Norm Crosby

Norm Crosby
Crosby in 1965.
Born	September 15, 1927 (1927-09-15) (age 84) Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Comedian

Norm Crosby (born September 15, 1927) is an American comedian sometimes associated with the Borscht Belt who often appeared on television in the 1970s. He is best known for his use of malapropisms and is often called The Master of Malaprop. He was born in Boston.

Career

Crosby went solo as a standup comedian, adopting a friendly, blue collar, guy-next-door attitude in the 1950s. Norm Crosby refined his standup monologues by interpolating malapropisms. In 1968, he co-starred on "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show", an NBC-TV summer series. From 1978 to 1981, Crosby hosted the nationally syndicated series, "The Comedy Shop", aka "Norm Crosby's Comedy Shop".

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Crosby became a commercial pitchman for Anheuser-Busch Natural Light Beer.

Since 1983 Norm Crosby has co-hosted and contributed to the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6560 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Personal life

Crosby has been a Freemason since 1956, having served as Master of at least one lodge and participated in many charitable activities. As of September 2005, he was a member of Ionic Composite Lodge #520 in Los Angeles, California.^[1][2]

Crosby is a native of Dorchester, Boston.^[3]

References

1. ^ MSANA.com, October 2007, Masonic Service Association
2. ^ Ionic Composite Lodge #520 Trestle Board
3. ^ Vennochi, Joan (April 20, 1983). "Langone Announces Entry Into Boston's Mayoral Race". The Boston Globe. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/663726171.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 

External links

• Norm Crosby at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview, November 2010

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