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Good times, anytime you need a payment. Good times, anytime you need a friend.

Good times, anytime you're up and under.

Not getting hassled, not getting hustled.

Keeping your head up for water.

Making a way when you can.

Temporary layoffs. Good times, easy credit reforms.

Good times, scratching and...

Here are scenes from J .J.'s Fiancé, Part 1.

Family, are y 'all ready for this?

Today I asked Diane to marry me, and she said yes!

Lord have mercy.

My daughter ain't eloping with no bony Romeo.

Daddy! You be quiet!

Now for the conclusion of J .J.'s fiancée. I don't want to hear no more

it, Junior. You ain't gonna get married and ain't no way you're going low. But,

Dad! Not with my daughter.

Son, don't do something you're gonna be sorry for.

Yeah, you better back off, J .J.

No, Thelma.

I'm sorry, Dad, but I gotta stand up for myself.

Don't you crush your luck with me, Junior.

Please, think about what you'll be doing.

Feeling better now, honey? Oh, yeah, Ma. It's just one of my headaches.

I took some aspirin.

They really do a job.

Are you all still fighting about that elopement? We ain't fighting about it

because it's off. You got that?

Okay, okay. It's off, off.

Nothing to worry about.

What?

They're right, J .J. Maybe we shouldn't get married.

Don't say that, Diane.

Here I am fighting Custer's last stand, and you come out speaking Comanche.

Honey, if our parents are that much against it, it must be wrong.

You know, parents do no best.

But, Diane, you said we'd elope. Go ahead.

Elope. As long as it ain't with Diana.

Alone?

I can't carry myself over the threshold.

J .J., let's just give it up. We can wait.

What's a few years?

Oh, thank heaven somebody's talking sense.

Yeah, you're right on that, baby.

What's going on?

happening? Well, JJ, you're back to normal.

It's all over.

Son, I don't understand how you get to be so stubborn.

I can't imagine.

Hi, y 'all. Hey, Wilona.

Oh, Lucille and Fred, how you doing? I'm sorry I'm late for the party.

Salma, get up and let me see that dress.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Boy, you really outdid yourself.

Diane, you look pretty. Pretty. Thank you. J .J., you're gorgeous.

What can I say?

Well, I don't know what kept you so long.

Well, I got hung up at the boutique working on this guy, you know. He

six of the foxiest dresses and still couldn't make up his mind.

About what?

About which one to wear home.

Well, I bought some champagne to toast the graduates.

There you go, James. Come on, James, open it. This is a party, ain't it?

right on that, buddy.

always so thoughtful.

Oh, it ain't nothing, Flo.

I just hope James don't get too high and start getting romantic and drinking out

of your slipper. Cause ain't nothing bad as waking up with a bad hangover the

next day and stepping into some soggy slippers.

Diane, don't.

Enjoy every minute of this night. It's the most important night of your life.

Honey, I'll never forget my senior prom.

Those were the days.

I look back on them as the summer of my life. Woo!

To be exact, it was the summer of 49.

Well, I was the only four -year -old in the graduating class.

J .J., we better get going to the prom.

You still want to go? Of course I do.

Will you get my coat and purse, please? They're in Thelma's room.

Thelma, you don't mind if we leave a little early, huh? No, that's all right.

Well, honey, it's awfully early to be leaving. I know, but...

Then you kids go ahead and have a good time. Thank you, Daddy.

Good night, Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Good night, Diane. Have a ball. Bye, Mom.

We won't.

Okay. He will.

Oh,

wait a minute, Diane. I forgot your corsage.

We don't need it. We're not going to the prom.

What? Where are we going?

We're going to Elope.

I sit back there, but there's no sense in arguing with him. We just do it, and

we'll come back man and wife.

But, Diane, I can't go. I'm not dressed to look.

What are you talking about?

This is running.

I can go, but my tux has got to stay here.

J .J., don't worry about it.

But I got a dental appointment on Tuesday.

Now, what's more important, our marriage or your teeth?

Well, right now, our marriage. But when Dad finds out, my teeth.

J .J., it'll be too late. Our parents won't do anything.

But I didn't even say goodbye.

I didn't even pack anything.

You packed everything I need.

My compliments, Mr. Innkeeper. Thank you.

Well, do you like it, my dear?

Oh, J .J., it's really out of sight.

Yeah, that's because I know how to pick up. You can always tell a good motel.

That's the kind with only one light burnt out in the vacancy sign.

Ah, world traveler, huh?

Well, you know how it is, bro.

Yeah,

I go first class all the way. Don't spare any expense.

Uh, when's checkout time?

do we want room service?

Check in to another motel.

One more thing. Do you know the telephone number of a preacher?

We want to get married. Ah, you said you were married.

We are.

It's just that it felt so good the first time, we thought we'd do it again.

You understand.

Hey, look, I just rent rooms. It ain't none of my business. I mean, if I was a

meddler... I'd have probably wondered why you checked in without any luggage.

Uh... We lost it. Mm -hmm. Where?

On the bus! On the plane!

Uh, see, we lost half of it on the bus and half of it on the plane.

It has been a very long trip.

From Chicago?

Hey, now, look, you kids. You're not putting anything over on me.

Every year at prom time, we get hundreds of kids coming into Indiana to get

married. You aren't going to kick us out, are you? Oh, now, do I look like

kind of guy?

Oh.

Tell you what I'll do.

Why don't you let me take care of the whole thing for you? You see, I kind of

like to think of myself as the traveler's friend.

I can get you to justice and peace, license, work. You'd do all that for us?

how could I turn down such a nice couple?

Oh,

it'll be beautiful.

It'll be romantic.

It'll be five bucks.

Oh, a mere pittance for a man of my stature.

Thank you.

Now, the cost of the wedding, you know, is strictly up to you.

But if you want the deluxe, I can arrange for the limousines, for the

the organ music... Well, we were thinking about something a little more

Oh, like what?

Like a preacher in a box Uncle Ben.

Well, I guess I can do that, too.

So, when are the nuptials going to take place?

Oh, we figure right after the wedding.

No, J .J. We want to get married as soon as possible. Right. And I'll let you

know as soon as everything is arranged.

Thank you. Thank you, friend of the traveler.

We did it, J .J. Do you believe it? We're really going to be married.

Yeah.

Mr. and Mrs. Evans.

What?

Kathy, that's my own dad's name.

Excuse me, I'm a little nervous.

Oh, honey, take it easy. Come on, relax.

Look, it's just the two of us.

All alone in the room with nothing but time.

What do you think we should do?

Let's go down to the front office and get some postcards.

about us right now. We can call him after the wedding.

Relax, lamb chop.

As dad would say, have

mercy.

That's JJ. He's all wrapped up in a blanket. Are you kidding? Look at them

He's the only baby there with size 13 and a half triple E booties.

Come on, Lucille. You've got to get a hold of yourself.

Oh, I'm sorry I had to tell you that, but it was something you had to know.

Right, Daddy?

You did the right thing, baby girl.

Man, you talking about trouble?

We got it.

Two junkies marrying each other. Hey, hey.

Two junkies? Sure.

They've been seeing each other for a long time.

Your skinny Romeo probably got our little girl on to stuff. Now, wait a

Fred. Hold it. One thing we know for sure, Junior ain't no junkie. Our son

too much sense for something like that. Fred, we've always tried to bring our

kids up right.

You're saying we brought our daughter up wrong? No, Fred, I'm not saying that at

all. Fred, please. I don't believe it, Lucille, and I won't believe it. Well, I

believe it, Fred.

What? Well, those headaches of Diana's.

It wasn't just headaches, Fred. It was more than that. I've noticed changes in

her lately.

Well, she's been real edgy and nervous and... Well, I know it's... As a mother,

I should have sat down and tried to talk to her and tried to find out why, but I

didn't. I was hoping it would go away.

I... I'm sorry, Florida.

Jane. I'm sorry.

I wanted to blame anybody, everybody, the whole world.

I know how you feel, Fred, but look here, man. If you're going to blame

somebody, blame them pushers out in the street.

They're the ones that flip the kids to free pills, and then when they get them

freaked out, they push them on to the hard stuff, the blood suckers.

You break your back trying to raise the kid.

Give him a decent life, teach him right from wrong, and now this.

You always figure what happened to somebody else's kid.

Never your own.

I know how you feel, Fred.

You ought to be tearing your part, man.

Oh, this isn't just a night. It's a nightmare.

Fred, look.

I found something in Diana's purse.

It's a phone number. But there's no name.

No, maybe it ain't so strange, baby.

See, when you're a junkie, you got to make sure you got your connection with

all the time.

Are you saying that this could be the number of the pusher? Yeah, why not?

change their numbers all the time. Maybe Diane wrote it down so she wouldn't

forget it. If I ever get my hands on that dude. You just might do that, Fred.

Huh? Thelma, come on out here a minute. What are you going to do?

Thelma sounds just like Diane on the phone.

Maybe we get Thelma to make a little phone call for a reorder. And we get us

quick delivery, huh? Yeah.

Hey, Diane, I got us a couple of Dr.

Peppers.

You know, they even got free ice down there. I tell you, when you live in the

ghetto, you just don't know what class is.

Yeah, this is a nice place.

Yeah, and they even got a candy machine down here.

Chewing gum, gumdrops, chocolate chip cookies, cheese crackers.

I tell you, boy, if we don't run out of quarters, we could spend the rest of our

lives here.

Television set, radio, coin -operated bed that vibrates.

Man, I guess you should expect all this luxury when you're spending $6 a night.

Where's that motel owner? He should have been back with some word about the

wedding by now.

Yeah, you're right. If you don't get back here soon, they're going to put out

warrant for this tuxedo.

Well, I think I better go freshen up a bit.

I'll be counting the minutes.

This isn't my purse. You took Thelma's by mistake. What am I supposed to do

without my purse?

It's no big deal. Use Thelma's lipstick.

If you don't mind painting on a little ugly.

That is not funny. That was dumb. That was really dumb.

Calm down, Diane. Is there anything I can do for you? No.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you. It's just the tension of the wedding

and everything.

Take it easy, Diane. Why don't you just lay down here? I'll spring for the

quarter. We can get this bed to vibrate and the shoes to emerge again.

Now, come on, now. Lay down here. Oh, J .J., you don't know what you did.

You hear anything, James?

Not yet, Fred.

James, I don't like the idea of a pusher coming into our home. It could be

dangerous. Fred, you can't take the law into your own hands, honey. What are the

police for?

They're for after we get through with them.

and let somebody else do it. Come on, now, will y 'all be quiet? I hear

getting off the elevator. Baby, you and Lucille, go on in the bedroom.

James, do be careful. We'll be careful. Please, go on now.

That's it, Fred. You ready?

Dine here?

No.

You the pusher.

No, I'm...

Oh, easy, Fred, easy. It ain't what you think.

My mother sent me to the store for some sugar.

What's your name?

Little Bo Peep.

Why, Fred, easy, man.

Look here, Bo Peep.

If you don't watch your mouth, you're going to lose a lot more than your

Careful, Musclehead.

If you hit me now, I'll have you arrested for child beating.

Lucille?

Believe it, James.

This punk.

This half pint of trash delivering to my daughter.

What did you expect, Popeye? The French connection?

There he

is.

That's your pusher.

James. He's just a baby. Baby, huh?

Well, this ain't no talcum powder.

Hey, I hate to waste a trip. Any of you want to buy that? It's pure.

Give you a sky high high.

Where do you get this stuff, punk?

I just deliver.

I get it from this dude who gets it from somebody else who gets it from the boss

dude. And this I know for sure. The boss dude don't live in the projects.

How about my stuff?

You want to buy?

That's gold, man.

The only place this gold is going is down the drain. Go on, get out of here.

Hey, man, it's cool, it's cool. That's more where that came from.

Hey, and if you change your mind and want a deal, you can find me at the

schoolyard. I deliver first thing in the morning.

The kids like to cop a fix before class.

James, we got to call the police or do something.

We just can't let this kid run out in the street like this.

Go ahead, lady. Call the fuzz.

What can they do?

Juvenile court is so crowded, I'd be 40 before my case comes up.

Later,

Popeye.

James, is there nothing we can do to stop them?

Not as long as business is as good as it is, Florida. See, there's a lot of

people out there, black and white.

Some of them so tired of fighting odds.

They figure if they can't get out for real, they'll get out in a dream.

Well, how can you win when the supplier's got kids doing the dirty work

You can't. Not when the boy's on top of making all that money.

No, I don't buy that, Fred. Not for one minute.

In 1961, President Kennedy said we'd have a man on the moon by 70, and we did

it. Now, you can't tell me that a country that can put a man on the moon

stop dope traffic.

I don't believe it.

Everything's arranged.

I got you a justice of the peace.

Very reasonable.

Oh, yeah? How reasonable? Ten bucks.

But that includes his wife as a witness and his ten -year -old kid playing the

piano. Ten -year -old kid playing the piano, huh? I got a feeling instead of

promise me, we're going to get chopsticks.

Hey, don't worry. My niece is very good.

Anyway, it's all set for 11 in the morning on Tuesday.

Hey, that's great!

Wait a minute.

Tuesday's three days from now.

Yeah, you get the license in the morning, and then there's a three -day

period. Waiting period?

You never said anything about a waiting period. Sure, that's a state law. Well,

we can't stay here for three days. I can't go that long without my... I mean,

don't have a change of clothes.

Well, maybe there's a place we can rent underwear.

It won't work. I can't do it. Hey, look, you kids want to get married, or don't

you? Oh, could you let us talk about it? We'll get back to you. Yeah, sure.

Thank you very much.

Diane, look, we've gotten this far. We might as well wait. I can't wait. I

can't.

Diane, don't you love me?

Of course I love you. It's nothing like that. It's nothing to do with that.

Well, it's our parents. Our parents, they're going to be worried sick.

Well, then I'll call them. I'll tell them that we're in another state. We're

going to get married. We have a three -day waiting period.

nervous, but am I that much?

Maybe I am.

Hello? I'd like to call Chicago.

Collect.

Don't worry, Lucille.

We'll find her.

And when they do, there are a lot of places that can help kids like Diana.

All the big cities have drug abuse centers.

Look, Lucille, it ain't gonna be no easy road back for her, but if she wants to

make it, she can make it all the way back.

Hello?

Yes, yes, of course I'll accept the charges.

Hello, Ma.

Look, we're in another state. We're going to get married. We have a three

waiting period, but we're all right.

No, J .J., you're not all right.

Huh?

There's something we have to tell you about Diana.

She has a problem.

Honey, a serious problem.

J .J., Diana is on drugs.

Oh, come on now. You're making that up. I don't believe you.

I wish to God I was, honey.

Thelma found some things in her purse.

Honey, I don't want to talk about it.

I just can't believe that. I don't believe it.

James, he don't believe me. Talk to him.

Junior, so I know it's hard to accept, but it's the truth.

Diana, she's a junkie. Oh, no.

Junior, she's shooting dope.

You guys will do anything. thing to break our marriage up. I'm not going for

I just won't believe it.

Matter of fact, I'll call Diane right now. She'll straighten this thing out.

Just looking out of the window, watching the asphalt grow,

thinking how it all looks when we die.

Good times, good times, keeping your head above water, making a

way when you can.

Temporary layoffs, good times.

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