In honor of Macdonald, Gillis closed his set with an O.J. Simpson joke that temporarily turned the ultra-rich, thin-skinned superstars of the sporting world into a sea of shredded Don Ohlmeyers.

To paraphrase 2014 ESPYS host Drake, nothing was the same. Even 27 years later, Macdonald’s ESPYS monologue remains one of the most memorable moments in the awards show’s history.

Oh, OK then. Please go on? “But it was a Norm Macdonald joke that I loved when he hosted the ESPYs and I’m gonna do it now,” Gillis continued. “Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy this year.

Gillis retold what he called “a dumb joke” that he said he loved from former “Saturday Night Live” comic Norm MacDonald's stint as ESPYS host in 1998.

Oh, OK then. Please go on? “But it was a Norm Macdonald joke that I loved when he hosted the ESPYs and I’m gonna do it now,” Gillis continued. “Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy this year.

Gillis retold what he called “a dumb joke” that he said he loved from former “Saturday Night Live” comic Norm MacDonald's stint as ESPYS host in 1998.

Everybody sitting around him is in foul trouble." Gillis retold what he called "a dumb joke" that he said he loved from former "Saturday Night Live" comic Norm MacDonald's stint as ESPYs host in 1998.

Gillis retold what he called “a dumb joke” that he said he loved from former “Saturday Night Live” comic Norm MacDonald's stint as ESPYS host in 1998.

Gillis retold what he called “a dumb joke” that he said he loved from former “Saturday Night Live” comic Norm MacDonald's stint as ESPYS host in 1998.

Gillis retold what he called “a dumb joke” that he said he loved from former “Saturday Night Live” comic Norm MacDonald's stint as ESPYS host in 1998.