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I'm going to Kansas City.

Kansas City, here I come.

They got some pretty little women.

I'm gonna get me one.

Wow!

Kansas City comes in my room.

Twelve feet and five.

Hey, Pop, what's that I smell?

Oh, it's a whole weekend of good eating here.

It's a French dish that I learned to cook from the galloping gourmet.

You want to know what it's called?

No. Beef borgianini.

Look, you can smell it.

Oh, that is strong.

Oh, that's the onion you smell. He got 18 onions in it.

Well, how come it's got so many onions in it? Well, see, that's the way the

French like to cook.

You know the funny way they talk through their nose?

See,

there's onions in there to help open up their sinuses.

Yeah, well, just keep the lid on it, man, because it's blowing up the whole

house. It's not my cooking that's smelling up the house. That's you

the house. What's that you got on that foo -foo juice?

It's a new men's cologne.

Still smell like foo -foo juice.

Hey, man, it's the latest thing out, and it's called slinky because it slinks

across the room and sneaks up on the women.

Yeah. It might slink, but it still stinks.

This shit's called a stinky slinky.

Say, why you wearing it anyway?

Hey, man, all uptown dudes are wearing it. Rollo gave it to me. He ought to

know. Oh, what are you talking about?

Rollo gave it to you.

Rollo ain't no uptown dude. He's a downtown dud.

Anyway, why you always hang out with him?

You're just trying to start an argument, Pop, because you don't dig Rallo. Rallo

is my partner, and he knows where it's at.

Well, I'll give you knows where it's at as long as it's where it's at and here.

Well, you don't have to worry about that.

I'll get it.

Yeah, slink on out there, stinky, and get the door.

Hey, Rallo, I see you got yourself a few new threads.

Now, baby, this is the whole...

the other night that it burned holes in the pockets of my old ones, so I had to

buy some new ones.

That better cost a lot of breath.

Hey, I was heading it out by the loaf.

Hey, but looky here.

The celebration has just begun. What are you doing tonight?

Nothing. Wrong.

You talked me into it. Hey, we're going to have a ball.

I got it all laid out. Hey, baby, I'm all ears. You better be, because I got

wild ones in just from Detroit.

Ooh, Cincinnati.

Yes, indeed. These two gave it that reputation.

They are two sisters who are thirsty, sexy, and ready to enjoy.

You better get on out of here.

Just tell me the where and the when. I already know how.

Hey, the ball is on.

I'm with you, brother. The win is tonight. I'm still with you. The where

here. You just lost me.

I knew it was too good to be true. What's wrong?

Hey, man, we can't have it at your place.

Oh, man, we can't have nothing like that, you know, at my place. It's too

Yeah, but it's not going to work having it here, Rollo. Man, sure it will. You

got the kitchen for the booze and the snacks. You got the big living room for

the party.

And you got all other kind of room for privacy.

Privacy? You can't have no privacy with my old man around.

If you locked yourself in the closet and turned out the lights, you couldn't

have no privacy.

He'd be spying on you through the keyhole.

I got it all planned out.

What is this?

For a cruise, you know, up and down the coast.

A cruise?

Yeah. It takes all night and ends up in Catalina for some early Sunday morning

fishing. We can put your old man on the boat and forget about him until

tomorrow.

Hey, Rollo, it just might work, man, because he digs going fishing. Hey, man,

know it'll work. Well, go ahead, then.

Hey,

look here.

What's going on in here? Uh, it's Rollo, Pop.

Yeah, no kidding.

I thought it was a bedspread.

Rollo's got some good news for you.

You moving to Australia?

No.

No. Oh, that's the only good news Rollo could have for me. Well, go ahead,

Rollo. Tell him. Hey, look here.

Pop, Rollo has got some tickets for you for a midnight cruise up the coast to

Catalina. I got two in case you want to take a free one.

What's all this stuff about a cruise up to Catalina? Well, it's all right here

in the brochure. Just listen to this. Yeah, listen to this.

Cruise the colorful coast and fill your night with hours of concentrated fun.

You hear that, Pop? Hours of concentrated fun. Yeah. Play

stars. Hey, shuffleboard under the stars. Right on, yeah.

See the flying fish. Hey, see the flying fish.

Uh -huh. Watch the Big Dipper. Watch the Big Dipper. Yeah.

Yeah. Hey, that brochure must have came with Echo.

Hey, Pop, look here, man. You're going to love this.

Yeah, Pop, you end up at Catalina for some early Sunday morning fishing for

yellowtail. Let me ask you a question.

While I'm out there on the boat chasing yellowtail, what y 'all gonna be

chasing?

Well, see, Pop, Rallo and I are gonna level with you. Now, we are celebrating

little good fortune that he just recently came into.

And see, we got these two chicks lined up, and we wanted to use the house here

for a party tonight, you know?

Is that all it is? Hey, that's all.

Well, listen, why don't you say so?

You mean you don't mind?

No, I don't mind.

You hear that, Rollo? Pop don't mind. Hey, this calls for a toast. Right on,

Pop. Because you on the top. Well,

I drink to that.

I drink to anything.

Hey, all systems are gold.

Yeah, you know I like a party so much? Here, take these tickets. I'm going to

stay home and help out.

All systems just stopped.

No, man, that ain't what we had in mind. We only got two chicks lined up. Yeah,

and we really didn't plan on you being at the party. Well, it's my house. I

should be at the party. And I got a pot of stew and some ripple.

Ripple? Uh -huh. Are you kidding?

I got a fancy wine called Beaujolais. All right, then.

Beaujolais?

Beaujolais. Well, we'll just pour it in the ripple and call it Beaujolippo.

And we don't want no onion stew. Well, we got to eat something.

Come on in the kitchen and smell it. Hey, man, we don't want to smell no

We got something to eat. We got snacks. We got potato chips and peanuts and clam

dip and all that kind of good stuff. Well, it might give you appetite for

of this stew.

Smell it.

Dang!

Hey, Pop.

What Rollo is trying to say is that the food is not that important.

It's not? No, you see, this is the 20th century, man. Food is out, love is in.

Yeah. Well, I thought you needed the food part to have strength to take care

the love part.

All right, let me put it another way. You see, Pop, what you like and what we

like is two different things.

You wouldn't fit in at this party because you don't have nothing in common

the chicks that we got lined up.

Well, I eat and drink and I dance.

What do these chicks do?

Well, they do stuff like that, too. It's just that you're from another

generation, man, and the food that you eat and the drinks that you drink and

dances that you dance are different from what they do. I mean, you'd be out of

place at this party.

No, I wouldn't. Yeah, these two are live, wild, with no insulation.

They're red, hot, and ready. You know what I mean?

Yeah, you just wouldn't fit in.

Why don't you just take these two tickets and go on that boat ride like a

old man and watch the Big Dipper?

Man. I ain't going nowhere. I'm staying right here. Damn a dipper.

I should have known you was gone, Master. Come on, Rallo. Hey, Rallo. I

have known you was gone. Look here.

Look here, baby brother. Let's just go ahead and have the party at your crib,

here. No, man, I told you it's too small.

Rallo, it's either your place or a park bench.

Now, at least we won't have Pop to worry about.

Yeah, okay, okay. All right, now go ahead with the plans, and I'll see you

the pad, here. Right on, then.

Boat ride with somebody, fall off the boat, some sharks eat me up.

Can't nobody find me but Jack Gusto.

You had to do it, didn't you? You'd never want to cooperate.

My home, I can stay if I want to. Yeah, but all we wanted to do was have a

party, man, and you messed it up.

So you're going to call it off, huh? Oh, no, we're not calling it off. We're

going to have it at Rollo's pad.

It's a little small and inconvenient, but at least we'll have some privacy.

Or you just have me there so you can get away from me. If you want to put it

that way.

What else?

That's what you're doing.

I don't care. You don't make me angry. Listen, you go ahead to Rollo's. Stay

night if you want to. You can stay there forever if you want to. I don't care.

You don't think I could?

I don't care.

Hey, man, Rollo's asked me plenty of times to come and live with him, and I

think it will work out because we're good friends and we got a lot in common.

I know one thing y 'all got in common.

Both of y 'all are big dummies.

Go ahead. Who needs you?

All right, I'm going. I'm going to pack my things, and we're going to have the

party there, and then after that, I'm going to stay there. I don't need you.

Good, good. Congratulations. Get to moving. I don't need you.

I mean, who needs an ungrateful son around them?

After all, I built this empire here for you.

And look what happened.

Look what happened.

First time you run into a guy with two chicks in you, and a bottle of that

Bougier, uh, Bougier, uh, oh, get the hell out of here.

I'm going now, Pop.

Did you hear what I said?

I said I'm going now.

Is there anything you want me to do before I split?

Yeah. Here, take this with you.

What is it?

It's something where you can remember me by because you might forget what I look

like.

Hey, come on, Pop.

See here?

It's a picture of you when you were five.

That's me standing next to you with my head cut off.

What do I need a picture like that for? Oh, you might forget what I look like.

Me, the man who's been a father to you, and a mother, and an uncle, and an

auntie, and a cousin, and a nephew.

I've been a whole damn family to you.

Here, take it. Okay, I'll take it.

Yeah, take it.

Maybe you can pin it up on the wall, and when somebody asks you, who is that?

You can tell them.

That's my father, and mother, and brother, and uncle, and auntie.

And cousin.

And chauffeur. All right. All right. Landlord. All right.

Now, look, I'll just be living with Rollo, and I'll be coming here every day

just like a regular job.

It won't be the same, because you'll be living with me like I'm the boss. It

won't be like we're partners no more.

And next thing you know, you'll join some union.

What union?

I don't know. Son of a junk dealer's union.

Then you're going to strike.

And you'd be outside there with signs saying, Sam and his son unfair.

No, it'd just be Sam and his son unfair.

And his son would be Cam the picket sign.

Hey, man, I don't want to hear no more of this.

Well, listen, you don't have to go just because I said you couldn't have the

party. What if I said you could have the party and I didn't mention it?

Hey, what you say and what you do are always two different things.

Oh, really? I don't interfere. You go ahead and have the party with the pretty

girl, and I'll go upstairs.

And I won't even peep.

And if I do peep, I won't laugh.

Hey, Pop, I'm not just leaving because of the party, man. I think I'd be better

off if I was living with somebody closer to my own age.

Well, I'd like to be closer to your age if I could, but I can't.

See, in order for me to be closer to your age, I'd have to marry your mother

when I was seven.

And I couldn't do that.

Because she wasn't born yet.

Well, so long, Pop. I'll see you later.

Listen, son.

Wait a minute. What if I have a heart attack?

It's going to be difficult to try to dial you with this author writer.

You're not going to have a heart attack.

But what if I do have one and I can't reach you in time?

We might as well say goodbye now.

Hey, Pop, you're going to be fine, man.

I told you a long time ago, let's get a dog.

If we had a dog, I wouldn't be alone.

Hey, man, I'm leaving, Pop, and that's all there is to it. Now, if you need me

for anything, I'll be at Rallo's.

Bye, Pop.

Yeah, go ahead, then.

Bye.

Go ahead to Rallo's and have your little old party.

I don't need you. I got plenty of friends.

I got friends I've had all my life.

I called Brady.

Brady never let me down.

The whole family let you down. He was strange to me.

Shucks. I know how to...

I got a big pot of onions, too, and some ripples.

Why don't you come on over?

Would you like to come on over?

You're king.

You what?

And she got a girlfriend?

Well, listen, Grady, why don't the two of y 'all come on over here and we can

celebrate over here?

Oh, no?

Well, listen, suppose I come over to your place.

See, I can get over to your place in about, hello?

A pot of stew and a bottle of Ripple.

I'm having me a party.

I know where I'm having it.

Hey, hey, father, this is going to be great, huh?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I guess so.

What do you mean you guess so? What's wrong with you?

Well, I keep thinking about how my old man looked when I split, you know?

Oh, man, quit thinking about that. Most cats cut out when they're 16, and you've

got to cut out sometime.

How old are you?

Thirty -one.

What you waiting on, Medicare?

Come on, man. Get your mind off the old man and come on over and put it where it

belongs, on the checks.

Right, on the checks.

Hey, now that we're roomies, we can do this stuff all the time, huh? Yeah, this

calls for a toast.

Right. Here's to us and the girls.

Angel and Della. And here's to me, a mellow fella.

Mm -mm.

Wow, let's have a ride. Oh, yes.

I'm looking.

Right on.

I want in here.

Hey, hey.

Come on in, girls. Beautiful. Meet Lamar, my friend. This is Angel. This is

Della. Pleasure's all mine, ladies.

Nice to know you.

Would you ladies like to step this way? And we can sit down and get cozy.

All right.

Here you go, ladies.

What's that?

Peanuts, potato chips, and clam dip. Dig in.

you take to the zoo to feed the animals.

Hey, baby, that's all we got.

You got to be jiving.

Hey, you told us we were going to do stuff eating, drinking, and dancing

tonight. Hey, I did, Mama, but that didn't mean we was going out, you know,

nothing like that, you know? I just thought we'd have, you know, a few

and a few snacks here and stuff.

Honey, if this is California living, I can't wait to get back to Detroit. Wait

minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I got an idea.

Do you like to dance?

I love to dance. Why?

Well, see, we could dance now and worry about eating later.

Well, where we gonna dance?

Right here.

You must be kidding.

This place is too small to dance in.

Well, we could do the slower dances.

The old belly rubbing cast?

Uh -uh.

Let's go.

We have a few drinks. Yeah. And then we can make plans as we go.

Huh? Well, I could use a drink.

Oh, me too. I could use a bunch of them. Yeah.

What is this?

Boujolais.

and just relax for a minute. And Lamont, you know, I'm happy, man.

Well, why don't you take it home and put it in the freezer, all right? No, this

is Stu.

He's eating when it's hot and I when it's cold. And it's enough here for

everybody. Hello, Rallo.

How's my good friend Rallo?

Hello, ladies.

Who's this?

This is Fred Sanford, my father.

Sanford's son.

Oh, what you got in the pot, Pop?

It's just some soup that I fixed. And I was sitting home alone. I thought I'd

bring it over.

Y 'all didn't eat yet, did you?

No. All we had was peanuts.

and potato chips.

Oh, that ain't no good food. That's the kind of stuff you take to the zoo to

feed animals.

Look here.

Smell this.

Oh, is that onion soup?

Yeah. Oh, I just love onion soup.

Boy, I'm hungry enough to eat that whole cup.

That's good.

It's a good feeling to know somebody's enjoying your cooking while you're at

home all alone, lonesome, and by yourself.

Well, wait. Now, you can't just leave all this here and go home alone and

Yes, you can, girls. You love doing that, don't you, Pop? Well, good night,

No, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Look here. Wait a minute. Let me serve it,

then I'll leave in a little bit.

I'll just serve it to you.

Y 'all got anything to drink?

No. All we had was some French furniture polish.

Barouge your leg, Pop.

Hey, look here. Reach inside my coat here.

Reach right in there.

Enjoy yourself.

Yeah, you do that. Well, good night, Pop. Yeah, good night, Pops, and thanks

the food.

Can't you just stay a bit?

What would I do here with you young people?

Well, we were just about to dance. Couldn't you stay and have a little

You young girls wouldn't be interested in my kind of dancing and old stuff like

the boogie -woogie and the applejack and trucking. Uh -huh,

come on, show up. Yeah, give us a demonstration. No, you don't want to do

Good night, Pop.

I got to show them. That's right.

See, first I'll show you the boogie -woogie. See, do -do -do.

Oh, Bob, go, get down.

Oh, yeah, yeah, go.

Yeah. Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. You just got to go. Yeah, that's it.

Yeah, come on now, darling. Hey, let me try that.

Yeah, I did it, boogie -woogie.

Boogie, boogie.

Hey, man, he's doing it to us again, ain't he? Sure is.

So what are we going to do now? You still got them tickets for that cruise?

What am I doing home?

I thought you were staying at Rollo's. Yeah, I was, but I decided to come home,

and I thought you'd be glad to see me. You are glad to see me, aren't you?

Well, yes and no.

What does that mean?

Yes, I'm glad to see you, but no, I'm not too happy about seeing you right

Why? You and Rollo got nowhere you can go?

Why? What's going on here? What's all this?

Well, see, Grady and I, we're going to have a little party here. We're

company. And we wanted a little privacy.

Hey, you don't have to worry about me. I'm just going upstairs and staying. No,

no, no.

I'd rather you go out. It's my company now. Oh, I'll stay right here. No, no,

you can leave as they're coming in. That'd be a better way.

Come right in, ladies.

Make yourself comfortable.

Hey, darling.

Lamont. He was just leaving. Hi, ladies.

Well, can't I just stay for a little while and watch?

Let's go ahead, son.

Everything's lovely. I'll see you later on. These girls don't drink your kind of

drink, dance your kind of dance, eat your kind of cookie.

Bye. I know, but see, I want to say... No, bye, nothing.

Goodbye.

Well, now, ladies, we had a great dinner, but before we start anything,

work up a little appetite.

Would you like to dance?

Come on, darling.

Oh, boogie, boogie.

Say, boogie, boogie.

Sun for the Sun is recorded on tape for a live studio audience.