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Alright.

I'm Carl Gordon.

Welcome to another live episode of "Roc."

You know, since I started working on this show

more and more people recognized me.

I could be standing in a market

uh, in a check out line

and someone will invariably call out

"I know you. You're that bald guy's father."

And then they ask me for my autograph.

Well, meanwhile, the people behind me are starting to yell

because their frozen food is melting.

And besides, they watch "Murder, She Wrote."

Now the way I feel is

I struggled for over 20 years in the theatre

for a little recognition.

So some hot head with a Lean Cuisine

is not going to rob me of my moment.

So, if you ever see me standing in line somewhere

feel free to ask me for my autograph.

Well, I'll even let you cut in

if you are not writing a check.

And to all you students at the University Of Oregon, Eugene

on November the 3rd, rock the vote.

Love you, moms, Loy. Now, enjoy the show.

Here we go!

♪ Them that's got shall have ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ So the Bible says ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ Them that's got shall get ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

- Hey, son. - Hey, pop. Where you've been?

Well, it's Matty's birthday.

I thought I'll get her a card.

Boy, I didn't know what I was letting myself in for.

What are you talking about?

Well, they got everything categorized.

Mother's birthday, son's birthday, brother, sweetheart

but nothing for somebody you're datin' 'cause you like them

but you don't know where it's going

and you're not ready to make a commitment.

Hey, daddy.

- Hey, Roc. - Hey, sweetheart.

- How was work, baby? - Oh, horrible.

Matty told all those nurses that she's just fed up

with the political backstabbing for that promotion.

So, Helen and Cynthia want me to get together with them tonight.

I think, they'll try to get me to stop daddy from dating Matty.

- Can you believe that? - Well, now...

Baby, you did get pop to take her out so we could talk you up.

But, I can't ask them to break up.

They're so happy together.

Hmm.

You know, I'd be a lot happier if the woman

didn't have a birthday so soon in our relationship.

'Daddy.'

Hey, morning, everybody.

The donut man is here, come and get 'em.

Sis, I got a chocolate croissant for you.

- Oh, thank you. - Help yourself.

And, pop, I got a Cinnamon Danish for you.

And, Roc, I got you a plain donut

'cause I didn't want to break a twenty.

- Oh, thank you, son. - Hey. It's the least I can do.

Now that my band is making a little bank.

I got those books solid all the way through January.

- Whoa-ho. - Yeah, yeah.

Come and check us out tonight. We're playing at Charlaine's.

Wow, that's great, Joey.

You know we'll be there, clapping the loudest.

Yeah, well, I don't care if you clap or not

just make sure you pay the cover

'cause I get a piece of the dough.

Also, you'll get a chance to meet my new girlfriend.

Whoa, you got a new girlfriend, too?

- What she's like? - Oh, her name's Jenise.

She's smart, she's funny, she's beautiful.

I mean, she's-she's everything I deserve.

Mm-hmm.

Where you meet her?

Oh. I met her at this party, see?

She was kinda down, 'cause she just got out of

this three year relationship with some old guy, right?

So I-I cheered her up, I made her laugh

I made her feel good about life again.

You know, like I do with everybody, except for you.

You know, son, I'm glad

that you finally getting your life together.

- 'Thank you, pop.' - New girl, steady work.

Yeah, Joey, we always knew you had it, and we are proud of you.

You just needed some motivation. You know?

I knew I did the right thing throwing you out of here.

I'll be sure to mention that when I win a Grammy.

Yeah.

Work it, Joey.

'Yes.'

Yeah.

Ho!

Miles Taylor, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Alright.

We're gonna take a short break

so we'll be back, so don't go nowhere. Okay?

And if there are any talent scouts out here tonight

let me just say

what the hell are you doing in this dive?

- Yeah, yeah. - Y'all hear that?

They love us.

- You know what? - Huh?

I gotta admit, you're gonna be pretty good, kid.

How many more damn sets we gonna do tonight?

Well, we got a few more sets to do, Miles.

What's, what's the matter?

Hey, hey, hey, Joey.

His girlfriend left him.

Oh, man, I'm sorry. Sorry about that, Miles.

Uh, what happened?

Some young punk slicked her away from me.

Three years and a chunk of my heart gone.

She don't even answer my calls anymore.

- You said, three years? - Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. And if that ain't bad enough

I hear that, uh, Jenise is coming tonight with this guy.

Just to rub it in his face.

- Jenise? - Yeah.

Wait, uh, J-Jenise wi-with a "J?"

Yeah, what difference does that make?

Uh, nothing, I-I just, I never know what to say

in these situations, so I always ask for correct spelling.

Excuse me, I'm gonna make a phone call.

So, if I have to break up with a chief surgeon

to preserve our friendship, then it's a small price to pay.

And I still deny that I started

any of those horrible rumors on you two

but I won't do it again.

Well, I'm sorry, but I just cannot get my father-in-law

to break up with Matty.

Now, I...see it's not fair to you, but--

Oh, honey, we don't expect fairness from you.

Look what we had to meet on your tariff.

Girl, this is insane! I came here to see my brother-in-law.

I wanted to meet tomorrow.

Oh, sure. You wanted to pick the place and the date.

What else do you wanna pick, Eleanor, are we dressed alright?

I suggest we move this meeting some place else.

- Some place mutual. - Alright, alright.

Fine. Just let me go tell my husband.

Are you sure this okay with you, Eleanor?

We want you to be happy.

Get out of my life, I'll be real happy.

Roc baby, daddy, the girls are now gonna leave.

We're gonna go some place mutual

and talk about saving our friendship.

I think you have a better chance saving a rainforest.

I'll see you later, baby.

- Alright, sweetheart. - Alright.

So, where were we?

You were talking about the vice-presidential debates.

Oh, yeah. What a free fall!

You had Quayle talking over Gore and Gore talking over Quayle

and Stockdale talking over Stockdale.

Excuse me a minute, son.

Oh, man, Roc.

What's the matter?

I just found out that my new girlfriend

is Miles' old girlfriend.

Man, he's gonna kill me when he finds out

that I'm the one that stole his girlfriend.

But you didn't know she was his girl.

Yeah. But he's not gonna believe that.

You have to keep in mind that my reputation precedes me.

Oh, then you're really in trouble, Joey.

Yeah, and that's not the worse of it, see?

He knows that she's coming here tonight with her new girlfriend.

If he sees us together, this band is gonna be history.

Joey, this band is your ticket.

Yeah, I know. I gotta think of something.

Uh, Roc, you be her girlfriend, okay? Uh, her boyfriend.

Well, d-d-do what-do what? No! No, no! I don't want...

Please, man. Come on, please, please.

It's just for tonight. See?

If I tell him tonight, he won't believe me. Roc.

So, please, Roc. Just do...

'Hi, Joey.'

Hey. Uh-ah! No, no kiss, no kiss, no kiss.

Uh, why didn't you tell me that Miles was your boyfriend?

He's in my band.

Oh, my God! You're the kid?

Joey, Joey, Joey, he's coming.

Uh, uh, just play along. Just play along.

Hey, Miles. Hey, look who's here.

Jenise, you two know each other?

- No. - No.

Um, uh, my brother just introduced us. Uh...

Yeah. Um, I just found out, man. I hate to say it but, uh...

...this is Jenise's new boyfriend.

'Isn't that right?'

Yeah, yeah. She means a lot to me.

You? You're the guy who's dating my Jenise?

Well, yeah. I could hardly believe it myself.

Miles, it's just something that happened.

I mean, I was at this party and I looked across the room

and it was like no one else was there but... my baby...

Roc. Roc.

- Ron... - Oh, that's Roc.

Roc.

Yeah. Well, um, sometimes she calls me, uh

you know, Roc, um, Ron, um, you know, as a pet name.

- Right. - Kinda cute, don't you think?

Wait a minute. You're cattin' with her

and your wife's a few feet away.

Well, yeah. She just left.

This doesn't make sense, Jenise.

You quit me for this garbage man.

Hey-y-y-y, that-that's not necessary.

Alright, Miles. Forget about it. Come on, come on.

'We got another set to go. Just forget about it.'

Man, he better take care of this like he said.

Okay, don't worry, Roc, it'll all work out.

You listen to me very carefully.

It's too late for me. I'm his brother.

But you can still save yourself. Now, run.

Okay, alright, alright. Thanks a lot, Curtis.

Uh, hey, Miles, I'll see you tomorrow, okay?

Yeah. See you, kid.

You better take good care of her.

Well, am I finished now, Joey

or do you want me to go and meet her parents?

I think Joey can handle it from here. Thanks, Roc.

Oh, my pleasure. Um, uh, what was that, Joey?

You needed to speak to me. Oh, sure, sure.

- Come on. - Excuse me.

Now, Joey, I did this for you once

but I'm not doing it again ever.

Okay, alright. Don't worry, Roc.

I'm not gonna do anything to jeopardize this band, okay?

Oh, boy. Okay. I'm a, I'm gonna break it off with Jenise

and I'll tell Miles the truth or--

Then you better.

'Cause Miles will be hurt if he hears this on the street.

Now, you understand?

Not much of a people person, is he?

Eh, Jenise, eh, come on, let's sit down for a minute, okay?

- Sure, Joey. - Sure, have a seat.

Uh, Jenise, uh, I can't risk

Miles findin' out about us.

So, uh, so, maybe we ought to call it quits.

- I'm sorry. - What?

So, you're saying the band is more important than us?

No. No, no, it's not just that. See, it's.. I like Miles.

See, and we, we got to think of him, Jenise, you know.

So, it doesn't matter how we feel?

All that matters is how Miles feels?

Uh, well, uh...

Uh, yeah, that's, um...

See, that's, that's what I like about you, Jenise.

You, you so smart, I'm gonna miss that.

Uh, Joey, this isn't right.

I'm not going back to Miles no matter what you do.

It was just about over when we met anyway.

So, he's gonna be unhappy either way.

Why should we be unhappy too?

Yea, 'cause, uh, two unhappys don't make a happy, do they?

Baby, I care about you.

And you care about me and that's all that matters.

We should keep seeing each other.

And what Miles doesn't know won't hurt him.

Miles who?

Stay tuned for more "Roc" live after this.

♪ Whoa whoa whoa ♪

Uh, Eleanor, Eleanor, wake up, Eleanor, wake up, wake up.

What? What? What's wrong, Roc?

Oh, n-n-nothing, nothing's wrong, you know.

I just wanted you to know that you might hear

this crazy rumor going around that, you know

that I'm havin' an affair.

What? Who started that?

Well, you know, me, uh...

Oh, well, you then lost your mind.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

See, um, Joey, Joey didn't know he was dating

Miles' ex-girlfriend

and I didn't want him to lose his band.

So to cover for him, you know, I had to pretend

to be her, her boyfriend.

At Charlaine's? In front of everybody?

Well, not everybody, couple of drunks were in the bathroom--

Roc. What the heck is wrong with you?

Now I'm the center of a neighborhood scandal.

So, is she pretty?

- Who? - Your mistress.

Oh, come on, Eleanor, you know I'm not really having affair.

Besides, I feel as bad about it as you do.

Come on, now. Now, get on with it now. Come on.

You know, Roc, if you not goin' beg for my forgiveness

then this not gonna be any fun at all.

Okay then, okay, okay. Eleanor, please, please

please forgive me, please.

That all depends.

What you gonna fix me for breakfast in the morning?

Oh, that damn Joey.

I asked for a puppy and I get a little brother.

I want some grits and eggs and sausage, waffles...

Now, I'm tellin' you, Joey is playing with fire

with that Jenise thing.

I'd give a talking to him, if I were you.

Nah, he wouldn't listen even if I tried.

Joey's always gone his own way.

Just opposite of his brother.

Now, Roc always minded his parents. Took our word as law.

Aw, that's nice.

Yeah, but I still like Joey better.

Hey, pop, is Eleanor here? I'm supposed to meet her.

Oh, yeah, I heard. You're in the doghouse.

Huh, so she's making you taking her shoppin'.

Huh-huh. She's not making me, huh.

You know, I just happen to, you know, take an interest

in the, you know, the kind of linen we purchase.

Excuse me, can I talk to you?

Uh, sure, sure.

Plain and simple. Are you really seeing Jenise?

Well, didn't Joey talk to you?

No, he didn't.

And I got a funny feeling you're covering for him.

If you are, then I'm leaving the band.

Oh, then yes. I'm seeing her. Mm-hum.

- You are not. - Well, yes, I am.

What's her favorite food?

Uh, cheese.

What kinda answer is that?

Wait, wait, wait, you, you tryin' to tell me

she doesn't like cheese?

Everybody likes cheese.

- Hey, Roc, baby. - Hey, sweetheart.

- How you doing? - Nerve-racking.

Oh, hi, you must be Miles. Hi, I'm Eleanor.

Hello, Eleanor.

So, baby, you ready to go?

Oh, you must be talkin' about the affair.

I'll go wait over by the bar.

Your wife is very understanding.

Oh, yeah, you should meet her boyfriend.

Come off it, Roc. I know it's Joey.

I was just hopin', somebody around here

might be real with me.

Now, look, Miles, Miles.

Joey didn't know Jenise was your girlfriend.

And he would've told you right away.

He was just afraid.

He had three days. Time's up.

The band is history.

You tell him he can go to hell.

Well, I've told him a bunch of times. He won't go.

Ah...

Hello. Ah, Mr. Rayburn, yeah, how you doing, man?

Uh, Saturday the 18th?

Ah, yeah, we might be available.

But, uh, as I recall, last time we talked

you said the only thing I could ever play

in your club was lotto.

No, no, no. Listen, listen, listen.

Let me tell you something, Zach.

There's no way on God's green earth

that I would ever let my band...

How much?

Well, hell, man, let's let bygones be bygones.

I'll come over there at 7 o'clock. Cool. Peace.

Thank you, Mr. Rayburn. Appreciate that.

Hey, Roc, what you doing here, man?

- Joey, we gotta talk. - Can't it wait?

The manager of the Blue Note Cafe wants to book us. Gotta go.

Joey, there is no more band.

Miles found out about you and Jenise.

How did he find out, Roc? Did you tell him?

- No. I didn't have to tell him. - Listen, Roc, Mr. Perfect.

I know you don't like to lie but one little lie

to save your brother wasn't going to kill you.

One little lie, Joey?

I stood in a bar with my arms around your girlfriend.

Ruined my reputation.

And went to tell my wife to tell her

that I'm not having an affair.

- So did it kill you? - Oh, come on, Joey, shut up!

You got me to humiliate myself.

And you hurt Miles. A man you supposedly look up to.

I mean, doesn't it bother you that the man is in pain?

Alright, yes, yes, Roc, it bothers me, okay.

I'll let him cool off for a couple of days

and I'll straighten everything out.

Joey, when are you gonna learn, huh?

Not everything can be straightened out.

You simply can't keep cheating people this way.

Alright, Roc, okay, alright, I said

I would apologize to the man. What else you want from me?

I want you to change!

I want you to look at the last 32 years of your life.

Your last five bands.

And what you did today, and then you ask yourself

what have you got to show for it all.

"Roc" live will be right back.

♪ Keep on roc.. ♪

Joey, you're killing my night trade. Lighten it up, honey.

I'm playin' through my pain, Charlaine, please.

Uh, I'm dedicating this to, uh, Miles Taylor.

He's a good, decent man whose only mistake was trusting me.

Uh, thank you, you've been a great audience.

Uh, why not buy everybody a round, huh?