No. 385: Remembering ‘Norty’

The ButteCast with Bill Foley · Sep 24, 2026 · 1h 52m

If you would have asked me a month ago which of the nearly 400 episodes of the ButteCast are my favorites, it wouldn’t have taken me long to mention the name Jim Norton.

His story absolutely blew me away.

“Norty,” as he was affectionately known in the Mining City, is exactly why I started this podcast in the first place. Not only did the podcast give me a chance to really meet Jim for the first time, I got to introduce him to all of you. And, boy, is he a guy you wanted to know.

I didn’t really know Jim before this conversation. I only knew he used to referee high school football games. Clint…