Jim Norton is a down-to-earth guy. Except as a stand-up comic he is funnier and busier than most people, and openly talks about things that make him different from the average person.

Jim Norton performs two stand-up shows, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. June 3, Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe.

Norton is known for his broadcasts. The morning “Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show” has been running on Sirius XM Radio since 2016. He co-hosts the “UFC [Ultimate Fighting Championship] Unfiltered” podcast once a week. He has podcasts where he takes on the personas of two characters he has created, Chip Chipperson and Doug Bell.

His fifth hour-long stand-up special, “Mouthful of Shame,” premiered on Netflix in 2017 and is streaming there.

Norton’s stand-up includes scathing commentary about celebrity culture, and at times, he can be quite explicit about his personal experiences.

“I talk about the sexual parts of my life. It’s not an NBC, family-friendly type of show,” Norton says in a phone interview from New York City.

Norton has often spoken about his teenage addiction to alcohol and a later sex addiction that led to many strange situations. But he has found that his honesty about himself and his emotions touches many people.

“The most email I ever get is from people who write, ‘I feel more normal now. It helps to just hear it out loud,’” he says.

Norton appeared in the Lehigh Valley at the Sands Casino, headlining in 2017 and 2015, and as the host of the “Anti-Social Comedy Tour” in 2013.

“Those were good shows except I lost money at the casino,” he recalls.

“My audiences have a wide range, from ages 20 to 55. They grow older with you, but there are also younger people who have seen Opie and Anthony clips online. The show is not like my podcasts, but people know who I am and how I feel about things.”

Norton was the third member of the “Opie and Anthony” team of shock jocks who became notorious for stunts like sponsoring a bus that featured topless women flashing viewers in Manhattan. That event caused Norton and others to be arrested. The team eventually broke up amid interpersonal conflicts.

“We thought the show would be short-lived. We were surprised it lasted as long as it did,” says Norton.

His only regret was not appreciating the chance to work with so many of the comics he admired. “I should not have taken it for granted,” Norton says.

He works six days a week, and is often traveling on the Sundays he is off:

“I go on tour with a new show every year. I work out new material at the Comedy Cellar in New York City. The crowds are used to seeing comedians trying out new things. It gives me a good feel for how it will translate for people who are not Jim Norton fans.”

Norton played the late Don Rickles in director Martin Scorsese’s 2019 film “The Irishman,” a part he was given without an audition:

“I’ve been told I looked like Rickles and a had a voice like him. I’ve worked with Robert De Niro before. He said, ‘This guy could do it.’

“I talked with Martin Scorsese for about 15 minutes in his office about comedy and he said, ‘Great. You can do this.’”

While he can still be edgy, Norton has become more reflective with time:

“I’m 53. At my age if you are the same as you were at 25, you’re a horse’s ass. As you get older you find that life is good. Things get better.”

Tickets: Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe. https://mcohjt.com/ ; 570-325-0249