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? I know my parents loved me ?

? Stand behind me Come what may ?

? I know now that I'm ready, yeah ?

? For I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you come from ?

? Yes, it is now, yeah ?

? Here's our chance to make it ?

? And if we focus on our goal ?

? You can dish it We can take it ?

? Hey, just remember That you've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? Yeah, than where you come from ?

? Than where you come from ?

Milt, the basket is only seven-foot-six.

You want us to tilt it for you?

Or a stepladder to get you closer?

Come on. Put something up.

Time is money.

I'm just delaying your humiliation.

I hate it when you cry in public.

Ah-ha?

- Just like old times. - Oh-ho-ho.

Even more like old times.

Don't get carried away.

- I always let people from back home win. - Mmm-hmm.

Ron, when my mom was in town,

didn't I let her drive the lane and throw up that weak stuff?

- I still say she traveled. - Yeah.

Milt, I can't get over you.

In junior high, he was such a troublemaker

the principal had to start a dishonor roll.

Principal Simonson still hasn't found his toupee.

Ooh!

So what does this bum do?

He buckles down in high school,

graduates cum laude from Penn,

gets a hot-shot Wall Street job and in two years,

is director of mergers and acquisitions at Addison Rand.

It only took a year and a half.

If you're gonna gush, get it right.

Put your corporate concerns in your briefcase

because this weekend you'll experience Hillman hospitality

at its finest.

Yes. Tomorrow, we're having a get-together in your honor.

Sounds great.

As long as I'm not paying.

Just a few close friends.

And a few co-eds we'd like to get closer to.

- Ron. - Yo?

Bag the bimbos.

All of them?

Every last one of 'em.

Aw, dag�

Angelene was looking forward to meeting a man with a job.

If anything goes wrong

I'll be at the King Baltimore hotel.

The Chesapeake Regional Servicemen's reunion.

I give you the number?

Yes, sir.

Seven times.

Only seven times?

Then that means I trust you.

Well, Brad, are you ready to go?

Yeah, I've just taught my last class.

Dropped off the cat. Ready to hit the road.

I can hardly wait for this reunion.

I've been practicing my war stories.

I even pulled out my old uniform from Korea.

- It still fits? - Just fine.

- Except for one thing. - What?

For some reason my hat was too big.

I wonder why?

So, man, when did you meet Dwayne Wayne?

When did I first meet Dwayne?

That's what I just said.

On my way to the principal's office.

They had a chair with your name on it.

I saw this skinny third-grader with this head.

It was so big, it looked like it belonged on a man's body.

- Oh! - It still does.

It was one of the biggest heads that any of us had ever seen.

Two barbers had to cut that boy's hair with a lawn mower.

You just wait till I meet your friends.

When I first met Dwayne�

and don't let me get started on those love boat feet of yours.

Milton, did this particular big head boy

have any romantic escapades worth mentioning?

Does not include playing Doctor with your fat cousin Rosie.

I got to tell them about the liplocker.

Oh!

Milton, I'll give you $5 not to.

I will give you ten if you do.

Twenty if you have pictures.

Sorry, man.

Money talks.

- There was this girl in the seventh grade. - Milton.

Daphne Cooper.

- Milton. - Daphne?

Daphne's head was bigger than his.

It was Dwayne's first big dance.

He and Daphne were slow-dancing�

cranium to cranium.

All of a sudden, they were gone.

Dwayne wanted to get a good night kiss

before his mother came to pick him up.

So, they snuck inside a gym locker.

Two hours later,

Dwayne's mother, Daphne's father and the fire department

had to pry them out with the jaws of life.

I'll say this.

I haven't been kissed like that since.

- Ooh! - How touching.

That reminds me of the time Dwayne and I were in Sloppy Nick's.

We were waiting on our pizzas.

Dwayne was checking out this girl, real cute,

but he's too shy to go and talk to her.

So I walked up to her and I said,

"Dwayne was a talent scout for Morris Day."

- Can I use your bathroom? - Yes.

I'm out of here, man.

Brad, I'm sorry about your car.

I didn't know the wall was that close.

It's okay, Vern.

When you get it repainted make sure they do the entire right side.

It'll cost you more but that way, the color will match.

I'll consider it.

And make sure they completely strip the old paint.

That way, the new coat won't flake like dandruff.

- Nice turnout. - Yes, seems like it.

Uh-huh.

Oh, my goodness!

Tell me that's not "No Clue" Carruthers.

When I was in Korea

all that man did was run his mouth from sun-up to sundown.

On and on. You ever seen people like that?

Mmm-hmm.

We always said the quickest way to end the war

would be to send him up to the front line and let him talk the enemy to death.

I wish I'd stayed home with Velma and canned plums.

Vern, don't work yourself up.

He probably won't recognize you.

- Know what I mean? - Don't touch my head.

Excuse me, fellas.

Sergeant Herndon Carruthers.

457 Bomb Disposal.

Kaesong, Korea.

You look awfully familiar.

Lord, lord, lord.

I know who you are.

You're Vernon Gaines!

The best Mess Sergeant in Korea.

Hmph!

What happened to your hair? Got shot off in the war?

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Wait a minute. Do not leave me with him.

I'll be right back, Vern.

If you're not back in two, I'm faking a heart attack.

Okay, okay.

I hope you don't mind the hugs.

You know, Vernon, for years, I couldn't hug another man.

Really?

But that all ended last New Year's Eve.

I got this book on hug therapy.

Even birds love to be hugged.

- Really? - Yeah, come here.

Excuse me, Lieutenant Carol Dillon?

Carol Dillon Garrison.

Captain Bradford Taylor.

Colonel Bradford Taylor.

Aw. Except for the rank, you haven't changed one bit.

- Neither have you. - Aw.

Wait a minute.

Garrison? Oh, no. Garrison?

You married Ben Garrison in Engineers?

Long enough for him to get me pregnant and run off with our divorce lawyer.

- Aw. - Hey, all is fair in love and war.

I'm sorry to hear it didn't work out.

Come on, let's dance.

So, how about you?

I remember you had a thing for this UPI photographer.

What was her name� um�

Johanna?

- Well, Johanna and I got married. - Oh.

She's alive and living well in Germany,

without me.

- All the way in Germany? - All the way.

- I'm sorry to hear things didn't work out. - Yeah.

Excuse me.

I think I better go call my kids.

If I don't check on them, my house will look like Saigon

by the time I get home.

Carol, I'll wait right here until you get back.

I'm counting on it.

Now dogs, they loved to be hugged.

- Except them Doberman Pinschers. - Mmm-hmm.

I think when they get their ears and their tails chopped off,

it does something to their personality.

My wife wanted to buy one.

- I like your friends. - Yeah?

And that Whitley.

Oh! Are you and she�

Sorry, Milt. Whitley's spoken for.

Ron, you've never asked the woman out.

Does she even know your last name?

- You underestimate- - That girl is a winner.

She's smart, classy.

A future engineer would make it to CEO with her on his arm.

I see her on the arm of the man

to inherit one of Detroit's largest auto dealership.

I see you on the arm of an orderly,

being escorted back to your padded room.

Stranger things have happened.

One day, his brain is going to shift out of neutral.

You two really tight?

Partners since freshman year.

Ooh, that's too bad.

Why do you say that?

He brings you down, man, down to his level.

Minute he opened his mouth, I said,

"This is another trifling, bourgeois brother

"trying to be down."

Wait a minute. He isn't trying to be anything.

He's active in Kappa Lambda Nu

and does a lot at the youth center.

What kind of grades does he make?

People put too much emphasis on grades.

I'll tell you something.

You would have been spared the Rons of the world

if you'd followed me to Penn.

- Oh, man. - You don't have to be here.

No, I chose to be here, all right?

Hillman is one of the finest in the country.

For what it is.

This school gives you a false sense of reality.

Everybody's Black.

Everybody's equal.

- That's not the real world. - I know the real world.

We grew up in it, remember?

- You're not hearing. - What?

My college friends were the sons of CEOs.

- So? - You become the best

by being with the best.

Who's got the big head now?

Dwayne, you've got a lot to offer�

but not without the right training.

Certainly not by carrying around dead weight.

Wait a minute. First, Ron is nobody's dead weight.

Okay? And he's not trifling.

There's a busted water main in Libby Hall.

There's a wet T-shirt contest commencing as we speak.

Anyone feel like bobbing for beauties?

Sure you don't want to go?

Need I remind you, Libby Hall is home to four cheerleaders and a pre-med

that look good even in dry T-shirts.

We're going to stay and clean up.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Well, thanks for a great evening.

Milt, say, you're a financial wiz.

I've got an idea that's got gold mine written all over it.

- Really? - Yes.

Indisputable fact A: students are hungry.

Indisputable fact B: students stay hungry.

So here's the deal.

We rent some old-fashioned ice cream carts

and we call it� steady yourself now�

"Dinner Man. We deliver."

We'll talk about it.

I'm going to get you some information on Penn. Right away.

"We'll talk about it."

He's lucky he's your homeboy.

Otherwise, his behind would have been framing my foot.

What's your problem?

Every time I opened my mouth, Mr. Wall Street Journal breath

cut me off like I had nothing interesting to say.

I didn't notice.

I'm telling you, the man is threatened.

You see, that's why powerful people

often surround themselves with idiots.

Let's clean up in the morning.

Milt will think twice about dissing my ideas

when we're rolling in bucks. Right, partner?

Ron, your idea's dumb.

Dumb?

Yes. How can an ice cream cart keep dinner warm?

Did I say I had it all figured out?

Do you ever have anything figured out?

Yeah, I have one thing figured out.

Somebody has a pretty bad case of Miltonitis.

And that buppy-brother is the last person

anyone should want to be like.

And don't let him come try to buy a car in Detroit.

Hey, Vern. Where have you been?

I went to get away from that man,

so I took a bath.

Smart move.

By the way.

Your shoes should be dry by tomorrow.

What happened to my shoes, Vern?

It was the darndest thing.

I was just about to jump in the tub.

The water felt a little tepid,

so I added some more hot water.

What happened to my shoes?

I turned on the faucet

and next thing I knew, water was flying everywhere.

Like the Johnstown Flood.

- No, Louisiana, 1950. - Forget it. Forget it.

Today, if you told me my house burned down to the ground,

- it wouldn't bother me. - Uh-huh.

Who was that lovely young lady I saw you talking to?

That's Carol Garrison.

- Yeah? - She was a nurse back in Vietnam.

Back then, we just smiled at each other.

But that was then.

It's wise for a man your age to get hooked up with a nurse.

Watch it.

Yeah, she held that triage unit together.

That woman could handle anything.

Matter of fact, quiet as it's kept,

always thought of her as the one that got away.

Ooh.

Here she comes.

Okay.

Don't leave me alone again.

Take it easy.

Vernon.

There you are.

Good thing I recognized you.

If I didn't know better

I'd say you was trying to avoid me.

Sorry I took so long.

That's all right.

Everything okay?

My 16-year-old just totaled another car.

His second this year.

He's all right, isn't he?

- His father taught him to drive. - Uh-huh.

I told Bootsie if he wrecks one more car,

I'll put his behind in the street with his father.

- You have children? - I've got two.

Terrence and Suzanne.

They're spending the winter in Germany with their mother.

When they get back, they'll disobey me in two languages.

Suzanne.

My second husband married a woman named Suzanne.

No kidding.

Her name was really Susan.

But he started calling her Suzanne

after Mardi Gras one year.

The French are famous for two things.

The other one is cooking.

I'm so sorry.

- I'm just sitting here puffing away. - It's okay.

I've been trying for years to stop.

I've tried everything. Shick, Bic, Slick.

It's awful.

After my second divorce,

- I moved up to three packs a day. - Uh-huh.

What worked for me was just stopping cold turkey.

Don't you think I've tried that?

After all, I am a health care professional.

Come on now, Carol. I just meant� just don't give up.

I haven't. I found this psychic through my girlfriend's hairdresser.

- Psychic? - Mm-hmm.

More accurate than numerologists.

If this girl works out, I'll have her talk to my shrink

about his drinking.

Carol, somehow I don't think a psychic is the answer to your problem.

- I mean� - Problem? You think I have a problem?

Everyone has problems.

Are we getting a little familiar a little too quickly?

I didn't come all the way to Maryland

to be judged, you know.

I'm not judging you.

- I'm just saying� - You know what?

You are just like Bootsie's father.

Now, he thought he knew everything, too.

No.

You don't know me.

And you never will.

Carol, all I was saying was that�

You want some company?

Just as long as you're not into psychics

and numerology and shrinks.

No, I'm strictly hug therapy.

What am I going to do?

I will never finish this on time.

Mmm-hmm.

I'll just ask Colonel Taylor for an extension.

And I know what you're going to say.

"You have more extensions than Milli Vanilli."

Why don't you ask Colonel Taylor for an extension?

That's a good idea.

What do you think of Ron?

Ron who?

Ron Johnson, my roommate?

How would you describe him?

Well, he� he's silly.

- Obnoxious. - Mmm-hmm. Yeah, go on.

Boring.

- A bit crude. - Oof.

- Did I say obnoxious? - Yeah.

- Okay, well, can't stress that enough. - Mmm-hmm.

Um�

But you know, there is a very sweet side to Ron.

He reminds me of a stray puppy.

You see, you didn't use words like "stupid" and "dead weight."

Stupid? 'Course he's not stupid.

Wouldn't have been accepted at this school.

Exactly.

Did you ever think about going to another college?

Dwayne, I'm doing the best I can with this math stuff.

I mean when you were applying to colleges,

was Hillman your first choice?

Of course.

I was accepted at Georgetown, and when I turned them down,

my guidance counselor threw a hissy fit.

She said she couldn't understand

why a girl with so much to offer like myself

would limit myself at a school like Hillman.

That's what she told me.

- That sounds familiar. - She didn't understand.

My great-granddaddy was all but accepted

at this certain Ivy League school

until he showed up for the interview.

He went to Hillman.

And he became the first Black circuit judge

of Madison County, Virginia.

He always told me when I was seven years old,

"Baby, you can go to school anyplace

"but no school will love you

"and teach you to love yourself and know yourself

"like Hillman."

Then he'd start talking about the Bolsheviks because he's getting-

Excuse me. Dwayne?

Sorry I'm late.

You're a little overdressed to be out here shooting jumpers.

You said I was a style master on the court.

So true.

Look, D.

In order to make a point, maybe I came down a little hard on Ron.

- I still think he's dragging you down- - Bill, Bill.

We all say things to make points, right?

Right.

Okay.

Did you look at that information about Penn?

I sure did. Penn is a very good school.

Ball needs a little air.

Penn is a great school

and they have better basketballs.

So� does this mean you're thinking about transferring?

I read the Penn catalog, then I read Hillman's.

Did you know that Hillman has as many PhDs

as most top-ranked schools, including Penn?

- I didn't know that. - Now you do.

But a PhD is a waste

if you don't have the right kind of students.

Glad you mentioned that.

I went over to admissions and found out

that over 80% of all incoming Hillman freshmen

were in the top third of their class.

Ha!

Of course, college is more than just a degree.

It's about making the right contacts.

I'm glad you mentioned that, too.

Did you know about that Kinishewa internship

I had last semester?

I got hired by the senior vice president,

a Hillman alum.

Ooh!

In fact, he told me that after graduation

he'd be happy to give me a job and pay for grad school.

But I'll be sure to keep Penn in mind.

Nice shot.

I guess this ball had a little more air than I thought.

Well, when you get into the real world

and you need some good contacts,

call me.

The real world huh?

Keep in touch.

Brother, I think you need to keep in touch.

Take it slow, Milt.

"Only 168 hours until 'Dinner man. We deliver.'"

I wrote up a proposal

found an investor with an old-fashioned ice cream cart

and a portable microwave.

Ron, I got to hand it to you.

All I want you to hand me is the ball.

Here you go.

And none of that soft stuff like you had with Milt.

Play me tough like you did your mother.

Okay, let's go.

Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas.

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