All language subtitles for Good Times s04e08 JJs New Career 2

Good times! Anytime you need a payment.
Good times! Anytime you feel free.

Good times! Anytime you're up and under.

Not getting hassled, not getting
hustled. Keeping your head above water.

Making a way when you can.

Temporary layoffs.

Good times!

Now for the conclusion of J .J.'s new
career.

All right, J .J., get out of my room
now. I got to get dressed, too, you

In a minute, Thelma.

Look, you've been in there an hour
already.

How long does it take to cover those
bones?

Relax, Thelma.

J .J.'s new job is very important to
him.

He's only trying to look good.

Ma, I got no time for miracles.

Selma, here's your makeup. Put it on out
there.

Oh, that's great. And what am I supposed
to put it on with?

Very cute.

Hey, hey, get out of my room.

If you'd leave him alone, he'll get out
sooner.

He just can't put on any old clothes to
go to work in an advertising agency.

Why not? He only works in the art
department. Oh, Selma, you should be

J .J.

He's turned out to be the biggest
breadwinner of us all.

Yeah, and he'll never let us forget it.

Well, well, well.

Just putting the finishing touches on
the finishing touches.

Yeah, just look at him. Tall, tan, and
tacky.

What you know about clothes, I have you
know this is the style of the future.

Oh, if you're talking about science
fiction, you're right.

Hey, that must be a new international
look. This happens to be my

ensemble, combined here with the
tasteful understatement of the English,

elegant flair of the French, and the
electric boogie down of Harlem.

Oh, J .J., you look absolutely
beautiful.

Say that again, Maude. and the truth
shall set you free.

My son, the big businessman.

Well, let's face it, Ma.

Some people got it, and some people
ain't got it.

And some people are full of it.

I'll tell my dad, too. Now, what do you
want for breakfast, AJ?

Oh, nothing, Ma. I got a high -level
business lunch today, and I want to save

room for the Egg McMuffin.

Michael, my attaché case, please.

Hey, J .J., this is a beauty, man.

It sure is, but it looks expensive.

Is that real leather?

Let me put it to you this way, Mom. If
it was any more real, you'd have to milk

it. Moo.

J .J., you'd better be careful how much
money you're spending.

Don't worry, Mom. I got a good job.

Yeah, it's almost too good.

They sure are paying you a lot of money
for somebody with no experience.

Uh, well, uh...

I guess we're getting a little late
here, Ma. Are you ready to go?

Oh, sure.

I'd like to show you off to them women
at the bus stop.

Well, well, well.

Let's get on our way then.

Shall we? Okay.

Well, as we say in the ad game, let's
put it on the bus and see if it gets off

at the loop.

35 bucks on solid greens to win.

Right? Right. You got it. Later.

Hey, hey.

Hey, man, now count the 50s. Hey, with
pleasure, with pleasure.

One general grant, two general grants,
three general grants.

George, what you doing in here?

You know, it takes 50 of you to make one
general grant.

No wonder you could only afford wooden
teeth.

Hey, Ernie, we got close to $3 ,800
here.

Hey, Leon, I know what we're doing is
illegal, but it ain't that bad, is it?

course not. I mean, we don't hurt
anybody.

I mean, the state runs lotteries, don't
they? And that's gambling, so I can't

wait. Hey, that's what free enterprise
is all about.

Leon, it's almost 3 o 'clock, man. We
got to split.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. I forgot.

Hey, JJ, we got to go talk to a few
policy runners.

You think you can handle the phones?

Does Jimmy Carter have teeth?

We'll be back as soon as we can, huh?
All right.

Let's go, Liam. Have no fear.

Wherever you go, Brother Jay shall come
through, win, place, or show. All right.

Take a slip. Okay, lay down.

Well, well, well.

Alone at last.

Boy, with this high power in here, this
is something else.

Feet, enjoy yourself.

Ah, telephono.

Yellow.

Yeah, $20 on Steel Beauty.

Yeah, he's a long shot, all right.

He ain't even in the race.

Yeah, he's been scratched.

Gotcha. On the nose.

Yellow?

Yeah. Fifty bucks on Yellow Angel?

Yeah.

Oh, definitely.

He goes off at ten to one.

Yeah, that's too bad, because the other
horses leave at a quarter to one.

Watch the button.

Pick it up on Thursday.

Wait a minute.

These horses ain't in the race.

No, man, this ain't Wong Long Fast
Chinese Hand Laundry.

Hold it right there. This is a bust.

A bust?

Don't you play dumb with me up against
the wall.

Spread them.

You got the wrong man.

And you got the wrong cook. When was the
last time you ate?

Gigi's swallowing the whole thing.

Yeah, and Oprah is putting on a great
act, too.

But I'm telling you, I ain't never been
in this apartment before in my life.

Then what are you doing here now?

I was making delivery for a takeout
joint.

In a suit?

It's a very fancy joint.

Even unless it's a telephone number.

Nobody here wears the food.

I ate it.

And that's when you took your shoes off?
Had to.

Japanese restaurant.

have to be a total imbecile to believe
that story.

It would help.

You can call a tap dancing stick, man.

I've got you nailed for gambling. Fact
is, this might be a bigger call than I

thought.

Weren't you hooked up with Bubba Jones'
floating crap game?

Wait a minute. I don't even know any
Bubba Jones, and I haven't voted nothing

since my rubber duck drowned.

I know. I've seen your face before.

That's it. The armored car job in 63.

63? I was only seven years old then.

Started young, huh?

I want to talk to Kojak.

Wait a minute.

I've got it.

Boy, have I got it. This is going to
make me chief of police.

Now I know what you did.

What did I do?

Where were you the night they broke into
Watergate?

Watergate?

Fridge, you gotta stop. I can't stand
anymore.

Fridge, you know him? He's a friend,
man. You've been put on.

But he had a badge.

It was real.

Ah, but he's in our pocket.

Well,

I knew it was a joke all the time.

Look here, JJ.

We've had a pretty big week this week,
you know, and you've been a good brother

about this whole thing. So why don't you
take this little bonus here and go on

home? Well, it ain't hardly little, but
I'll take it.

Do you guys think you can handle the
operation without me around?

Well, we'll try.

All right, then. Cherry ho.

Okay.

Hey, speaking of bonuses.

I think it's time for your weekly
contribution to my personal benevolent

association. Always glad to contribute.

Hey, this bread was okay when you guys
were just into gambling.

But now that you're into chicks and
dope, too.

I feel benevolent already.

Hey, this new kid, he doesn't know about
the heavy stuff, does he? Jojo? Yeah.

He just thinks we're into gambling.

Don't let him sniff too close.

Right.

Later.

Al!

Ho, ho, ho, and Merry Christmas from
your Ebony Santa Claus.

Here you go, Michael.

Hey, JJ, what's this?

Just open it, man. Here you go, Thelma.
Oh!

And don't worry, Ma.

Yours is on the way.

JJ, what's going on?

Hey, Ma said against the law for a man
to buy presents for his loved ones. Oh,

Thelma.

This is just like Christmas.

Oh, my, look, a clock radio.

Yeah, Thomas, AM and FM. And I got it
with that special shatterproof glass,

since your face is going to be the first
thing it sees in the morning.

Oh, wow, the Encyclopedia of Black
History.

Yeah, Michael, from A to Z.

From Hank Aaron to the Zulu.

Hey, thanks, J .J.

Yeah, thank you, J .J.

Hey, it ain't no big deal.

I got to go wash up, so enjoy.

Enjoy. Hey, Thelma, let me see your
clock.

Hey, Ma, you don't seem very excited
about all this.

Well, I'm just a little bit worried,
Thelma.

I mean, where is J .J. getting all this
cash?

Oh, what am I saying?

He's a talented boy, and that talent is
worth a lot to somebody.

But nobody starts off in business making
that much money.

Oh, they probably gave him a big cash
advance.

But why in the world would they do that?

Oh, I don't know why and what's the
difference.

J .J. is working hard. He's my son and I
trust him.

I got it.

Yeah, Mr. Florida Evans?

Yeah. Yeah, I have a present here from
Mr. J .J. Evans.

What?

Oh,

Mom, look at this.

Hey, Mom, this is out of sight.

Well, well, well.

I see you finally got here.

You know, Mom, this is the best set in
the whole store. It's got that special

remote control.

You can change channels in the living
room while you're changing clothes in

bedroom.

All right, JJ.

Where the devil did you really get all
this money?

What? You heard what I said.

Like I said, Ma, from my advertising
job.

And that's all you said.

Now, what's your company's name?

Name?

Company's name? Yes, yes.

What do they have on your paycheck?

In God we trust. I get paid in cash.

Advertising company with no name?

Who are your clients?

Well, we get a lot of calls from animal
lovers.

JJ, quit stalling. Are you doing
something illegal?

That's not what you think. All I do is
take a couple of bets on horses and

numbers. That's all?

That's all?

That makes you nothing more than a
common hoodlum.

JJ, I don't understand you.

Michael, we needed the money. I had to
do it.

Had to do it.

A lot of people out of work don't go
into crime.

They just keep trying.

Come on, Ma, let's face it. If they did
a TV show about our family, they'd call

it Poor Man, Poor Man.

Ma, it's my fault, too.

J .J. did it so I wouldn't have to quit
school or go to work.

Quit school?

Thelma, I'd take four jobs before I let
that happen.

And I still wouldn't take a dime of your
dirty money.

Dirty money? Ma, everybody gambles. Life
is a gamble. That's right, and right

now, yours sure is.

Ma, people have always gambled, and they
always will. It's the world's second

oldest profession.

What's the oldest?

You're too young to know.

Oh, that.

Let's look at it this way. I'm just
providing a public service for all those

poor, unfortunate people who can't get
out to the races.

I bring the track to them. Everything
except the smell.

What about the smell of those hoodlums
you hang around with?

JJ, you should know better than that.

Don't you know that gambling pays for
everything in organized crime from

prostitution to drugs?

A part of every dollar you take in goes
into some child's veins.

Oh, come on, Ma.

We're just a small -time operation.

I ain't the Godfather.

What we do is just a little illegal.

There's no such thing as little illegal.

It's just like being a little pregnant.

Peggy, think about what you're doing to
the black community.

Gambling is a terrible image.

Oh, yeah, Michael?

Well, I think four people living in a
two -bedroom apartment paying tomorrow's

prices for yesterday's food is a worse
image.

There are two roads out of the ghetto.

So far, we have managed to stay on the
right road.

And that's what's taking us so long to
get out of here.

Look, Ma, name me one dude in the
projects who got a future that ain't in

racket. You, because you just resigned.

Oh, no, Ma, it's my way out, and I'm
going to take it.

Then you can start by getting out of
here. Oh, now, come on, Ma, you're not

being... Ma, let's be reasonable. And
take these things with you. Ma... You

haven't even been... JJ, get the hell
out of my house!

Here's your breakfast.

Mom, maybe I should make the breakfast
this morning.

What's the matter?

Don't you like the way I make oatmeal?

Sure I do. It's just that I like mine
cooked.

You got any complaints?

No, Ma. I like mine dry.

Oh, Ma. We just can't keep on living
like this. Ever since JJ left, Ma, well,

you've been grouchy.

Grouchy?

Have I been grouchy?

I haven't noticed a thing.

Ma, why don't you see JJ or at least
talk to him?

Not as...

about JJ.

Well, I tell you, I've never seen Mama
this mad before.

Yeah, how about last night when she
yelled at me for a half hour? That ain't

nothing. She yelled at me for a whole
hour.

Come on. For not paying attention while
she was yelling at you.

I'll get it.

Well, something's gotta change.

JJ! Is the coast clear? Yeah, man. Come
on in.

too how's mom not too good yeah i tried
calling but she wouldn't talk to me oh

jj why don't you give it up and come on
home well look what i got for y 'all top

round bottom of the round and the eye
around for the next month y 'all gonna

drowned in round jj now you know mama
won't let us keep anything you bought

can't you hide it in the freezer jj you
know our freezer that's like trying to

hide rosie gree in a shoebox

Anthony, why don't you come home?

Yeah, man, we need you.

Hey, Thelma, it's only until Ma comes
around, and then we can all get out of

here together.

Ma's not going to come around, and you
know that.

Hey, Thelma, you know I don't like doing
this any more than y 'all do, but we

got to live.

J .J., we living now.

What you doing is just for yourself.

Hey, Michael, it's only until I get out
on my own.

What's wrong with that?

Well, uh...

I guess I better be going then.

J .J., so even though we don't agree
with what you're doing, you know we

love you, right?

Hey, that goes without saying, you know.

But it's nice to hear anyway.

Where's the Spinner's new album at? Oh,
I was listening to it in my bedroom.

You've got a stereo in your bedroom,
too?

I was standing equipment with my heart
-shaped waterbed.

JJ, I never seen your heart -shaped bed
before. Yeah, neither has any other

chick JJ's brought up here.

Saving it all for you, Mama. Saving it
all for you. I'll get it. I'll get it.

I'll get it.

Hello.

You know, JJ,

I don't know anybody that lives this
good.

You're about the most important person
I've ever met.

Have you ever met Isaac Hayes? Uh -uh.

Well, then, maybe I am.

Right, right.

Okay, girls, come on. The party's over.
Let's go. Get this stuff. Come on, baby.

Hurry up. The party's over.

Come on, ladies. We got to go.

Wait a minute. JJ!

I was Fred, man. We're getting busted
tonight. Now, Leon, you know what to do.

Hey, you ain't gonna fool me with this
phony bus business again. Look, this

ain't no joke. Here, get rid of that.

You ain't gonna fool me with no little
water pistol either. Because this is a

real gun. You can open it up and you see
bullets.

You ain't driving.

I told you I wasn't. This is a real bus.
Now you believe me?

Yeah. Bye.

Where are you going?

Well, ever since I was a kid, I've been
allergic to two things.

Chocolate and getting killed.

You'll spit when you do.

Now here, get rid of that.

I don't know how to get rid of no gun.
Throw it out the window.

He meant an open window.

Well, it's open now.

Take that and dump it down the disposal.

Wait a minute. What is this stuff? A
drain cleaner.

No, it's not.

It's dope. You guys never told me you
were into dope. Well, now you know.

So dump it.

I want you to know I'm dumping on a
protest.

We gotta get out of here.

We don't know what kind of time we've
got. Just keep cool. I'm almost done.

If anything was here, it's gone now.

All right, let's get out of here.

Yes, JJ?

I want to come home.

It's your home, son.

Thanks, Mom.

Good times. Good times. Keeping your
head above water.

Making a wave when you can.

Temporary layoffs. Good times.

Good times is videotape in front of a
studio audience.