In a section called Racist and Dead, McDonald said, "This week it's the turn of incompetent, narrow-minded northerner: Bernard Manning. Personally, I never thought of Bernard Manning as a racist comic; just a fat, white bastard."
McDonald wrote in a section called Racist and Dead, "This week it's the turn of a bigoted, deceased northerner: Bernard Manning. Personally, I never saw Bernard Manning as a racist comedian; he was simply a overweight, white person."