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There's no place like home.

With your family around you, you're never alone.

When you know that you're loved, you don't need to roam.

Cause there's no place like home.

Times are changing every day.

We won't get by with no same old way. No, no. Women together, we'll make it

right.

With your family around you, you're never alone.

When you know that you love, you don't need to roam.

Cause there ain't no place like, there ain't no place like,

cause there ain't no place like, there's no place like home.

I mean, no place, child.

We certainly getting a better class of joggers around here.

Well, next time he comes around, I'll tip him for you.

Ooh, lottery jackpot reaches 3 .5 million.

Ooh, girl, you can buy a lot of joggers with that.

So good.

Oh, listen, Pearl.

Senator 34 leaves wife of eight years for starlet 19.

Well, that's his problem. Get on with the lottery.

Ooh, I am. Pearl, this is an omen. Listen here.

Senator 34, Lee's wife of eight years, for Starlet 19.

Reason, 36, 24, 35.

Six hot lottery numbers.

But I wouldn't play them numbers if I was you. Why not? Because I'm going to

them. Oh, girl.

34, 8, 19, 36, 24, 35.

Bingo.

What about bingo? Oh, we were just talking about lottery.

Oh, y 'all still wasting your money on that stuff.

Well, anybody can win.

only a dollar. Yeah, just one lousy little dollar.

And I never buy more than ten of them.

How about Mary? Everybody likes to gamble.

You want to bet?

Good morning, ladies.

Good morning, Frank.

Oh, waiting for your handsome mailman.

What's wrong with you, Mary? You can't got your tongue?

You got mail in that bag or you delivering people?

Oh, come on, honey. Why don't you just go inside and get yourself some coffee

and cool out your nerves?

Frank, why don't you just go inside?

Putting the mail in the wrong boxes, as usual.

Very funny, funny, funny.

Ladies, the chances of you winning that lottery are about a zillion to one here.

Bull turkey.

I wasn't talking to you.

It's good. I wasn't talking to you either.

Excuse me.

Ladies, the odds of you winning are zero.

You cannot win because I'm going to win.

Another nut.

Excuse me, dearest. But do you think your pretty little legs can take the

inside for me this morning?

Oh, I think so.

Dearest, do you think your pretty little legs can take you on your appointed

rounds? Fire.

Fire, that's what I love.

What matter? I'll let you take a shot at me, Mama.

Fire.

Well, well, well.

He makes me sick.

Talking about Margo's husband running off with the meter maid?

What? That's a shame. No,

we weren't.

We were talking about the lottery.

I'm going to tell you one thing. Money comes too hard to be throwing it away.

Well, I won $5 in a scratch -off last month.

And how many tickets did you bet?

None of your business.

I rest my case.

Okay, I lost $4 last week.

$4 a week? You know how much that is a year?

$208. $207. I found the dollar on the stoop.

That must have been the dollar that I lost.

Was it green?

Go ahead and joke.

Do you know some people actually throw their food money away on the lottery? If

I was the surgeon general, I'd slap a warning on every ticket.

I promise never to smoke another lottery ticket.

Well,

Mary, you're right. I think I'll try to quit, too.

Oh, hi, Sandra.

Aren't you going to work today?

I'm sick.

Shouldn't you be in bed?

I'm going shopping.

It always makes me feel better.

Oh, why the long faces?

What's Mary been up to now?

Mary? She won't let us play the lottery no more.

I'm not stopping you from doing anything. I just said I think it's a

money. You think this fur is a waste of money?

Just how do you think I got it?

You know I got it playing the lottery.

It's still a waste of money.

Oh, Mary, Mary, Mary.

Don't be such a killjoy. The lottery is fun. You don't always have to win. It's

just fun to play.

The thrill, the anticipation, the big...

If you don't want to play the lottery, that's your business.

But, girl, just remember, you can't win it if you're not in it.

And if you choose it, you are sure going to lose it.

He loves me. He loves me not.

He loves me.

He loves me not.

He loves me.

Hey, babe, I'm home.

Kitchen. He loves me.

He loves me not. How you doing?

Hi, honey.

I brought you a present.

Oh, he loves me.

Lottery ticket.

He loves me not.

What's wrong with a lottery ticket?

Oh, honey, I've been preaching to Rose and Pearl all day against the lottery,

and here you come with a ticket.

Does that mean you're not going to drag me in the bedroom and make hot,

passionate love to me tonight? Oh, honey, I'm serious. Stop teasing.

I didn't even know you played the lottery.

Well, I don't usually.

But I went into the ice cream store to break a 20, and the lady wouldn't do it

unless I bought something.

So I bought Todd and Charlie a double -decker.

I had a single for myself, but she was still a buck short, so I took a lottery

ticket. Anyway, why am I standing here defending myself to you?

Because you didn't mean to tell me about that ice cream cone.

I'm supposed to win a million bucks with that? Oh, no, that's a lot. This is the

scratch -off.

Go ahead, scratch it out and see what you got. Mm -mm, I ain't scratching

nothing that don't itch.

Mary, come on. It's just a game.

Mom, you bought a lottery ticket.

No, I didn't.

Well, don't look now, but there's one in your hand.

Your father bought it. Oh.

Come on, Mary. Scratch it off and see what you got.

Okay.

Now what? Now you give me back my quarter and you go collect your $10.

Mom, you just...

Feels good, doesn't it? Yeah.

I mean, no.

Wait till I get tips.

No, don't tell anybody.

Honey, this is terrible.

Well, if you don't want it, I'll take it. Oh, no. No, no, no. You gave it to

You said you didn't want it. I don't want to hurt your feelings. That guy

is taking a long time.

Sure is.

Hey, buddy, leave some numbers for us, huh?

It's the heavy jackpot this week, ain't it, honey? I wouldn't know. I don't play

the lottery.

Looks like a lottery ticket to me.

husband bought this.

Whoever, doll.

It ain't no sin in playing the lottery.

Pronto. Se pueden apurar, por favor.

I just want to buy my ice cream.

I see you won.

Oh, just ten dollars.

That's because you're playing the wrong game, lady. For the big dough, you gotta

play lotto.

This week's the biggest jackpot ever. Over three million bucks.

Three million dollars?

Por favor, my ice cream is melting.

Soon it's gonna be hot fudge.

Somebody get a sucker a spoon.

Gracias.

I got you, gracias.

But what is Lotto?

It's simple. You see, you pick six numbers from 1 to 36.

If you get them all right, you win the jackpot. The drawing's on TV tonight.

Well, that sounds simple enough.

Next.

Put your money on the wood and make your betting good.

Means you just pick six numbers and you can win $3 million?

Yeah. All you got to do is fill out one of those cards and give it to the clerk.

Oh, no. I don't want to get hooked on gambling.

Hey, lady.

I play every day and I ain't hooked.

Next.

I want to cash in my ticket.

All right.

Here you are.

Ten bucks.

You want ten more tickets?

No. Come on.

Well, maybe one for that lotto thing.

I'm getting chocolate ice cream on my shoes.

Give him a napkin.

Lady, give me six numbers.

Okay, okay, I'm thinking.

Lady, would you hurry up? I want to get home. It's time to watch my kids grow

up.

Somebody want some chocolate soup?

No peeking. These are my numbers.

Thank you

the girls are so obsessed with this. You know what I mean?

It's, um, what I want to do is, uh, experience what they're feeling.

Uh -huh.

Don't worry, Mary. Now, I'm not going to tell anybody about this.

Except Rose and Pearl.

What time is it?

Quarter to nine. Why?

Oh, just something I wanted to watch.

Oh, look at this. Some senator ran off with a starlet.

Penny,

have you ever done something that you knew was wrong, but, well, you just lost

control and got caught up in the excitement of it?

Mary, I don't even know a starlet.

and you won ten bucks.

Not that one. I played lotto. You?

You played the big ones?

Oh, neighborhood to know.

You mean you don't want Pearl and Rose to know?

I don't know what got into me. I was in the market and there was all these wild

-eyed people and they were buying tickets and talking about winning and

thing I knew I had a ticket in my hand.

You just got the fever, baby. That's all.

But I don't want the fever. I don't like gambling. I don't even approve of it.

What time is it? I don't want to miss the drawing.

a few minutes yet.

You know, you're the one that got me started.

Oh, that'll teach you to consort with a shady character like me.

This is terrible.

I could win three million dollars.

Don't worry, baby.

I'll share your grief.

Yeah, Pearl and Rose will hate me.

Look, just watch the program, listen to the numbers, tear up your losing

tickets, and don't tell them. It's too late. They probably already know.

Sandra caught me with the ticket in my hand.

Sandra caught you with the tickets in your hand?

That's terrible.

Well, I don't know what I'm worried about. Let's enjoy the program.

Besides, if they knew, they'd probably be up here by now.

They are.

Mary,

it's for you.

Mary. Okay, Sandra told you.

Sandra told us what?

She didn't tell you?

Didn't tell us. what?

Nothing. I don't even know why you're worried about it.

Is she all right? So far.

I got some blueprints to read.

Don't you leave me by myself.

Look, Mary Pearl is starting to backslide. She wants to play the

I don't want to play it. I want to watch it.

Besides, I can watch anything I want because I have been of age for ages,

agreed to stop gambling. But I can't stop cold duck.

Pearl,

that's cold turkey.

Who asked you?

Oh, I'm sorry, Lester. See, I'm sort of snappy because I'm going through

withdrawal pain. You know what I mean?

Come on now, let's watch the show.

Oh, Mary, talk some sense into her. It's like you said, the lottery is a waste

of time and money.

Well... I didn't exactly say that.

Yes, you did.

I want to watch the show. No, you cannot watch the show.

I'm going in the kitchen.

Tell him, tell him.

Girl, something funny happened at the market today. Who cares? I want to

Well, I don't.

Suppose they come up with the same numbers that you and I wanted, Pearl.

kill myself.

Not me, I'd kill Mary.

There's no need for anyone to watch because the odds against your number

up are...

No, it ain't, because my foot is itching.

Pearl, when money comes, your hand is supposed to itch. Your hand, but my

And I don't have to watch no TV here. I can watch on my own TV. And besides, I

got pretzels.

Are you satisfied?

Mary, you blew it.

I wasn't going to tell him.

You bought a lottery ticket?

Well, just one itty -bitty ticket.

These your numbers? Yeah.

and I don't steal numbers.

I got the paper at the market. That makes it public domain.

Oh, protect your wife.

But don't turn your back on her.

Rose, the drawing's starting. Let's turn on the TV. Why?

To watch her win?

No. Me.

Ooh, if I win, I'm gonna give it all to useless decadence.

turn on the TV, you two will see that you saved two dollars while Mary wasted

one, and that will be that.

And here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the first number for our biggest ever

three and a half million dollar jackpot.

One right number.

Oh, so what? Son just probably got a dozen 35.

I don't have any 35.

1972.

When I was 12.

Uh, Pearl, I don't think I like it in here. Let's go have a cup of coffee.

something in it. All right.

I'll never gamble again.

For three million bucks, you can buy some new friends.

See, Mary, you got two new friends already.

I will never, ever, ever date that numerologist again.

After all I did for him.

Look, Rose, Pearl... Mary, wait a minute. Don't go away. We'll be right

with the next number.

And it may be yours.

Now, look, ladies. Mary got on her soapbox and preached against playing the

lottery. but it was you who decided not to play it.

You want to forgive her?

I'm thinking.

Well, I've been thinking, too.

And if... Now, this is a big if, but if I win $3 million, why don't we all share

it? Oh, Mary?

That's very nice, but, I mean, if they really don't want to... gamble anymore.

Oh, no, honey, no.

Because if I hadn't interfered, they would have had a chance to win.

Oh, Mary, that's very generous of you, but we couldn't possibly... Yes, we

could.

Well, I guess I could be persuaded.

Don't let her force you into it.

I didn't mean any harm. I just didn't want to see y 'all throwing your money

away. Oh, Mary, I know my limits.

Besides, it's just something I like to do for fun.

Girl, I know what you're talking about. Because when I was buying that ticket, I

started to get the fever.

And I didn't like it.

Isn't that commercial over yet? I got three winning numbers.

We got three winning numbers.

Turn it up, honey.

What do you think I'm doing, Mary?

That was it, folks.

The fourth number.

Well, where was it? We missed it. To all the stations.

Honey, why'd you move so slow?

Mary, they'll repeat it.

I got five numbers. We got five numbers.

We're in the chips.

Oh, I got to sit down.

I got to stand up.

Here it comes.

Here it is, folks.

The number is...

It comes to $88 for each of you.

Now, Peter, that's what I'm talking about. That's what I mean about gambling

the lottery.

Now, here, we almost lost our friendship for $88 and a penny.

Who gets the penny?

I'll flip you for it.