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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 above water.

Making a way when you can.

Temporary layoffs.

Good times!

movie, too.

Oh. What did you see?

I think it was a science fiction movie.

No, no, no. It was a Batman flick.

You don't know what it was.

Whatever it was, it was terrific.

Well,

I'm going to go, honey, because Keith will be coming in soon, and since you

the place to yourself, he might want to...

And I don't mean checkers.

Well, Lona, I am too tired. I don't mind playing checkers tonight.

I heard that.

Okay, King, it's your move.

Okay.

So, you must be the new gym teacher.

You know, I'm a friend of Fat Albert's. Hey, hey, hey.

And I was wondering, could we play a little one -on -one in the home court?

I really enjoyed that movie last night, babe. Me too.

Yeah? I'm tired.

I'm tired, too.

Uh, honey, uh, tonight, could you start without me?

Uh, Keith, you mean to tell me you are too tired to take advantage of this

situation?

Uh -huh.

Praise the Lord.

If you don't welcome us, your butt's gonna be wagging.

And who do you think you are, you little mini -punk?

The name's Leroy Jones.

My friends call me Bad News.

Well, they must be late with today's edition because they cut you off before

press had stopped rolling.

Boys.

See if this chump looks better with his nose under his right ear.

Excuse me. That's my wife,

ma 'am.

Looks like your phone's just come down with split ends.

Hey, bad news. Did the sweet daddy say we gotta be nice to him?

Ain't I?

Where's J .J.? J .J. ain't here.

Well, oh, you know he joined the Army?

And he won't be back for five years.

The Army, huh?

We'll wait.

Don't take your coat off, J .J.

You're going with us.

Do you know this dude, J .J.? Well, kind of a backhanded kind of way.

Same way you know Ivan the Terrible, Attila the Hun.

These three Boscos work with Sweet Daddy.

I'm his right -hand man.

To me, you look more like his thumb.

Call the police right now.

On second thought, I think I'll just write an angry note to the police right

now. Now, wait a minute. Let me tell you guys one thing.

You're not taking me without a fight.

something that's gonna save us all a lot of problems here i'm gonna run

you two on the invasion of the body

snatches all right all right let's move it on out now hey look man look man

you're not going nowhere till you tell me where you're taking jj we're going to

a cabbage patch have tea with the easter bunny oh okay i just wanted to know

Listen, listen, I don't care what that sucker says. You tell him that Sweet

Daddy said unless he pay me my money by tonight, I'm going to repossess all ten

of his fingers.

What have we got here?

Hello, I'm the new day nurse.

Yeah, well, you wouldn't be wasted at night either, baby.

Oh, doggone, you see there?

I done missed the world.

turn now i got to wait until tomorrow to find out the results of john vasectomy

don't get so excited why don't you just calm down now and get out of that souped

up skateboard and get in the bed what say

baby was that an order or invitation honey in

your condition it's just a beautiful dream

because if I got to go, I'm taking her with me.

Sweets, it's a nice set of wheels you got here.

Getting ready for the Blue Cross 500?

Come on, J .J., don't be joking like that, man.

You're in the presence of a very, very sick person.

Yeah.

Poor Sweets.

Looks like the dice rolled a double six.

Bad news. Why don't you take a short walk?

boss. I'll take me and my boys on a little collection run. Come here, chump.

What you mean, your boys? You mean my boys, right?

Yeah, right.

Your boys.

Just a little flip of the tongue. Yeah, well, you better get out of here before

I slip my foot up in you. Go ahead, boy. Get out.

Marion?

I never knew your first name was Marion.

Come on, J .J., be cool. That name goes no further than this room.

Isn't it okay if I just call you Sweet Marion?

Is it all right if I call you a hearse? I'll go over there and sit down.

We've got some important business to talk.

J .J., Sweet Daddy's in deep trouble, man.

I need a blood transfusion. I mean, I need it like yesterday.

Gee, Marion.

What? I mean, uh... Oh, Sweet?

Now, dig this. I'm not finished. Listen.

See, sweet daddy has this very, very rare blood type, which is only natural

since I never do anything that's common, as you know.

Anyway, the damn hospital couldn't find me one donor, so I put the boys on the

case. So far, they've come up with only one cat.

Meow.

You see, what we got, man, is such a rare, rare blood type. It's called U

-negative. You positive?

No, ma 'am.

I mean, are you positive?

I'm positive, you negative.

Then if you're positive, then I'm negative. I'm not positive. I'm

you negative. We both, you negative.

Who's on first?

Now, J .J., brother, do you want to hold your tongue, or would you rather I hold

it for you outward where you can watch it jump around?

Sorry, sweets.

Now, I'm going to make you an offer.

You give me your blood.

And?

And. That's the offer, sucker.

See, I got this real bad condition I let go too long, and now I need this very

serious operation, and I need blood.

To tell you the truth, Old Sweet's charity is swinging pretty low.

I'm at death's door, brother.

And you want me to pull you through? What?

Let me rephrase that.

Why don't you and your boys just rob a blood bank? I thought of that, J .J. I

really did think of it, but someone had beat me to it. And dig this.

They only stole my type.

I know it's hard to believe, J .J., but there are some people that don't like

Sweet Daddy.

Really, Marion?

What?

Now, J .J., my operation is scheduled for tomorrow.

So, what do you say, huh, buddy?

I want you right there with me.

Uh, Sweets, you sure got a strange way of asking a friend for a favor.

J .J., I am trying to be polite.

Sweets, you're wrinkling the blood.

Oh, I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry. I'm just nervous. I'm a sick man, J .J.

Well, Sweets, you know, I'm a man of very high principles.

Especially when it comes to giving my blood. I'm a man of very, very high

principles.

I'll give you $1 ,000.

You want that bottle of gift wrap.

Come on, J .J., tell us. Are you in some kind of trouble or something?

Now, what did those hoods want yesterday?

Oh, nothing.

They're just starting their blood bank, and they want me to make a deposit.

You're kidding.

I'm going over there in about an hour.

What's so funny about that?

Just the thought of you giving blood, J .J.

stuff in a thermometer.

Yeah, it's like Dean Martin donating his liver.

Now, you two should stop it, because J .J. is doing a great thing. He should

be ridiculed. He should be rewarded.

Thank you, Thelma.

Here, have some of my pancakes.

Uh,

if that's the reward, I'd rather be ridiculed.

You know, I'm gonna be nice and let that one slide by.

He's a great guy.

to give sweets my blood last night. Matter of fact, how can everybody know

now? Well, I don't know about the East Wing. I ain't been over there yet.

But when I tell you, your mouth is like a bus station.

Big, busy, and open 24 hours a day.

DJ, why would you give your blood to a bloodsucker like Sweet Daddy?

I thought me and sweets have the same rare blood type.

R for rotten?

Look here, Michael.

By giving a few drops of my blood to Sweet Daddy, I'm saving a life.

Mine.

I didn't know it was like that.

And besides that, Sweet Daddy's giving him $1 ,000 to do it.

Sweet Daddy's giving you $1 ,000 for a pint of blood?

Does he need any more?

Well, folks, I guess I'll be going.

Hey, J .J., did I do something wrong?

Yeah, you came in.

Get on out of here.

Take your butt with you. That's right. Get on you. Of course, enough for me

right there. Yeah.

Oh, now take it easy, y 'all.

Look, by adding a few drops of my warm blood, the sweet daddy's cold blood, I

could be making a new man out of him.

Just one pint? That man needs to be drained, lubed, and overhauled.

T .J., what does that here about you becoming the blood brother of the sweet

daddy? Oh, now, come on, Willard. Helping out a... criminal makes you an

accessory to every crime he commits in the future.

This is the rottenest thing I've ever seen you do. Now, forgive my expression,

but it really is a black day in the Evans family.

I mean it.

I've seen nothing worse.

Good morning, folks.

I just changed my mind.

Look what just crawled out of the woodwork.

Somebody step on it.

Where did you come from, sugar?

Look, ma 'am, why don't you go back where you belong?

Keith, don't worry.

I can handle this little chocolate -covered Mickey Rooney.

You're lucky I can take a joke.

Hey, you know what?

You're my kind of woman.

You know what?

You half my kind of man.

Hey, you know, when I said I could take a joke, I meant one joke.

I got business with J .J., and it's private, so everybody out.

Tiny Tim.

We ain't going nowhere.

You want me to tell you the truth? Mm -hmm.

Well, you see, I never told anybody this, but I just hate to get emotional

front of a crowd.

So, please.

Ow, ow, ow, ow.

All right, hold on, hold on, you guys. Don't make any noise for me, shit. Look,

y 'all wait for me out in the hallway. I can handle it. So, we pay the rent

here. Don't we take this?

It's your coat. I'm right outside.

Yeah.

will keep you company.

You know what?

You're a nice guy.

Let me know if you want to stay for dinner one night.

Okay.

I got a little high chair you can use.

JJ, sit up.

Look here.

I got something I want to lay on you. You know, you didn't have to come over

here and do all that ranting and raving, you know. I mean, I was getting ready

to come over there in a little while.

Yeah, well, that's what I came over here to talk to you about.

Okay, you don't have to thank me. The dollar Sweets gave me yesterday was

enough. J .J., $1 ,000 is just chump change.

Now you stick with me, and you'll be rolling in it.

Rolling in it?

What are you talking about?

See, Sweet Daddy's losing his touch.

He's getting soft.

When he breaks the client's leg... He pays for the cast.

And he autographs it.

Now, let me show you what I'd do if I was boss of this outfit.

Hmm.

There must be a couple of grand here.

Five grand, but who's counting?

That's for you.

What do you want me to do with it?

Relax.

Take a vacation.

What do you think about Bermuda?

Their shorts look terrible with my knobby knees.

J .J., why don't you take your girlfriend?

I mean, go to the Virgin Islands.

Obviously, you don't know any of my girlfriends.

J .J., you need a wreck.

Now, your plane leaves in an hour.

Yeah, but if I leave in an hour, I won't be able to give Sweets any blood.

I know this.

Then Sweets may die.

Yeah.

Isn't it a shame how life can be so cruel?

Look here, Bad News.

I don't want Sweets' death on my head.

Don't worry, J .J.

It'll just be between you, me, and Rothko.

Roscoe? Forgive me. I didn't introduce you to my friend Roscoe.

Roscoe, meet JJ.

JJ, meet Roscoe.

Bad news, you really are bad news.

You stop and you listen to me.

Hey, hear that, man. This is a mayday. Do you understand me? A mayday. Now, you

got to get me some blood.

Either find J .J. or get me another donor.

No luck, huh, boss?

No, man.

What do we do now?

Well, I know what I'm going to do.

What, boss? I'm going to die.

Calm down, boy. Do me a favor, man. Spit out my make there for me.

Got it, Walt.

Goodness.

I got it.

What's hard to believe is that J .J. would take a powder on me.

I knew he'd pull a stunt like that.

I mean, you can't trust anybody over six feet.

When the green don't function right at high altitude.

All I pray and hope for is that I can live long enough to pay that dirty J .J.

back.

Don't worry, boss.

I'll see to it that J .J. gets his when your lights do go out.

Oh, you really are a little Miss Mary Sunshine, ain't you?

There's just got to be another blood, don't I know it?

Say, Big Daddy in the sky?

I know the Sweet Daddy don't talk to you a lot, but I need you this time, I

really do.

If you help me, help me just this one time, I swear...

There will be a check for $10 ,000 in cash for this hospital right here

morning. Please help me. Please.

Yo, sweet.

Thank you, Lord.

Thank you. Now, sweet daddy don't never go back on a deal. That check

for $20 will be in the mail today.

For a second there, brother, I thought you were not going to show up.

Yeah. For a second there, I thought I wasn't going to show up either.

Well, tell me, like, what made you change your mind?

Well, I decided not to take that plane.

What? Here you go, bad news.

Wait, wait, wait. Who's mean?

What's this?

Hey,

that sounds like five big ones.

You mean to tell me my most trusted and able aide was going to do me in with my

own money, huh?

J .J., look at this. See, that's my mark, man. You mean to tell me, fool,

you was going to bump me off with my own dough?

Bad news?

Boy, are you in trouble?

Sweets, he's escaping.

You better catch up with him. How's your family, J .J.? I'm with Sweets.

Fellas, do me a favor. Why don't you take bad... news here and put them on a

plane someplace.

Well, wait a minute, wait a minute. I got a better idea.

Why don't you take bad news and put them on three or four different planes

somewhere?

But Sweetie, can't you take a joke?

Oh, yeah.

Now get them out of here.

You know something, JJ?

A lot of dudes I know would have let Sweet Daddy die for five grand.

A lot of dudes I know will let you die for nothing.

You're right there, brother. So tell me, why did you stick with me?

Well, sweet, I figured if you cashed in, then bad news would be in charge of the

ghetto. And he's a whole lot worse than you are. I guess you're the lesser of

two evils.

The doctor is ready for you both now. I'll wait outside.

Thank you, sweetheart. Thank you.

All right, sweets.

Here's the grand you gave me yesterday.

No, no.

No, no, man. You just saved my life. Look, if you don't want this, name it.

Anything you want, I'll give to you.

Okay.

I want the right to call you Marion in public.

Marion. No,

thanks, Marion.

Boy, you better take the battle.

Okay. I use it for Michael's college education.

And when he becomes a lawyer and passes the bar, first person to put behind them

is you.

I'm going to retire by then. All right.

Stop, J .J.

There's something I got to tell you I never told nobody.

Yeah? Sweet daddy's scared of needles, man.

Keeping your head above water.

Making a way when you can.

Temporary layoffs. Good times.

Easy credit ripoffs. Good times.

If we lucky, we got them.

Good times is videotaping for a studio audience.