“You have lovely hands. Do you moisturize?”
Submitted by Sarah D. Bunting on August 9, 2008 – 10:01 AM26 Comments
BSD dropped me an email about Bernie Mac’s death about an hour ago; the Sun-Times had it, but none of the other news orgs were confirming it, so we were on the phone together looking for a second headline, hoping we’d gotten punked.
We hadn’t.
Farewell to what was, bar none, the best hilariously baleful reaction shot in the business — although the moment Metstradamus discusses here is one of my favorites in a movie full of favorites.
Anyone who can find a link to Mac singing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” at Wrigley, please post it in the comments.
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Ask not for whom the fountain dances–it dances for thee.
We miss you, Bernie. R.I.P.
What an amazing comic and actor. Untimely indeed.
So sad. This was completely unexpected. I knew he’d been hospitalized a couple days ago for pneumonia, but I never would have guessed it would kill him. He always seemed so…robust. And he was pretty young…
R.I.P., Bernard Jeffrey. You were awesome in “Head Of State.”
Damn. That is SAD.
He was hilarious in the candid sections of “Kings of Comedy,” especially while discussing why he didn’t (then) have a sitcom while the other three had.
“I’ve been married for 20 years, I ain’t got no outside kids. . .”
I hope he gets to beat the Devil’s head until the white meat shows. RIP, Bernie.
Apparently he had sarcoidosis, which is why the pneumonia would have killed him. Very sad.
Bernie Mac stole every scene he was in during Ocean’s 11. What a shame.
“…might as well call it ‘Whitejack!'”
“My name is Ramon. As you can see right here.”
He was genius in “The Original Kings of Comedy.” When he said that the word “motherfucker is a noun: it describes a person, place or thing,” I was in love for life.
I was shocked when I heard the news this morning. He’ll definitely be sorely missed.
It’s very sad news indeed. His TV show was underrated and he added a lot to any movie he was in. His brilliant smile, dapper style and genius comic timing will be sorely missed.
I just got back from Vegas….where I was watching the fountains from my hotel room every single night. RIP Bernie Mac, you’ll be missed
“…might as well call it ‘Whitejack!'”
@Rachel: You’re so right. What a great scene that was, too. Such a shame.
“CRACKER!!!”
I don’t have the link to TMOTTB, but here’s a trivia fact: it was the Bartman game. Some superstitious Cub fans think it was bad karma, as Bernie was a White Sox fan.
God Speed, Bernie.
I’ll never forget a bit he did on his TV show, one of those where he broke the fourth wall and talked to the audience:
“White girls, stop losing weight! Black girls, quit worrying ’bout yo’ hair!”
Love. RIP, Mr. Mac.
This is one time in my life when I’m grateful for reruns; it’s immortality, of a sort; deservedly so. RIP, Mr. Mac; you’ll be missed.
Very sad indeed. He was always entertaining, and I’ll miss him.
Yeeeeeessss, Denham, like the jeans!
And that ideally you should be wearing gloves to bed, but I find that would interfere with my social agenda.
I have to say, the conversation where he discusses various moisturizing regimens makes me laugh just thinking about – Sars’s title line is my favorite, but when he mentions that some routines get in the way of his “social agenda” I bust a get every damn time. I am so very sad that he’s gone.
I could keep going.
That look in Ocean’s Thirteen, where he’s demoing the “‘Nough Said” game and he’s almost salivating as Pacino offers him the prime spot on the casino floor. Pure unadulterated genius.
What’s really creepy is that the last time I caught even a little bit of The Bernie Mac Show, all I saw was 1 scene with Bernie AND Isaac Hayes. It was only a few days ago, too. Weeeeeeiiiiiiirrrrrd…..
Emily: Even creepier he just finished filiming a movie where he and Samuel L. Jackson play soul singers who reunite their band in a tribute for the band’s dead singer. Featuring a cameo by Isaac Hayes.
I’m so sorry about Bernie Mac. I liked his work so much… what a shame to lose him at such a young age!
This was a heartbreaker – I seriously love a comic that doesn’t do stupid stereotype comedy, and Bernie Mac kept it ridiculously real, in both comedy and his life, from the get go. Note: Morgan Freeman’s still in the hospital, so I’m holding my breath and crossing my fingers and toes – can’t deal with God Himself dying, no matter who was in the car with Him.