Jim Norton Biography

Fast Facts

• Quote: "People are too worried a lot of times what other people in the audience are going to think about them, so they like to feign offense so other people don’t think that they’re inappropriate for laughing at something․"
• Quote: "(On offensiveness) "People have lost the ability to just not like something and walk away․ People now feel that if they object to something, nobody else should enjoy it either․""
• Stand-up comic, radio personality and actor best known for Sirius XM Radio's "The Opie & Anthony Show," along with TV appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Late Show with David Letterman" and "One Night Stand․"
• Was a roadie for a New York rock band from 1992 to 1999, going by the nickname, "Gentleman Jim․"