Larry Wilmore, Bernie Mac Show Creator: We Won Every Award. Fox Fired Me Anyway.
Shownotes
Larry sits down with Daniel Lubetzky to talk about being locked out of auditioning for In Living Color and writing his way onto the staff instead, the one idea inside every scene of The Bernie Mac Show ("Children are terrorists"), and why getting fired from the show he created crushed him — while losing The Nightly Show on Comedy Central felt like relief.
He breaks down the difference between a showrunner and an executive producer, why jokes are "truth concentrate," how he knows if a writer has a voice in two pages, and how he gave Quinta Brunson an early break. Plus: selling books door to door, the night he bombed so badly his glasses fogged up, telling David Copperfield "Nope," working on The Office when everyone thought it would flop, and playing Make Me Laugh with his brother as kids.
Also: the Marx Brothers, a backstage drink with Bill Clinton, the White House Correspondents' Dinner, why joy drives him more than laughs, and the Mexican Inquisition.
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Build or Break Team:
Executive Producer & Host: Daniel Lubetzky
Executive Producer: Kristin Schneider
Head of Programming & Production: Joel Rubin
Marketing & Communications: Sarah Black
Associate Producer & Social Media: Taylor Larned
Booking & Scheduling: Kayla Rose
Network Relations: Julianna Cohen