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i went looking for your post mortem of the Kings Of Comedy weekend, but couldn't find it...but did end up reading all of your archived stuff. good memories man. mac was great and i always wished he would have caught fire in the way i thought he deserved. always to see him in a great drama and i guess it's just not to be.

here you go...

thanks dave! awesome. i love me some old school hot button. weekend preview and by the numbers were my favs man.

there is alot of love for Bernie Mac in the big cities--he was very urban not in the black sense necessarily, but in the blue-collar sense. All the white people I work with loved his show, despite how mean it is to kids : ) and Bernie was pretty hard on himself (getting knocked down, tricked by kids, beat up by kids etc)

RIP :'''' (

thanks for that Dave

First time I saw him was on Def Jam back around '93, maybe and he tore it up. So many comics that followed were so derivative of him that I thought it was unfortunate because it made him seem less original. He had such a strong stage presence.

You know that Mr 3000 originally was picked up by Robert Reford who was to star. He was to be more of a curmudgeon. Not sure how in wound up w/Bernie Mac but had it been more of an indie as opposed to Disney, it might've had a richer and greater character structure to it. More of the "laugh to keep from cryin'" kinda feel that I think would've made for a better movie.

I loved his show at first. It wasn't on a long, long time but it was so blasé and cookie cutter by the end. Kind of a shame.

I'm sad that he had to pass so young.

Rest in peace, sir. Here's three HUZZAHS to you. HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH!

Really sad about this.... i'm watching Bad Santa again this weekend for sure.

First Brillstein, now Mac. Has anyone checked in on Taupin, Kopell and Casey?

Good idea Wally

Bad Santa in the House.

Interesting, Dave, that you left off his most successful venture (outside of the Ocean's films) in the form of his TV series, The Bernie Mac Show for which he was nominated for two Emmys and two Golden Globes.

I can't say I was a fan of his work - especially with stuff like Charlie's Angels 2 - but he was a likable guy and I was surprised to find myself enjoying his standup work whenever I saw it or sore him riffing in interviews. It's always sad to see someone so young go from something like pneumonia.

My RIP:
http://movingpictureblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/rip-bernie-mac-1957-2008.html

I can't say I was a huge follower of Bernie Mac but I did encounter him once. My first paid gig in the industry took me on a trip to LA in 2002 to work with the director of the film I was working on.

On the Saturday night, one of the producer's took me to a very nice restaurant where I had my first swordfish steak. During our meal, I noticed our area being cordoned off. Eventually, a few minutes later, in walked Bernie Mac with his entourage. The first thing that floored me was how tall he was.

When I left our area to check out the restaurant/club later I found I had to negotiate with his entourage to get back into my section. They were cool though and all was good. Bernie seemed like an affable enough guy.

I hope Bernie is happy whereever he is.

First Bernie Mac, and now Issac Hayes? What the hell? Here's three huzzahs to a man who did a lot for his religion, South Park, and bad motherfuckers everywhere. HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH!

I'm not as saddened about Bernie not getting a third act as I am that he never really got the knock-it-out-of-the-park role that you could tell he had the moves for (Mr. 3000 wasn't well made enough to even come close).

I look at Katt Williams in some of the movies he's done and see the exact same thing happening (the guy would've OWNED First Sunday if he hadn't just plain stole the whole thing). They're both from this weird group of performers that you can see have so much farther they can go with their roles, but their talents mostly get left on the table by the filmmakers they work with. I don't honestly know what the hell Bernie Mac was doing (in a creative sense) by wasting his time on Ocean's 11.

He was one of those guys who you wish had been around during the studio era, (if it had been fully integrated). He was a great character actor and would have fit in perfectly in those times. Think of him supporting Grant, Russel, Hepburn, et al in those classic Hawks comedies.

I think you really see that in Bad Santa, samguy. He manages to show off and low key it at the same time (the oranges). A real Sturges guy.

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