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 Websites:
http://eatabullet.com
MySpace Profile: myspace.com/jimnorton
CH Awards: (5) Breakthrough Performer of
2004, Best Standup Comedian of 2004, 2005 Cringe Humor Comedian
Of The Year, 2005 Best Standup Special, 2006 Most Original
Performer
TV Highlights: Premium Blend, Tough Crowd
with Colin Quinn, "Ed" on NBC, Host of MTV's Stupid
Bets
Why He's On The Site: Norton is the
reason why this site exists today...The King of the cringe
style, Norton mindfucked us all when he became a regular on the
Opie & Anthony Show...Norton's standup is an utterly brutal
assault delivered in an innocent & intellectual way - you
feel bad for laughing so hard at what he has to say
Official Bio: I was sitting in my
apartment, looking at my naked body in a mirror and
contemplating suicide. My manager called and informed me that I
need to update my bio. I have always detested bios written in
the 'third person.' Every performer either writes or approves
his or her bio. Third person makes it seem like a bunch of
people got together to discuss the performer's wonderfulness and
just had to write it down for the world to see.
I also loathe the wording in a lot of bios. I
did not "burst on to the scene", nor do I leave crowds
"rolling in the aisles" "on the edge of their
seats" or "gasping for air". Some nights I kill,
other nights the crowd wants to gut me with a fishing knife. I
am a relatively amusing in a child molesting/stomach cancer kind
of way.
Being pegged as an 'angry comic' truly makes me
want to vomit. To me the only labels in comedy that matter are
'funny', 'original' and 'hack'. By original I don't mean so
weird that Andy Kaufman wouldn't get it and by hack I mean the
next comic who writes a girl fart joke should have his writing
hand smashed with a mallet. There is no subject I won't make fun
of (with the exception, of course, of girl farts). This has
nothing to do with integrity, it's because smelling them gives
me an erection.
I am 5'7, 150 lbs with brown hair, brown eyes
and have a torso with the muscle tone of Christopher Reeve's
thighs. I enjoy dining out, dancing and receiving yellow
discipline from black prostitutes. Judi Brown of the Aspen
Comedy Festival said, "He's so brutally honest. He's very
refreshing in a business where a lot of people are phony."
That is probably the nicest compliment I have received as a
performer.
Jim
Norton @ The Cringe Humor Show
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