Bernie Mac has died- Page 2

[clever name]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 12:49pm

The Bernie Mac show was very funny and sweet. And we still quote him from Kings of Comedy - "Him downstairs" and "Havin' milk and cooookies"! aw, so sad.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 1:24pm

BIG ASS CRUMBS!

[Q]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 1:26pm

I was curious about the "perhaps a little" remark concerning homophobia, and I ran across this from a Keith Boykin article. Bravo to him for confronting the issue, and working to resolve it after he had learned.

"In an interview with Rico Washington, Mac admits he had to change the depiction of his nephew as a flamboyant gay character in The Kings of Comedy standup routine to settle a family dispute.

"I didn't really know I hurt my nephew. . . . I came home to see my family, and he wouldn't speak to me," Mac said. "I'm a comedian, I'm writing jokes. I'm writing stories and it was funny. But I was killing him. Especially when I said 'faggot.'"

To make up for his act, Mac showed up at his nephew's school unannounced and heaped praise on the nephew as "the closest thing to my life," the paper reported. Then, when Mac's new television show was in production, he decided to take a different approach. "I couldn't do him like that again," he said, and he changed the character so that his nephew was more like Mac himself as a little boy."

[shh282]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 1:30pm

I was just watching the Bernie Mac show the other night, he was such a talented guy.

my thoughts to his family

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 2:16pm

Of the three kids, he described the two year old... "She the devil!" and the boy... "he a faggot." Of course, he was referring to his mannerisms. The storytelling was hysterical. It would have been just as funny without the use of that word.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 2:21pm

Damn. I REALLY have a craving to watch BAD SANTA right now.

It's a shame to think in those scenes between Ritter and Mac, now both are dead. However dead they may be, however, that does not change the fact that their scenes together were hilarious and THAT is the power of film. You can make people laugh and smile from beyond the grave.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 2:27pm

I don't mean to keep harping on and on about BAD SANTA but I loved how his character just seemed to eating an orange for absolutely no reason during all of his scenes. It was such a random but nice touch.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 2:51pm

I just woke up and read this. A bit in shock. May he rest in peace. A very funny and talented man.

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 4:18pm

This is sad news, why are so many celeb's dying?

[broadway86]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 4:29pm

So sad, and a HUGE shock. I've always found him to be hilarious.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 4:43pm

I know, it's terribly sad. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/10/08 at 12:21am

He was also good-looking in a very cool way. He had a very cool personal style about him.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/10/08 at 1:28am

On IMDb, someone brought up another late stand-up comedian, Robin Harris. Anyone remember him? Bernie's style was somewhat similar to him and he also died at an unexpectedly young age.

Check him out. BEBE'S KIDS was cool.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 8/10/08 at 11:20am

Wow, this is quite a shocker.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/11/08 at 10:29am

God, that's awful. Celebrities dropping like flies lately.