Ep. 55 - Rodney Norman - Comedian, Philosopher, Mormon

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

Society & Culture

4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Rodney Norman is a popular stand-up comic and ac tor. We talk about his life growing up working on race cars, his mission, his time as a Marine, meeting his wife, how he got started in comedy, his love of philosophy, and how being a member of the church affects it all. Rodney is a very funny and all around great guy.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:08.9	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:13.2	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:27.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to episode number 55 of the Latter Day Lives podcast. My name is Sean Rappier. Thanks for checking in this week. My guest,
0:32.5	Rodney Norman, you are going to absolutely love him. First of all, Rodney tells one of the funniest jokes
0:38.6	and funniest stories behind it that I've ever heard. We've had a lot of comedians on, and Rodney
0:44.4	is a true comedians comedian. He is funny. He is well respected, and he is a smart guy, and just an
0:52.0	incredible member of the church. He's everything you look for. I cannot
0:55.2	tell you how much I love and respect Rodney Norman. You are going to love him also.
1:01.0	And this week in my latter-day life, I'm going to share something very personal in response to a
1:06.2	letter that I received this week. So that's all coming up. Before we jump into the episode, though,
1:12.9	a couple weeks ago, we had Jimmy Rex as our guest, and I mentioned that he has his own
1:17.6	podcast, which is the Jimmy Rex show, and he interviews business leaders and professional
1:23.9	athletes and all kinds of people. The feedback on Jimmy's episode was great,
1:28.4	including some people's just saying, wow, could this guy's life be real? It really is. And as much
1:33.3	as he interviews incredible people, he also chose to interview me. If you want to hear me talk
1:38.1	about my life, me as a guest, you're welcome to check that out at the Jimmy Rex show. I spend about 45 minutes talking
1:46.6	about my life with Jimmy. So that is over there. You're welcome to check it out. But for now,
1:53.0	sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's conversation. And my guest today is not only a very well-known and well-respected comedian, but also a philosopher, a man among men, a true philosopher and so many facets of his life that are fascinating. We're going to
2:19.6	talk about them all. Rodney Norman, welcome. Welcome to the program. Well, thank you for having me.
2:25.2	It is an honor and a privilege to be here in your presence, my friend. Yeah, so for our listeners,
2:32.5	Rodney and I have known each other for many, many, many years.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.