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| cartoon_name = Norman Normal |
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|name =Pacific University |
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| director = [[Alex Lovy]] |
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|image =[[Image:pac main.gif]] |
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| story_artist = [[Paul Stookey|N. Paul Stookey]]<br>[[Dave Dixon]] |
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|motto =Pro Christo et Regno Ejus (''For Christ and His Kingdom'') |
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| animator = Ted Bonnicksen<br>[[Laverne Harding]]<br>Volus Jones<br>Ed Solomon |
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|established =1849 |
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| voice_actor = N. Paul Stookey<br>Dave Dixon |
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|type =[[Private college|Private]] |
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| musician = [[William Lava]]<br>N. Paul Stookey (songs) |
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| producer = [[William L. Hendricks]]<br>N. Paul Stookey |
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| distributor = [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] |
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| release_date = [[February 3]], [[1968]] |
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|president =Philip Creighton, Ph.D. |
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| color_process = [[Technicolor]] |
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| runtime = 6 min |
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| movie_language = [[English language|English]] |
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| imdb_id = 0063365}} |
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'''''Norman Normal''''' is a [[1968 in film|1968]] [[animation|animated]] cartoon short, produced by [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]]. It was produced as a collaboration between musician [[Noel Stookey]] (of [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] fame) and the studio's animation department. Rather than being released as part of the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' or ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series, it was released as a "Cartoon Special."<ref>[http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/miscelooneyous/rarecartoons/ Misce-Looney-Ous: The Rarest Warner Bros. Cartoons of All Time], accessed [[January 15]] [[2008]]</ref> |
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|students =3000<ref name=prez>Christensen, Nick. [http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2008/09/search_on_for_new_pacific_univ.html “Search on for new Pacific University president : Creighton led university's growth, within Forest Grove and east to Hillsboro”,] [[The Hillsboro Argus]], [[September 22]] [[2008]].</ref> |
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|city =[[Forest Grove]] |
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|state =[[Oregon]] |
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|country =[[United States]] |
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|campus =suburban |
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|colors =Red and Black |
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|mascot =Boxer |
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|website =http://www.pacificu.edu/ |
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The short will be released on the ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6]]'', making it the first short from the "Seven Arts" era of the studio to be released on [[DVD]]. |
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'''Pacific University''' is a private [[university]] located in [[Forest Grove]], [[Oregon]], [[United States]] about 38 km (23 mi) west of [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]. Established as Tualatin Academy in 1849, the school has an enrollment of 3,000 students. A small liberal arts school, it offers graduate programs in education, optometry, writing, and health professions. |
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Pacific University traces its origins to a private school, the [[Tualatin Academy]], which was established in 1848 to care for orphans from the 1846 [[Applegate Trail]] party, and was officially chartered by the [[Oregon Territorial Legislature|territorial legislature]] in 1849.<ref name="Hill">{{cite book |
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| first = Terry |
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| coauthors = Joe Montalbano |
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| title = Hillsboro: My Home Town |
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| publisher = Hillsboro Elementary School District 7 |
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| date = 1980 |
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| doi = }} |
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</ref> [[Tabitha Brown]], a pioneer emigrant from [[Massachusetts]] who was in that 1846 party, helped start the academy, and later taught at the academy. [[Eliza Hart Spalding]], part of the [[Whitman Mission]], was its first teacher. The current campus was deeded in 1851. |
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The cartoon is introduced by a band, playing the cartoon's theme song (written and performed by Stookey). Eventually the main character, a [[ball-bearing]] salesman named Norman appears and closes a door on them. He then introduces himself as the hero of the piece, and walks down a long corridor, explaining that each of them has a different one of his problems behind them. |
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The central building on the Pacific campus is Marsh Hall, built in 1895 and named for Pacific's first president, Sidney Harper Marsh. It houses several classrooms, in addition to administrative offices, including the financial aid office, president's office, University Relations, and faculty offices. Marsh Hall was gutted by fire in 1975, but its shell was preserved, and the structure reopened in 1977. |
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Norman then enters a door, which takes him to the office of his boss. Their company has been having difficulty getting a man named Fanshawe to buy a large consignment of ball-bearings, but the boss has discovered that Fanshawe is an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]]. To take advantage of this, he orders Norman to take Fanshawe to a bar, buy him as much alcohol as he wants, and then get him to sign the contract while he's drunk. Norman refuses to do this however, and tells his boss that "it just isn't right," but the boss re-assures him that "everybody's doing it." Norman continues to argue with his boss, and during the argument, the two suddenly revert back to children, and the subject of the argument changes to the boss demanding that Norman bully a fellow child in order to get into the boss's gang. The two then revert back to adults, and the boss tries [[reverse psychology]], wondering if he misjudged Norman and whether or not he's really suitable for the job. Norman seemingly caves in and agrees to the boss's demands, but on exiting the office (and walking back into the corridor), he vows not to do what is being asked of him, and to simply ask Fanshawe to sign the contract if he thinks the ball-bearings are good enough. |
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Dr. Phillip D. Creighton became Pacific's sixteenth president in August 2003, and will retire in June 2009.<ref name=prez/> |
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[[Image:SidneyMarsh.jpg|left|thumb|Sidney Marsh]] |
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He then enters another door, and enters a room containing his father. Norman asks his father serious questions about what's right and wrong, but his father merely floats around the room, giving Norman vague psychobabble and stories from his childhood. He then tells Norman that the key to success in life is not to make waves, and to fit in, after which he vanishes. |
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==Current programs== |
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In national surveys, Pacific University has consistently received high ratings in the category of private regional liberal arts universities with a limited range of graduate programs. The majority of its students are resident undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences. |
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Walking through another door, Norman is taken to a party, and greeted by a man who wears a lampshade on his head and walks around the room repeating the word "approval." Another, drunken salesman then greets Norman, congratulates him for closing the deal with Fanshawe (we are not told how Norman has done this, but it is assumed he did it through honest means), and then begins telling a joke which involves a travelling salesman mistaking an [[Eskimo]] woman for a [[walrus]]. The audience does not hear most of the joke however, as Norman talks over it and tells the drunken man that he doesn't want to hear a joke that involves another race or minority group, and is designed to make them look inferior. |
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At the graduate level, Pacific University is probably best known for its College of Optometry, but also offers graduate programs in several allied health fields via its College of Health Professions in physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant studies, professional psychology, dental health science, and pharmacy. |
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Once the man has finished telling his joke, Norman walks over to the bar and Hal the bartender, who is also drunk, asks him if he wants some more to drink. Norman tells Hal that he's had enough to drink (even though Norman has not drunk anything alcoholic) and asks for a [[ginger ale]]. Hal then taunts him, accusing Norman of hating himself when he's drunk, which causes Norman to walk away without reply. |
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Pacific also has a full range of undergraduate liberal arts degree programs and a College of Education. The College of Education offers an undergraduate major in early childhood education and elementary education. There are also a number of graduate education programs including MAT/MAT Flex, MAT Special Education and M.Ed. in Curriculum Studies and a joint program with the Optometry school in visual function in learning. |
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Back in the corridor, Norman apologizes for the display that just took place, and re-opens the door containing the band seen at the start of the film. It is then revealed that both the band and this version of Norman are inside the head of another, larger version of Norman, visible through a door inside his head. This version then ends the film by closing the door on his head. |
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Pacific University is presently in the process of expanding. A state-of-the-art University Library was completed in 2005, as well as a separate campus for the [[Pacific University Health Professions Campus|health professions]] in [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]]. A new residence hall was completed in August 2006. In February 2008, Berglund Hall was opened to house the School of Education and the business department. As of 2008, another new residence hall is under construction in the northwest corner of the campus. |
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In 2007, Pacific University's MFA In Writing program was named one of the top five [[Low-residency program|low-residency]] [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] programs in the United States.<ref name="atlantic">Edward J. Delaney, '''Where Great Writers Are Made''' ''Atlantic Monthly'' (2007 Special Fiction Issue), p. 88.</ref> |
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==Facts about the university== |
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{{Trivia|date=September 2007}} |
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[[Image:Marsh Hall.JPG|thumb|right|Marsh Hall]] |
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The university's mascot is the Boxer, which was derived from a Chinese statuette. It originally came to Pacific in the late 1890s as a gift from an alum. It was purchased from a Chinese family who used it as a sort of coat of arms. It appears to be a mix of a several different mythical creatures although it is often simply called a "dragon dog."<ref>[http://www.pacificu.edu/calendar/detail.cfm?CALENDAR_ID=1990&CATEGORY_ID= RHA's Boxer Bash.] Pacific University, accessed [[September 15]] [[2007]].</ref> |
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Founded by the [[United Church of Christ]], the University's motto is ''Pro Christo et Regno Ejus'', which is Latin for "For Christ and His Kingdom". |
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The University's newspaper, the ''Index'', was first published in 1893. |
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The University's annual yearbook, the ''Heart of Oak'', was first published in 1894. |
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[[Tommy Thayer]], lead guitarist of the band [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] was elected to the university's board of trustees in 2005.<ref>[http://tommythayer.com/news-updates/2005/09/tommy-thayer-goes-to-college-board-approved Tommy Thayer Goes To College - Board Approved.] TommyThayer.com, accessed [[September 15]] [[2007]].</ref> |
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Pacific University is one of the few U.S. programs to officially have women's wrestling as a Varsity sport.{{Fact|date=September 2007}} |
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==Notable alumni== |
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*[[Harvey W. Scott]], (graduated 1863) – the first graduate of Pacific, editor of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' |
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*[[Thomas H. Tongue]], (graduated 1868) – [[U.S. Representative]] for Oregon's First Congressional District |
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*[[Alfred Carlton Gilbert]], (graduated in 1902 from the Tualatin Academy) – Olympian and inventor of the [[Erector Set]] |
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*[[Olaus Murie]], (graduated 1912) – conservationist and [[mammalogist]] |
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===Contemporary alumni=== |
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[[Image:PU HealthProfessionsCampus.JPG|thumb|240px|The [[Pacific University Health Professions Campus|Health Professions Campus]] building in Hillsboro.]] |
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*[[Calvin Leroy Van Pelt]] (graduated 1949) - [[World War II]] veteran, executive in international trade positions with Oregon companies and later an honorary consul to the [[Republic of South Africa]]. |
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*[[Les AuCoin]] (graduated 1969) - was Oregon’s U.S. Representative from the First Congressional District from 1975 to 1992. He was the first democrat elected from the district since its formation. He was the 1985 Whip at Large and served on the House Democratic Study Group and the Executive Steering Committee of the Grace Commission caucus. In 1977 he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Pacific and has served on the Board of Trustees. |
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*[[William A. Barton]] (graduated 1969) - noted Oregon personal injury attorney and author. In Doe v. Holy See (434 F.Supp.2d 925) was allowed to proceed against the [[Holy See|Vatican]] in the priest [[Roman Catholic sex abuse cases|sex scandal]]. |
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*[[Nancy Wilson (guitarist)|Nancy Wilson]] (graduated in 1976) is lead guitarist and vocalist in the classic rock group “[[Heart (band)|Heart]]”. Since the early 1970s the band has continued to make music, having recently released their first album in many years, titled Jupiter’s Darling. |
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==Greek life== |
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There are four [[fraternities]] and four [[sororities]] on campus. Each group is local, founded at Pacific. |
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===Fraternities=== |
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ГΣ - [[Gamma Sigma]], "Gammas." Founded 1863. This is the oldest fraternity west of the Mississippi River. |
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ΑΖ - Alpha Zeta, "AZs." Founded 1901. |
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ΠΚΡ - [[Pi Kappa Rho]], "Pi-Rhos." Founded 2004. |
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===Sororities=== |
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ΑΚΔ - Alpha Kappa Delta, "AKDs" |
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ΘΝΑ - [[Theta Nu Alpha]], "Thetas" |
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ΦΛΟ - [[Phi Lambda Omicron]], "Philos" |
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ΔΧΔ - [[Delta Chi Delta]], "Deltas or DCDs" Established its charter in 1959 and was re-established in 2001 |
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==References== |
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* Drury, Clifford Merrill. 'Henry Harmon Spalding: Pioneer of Old Oregon." Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID, 1936. |
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* Smith, Alvin T. Original diaries at Pacific University Archives |
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* Spalding, Henry H., in collections of Oregon Historical Society, Protestant Missions in the Pacific Northwest |
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* Brown, Tabitha, in "Centennial History of Oregon" |
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* Deed, 3 April 1851, Washington Country, Oregon |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.pacificu.edu/ Pacific University] |
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*[http://goboxers.com/ Pacific University Athletics] |
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Revision as of 09:55, 11 October 2008
| Norman Normal | |
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| Directed by | Alex Lovy |
| Produced by | William L. Hendricks N. Paul Stookey |
| Animation by | Ted Bonnicksen Laverne Harding Volus Jones Ed Solomon |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
Running time | 6 min |
Norman Normal is a 1968 animated cartoon short, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It was produced as a collaboration between musician Noel Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary fame) and the studio's animation department. Rather than being released as part of the Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies series, it was released as a "Cartoon Special."[1]
The short will be released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, making it the first short from the "Seven Arts" era of the studio to be released on DVD.
Storyline
The cartoon is introduced by a band, playing the cartoon's theme song (written and performed by Stookey). Eventually the main character, a ball-bearing salesman named Norman appears and closes a door on them. He then introduces himself as the hero of the piece, and walks down a long corridor, explaining that each of them has a different one of his problems behind them.
Norman then enters a door, which takes him to the office of his boss. Their company has been having difficulty getting a man named Fanshawe to buy a large consignment of ball-bearings, but the boss has discovered that Fanshawe is an alcoholic. To take advantage of this, he orders Norman to take Fanshawe to a bar, buy him as much alcohol as he wants, and then get him to sign the contract while he's drunk. Norman refuses to do this however, and tells his boss that "it just isn't right," but the boss re-assures him that "everybody's doing it." Norman continues to argue with his boss, and during the argument, the two suddenly revert back to children, and the subject of the argument changes to the boss demanding that Norman bully a fellow child in order to get into the boss's gang. The two then revert back to adults, and the boss tries reverse psychology, wondering if he misjudged Norman and whether or not he's really suitable for the job. Norman seemingly caves in and agrees to the boss's demands, but on exiting the office (and walking back into the corridor), he vows not to do what is being asked of him, and to simply ask Fanshawe to sign the contract if he thinks the ball-bearings are good enough.
He then enters another door, and enters a room containing his father. Norman asks his father serious questions about what's right and wrong, but his father merely floats around the room, giving Norman vague psychobabble and stories from his childhood. He then tells Norman that the key to success in life is not to make waves, and to fit in, after which he vanishes.
Walking through another door, Norman is taken to a party, and greeted by a man who wears a lampshade on his head and walks around the room repeating the word "approval." Another, drunken salesman then greets Norman, congratulates him for closing the deal with Fanshawe (we are not told how Norman has done this, but it is assumed he did it through honest means), and then begins telling a joke which involves a travelling salesman mistaking an Eskimo woman for a walrus. The audience does not hear most of the joke however, as Norman talks over it and tells the drunken man that he doesn't want to hear a joke that involves another race or minority group, and is designed to make them look inferior.
Once the man has finished telling his joke, Norman walks over to the bar and Hal the bartender, who is also drunk, asks him if he wants some more to drink. Norman tells Hal that he's had enough to drink (even though Norman has not drunk anything alcoholic) and asks for a ginger ale. Hal then taunts him, accusing Norman of hating himself when he's drunk, which causes Norman to walk away without reply.
Back in the corridor, Norman apologizes for the display that just took place, and re-opens the door containing the band seen at the start of the film. It is then revealed that both the band and this version of Norman are inside the head of another, larger version of Norman, visible through a door inside his head. This version then ends the film by closing the door on his head.