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Ron, Ron, Ron!
What the hell is wrong with you?

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I told you Zelmer
would be here any minute.

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You act like the brother's
allergic to rhythm.

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Ho!

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Man, I just want the place clean
when he gets here,

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so get your junk out of here?

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Don't know why you're excited
about seeing a guy

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who hasn't returned
a letter in six months.

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Hey, the brother is busy.

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He's in the library 15 hours a day

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working on his PhD, his dissertation, Ron.

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Do you have any idea what-

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Nah�

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Yeah, I know what it means. Celibacy.

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? I know my parents loved me ?

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{\an8}? Stand behind me come what may ?

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{\an8}? Mmm ?

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{\an8}? I know now that I'm ready, yeah ?

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{\an8}? For I finally heard them say ?

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{\an8}? It's a different world ?

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{\an8}? Ooh ?

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{\an8}? Than where you come from ?

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{\an8}? Yes, it is now, yeah ?

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{\an8}? Here's our chance to make it, hey! ?

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{\an8}? And if we focus on our goal ?

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{\an8}? You can dish it! ?

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{\an8}? We can take it, hey ?

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{\an8}? Just remember that you've been told ?

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{\an8}? It's a different world ?

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{\an8}? It's a different world ?

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{\an8}? It's a different world ?

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{\an8}? It's a different world ?

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{\an8}? Yeah, than where you come from ?

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{\an8}? Ooh ?

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{\an8}? Than where you come from! ?

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{\an8}-

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{\an8}Good afternoon, I'm Zelmer Collier.

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{\an8}I'm Ronald Johnson.

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{\an8}- Do come in.
Thank you.

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{\an8}Zelmer! Come on in, man.

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{\an8}Hey, Dwayne.

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{\an8}Oh, man, it's good to see you.

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{\an8}Likewise, Dwayne.

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Yeah. And you cut that 'fro.

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- Welcome to the '90s.
- Yeah.

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I figure if Don Cornelius
could cut his, what the heck?

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- I'm ready for you, man.
- Oh.

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Ooh, chess! My favorite spectator sport.

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- Don't mind Ron.
- I understand. Another Damian Porter?

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Bingo.

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- "Is it in?"
- "Is it out?"

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- "Is it up?"
- "Is it down?"

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I guess you had to be there.

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I used to tutor Dwayne
and Damian together,

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and Damian used to ask a lot of questions.

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It's like he had
a few problems with logic.

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No, no, no, the boy was ignorant.

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Anyway, it's good to see you.
I got so much to ask you.

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I got a lot to tell you, Dwayne.

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Some pretty amazing things.

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You're getting married.

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No, more amazing than that.

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You're having a baby.

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I'm on my way to the Middle East.

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Middle East? Who's your travel agent?

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Uncle Sam.

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What are you talking about?

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About a year and a half ago,
I decided to join the Army Reserves.

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I thought a weekend a month. Why not?

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My way of paying back the government
for my education.

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Pay back the government?

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Yeah, I had a great many grants and loans.

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Don't you send them a check?

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Sure, I could, but I felt
more of an obligation than that.

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Saudi Arabia�

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When?

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Monday. I report to my base on Monday.

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Well, we still got the weekend.

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God built the world in six days.
No telling what we can do in two.

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Right on, homey?

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Let's sign up for a day of peace
all over the world!

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Stop forcing the youth of our nation
down a pipeline of greed.

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{\an8}Thank you. Here you go.
Thank you, thank you.

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Stop sacrificing lives
for big business profits!

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Let's bring our troops home.

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Don't you ever go to class, Freddie?

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Read the papers, Red.

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We're trying to give Kuwait
back to the Kuweetis.

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Kuwaitis.

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Whatever.

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Oh, my goodness!

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Elmer Crane!

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I never forget a face or a name.

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It's Zelmer Collier.

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Oh, that's right,
and I remember your usual too.

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Tuna melt on sourdough with pickle chips.

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Actually, it was egg salad
on an onion roll.

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Yeah. Well, coming up, Elmer.

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Kimberly, be extremely good
to this customer.

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He's one of our distinguished alumni
and Phi Beta Kappa.

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- Now I know I got that right.
- Yes, sir.

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- Hey, Pookie.
- Hey, bunny.

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I want you to meet a friend of mine.

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Whitley, this is Zelmer. Zelmer, Whitley.

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Zelmer, your fame precedes you.

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I'm delighted to meet the only man
smarter than my Dwayne.

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Oh, I'm not sure you're correct
in that assumption,

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but I'm very pleased
to make your acquaintance.

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Enchant�e.

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Honey, let me get
my little bran muffin and hot cocoa

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- and I'll be right with you boys.
- No. That's okay.

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- We'll see you later. Bye.
- See you.

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Kim.

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I hate it when he does that.

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After lunch, we'll go see the new PC-7000
computer bank at the Physics lab,

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then tonight,
my favorite Professor Hoffman

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is giving a lecture
on electromagnetic waves!

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Okay.

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- Yeah!
- Oh, don't miss that.

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Then we'll go to the Java cafe.

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You won't believe it.
Zelmer, Murray still works there.

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- What? Murray?
- Yes!

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The man did not come
all the way to Hillman

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to go sit with that fat, slimy,
greasy, fatbackin' Murray!

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What the man needs is a party.

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Hey, Ron, not everybody's
looking for a party, okay.

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- Can you arrange that?
- Watch me.

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Yo! Hear ye! Hear ye!

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Tonight, there's going to be a party
to bid a fond farewell

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to one of Hillman's finest,
Zelmer Collier,

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as he goes off for a rendezvous
with destiny in the Persian Gulf.

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Time, 2100 hours. Venue, the La Grenad.

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Mode. Stag. And for all of you
unfamiliar with the word,

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that means "men only,"
and you know who you are.

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Oh!

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I am just repulsed
by all this male bondage.

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Bonding, Whitley. Male bonding.

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Well, that's what I meant to say.

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Zelmer, we ought to get down
to the Blue View Video

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- and preview some flicks.
- That'll be great.

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You don't want to do that, do you, Z?

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Actually, I do.

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Well, we ain't had a chance
to kick it yet, man.

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We got time.

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Hey, why don't you come with us? Come on.

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No, I'll pass.

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Okay.

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Okay, ladies,
we're going to crash this party.

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- It's as simple as that.
- Oh�

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Why should we allow them
to sink to the depths of depravity?

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Because that's what they want to do.

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It's our duty as women to teach them

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that they don't know what's best for them.

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Listen, this is the last image of a woman
that Zelmer sees before he leaves.

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There are women serving over there too.

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I don't think that anybody
should be over there.

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That's nice, Freddie.

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Now, Kim,

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you sing like a lark.

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I float like a swan. And Freddie�

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Freddie has freckles.

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So what I propose to do
is a tribute to men in arms

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through song and dance.

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Something uplifting.

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Well, If we're going to sing
anything at all,

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we should sing�

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? Where have all the flowers gone? ?

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? Long time passing ?

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? I want to know
Where have all the flowers gone? ?

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? Long time ago� ?

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That's uplifting.

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Fun, Freddie. Think "fun."

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After all, this is war
we're talking about.

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Okay, Kim, think of Zelmer.

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Do you want to give him
a soldier's farewell or not?

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In ancient times,
when the men were going off to war,

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the women would tear
their hair out in protest.

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It's a look.

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Who do you write to
when the bus driver grabs your butt?

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Dwayne, Blue View Videos has provided us

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with a veritable visual smorgasbord.

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Help us decide which one to view first.

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Do The Wrong Thing,

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or the period piece, Catherine Was Great.

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Dwayne, look,
there's Catherine with the court jester.

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The Sound of Music?

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Hey, this is the wrong video.

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Man, I bet there's some kiddie party

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having a damn good time with my movie!

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Man, he's funny.

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That boy had everybody
in the store cracking up.

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The man in the raincoat loved him.

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Yeah, he's hilarious.
He's a laugh riot, that Ron is.

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Are you all right, man?

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No, I'm not all right.

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I'm trying to figure out
what's going on with you.

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What do you mean?

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I'm not getting any
straight answers from you, Z.

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What are you asking me?

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I want to know how you feel, brother.

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How I'm feeling about what?

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You're about to leave
for Saudi Arabia Monday!

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You're running around
laughing at stupid jokes,

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wearing a Blue View Video visor.

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You don't like my visor?

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What�

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What's wrong with you?

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Zelmer�

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I'm scared.

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What do you want me to say?

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What do you want to hear?

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- What will make you feel better?
- I want you to talk to me!

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- Want to know what I'm feeling?
- Yes!

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I don't know!

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I don't know, Dwayne.

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I've never felt this way before.

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Have you?

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Turn the music down. Hold it, everybody.

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Now, you'll know Zelmer's
going to go to the Middle East.

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You got to prepare yourself
for life over there.

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No women, no booze, no sex.

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Hey, how stupid am I.
You living like that over here.

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You might want to get yourself
a summer home there.

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But the biggest thing
is no dancing allowed there.

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You might want to get that
dippity-do head out there

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and get one more hip-hop move out.
Come on bust a move.

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- No, no, Walter�
- No, bust a move.

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- Come on. Come on, man.
- Give him the music.

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All right, go, Zelmer. Go, Zelmer.

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Go, Zelmer! Go, Zelmer! Go, Zelmer!

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No, Zelmer! No, Zelmer! No, Zelmer!

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You danced better when you had an afro.

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Everybody! Yo, yo, yo.
It's time for a toast.

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Time for a toast.

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Everyone. Raise your glasses, please.

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To Zelmer.

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A good man,

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a great mind,

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and a loyal American.

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Hear, hear!

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Willing to sacrifice it all
for his country.

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His life, his limbs,

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his family and his future.

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To Zelmer.

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Hear, hear!

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? He ?

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? Was ?

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? A ?

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? Famous trumpet man
From out Chicago way ?

250
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? He had a boogie style
That no one else could play ?

251
00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,733
? He was the top man of his craft ?

252
00:11:57,734 --> 00:12:00,665
? But then his number came up
And he was gone with the draft ?

253
00:12:00,666 --> 00:12:01,933
? He's in the army now ?

254
00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,300
? A-blowin' reveille ?

255
00:12:03,366 --> 00:12:06,100
? He's the boogie woogie
Bugle boy of company B ?

256
00:12:06,166 --> 00:12:08,600
? A root! A toot! A diddly ah-da doot ?

257
00:12:08,666 --> 00:12:10,400
? He blows it eight to the bar ?

258
00:12:10,466 --> 00:12:11,566
? In boogie rhythm ?

259
00:12:11,633 --> 00:12:12,713
? He can't blow a note ?

260
00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:14,666
? Unless the bass and guitar playin' ?

261
00:12:14,733 --> 00:12:16,500
? With him ?

262
00:12:21,466 --> 00:12:22,966
? He's in the army now ?

263
00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:24,366
? A-blowin' reveille ?

264
00:12:24,433 --> 00:12:26,266
? He's the boogie woogie bugle boy ?

265
00:12:26,333 --> 00:12:27,800
? Of comp, company ?

266
00:12:27,866 --> 00:12:29,166
? Comp, company ?

267
00:12:29,167 --> 00:12:30,765
? Company, company, company� ?

268
00:12:30,766 --> 00:12:32,033
? You're in the company ?

269
00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:33,266
? We're in the company ?

270
00:12:33,267 --> 00:12:36,165
? Can't you see It? Can't you feel it?
I love that company� ?

271
00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:37,600
Yo. Yo.

272
00:12:40,766 --> 00:12:47,766
? B� ?

273
00:12:48,833 --> 00:12:50,033
Yeah!

274
00:12:53,766 --> 00:12:55,600
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

275
00:12:55,666 --> 00:12:57,400
And let it never be forgotten

276
00:12:57,466 --> 00:13:01,400
that a soldier's best friend is a woman.

277
00:13:02,331 --> 00:13:08,399
That was a great number,
but he doesn't need entertainment,

278
00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,066
- he needs a one-way ticket to Canada.
- Oh, hey�

279
00:13:11,133 --> 00:13:14,833
I understand how you feel,
but this is not the time or the place.

280
00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,400
When is the time, Kim? After he's gone?

281
00:13:18,466 --> 00:13:20,100
Somebody has got to talk to him.

282
00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:22,200
And say what?

283
00:13:22,933 --> 00:13:26,766
And ask him why
he is going over there to risk his life.

284
00:13:26,833 --> 00:13:29,900
For what? Oil? Nationalism?

285
00:13:29,966 --> 00:13:32,366
We have a million problems
in this country.

286
00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:36,733
- Go ahead and tell him, Freddie.
- Thank you.

287
00:13:36,734 --> 00:13:40,799
Excuse me, Jaleesa.
Zelmer, can I talk to you for a minute?

288
00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,066
- Sure.
- I wanted to�

289
00:13:45,233 --> 00:13:46,300
Wish you luck�

290
00:13:48,066 --> 00:13:49,133
Over there.

291
00:13:50,666 --> 00:13:51,833
Thank you.

292
00:13:56,433 --> 00:13:59,900
Dwayne, you got a party going on inside.

293
00:13:59,966 --> 00:14:01,300
You're being rude.

294
00:14:01,366 --> 00:14:02,933
I don't feel much like partying.

295
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,400
I mean, what in the hell
are we celebrating, anyway?

296
00:14:06,466 --> 00:14:07,633
Zelmer.

297
00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:10,216
You know,

298
00:14:11,133 --> 00:14:14,000
I used to watch Zelmer bust his butt
in school every day.

299
00:14:14,633 --> 00:14:16,833
And then he'd make me bust mine.

300
00:14:18,733 --> 00:14:20,333
We were going to be engineers.

301
00:14:20,334 --> 00:14:24,765
We were going back to the community
with a sack full of knowledge.

302
00:14:24,766 --> 00:14:27,166
We were going to make our parents proud.

303
00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:29,900
We were going to make our people proud.

304
00:14:31,766 --> 00:14:34,133
And now he's going to rot
in somebody's army

305
00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,670
in some foreign land
we don't know nothing about.

306
00:14:36,733 --> 00:14:38,166
But he volunteered to serve.

307
00:14:38,233 --> 00:14:40,333
Come on. He's an idiot, Whitley.

308
00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,100
- It's still his choice.
- Choice?

309
00:14:43,166 --> 00:14:45,800
He chose to serve a weekend a month.

310
00:14:45,866 --> 00:14:47,600
That's a weekend, not a war.

311
00:14:47,666 --> 00:14:49,433
Stop saying "war," Dwayne.

312
00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:52,466
We're not at war.
You can't even think that way.

313
00:14:52,467 --> 00:14:55,032
I live in a country that's sure enough
on the verge of war.

314
00:14:55,033 --> 00:14:56,366
I have to think that way.

315
00:14:59,666 --> 00:15:02,066
- But don't you love Zelmer?
- Yes.

316
00:15:03,533 --> 00:15:05,866
Yes, I love Zelmer. He's my brother.

317
00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,933
So be�be happy for your brother�

318
00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000
as a soldier.

319
00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,366
Be proud of him as a patriot.

320
00:15:14,433 --> 00:15:16,833
I was happy for a mathematician! Okay?

321
00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:18,400
Proud of an engineer.

322
00:15:18,466 --> 00:15:21,666
I want to see a brother
do it with his mind, baby.

323
00:15:25,133 --> 00:15:28,033
Zelmer is all heart,

324
00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,900
and now they put a gun in his hand.

325
00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,400
You know, one day�

326
00:15:36,300 --> 00:15:38,366
One day they could put one in mine.

327
00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,600
I would never let that happen, Dwayne.

328
00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:48,366
But there wouldn't be a damn thing
you could do if they did.

329
00:15:59,133 --> 00:16:01,066
- Hey, Vern.
- Hey, Colonel.

330
00:16:01,133 --> 00:16:03,566
- Got you some fresh coffee.
- I'd love some.

331
00:16:03,633 --> 00:16:06,400
I'm supposed to meet Zelmer Collier here.

332
00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:09,633
Yeah? He's been making the rounds
since he got here.

333
00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:11,900
I guess he's trying to squeeze it all in.

334
00:16:11,966 --> 00:16:14,566
- Oh, so you heard then, huh?
- Mmm-hmm.

335
00:16:15,466 --> 00:16:18,466
- Best student I ever had.
- Ah, it's a damn shame.

336
00:16:18,467 --> 00:16:21,465
Things sure have changed
since we did our time for old Uncle Sam.

337
00:16:21,466 --> 00:16:24,466
Yeah. But people still depend on us
to uphold freedom.

338
00:16:24,533 --> 00:16:27,766
How many countries
are we supposed to take care of?

339
00:16:27,833 --> 00:16:32,033
My Aunt Mabel took care
of all the neighborhood's children.

340
00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:34,133
Her own three sons went to penitentiary.

341
00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,250
Yeah.

342
00:16:35,717 --> 00:16:37,799
I don't know.

343
00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,500
All I know is I fought wars
so that my children wouldn't have to.

344
00:16:41,566 --> 00:16:42,833
Mmm-hmm.

345
00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:44,666
Hey, hey!

346
00:16:44,733 --> 00:16:46,733
- Hey, Zelmer!
- How are you, sir?

347
00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,333
- All right.
- Hey, Elmer.

348
00:16:49,334 --> 00:16:51,932
- Get you some fresh coffee?
- No, thank you, I'm fine.

349
00:16:51,933 --> 00:16:54,766
- Go ahead, sit down.
- I'm glad to see you, sir.

350
00:16:54,833 --> 00:16:57,600
- Everything's been so rushed.
- Oh, I know, I know.

351
00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,250
- When do you leave?
- Ah, within the hour.

352
00:17:00,266 --> 00:17:02,000
- Oh, I see�
- Yeah.

353
00:17:02,066 --> 00:17:03,533
I see.

354
00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,733
We sure are proud of you. Aren't we, Vern?

355
00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,833
- Yeah, boy.
- Thank you.

356
00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,633
You know, I'm sorry that you have to
interrupt your PhD studies for this�

357
00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:15,780
For this involvement.

358
00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,533
So am I, Colonel.
I was very close to finishing.

359
00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:21,599
You can resume your studies
when you come back.

360
00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:23,066
After this all blows over.

361
00:17:25,133 --> 00:17:26,873
Is that what you really think, sir?

362
00:17:26,874 --> 00:17:30,199
Do you think that this thing
might blow over?

363
00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,150
Or do you think it could turn
into something more serious?

364
00:17:34,833 --> 00:17:36,566
You make no mistake, soldier.

365
00:17:38,466 --> 00:17:40,500
This is a serious set of events

366
00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,966
that could escalate
into something unfortunate.

367
00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:47,633
I'm sorry to have to say this to you.

368
00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:51,833
I asked you for the truth.
That's what you gave me.

369
00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:55,936
So, is there anything I can do for you?
Anything at all?

370
00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,800
- Can you get me out of it?
- Zelmer.

371
00:18:04,366 --> 00:18:07,600
I don't think I can do this, sir.
I really don't.

372
00:18:08,533 --> 00:18:10,100
Zelmer, I can't do anything.

373
00:18:10,166 --> 00:18:13,166
I'm a Black man in the prime of my life.

374
00:18:14,166 --> 00:18:16,500
I'm just now starting to live.

375
00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:19,633
Just starting to taste.

376
00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:21,833
To know who I am.

377
00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:24,766
To know what I'm supposed
to do with myself.

378
00:18:25,933 --> 00:18:27,800
Feeling good about myself�

379
00:18:29,766 --> 00:18:30,900
my accomplishments.

380
00:18:33,433 --> 00:18:35,866
I can't blow out the candles now.

381
00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:37,766
Not now.

382
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000
I'm just starting to see.

383
00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:45,700
It's not fair, Colonel.

384
00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:50,466
No, it's not fair.

385
00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:56,030
I wish to God I could tell you
something to make you feel better.

386
00:18:58,866 --> 00:19:01,000
I have a friend.

387
00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:04,933
Very bright. Painter.

388
00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:08,833
One day, he went blind.

389
00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:10,750
Just like that.

390
00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:12,633
Some freak of nature.

391
00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,800
Ten years, he was in and out of hospitals.

392
00:19:16,801 --> 00:19:21,132
Finally, he got some of his sight back,
but never could paint the same

393
00:19:21,133 --> 00:19:22,700
though he never stopped trying.

394
00:19:24,933 --> 00:19:29,033
Whenever I start feeling sorry
for myself, I think about him.

395
00:19:30,266 --> 00:19:31,766
He doesn't know it, but he's�

396
00:19:32,833 --> 00:19:34,000
my inspiration.

397
00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:39,366
That story didn't really help me too much.

398
00:19:40,133 --> 00:19:43,700
That story wasn't supposed to help you.
That story helps me!

399
00:19:45,066 --> 00:19:46,300
Now, soldier�

400
00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,250
Son�

401
00:19:52,466 --> 00:19:54,833
Find your own source of inspiration.

402
00:20:10,933 --> 00:20:11,983
Um�

403
00:20:12,833 --> 00:20:14,666
Do me a favor, will you, sir?

404
00:20:15,566 --> 00:20:16,616
Anything.

405
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,450
Dwayne.

406
00:20:19,866 --> 00:20:21,976
I don't want to be
a disappointment to him.

407
00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,300
This conversation is between us, soldier.

408
00:20:29,033 --> 00:20:30,333
I got to go, Colonel.

409
00:20:31,033 --> 00:20:32,200
Yes, you do.

410
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,233
Now, you take care.

411
00:20:38,033 --> 00:20:39,083
Be strong.

412
00:20:46,033 --> 00:20:47,766
You're going to be just fine, boy.

413
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,466
It's open.

414
00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:10,350
Hey.

415
00:21:10,866 --> 00:21:11,916
Hey.

416
00:21:15,566 --> 00:21:17,400
I've been looking at this atlas,

417
00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:20,366
trying to picture
where you're going to be.

418
00:21:21,533 --> 00:21:23,766
Sixth meridian, 34th parallel.

419
00:21:25,133 --> 00:21:26,466
You're still a genius, man.

420
00:21:26,933 --> 00:21:29,166
And you know this.

421
00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:35,233
Now I'll know where to write you.

422
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,300
I'd like that.

423
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:46,566
What are you doing?

424
00:21:46,851 --> 00:21:48,932
What are you doing?

425
00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:52,800
I don't have a single picture of you
without that bush on your head, man.

426
00:21:52,850 --> 00:21:57,400
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