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Last year, Norm Macdonald teased a sequel to his flawed, brilliant 1998 cult classic Dirty Work. “There might be another one coming now, I guess,” he told Forbes, cruelly refusing to provide more details (to avoid a punch in the stomach, we imagine). Recently, Norm reignited the speculation by posting a few pages from his script for the sequel, which he claims the original’s director, Bob Saget, tasked him with writing.
Unfortunately, Saget doesn’t appear to support Norm’s vision. “He’s read the full 500 page script and thinks I need a ‘professional’ screenwriter’s help,” Norm posted to Instagram. “Here are a few of my best scenes! YOU be the judge!!! #DirtyWork2.”
Norm’s Mitch Kramer is no longer making a living as a prankster in the sequel, in which he’s settled down with a “beautiful scientist” and a “a cat named KITTY” who they “love like a child.” His best friend, Sam—played by Artie Lange in the original and, apparently, Brad Pitt here—arrives saying they need to do “ONE more prank!!!” That prank, unfortunately, turns out to involve Sam/Brad Pitt sleeping with his (barren) wife and somehow impregnating her. “I don’t much like this!” Mitch declares, a line that we’d give anything to hear Norm actually yell. Netflix? Hulu? HBO Max? This is a slam dunk.
“Don’t get me wrong, Norm—This is really well written and I love the short length. Perfect for a comedy,” Saget responded. “I just think some other movie script writer(s) could take it to the next level. Thanks for posting on Instagram. That’ll be sure to get people more excited!!!!! ❤️”
Alas, it looks like the Dirty Work sequel has hit a roadblock, unless, of course, a “professional” can write a scenario that makes everyone happy and doesn’t remind us that Chris Farley, Jack Warden, and Don Rickles are all dead. Just bring back Christopher McDonald and put three exclamation points at the end of every sentence. We really want this.
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I believe Norm’s character was named Mitch Weaver.
Correct. As in, “Mitch Weaver, you’re not fit to wear this uniform!”
Settle down, prostitutes.
“And it requires no sex. I repeat – no sex at all.”
Yup. Mitch Kramer only took a paddle to the butt.
The original was clearly supposed to be R-rated and reduced to PG-13. That was the source of some of the issues.
It’s still hilarious though.
Was there an uncut release at some point? I feel like the version I watched could never have gotten a PG-13 rating but I didn’t see it in theaters.
I just remember it having a PG-13 rating when it came out in theaters. Not sure if there was ever an uncut or less cut version released on other media.
I don’t think an uncut version was ever actually released. The current Blu Ray is the PG-13 version, and most quotes/comments about an R Rated version seemed to indicate it’s still in a vault somewhere (assuming the cuts weren’t junked).
Maybe my mind is filling in the details that kept it from an R rating. I recall the shootout with the mobsters where the guys are hiding as the gangs kill each other. I could swear they walk out through blood and bodies but maybe the camera just implies it by going to facial reactions while squelching walking noises play. Something like that.
AND NOW HE’S USING IT ON ME!
It’s a pretty hard PG-13, but then again it didn’t show anything that the MPAA hates, like female sexuality.
In the prison scene, you can see pretty clearly that Norm is saying “anal rape” when he’s yelling at the other prisoners about having a lack of respect, but they overdubbed the audio. So maybe that cut’s out there somewhere!
Lmao damn, savage shade from Saget“We really want this”
No one on the face of the earth cares what you think about anything.
Why don’t you get a horse and live in the mountains, don’t bother anybody? You’ve got a personality like a dead moth!
Are you gonna cry because someone doesn’t like your fave
Seriously fuck Bob Saget I’d pay money to see that and double the money to see it twice!
So clearly could hear his voice and tone reading that.
Note to self: Sam is watching gay porn!
Note to self: Sam just looked at the screen.“NO I DIDN’T I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE….”
So we can’t get Brad Pitt. But we CAN get this guy who conned women into buying him free drinks PRETENDING to be Brad Pitt!
Off-topic but does anyone else keep trying to swipe the new look of the ‘You May Also Like’ feature? Now that it looks like overlapping cards I try to shuffle them but the timer mocks me. Maybe it’s not an issue on a desktop.
I hope the Saigon whore comes back.
Given Artie Lange’s recent condition, they got a built in plot line for her to come back…
Twist: the beautiful scientist wife is played by Artie Lange
Denise Richards IS Dr. Chanukah!
So good.
“I’ve never seen so many dead hookers in all my life!”“…Lord knows I have…”
I’d leave a longer comment here, but I need to…go…lift…weights? What?
I still fucking use that quote to this day when my wife asks me to do something I don’t want to do.“No, no, I can’t. I need to go…………………lift weights. What?”
I love how he immediately questions his own excuse. Pretty much a line only Norm can really make work.
Dirty Work has so many great scenes,
This 15 seconds worth might be my favorite
One of mine.
“Look at you! You baby gorilla!”
I hope they get OJ Simpson to play this Norm guy.
“Mildred! Mildred! Hey, Mildred!”“Oh hi, Mitch! I guess you forgot my name, though. It’s not Mildred. It’s Kathy.”“Oh, no, you never told me your name so I just guessed.”
That’s a novel approach.
I never did understand the love for this movie; it’s mediocre at best (though better than Norm’s next starring movie, Screwed.The part where he realizes with horror that he slept with his biological sister is funny though.
Maybe he can get Jackie Martling to punch it up……
“Looks like there’s gonna be a brawl. You playin’ something good?”“Hell yeah! Rolling Stone’s Street Fighting Man, G-SEVAAAAAWN!”“You just hit G-8.”“If you like pina coladas . . .”
This would have been welcome news four, maybe even three years ago.
Mitch Kramer was the kid in Dazed and Confused. Norm’s character in Dirty Work is Mitch Weaver
This needs to happen. With a hard r rating
Who’s that dude!
Dead hookers?