The Bernie Mac Show
Tuesday, February 15th, 2000SEASON 1 – FOX
Created by Larry Willmore, based on the stand-up comedy of Bernie Mac
Theme song written by Stanley Smith
- 001. Pilot – 11/14/2001
- Bernie Mac (himself aka Bernie McCullough) is a stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles with his wife Wanda (Kellita Smith), who has to take care for his sister’s three kids Vanessa (Camille Winbush), Jordan (Jeremy Suarez), and Bryana Thompkins (Dee Dee Davis), when their mother Stacey enters rehab. Bernie addresses ‘America’ and tells the tale of how he picked them up from the airport and encountered problems immediately when Jordan has a meltdown. He introduces the rules of the house including not touching any of his things. He later has to pick up Jordan’s asthma medicine at the drug store, where Jordan has an accident and pees on the photo counter as Bernie frantically tries to get him to the restroom. Bernie gives Vanessa a hard time when she disrespects him in front of his friends Chuy (Carlos Mencia), Kelly Perine (himself), and W.B. (Reginald Ballard). She ends up calling Children’s Services about Bernie’s threats and language, and Bernie has to meet with social worker Brad Cooley (Matt Besser) who tells him he needs to quit smoking his cigars. Bernie regains some his composure when Wanda encourages Vanessa to apologize to him. Jordan apologizes as well, although Bernie isn’t sure what he did. 2/14/15