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

Good time, 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 time.

You know, Michael, I still can't believe it.

Tomorrow, Keith and Selma will be celebrating their first wedding

Yeah, Ma. It seems like they've only been married for a year.

I see. You're in your funny phase.

I'm just jiving. I'm just jiving.

Hi, y 'all.

Hi, Wilona.

I got some stuff for the party tomorrow night.

Oh, girl, you didn't have to bring all this.

No, I told you I'd help.

Most of the stuff was in my freezer anyway.

Here's some Swedish meatballs from the year 1971, New Year's.

And these are some shrimps from the party I had when Allie beat Fraser in

Well, owner, do you have any Pepto -Bismol 1979?

This stuff is older than the children's marriage. Honey, these containers keep

everything fresh.

Don't you know?

Got something else real special for you, too.

Hey, Valona, what's that?

Imported Russian caviar, $37.

$37? Mm -hmm. The sturgeon who put the eggs up for adoption would not take

You have gone wild, Valona. Oh, delirious is the word.

I got a big promotion today.

You are now talking to the head buyer of the boutique.

on Baker Street.

Hey, Melana.

Hey, that's on the north side.

You moving?

Yeah. If anything, it's a good opportunity for a better school, better

conditions. Oh, look, you don't need to apologize.

You're doing the right thing.

Besides, I have other friends.

And I'll make new friends.

We hardly miss each other.

Not at all.

And I'm happy for you. Oh, thank you, baby. But first we've got to celebrate.

The anniversary party is going to be really special. Yeah.

I wish I could be sure of that. You know, they've both been acting so

lately. Thelma's so edgy.

And then Keith, he's so preoccupied. Yeah. J .J.'s been acting weird, too.

J .J., how can you tell?

wasn't easy to arrange, but see, I couldn't find a telephone booth in which

change.

Here's Dummy Man.

Melona, that's Dino Man.

Okay, so it's Dino Man. Didn't the comic book company reject that character?

Melona, Dino Man's able to leap tall piles of rejection slips in a single

You know, there are other comic book companies.

Son, do you have to wear this outfit?

It helps me paint.

See, all I need is one more character for my dino man family.

And when I get it, it's going to be something else. I tell you, I can sell

thing. I can feel it in my bones.

Of course you can feel it in your bones. Ain't no flesh to get in the way.

You see what I mean by acting strange?

That's perfectly normal.

If you're voting.

has got to exercise.

Now, J .J., what is this sheet doing off our bed?

Cooling off, Thelma.

Cooling off.

This is part of your anniversary present. I'm using this sheet to keep it

surprise. What are you going to do for our next anniversary? Take the mattress?

And look at this outfit. Now, I know you have flipped now.

I flipped?

Hey, come on, Thelma. You made a sponge cake the other night and used a real

sponge.

It was the best thing you ever cooked.

Watch it, Beanpole.

Oh, yeah?

Hey, look here, Keith. You know, you can't walk 10 feet lately without going.

It's called exercising, J .J., something you don't know anything about.

You know, you're the only guy I know who gets a hernia pouring cornflakes.

You got some nerve.

Listen, this is supposed to be a celebration.

Y 'all have managed to turn it into a battlefield.

Now, all of you have been acting strange.

Who, me?

I'm cool.

I'm the same solid rock I've always been.

They want to talk to me. They want to talk to me, Ma.

Michael!

Hello?

Oh, hi, Cindy. How you doing?

Oh,

no, baby. I can't take you to dance tomorrow night.

Well, because it's my sister's wedding anniversary.

Baby, now don't beg.

What? Yeah, it's cool, it's cool, but you know I'll talk to you later, Mama.

Ciao.

Why do I feel like I'm in the Twilight

Zone?

And everybody said you wouldn't make it.

Burger, you got about as much diplomacy as a rhino who can't find his water

hole.

Hey, look, I went away out for that. You know, I could eat for a whole week for

what I spent for that gift.

Oh, you must have got us diamonds, Bookman.

Well, thank you, Bookman. We'll open it tomorrow, okay?

Hey, Bookman, what time is it?

2 .30. Oh, I got to get out of here. I got an appointment downtown at 3. Let me

make track.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Dino Man, Dino Man, sweetheart.

Haven't you forgotten something?

Huh? Uh -huh. Oh, my cape. I can't... I gotta get out of here.

J .J., will you look at what you're wearing? You can't get on a bus like

Go and change. Go change.

I got... I don't have time. I gotta get out of here.

Bookman, can you drive me downtown?

Are you kidding?

I wouldn't be seen in public with you...

Be the start of something big.

Pow, pow, pow.

I'm looking forward to that anniversary party.

If it's as half as nice as the wedding, it'll be terrific.

That's one wedding I'll never forget.

Yeah. Boy, I walked in and I saw a vision of loveliness in white.

Oh, Bookman. Sweet, delicate.

Thank you, Bookman. The best sour cream dip I ever had.

stuff like that.

Hey, yeah, look at Bookman in that tuxedo.

Is that him?

I thought it was a pregnant penguin.

And there's J .J. adjusting one of the bridesmaid's gardens. Yeah, and look at

her boyfriend readjusting J .J.'s face.

Hey, wait a minute.

I don't remember that picture.

That's Keith laying flat on the ground.

No, wait a minute, wait a minute. I remember. That's the shot that J .J.

and tripped you. and you came down the aisle and busted your knee.

Thank you, Bookman. Don't mention it.

Sure was a rough way to start out a marriage.

There you were. No pro football contract.

No decent job.

But did you complain? No. You dealt with it in your own quiet way.

You hit the bottle.

Bookman.

We had our problems, but we worked them out together.

Now, there's no need to look back. We'll just... Look forward to the future.

It'll probably get worse.

Well, now that we're in the brink of... What happened here?

Goodness gracious, I seen happier faces in a lobster tank.

I don't know. I was trying to cheer him up and all. Oh, well, but let's get our

rear in gear and get on out of here. Come on.

Let's move on.

Selma, I gotta go jogging. You don't want to come, do you?

I'll see you later.

Oh, I know why Keith didn't want me to come.

He's going to get me a present.

Oh, and what are you going to get him?

Well, Ma, I can't tell you just yet.

But when I do, it's going to blow your mind.

All right, Emma, come on. What is it?

Tomorrow, Ma. Tomorrow.

Fine anniversary party this is.

Ethan Thelma not even here.

Well, Mama, you can't have everything.

Oh, honey, where have you been?

Out. Of course.

That's why you weren't in.

J .J., come on.

champagne for me? Sure, ma.

Hmm.

Prime bouquet.

Yeah, look at this.

Aged on the back of a truck.

Let me get this a shot here.

No.

You need some help there, bro man?

No.

JJ, I think we can get the cork off together, bro. Come on now.

Wait a minute.

There's no use.

This thing ain't gonna open ever.

I wonder what's keeping Keith.

Oh, now, don't worry. He'll be here.

ago, but you know Booger when he gets around food.

We were about to leave the bakery, and he went in the back asking the man could

he lick the brownie pan.

Well, where is he now?

Hey, Miss Winston, how dare you close the elevator door on me? I drove you

to the bakery.

Booger, I had to do it. That was the only way to keep the cake in one piece.

Of course I'm home.

I'm not going to miss my own anniversary, am I?

Happy anniversary, baby.

I got a gift for you.

I've got the gift for you, and I've got to go first. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

I'll go first.

See, since this is your first wedding anniversary, which is your paper wedding

anniversary, I will give you something commensurate with the occasion.

And cheer tears.

A newspaper?

Just what we needed if you were training a puppy.

J .J., if you wanted to buy them a gift... No, no, take it easy.

Turn to the travel section.

Why is that circled? A trip to the Bahamas.

That's right. That's my gift to you.

A trip to the Bahamas from the

millionaire.

Thanks a lot, J .J. Thank nothing of it.

I don't know what to say.

J .J., that's so generous, but honey, where'd you get the money?

Well, folks, that is the real surprise.

Ladies and gentlemen, friends and family, peoples and peabeds.

Because I want you all to know that now you are looking at a famous working

cartoon artiste.

That's right.

I signed the deal today. Got a big cash

advance.

JJ, are you sure this time?

Positive. You sold Dynaman?

Not exactly, Walona.

From this fertile imagination springs forth... Another character.

One more dynamic and flamboyant than Dino Man.

Because if you dug Dino Man, you can definitely dig...

And you did not even tell me you were going to put my face on your cartoon

character. Now, I think that's pretty fantastic.

Joanne, Judy, and Boom Boom.

Okay, J .J., now for my anniversary gift.

Thelma, Mama, now you've all been probably wondering what I've been doing

my spare time, why I've been acting so strange.

No.

Not at all?

Actually, I was in training.

You joined the Army?

No, Penny.

In training with the Chicago Bears.

So they said my knee was gone, that I was through.

But, babe, I couldn't give up on you. I exercised. I never gave up.

Or maybe they say miracles can never happen, but it did. The team doctor

it out, and my legs healed fine.

Chief.

Brother -in -law, this means you can play football again?

Maybe better than ever, Michael. All right.

I signed on as a free agent. $60 ,000 for the first year, with an option for

three more years.

Do you all know what this means?

That means we can all have free season tickets to Chicago Bears. I

can see it now.

$3 .39.

$3 .39.

Hut, hut, hut.

Not hut, hut. How about house, house?

We're getting out of the ghetto.

Thelma, you know that duplex on the north side you and I looked at and

of having someday?

Yeah. I just leased the top apartment.

You haven't said anything.

Keith, I'm... Thelma, watch her.

Keith, get her to the couch.

Thelma, are you all right?

Yeah, I'm okay.

I'm fine.

I just got a little dizzy.

Here, lay down, lay down. My foot kind of buried, you know.

Lay down, babe.

I can understand. Some people just react that way to big news.

And that was big news, Keith. It's the biggest news I've heard since Santa

flush.

a great place and all, but I didn't think it would hit you that hard, even

though I knew you wanted it that bad.

Well, I just hope it has an extra bedroom for the baby. Are you kidding?

got three bedrooms. It's got a sun bed, a porch.

It's me. We're going to be.

But I think you should let Thelma make this carry.

Thelma, babe, this is the best news. You comfortable?

You want a pillow?

You hungry?

You want something to eat? I do.

Thelma, why did you tell me?

Well, I thought I was pregnant about four days ago.

But the doctor called and confirmed it just in time for our anniversary.

Ah, so that's why you were acting so strange.

Well, I'm going to get to see you as often as I can.

Well, you won't have far to travel. You'll be living with us.

Oh, no.

No, Keith.

No, no, no. I couldn't. Ma, you have to. You have to, because this is my first

baby. I don't know what to do.

You take it easy. You just do what comes naturally.

Yeah, Mom, but I'd feel so much better if you were there with me.

To tell you the truth, baby, so would I.

live with us. What do you think? Hey, thanks anyway, brother -in -law, but you

know, I'm getting tired of sleeping on couches, so what I'm gonna do is stay at

one of the dormitories at school. But I'll come by to visit.

By the way, where is this place?

Baker Street.

Baker Street?

That's where I'm moving.

What address?

743.

743? I just took apartment there this morning on the first floor.

watching the asphalt road thinking how it all looks and

we die good times good times keeping your head above water

making a way when you can temporary layoffs good times

easy credit and ripoffs good times good times is videotape before studio

audience lucky we got em