up in a dilapidated mansion in New Orleans’ Treme section. “It ...

For a working stand-up comic, an hour on Netflix is the current equivalent of being asked back to the couch by Johnny Carson. Now, New Orleans native and current West Village resident Mark Normand is ...