The best stocking stuffer is a human leg.

This line exemplifies Norm Macdonald’s signature deadpan anti-joke: it takes a wholesome holiday cliché (“stocking stuffer”) and abruptly replaces it with a grotesque, absurd image (“a human leg”). The humor depends on shock, incongruity, and the deliberate violation of sentimental Christmas expectations. It also parodies the language of consumer gift guides—offering a “best” option with mock authority—while delivering something impossible and disturbing. As with much of Macdonald’s comedy, the joke is less about a punchline that resolves neatly than about forcing the listener to sit with the mismatch between polite phrasing and macabre content.