All language subtitles for Good Times s06e13 House Hunting

Good time, anytime you need a payment.
Good time, anytime you need a free.

Good time, anytime you're out for
Monday.

Not getting hassled, not getting
hustled. Keeping your head up for water.

Making a wave when you can.

Temporary layoffs. Good time.

Mama and JJ are not back from house
hunting yet. They should be back soon,

right? Talk to you later.

Hey, Michael, wouldn't it be great if we
could live in this house right here? It

has five bathrooms, two upstairs, two in
the back, and one little one in the

entryway. Oh, I guess they have that one
just in case you can't make it to the

other four, huh?

Hey, Thomas, why are you jiving yourself
looking at those rich people's houses?

Well, I can dream, can't I?

How could the Evans afford a million
-dollar house?

Well... We can start out by buying day
-old bread.

Well, frankly, I'll live any place that
has two bathrooms.

Yeah, but knowing J .J., he'll probably
buy a gas station.

I can't. Mama!

Hey, J .J.

We found a place.

Yeah, it's got two bathrooms. Yeah, golf
or technical.

Please give me a chance to sit down.

Now, the house needs some work. How much
work?

Just a little work, like carpets,
drapes, paint, walls.

Walls? Oh, J .J., it's not that bad.

A few of the walls do need plastering.
Nothing that a batch of Thelma's oatmeal

couldn't fix.

63rd and Wilson.

Not exactly one of your higher -end
districts.

No, matter of fact, neighborhood's so
tough, the welcome wagon is a tank.

J .J., can't be any rougher than it is
living here.

Ma, when can we see it?

Well, you can see part of it right now.

J .J., where did you get that doorknob?

Well, I went to pull the door open, and
the knob came off.

living in the house now?

Jacqueline Onassis.

Only she can't afford to make the
payments.

It's been vacant for three months.

Except for the rats, but they're doing a
great job with the payments.

J .J., instead of putting the place down
for what it is now, why can't you see

it for what it could be, what we can
make of it?

I guess you're right, Ma. I was so busy
trying not to build up our hopes, I

guess I was tearing down our dreams.

You know, it's really not a bad $15 ,000
house.

And we're getting in for a real steal
for 25.

That's a steal?

Well, now, honey, in this crazy,
inflated housing market, homes are

two and three times what they're worth.

But I still can't believe it. Our very
own homes.

Well, now, Thelma, let's not get carried
away.

You know, a house is like the harvest
moon.

close, you can almost touch it.

But it's really a million miles away.

We still got to get that loan.

You know, Ma, that's not going to be
easy, especially with this redlining

business.

Michael, what's redlining?

That's when the white bankers draw red
lines around black areas and don't give

up no green.

Now, Michael, there's more than one way
to skin a cat. You know, to qualify for

that FHA loan, we only have to come up
with 3 % down.

Hey, 3 % of $25 ,000, that's $750.

Boy, I tell you, if this cat ever blows
a fuse, we in deep trouble.

It shouldn't be hard to raise a down
payment, because we've all been working.

I've been doing very well driving the
school bus.

I have saved $250.

Yeah? Well, I saved $50 for my box boy
job down at the supermarket.

Yeah, and Keith's doing well driving the
cab, and me working at the boutique.

You know, Ma, we've saved $350.

Oh, honey, that's wonderful.

Hey, look, Ma, your $250 plus my $50
added to Keith and Thelma's $350, that

us $650. All we need is $100 more.

All

right,

JJ, where's yours?

What about you? You've been painting
signs for that department store

Oh, yeah, Ma. I did paint 25 fire sale
signs.

All right, J .J., where's the money?

Well, I never got paid. I made a mistake
of putting up the signs two days before

the fire. No, J .J., I know you better
than that. You got some extra cash

stashed away somewhere. Now give it up,
man.

Take it easy. Take it easy. Take it easy
now.

I want everybody to turn their backs,
close their eyes.

No peeking allowed.

Stop kidding me.

Now, turn your backs now. Come on.

All right, then.

All right, Michael. Here you go. My
entire life savings donated to the Evans

House Fund.

Three dollars?

Brother Jay, you will be sleeping on the
porch.

all your money? Well, Ma, I had a big
date with heavy -duty Hannah.

And I needed something special. You
know, something that would make a real

impression on my masculinity.

But something subtle.

So I knew when I saw this jumpsuit that
this had to be me.

Lord have mercy.

JJ, where did you get that?

At Tarzan's garage sale?

You better take this back before it
bites somebody.

Now,

now, wait one minute. What is this?

Hey, Malona, take it easy.

This happens to be our down payment on
our new house.

House? Flo?

Flo, Flo, you found a house?

Oh, girl, I'm going to miss you, too.

Okay. Now, look, tell me about the
house.

Well, Lona, it's just what I always
dreamed of.

It's got a private backyard where I can
grow my own fresh vegetables and then a

big kitchen where Thelma can cook them.

Yeah, and a big garbage disposal where I
can get rid of them.

Well, well, well. So the Evans family's
buying a house.

Bookman, how did you know that?

Nothing gets past the easiest.

Nothing gets past that stomach either,
buffalo butt.

So where is this house?

63rd and Wilson.

Mm -hmm.

Knowing that neighborhood, that house is
going to need a lot of work. Just like

the projects, huh?

And when things break down, there ain't
going to be nobody around to fix it.

Just like the projects.

Hey, that's not true. Just last week, I
put a brand new light bulb in your

refrigerator. Oh, now, come on, Bookman.

You know, if you haven't been sticking
your big head in there all the time, we

wouldn't need no new light bulb.

You know what I'm going to miss about
you, J .J.? No, what, Bookman?

Nothing.

Tell you what.

If you like, I'll go over and inspect
the house.

I'll check out the wiring, the furnace,
the foundation.

You'll do that for us?

Hey, what are friends for?

Bookman, you're full of surprises.

That is really sweet of you.

And since you're friends, I'll only
charge you $10 an hour.

Out!

Out! Out!

I'm going to stand with you somehow.

Give me something.

Oh, well, I've got to be going, too. But
look, congratulations, and keep me

posted, okay?

Oh, I'm so happy for you.

You know what?

I've always wanted a house of my own and
a garden of my own and a man of my own.

I could do without the garden, you know
that?

I'm going to see you all later, okay?

Bye, Lana.

Bye -bye.

I'm going to miss that girl.

Not half as much as I'm going to miss
you.

All right, Ma, what's the next step on
our new house?

We've got to put down a deposit.

And then we've got to apply for a loan.

But remember, everybody, the payments
are going to be high, and it's going to

a struggle.

But with all of us pulling together, we
can make it work.

Don't worry, Ma.

It's going to be a pleasure to struggle
for something all our own. Right on.

That's great, and all this time I
thought it was just talk.

Nah, I didn't think we could do it
either, but we finally found one we

afford. Yeah, and we're all chipping in.

Mom's using all of her savings, and so
is Michael and JJ, and we're throwing in

ours, too. Throwing in ours?

Hold it, what do you mean we're throwing
in our savings?

Yeah, we need it for the down payment,
otherwise we can't get the house.

I guess you can't get the house, because
there's no way we're parting with our

savings.

I can't believe you said that.

I already told him I was going to chip
in. Well, maybe you should have asked me

first. Well, maybe I should have, but I
thought I knew you better than that.

Hey, Keith, I mean, what is it, man? Are
you part of this family or what? All

right, Michael.

Thelma.

I'm sure Keith has his reasons, so you
all just back off and let him have his

say. Thanks, Ma. I hope I don't sound
selfish.

No, you don't sound selfish.

You sound more like a leech.

I want Thelma and I to have a place of
our own one of these days. That's why

we're saving.

Keith, we will.

We're going in with the family right
now. Is this temporary?

Yeah, about as temporary as Lake
Michigan.

After the down payment, you got the
taxes, the insurance, the mortgage. We

have anything to set aside for our
future.

I understand, Keith, if that's what you
want.

Maybe you're right, Keith.

You know, we could be living with the
family for years and years. No, you

Thelma.

JJ, please.

You know, Keith, man, I guess you
weren't thinking.

Counting you in without even asking you.

You know, Keith, when I look at you and
Thelma, I see me and James just starting

out all full of hopes.

I only wish I had the money.

I'd buy you two that house tomorrow.

You would.

Well, hey, what's the matter? Aren't I a
part of this family?

Count me in.

Say what?

See,

my family was always everyone out for
themselves.

Nobody gave anything to anybody.

Guess I'm not used to a family that
gives like this one does.

That's the only way we can live.

That's why we ain't got nothing now.

You got one thing, and that's love.

Right. And I am a part of this family,
so if you need our money for that house,

you got it.

Tell me we got plenty of time for our
dream.

Okay.

All right, kids, I want you on your best
behavior. We want to make a good

impression.

What you doing, fool?

Thelma, the hidden camera's up there.

I'm going to make sure they get a good
shot of me just in case there's a

J .J., with that face, you're liable to
set off the alarm.

You got some nerve with your old coyote
face. I don't want to hear that. Shut

up! I don't want to hear your poking
head.

Stop it!

People are beginning to stare at us.

Hey, what's happening?

Those executive desk exercises you
showed me are great for getting rid of

tension.

Yeah, oh, I do them every chance I can
get.

Mm -hmm.

Oh,

yeah, right. Uh, about the loan. Now,
um, we can only authorize 6 .5 million

that apartment complex.

Uh -huh.

Good, good. Then I'll put it through
right away. Fine.

Mm -hmm. Give my love to Bambi.

What can I do for you people?

Six million dollars?

I think we're in the wrong place. We
only want a small housing loan.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. This bank
gives the same consideration to the

man as we do to the big corporations.

Well, then, in that case, we'll take ten
mil and small bills.

Will you please take a seat?

Sit down.

Now, who's applying for the loan?

Well, actually, it's a joint venture.

All right. Then who is the head of the
household?

I'm Mrs. Evans, and this is my family.

And here's the information we got from
the real estate agent.

You know,

I'd really like to give you this loan.

I can see you're really wrestling with
yourself.

Oh, don't mind me. I'm just getting rid
of tension.

I hope you can get rid of some cash just
as easy.

Now, I see that the house is in one of
the more lived -in areas.

Yeah, the newest house there is a cave.

However, you seem to have made a very
good buy.

Does that mean we get the loan?

Is that yes or no?

I think I hurt myself.

What about the loan, man?

Well, I'm afraid we can't. Why not? What
I mean is that this is a little too

risky for the bank to handle, so I think
that we should go through the FHA.

Now, uh...

That would be $25 ,000 at 3%. That would
give you $750.

That would give me $750.

We got our own model right here.

All right, now, the loan procedure is
really very simple.

It's not that hard.

JJ, will you stop it?

Now... First, we'll have to verify your
credit, so how about a list of

creditors? We don't have any.

If we can't pay cash, we do without.

Shh, shh, shh.

What do you think?

That could ruin the entire American
economy.

I mean, where would this country be if
we didn't all owe more than we could pay

back?

No need to fret, no need to frown.
Brother Jay owes money all over town.

15 big ones to Larry, and 35 big ones to
Fistface McGee.

Well, I'm afraid those don't count.

Tell them that.

Yes, well, Mrs.

Evans, maybe we can pass this loan on
your record of employment.

How long have you held a full -time job?

Well, we all work part -time. I work 25
hours per week. I work 20 hours a week.

And I work 15.

I work 12.

I toil approximately 16 hours a week.

All added together, that's 88 hours a
week.

And that's more hours than Johnny Carson
works in a whole year.

Well, I hope you're just exercising,
man.

No, no, I really would like to help you
folks, but the FHA regulations do

require full -time employment.

Well, I'm sorry, I don't make the rules.

But you do interpret the rules.

Now, full -time employment is defined as
40 hours a week.

Between us, we have twice that amount.

I don't recall a rule that covers this
particular situation.

Oh, boy, I'm beginning to feel stress.

And since there is no rule, that means
that you have the power.

Well, one could say that, couldn't one?
Well, here's five of us saying it now.

Let's make that six.

I'm going to pass this loan as fast as I
can.

All right.

What kind of tension does that release?

Racial.

J .D., what kind of wine did you get?

Well, I thought when Mr. Rutherford
called and told us we had to loan, I

no expense.

Look at this.

Shadow Bonaduce.

From the sunny slops of the Bonaduce
brothers' estate.

J .J., brother, don't you mean the
slopes?

No, it's slops, Michael. They're on a
pig farm. Hey,

party on the ground!

Florida, we got a present for your new
house.

Oh, thank you, Penny.

Isn't that a beautiful welcome mat?

I guess you know.

You two will always be welcome.

We're going to miss you all so much.

Oh, baby, I'm going to miss you, too.

And, Wilona, what am I going to do for
some hot gossip?

Yeah, and who am I going to tell it to?

No need to worry, because when Wilona
Woods talks, everyone listens.

All right.

Well, look who's here, the poster boy
for Save the Whale.

who's going to get you a great deal on
wall -to -wall copying, huh? Oh,

we know about your great deal.

No, this is legit.

Now, what are the square feet of the
house?

Bookman, we don't know, but why don't
you come down there and stand next to us

so we have something to compare it to?

We don't stop picking on Bookman.

That's all right, Ms. Evans. Let them
insult me. That's the only way I know

love me. Yeah, Bookman, and when you
come over to visit us, we'll just tell

neighbors you're our pet water buffalo.

I think that's enough love for the day.

Oh,

come on in, Mr. Rutherford. Join the
celebration.

Ah, Mr.

Rutherford. Hey, everybody.

Let's have a big toast for Mr.

Rutherford, who paved the way for us to
get the loan from the FHA. Hey, hey,

hey. No, no.

Please, please.

Mrs. Evans.

Oh, call me Florida.

Well, I can imagine what you're going to
call me when I tell you the news.

Uh -oh.

I thought you said the loan was
approved.

Well, the loan was approved, but the
house was unavailable.

I don't know how your real estate agent
slipped up. You see, that area's been

scheduled for urban renewal.

Some developers are going to construct a
shopping mall there to try to lure the

suburban middle class back to the inner
city.

Well, if you tear down our houses, where
are we urban lower class supposed to

live?

I'm afraid nobody's solved that problem
yet.

I can't tell you how badly I feel about
this.

Flo, honey, I'm sorry.

I am too, Miss Evans.

Michael,

it's all right. Don't cry.

It's just not fair.

You're such fine people.

You get one step ahead and they push you
back two.

Look, Mr. Rutherford, this family has
faced disappointments before, and we

always come through.

Yes, but you deserve a better house than
this.

It's not the kind of roof we have over
our heads.

It's the family under the roof that
counts.

You're all so, so brave.

Mr. Rutherford, you've got to find
yourself another line of work.

Look, everybody, turn on the music.

Now, we may not have a party, but we
could still have a good old -fashioned

week.

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