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The Bernie Mac Show - Season 1

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This is a funny show. Bernie Mac is a stand-up comedian living with his beautiful wife Wanda. When Bernie's sister is sent to rehab for drug use her three children: teenage adolescent Vanessa, asthmatic weaseling Jordan, and sweet, innocent Bryana, are taken into Bernie's custody. In each story, Bernie uses a parenting issue for a story.

This first release of The Bernie Mac Show on DVD contains all of the episodes of its first season. All 22 episodes are contained on 4 disks. It is full frame and list at 506 minutes.

1) Pilot - In the pilot, Bernie and Wanda are forced to take care of his sister's 3 children.

2) Now You Got It - Bryana's has a birthday, the kids get sick and Bernie is trying to get to Las Vegas.

3) The Main Event - After Bernie teaches Jordan a few moves, Jordan turns into a monster.

4) Bernie Mac, Ladies Man - Bernie becomes defensive about his masculinity.

5) Saving Bernie Mac - After Bernie takes the children to church, the Bishop and Deacon show up at Bernie's house.

6) Here To Stay - Wanda holds sex from Bernie until he realizes the kids are truly part of the family

7) A Christmas Story - The Mac's get a dog.

8) Starting School - Bernie finds the kids a school.

9) Hot Hot Hot - It's the hottest day of the year and Bernie just had the pool drained.

10) Wanda's Week Off - Wanda is getting a sense of motherhood and drops hints to Bernie about having a baby.

11) The King and I - Bernie lets Vanessa determine the discipline of Jordan and Bryana.

12) Hall of Fame - Jordan wants joining Vanessa and Bryana on the Bernie Mac Hall of Fame awards shelf and joins the football team.

13) Handle Your Business - Bernie is a week-long guest on a morning show.

14) Back in the Day - Bernie has aches, pains and is finding gray hairs and becomes that old age is catching up with him.

15) Lock Down - Bernie's house is broken into.

16) Mac 101 - Bernie tries to get each of the kids to do something with him, but they are all preoccupied with TV.

17) If I Were N-Riched Man - Bernie use inappropriate language at home and Bryana repeats the same at school.

18) Stop Having Sex - With out Bernie's knowledge, Vanessa has a pool party and invites kids of both genders.

19) Secrets and Lies - Bernie takes Jordan to a Clippers' game but tells Wanda they went to the hospital.

20) Kelly's Heroes - Bernie's friend Kelly breaks up with his girlfriend, stays with Bernie and then becomes a burden.

21&22) Sweet Home Chicago (part 1 & 2) - Bernie and the family go to Chicago to deal with his uncle's death

Perhaps one of FOX's most underrated shows (next to Arrested Development), The Bernie Mac Show is a gem of a comedy series that panders to no one. Using parenting as a background (which comes off more sucessful here than on ABC's My Wife and Kids, but is still a well written comedy), the show goes off in wonderful tangents that make you laugh. The pilot episode started it off with the line "I'm going to beat them in the heads until the white stuff shows." Not a line Ward Cleaver or Bill Cosby would've said, but is none the less a brilliant, and uncomfortable truth for many parents. The kids are three dimensional and don't spout sitcom cliches. Camille Winbush's Vanessa is every teenage girl who suddenly finds her world rocked, and hates every minute she spends with her Uncle, while the talented Jeremy Suarez is a perfect foil for Bernie. Even Dee Dee Davis, playing the youngest sibling, Bryana has more dimensions than most of the cast of Three and Half Men. The show is cleverly written and its great to see a "parent" on a TV show not know all the answers (which is, of course, the reason why Kellita Smith as Bernie's wife Wanda is there. She knows those kids, and knows their problems and knows, eventually, that Bernie will learn his lessons).

Like AD, Bernie Mac is shows what happens when creative freedom is given to a show. FOX may think in demographics, but Bernie Mac is one of those rare shows that crosses over to everyone. And that, I think, confuses them.

can't wait for season two on DVD.

Season one of the Bernie Mac Show is a must own for anyone who likes family-oriented TV shows (with a little edge.) While the situation the family finds itself in is a modern all-too-familiar trend in child-rearing, Bernie Mac and the producers and writers of this show handle it with such care while making it one of the most heart-felt shows on TV. The casting of this show is great as well. And the best part -- the kids are the central force (and catalyst) of the storylines. This is good family viewing. I quite honestly am amazed that FOX has stayed with the show given its habit of taking off great shows that have only mediocre ratings. Thank heaven this show keeps making the cut.

However I do have one issue with FOX...where the heck are the rest of the seasons?

The Bernie mac show is hilarious and extremly funny. The show is very original and i found it was different from most shows on tv. I really like how Bernie reaches out and talks to the viewers to let us know what he's thinking. Also the use of words and arrows throughout the show seemed to add more of a sense of humor as well as originality. Overall the show provides top notch laughs and can be enjoyed by everyone of ALL ages. I think Bernie and the producers did an excellent job with the whole show and i can't wait until season 2 is released on DVD. I HIGHLY recommend this DVD and suggest that you pick it up, Well worth it!

I just discovered this show a few months ago via summer reruns and couldn't believe how good it is. I was familiar with Bernie Mac's work and a huge fan, but somehow my family with young children could never stay up quite late enough to watch the show. When we finally did - my daughter is now Brianna's age and my son Jordon's (and has some very scary similaries) we feel in love at first sight. The sitcom is structured so that Bernie always has to learn a lesson - but the structure of the sitcom isn't like any other on tv - and there isn't any meanness in it like there are in so many others. In short, although it is edgy, and very funny, it is also touching and sweet and very very real. Bernie reminds me of the students I used to teach back in Chicago - so many of his idoms and figures of speech are just so back home. Just very very very great. An absolute work of art. The Roseanne/Cosby/Simpsons of the 2000's.

Bernie Mac's untimely death came all too soon at the young age of 50. A comedic icon who rose from the poorest of upbringings, Mac blossomed as an actor and comedian. From the stage to television, Bernie Mac first caught national attention while performing on Def Comedy Jam in the early nineties. He later went on to appear in several films such as Kings of Comedy, Bad Santa, Transformers, Get On The Bus, and others.

He was probably best known for his comedy series titled "The Bernie Mac Show" which aired for five years on Fox Television. An instant hit with television audiences, the show was based on many of his own experiences as a child growing up in Chicago. The series displays his multiple talents as actor, comedian, writer, and overall performer and unfolds through his eyes as Bernie's character becomes and evolves into fatherhood.

The crossover appeal of the Bernie Mac show further cemented his legacy in the hearts and minds of a new generation. Bernie Mac will be missed as a wondrous talent and his willingness to make us laugh will never be forgotten. Rest in peace Bernie, we will forever miss you.

DJ COA

This show is HILARIOUS!!! The Bernie Mac show is a classic. It is well written and VERY funny. Its not like many other shows on air that are supposed to be comedies and just aren't funny. This show keeps me laughing every time! I love the character Jordan he is a great actor and so very funny. He absolutly steals the show for me. Keep up the good work Bernie. Its great to have a funny, comedy, and family show on t.v. Thank you! Buy this DVD its well worth it!!!

We find this show to be hilarious. Bernie was a great comedian and we just recently started watching this show. Can't wait for the other seasons to become available on dvd.

This Season 1 Boxed DVD Set of The Bernie Mac Show is Bernie Mac 'doing Bernie Mac'. The Mac Man is himself and his comedic timing is perfect and in no way contrived. This is a 'must have' in my dvd collection. You must watch it more than once. Watch it again in a year and you will laugh just as hard as you did when you first watched it. BONUS ** no commercials !! All Bernie Mac at his very best.

i enjoyed this program, i always had a smile on my face watching it.
when is season 2 coming out?... rip bernie mac