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“AMERICA, YOU BETTER STOP ALL THAT CRYING. DON’T MAKE ME KICK YOUR A**!”. (*sighs*) Normally, Thursdays are Throwback Thursdays, but for the next 2 Thursdays, it will be Tribute Thursdays. Heck…so many great people have passed on, I might just permanently change Thursdays to Tribute Thursdays. Today…it’s Bernie Mac’s Day baby! We’re gonna miss you and the SEOD you are giving in that pic.

Ok…now, on with the blog…

Before I began, let me hit y’all up on how the format is gonna go this season (at least for this week):

• Mondays = Monolog Monday – where I will talk about experiences from my point of view, mixed with humor.
• Tuesdays = Real Talk Tuesday – (self explanatory)
• Wednesdays = Wild Wednesday – where I will talk about off the wall stupid and shameful topics
• Thursdays = Throwback Thursday - where I will be posting videos and articles about that artist(s)
• or Thursdays = Tribute Thursday – where I will pay tribute to great men and women who passed away
  
• Fridays = Freestyle Friday – where I will attempt to do a wrap-up of the week in rap form

So, with that being said…

Bernie Mac.

Man…this tribute is too soon. I’m not going to do the typical blog thing and copy and paste some stiff story about the life and untimely death of Bernie. He would frown upon that. “Jason…what in the hell is this?,” is probably what I would get. So, let me tell you my brief memory of Bernie.

You know when you meet somebody or know about somebody but can’t remember how you meet or heard about them? That’s how it was for me. Majority of the people that are in my social circle remember Bernie from the “Kings of Comedy” tour. Not me. I don’t remember when, but I knew about him before then. I think it was this performance that introduced me to Bernie. It was his first performance on “Def Comedy Jam.” “Def Comedy Jam” was the show back in the day. Forgive my momma, she worked a lot…but I was about 7 or 8 when I started watching “Def Comedy Jam.” “Kick A**! I ain’t scared of you m****f***s!” Ahh…classic. I think I went to school (private Christian school) the next day talkin ’bout “Kick A**!” and booooy did I ever get my a** kicked…by my momma.

Fast forward. “Kings of Comedy.” Now, I loved Steve, and Cedrick was cool. I wasn’t too fond of DL’s joint, but Bernie DESTROYED that joint. I can’t and will not point out a single thing about the performance because the WHOLE thing was pure comedy. I would highly recommend people to watch it…like TODAY! I remember a skit in that joint where he was joking (but I’m sure he was serious) about him not having a sitcom. Thank you America for listening to him, because “The Bernie Mac Show” was a great show. One of my wife’s favorite movies is “Guess Who.” I couldn’t imagine anyone else to play that part. I could go on and on about Bernie, but I gots to go. I do want to commend Larry King on his dedication show to Bernie Mac. It’s a shame that BET or TVOne didn’t hop on this first, but at the same time, Bernie deserved to be on CNN. So without further delay, I give you the Larry King Special on Bernie Mac, featuring D.L. Hugely, Steve Harvey, Cedrick the Entertainer, Ashton Kutcher, and the cast from the Bernie Mac Show (peep how much those kids grew up). Thanks Bernie…don’t make em laugh too hard up there:

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