“SNL 40thwas two years ago.
“I remember we all said our lines and then Norm just started talking.
None of it was what he was supposed to say.
Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers were among the late-night show hosts to pay tribute to Norm Macdonald, who died of cancer at 61.Jerod Harris/WireImage; Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage; Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
“All Norm ever wanted to do was make us laugh and he was absolutely brilliant at it.
There was nobody quite like him,” said Corden.
“I felt privileged every time I got to be in his orbit.
Fallon also paid tribute to his formerSNLcast member and friend, calling him “the greatest comedian ever.”
He also talked about how he met Macdonald at breakfast shortly after he got the Weekend Update gig.