Jeff Ross was inspired by the late Norm Macdonald to go public with his colon cancer diagnosis.

A comedy auction to benefit The V Foundation for Cancer Research, honoring the late Macdonald, includes items up for bid from Apatow, Adam Sandler and more ...

Judd Apatow in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, 2025; Norm Macdonald in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 30, 2010. Credit : Neilson Barnard/Getty; Michael Schwartz/WireImage ...

Macdonald, with his deadpan delivery and deliberately tasteless jokes, often dealt in anti-humor by telling jokes so corny and dated that people laughed at Norm's audacity more than the joke itself.