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Bernie Mac, As Remembered By His TV Family

Fifteen years ago, the comedy world lost a giant. Bernie Mac began his career as a stand-up in the late 1970s, but he didn’t reach true national fame until 2000 with the release of The Original Kings of Comedy, after which he had starring roles in Guess Who, Mr. 3000 and Soul Men, as well as memorable supporting parts in the Ocean’s 11 films, Transformers and Bad Santa.

All the while, he spent five years as the star of The Bernie Mac Show on Fox. Premiering in 2001, The Bernie Mac Show was a single-camera comedy that didn’t have an audience or laugh track. Mac spoke directly to the audience from his lounge chair, much like The Office and other mockumentary series would later make customary. The show also struck a balance between being hilarious and dealing with complex, dramatic issues like drug addiction without ever making them feel forced.

4 Unsettling Shortcuts That Are Allowed in Extremely Important Jobs

You’d like to think that when it comes to highly important jobs and regulations, every single T is crossed and I is dotted with precision. Sure, everybody cuts a corner here and there, but in a perfect world, the sorts of things that decide if you live or die would be checked and double-checked as an absolute guarantee. The descriptor “good enough” is one that, ideally, isn’t in a position to affect your life without your explicit permission.

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