Jim Norton

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James Joseph Norton (born July 19, 1968) is an American comedian, radio personality, writer, and podcast host.

Since 2016, Norton has been co-host of the podcast UFC Unfiltered with Matt Serra and the morning radio show Jim Norton & Sam Roberts on SiriusXM Radio, and The Chip Chipper Podacast since 2017. With Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, he rose to fame as the third mic on the radio show Opie and Anthony from 2001 to 2014. Norton spent his early years developing his act after becoming a stand-up comedian in 1990.

Comedian Andrew Dice Clay, who chose Norton to open for him in 1997, caught his attention on The Louie Show.

Norton made his Opie and Anthony debut in 2000 and appeared on the show as a third microphone in 2001, which increased his national exposure.

He went on to appear on Lucky Louie as a regular guest.

Norton began Opie and Anthony in 2004 and Jim Norton hosted Opie and Anthony from 2014 to 2016, as The Jim Norton Advice Show. Norton has released four comedy albums and seven comedy specials, one on Epix and one on Netflix.

Norton hosted The Jim Norton Show, a talk show on Vice in 2014.

He has written two books: Happiness is the tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch and I Hate Your Guts.

Early life

James Joseph Norton was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. His mother, a librarian, and his father, a retired US marine and army reservist who later served as a driver for the US postal service, served as a pilot. Norton and his sister Tracy grew up in North Brunswick, New Jersey, together.

Norton attended North Brunswick High School, from which he dropped out in his senior year. Norton began to drink heavily, "mostly vodka and grain alcohol" because it made him get drunker during this period. "It was a feeling of anxiety that had always existed, but wasn't there when I drank." It was just a way of being secure.... "I was horribly pregnant, horribly shy, and I was always angry and weak." Norton started cutting himself with a razor blade at 16, in an attempt to "attention-seeking"...

It was "notice me!"

This is garbage. I was 16,17 years old and inebriated. I never did that stuff sober." After his alarmed parents sent him to a rehabilitation center in Princeton, New Jersey, where he continued to sneak in alcohol but completed the course at 18. When he was away, his class voted him as a class clown. Norton had his last drink at New Year's Eve 1985, 1984, and has been alcohol and drug free since. After being sober, Norton's addictive personality began to point toward sex.

Norton, who had been sober for about three years, obtained his GED and attended Middlesex County College with the intention of obtaining a Juris Doctor degree and becoming a lawyer, but he resigned after one month. He received a B grade in English and poor marks in Problems and Statistics, Science, and Western Civilization. He began working in a copper plant at 18 and described it as "awful" for him to unload boxed copper tubes from trucks. He was fired from service at the age of 23. Norton enjoyed unemployment insurance for many years, feigning to look for work when doing shows in local comedy clubs before deciding to focus on comedy full-time.

Personal life

In 2007, Norton purchased an apartment in one of Donald Trump's buildings on the Upper West Side of New York City. He has long been a fan of Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, and Kiss, as well as a close family friend of Osbourne and his wife Sharon. Norton is a promoter of prostitution and transgender people.

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Career

When he was 12, Norton wanted to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. Since his mother brought home comedy albums from work, he took interest in comedy, and Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Woody Allen, and Robert Klein were among his influences. When Norton first appeared at a pub in Sayreville, New Jersey, when he was 21 years old, he did his first stand-up routine in April 1990 at an open mic night. He later referred to his appearance as "awful." Pat Gaynor was credited with bringing him on stage that night, and Ward and John Magnuson of Rascals comedy club were "instrumental" in his early development. Norton spent five years on his stand-up comedy tour, including comedians Jim Florentine and Bob Levy, who were both born in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Maryland, and Florida. Norton created an act based on self-deprecating humor, which came natural to him and gained praise when other comedians told him they loved it. Norton noticed his voice and felt comfortable on stage around ten years into stand-up.

After comedian Andrew Dice Clay discovered his appearance on The Louie Exhibition and asked him to be his opening act on his tours when his initial pick was called off at the last minute, Norton had a breakthrough in 1997. The two first met at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, where Norton was doing his first show and learned Clay wanted to go on stage after him. Norton went on to open for Clay in the ensuing three years, including Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2000.

Norton was encouraged to write and develop his stand-up act despite the absence of Opie and Anthony from the airwaves between August 2002 and October 2004. He underwent his Yellow Discipline Tour right after the show's cancellation. He had assembled a new 45-minute set and assembled his first comedy collection, Yellow Discipline, in 2003, and Trinkets I Own Made from Gorilla Hands followed him in April 2005. After his manager alerted him of the opportunity to perform a showcase in the New York City area, Norton shot his first half-hour HBO comedy special as part of the network's One Night Stand series. Norton was named the best comedian and breakthrough performer of the year on Cringe Humor in 2004. Norton began doing radio in the morning and doing short sets in a New York City comedy club, mainly the Comedy Cellar, in the evening to work on new material after returning to radio in 2004. Norton appeared on every show of the annual Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour from 2006 to 2008. Norton hosted Down and Dirty with Jim Norton, which starred Lemmy as its musical director in 2008. Amy Schumer was his first act in her early career.

Norton got off to a promising start in the 2010s, with writing and releasing three-hour specials every three and a half years. On the television network Epix in June 2012, Ozzy Osbourne appears on a toilet introducing Norton. He chose the network because they provided him with complete creative control and were willing to market his goods. Norton followed it with American Degenerate, his second for Epix, which aired in August 2013 before being published on Netflix in November. Norton In April 2015, he unveiled Condequate, his fourth Epix special. Norton was touring with a new hour of content within three months of its debut. Norton wrote about his career as "stagnant... there's nothing happening."

A Mouthful of Shame, Norton's exclusive, debuted on Netflix in 2017. During 2016, he promoted it on the 31-date Mouthful of Shame Tour, his first national theatre tour as headliner. Robert De Niro spanking Norton's naked bottom in the special. Norton unveiled his first stand-up tour of Europe in 2017. He contracted WME to bring forth WME's own series on Netflix. He appeared in Season 2, Episode 1 of Netflix's stand-up comedy series "The Degenerates," which was released on December 31, 2019.

Norton was hired as the third mic on the Opie and Anthony radio show on WNEW in New York City in early 2001, with hosts Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia. He refused to call himself a "host" of the show because he believes his best performances came when he was "an outsider looking in." Clay opened the show in 2000 and became a regular visitor and sat in on several shows. During live coverage on board the Teen Voyeur Bus, a free bus of topless women riding around the city in November 2000, Norton was arrested alongside comedian Lewis Black and show producer Rick Del Gado. It so happened that the bus route was also the route taken by the president on the day, but the show was not informed of the situation. Norton was arrested for the night. Following the uproar surrounding Sex for Sam 3's segment in August 2002, the show was cancelled and it stayed off the air for two years. In October 2004, Norton returned to the radio with Hughes and Cumia on XM Satellite Radio, an uncensored satellite radio network. Norton, Cumia, said, was a "dark and perverse" side to the film.

Norton was sued by New York City prosecutor Roy Den Hollander in October 2008 for his care during a phone interview about Opie and Anthony. Hollander's appeal was able to withdraw his suit if Norton would also suspend Hollander for filing a baseless lawsuit, as well as being required to pay Norton's legal fees.

Norton hosted an on-air debate with Jesse Ventura on December 2, 2009, about the September 11 attacks and steps against illegal immigrant status. Ventura was protesting Norton's assertion that the Border Patrol was illegally arresting people and requesting them to produce ID deep inside US borders, protesting that such conduct was unconstitutional. Ventura suggested that Norton did not believe in the Constitution, which Norton strongly condemned at some time. Ventura walked off the air shortly after, and the two made explicit remarks toward each other as the debate became more heated.

The Jim Norton Show premiered on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in May 2010. Norton appeared on the show as the host, as well as other comedians and live stand-up clips.

Cumia was fired from SiriusXM in July 2014, Hughes and Norton then went radio and became the hosts of Opie with Jim Norton, during which time the channel was renamed Opie Radio. Norton quickly regretted working with Cumia, disliked the rebranded campaign's name, and felt he did not take over Cumia's empty space but rather be a witness on Hughes' show. In September 2016, the exhibition came to an end. Norton also hosted The Jim Norton Advice Show, a weekly advice show on SiriusXM during this period.

With former Opie and Anthony intern and producer Sam Roberts, Norton took over Jim Norton & Sam Roberts in October 2016. Norton's Boneyard, a SiriusXM channel on SiriusXM, is a playlist segment that airs his top hits.

Norton halted an online crowdfunding campaign for the creation of The Chip Chipperson Show, an animated web series based on the same titled character that he hears on radio in mid-2016. He began the character as a means of shaming his mother. Many people had requested to have the concept animated, and Big Hug Productions had announced the initiative to have five complete episodes. Norton appeared in the film as a result of his uncle Paul Harghis, Jelly, Edgar Mellencamp, and Ted Scheckler. The fund received over $61,000 from 724 donators.

In May 2016, Norton co-host UFC Unfiltered, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship audio podcast, with former wrestler Matt Serra. Each week, the two comedians air two episodes. The first episode appeared on June 21, 2016, and has since been running for over 550 episodes. Norton also started on the Riotcast network a weekly audio and video podcast based on his Chip Chipperson appearance. On April 9, 2017, the Chip Chipperson Podacast was released. Doug Bellcast, a new podcast based on his latest character, Doug Bell, debuted in May 2020.

Norton appeared on The Louie Show in 1997 starring Louie Anderson. Norton appeared on the comedy series Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn from 2002 to 2004. Following the success of his One Night Stand special, he eventually dropped out on the second season of Last Comic Standing in 2004 due to a contractual commitment to film pilot episodes for MTV, which he had not able to obtain. The two pilots were from Camp Cool, shot in Cancun for MTV Spring Break, also starring Al Shearer on how to help people connect with women, and Stupid Bets. His manager advised him not to participate in Last Comic Standing because it was a reality show, but he said he was distraught and dissatisfied with his work's unrest as Opie and Anthony were canceled. Norton at the time had a Viacom contract.

Norton made his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in September 2004 and then went back twice more by mid-2006. He has appeared on television many times since, most notably as "The Uninvited Guest." Norton appeared in a pilot episode for Louis C.K. in April 2005. 's Best Friends Rich Louie is a television sitcom.'s Since the series was picked up by the network and aired through 2006, he landed the role. Jessica Drake, co-hosted the AVN Awards in 2007. Norton appeared on several episodes of The Gong Show with Dave Attell as one of the celebrity judges in June 2008. Norton has appeared on Fox News as a regular guest on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld since mid-2007, and later on Fox News, he was recognized as a participant in increasing turnouts to his comedy shows. Red Eye, the guest-hosted Red Eye, was hosted in 2010. Norton first appeared in Louis, C.K., in 2010. Louie, the FX sitcom, is a fan of the FX series Louie. Jonathan Ames, a bored to death supporter, shaped Norton's role in Bored to Death in 2010. Norton said he had planned a television show starring a sex addict radio host in 2013, but it was not accepted.

Norton debuted The Jim Norton Show, a four-episode talk show on Vice in July 2014, becoming the first for the network. The show featured opening monologues, pre-recorded clips, and guest interviews, including co-host Bailey Jay, comedians Dave Attell, Whitney Cummings, and Gilbert Gottfried; and Dana White, "Freeway" Rick Ross. Kurt Metzger and Jesse Joyce's writing helped Norton with the writing of the comedians. Vice had expressed an interest in filming more episodes, but Norton wondered if the network had enough resources to handle the task as they had grown in size. Norton was delighted with the result of the trial and began talks with Vice and other networks to continue the style. Norton appeared in a Quinn parody television series Cop Show in 2015. Norton revealed in April 2016 that he had shot two pilot episodes for a potential comedy series on AMC's website. Despite the fact that it was not picked up, the show was reworked into a discussion forum in which he hosts a panel of a single topic for thirty minutes.

Norton neared the release of his first book, a collection of stories about his life with anecdotes from his childhood and his comedy career, in early 2007. Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch was published on July 10, 2007. It hit No. 1 in the United States. The New York Times Best Seller list under hardcover nonfiction has been published on the day and has risen to the top ten for books, with 4 on the list debuting at No. 4 after No. 1 was announced. 7.

On November 4, 2008, Norton's second book, I Hate Your Guts, was published. It surpassed No. 0 on the charts. Under hardcover non-fiction, 13 people appear on The New York Times Best Seller list. In the book, Al Sharpton, Keith Olbermann, and Steve Martin, which includes a rant that Norton later regretted and has since apologized for to Martin.

Norton appeared on the short film Crooks, a video demonstration of postal workers stealing stamps. Norton has appeared in numerous cameo appearances, including in the 2002 film Spider-Man and the 2008 film Zack and Miri Make a Porno. He has appeared in Furry Vengeance, Cop Out, and Special Correspondents. Norton recalled that it was around 2003 that his acting career had a little bit of traction.

Norton gained a role in From Nowhere, a critically acclaimed independent film about three teenagers from the Bronx, which premiered in 2016. This was followed by a visit to Pitching Tents. Norton was instrumental in the 2008 film Courting Condi, assisting Devin Ratray in determining Condoleezza Rice's heart.

Norton appeared in The Irishman as a young Don Rickles who makes a gang of jokes to a crowd of Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. After using jokes from Rickles' 1970s appearance, he landed the role without an audition, and De Niro ordered that Norton perform his own material.

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