norm sucks

gabe + aj was the best - it made the show much more watchable to the average person.

stevie wonder line was gold

Now that the Norm McDonald HSP experiment has totally bombed, when is Gabe going to come back. That, coupled with Full Tilt's refusal to allow Ivey, Dwan etc. to play has really sunk this once great show.

Watching Vanessa Selbst play poker is painful

You guys are crazy. Norm is great. Way better solo in the booth than Gabe was.

I kinda like the show now without AJ. Didn't think I would but after rewatching old seasons he really adds nothing.

Norm needs a sidekick occassonally... like have Kara Scott jump in a few times.

He always has a few dry one liners that make me lol. Stevie Wonder comedy gold ahahaha

The only reason worth watching is to see Ivey and Durrr. W/out them and with Norm hosting I just don't care anymore

What was the exact stevie wonder comment

Shoulda got Charlie Sheen imo . . . Winning?

show needs some choking incidents and minor gunplay. where is ebony and ivey? and durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. the show is about money. just like life. gabe probably got a raise so good bye sidekick. then norm came along at a better price. im next. 8.50 an hour. plus gavin smiths leftovers when he plays. or when he stops by to nibble at the fruit bowl on the coffee table. thats it. stick a fork in me. im done.....tk

if you think this is funny you are just dumb

Wait do you really think Norm is getting paid less than Gabe?

check out the Norm show http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Norm_Show

The players were asked, "what celebrity would you like to play against?" Nobody said Ivey & Dwan, but, they picked people like Angelina Jolie or whatever, and then Norm said he would have picked Stevie.

They teach you not to use your hands too much to express yourself in acting school. Maybe Norm keeps them there to fight his tendacy to talk with his hands too much. Watch some bad actors, they will use their hands a lot.

i really do not like Norm better then Gabe/AJ combo...I am aware things need time to evolve...But Norm isn't an added value to the show.

Not funny & Very boring. Perhaps he is good as a comedian (never seen any shows of him), but i believe he is starting to fail hard as a poker commentator.

Gabe was way more enjoyable. Not to mention it is obv Gabe knows Poker way better.

combination of norm mcdonald + no ivey/durr/antonius = waste of time

it's not even a half way decent line up

The latest episodes are okay but it's dropped off huge without Gabe. The man knew his stuff and listening to his commentary was actually interesting and educating.

All Norm does is comment on what hands they have, make awful awful jokes and look like an idiot whenever you have to see him awkwardly waffle on in a suit and tie.

Embarassing.

F**k me dead this series sucks so hard!
Norm sux, line up sux. BOOOOOOOOO

Pretty weak showing by Norm so far.

Ok, I'm going to try, TRY to be objective here, even though Norm McDonald sucks donkey dick from one universe to the next (you chimpanzees that think that "fair and balanced" is actually an objective reportive goal can just move on to the next post... your fantasies that Fox "news" is anything but propagandist puss disseminated as "information" is misguided. But I digress.

Ok, look... anyone is entitled to enjoy the sense of humor of the performer of their choice. There simply is no universal correctness on opinions reflecting personal taste. Arguing whether Guldens or Frenches or Gray Poupon is the better mustard is pointless and merely highlights the ignorance of the arguers. So, for all of you that enjoy Norm McDonald when he is being funny (I presume he must have been somewhere, to be "famous"), fine. That's your choice.

But entirely aside from the humor aspect (and to me, he's as funny as amputation without anaesthesia) this person shouldn't comment on the poker playing of Ren and Stimpy, nor any sentient or quasi sentient being. His commentary is infantile, boring, off-point, ignorant, and vomit-inducing in its inarticulation of the untold number of good observations available on this, my former favorite poker show. By the way, Gabe Kaplan (who I did think was wryly amusing, and exceedingly clever, but, again, that's individual) was simply 1 step short of brilliant in his commentary. He explained the moves players made with 95% or so accuracy, and in a relaxed everyman's style and voice. In short, he was wonderful. Conversely, aside from saying things that are so puke-inducing that I am forced to constantly hit mute when watching the show (when Norm speaks, and then to guess when he's finally shut the **** up and un-mute), his voice is so gratingly nasal, it's like being in a gas chamber with ten 13 year olds from the heart of LongGUYland New York, as the wind whistles out their nostrils carrying their whiny tones to our unprotected ears. The show has gone straight downhill in every way; the amateurs are beyond boring, the FT crew, sadly gone, added life and spirited competition, and now... blechhh, Norm.

It is not easy to take a perfectly crafted Creme Brulee straight from the broiler, finish it with a sprig of mint and carefully caramelize the top to a golden perfect brown, place it in front of a diner, and then bring a large camel's anus next to the diner's table, and have said camel spew diarrhea all over that noble dessert, but, the producers of HSP have managed to effectuate that analogy.

+1

Dreaming that someone in charge reads this: at least GSN could use us the courtesy to make the raw footage available on youtube...