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♪ Them that's got shall have ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ So the Bible said ♪

♪ And it still is news ♪

♪ Mama may have ♪

♪ Papa may have ♪

♪ But God bless the child ♪

♪ That's got his own ♪

♪ That's got his own ♪ Them that's got shall get ♪

♪ God bless the child ♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ Them that's got shall get ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

'Well, as Mrs. Krabappel
already mentioned'

'the name of the book that
I read was "Treasure Island."'

- What're you watching, man?
- "The Simpsons."

"The Simpsons?"

- Bill Cosby's up.
- I know, I know.

But I wanna watch this
for a change.

- People say it's funny, pop.
- Oh.

'Hey, hey neighbors.'

Now, what you do that for?

Now, son, there's somethin'
I got to tell you.

Now, I've been tryin' to keep it
from you all these years

but I can't hide it no longer.

Son... we're black.

Sorry to break it to you
sudden like this.

Must come as a shock.

Enjoy the show.

Now, you listen to me, now.

Mama died, I was happy
to have you come live here.

But I pay the rent
and it's my TV

and I watch what I want,
you understand?

That chair been messing
with you, again?

You just better watch yourself
or you gonna end up firewood.

- Well, I gotta go.
- Oh!

Will you watch "LA Law" for me
and tell me what happened?

Oh, sure. But it ain't fair.

Your favorite TV show
and you almost never see it.

That's okay, you just make notes

so you can give me a real
detailed description.

- Wait a minute now.
- What you want, boy? Oh!

Mmh! I ain't got time, honey.

Oh, now it seem like the only
chance I get to make love

to my wife these days
is in my dreams.

That's okay, you just make notes

so you can give me a real
detailed description.

Hey, lady, wanna buy a watch?

- Joey. Oh!
- Hey.

Roc is gonna be so thrilled
to see you.

- Hey, Joey.
- That's it?

You don't see your brother
for five years

and that's it? "Hey, Joey."

You're right.
Hey, Joey, where's my money?

- Hey, that's pie. Nummy-nummy.
- Help yourself.

So where's daddy?

- He's upstairs sleeping.
- He okay?

Yeah, no thanks to you.

Daddy's last two birthdays,
I sent him cards

forged your signature,
so he'd think you remembered.

- Oh? Just cards, no gifts?
- Gifts?

I might be forgetful,
but I ain't cheap.

- Well--
- Oh, now, Joey, that's okay.

You tell us
what you've been up to?

- Where you been?
- Well, I did it.

- I put together a jazz group.
- Oh.

Yeah, we've been touring
all over the place.

Unfortunately, uh,
last month in Chicago

I bugged into a telephone pole
and split my lip.

- I can't play a note.
- Oh, that's terrible.

A telephone pole.

Yep, my girlfriend's husband
lifted me up

and threw me into it. Bam!

You crazy.

So I figured it was a good time
to come back to Baltimore

see my loving family,
spend some time with them.

- Sponge off 'em.
- Sponge off 'em.

With no money comin' in I had
to give up my flat in New York.

And you're forced
to come crawlin' to me.

No, no, no, that's not true now,
there are dozens of people

I could've come crawling to,
and I chose you.

Hey, come on, Roc, you gonna
put me out in the cold?

You swore to our mother on her
deathbed you'd look after me.

Yeah, I got caught up
in the moment.

Alright, alright, you can stay,
but just till the lip heals.

And you gotta find another job.
Pay your keep.

- Absolutely.
- Bad, baby.

Joey, there's a spare bed
in your daddy's room

but I think you better
sleep on the couch tonight.

I gotta go to the hospital.

- Uh, you sick?
- I work there.

Oh, I thought you was making
a fashion statement.

So, uh... you still work
on the docks?

I got me a much better job
with the city.

Yeah?

I'm a garbage man.

No, seriously,
what're you doing?

I'm a garbage man. It happens to
be a fine job with great perks.

Yeah, I'd bet.

Oh.

- You see this refrigerator?
- Yeah, I see it.

- You see this table?
- Yeah.

Well, you come here,
let me show you something.

- You see this lamp?
- Yeah, I see the lamp.

- You see this rug?
- I see the rug.

You see this piano?
Didn't cost me a cent.

All stuff that people threw out.

That couch I'm gonna
sleep on too?

You bet.

Mind if I watch the used TV?

'Oh, no, you go right ahead.'

You know, that's why they call
it an idiot box.

'Did I mention this book was
written by a guy..'

How many times
I got to tell you...

- Joey.
- 'Hey, daddy.'

- Joey! Oh, my boy!
- Hey, daddy.

My boy is back.

Well, why didn't you
tell me he's here?

You said not to awake you
once you asleep

even if Jesus comes
rappin' on the door.

Jesus, sure, but not Joey.

Well, what you sitting
there for?

Go get us somethin'
to celebrate with.

Uh, just a little ice in mine.

My boy. My boy.

Oh, thank you for
all those birthday cards.

'You don't think I'd forget my
daddy's birthday, would you?'

- You've got a fine penmanship.
- Thank you, dad.

- What you watching on the TV?
- Oh, that's "The Simpsons."

Oh, I hear it's a real funny
show. I'll watch it with you.

♪ Oh whoa oh whoa ♪

Hey, morning, Roc.

Hey, hey, uh, you mind if I see
some of that "USA Today?"

- Hmm.
- Thank you.

Wait a minute. This is, uh,
this is USA yesterday.

That's perks.
I get 'em on my route.

What, you mean you read the
newspapers from the day before?

Well, you're always
a day behind.

And a quarter ahead
and a dollar on Sunday.

Oh, what you gonna do
with all them quarters, Roc?

Every one of them goes
into a special savings account.

A few more years

I'll have enough
to put me a down payment

on the kind of house
I've always dreamed about.

Semi-detached.

I never lived in a house
that had a wall

with no one
on the other side of it.

A man comes home
from work, tired

wants to get away
from the world.

All he has to do is sit up
against that wall.

And he's all alone
in his castle.

And if I gotta read
yesterday's funnies

to get me a wall like that

it's okay with me.

Well, the only problem is

when you finally go
to buy your dream house

somebody'll beat you to it
because they read the want ads

a day before you did.

I ain't worked that out yet.

Well, I don't feel like waitin'
around till tomorrow

to find out how last night's
basketball game went.

- Uh, where can I get a paper?
- There's a news rack.

- Right out front.
- Got it.

- Oh, Morning, Eleanor.
- Hi, Joey.

- Hey, baby. Hey.
- Hi, baby.

- Now, baby?
- No, baby.

- Tired, baby?
- Yeah, baby.

- Night, baby?
- You got it, baby.

- Night.
- Night.

Damn it.

One more basket,
I would have won my bet.

God!

One lousy basket.

And I can tell you
who missed that basket...

...the white boy.

What white boy?

The white boy
on the team he'd bet on.

You don't even know
what team that was.

It don't matter.

They all got to have
one white boy.

No matter
how slow or un-coordinated.

It's a league rule.

Hey, come on, that's crazy, pop.

You tryin' to sayin'
there ain't no good

white basketball players?

You tryin' to say

Larry Bird ain't good?

Larry Bird?

Well, sure he's good.

And he's real good,
but he's black.

- Larry Bird is black?
- Now, you didn't know that?

Sure. They just put
white make-up on him.

Straightened his hair

and put those tinted
contact lenses in his eyes.

But he's black, alright.

Oh, Larry Bird was born
and bred in Harlem.

Real name is Abdul Mustafa.

Well, I gotta go to work,
I'll see ya later.

Hey, hey, what you got
in there, Roc?

It's Eleanor's
birthday tomorrow.

I got her this here VCR machine.

Now, she can watch
all of her favorite shows.

Wow, let me see that.

Yep, it's used.

Right, I found it
in someone's trash.

Well, whose trash
did he find it in?

- Does it still work?
- No, Not yet.

But I'm meetin' my buddy
Wiz after work

he'll fix it up like new.

What, they call him Wiz
'cause he's

some kinda electronic wizard?

No, 'cause he got
a problem with his bladder.

Alright, um...

Eleanor ain't gonna mind,
I mean, this being used and all?

Oh, no, no.

- You see this dishwasher?
- Yeah.

This is what I gave her
for her last birthday.

I found it, Wiz fixed it up.

She was thrilled.

Thrilled huh? What'd she do?

Uh, jump on you
and kiss you and...

...make passionate love
to you on the kitchen table?

No. That's not our style.

We don't make love
on no kitchen table.

Not your kitchen table,
you don't know where it's been.

- Wanna make yourself useful?
- Sure.

You bring that to me
at Charlene's Bar at 6.

Okay.

Hey, Roc, wa-wait a second.

Uh, this is kinda, this is kinda
embarrassing for me 'cause, uh...

...you know,
I hate to borrow money.

Oh, you know
how I hate to lend it?

Yes, uh, it's just, uh...

...I didn't realize it was
Eleanor's birthday, man.

I mean, she's been so great,
you know, uh

letting me barge into her home
and puttin' me up like this.

She's been a real sister
to me and, uh...

I-I can't even afford
to get her a birthday gift.

I'm sorry. I feel ashamed.

- I feel really ashamed.
- Hey, hey, hey, come on.

- I'm sorry.
- Hey, c-come on, come on.

Don't do that. No, don't,
don't do that, come on, come on.

Look, here, here, here.
Here's-here's $20.

You go get her something.

Thank you. Thank you, Roc.

You the best man, I don't
deserve a brother like you.

I'mma get my life together,
you watch.

Hey, hey, Roc, I love you, man.

Ah!

Yeah, yeah. Mickey?

Yeah, yeah,
this is Joey, uh, listen, uh...

...give me $20 on Billy's Hope
to win in the third

tomorrow at Pimlico.

Right.

♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪

♪ Whoa whoa ah ♪

What's everybody
in such a hurry for?

It's on fast forward.

Wiz needs some more parts
before the other stuff can work

but I wanted to at least
show it to Eleanor tonight.

I was just saying white people
can't really move that fast.

They might make better
basketball players.

Hey, you know
what I got Eleanor?

- What?
- A framed picture of Malcolm X.

That's what you
get her every year.

Of course, I can't
disappoint her now.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Hope I'm not late for the party.

Will you look at this man?

- Is that new?
- Of course, it is.

I can't show up for
my sister-in-law's birthday

in an old suit
and that ain't all that's new.

Hey, daddy.

Come here and try this on.

Can't have my daddy walkin'
around in ol' tattered bathrobe.

- Thank you, son.
- You're welcome.

Hey, Roc, these are for you.

These are the best work gloves
money can buy.

Oh, they're the rage in Paris.

All the garbage men
are wearin' 'em.

Where'd you get money
for all this?

From the most beautiful filly

in the city of Baltimore.

Where'd you get money
to bet on the horses?

You gave it to me.
Oh, which reminds me.

- Here's your $20 back.
- Oh, no, wait a minute.

I gave you that money
to buy my wife a gift.

I can't get no gift for
no wonderful lady like Elanor

for no $20.
Roc, that'd be insulting.

You cried to me for that money

and I almost cried back!

And then you go and bet it
on a horse?

Hey, w-w-wait, now,
you not angry.. Wait.

Daddy, can you believe this man?

Now, Joey,
you and Roc are both my sons.

So don't go askin' me
to take sides here.

Especially when it's so obvious
he's actin' like a jackass.

Man, you told me
you were gonna get

Eleanor a gift with that money.
You lied to me.

I didn't lie, Roc.
I got her a gift.

I got her a great gift.

Now, if I did what I said
I was gonna do

how can I be lyin'?

Well, I ain't
worked that out yet.

Come on, Roc. We got enough
bad luck in our lives as it is.

Now, a little good luck
comes along

you might as well enjoy it, right?

- Right?
- Ah!

- Well, maybe you're right.
- Alright.

- What you get her?
- Look at this!

I got her...

...a brand new

top of the line,
state of the art

cable compatible VCR!

V-V-VCR?

This is a $500 machine.

Some guy named Dwayne down
the street sold it to me for 75.

- Can you believe that?
- Yeah, I can believe it.

Dwayne's a thief,
that's stolen property.

Hey, that's not
our problem right?

Anyhow, how you know
Dwayne stole it?

Maybe he just looted it
in some riot.

Well, stolen or not stolen
ain't the point.

How could you get Eleanor a VCR
knowing I got her one?

- What that old funky thing?
- Exactly.

You go get her this sleek,
modern one.

You tryin' to shame me
in front of my woman?

'Course not, Roc. I figured we'd
say it was from both of us.

It was your $20
that made it possible.

I don't need nobody to buy me

no gift for my wife's birthday.
You understand?

- What's goin' on here?
- I'll tell you what's goin' on!

My brother and I
are comparing gifts

we got you for your birthday,
seems like he got you

this brand new, top of the line

state of the art,
cable compatible VCR!

And I got you this...

...this.

This!

Alright, now w-wait a second,
man. Wait a second.

I didn't know
you was gonna take it like that!

'Alright, alright, now,
that might've been stupid'

but, hey, I thought
it was gonna please you.

But ain't no VCR more important
to me than my brother.

Come here.

Well, I don't exactly follow the
logic of what's goin' on here

but I sure as hell
ain't gonna be left out.

Nothin' personal, Malcolm.

Pop.

Gosh, you really shouldn't have.

Listen to me, fool.

Next time you wanna
make some symbolic gesture

of fraternal affection,
you smash up your own crap.

- She got a point there--
- And you.

Did it ever occur to you

that when Malcolm X was fighting
for the rights of blacks

he was also fighting
for the rights of black women?

And one of those rights
is to have at least

one wall in her house without
a picture of Malcolm X on it.

Y-y-you savin' the best
for last, right?

Damn right.

How long I got to wait
before you give me somethin'

somebody else didn't throw out?

I'm sorry.

I thought it'd give you
a lot of pleasure.

I know.

It was a very sensible

and practical gift.

'Cause we're both
sensible, practical people

'who lead sensible,
practical lives.'

You emptyin' garbage cans.

Me emptyin' bedpans.

But ain't it possible

just once in a while

to show somebody
that you care about

doin' somethin' that ain't
so sensible and practical?

'Cause see, carin' for somebody

ain't at all sensible
or practical.

It's a crazy thing to do.
Crazy.

And, so to remind somebody
you do care about them

from time to time, Roc,
you gotta do somethin'

that's just
a little bit crazy.

Otherwise... they forget.

I'm going to work.

♪ Yeah-ye yeah
ye-yeah-ye yeah-h-h ♪

- Hi.
- Hi.

Why you up so early?

I really wasn't able to sleep.

I guess I was a little hard
on you last night.

No, you were a 100% right
in everything you said.

After you left

Joey, dad and me
went to Charlene's bar

to drown in our sorrows and try
to come up with an answer.

Answer to what?

What's the craziest thing
I could do to show you

how crazy I am about you.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Everybody in the bar
was helpin' out

with suggestions.

Joey thought I should hire you

a gypsy violinist
to come and serenade ya.

Wiz said I should
take off work today

and fly you to New York
to spend a weekend

at the most luxurious hotel
in town.

Daddy said I should hire a pony.

A pony?

Well, ever since he was a kid he
wanted a party with pony rides.

And that Charlene suggested
I hire you a male stripper.

- Bless her heart!
- Yeah, but I wasn't satisfied.

I wanted to do somethin'
even crazier.

Somethin' you'd never believe
me doin' in a million years.

And suddenly it came to me
in a flash.

So I decided to go out
and buy you a dress!

What do you think of that?

Yeah? That's nice.

But a dress?
What's so crazy about that?

Well, not just any dress,
a designer original

from the most exclusive shop
on Charles Street.

Well, that's really nice.

But I still don't quite see

why you think that
that's so crazy.

- Eleanor.
- Hmm?

I bought you a dress
from that shop...

...that was not on sale.

Not on sale?

- Roc, you didn't.
- Yes, I did.

Roc, you never bought anything

that wasn't on sale
in your whole life.

I know, it was the weirdest
experience I've ever had.

Not on sale!

Oh, I wish you could've
been there.

Oh, the sales lady
was so nice and helpful

once I convinced her I wasn't
there to rob her that is.

She kept showing me
all these great dresses

and I'd scratch my chin
and consider each one

and then, finally she showed me
the dress that I knew

would be perfect you!

Oh! Not on sale!

Not on sale!

- Oh, wow! Oh!
- Ah!

It beautiful.

Oh, thank you!

I'm gonna go up to the bedroom
and try it on

you give me a few minutes,
you come on up.

I wasn't sure about the size,
and I hope it fits.

That's okay, I got a hunch it
ain't gonna stay on that long.

Now, I know you're not supposed
to leave price tags on a gift

but under the circumstances I
thought you might wanna see it.

Ten hundred
and twenty six dollars!

Ten hundred
and twenty six dollars.

A $1,000?

You paid a $1,000...

...for a dress!

A-are you crazy?

W-well, I-I t-thought
you wanted me crazy?

Yeah, crazy. Not brain dead.

Thousand dollars of our
precious savings on one dress.

- Oh, honey, now come on.
- Don't you touch me!

Who the hell is he?

I-I wasn't sure
the dress was crazy enough

so I wanted to play it safe.

So you hired a violinist too?

Yeah, yeah, I found him
in some Hungarian restaurant.

He, uh, he plays a little flat

but, hey, Itzhak Perlman
don't do birthday gigs no more.

I better sit down.

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh, not there.

Oh, daddy!

Well, I went down
and picked him up myself.

Now, they had another one,
black all over.

But I didn't wanna use
your birthday

to make no political statement.

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh!

And what have we here, Eleanor.

Check this out.

In that envelope,
I think you'll find

two plane tickets to Manhattan.

Reservations for a room
at The Plaza Hotel.

'And two tickets
to "Miss Saigon."'

I wonder how that got there.

I could kill you.

Ooh, I think this party
just turned ugly, uh...

Hey, daddy why don't we show
Whitey and Zoltan here

the rest of the neighborhood?

So how much did
all of this come to?

Um... a little over $2,000.

Two thousand dollars?

That's a third of what we got
saved for our down payment.

- I know, I know.
- Two thousand dollars?

You know how many garbage cans
you gotta empty to make $2,000?

175,914.

I figured that out
waiting for you to come home.

'Boy, you crazy!'

Oh, to hear you laugh
like that...

...I'd empty a billion cans
of garbage.

That's the most beautiful thing
anybody ever said to me.

Hey, where's that
male stripper?

You're lookin' at him, baby.

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Keep on walking on ♪

♪ Oh Lord ♪

♪ Oh yeah yeah yeah ♪

♪ Yeah yeah
Well well well ♪

♪ Oh good God now ♪

♪ Oh oh ♪

♪ Whoa whoa ♪

♪ Keep on walking on ♪

♪ Oh yeah walk on ♪

♪ Yeah ♪