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CHRIS ROCK:
During my first season working
with the football team,

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I had good times.

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Come on, man.
Get in here.

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For real?
Yeah, man.

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You as much a part of this
team as everybody else.

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* You were the girl

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* That changed my world

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And I had bad times.

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* You lit the fuse

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But I was glad it was over.

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Just because your work
on the field is done

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doesn't mean your job
with the team is over.

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It's time to start
thinking about

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what we do in the field of life.

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So I've signed

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the team up
for community service.

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That's what they used
to call slavery.

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I myself have always been
a big supporter of big brothers.

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She's not talking
about the organization.

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My... you're
a big brother.

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Let's dance.

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So I'm bringing a rep from

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the Brother from Another Mother
organization to our school!

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Brother from Another Mother?

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Yes, they help match
enfranchised youth

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with disenfranchised youths,

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such as blacks and Latinos,
to help support and guide them.

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Uh-huh.
What if I'm already

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supporting some Latino kids?

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Well, if you're already a
baby daddy, then you're excused.

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Yes!
Do you get extra credit

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if you're a baby granddaddy?

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But the rest of you,
fill out these forms

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so I can set you up
with appointments.

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You, too, Chris.

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If you want to remain
team manager,

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you have to do this.

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Even if all you do
is clean sweaty jockstraps,

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you're just as important
as the quarterback.

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I wish somebody would
let the cheerleaders know.

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It's people like you, Chris,

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that make the ghetto
a better place to live.

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And it's people like you
that get robbed if I don't.

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* Ah, make it funky now.

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I already had a younger brother
from the same mother.

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The last thing I wanted
was one from another mother.

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Being a Brother from Another
Mother is a huge responsibility.

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Your influence
is molding a mind,

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changing the course of a life.

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You could say the same thing
about crack.

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Okay.

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I'm proud to do it.

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That said, I need to evaluate

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your suitability
for this organization.

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No problem.

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Are you sexually active?

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No.

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Now that I'm married,
the answer's still the same.

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Do you own
photographic equipment?

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No.

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Where do you keep your
photographic equipment?

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I don't have
any photographic equipment.

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Have you ever sold
any of your photographs?

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I don't have any photographs.

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Suppose you did.

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Where would you keep them?

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I don't own a camera
or any photographs.

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If your Brother from Another
Mother came to your house,

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what room would you spend
the most time in?

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The living room, I guess.

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Correct.

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How's your relationship
with your father?

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It's fine.

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Where does your father keep
his photographic equipment?

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When he was done getting
answers out of me,

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my family started getting
answers out of a machine.

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I want to leave
the message.

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It has to be
a man's voice.

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Look, I bought it,
I'll leave it.

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Why can't I do it?

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Because everybody hates you.

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Everybody, be quiet.

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I'll leave the message.

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Hello.

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Thank you for calling.

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No one is available

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to take your call right now.

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At the sound of the tone,

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please leave...
It's a beep.

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What's the difference?

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Some people are tone-deaf,
but nobody's beep-deaf.

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Fine.
Please.

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I'll do it again.
I-I can do it.

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Quiet, shh!

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Shh.

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Hello.

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Thank you for calling.

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No one is available
to take your call right now.

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Please leave a message
at the sound of the beep,

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and we'll get back

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to you as quickly as possible.

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But what if
we don't want

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to get back to someone
as quickly as possible?

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It means you're a girl.

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Be quiet.

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I'll do it again.

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Shh! Stop moving
so much!
Stop pushing.

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It's not my fault!
His head
is in the way.

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Okay, shh!

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Last time.

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Hello.

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No one is available
to take this call right now.

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Please leave a message
at the sound of the beep.

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See?

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Is that good
for everybody?

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Yeah, that was good.
Yeah.

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You sound like
a white woman.

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Get out of here before I smack
the naps out your hair.

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Now she sounds like
a black woman.

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If it's a murder...

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When I was growing up,

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talk shows were usually hosted
by old white men.

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Mike Douglas, Phil Donahue,

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Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett.

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But in 1986, one woman
changed that forever.

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:
Op-rah Winfrey.

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"How to have
a stronger marriage."

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Hmm.

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And with that,
Oprah's primary fan base,

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married working class men,

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began to take shape.

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CHRIS:
Well, I just got assigned

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my Brother from
Another Mother today.

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Hope it's not a big hassle.

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Wish I had one.
I'd love to be a mentor.

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To form a lifelong bond, to know
if I never did another thing

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in my life, I'd have made
a difference in this world.

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Which is why Greg had
the happiest pet turtle.

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Why don't you sign up?

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I own a camera.

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So who's the kid?

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Cleavon Barris.
Where's he live?

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Bed-Stuy, which is weird
'cause I thought

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I knew all the kids
in the neighborhood.

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See? All black people
don't know each other.

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That is weird. I thought all
black people knew each other.

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Back at home, my father spent
the afternoon with Oprah

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to get ready for an evening
with my mother.

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What's this?

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Flowers from
a white person's garden.

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These are for you.

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For what?

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Because I love you.

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That look means:

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"Okay, what did you do?"

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Okay, what did you do?

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Not this.

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You got to get out
of here, Ashley.

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And give me
those flowers!

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Go, go, go, go, go!

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I didn't do anything.

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I'll get it.

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Uh-da-da-da-da-da.

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The machine will answer it.

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ROCHELLE:
Hello.

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Nobody is available
to take your call right now.

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Please leave a message
at the sound of the beep.

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I wonder who that was.

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Do you?

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Should we go upstairs?
No.

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Did you get fired
from your job, Daddy?
No.

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Did you get fired
from your other job?
No.

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Then who was that on the phone?

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I don't know.

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They didn't leave a message.

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Why not?
I don't know.

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Well, if nothing's wrong,
why are you bringing me flowers?

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I'm just trying to treat you the
way I would want to be treated

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if I was married to me.

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Now legal in California.

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Hmm.

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That's it?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Hey, so does anybody know

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a kid from around here
named Cleavon Barris?

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No, why?

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I got signed up for that Brother
from Another Mother program,

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and they said he lives
around here,
but I ain't never met him.

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Julius, do you
know of a child

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from another mother
around here named...

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Cleavon Barris? No.

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You remembered his name
pretty quick.

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TONYA:
Yeah, it'd be better

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to tell now if you do.

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I don't.

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I brought flowers
for your mother

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because I
love her.

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Is that so hard
to believe?

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Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.

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And with that,
my father was the first man

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The Oprah Show
ever got in trouble.

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Meanwhile, finding
a black kid in Bed-Stuy

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was like trying to find
a needle in a needle stack.

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WOMAN:
James?

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James, who that
at the door?!

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James?

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Hey, Chris.
What you doing here?

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I'm looking for Cleavon Barris.

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WOMAN:
Close that door,
you hear me?!

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What you know about Cleavon?

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I'm supposed to be his Brother
from Another Mother.

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I used to know Cleavon,
back in the day.

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See, Cleavon,
he had some problems,

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but me, James,
I ain't have those problems.

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You hear what I'm saying?

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You're Cleavon?

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Hey, keep it down, man.

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My mother
must have

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signed me-- I mean, Cleavon--
up for it.

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But since I'm not Cleavon,
I ain't doing it.

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Well, the principal
signed me up

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so I got to do it.

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Well, that's between
you and Cleavon.

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And don't come back around here
looking for him no more.

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That's what Tupac does
every time somebody finds him.

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Just because James didn't want
a Brother from Another Mother,

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didn't mean he wasn't
going to get one.

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James.

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What you want?

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Look, I know you don't want
to do this any more than I do.

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But if we work together,

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we won't have to be
anywhere near each other.

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Worked for Shaq and Kobe.

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So what you
want me to do?

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Well, if anybody asks,

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you just say we were
with each other.

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That's clever.

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I ain't know you had it in you.

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I thought you were
a punk, a chump,

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a sissy, a
mama's boy...

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All right, all right.

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We got a deal?

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Deal.

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Vanessa's out for a week?

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I wonder why she didn't call me.

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Well, I tried calling you
last night to let you know

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I was filling in, but, um,
I must've had the wrong number,

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'cause some white lady answered
the phone, and I just hung up.

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Oh, no. That was me.

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See, we got a new
answering machine,

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and that's my phone voice.

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Phone voice, white voice.

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Same thing.

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Michael, what you doing here?

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I come to see my baby.

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Pam.

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00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:16,957
Hmm?

261
00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:18,125
These are for you.

262
00:09:18,158 --> 00:09:20,160
Oh, so sweet.

263
00:09:20,193 --> 00:09:21,829
What are these for?

264
00:09:21,862 --> 00:09:24,164
I'm just trying to treat you
the way I would want

265
00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:26,967
to be treated if I was
trying to date me.

266
00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,670
Then why didn't you bring her
a greasy bucket of gizzards?

267
00:09:29,703 --> 00:09:32,139
That is the sweetest thing
I ever heard.

268
00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:34,642
I'm gonna see you later tonight
for dinner?
Mm-hmm.

269
00:09:34,675 --> 00:09:35,876
Smoked pork chop?
Mm-hmm.

270
00:09:35,909 --> 00:09:36,844
Everything?
Yeah.

271
00:09:36,877 --> 00:09:38,746
Mmm, sweet.
Hey, Chelle,

272
00:09:38,779 --> 00:09:40,313
tell Big Man I said

273
00:09:40,347 --> 00:09:42,249
"Big Man!"

274
00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:43,984
Don't forget the rice,
now, baby.

275
00:09:47,354 --> 00:09:49,389
Hi, everybody.

276
00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:52,325
Hi, Youngju.

277
00:09:58,966 --> 00:10:00,333
Oh.

278
00:10:04,071 --> 00:10:07,174
I'll see you later.

279
00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:13,914
More flowers.

280
00:10:13,947 --> 00:10:15,215
That's a coincidence.

281
00:10:15,248 --> 00:10:16,249
What did he say?

282
00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:20,087
He said he was just trying
to treat me the way

283
00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,823
he would want to be treated
if he was dating himself.

284
00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:25,358
The flowers are rigged
with explosives.

285
00:10:25,392 --> 00:10:26,860
No, no, no, no, no.

286
00:10:26,894 --> 00:10:27,961
That's one coincidence

287
00:10:27,995 --> 00:10:30,664
too many.

288
00:10:30,698 --> 00:10:33,233
Julius bought me flowers
and said the same thing

289
00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:34,968
that they said to y'all.

290
00:10:35,002 --> 00:10:37,137
I don't know what's
going on around here,

291
00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:40,340
but I guarantee you,
I'm about to find out.

292
00:10:42,242 --> 00:10:43,977
When my mother got suspicious,

293
00:10:44,011 --> 00:10:46,346
she never asked what
she wanted to know.

294
00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:48,415
She waited to see
what you would tell.

295
00:10:48,448 --> 00:10:50,117
What, no flowers today?

296
00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:52,686
You know, I don't want to do
the same thing every day.

297
00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,188
Yeah, that's right,
because if you were me,

298
00:10:55,222 --> 00:10:57,090
you wouldn't want them.

299
00:10:57,124 --> 00:10:58,058
Huh?

300
00:10:58,091 --> 00:10:59,159
Oh, that's what you said.

301
00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:00,694
It was very nice.

302
00:11:00,728 --> 00:11:03,230
Did you think of all of that
by yourself?

303
00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:05,232
Straight from the heart.

304
00:11:05,265 --> 00:11:06,800
And right in the back.

305
00:11:06,834 --> 00:11:08,135
I'll get it.

306
00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:09,302
No.

307
00:11:09,336 --> 00:11:11,004
Let the machine get it.

308
00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:13,340
Mind letting me
put the message on?

309
00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,811
Hi. Nobody's home
right now.

310
00:11:17,845 --> 00:11:20,080
Leave a message,
and we'll call you back.

311
00:11:23,917 --> 00:11:25,185
How come people keep calling
and not leaving messages?

312
00:11:28,121 --> 00:11:29,990
Hey, hey...

313
00:11:39,099 --> 00:11:41,134
Hey!

314
00:11:41,168 --> 00:11:43,003
What y'all doing here?

315
00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:45,072
We live here.
What are you doing here?

316
00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:47,274
Did you just pick our lock
with a credit card?

317
00:11:47,307 --> 00:11:49,176
And where did he get
a credit card?

318
00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:50,177
This?

319
00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:52,479
Nah. This was an accident.

320
00:11:52,512 --> 00:11:54,381
I thought this
was my house.

321
00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:56,316
You live across the street.

322
00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:57,284
Sorry, man.

323
00:11:57,317 --> 00:11:58,385
I'm dyslexic.

324
00:11:58,418 --> 00:11:59,820
Hey, um...

325
00:11:59,853 --> 00:12:01,288
I didn't mean
to interrupt.

326
00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:03,323
Just going to leave.

327
00:12:03,356 --> 00:12:04,892
You do that.

328
00:12:04,925 --> 00:12:09,296
Okay, Drew, after dinner,
you leave the message.

329
00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:12,065
Cool.

330
00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:15,168
While my father was keeping
Oprah from my mother,

331
00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:17,170
she was getting
to every other man in town.

332
00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:19,072
From the guys
who were white-collar...

333
00:12:19,106 --> 00:12:22,342
Stop it, y'all,
Oprah's on!

334
00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:24,511
...to guys who got collared.

335
00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:31,518
Every man in town
was watching Oprah.

336
00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:44,197
I guess that's a coincidence,
too.

337
00:12:44,231 --> 00:12:46,233
Meanwhile my father
wasn't the only one

338
00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,301
trying to keep something
undercover.

339
00:12:48,335 --> 00:12:50,237
Chris, just the man
I want to see.

340
00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,105
How are things going
with Cleavon?

341
00:12:52,139 --> 00:12:53,406
Cleavon?

342
00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,275
Oh, yeah, great.

343
00:12:55,308 --> 00:12:57,110
What kinds of things have
you been enjoying together?

344
00:12:57,144 --> 00:12:58,812
A lot of stuff.

345
00:12:58,846 --> 00:13:01,081
And the lying-through-your-
teeth award goes to...

346
00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:03,083
We worked on an art project
the other day.

347
00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:10,257
We also spent some time
with the disabled.

348
00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:18,999
And later on today,
we're going to go hang out

349
00:13:19,032 --> 00:13:20,267
with some neighborhood kids.

350
00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:23,270
Don't drop me please!
No, I'll pay, I swear!

351
00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,172
No, no, please!

352
00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:29,176
Let me go!
Let me go, please! I'll pay!

353
00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:32,012
Please, don't drop me!

354
00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:34,547
Well, that's great.
We can discuss it more
at your interview.

355
00:13:34,581 --> 00:13:38,085
You want us here together?

356
00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:39,386
3:00 p.m. See you tomorrow.

357
00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:42,289
No, he won't.

358
00:13:47,094 --> 00:13:48,962
I put the word out
on the street

359
00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:50,197
that I was looking for James,

360
00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:52,365
and, unfortunately,
the street answered back.

361
00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:53,366
Hey, Chris.

362
00:13:56,069 --> 00:13:58,338
He could have just said,
"Follow me."

363
00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:01,608
You wearing a wire?

364
00:14:01,641 --> 00:14:03,010
No!

365
00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:04,945
No one ever waits
for the answer

366
00:14:04,978 --> 00:14:05,946
before ripping your shirt open.

367
00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:08,015
Then why are you looking
for people then, man?

368
00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:10,117
What, you supposed
to be a detective?

369
00:14:10,150 --> 00:14:12,552
You Spenser for Hire,
Magnum PI?

370
00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:15,255
No, I just need James to come
with me to school tomorrow.

371
00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:17,257
It's for this Brother from
Another Mother program.

372
00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:23,063
Wait... didn't you used to be
Wayne Gretzky's bodyguard?

373
00:14:24,431 --> 00:14:26,499
James pays better.

374
00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:28,335
I thought we had
an understanding.

375
00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:30,337
We do. It's just that
the organization checks up.

376
00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,372
They want to talk to both
of us tomorrow in school.

377
00:14:32,405 --> 00:14:33,573
Like I said...

378
00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:35,108
next time you find me,

379
00:14:35,142 --> 00:14:36,609
you're gonna end up
getting found.

380
00:14:36,643 --> 00:14:38,645
James was tough,
but he was still 12.

381
00:14:38,678 --> 00:14:40,948
Listen here, little boy,
I ain't got time for this.

382
00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:42,983
You don't show up at school
with me tomorrow,

383
00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:44,084
I'm gonna call
your mother.

384
00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:45,185
All right, man. Dag.

385
00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:48,188
While I was getting James
to step up,

386
00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:49,990
my mother was getting
the lowdown.

387
00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:54,694
* Yo, this is Master Drew
and I'm not home *

388
00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,364
* So call me back
on the telephone. *

389
00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:03,236
Hey, little dude's father
from across the street,

390
00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:05,172
I just saw Oprah today.

391
00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:07,340
You were right:
that's a bad woman.

392
00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:09,342
Anyway, I'll talk to you later.

393
00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,482
Look, I don't know what
he's going to ask us,

394
00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,050
so let me take the lead.

395
00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:18,318
Whatever I say,
just agree.

396
00:15:18,351 --> 00:15:20,287
Chill out, man.
Got this.

397
00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:24,424
Cleavon?

398
00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:26,593
Oh, hello, Mr. Perkins.

399
00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:27,360
Oh, take a seat, Chris.

400
00:15:27,394 --> 00:15:29,196
I'll be out
for you in a bit.

401
00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:31,264
Wait, we're not going
in together?

402
00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:33,400
No. I take you in
one at a time--

403
00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,335
make sure you're doing
the things you say you're doing.

404
00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,643
Whatever questions
they ask James,

405
00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,378
I hope I had the same answers,

406
00:15:45,412 --> 00:15:47,147
or I was going
to have to answer

407
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:48,581
a whole other set of questions.

408
00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,987
Oh, Chris.

409
00:15:54,021 --> 00:15:54,954
From what Cleavon tells me,

410
00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:56,556
you two are what the program
is all about.

411
00:15:56,589 --> 00:15:58,091
Fraud and deception?

412
00:15:58,125 --> 00:15:59,059
We are?

413
00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:00,360
Yeah, man.
We are.

414
00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:01,561
Anyway,

415
00:16:01,594 --> 00:16:03,196
here are the flyers
for the carnival.

416
00:16:03,230 --> 00:16:04,197
It's a fundraiser.

417
00:16:04,231 --> 00:16:06,299
The donors like to see
the brothers together.

418
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,335
It's a big photo op,
so I'll need you both there.

419
00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:09,502
Okay, we'll be there.

420
00:16:09,536 --> 00:16:11,471
Keep up the good work, boys.

421
00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:15,742
We take your little
buddy photo and that's it.

422
00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:17,577
After that, I'm done.

423
00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:19,412
He wasn't the only one.

424
00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:23,683
Hey, baby.

425
00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:24,984
Who the hell is Oprah?

426
00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:27,587
That was the last time
those words were ever spoken.

427
00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:28,788
Baby, I...

428
00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:30,523
Uh-uh.

429
00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:33,560
Before you explain,
I want you to listen

430
00:16:33,593 --> 00:16:34,694
so we're very clear on

431
00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:37,530
what you need to tell me.

432
00:16:37,564 --> 00:16:39,099
JEROME:
Hey,

433
00:16:39,132 --> 00:16:40,767
little dude's father
from across the street,

434
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,402
man, I just saw Oprah today.

435
00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:44,771
You were right:
that's a bad woman.

436
00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,306
Anyway, I'll talk to you later.

437
00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:51,378
Baby, Oprah is a talk show host.

438
00:16:53,413 --> 00:16:56,049
You're supposed to be
working two jobs

439
00:16:56,083 --> 00:16:58,385
and sleeping during the day.

440
00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:00,520
Exactly when do you have time
and where do you go

441
00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:02,689
to meet this talk show ho

442
00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:05,358
I don't know her.
I-I watch her.

443
00:17:05,392 --> 00:17:06,626
She's in Chicago.

444
00:17:06,659 --> 00:17:08,761
She's on every day.

445
00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:09,796
Look.

446
00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:11,364
Every day.

447
00:17:11,398 --> 00:17:13,300
See?

448
00:17:15,268 --> 00:17:17,670
Okay.

449
00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:18,805
What's in the bag?

450
00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:21,441
I'm throwing out your makeup.

451
00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:23,376
You're doing what?!

452
00:17:23,410 --> 00:17:25,278
Oprah said you don't have
to paint your face for me.

453
00:17:25,312 --> 00:17:26,413
I love you just the way you are.

454
00:17:26,446 --> 00:17:29,616
Oprah doesn't know what
I look like without my makeup!

455
00:17:29,649 --> 00:17:30,717
And neither does my father.

456
00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:33,786
Julius, baby,

457
00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:35,255
do you know what's in this bag?

458
00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:37,624
Rochelle is in this bag!

459
00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:39,659
See, here's
Rochelle's lips,

460
00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:42,529
here's her eyelashes,
her complexion,

461
00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:44,697
her cheeks, her fingernails!

462
00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:47,100
Julius,

463
00:17:47,134 --> 00:17:49,569
I don't know
what Oprah's saying,

464
00:17:49,602 --> 00:17:53,340
but she's giving out
very dangerous information.

465
00:17:53,373 --> 00:17:55,708
Baby, there are
certain things

466
00:17:55,742 --> 00:17:58,745
that men just don't need
to know about women.

467
00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,113
Like everything.

468
00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:01,714
I'm sorry.

469
00:18:01,748 --> 00:18:04,717
I just wanted to let you know
you're good enough for me.

470
00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:06,553
Even if your face
is inside this bag.

471
00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:08,255
Thank you.

472
00:18:08,288 --> 00:18:10,490
I appreciate that.

473
00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:13,260
Baby, you really want
to do something for me?

474
00:18:13,293 --> 00:18:14,794
Anything.

475
00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:16,596
Stop watching Oprah.

476
00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:19,732
That's how Oprah's audience
turned from

477
00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:22,602
all men to all women.

478
00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:26,573
And that's how the message on
our answering machine became...

479
00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:27,840
JULIUS:
We're not home right now.

480
00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,542
Leave a message after the beep.

481
00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:40,587
Hey, Jerome.
Hey!

482
00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:41,721
Man, I-I was just...

483
00:18:41,754 --> 00:18:43,190
I know what you were doing.

484
00:18:43,223 --> 00:18:44,624
Just take the answering machine
and get out.

485
00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:54,334
He still came back later
to try and steal the TV.

486
00:18:56,503 --> 00:18:59,606
While my father was getting
our answering machine stolen,

487
00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:01,641
I was getting my picture taken.

488
00:19:01,674 --> 00:19:03,410
I'm so proud.

489
00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:06,713
Every single one of you
completed his community service.

490
00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:07,847
Way to go, Chris.

491
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,682
The ghetto
owes you one.

492
00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:11,518
Okay, big smile.

493
00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,922
All right, everybody,
go have fun!

494
00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:23,763
James.

495
00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:25,632
You know you can stay
for a while if you want to.

496
00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:26,499
What for?

497
00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:28,368
It's a carnival. It's fun.

498
00:19:28,401 --> 00:19:29,902
It's not like we got them
on the block.

499
00:19:29,936 --> 00:19:30,970
After all was said and done,

500
00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:33,340
I found out a few things
about James.

501
00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:35,342
His real name was Cleavon.

502
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:36,909
He was raised by the streets.

503
00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:39,379
And he was still
a 12-year-old kid.

504
00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:40,947
All right, man, dag.

505
00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:43,350
You act like you're
my big brother for real.

506
00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:45,385
And I'm not petting
no farm animals.

507
00:19:45,418 --> 00:19:46,919
He was also allergic to goats.

508
00:19:46,953 --> 00:19:49,389
Hey, this was
pretty cool.

509
00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:50,823
Cool.

510
00:19:50,857 --> 00:19:51,991
Look what I got.

511
00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,560
Man, you won that?

512
00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:55,862
I didn't say
I won it.

513
00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:59,399
I said I got it.

514
00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:00,567
Here.

515
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,502
This for you.

516
00:20:04,604 --> 00:20:05,538
Thanks.

517
00:20:05,572 --> 00:20:07,374
At that moment,

518
00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:09,842
I thought that
deep down James was

519
00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:12,679
a decent person who had a good
shot of making it in life.

520
00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,347
That's him!

521
00:20:14,381 --> 00:20:15,482
The one with
the jacket.

522
00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:16,583
I thought wrong.

523
00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:22,422
* Everybody hates Chris.

524
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