Norm Macdonald’s O.J.
Simpson jokes angered an NBC executive
After O.J.
“And it came from the top, from Don Ohlmeyer.”
Still, O’Brien decided to stand his ground with O.J.
“I got this directive,” he recalled writing.
“You’ve hired me to do the best show I can and this is my best guest.
So I need to do my job, which is the best show I can do.”
O’Brien ended up winning his argument with Ohlmeyer, and, in the end, Macdonald was not banned.
