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[high-pitched tone]
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- There's an adventure in every bowl of Alpha-Bits.
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- Once when I was eating my Alpha Bits,
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Dracula tried to get me.
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- Oh, no!
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[gunshot]
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- Men. - Cadillac.
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[funky soul music]
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[The Pointer Sisters' "Yes We Can Can"]
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- ♪ Now's the time for all good men ♪
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♪ To get together with one another ♪
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♪ We got to iron out
our problems ♪
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♪ And iron out our quarrels
and try to live as brothers ♪
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♪ And try to find
the peace within ♪
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♪ Without stepping
on one another ♪
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♪ And do respect
the women of the world ♪
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♪ Remember you all
have mothers ♪
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♪ We got to ♪
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- ♪ Make this land
a better land ♪
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♪ Than the world
in which we live ♪
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- ♪ And we got to help each man
be the better man ♪
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♪ With the kindness
that we give ♪
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- ♪ I know we can make it ♪
- ♪ I know that we can ♪
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- ♪ I know darn well
we can work it out ♪
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♪ Oh, yes we can,
I know we can can ♪
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♪ Yes we can can,
why can't we? ♪
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♪ If we wanna, yes we can can ♪
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- ♪ I know
we can make it work ♪
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♪ I know we can make it
if we try ♪
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- ♪ Yes we can,
I know we can can ♪
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♪ Yes we can ♪
- ♪ Great gosh Almighty ♪
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- June?
You're not even here.
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Focus.
- Can't you see I'm trying?
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- What I see is a zombie
who didn't get any sleep
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because she was runnin' after
that no-good man.
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- What'd you say?
- Here we go.
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- Cut!
Cut, cut, cut!
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- Come on, girl,
can we just finish the song?
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- Maybe if Ruth shut up,
I will.
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- Well, she ain't wrong.
You were out all night.
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- What I say?
- Ladies.
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- Oh, so--
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- We can take five
if you need to regroup.
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- No, no, no,
so you both the saints.
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- No one's pointing
I'm the onany fingers.
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- You better not.
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You can't keep your mouth
off Aretha's man.
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- You know what?
- Just stop it.
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[crowd gasps]
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- Okay, why don't we take ten?
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- I don't need this shit today.
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- June--
- Don't do me.
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- Take 15, everyone.
- June, come on.
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- Now look what you did.
- Come on.
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- Okay.
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- I am sick and tired of this.
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- Teddy, distribute these
to the dancers when we wrap,
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not a moment sooner.
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One jar per dancer, all right?
- Sounds good.
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- Any more thought
to Elton John?
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- "Soul Train"
spotlights black musicianship.
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Still not sure how
Elton John factors into that.
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Thanks a lot.
- Advertisers see it as a plus.
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in the General Motors meeting
And it'd giwith Murchison
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Don.
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Don, come on,
Tessa's on talent.
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We gotta talk strategy
for the meeting.
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- Hey, look,
you need to calm down
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and finish the rehearsal.
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Over here, come on.
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If I have to
stop what I'm doing
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every time talent
has an issue--
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- Fight's about
some guy June's seeing.
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I'll take care of it.
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- Please.
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- Don, June's gone.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- So is my gun.
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[smooth funky music]
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♪ ♪
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[soft dramatic music]
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Yeah, well, we can't treat
her like a baby.
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That's the problem.
- She's still--
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- Where's June?
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- Check the dressing room.
- Probably had to pee.
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- She'll be here in time
for the show, don't worry.
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- Look, quit playing around.
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She was in my office
five minutes ago,
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and now she's not.
Tell me where she is right now.
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- Ooh, Don, saying it
with such voice gets me hot.
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- Ooh.
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- I got it.
Walk away.
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- Ooh!
- [growls]
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[laughter]
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- Please.
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- Buh-bye.
- [snickers]
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- Girl.
- [giggling]
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- Must be nice having sisters
that have your back.
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I mean, who hasn't had
man trouble once or twice.
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- Mm, or 20?
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[laughter]
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- Men do stuff, and then like
to act like we're irrational
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or menstruating.
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- Mm.
- Ooh, ain't that the truth.
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- I just hope that June
isn't in over her head.
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- She can handle herself.
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- Oh, I don't doubt it.
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But how far would she go
with a gun?
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Don's gun.
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- Liar said
he was getting a divorce,
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then went right back again.
That's what he does.
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Told her to leave him alone,
but June is hardheaded.
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She's gotta have him
no matter what.
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- Where's he live?
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[funky ambient music]
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- Go ahead.
It's fine.
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♪ ♪
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- Hancock Park.
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- Hm.
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- Thanks for coming.
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Sorry about the other night.
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My self-defense teacher
says you were trying to help,
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says I gotta do
a better job of listening
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no matter
who's doing the talking.
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- Well, just because
we're not together
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doesn't mean
I don't still care.
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- Yeah, I care about you too.
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I want us to try to--
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- Oh, hi, JT.
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I was wondering
who was at the front door.
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How are you?
- I'm good.
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- How's it going?
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- I made chicken pot pie.
You staying for lunch?
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- No, ma'am, but thank you.
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- Okay.
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- I gotta thank you
for getting my job back.
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I didn't think I'd be singing
background anymore
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after that creep
blackballed me.
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Thanks, JT.
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- Is that it?
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- Actually, um,
this is for you.
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It was my dad's.
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I want you to have it.
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- Can't take it, Simone.
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Stopped playing a while back.
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I'm not really
that guy anymore.
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- Stop kidding yourself, JT.
You'll always be that guy.
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Please.
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[soft dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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[melancholic piano music]
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♪ ♪
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- Hey, sweetie.
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I know you think I never been
young or disappointed by love.
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But you can't
have it all, Simone.
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Whatever you want the most
squeezes out the rest.
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[loud dissonant chord]
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- Why are you so negative?
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Nothing I do
is every good enough.
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- What do you think's gonna
happen if that boy loves you,
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and you turn around
and hurt him again.
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- That boy, that boy,
is that the only person you
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care about these days, Mama?
JT?
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- What kind
of fool question is--
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This isn't fair to you or him.
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Music's your whole life,
Simone.
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How can he compete?
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Let him go.
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[lively piano music]
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[playing
"Don't Rain on My Parade"]
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- ♪ Don't tell me not to live
just sit and putter ♪
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♪ Life's candy and the sun's
a ball of butter ♪
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♪ Don't bring around a cloud
to rain on my parade ♪
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♪ Don't tell me not to fly
I've simply got to ♪
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♪ If someone takes a spill,
it's me and not you ♪
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♪ Who told you you're allowed
to rain on my parade? ♪
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- ♪ I'll march my band out
I'll beat my drum ♪
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♪ And if I'm fanned out,
your turn at bat, sir ♪
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- ♪ At least I didn't fake it ♪
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- ♪ Hat, sir,
I guess I didn't make it ♪
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- ♪ But whether I'm the rose
of sheer perfection ♪
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♪ A freckle on the nose
of life's complexion ♪
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- ♪ The cinder
or the shiny apple of its eye ♪
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- ♪ I gotta fly once
I gotta try once ♪
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♪ Only can die once,
right, sir? ♪
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♪ Ooh, life is juicy,
juicy, and you see ♪
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♪ I'm gonna have ♪
- ♪ My bite, sir ♪
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- ♪ Get ready for me, love,
'cause I'm a comer ♪
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♪ I simply gonna march ♪
both: ♪ My heart's a drummer ♪
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- ♪ Don't bring around
a cloud ♪
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both: ♪ To rain on my parade ♪
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- ♪ I'm gonna live
and live now ♪
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- ♪ Get what you want
you know how ♪
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- ♪ One roll
for the whole shebang ♪
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- ♪ One throw,
that bell will go clang ♪
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- ♪ Eye on the target
and wham ♪
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- ♪ One shot,
one gunshot, and bam ♪
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- ♪ Hey, Mr. Tucker ♪
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♪ Here I am ♪
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[solemn music]
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♪ ♪
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[doorbell ringing frantically]
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- Open this door, Shane!
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[pounding on door]
Open this door!
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- Hey.
Hey!
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- Open this door,
you lying sack of shit!
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- Baby, baby,
what are you doing here?
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You can't be here.
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- Ooh, don't "baby, baby" me.
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You know damn well
why I'm here.
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- Come on, June, my wife
will be home any minute.
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- Good!
She can put what's left of you
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in a pine box
when I'm done with you.
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Open this door!
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- June.
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Been looking for you.
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- Go away, Don,
this is none of your business.
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This is between me and Shane!
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- You made it my business
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when you took something
from my desk.
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Now give it up.
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- No.
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- Man, help a brother out.
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Get her off my lawn
before my wife come home.
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- Shut up, Shane.
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- Sir, please go back inside
while I talk to the lady, okay?
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- You got me, right?
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[funky instrumental music]
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♪ ♪
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- Where's my gun, June?
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- In my purse.
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- I'ma need it back.
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I'm gonna need
the gun back, June.
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- I know how to handle a gun.
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I was gonna give it back,
a--after.
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- You pull that shit again,
and I will shoot you myself.
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You understand?
Let's go.
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[siren whooping]
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[soft dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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[police radio chatters]
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- Afternoon, officers.
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We were just leaving.
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- Ferrari, nice.
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- Thank you.
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- So what's a fine car
like that go for these days?
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- Registration's
in the glove box,
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license is in my wallet.
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Back pocket.
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- Let's see it.
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[soft dramatic music]
254
00:12:29,282 --> 00:12:35,253
♪ ♪
255
00:12:35,322 --> 00:12:37,489
- Cornelius.
256
00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:39,090
Where do I know
your face from?
257
00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:41,760
- Hey.
258
00:12:43,029 --> 00:12:44,763
Aren't you the host
of "Soul Train"?
259
00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:47,699
- Oh, my God, it is you.
260
00:12:47,768 --> 00:12:49,768
- Big fans.
- Please.
261
00:12:49,836 --> 00:12:52,003
It's an honor.
- Sorry for the inconvenience.
262
00:12:52,072 --> 00:12:53,304
- You folks
have a wonderful day.
263
00:12:53,373 --> 00:12:55,607
- Wow.
- Wow.
264
00:12:55,675 --> 00:12:56,775
- Good thing
you're famous, Don.
265
00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:58,476
We'd have been SOL.
266
00:12:58,545 --> 00:13:00,879
[funky instrumental music]
267
00:13:02,716 --> 00:13:05,517
- Next she'll be trying
to run the whole UK.
268
00:13:05,585 --> 00:13:07,185
Wouldn't that be something,
huh?
269
00:13:07,254 --> 00:13:09,754
Margaret Thatcher,
prime minister.
270
00:13:09,823 --> 00:13:12,824
- Any woman that drinks scotch
is okay in my book.
271
00:13:12,893 --> 00:13:14,726
- I'm more of a bourbon man.
272
00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:16,294
What brand of scotch?
273
00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:18,329
- Oh, I find all the "glens"
usually treat me oh so right.
274
00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:19,798
[muffled funk music]
275
00:13:19,866 --> 00:13:21,933
- I'll have to get
a bottle of each.
276
00:13:22,002 --> 00:13:26,004
- Mr. Murchison, "Soul Train"
is viewed in 107 markets,
277
00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:28,640
and our advertisers have seen
their profits quadruple
278
00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:30,308
in the last year alone.
279
00:13:30,377 --> 00:13:33,378
- I'd like to help you out,
but I sell Detroit steel,
280
00:13:33,446 --> 00:13:35,079
not hair grease.
281
00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:38,883
I'd have a hard time
justifying ads on "Soul Train"
282
00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:42,287
when black people
will buy our cars anyway.
283
00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:43,254
I mean, those Cadillacs,
284
00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:45,390
they fly
off the showroom floor.
285
00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:47,225
[chuckles]
286
00:13:47,294 --> 00:13:48,560
- Maybe you'd increase
your sales index
287
00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:51,029
if you appealed to
the black community directly
288
00:13:51,097 --> 00:13:53,698
instead of looking past them,
and seeing themselves
289
00:13:53,767 --> 00:13:56,034
in your vehicle
says they matter.
290
00:13:56,102 --> 00:13:58,770
Then GM can snag all the other
auto dealers' business
291
00:13:58,839 --> 00:14:00,171
instead of
just selling Cadillacs.
292
00:14:01,641 --> 00:14:03,274
- Of course, you'd also get
brand loyalty
293
00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:06,411
They watch "Soul Train"
for the cool factor.
294
00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:08,713
- [giggles]
295
00:14:08,782 --> 00:14:10,114
White kids don't watch
that show.
296
00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:11,583
- They most
certainly do.
297
00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:12,984
- Boys and girls
ages 12 to 15--
298
00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:15,019
- Roy, get in here!
299
00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:21,626
- Yeah, Dad, you called me?
300
00:14:21,695 --> 00:14:24,562
- Look me in the eye
and tell the truth.
301
00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:27,999
You and your friends don't
watch "Soul Train," do you?
302
00:14:30,303 --> 00:14:32,403
- Uh, no, sir.
303
00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:34,772
I--I've never seen the show.
304
00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:37,508
- There you have it,
proof positive.
305
00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:46,484
[door clicks]
306
00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:48,620
[distant funk music]
307
00:14:48,688 --> 00:14:49,854
[door thuds]
308
00:14:58,365 --> 00:15:00,431
- Thanks for your time.
309
00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:01,532
[whispering]
Asshole.
310
00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:05,570
- I'm telling you, Don,
put Elton John on the show,
311
00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:07,205
and sponsors like him will be
tripping over themselves
312
00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:08,940
to book the entire year.
- Excuse me.
313
00:15:09,009 --> 00:15:10,108
- It's not just Elton John,
it's--
314
00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:14,646
- Mr. Cornelius,
can I have your autograph?
315
00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:17,615
[soft dramatic music]
316
00:15:17,684 --> 00:15:23,221
♪ ♪
317
00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:25,290
Thank you so much,
Mr. Cornelius.
318
00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:30,228
- Then maybe it's me.
319
00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:32,797
Maybe I need
to change my approach.
320
00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:34,032
- Meaning?
321
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,400
- "Soul Train's"
breaking records,
322
00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:36,801
but no one knows.
323
00:15:36,870 --> 00:15:38,202
We need more press.
324
00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,704
- Well, that's easy,
hire a publicist--
325
00:15:39,773 --> 00:15:41,139
and I know a great one.
326
00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:43,374
- I'm not sure
a publicist is the answer.
327
00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,043
And I'm not willing
to spend money on something
328
00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:46,577
that I know
that I can do myself.
329
00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:00,925
- Don Cornelius,
and you must be--
330
00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:02,360
- Kester Malloy, "Billboard."
331
00:16:02,429 --> 00:16:03,828
- Oh, well, I didn't think
that they would
332
00:16:03,897 --> 00:16:05,063
send someone out
on such short notice.
333
00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:06,264
- Ah, it's no biggie.
334
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,132
I was headed to the lot
for another meeting.
335
00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:09,400
It shouldn't take long.
336
00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:10,635
- Meeting on the lot?
337
00:16:10,704 --> 00:16:13,571
- Yeah, Dick Clark wants me
to meet some hot new talent.
338
00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,173
Donna...
339
00:16:17,911 --> 00:16:19,777
Summer.
- Mm.
340
00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:21,012
- Cool name.
- Hm.
341
00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:23,982
- Anyways, Dick thinks
she's the next big thing,
342
00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:26,284
so I'll run over there
once I'm done here.
343
00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:27,385
Piece of cake.
344
00:16:27,454 --> 00:16:28,853
- Okay, how 'bout
a personal tour
345
00:16:28,922 --> 00:16:30,688
of the "Soul Train" set?
346
00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:32,457
- Nice.
- Great.
347
00:16:32,525 --> 00:16:33,624
Follow me.
348
00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:36,761
We do three shows a day
every weekend
349
00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:40,331
on an 850-foot soundstage with
state-of-the-art equipment,
350
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:41,833
a 60 men--
- And women.
351
00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:43,468
- And women crew,
352
00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:45,737
and shattered viewership
records across the country.
353
00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:47,572
- You supply wardrobe
for the dancers too?
354
00:16:48,742 --> 00:16:50,108
jewelry, accessories,
- Smake sure they stay
355
00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:51,309
in the latest threads.
356
00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:53,077
And this
is where the magic happens.
357
00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:54,679
[The Miracles' "Love Machine" plays]
358
00:16:54,748 --> 00:16:57,482
- Whoa.
This is unbelievable.
359
00:16:57,550 --> 00:17:02,286
- ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, ♪
360
00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,155
♪ I'm just a love machine ♪
361
00:17:04,224 --> 00:17:06,190
- Great job, guys,
keep up the good work.
362
00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:07,759
Camera two, get this.
363
00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:08,993
- ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, ♪
364
00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:12,030
♪ I'm just a love machine ♪
365
00:17:12,098 --> 00:17:14,732
♪ A hugging, kissing fiend ♪
366
00:17:14,801 --> 00:17:16,300
♪ I'm gentle as a lamb ♪
367
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:19,037
♪ I'm not that hard to program ♪
368
00:17:19,105 --> 00:17:20,371
- You've got something
really special
369
00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:21,572
going on here, Don.
370
00:17:21,641 --> 00:17:23,608
I mean, from the outside,
no one could guess
371
00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:25,376
how much work goes into
putting this show together.
372
00:17:25,445 --> 00:17:28,079
- ♪ That you have got to use ♪
373
00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:31,149
- I'd love to do a write-up
featuring it in our magazine.
374
00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:32,450
- Mr. Malloy,
you have no idea
375
00:17:32,519 --> 00:17:33,818
how happy I am
to hear you say that.
376
00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:35,787
- Call me Kester.
It'd be an honor.
377
00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:37,789
- ♪ Just set my dial ♪
378
00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:38,756
♪ And let me love you ♪
379
00:17:38,825 --> 00:17:39,857
- Have your publicist send over
380
00:17:39,926 --> 00:17:41,526
a press packet
as soon as possible.
381
00:17:41,594 --> 00:17:44,629
- ♪ I, I, I'm just a love machine ♪
382
00:17:44,697 --> 00:17:47,565
♪ And I won't work for nobody but you ♪
383
00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:53,404
- Hey, boss, you need me?
384
00:17:53,473 --> 00:17:56,808
- Run this package
by this address.
385
00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:58,242
Let me know
if you have questions.
386
00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:09,754
Everything good?
387
00:18:09,823 --> 00:18:11,956
- Is this what I think it is?
388
00:18:12,025 --> 00:18:14,058
- There were variables
beyond my control.
389
00:18:14,127 --> 00:18:16,127
Willie's gone,
and I need you to step up.
390
00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:20,598
Can you handle that?
391
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:26,571
[foreboding music]
392
00:18:26,639 --> 00:18:28,306
- [grunting]
393
00:18:28,374 --> 00:18:29,607
Come on.
394
00:18:29,676 --> 00:18:31,509
[grunting]
395
00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:35,513
[metallic clanging
and grunting]
396
00:18:35,582 --> 00:18:36,514
- Hey, man.
397
00:18:36,583 --> 00:18:38,783
♪ ♪
398
00:18:38,852 --> 00:18:40,651
Is that your car?
399
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,487
- Sure thing.
400
00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:46,390
- You ain't got no keys?
401
00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:47,892
- How 'bout
you mind your business?
402
00:18:47,961 --> 00:18:49,994
- It's not your car, so
it kind of is my business.
403
00:18:52,165 --> 00:18:54,999
- A'ight, Superman,
since you wanna be a hero,
404
00:18:55,068 --> 00:18:56,667
let's see what you got.
405
00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:58,102
- There a problem here?
406
00:18:58,171 --> 00:19:00,671
- Yeah, I was just trying
to get in my car,
407
00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:02,740
and this cat's in my soup.
408
00:19:02,809 --> 00:19:04,208
- Your car?
409
00:19:04,277 --> 00:19:06,544
- Yeah, my car.
410
00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:08,446
- Hm, that's funny.
411
00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:10,748
How's it your car
when I paid for it?
412
00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:18,189
- [chuckling]
413
00:19:18,258 --> 00:19:20,691
Guess it wasn't
his car after all.
414
00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,326
- Integrity's rare, kid.
415
00:19:24,164 --> 00:19:26,030
I appreciate you
looking out for me today.
416
00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:30,735
- Yeah, I've seen you
a few times at the barber shop.
417
00:19:30,803 --> 00:19:33,104
Those wheels are custom, so...
418
00:19:33,173 --> 00:19:35,239
hey, I don't mean
to sound ungrateful,
419
00:19:35,308 --> 00:19:39,177
I mean, money's great,
but I'd rather have a job.
420
00:19:44,951 --> 00:19:46,350
- Works for me.
421
00:19:48,721 --> 00:19:50,288
[chuckles]
422
00:19:58,364 --> 00:20:01,465
[soft dramatic music]
423
00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:03,100
- Yeah.
424
00:20:03,169 --> 00:20:09,740
♪ ♪
425
00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:11,309
[knocks]
426
00:20:18,017 --> 00:20:20,284
Name?
- Gazazyan, Albert.
427
00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:21,786
You got something for me?
428
00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:23,888
- Uh-uh, wouldn't do that.
429
00:20:23,957 --> 00:20:25,223
- Who are you?
Huh?
430
00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:26,490
You Gerald's errand boy?
431
00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:27,692
How 'bout I call your boss,
432
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,527
tell him you're wasting
my time, errand boy?
433
00:20:34,067 --> 00:20:37,235
We gonna stand here all day
or get down to business?
434
00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:43,741
- Listen to me carefully.
435
00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:46,344
This loan's a favor.
436
00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:50,147
Until it's paid in full,
no one's safe.
437
00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:53,150
Not you...
438
00:20:53,219 --> 00:20:55,586
and certainly not your family.
You understand?
439
00:21:01,394 --> 00:21:03,027
Gonna need that collateral.
440
00:21:03,096 --> 00:21:06,030
[tense music]
441
00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:08,633
♪ ♪
442
00:21:08,701 --> 00:21:13,704
Oh, but hold on, hold on,
hold on.
443
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:16,274
[glass scraping]
444
00:21:19,112 --> 00:21:21,312
Diamonds cut glass.
445
00:21:21,381 --> 00:21:24,282
This is paste,
but you already knew that.
446
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,652
Make it right now,
or see Gerald later.
447
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:31,422
- Sorry.
448
00:21:31,491 --> 00:21:33,024
Sorry, come in,
I'll get the real one.
449
00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:34,358
Sorry.
450
00:21:34,427 --> 00:21:37,261
♪ ♪
451
00:21:39,766 --> 00:21:41,299
on Cornelius
is not only the creator
452
00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:43,901
"and executive producer
of 'Soul Train,'
453
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:45,603
"a groundbreaking program
454
00:21:45,672 --> 00:21:48,606
"that showcases Afro-Americans
in a new light.
455
00:21:48,675 --> 00:21:51,676
"He is a visionary
and entrepreneur
456
00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:53,978
"at the helm
of the most unique
457
00:21:54,047 --> 00:21:57,381
music and dance show
in television history."
458
00:21:58,785 --> 00:21:59,717
- Why'd you stop?
459
00:22:01,421 --> 00:22:05,923
- It's just--it's not accurate.
460
00:22:05,992 --> 00:22:08,793
What's unique about
"Soul Train" isn't unique.
461
00:22:08,861 --> 00:22:11,796
It's been done before.
"Bandstand" stole the idea--
462
00:22:11,864 --> 00:22:12,930
- Hang on, Tessa,
are you really
463
00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:14,432
comparing us to
"Bandstand" right now?
464
00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,800
- Let me finish, Don.
465
00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,769
- [sighs]
466
00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,772
- "Bandstand" stole the idea
from another dance show
467
00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:24,241
that had a dance line
just like "Soul Train."
468
00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:26,210
If this "Billboard" reporter
does his research,
469
00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:27,311
he's bound
to find out,
470
00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:28,446
and then where
does that leave you?
471
00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:29,747
And most importantly,
472
00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:32,049
where does that leave
"Soul Train"?
473
00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:33,617
- Give it here.
474
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:34,652
I wouldn't have asked you
if I thought
475
00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:36,087
that you were gonna trash it.
476
00:22:36,155 --> 00:22:37,988
- So you don't want me
to be honest?
477
00:22:38,057 --> 00:22:39,090
- Whose side are you on, Tessa?
478
00:22:39,158 --> 00:22:40,858
- Ours.
479
00:22:40,927 --> 00:22:43,260
You need a professional
to do your bio.
480
00:22:43,329 --> 00:22:45,896
Someone who crafts
public images for a living.
481
00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:51,902
I can't imagine Dick Clark
writes his own press releases.
482
00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:55,406
- It's my image
that they're talking about.
483
00:22:55,475 --> 00:22:57,141
What happens
if they screw it up?
484
00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:58,376
- You fire them,
and you hire someone else.
485
00:22:58,444 --> 00:22:59,877
I've seen you do it
plenty of times.
486
00:22:59,946 --> 00:23:04,281
- Look, nobody knows how to do
what I do better than I do.
487
00:23:04,350 --> 00:23:05,516
[knock at door]
488
00:23:05,585 --> 00:23:06,917
Come in.
489
00:23:08,321 --> 00:23:09,487
- Hmm.
490
00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:14,024
- Joanna Brewer, publicist.
491
00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:18,929
- Ms. Brewer.
492
00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:20,898
- Joanna, honey.
493
00:23:22,201 --> 00:23:25,669
So, Joanna, how did you get
- on the calendar today?
494
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,406
- Brooks, I believe
he's your ad guy,
495
00:23:28,474 --> 00:23:29,974
he's a friend
of a friend from NYU.
496
00:23:31,210 --> 00:23:32,476
- So Brooks set this up?
497
00:23:32,545 --> 00:23:36,747
- As a favor, you know.
This business runs on favors.
498
00:23:36,816 --> 00:23:39,016
And my firm's
the best there is.
499
00:23:39,085 --> 00:23:40,017
May I?
500
00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:42,386
- Please.
501
00:23:42,455 --> 00:23:45,890
- Rate's 10,000 a month.
502
00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:48,526
I'm willing to take you on
as a client for 7,500,
503
00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:50,928
you know,
since you're just starting out.
504
00:23:50,997 --> 00:23:51,929
- Mm.
505
00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:53,497
7,500?
506
00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:56,133
- Guaranteed results.
507
00:23:56,202 --> 00:23:57,468
I have a whole team
who does nothing
508
00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:59,136
but flood the networks
with positive press
509
00:23:59,205 --> 00:24:01,405
just to get my clients
in the door.
510
00:24:01,474 --> 00:24:03,307
Access to industry parties,
511
00:24:03,376 --> 00:24:06,744
networking events,
VIP, red carpets,
512
00:24:06,813 --> 00:24:09,146
a rolodex of the biggest
publishing editors
513
00:24:09,215 --> 00:24:10,181
at my disposal.
514
00:24:10,249 --> 00:24:11,916
- [chuckles]
515
00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:16,587
Ms. Brewer, Joanna,
I hate to think
516
00:24:16,656 --> 00:24:19,323
that you traveled
all this way for nothing.
517
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,828
Network meetings,
industry parties,
518
00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:27,264
I can do all of that myself,
so why the hell
519
00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:28,833
would I pay you
10 grand a month?
520
00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:39,276
- That's my client on the cover
of "Rolling Stone" magazine.
521
00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:41,178
That's no mistake.
522
00:24:41,247 --> 00:24:44,315
That's what I do,
and I highly doubt
523
00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:47,585
you can match
that even on your best day.
524
00:24:50,189 --> 00:24:51,121
You have my card.
525
00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:57,862
[door thuds]
526
00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:03,901
- God, I wish this headache
would just go away.
527
00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:05,536
I can't take it anymore.
528
00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:10,708
- You should save what's left
of your voice, Ms. Pointer,
529
00:25:10,776 --> 00:25:12,309
or you won't make it
through the taping.
530
00:25:12,378 --> 00:25:13,644
- [chuckles]
531
00:25:13,713 --> 00:25:15,880
I have to sing
at the club tonight too.
532
00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:18,782
That's the life,
and it never lets up.
533
00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:21,952
- Drink this.
534
00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:24,788
- What is it?
535
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:26,223
- Tea.
536
00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:29,627
Ginger, honey, lemon, garlic.
537
00:25:36,435 --> 00:25:38,669
- Mmm.
That's good.
538
00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:42,506
How'd you know
what to bring me?
539
00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:46,510
- Well, I sang
off Broadway for a year.
540
00:25:46,579 --> 00:25:48,579
Didn't know how hard
it would be on my voice.
541
00:25:50,016 --> 00:25:52,416
Lost it a lot.
542
00:25:54,453 --> 00:25:56,520
But I'm better now
and stronger.
543
00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:00,858
One step closer to being
a recording artist.
544
00:26:00,927 --> 00:26:03,394
- Well, with a gig
on "Soul Train"
545
00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:04,728
as Don's talent assistant,
546
00:26:04,797 --> 00:26:06,163
you're probably
closer than you think.
547
00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:10,534
He hasn't exactly seen me
in my best light.
548
00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:12,670
Are you ready for that?
549
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:13,971
- Well, what do you mean?
550
00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:20,144
- For everything you say and do
to be put on display,
551
00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:23,747
scrutinized, ridiculed,
for your love life
552
00:26:23,816 --> 00:26:26,116
to be torn to shreds
if you can even call it that.
553
00:26:28,154 --> 00:26:30,754
- Well, I sacrificed love
when I left for New York.
554
00:26:30,823 --> 00:26:33,390
- Well, then you're
well on your way.
555
00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:35,459
Now all you have to do is
sacrifice everything else.
556
00:26:35,528 --> 00:26:38,429
[solemn music]
557
00:26:38,497 --> 00:26:41,298
♪ ♪
558
00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:43,133
- I'm really talented.
559
00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:47,237
I have a three octave range--
560
00:26:47,306 --> 00:26:48,706
- Girl, that don't matter none.
561
00:26:51,978 --> 00:26:55,446
Your pipes are probably
every bit as good as you think.
562
00:26:55,514 --> 00:26:58,616
Just like me and my sisters
when we first started out.
563
00:26:58,684 --> 00:27:00,451
Believing fame was
the best thing
564
00:27:00,519 --> 00:27:02,052
that could
ever happen to us
565
00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:07,057
was just green and wrong
as two left feet.
566
00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:10,160
- No, fame is the bitch
that sucks the life out of you
567
00:27:10,229 --> 00:27:12,062
when you're on
your very last breath.
568
00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:16,667
It's everything
you ever wanted,
569
00:27:16,736 --> 00:27:18,035
every bit as good
as you thought it would be,
570
00:27:18,104 --> 00:27:22,272
but I would give it all back
in a heartbeat
571
00:27:22,341 --> 00:27:25,275
to have someone love me
the way I wanna be loved.
572
00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:32,249
♪ ♪
573
00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:47,331
- This area's off limits
to the dancers.
574
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,799
But you already know
that 'cause you've danced
575
00:27:48,868 --> 00:27:50,200
on the show
a million times before.
576
00:27:51,437 --> 00:27:53,737
- Just got turned around
- Yeah,looking for the bathroom?
577
00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:56,006
Didn't know you were
going the wrong way?
578
00:27:56,075 --> 00:27:57,808
I've heard it all before,
and I don't give a damn.
579
00:27:57,877 --> 00:28:00,277
I'm sick and tired of people
trying to get ahead on my show.
580
00:28:01,714 --> 00:28:03,047
- Mr. Cornelius.
581
00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:06,950
Everybody wants to be
on "Soul Train."
582
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,019
You've got the biggest stars.
583
00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:11,789
Anybody who's somebody
plays right here.
584
00:28:13,893 --> 00:28:17,828
I'm a singer, Mr. Cornelius,
a good one,
585
00:28:17,897 --> 00:28:20,898
and I'd be pretty stupid not to
use the opportunity wisely.
586
00:28:23,602 --> 00:28:25,869
- Not here for you to use,
587
00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,705
and I'm not
your stepping stone.
588
00:28:27,773 --> 00:28:29,673
You don't like it?
There's the door.
589
00:28:35,748 --> 00:28:37,548
- Oh, it's gorgeous,
I was there last week.
590
00:28:37,616 --> 00:28:38,782
Yeah--
591
00:28:38,851 --> 00:28:41,585
- Joanna Brewer,
friend of a friend?
592
00:28:41,654 --> 00:28:44,455
Is that why you thought it was
okay to go behind my back?
593
00:28:44,523 --> 00:28:47,157
- Lunch sounds great, I'll tee
it up with your secretary.
594
00:28:47,226 --> 00:28:49,359
Mm-hmm, bye now.
595
00:28:49,428 --> 00:28:51,328
- Been telling you for months
you need a publicist.
596
00:28:51,397 --> 00:28:54,665
- You don't decide how
we get press on my show.
597
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:56,066
- You're the one
who's always complaining
598
00:28:56,135 --> 00:28:57,701
about being passed over
for creating
599
00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:59,536
the most unique
music and dance show
600
00:28:59,605 --> 00:29:00,938
in television history.
601
00:29:01,006 --> 00:29:04,408
That meeting was
to help you get the credit.
602
00:29:04,477 --> 00:29:05,576
- I'm not paying
10 grand a month
603
00:29:05,644 --> 00:29:06,643
for what I already earn.
604
00:29:06,712 --> 00:29:08,145
- You can't possibly
be that cheap.
605
00:29:08,214 --> 00:29:09,513
- My whole life,
people have been telling me
606
00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:11,782
how to succeed,
what could or couldn't be done.
607
00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:12,916
You know what always
worked for me?
608
00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:14,084
Rolling up my sleeves,
609
00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:15,886
putting my nose
to the grindstone,
610
00:29:15,955 --> 00:29:19,089
and getting it done by not
taking "no" for an answer.
611
00:29:19,158 --> 00:29:21,125
And that is exactly
what I plan to do.
612
00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:23,761
♪ ♪
613
00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:25,629
Don't forget
whose name's on the door.
614
00:29:25,698 --> 00:29:27,531
[door clicks shut]
615
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,399
- It's hard not to.
616
00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:31,802
♪ ♪
617
00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:36,607
[indistinct chatter]
618
00:29:39,311 --> 00:29:40,878
- Look, everybody's got
an opinion,
619
00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:42,379
but yours I trust.
620
00:29:45,351 --> 00:29:46,817
Thanks, Jim.
621
00:29:48,521 --> 00:29:50,521
Look, now he's got a number one
hit on the R&B charts,
622
00:29:50,589 --> 00:29:53,891
gets tons of radio play,
and black folks love his music.
623
00:29:53,959 --> 00:29:55,225
- So what the hell
is wrong with you, Don?
624
00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:56,760
It's Elton John.
625
00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:58,529
- Man, now you know
it ain't that simple.
626
00:29:58,597 --> 00:30:00,063
How's it gonna look
when I always say
627
00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:02,366
that "Soul Train"
is for us by us.
628
00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:04,168
- Book that Brit
and get that money.
629
00:30:04,236 --> 00:30:05,302
- [laughs]
- Huh?
630
00:30:05,371 --> 00:30:07,137
[laughs]
631
00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:08,872
Won't get Elton John.
632
00:30:08,941 --> 00:30:11,508
- Mm, this brother
may have a death wish.
633
00:30:13,112 --> 00:30:14,144
Shane.
634
00:30:14,213 --> 00:30:15,579
- [laughs]
635
00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:16,880
- What's up, baby?
Let me rap with you real quick.
636
00:30:16,949 --> 00:30:19,016
- Maybe later, Don.
I don't wanna miss the show.
637
00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:20,884
- Mmm.
- [laughs]
638
00:30:20,953 --> 00:30:22,452
- [quietly]
I already saved your ass
639
00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:25,422
once today, negro.
Won't happen again.
640
00:30:28,127 --> 00:30:29,259
Enjoy.
641
00:30:30,963 --> 00:30:32,429
- [chuckles]
642
00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:36,233
- [laughs]
643
00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:37,835
Man, I don't even wanna know.
644
00:30:37,903 --> 00:30:39,369
- Sometimes it's better
to watch an ass-whupping
645
00:30:39,438 --> 00:30:40,671
from the sidelines,
don't you think?
646
00:30:40,739 --> 00:30:42,139
- It depends on
who's in the ring.
647
00:30:42,208 --> 00:30:43,774
- Ladies and gentlemen...
648
00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:44,641
- [chuckles]
649
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:45,976
- Put your hands together
650
00:30:46,045 --> 00:30:47,010
for the Pointer Sisters.
651
00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:50,013
[cheers and applause]
652
00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:51,715
- Good evening.
653
00:30:51,784 --> 00:30:53,517
Everybody having
a good time tonight?
654
00:30:53,586 --> 00:30:56,520
[cheers and applause]
655
00:30:56,589 --> 00:30:57,888
- I know that's right.
656
00:30:57,957 --> 00:30:59,022
- I am going to pull
his bottom lip over his head.
657
00:30:59,091 --> 00:31:00,324
- Now is not the time
to act like a commando.
658
00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:02,292
- If he messes with one of us,
659
00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:03,994
he's gonna have to get
the whole bunch,
660
00:31:04,063 --> 00:31:05,629
Think we about to get
a reputation, ladies.
661
00:31:05,698 --> 00:31:07,631
- [scoffs]
- [laughs]
662
00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:09,967
- Well, let's keep it going.
663
00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:11,435
My sisters and I
664
00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:14,404
have a special treat
for you tonight.
665
00:31:14,473 --> 00:31:16,306
A brand-new song.
666
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,443
[funk music]
667
00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:22,312
["How Long (Betcha Got
a Chick on the Side)"]
668
00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:26,650
♪ ♪
669
00:31:26,719 --> 00:31:28,218
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
670
00:31:28,287 --> 00:31:29,486
♪ Sure you got a chick ♪
671
00:31:29,555 --> 00:31:31,989
♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
672
00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:33,690
♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
673
00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:34,925
♪ Sure you got a chick ♪
674
00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:37,661
♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
675
00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:39,196
♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
676
00:31:39,265 --> 00:31:40,430
♪ Sure you got a chick ♪
677
00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:43,000
♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
678
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:48,672
- ♪ I know you want us both
and I know the reason why ♪
679
00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:51,808
♪ I can give you
so much lovin' ♪
680
00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:54,444
♪ But presents
she can buy you ♪
681
00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:56,647
♪ Last night
you're in my arms ♪
682
00:31:56,715 --> 00:31:59,616
♪ Tonight I'm all alone ♪
683
00:31:59,685 --> 00:32:02,185
♪ How long ♪
- ♪ Will this game go on? ♪
684
00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:03,520
♪ How long? ♪
- ♪ How long? ♪
685
00:32:03,589 --> 00:32:05,122
♪ Oh, oh, how long? ♪
686
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:06,490
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
687
00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:07,791
♪ Sure you got a chick ♪
688
00:32:07,860 --> 00:32:10,127
♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
689
00:32:10,195 --> 00:32:11,762
♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
690
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:12,996
♪ Sure you got a chick ♪
691
00:32:13,065 --> 00:32:15,132
♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
692
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,302
- ♪ And it's plain,
plain enough to see ♪
693
00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:20,971
♪ That you're not
the man for me ♪
694
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:26,777
♪ I can't keep playing games
it keeps my heart insane ♪
695
00:32:26,845 --> 00:32:30,480
♪ I want to turn and walk away
but it's harder to do ♪
696
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:32,015
♪ Than it is to say ♪
697
00:32:32,084 --> 00:32:33,450
- ♪ How long? ♪
- ♪ How long? ♪
698
00:32:33,519 --> 00:32:35,118
- ♪ Will this game go on?
How long? ♪
699
00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:36,620
- ♪ How long? ♪
700
00:32:36,689 --> 00:32:37,888
- ♪ Oh, how long? ♪
701
00:32:37,957 --> 00:32:39,256
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
702
00:32:39,325 --> 00:32:40,557
♪ Sure you got a chick ♪
703
00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:42,893
♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
704
00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:44,928
♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
705
00:32:44,997 --> 00:32:46,496
- ♪ I bet you got another ♪
- ♪ Sure you got a chick ♪
706
00:32:46,565 --> 00:32:47,597
♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
707
00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:48,932
- ♪ You got another lover ♪
708
00:32:49,001 --> 00:32:50,467
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
709
00:32:50,536 --> 00:32:51,768
- ♪ I caught you,
I caught you ♪
710
00:32:51,837 --> 00:32:52,970
- ♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
711
00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:54,538
- ♪ I bet you treat her nice ♪
712
00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:55,772
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
713
00:32:55,841 --> 00:32:57,841
- ♪ Can she love you? ♪
714
00:32:57,910 --> 00:32:59,609
♪ Can she love you like me? ♪
715
00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:01,278
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
716
00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:02,980
- ♪ Can she love you? ♪
717
00:33:03,048 --> 00:33:04,715
♪ Can she love you like me? ♪
718
00:33:04,783 --> 00:33:06,616
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
719
00:33:06,685 --> 00:33:08,118
- ♪ Oh, can she love you? ♪
720
00:33:09,021 --> 00:33:10,220
- ♪ Can she set you free? ♪g.
721
00:33:10,289 --> 00:33:11,955
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
722
00:33:12,024 --> 00:33:13,590
- ♪ I know you got another ♪
723
00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,926
♪ You got a chick on the side ♪
724
00:33:15,995 --> 00:33:17,661
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
725
00:33:17,730 --> 00:33:19,396
- ♪ I know you got a,
know you got a ♪
726
00:33:19,465 --> 00:33:20,897
♪ Chick on the side ♪
727
00:33:20,966 --> 00:33:23,000
- ♪ Bet you got a chick
on the side ♪
728
00:33:23,068 --> 00:33:24,735
- ♪ I know you got a,
know you got a ♪
729
00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:26,470
♪ Chick on the side ♪
730
00:33:26,538 --> 00:33:27,838
♪ ♪
731
00:33:27,906 --> 00:33:29,539
[audience gasps]
732
00:33:29,608 --> 00:33:36,747
♪ ♪
733
00:33:40,486 --> 00:33:42,386
[both laughing]
734
00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:45,889
♪ ♪
735
00:33:45,958 --> 00:33:47,758
- ♪ I know you got a chick
on the side ♪
736
00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,160
[cheers and applause]
737
00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:52,829
- So I told the brother
after six years in the navy,
738
00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:54,464
I don't wanna see
another damn ship.
739
00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:56,967
I don't care if it's cruising
the Caribbean with Lola Falana
740
00:33:57,036 --> 00:33:59,102
dancing butt-naked
on the lido deck.
741
00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:01,571
[laughter]
742
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,973
Don't come for me with that.
743
00:34:03,042 --> 00:34:03,874
[laughs]
744
00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:05,142
- The hell's going on
over there?
745
00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:06,877
[distant chatter]
746
00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:09,546
- Oh, probably somebody going
to get it on or something.
747
00:34:09,615 --> 00:34:11,415
- In the alleyway?
748
00:34:11,483 --> 00:34:14,184
- Hey, ain't no telling
what turn people on, Don.
749
00:34:14,253 --> 00:34:15,685
Hey, come on, let's go
and get a nightcap,
750
00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:17,487
leave them people alone.
751
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:19,523
Huh?
Let 'em do they thing.
752
00:34:19,591 --> 00:34:23,460
- Mm.
- [squeals]
753
00:34:23,529 --> 00:34:25,429
- June, June, June.
754
00:34:25,497 --> 00:34:28,198
[indistinct chatter]
755
00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:29,332
- Believe this?
756
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:30,967
- [laughs]
757
00:34:33,072 --> 00:34:34,004
- [chuckles]
758
00:34:34,807 --> 00:34:36,039
Later, brother.
759
00:34:36,108 --> 00:34:37,174
- Be good now.
760
00:34:40,412 --> 00:34:43,513
♪ ♪
761
00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:48,418
- ♪ Maybe it's not meant
for us to know ♪
762
00:34:48,487 --> 00:34:52,322
♪ The way our love
should truly go ♪
763
00:35:03,168 --> 00:35:06,136
♪ If it's truly meant to be ♪
764
00:35:06,205 --> 00:35:10,307
♪ Wouldn't our love last
for an eternity? ♪
765
00:35:28,127 --> 00:35:31,194
[tender music]
766
00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:38,401
♪ ♪
767
00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:51,214
[lights click]
768
00:36:37,963 --> 00:36:40,864
[bright guitar music]
769
00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:48,071
♪ ♪
770
00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:08,458
- Hey, girls.
See you, you're good to go.
771
00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:13,997
Hey, Mr. Cornelius.
772
00:37:14,066 --> 00:37:16,967
Hey, listen, I saw the article
about "Soul Train"
773
00:37:17,035 --> 00:37:18,501
in the "Billboard" magazine.
774
00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,136
Hey, hold on a sec.
Hey.
775
00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:26,443
Let me see.
It's here somewhere.
776
00:37:26,511 --> 00:37:29,279
Here--oh, there it is
back in the back.
777
00:37:30,949 --> 00:37:33,717
It is congratulations.
778
00:37:33,785 --> 00:37:35,318
Oh, I was telling the wife--
779
00:37:35,387 --> 00:37:36,820
- Weatie, open the gate.
780
00:37:36,888 --> 00:37:37,821
Open the gate.
781
00:37:37,889 --> 00:37:40,824
[lively music]
782
00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:44,661
♪ ♪
783
00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:46,930
- ♪ I got soul up in here ♪
784
00:37:46,999 --> 00:37:49,132
♪ ♪
785
00:37:49,201 --> 00:37:51,301
♪ I got soul up in here ♪
786
00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:53,570
♪ ♪
787
00:37:53,639 --> 00:37:54,904
♪ You can't stand me ♪
788
00:37:54,973 --> 00:37:56,373
- Tessa!
789
00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:57,774
I don't pay you
to sit around.
790
00:37:58,744 --> 00:38:00,176
- ♪ Got to use what I got ♪k.
791
00:38:00,245 --> 00:38:02,078
♪ To get just what I want ♪
792
00:38:02,147 --> 00:38:03,546
♪ You can't stand-- ♪
793
00:38:13,525 --> 00:38:16,593
[soft dramatic music]
794
00:38:16,662 --> 00:38:23,600
♪ ♪
795
00:38:26,038 --> 00:38:29,172
[phone ringing]
796
00:38:31,209 --> 00:38:32,275
- Joanna Brewer.
797
00:38:32,344 --> 00:38:33,877
- Joanna, it's Don.
798
00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:38,682
Don Cornelius.
799
00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:41,384
- Don, honey, how's it hangin'?
800
00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:45,355
- Joanna, I--
- Had a change of heart?
801
00:38:46,892 --> 00:38:48,892
Happens all the time.
802
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,994
Wish I could help.
803
00:38:51,063 --> 00:38:53,563
Fact is, you gotta get it
while the getting's good,
804
00:38:53,632 --> 00:38:55,065
and right now I'm too busy.
805
00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:59,269
But I could set you up with someone else.
806
00:38:59,338 --> 00:39:01,338
Not gonna be as good, but--
807
00:39:01,406 --> 00:39:02,639
Have Brooks let me know
808
00:39:02,708 --> 00:39:05,075
if you're interested
in second best.
809
00:39:05,143 --> 00:39:07,310
Oh.
Love your show.
810
00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:08,478
[phone clicks]
811
00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:23,193
- Next time on "American Soul"...
812
00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:25,628
[funky upbeat music]
813
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:27,597
- You wanna be a producer?
This is what producing is.
814
00:39:27,666 --> 00:39:29,833
No job is too small
or too dirty, Tessa.
815
00:39:29,901 --> 00:39:31,034
- [moaning]
816
00:39:31,103 --> 00:39:32,168
- [clears throat]
817
00:39:32,237 --> 00:39:33,436
- Need you to run an errand.
818
00:39:33,505 --> 00:39:34,804
I got a bag in my trunk.
819
00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:36,506
- Guy's name is Rouse.
820
00:39:36,575 --> 00:39:38,675
He's a problem we can't
get rid of the usual way.
821
00:39:38,744 --> 00:39:40,543
- And you go back to being
the bitch you've been
822
00:39:40,612 --> 00:39:41,978
ever since
the first day we met.
823
00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:43,446
- You better get up
off that high horse
824
00:39:43,515 --> 00:39:44,748
before I knock you
off of it.
825
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:47,250
- You remember that song
we were working on
826
00:39:47,319 --> 00:39:48,651
before I left for New York?
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