Episode 402 of SOABD dropped with Mark Normand as the guest, and from the jump the room had that energy where you know clips are going to be flying for the next 48 hours. Normand is one of the better stand-up bookings the show can land — sharp, fast, and willing to push Francis and the crew into the weirder corners of their own lives.
The new episode art for SOABD #402 with Mark Normand.
True to form, the opener with Normand came out swinging. There's no slow ramp here — Mark's in, the bit is rolling, and you can tell the table knows it's a good one before the cold open even ends.
The hot start to the episode with Normand.
But the standout moment — the one being chopped up and pushed across every account — is Francis recounting the time his apartment got broken into in the middle of the night. It's the kind of story that doesn't really work on paper. You need Francis telling it, the pauses, the way he frames the absurdity of being awake and suddenly not alone in your own place. Normand is the perfect guest to bounce that off of, because nothing throws him.
Francis walking through the night his apartment got broken into.
SOABD's own account pushed the home intruder cut too, which tells you everything about which moment they think is carrying the episode. Go listen to the full thing — Normand episodes don't tend to have a dead 10 minutes — but if you're only here for the viral clip, the break-in story is the one.
The official SOABD cut of Francis' home intruder story.