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Well, we're moving on up. Moving on up. Too deep down. Moving on up. To a deep.

Mr. Jefferson?

Mr. Jefferson?

What do you want?

Can I have part of that paper?

Sure.

Here.

Now, quit bothering me.

You know, it's amazing how some people can be so funny so early in the morning.

It's too bad you ain't one of them.

Why aren't you working, Florence?

Because I can't do nothing until I read Dear Abby.

Oh, did you write a letter about your broken romance?

What broken romance?

Between you and work.

You know, Mr. Jefferson, in all God's creation, the good Lord only made one

mistake. Which one was that?

I'm working for it.

George, I need some help.

I've been telling you that for years, Weasley, but you insist on keeping

George, will you hook the back of my dress for me?

Oh, sure.

But you know I'm better at unhooking it.

Before I met you, we used to, the girls used to call me Fingers Jefferson.

Well, that's funny. Ever since I've known you, you've been all thumbs.

Why are you all dressed up?

Mrs. Blanchard is coming over. Now, hurry and finish your coffee. I want to

clear off the dishes before she gets here.

Why? Was she stealing?

Who's Mrs. Blanchard?

She's the director of the Neighborhood Health Center.

Why is she coming in?

Well, I'm not sure, but I think she's going to ask me to be the editor of the

center's newsletter.

Oh. Well, don't just say, oh.

I'd love to be the editor of that newsletter. Get excited.

All right.

Oh, oh, oh.

I'm so excited.

Satisfied? Well, that's a little better.

What makes you think you're going to get the job?

Well. A week ago, Mrs.

Blanchard dropped a hint about it. Then yesterday, she called me and said she

wanted to stop over and see me. I hope she don't bring none of those crazy dope

fiends with her.

George, the center does more than work with drug addicts.

We handle consumer complaints.

We provide pregnancy counseling.

Pregnancy counseling?

You mean there are still people who don't know how to get pregnant? Oh,

When I was a kid, you didn't have to go to no fancy center for that. All you had

to do was stand on the street and ask anybody over 12.

They could have asked me when I was 11. Oh,

you're impossible.

Can't you see I'm doing something useful?

You were doing something useful when you went to nursing school last year.

George, we've been through this before. I wasn't cut out to be a nurse.

What are you talking about, Weasley? You look great in that uniform, even though

it was white.

There's more to being a nurse than wearing a uniform.

What are you talking about? All you got to know is how to make beds, when to

pass out pills, and which end to stick the thermometer in.

George, when I fainted in the emergency room and the patient's mother had to

help me out, I knew then I'd never make a good nurse. The patient's mother? I

thought you said the doctor carried you out. No, he was the one who chased me

out.

Well, look, at least if you was a nurse, you'd be getting paid for it.

George, I love working for the center, and I don't want to get paid for it. Oh,

that's great. I got a wife who works and don't want to get paid, and a maid who

gets paid and don't want to work.

George, when you've been as fortunate as we have, it's only right that you spend

some time helping others. If you want to help others, can't you pick a more

respectable class of people to work with?

Okay. As soon as one of the Rockefellers need help, I'll be there.

You know what I mean.

George, the Help Center is a respectable charity, and Mrs. Blanchard is one of

the most respected women in town.

Blanchard? Hey, wait a minute.

Who does this Mrs. Blanchard marry to?

Mr. Blanchard.

Is this Blanchard of Blanchard, Jones, and Wentworth, the brokerage firm?

I'm not sure what her husband does.

Well, are they rich?

No. Oh. They are loaded.

Well, then it must be him.

Blanchard! Come on, we need to get this place cleaned up quick.

Blanchett Jones and Wentworth is one of the best firms on Wall Street. I gotta

be first in line if I wanna get the hot tips.

The last hot tip you got nearly cooked your goose.

Did you call me, Mr. Jefferson? Yeah, get this place cleaned up quick.

Why? What's the big hurry? Mr. Blanchett's wife is coming over here.

She's the director of the neighborhood help center.

Oh, is she coming to help me?

No, no.

Tell me, that's the place Wheezy works to help those poor misguided souls who

ain't got no place to turn to.

Poor misguided souls?

A minute ago, they were crazy dope fiends.

See what a great job you do, Whee?

George,

you're not going to turn this into a business meeting. Mrs. Blanchard is

here to see me. I know that. So this is what you do.

You just ask her how her husband is, then you get her to invite us to dinner.

George, that would be wrong.

Yeah, you're right.

Then we'll invite them to dinner.

George, if you thought you could make money out of it, you would invite the

devil to dinner. Why not? We got air conditioning.

See you later, Weezy. Good luck with Mrs. Blanchard.

Hey, Georgie, man.

What do you say, man?

I say, what the hell you talking like that for?

I'm practicing my accent, ma 'am. My relatives from the West Indies come in

a little visit, you know. Oh, yeah?

Well, be sure to let me know when they're here.

You want to meet them, George?

No, I want to make other plans.

Helen,

I didn't know you had relatives in the West Indies. Oh, yes, my dear.

My aunt Rebecca, my cousin Esau, and my cousin Salomon.

Oh, I love those biblical names.

You know, I spent a lot of time with the West Indian family.

You did? From what island?

Long Island. I was their maid.

Well, I just came by to see if you want to go with me to the market to buy some

conch.

Conch? That's shellfish, isn't it? Yes, my dear.

And I'm going to buy some pigeon peas, rice, mangoes, yams. Oh, girl, we're

going to make bacchanal.

You do know what Bacchanal is, don't you?

Bacchanal. Isn't that near the Panama Canal?

No, Bacchanal means... Big party, right?

Right, girl.

Eh, eh, man, we gonna be eating, yes, and dancing, yes.

Buck to buck, belly to belly, I don't give a damn, I done that already.

Buck to buck, belly to belly, I shouldn't be jamboree. Hey, hey, hey!

Fuck tobacco, yes. Betty, Betty, don't give a damn. I done been already.

Hey, hey,

now, get down.

Oh, it's y 'all.

For a minute, I thought y 'all was the point.

I made you some fresh coffee for you and your company.

Oh, thanks, Florence.

Oh, you expecting company?

Yes, Mrs. Blanchard is coming over. She's the director of the Neighborhood

Center. Well, I better go shopping by myself.

Oh, why don't you stay?

Mrs. Blanchard won't be here long, and we can go shopping after she leaves.

Well, if you're sure it's okay.

Oh, sure.

And you'd enjoy meeting her. She's an amazing woman. When she wants something

done, it gets done.

Oh, that must be her now.

Hi, Louise.

Oh, hi, Faye. Come in.

Sorry, I'm...

Oh, you're not late. Yes, I am. I said I'd be here at ten.

It's three minutes past.

Oh, well, what's three minutes?

Louise, do you know how many phone calls you can make in three minutes?

Almost forgot.

Call Mr.

Bennett, health department.

Mrs. Bridges.

This is Mrs. Willis. Hi.

Just call me Faye. If you call me Helen. Oh.

Well, won't you sit down?

Thank you.

Louise has told me what wonderful work you've been doing. Oh, it's not me,

Helen. It's people like Louise that keep that center going.

I just try to put the right person in the right job, which is why I wanted to

see you today, Louise.

As you know, Doris Bingham, who's been editing our monthly newsletter, is

out of town. Oh, that reminds me.

Doris.

Oh, nice.

You giving Doris a going -away present?

Well, no.

You see, she borrowed my necklace 21 days ago.

I want to be sure to get it back before she leaves.

Oh, I see.

Anyway, we need a new editor, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in the

job, Louise.

Me?

Oh, this is so sudden.

How about it?

Well...

Good. Now, here's some old copies of the newsletters and some ideas for new

articles. Well, I don't know... Louise, it would be marvelous for you. It should

be lots of fun, Louise.

Oh, you think so? Sure.

When Tom and I were living in Europe, I put out a monthly newsletter for

Americans living abroad.

I was always the first one to hear the latest gossip.

Louise, dear, I don't have to tell you how important that newsletter is, do I?

Oh, no.

Good, that saves me two minutes.

I've never really done much writing before.

Oh, don't worry, Louise. If you need any help, just ask me. I took some

journalism courses in college.

You did?

I am a pretty good speller. Yes, at Columbia.

And Mother Jefferson says I write some pretty good letters. And you used to

a newsletter in Europe.

And I do know how to type.

Louise, I have a great idea.

Yes?

Now, there is no sense in forcing you to do this newsletter.

Why don't we make Helen the editor?

Helen? Yes.

With your background, Helen, dear, you'll be perfect for the job. Won't you

perfect, Louise?

Helen?

Yes.

Oh, well, sure.

You'd be perfect, Helen.

Say, how about it, Helen?

Well, this is very flattering, but I don't even work at the center. You do

New member package, Helen Willis.

Look over this material and I'll get back to you later, Helen, dear. Well, I

must be going.

But, uh, Faye, would you like some coffee?

Yes, I would love some, but I can't. I've got to be cross town in 17 and a

minutes for another meeting.

Bye.

Oh, so, uh, you... You used to live in Europe, huh?

Yes, my husband and I lived in Paris for two years. Really?

Well, my husband and I were in Paris for three months and five days.

We have to get together and talk sometime.

I would love that.

Helen, Paris.

Oh, leave it to you to find us such a really good editor, thank you, dear.

Goodbye, Helen, dear.

You're welcome, Faye.

Dear.

Miss Louise, she is an amazing woman.

Yeah. Better get busy.

Helen, what about the shopping?

Oh, shopping? That'll have to wait. I have to read over this material and get

busy on the newsletter.

See you later, girl. And thanks for introducing me to Mrs. Blanchard.

Sure.

Anything for a friend.

I heard this great joke today about a bus wave.

What's a bus wave?

Depends on how many people are on it.

Don't you get it, Weezy?

Depends on how many people are on the bus.

Yeah, George, that's a riot.

I knew you'd like it.

Did you meet with Mrs. Blanchard today?

Yeah. Did you come up here about the newsletter?

Yeah. Hey, that's great, Weezy. Come on, I'll take you out to dinner to

celebrate.

Celebrate what?

You being named editor.

Forget it. I'm not doing the newsletter.

What? You didn't turn it down, did you?

No, Mrs. Blanchard gave the job to Helen.

Helen? Helen Willis?

I only know one Helen.

Yeah, one too many. How'd she get it?

Well, she was here when Mrs. Blanchard came and Mrs. Blanchard made her editor.

But I thought Mrs. Blanchard wanted to make you editor.

She did.

But Mrs. Blanchett said, well, Helen told, oh, it's a long story. Yeah, and I

bet I know how the story ends. Helen stole your job.

George, she didn't steal my job. Besides, she'll probably make a better

anyway. Better editor? How's she gonna make a better editor than you, Wheezy?

You've been writing since you was a kid.

So has Helen.

Yeah, but you older than her.

Now, look, Wheezy, you've been working at that help center now for three

right? Four.

So what's Helen Willis got that you ain't got?

Well, for one thing, she's got a college education.

College education? That don't mean nothing.

That's not what you kept telling Lionel. Well, that's different.

What's different about it? Look, Weezy, we are not talking about becoming an

engineer. We're talking about editing a newsletter.

Any dummy can do that.

Well, thanks a lot.

What I mean is it ain't college that matters. It's brains. You got a lot more

brains than Helen.

She didn't even have enough brains to marry one of her own kind.

Hello, Jefferson residence.

Oh, it's you. Yeah, she's here, but she don't want to talk to you.

Buzz off, turkey.

Who was that?

Your ex -friend, Helen.

George, Helen is still my friend. Friend?

How could you call somebody a friend who did what she did?

George, you're just mad because you think you won't get a chance to meet

Blanchett's husband.

Easy.

That thought never entered my mind.

All I care about is you.

And I don't like to see no Helen Willis walking all over you. In fact, I don't

like to see Helen Willis at all.

George!

This morning you really wanted that job, right?

I know, but... And if it wasn't for Helen, you would have had it, right?

Well... And what does she do? She comes sneaking into your apartment, right?

Right. And kisses up to your friend, right?

Right. And steals your job, right?

Right. Now that's wrong, right?

turkey.

What's that, Louise?

It was Louise's body, but it sounded like George's mouth.

We're back again, Weezy, wearing out the doorbell.

See that, Weezy? You're too nice.

What was that all about?

Yes, George, what's going on? You two know damn well what's going on. We do.

Come on, come on, don't even try to play dumb. Why, you've been doing it for

years.

Louise. I told you she don't want to talk to you. George, if you don't mind,

think Louise should speak for herself.

Okay, I don't want to talk to you.

There, see?

Straight from the horse's mouth.

What's going on around here?

I'll clear it up for you. You ain't wanted around here.

Don't you talk to my wife like that. I'll talk any way I want. Well, we don't

have to listen. As a matter of fact... Hi, I'm back. Who cares?

Wait till you see the new dress I got. Who cares?

Child, I found this down at the... Who cares?

Well, I thought y 'all would like to see my new dress. Who cares?

Not you, that's who.

Now, just hold it.

Obviously, there's some misunderstanding here.

There ain't no misunderstanding.

You Willis's have been pulling stuff like this for years.

George, what are you talking about?

First your daughter steals my son, then your wife steals Louise's job.

Steals Louise's job?

Helen did not steal Louise's job.

Did you, Helen?

Oh, so that's it.

It never entered my mind that Louise wanted to edit this newsletter.

Of course it never entered your mind, because you ain't got none.

All right, George, this time you have really gone too far.

Honky!

You calling me a honky? I couldn't think of anything else.

Louise. I don't want to hear it.

Louise, I had no idea you wanted to edit this newsletter. Why didn't you say

something?

How could I? You were doing all the talking.

I studied journalism, Mrs. Blanchard. I edited a newsletter when we were living

in Paris, Mrs. Blanchard. Well, we did live in Paris.

Well, why don't you move back there?

Look, Louise, I'll resign, and you can edit the newsletter.

Forget it. You wanted the job, you've got it.

What are you doing?

I'm getting the coffee for you. I can do that myself.

trying to help help i suppose you were just trying to help when you were

up to mrs blanchard today huh i was not kissing up to her the hell you weren't

oh come on louise i'm your friend i'm not so sure a friend wouldn't have done

what you did oh so we're not friends anymore i guess not okay if that's the

you want it i just hope you know what you're doing I know exactly what I'm

doing. Yeah?

Yeah. Then why are you putting flour in your coffee pot?

Oh, Helen.

Wait.

You want to sit down and let's have a cup of paste?

Well, if the grains were money, you'd be on welfare.

Are you calling me dumb?

Yeah.

I'd like to see you look me straight in the eye and say that. Okay.

sense in taking a little thing like this and ruining our friendship.

Yeah, you're right. We should make it a great big thing, huh?

Ha!

See this fancy martini pitcher you gave us?

Oh, the best of its kind. Beautiful, isn't it?

George! No, wait. No. No, no, no, no. Please. No!

Oh!

Oh, no, you don't.

No, no.

You don't understand.

This is a martini pitcher.

All right, that's a jab.

Get out. I'm through talking to you. Stop waving your hand in my face. If you

don't start moving, I'm going to ram my fist through your face. George!

It's okay, Weasley. I'm about to throw this turkey out now. You throw her out.

George!

We are not throwing anybody out. The Willises are still our friends.

They are?

Of course. What about the newsletter?

Well, Helen and I came up with a great idea.

We are going to be co -editors.

We figured two heads are better than one.

Especially if you have a large family.

Get it? Heads.

You know, Navy talk, John.

Bathroom.

We got it, dear.

Oh, Louise, it should be great fun working on that newsletter together.

Yeah, wouldn't that look nice?

Edited by Helen Willis and Louise Jefferson.

Hey, wait a minute. How come that don't say Louise Jefferson and Helen Willis?

Oh, George.

It's only fair, Weasley. I mean, you've been working at that help center longer

than her. Why don't you go alphabetically?

Oh, look, just don't try to get slick, Willis.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

A,

right, that's a good idea.

Come on, George, let's celebrate with some drinks. Oh, good idea.

Hey, Weasley, watch.

You ain't gonna believe this. This picture don't break.

George, that's a very expensive...

Then go home if you'd put your deo in and open the door.

That was a wild party, wasn't it, Weasley?

Yeah, and you were the wildest one there.

I don't think you sat down all night.

Well, I had to show them Western people how to dance, didn't I?

You show them how to dance?

Sure. I won the limbo contest, didn't I?

Yeah, that's because you were the only one who didn't have to bend to go under

the broomstick.

Come on, Florence.

Florence in the elevator.

Oh, I think she had too much rum. She was acting a little silly.

I didn't notice nothing different.

Are you all right?

Oh, I'm fine, but this room keeps going up and down.

Hey, Florence.

Come on, we gotta get you to bed. Take your hands off me.

I can make it by myself.

I don't think you can walk a straight line.

Oh, yeah?

Wash me.

Okay. Come on, Florence.

Florence, you shouldn't have... You shouldn't have... Don't

worry about Florence.

George, in her condition, she'll never get back here. Yeah, ain't that great?

Come on.

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