Norman Lawrence Crosby (September 15, 1927 – November 7, 2020) was an American comedian born in Boston, Massachusetts.

[3] From 1974 through 1984 he was on over half a dozen Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts including one of George Burns and two separate ones of Redd Foxx.

From 1978 through 1981, he hosted a nationally syndicated series, The Comedy Shop, in which a mix of up-and-coming stand-up comics and vaudeville legends presented their material.

[1] During World War II, he served aboard a Coast Guard submarine chaser in the North Atlantic.

He suffered permanent damage of his hearing from a concussion he received from the depth charges that exploded while he was on anti-submarine patrol.