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Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper 'Ocean's Eleven' and his acclaimed sitcom 'The Bernie Mac Show.'

Though his comedy drew on tough experiences as a black man, he had mainstream appeal _ befitting inspiration he found in a wide range of humorists: Harpo Marx as well as Moms Mabley; squeaky-clean Red Skelton, but also the raw Redd Foxx.

' Red Skelton was born Richard Bernard Skelton on July 18, 1913, in Vincennes, Indiana, the son of a former clown for the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus.

Viewing a list of old TV shows that are no longer on the tube made me realize "TV ain't what it used to be." And in many cases, that's unfortunate.

In 1906, Alfred Fuller started the company with $375 and a space in his sister's basement in Boston, where he made brushes by night and sold them by day. via Watertown Daily Times

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“The prize money was incidental”

Of all the shows I could PVR overnight, the one I choose to record without fail always confounds my kids: "What's My Line." The classy panel show not only aired before they were born, it premiered before I was ... via CBC News