RIP Weekend edition

Bernie Mac died of a respiratory problem on Saturday, and on Sunday Isaac Hayes was found dead next to his treadmill. I found Bernie Mac really funny most of the time and it is a shame that the lasting impression in some people's mind might be the the awful performance – as relayed by the press – of his recent performance for the Obama campaign. The following Bernie Mac clip is NSFW.


Hayes will be remembered mainly for two things (at least to me): Writing and performing the "Theme from Shaft"; and his voice over work as Chef on South Park. I would say something nasty about Scientology here, but it is best to let the dead rest in peace. So instead I'll let South Park do it.


Oddly they had both finished working together on the movie Soul Men.


_John