Bye Bye Bernie... you'll be missed

Today is a sad day. Not just because I got screwed by the mechanic. The world just isn't as funny as it used to be. Let me explain, I'm one of those people who are picky about everything, shoes, men, makeup, my hair, people, movies, books. I'm just picky. So it should come as no suprise that I'm picky about my comedy as well, I love Richard Pryor, and Redd Foxx, I also loved Eddie Murphy( the previous incarnation not the kiddie movie king), and those Blue Collar Comedy guys. This year we lost one of the greats, in George Carlin and now we've lost Bernie Mac. I loved his stuff, he talked about things that while were not particularly nice were converesly very real. I'm the type of person who likes to laugh and stuff that was funny ten or even twenty years ago, still cracks me up today. So the Kings of Comedy is one of my favorites, I laugh until my stomach hurts, and at odd random moments some of the jokes pop in to my head and I laugh some more. The thing about Bernie Mac was how expresive his eyes and facial manipulations were, I mean yeah the stuff he said was funny but making his eyes bug or the disgust he could show just by moving his eyebrows is what got me. So I'll say a prayer for his soul to have reached heaven safely and hope that the angels have something similar to a potty mouth jar; between him and George Carlin the language up there will be decidedly different from their usual fare. Bye, Bye Bernie, have fun telling Jesus dirty jokes. I leave you with my favorite of Bernie's bits- Send the kids out of the room or slip on your ear buds... you already know what it is with Bernie.