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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 up above

Making a way when you can.

Temporary layoffs. Good times, easy credit ripoffs. Good times,

scratching ass.

Matchbook is from the restaurant Mama and I went to last week. Oh, Penny, you

know, your matchbook collection is really growing.

And look at this wooden one. The top flips over.

Hey, where'd you get this one from?

Ferguson's Funeral Palace.

Oh, I should have known.

Said seal lid before striking.

at the new head buyer at the boutique.

Oh, mama, I'm so happy for you. Oh, baby. Just think, my mother's a buyer.

Wait till I tell the kids my mother's a buyer.

Right. Mama, what's a buyer?

What's a buyer?

A buyer is, well, you see, a buyer has to... A buyer has to know all about the

fashion. No, a buyer... Never mind.

buyer is this. If there was no buyers in the world, we would be running around

in our jockey shorts.

Well, Lana, you think you can handle it? Honey, can't I handle it?

Ooh, child, when it comes to spending money, I am good.

But when it comes to spending somebody else's money, I am sensational.

Lana, you'll be the best buyer that boutique has ever had. Oh, thank you,

You know what?

I can't tell you kids what this promotion means to me.

Not just the glory of it, although I sure would enjoy that.

But since I was 16, I've been scratching and scuffling and struggling for

survival. Honey, ain't nobody ever gave me nothing. You hear me?

So now this is what makes a promotion so sweet. You know what I'm saying to you?

You earned it. I earned it. Hey, hey.

Oh, Lana, there's no stopping you now. Honey, if I keep on keeping on naming

markers, what's your call?

Good, Penny.

Thank you. Oh, hi, Frank.

Hey, uh, somebody's missing.

Oh, yeah, JJ. Even when he's here, he's missing.

Frank,

he's on a date with Wanda the Watusi.

You say Wanda?

Thank you. The Watusi? Yeah.

Watusi is what you get. Oh, yeah.

Oh, just a few little goodies here for my favorite family, Thelma. Oh, thank

you. Yes, and Penny, Michael, and one for Jay. Hey, bro, what were you

time?

I'll tell you what, kids. Why don't you do me a favor and go open the presents

in your room? What's wrong with out here?

Michael, how did you get to be 16 and not know anything?

I couldn't get an answer at your place. Oh, you know, the last time we talked,

you were going to Venezuela or something to put up some building. Well, I put

them up, and once they were gone, you know, it was adios, amigo.

Oh, well, senor, we're off to Argentina next or Montego Bay.

Would you believe Lakeshore Drive?

Too late, baby. They already built that up.

I mean, to live there.

Frank, you gonna move to Chicago?

Frank, you driving me?

Look here, baby.

I'm going to buy a pad so bad, the toilets won't even flush.

They'll hum.

Yeah.

It's that laugh, baby. Oh, it's so good to hug you again. A hug, you don't mind

it one bit.

Hey, you remember when I left?

You promised me that if I came back and settled down in one place, we'd do it as

man and wife.

I do have some vague recollection of that.

Well, uh, I'm gonna hold you to that promise, Miss Malona Woods.

Oh.

There you go.

Oh, Frank!

Honey, this isn't a dime, eh?

This is a flash cube!

Hey, Mama!

What?

Oh, you two with Dad again.

Oh, Teddy, um... Well, it's all right. You don't have to stop on account of me.

Well, all right.

Penny, how'd you like your present?

Yeah, that's what I came to ask you about.

What is it?

Well, it's a genuine Venezuelan charm necklace.

Made from real monkey teeth. And the natives say that it brings good luck.

Well, if it's supposed to bring you good luck, then why is some poor monkey down

in Venezuela gum and bananas?

You're welcome, Penny.

Penny, wait a minute, baby.

Mama has a little problem. I want you to help me decide something, okay? Okay.

Frank has decided to stay here in Chicago and he wants to marry me.

He does?

What do you think?

Mmm.

ever proposed to a whole family.

Oh, Lord, I'm so happy for you. Thank you, baby.

Oh, what a day this has been. First a promotion and now a proposal.

You got a promotion?

Yeah. Mama's a buyer. Not just a buyer.

You are looking at the boutique's head buyer, Frank.

Yeah. Congratulations.

I'm proud of you, baby. Oh, thank you, baby. I'm so happy.

Well, Miss New Head Buyer.

Yeah. When you gonna have... and your notice.

What notice?

You know, your notice. Hang it up. Quit. Say goodbye.

Quit what?

Your job so we can get this marriage rolling.

Honey, I ain't quitting my job.

Of course you are.

What do you mean, of course?

You are going to be Mrs. Frank Mason.

Um, how many invitations are we going to need? Frank, why do I have to quit my

job to be Mrs. Frank Mason?

Because you won't have to work anymore.

Honey, don't I have any say -so about whether I want to work or not? Hey, hey,

listen, you little bird. I got a great idea. Why don't you get married to

Reverend Beasley's church?

I heard that if you get married on Friday night before midnight, you get a

bingo game.

Well, Lona, don't be ridiculous.

You've been working all your life.

Frank, so have you, baby. I'm not asking you to quit your job.

Hey, can I be the flower girl?

But that's different. Frank, oh.

asking for is a choice.

You are acting like a dictator.

I'm gonna be your husband.

It doesn't give you any license to drive my life, honey.

Now may I ask you, have you ever seen two people more in love?

J. Edgar Hoover and Ma Barker?

Well, Lona, you're making something out of nothing.

Maybe, maybe.

me nothing to you, but to me it is definitely something.

Hey, pretty, pretty, you don't understand.

I'm going to give you the world.

Jewels, furs, a car, a chauffeur, a white one if you want it. Oh, Frank.

Oh,

baby, baby.

You ain't going to have to lift a finger. We'll hire somebody to lift it

you. Oh, Frank.

What are we doing?

Baby, it's been a long day, and I'm excited and everything. Why don't we

about it some other time, okay?

Come on, don't be mad now.

Come on.

Okay. Okay.

Hey, look, I got over here so fast, I didn't even have a chance to pick up my

bags. Oh. I'll go to the airport, pick them up, you know, arrange for the

and I'll talk to you later. Okay. Okay.

Say goodbye to the kids for me. I will. Oh, well, you might as well think about

that letter of resignation.

I'm sure you're going to see it my way.

Thank you.

Good night, Mrs. Mason.

Hi, Bologna.

Bologna? What you want, baby?

Girl, where are you?

I'm in here.

Hello?

Boo!

It's a good thing you came out, girl, because I was just about to get somebody

to come and mow your counter.

I'll tell you, Frank is either trying to build up points or build me my own Rose

Bowl float.

Well, the last green thing my boyfriend gave me was a bottle of Scope.

Do me a favor, baby. Take some of these flowers to your counter. Oh, okay. Okay?

It's my first day as a buyer, and I want everything to go just right. You know

what I mean?

I'm expecting a salesman to come in, too, this morning.

Boyfriend once was a salesman.

Traveling salesman.

Aren't they all?

You ought to take something for that.

Oh, boy, this is pretty, this.

Guess who?

Oh, no.

Don't tell me it's Frank Mason with more flowers.

No flowers.

Candy, baby. Oh, Frank.

You got chocolates from Australia, bonbons from Paris, and Turkish taffy.

All you got to do is walk by this counter. You can get acne in 15

languages.

Baby's not here. Why not?

Not here. This is my place of business.

Now, why don't you do me a nice favor and go browse?

I'm browsing. I'm browsing. Frank, if you don't leave me alone and get out of

here. Okay, I'll go. Go on.

Got nothing else? Get going.

Frank, please. Please, please.

Who was that man?

Frank.

Lord.

Skip Casey, St. George Fashions. Oh, hello.

Wilona Wood.

You're going to love our new spring line.

Everyone's wearing it. Yafit Kota wore a shirt identical to this in his latest

film. Not only did he look fantastic in it, but after he was shot, the blood

washed right out in cold water.

How many dozen would you like, Wilona?

Now, wait. Before I decide, I'll have to see one on the model.

Saved you the trouble. I'm wearing one.

Feel the material.

Let's see now.

Oh, it's soft.

Yeah.

Very nice. Working hard?

Oh, honey, uh, Mr., uh... Casey.

Skip Casey.

St. George Fashion.

Yeah, I'm Frank Mason, fiancé.

Frank, don't do that, darling.

Frank, uh, he was just showing me his line of shirts, dear.

That's right, Mr. Mason. Care to feel the material?

Don't mind if I do.

Frank,

put him down.

He's strong.

Frank, put him down. Get lightweight. Put him down.

Not a wrinkle. Not a single wrinkle.

Isn't he funny?

You see, he's a weightlifter. You just stay here one minute. I'll be right

okay? May I speak to you one moment, dear? Of course, darling. In private?

Nice meeting you, Skip Casey.

Are you crazy? What are you doing?

I was only trying to help. If the boss had seen that, I would lose my job.

That's what you're trying to do, huh?

Help me get fired.

Of all the rotten, low -down things to do.

Hey, baby.

Okay,

okay, it was a rotten thing to do. I won't ever do it again if you promise to

have dinner with me tonight.

Oh.

Dinner? Anything, anything, anything.

May this do me a favor, please. See Mr. Mason out.

I'll go, but dinner tonight.

Okay, okay.

I'll be there.

What time?

got the coffee going?

Yes, parking.

Good. Has a new line of imported French nightgowns from Brooklyn come in yet?

No, but the Italian shoes came in from Japan.

Good, I'll check them out.

Oh, there's something else you should check out first.

What? Mr. Simpson wants to see you.

Lord have mercy. Just three days on the job and already the boss wants to pat me

on the back.

I hope it's my back he wants to pat.

Mr. Simpson, you sent for me?

Yes, Miss Wood.

Perhaps you'd care to sit in my lap.

What?

Frank,

what are you doing? What are you sitting in the boss's chair for? Do you know if

he walked in that door, I'd get fired right this minute? Well, sure, Malona,

first you've got to answer my question. Do you want to sit in my lap or don't

you? Oh, Frank, come on, baby. Get out of the chair. This isn't funny. Get out

of the chair. Relax, baby.

The boss comes in here. The boss is here.

Oh, maybe. Be serious.

I am serious.

I just bought this boutique.

Lord have mercy.

You said you just bought this boutique.

Me and the bank.

Why? What are you trying to do?

Make money.

Looks like it's going to be a good investment.

Oh, Frank, you don't need no more investments.

I know why you bought this place. You figure if you're the boss, you can fire

me, right? Why would I do that?

Because you want a stay -at -home, dutiful, boring wife.

Well, Luna, you know that's not my style.

Oh, Frank.

Oh, baby.

Look.

Okay, so I was wrong to tell you you couldn't work.

That's my hang -up.

But, baby, you've got to realize where I'm coming from.

My mama worked hard all her life. I watched her work herself into an early

grave. And I made myself a promise.

No wife of mine would ever go through the same thing.

Oh, Frank, so did mine.

But they had to work for survival.

But it's different with me.

I'm working for self -fulfillment.

Okay, you're making it pretty clear how you feel about that. So if you want to

work, go ahead and work.

Oh, see, all that for nothing.

I got a surprise for you. Oh, no, no, no, honey, no more chocolates, no more

flowers. No flowers, no chocolates, just this. This?

This is your office.

My office. This is your boutique. My boutique. You're in charge.

Oh, I got a million things to do. I can lock up the wall, bring in a new...

Honey, I'm in charge.

Oh, don't think that I'm in charge.

What do you know about being in charge? All you got to do is sit over here and

be pretty. I sure will.

Yeah, now if you want to come in at ten and go home at three, that's fine.

If you want to take three -hour lunches, five -day weekends, tell everybody else

what to do, in fact, you don't even have to be here. You can just phone it in

from the country club.

What do you mean, phone it in from the country club? I thought you said I was

charge. I have a million things to do now that I'm the boss.

Well, wait a minute now. You're going to be Mrs. Frank Mason. You're not going

to have time for all them little petty details.

Petty.

Did you say petty?

I see we're right back to where we started, huh?

You just don't want me to work.

Well, you may as well fire me.

What? What?

Well, Lona, I thought you'd be happy about all of this. Frank, I don't know

I feel right now.

You're going to think I'm crazy when I tell you this, baby, but there was a

when I thought all I needed was a good man to take care of me.

Well, I tried that, honey.

Didn't work out.

I found myself out there in that world with nobody to lean on. And I wasn't

going to take welfare, and I wasn't going to take no handouts. I had to

my own two feet. I know that, Winona. Frank, listen, honey, in just four

I came from stock clerk to head buyer.

Now you come along and want to knock the whole thing out from underneath me.

Frank, baby, you're trying to buy my independence, and, baby, it's not for

Ilona, there is something I don't understand.

Maybe you just don't understand me, Frank. I don't get it. I just don't get

I mean, I can figure out how to lay 50 miles of pipeline through swamp and

jungle, but I will never understand the female mind.

The female mind.

It has nothing to do with being a female.

It has to do with being a person, a person that wants to fulfill their life.

Now, Frank, we couldn't even get married because you were fulfilling your life,

traveling all over the world. I never tried to stop you. Hold it!

I've been busting my butt here trying to do something good for you. And all I'm

getting back from you is lip -flap and back -talk.

Frank, you're getting my love.

But I guess that's just not enough for you.

Where are you going now?

Someplace you can't buy.

Home!

Pork. Spoons.

Knives.

Selma, something's missing.

What did I miss?

Where's that stomach pump?

Hi, Penny.

Hey, Penny. How's your mother? Not too good.

I think she's bored.

Well, no wonder.

She lost the job and Frank didn't call her. Yeah, Penny, you know what you

should tell your mother? She should get interested in a hobby.

I tried that already.

Did she do it? Yeah.

She's playing with my matchbook collection.

Venus massage parlor.

I found it on the back.

Okay.

Well, hi, kids. Hi, Wilona.

How's everything going?

Fine, Wilona.

Wilona. What, Graham?

He's sitting on my book report.

Oh, no.

Sorry, you want me to iron it out for you?

Well, anybody care for a movie or something?

No, thanks, Elona.

Hey, Elona, why don't you go out on the town by yourself and try to forget about

Frank? Frank?

Frank who?

Haven't thought about him in days.

But, Mama, this morning... That's right.

Haven't thought about him in days.

No, no, no, no, no. Please, let me do it.

Make me feel like I'm doing something important.

I'm not.

What do you want, Bookman?

Just want to let you know I won't be on duty tonight. I'm going out.

Oh, take me with you.

Am I saying?

Well, Miss Bookman and I are just going to our regular club meeting. Bookman,

what club do you belong to? The Jolly Janitors.

Tonight we're going to discuss the relative merits of pipe joint conflict.

Listen, I can fix you up with a date.

Hey, my friend Leroy Hackett, you'll love him, too.

I mean, you both have something in common. Like what?

He broke up with his sweetheart, and he's out of a job, too.

Mr. Buffalo Brain himself.

Hey, what ever happened to Buffalo Butt?

Your butt and your brain is in the same place.

Hey, that'll be the little lady. She can't stand to be away from my side.

Baby,

you ain't got no side.

we should shake hands?

Don't wait downstairs.

Hi, Walona.

Um, Michael?

Yeah? Penny?

Tommy, you better do something about that nervous twit.

to see you here, Frank.

I thought you'd be out buying up half of the city of Chicago by now.

Yeah, well, guess I deserved that one, didn't I?

I just came by to tell you I pulled out of the deal to buy the boutique, and

I've arranged for you to get your job back.

Is that true?

No strings?

No strings.

I've had time to think about it.

And I'm sorry for trying to step on your dreams, run your life.

Listen, I know how much it means to you.

Look, I guess in all the time we've known each other, we never took the time

really get to know each other.

So what's going to become of us?

Because, lady, I happen to love you very, very much.

Frank, I love you, too.

Maybe we should take some time now and try to work things out.

We know we love each other. Now let's see if we can like each other.

Sounds good to me. Me too.

Now about this, should I... You leave that right where it is.

I'm not going anywhere.

Neither am I.

You know something? What?

I'm hungry.

Me too.

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

thinking how it all looks and we die.

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

making a wave when you can.

Temporary layoffs, good times, easy credit ripoffs, good times.

Good times is videotaped in front of us.

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