The news that funnyman Bernie Mac passed away over the weekend from complications due to pneumonia still hasn't quite sunk in. All I can hear in my head is his famous quote from Ocean's Eleven, where he spouted, "They might as well call it whitejack!" It still makes me laugh. The 50-year-old actor may be best known for his work in those Ocean's flicks, where he looked fly and cracked wise, but personally I've seen some of his less notable film work and he was always the best thing about them.
Guess Who is not a good film (in fact, it's a kind of bizarre remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), but him torturing Ashton Kutcher isn't all bad. Mr. 3000 had a fairly ridiculous premise, and yet he sold it. He was a scene-stealer: from Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle's Bosley to Transformers' car salesman, Mac was always the one character who you just couldn't ignore, a larger-than-life personality that never blended into the wallpaper. [My favorite line, from Full Throttle: "You ain't ever heard of no black Irish? Who do you think invented the McRib? The shamrock shake?" - Zach]
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