Watch Norm Macdonald Tell the Greatest ESPYs Joke Ever (Video)

Though it may have gotten him fired from “SNL”

While hosting the 1998 ESPYs, the late, great Norm Macdonald told what this writer considers the greatest joke of all-time. It’s also the one that likely sealed Macdonald’s termination from “SNL.”

“And there’s Charles Woodson! How about that? What a season he had. He became the first defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy. Congratulations, Charles, that is something that no one can ever take away from you,” MacDonald said at the end of his monologue. “Unless you kill your wife and a waiter, in which case, all bets are off.”

Watch the video above.

Though we dislike explaining jokes even more than transcribing them, this one might require some context for the youngest adults.

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