Conan O'Brien Revisits Norm MacDonald's Firing from 'SNL' Over Withering O.J. Simpson Jokes

Comedian, writer, and late-night host Conan O’Brien chimed in on the death of former NFL star O.J. Simpson by recalling how a TV executive at NBC who was one of Simpson’s close personal friends fired Norm MacDonald from his Saturday Night Live gig over the latter’s withering jokes aimed at Simpson. After Simpson was accused of murdering his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1994, MacDonald spent months raking Simpson over the coals in joke after joke during his spots on the comedy show’s “Weekend Update”...