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...show also works because, in context, Bernie's outlandish threats--"I'm'a bust your head till the white meat shows"--are as innocuous as Jackie Gleason (another influence of Mac's) yelling, "To the moon, Alice!" Still, Mac acknowledges he will probably take heat for them. He even offers viewers a defense: "When I say I want to kill those kids, you know what I mean...Bernie Mac just say what you want to say but can't." If his show stays this funny and true, we're glad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Make Room For Mac Daddy | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...talented guy, according to testimonials from Cary Grant, Bette Davis and Jackie Gleason. Burt also ranks his oeuvre for quality, with The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing coming in at No. 11. ("Cat Dancing was sorrow and pain," he reveals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...lunch together. Such camaraderie isn't unusual on the white-collar boxing circuit, where Wall Street traders, City of London bankers and other execs routinely pummel one another. Bouts are organized by the International White Collar Boxing Association. The top prize: bragging rights. The next fight: Sept. 14, at Gleason's Gym in New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Briefing: Jul. 16, 2001 | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...addition to breaking meet and pool records in each of his individual events, Cole also automatically qualified for NCAAs in the mile--by an almost unheard-of eight seconds. Cole also anchored the 800 free relay, outhustling Yale's George Gleason (who took second in the 200 free) to win the event for the Crimson...

Author: By Susan M. Brunka, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Swimming and Diving Wins Sixth Straight EISL Title | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...more election-day predictions, please! I hope the mess that resulted will make the television networks give up their senseless quest to be the first to say who won [ELECTION 2000, Nov. 20]. There's really no reason everyone can't wait until all the votes are counted. KAY GLEASON Athol, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 11, 2000 | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

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