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[♪♪♪]
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WOMAN:
Welcome to BET headquarters.
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I'm Deborah Leevil.
It's 2 p.m.,
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so it's time for
our morning staff meeting.
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Our leader, Bob Johnson,
had a dream.
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A dream of creating a network
that would accomplish
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what hundreds of years
of slavery,
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Jim Crow and malt liquor
couldn't.
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The destruction of black people!
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MAN: Yo, sister!
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Is that so hard?
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Mistress Leevil,
since BET came into existence,
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terrible things
have happened to black people.
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Dropout rates, teen pregnancy,
unemployment and incarceration
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have skyrocketed
since our debut 25 years ago.
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We really believe
we're making a difference--
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LEEVIL:
Silence!
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Agh!
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MAN:
What the devil?
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The destruction of black people
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is not happening fast enough.
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The other day I saw
three niggas reading books.
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One of them was smiling.
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[PHONE RINGS]
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Yes.
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MAN: He gonna die.
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No, I'll have to call them back.
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Oh, and I need another math guy.
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He gonna die.
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You know, the dude
with the charts and shit.
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He dead.
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Yeah, him. I need another one.
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Yeah, and a cleanup crew.
Oh, and another shoe.
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Left. No, Prada.
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Wedgie Rudlin,
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my Harvard-educated
president of entertainment,
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tell me about the evil shows
you have in development.
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Um--
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MAN: Tell it, brother!
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--Mistress Leevil,
my Harvard education tells us
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that our goal is to take
all the shitty reality shows
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MTV did five years ago,
and make them black.
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Anyone who wants to see a shitty
black version
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of an MTV reality
show, well,
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they'll have to come to us.
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What else?
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Next month, we're gonna
have our first awards show
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honoring video hoes.
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MAN: Video hoes!
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Or as I like to call it,
a "Hoe-wards" show.
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[COUGHS]
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Right.
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I don't get it.
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Must be that Harvard humor.
Faggot-ass faggot.
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Personnel, how are we fucking up
niggas' money?
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Well, let's see.
As you've requested,
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nobody outside this room
has been paid for months.
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And you fired everyone
that could read.
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Mm-hm.
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I love it.
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Okay, and public relations?
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Mistress Leevil, we got one
thing to report, a'ight?
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Some little nigga
named Huey Freeman.
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He all critical
of the network and shit,
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talking about
a hunger strike.
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Why? What did we ever do to him
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except try to destroy
black people? What?
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This hunger strike
will continue
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until BET is taken off the air,
the office is shut down,
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and all its top executives
commit Japanese ritual suicide.
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[CACKLES]
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He's just a kid.
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No one can stand in my way
of destroying black people.
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Especially not
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Huey Freeman.
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[CACKLES]
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[♪♪♪]
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♪ I am the stone
The builder refused ♪
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♪ I am the visual
The inspiration ♪
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♪ That made lady
Sing the blues ♪
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♪ I'm the spark
That makes your idea bright ♪
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♪ The same spark
That lights the dark ♪
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♪ So that you can know
Left from right ♪
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♪ I am the ballot in your box
The bullet in the gun ♪
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♪ The inner glow
That lets you know ♪
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♪ To call your brother sun ♪
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♪ The story that just begun ♪
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♪ The promise
Of what's to come ♪
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♪ And I'm 'a remain a soldier ♪
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♪ Till the war is won
Won ♪
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♪ Chop, chop, chop
Judo flip ♪
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♪ Chop, chop, chop
Judo flip ♪
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♪ Chop, chop, chop
Judo flip ♪
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♪ Chop, chop, chop ♪
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[♪♪♪]
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GRANDDAD:
♪ Fake meat ♪
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♪ Fake meat is good
Ooh-hee, hey ♪
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HUEY:
It was the third day of my
hunger strike to bring an end
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to the tyranny of
Black Entertainment Television.
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GRANDDAD:
Mm-mm. Man, fake meat is good.
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Hey, could you pass me
one of them veggie burgers?
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There was someone around here
who used to love veggie burgers.
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You wouldn't remember who
that was, would you, boy? Hm?
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[BURPS]
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[CHUCKLES]
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What's with all
this hunger strike, boy?
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What did food
ever do to you, hm?
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[CHUCKLES]
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Can I be excused, please?
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No, you are gonna eat
with the family, boy.
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Ain't nobody told you
to crusade against BET.
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BET is out
to destroy black people.
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My nigga, I watch BET every day,
feel me?
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There ain't nothing wrong
with me, feel me?
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Nigga,
you just hating, feel me?
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That's why you ain't never gonna
have no paper, no bitches.
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Boy, watch your mouth.
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See? That's BET.
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He's right though, Huey.
Women don't like hating.
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You better listen
to your granddaddy. Heh.
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You don't wanna be bitchless.
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I know bitchless.
Look, I'm bitchless right now.
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It's no fun.
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You feel me?
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[PHONE RINGS]
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Hello?
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MAN: Hey. Uh, good day.
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I'm looking for
brother Huey Freeman please.
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Speaking.
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Hey, brother Huey,
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my name is Reverend
Rollo Goodlove.
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And it's my honor
to speak with you.
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Wait, the Rollo Goodlove?
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You mean,
the Rollo Goodlove
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who toured with Parliament
Funkadelic in the '70s,
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became a community activist
in the '80s,
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ran for president
twice in the '90s,
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and currently is host of the
syndicated public-access show
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"What's Goin' On?" with Rollo
Goodlove, Rollo Goodlove?
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ROLLO:
Mm-hm. The same. Hm. Glory.
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Anyway, I had to call
and share with you my support
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of your hunger strike.
How you feeling?
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Hungry.
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Well, you know,
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you made a powerful statement,
young man.
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And I'm proud
to call myself your ally.
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Are you going on a hunger strike
with me?
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Uh, yeah. Um...
Uh, no. No, no, no.
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You see, I have to have dinner
with Puffy later on.
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But don't you worry though.
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Together we're gonna bring
our enemies to their knees.
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Now, listen, I'm holding a rally
downtown tomorrow, brother.
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And I would love for you
to come and stand with us.
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[♪♪♪]
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ROLLO:
Brothers and sisters.
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I said, bothers and sisters.
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[INDISTINCT YELLS]
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I don't know what
this world is coming to.
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But if you ask me
what I think about BET,
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I'll tell you with no shame:
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BET sucks.
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MAN:
Suck that dick!
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Suck!
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Now, I say that because
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when I sit and watch BET,
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my dignity is sucked away.
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And, uh,
my pride is sucked away.
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And the progress we've made
in the freedom struggle
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over the last five decades
is sucked away.
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[CROWD SHOUTING]
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Now, brothers and sisters,
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we are here today
because we're not gonna let BET
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suck anything more from us.
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I say, stand up and tell 'em:
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"I will not be a prisoner
to your foolishness. I am free.
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"And I will not be
captured by your ignorance.
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"'Cause I'm free.
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"I will not be trapped
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"in your negrofied matrix,
either.
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Because I am free."
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Uno, dos, tres, cuatro.
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[BAND PLAYING FUNK MUSIC]
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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♪ If you're wondering
What it look like ♪
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♪ Look at me ♪
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♪ Ah! ♪
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MAN 1:
Yeah, baby!
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MAN 2:
Yeah, reverend.
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Let me show you
how to do it.
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♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ Ah-hah, oh ♪
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♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
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Right here, baby!
Yeah!
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♪ I'm on my way ♪
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♪ For most everything ♪
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♪ And this is my day ♪
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♪ Make me wanna say
I'm free ♪
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♪ And everything
I'm allowed to see ♪
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♪ Free ♪
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♪ Come and see ♪
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♪ No, no
Look at me ♪
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♪ Ah
What you waiting on? ♪
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♪ I want action, passion
Smiling ♪
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♪ Laughing, yielding
Feeling ♪
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♪ Helping, healing ♪
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♪ Introduce your neighbor
To your savior ♪
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♪ I'm free ♪
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♪ Look at me ♪
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♪ Freedom in high fidelity ♪
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♪ Free ♪
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ALL:
♪ Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
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[ROLLO LAUGHS]
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Yeah!
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Ooh, have mercy.
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Brothers and sisters,
y'all give it on up
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for Otis and the Action Band.
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[CROWD CHEERING]
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Granddad, you should have
seen it.
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Reverend Goodlove,
it was amazing.
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Man, the people
were so inspired.
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Oh, yeah, I saw it on the news.
Looked like American Idol to me.
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I still don't know what
your problem is with BET.
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I love Beyoncé. Shoot.
Little sweet thing.
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♪ Oh, shake it girl
Shake it girl ♪
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♪ Shake it girl
Yeah ♪
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Ain't you hungry yet?
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[♪♪♪]
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Well, I was thinking
that tomorrow
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we could reach
the people by marching
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to the BET headquarters--
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Now, now, we ain't
gonna do no shit like that.
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Uh, now, Huey,
black people have style.
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And we are attracted
to things of class.
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Especially
you young people.
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Ahem. Now, see,
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but that's what makes BET
so dangerous now.
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Excuse me.
It sells you young people
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a lifestyle
that you're attracted to.
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Mm, that's good-- But, uh--
But you can't afford it.
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And in order to save them kids,
I gotta reach them kids. Mm.
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Now, see, when I shine,
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they walk toward me for
the light of them diamonds. Heh.
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Ain't nothing wrong with that.
But when they walk away from me,
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they got the light
of their truth.
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You think I wanna
be at the VIBE awards?
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Do you really
believe I want to be
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ringside at the championship
fight? Mm-mm.
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You think I wanna be doing
Skating with the Stars,
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falling down,
fucking up my ankles?
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Well, goddamn it!
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Waiter,
this ain't no beluga caviar.
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Now, see, for example,
let's look at music.
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Now, here's my rap demo.
254
00:09:40,212 --> 00:09:42,348
Personally,
I like jazz and gospel.
255
00:09:42,348 --> 00:09:44,182
But if I spit that hot fire,
256
00:09:44,182 --> 00:09:47,453
I might be able to reach
some of them kids out there.
257
00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:48,954
You see, thing with me
though is,
258
00:09:48,954 --> 00:09:51,257
when I do it, I'm a gonna
do it for the people, now.
259
00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:53,826
I work all day and night
to get their attention.
260
00:09:53,826 --> 00:09:55,694
And it's hard.
It's hard work, Huey.
261
00:09:55,694 --> 00:09:58,030
Look, I even know
all the new dances.
262
00:09:58,030 --> 00:09:59,398
[HUMMING]
263
00:10:05,036 --> 00:10:06,505
♪ You-- ♪
264
00:10:06,505 --> 00:10:07,672
♪ You and-- ♪
265
00:10:07,672 --> 00:10:10,509
[♪♪♪]
266
00:10:10,509 --> 00:10:13,645
Mistress Leevil, the new slogans
are ready for your approval.
267
00:10:13,645 --> 00:10:14,746
Oh.
268
00:10:14,746 --> 00:10:18,216
MAN [OVER TV]:
269
00:10:18,216 --> 00:10:19,384
Hm.
270
00:10:19,384 --> 00:10:22,988
MAN [OVER TV]:
271
00:10:22,988 --> 00:10:24,456
Uh-huh.
272
00:10:24,456 --> 00:10:28,561
MAN [OVER TV]:
273
00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:31,496
Hmm. I'll think about it.
274
00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:31,496
[PHONE RINGS]
275
00:10:31,496 --> 00:10:33,332
MAN:
Sorry to bother you,
Mistress Leevil,
276
00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:35,968
but the Freeman boy is on CNN.
277
00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:35,968
What's CNN?
278
00:10:35,968 --> 00:10:37,670
But I submit
to you today--
279
00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:40,406
LEEVIL:
Rollo Goodlove.
280
00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:44,109
I know just how to deal
with the good reverend.
281
00:10:44,109 --> 00:10:46,444
[CACKLING]
282
00:10:46,444 --> 00:10:49,147
[♪♪♪]
283
00:10:49,147 --> 00:10:52,051
HUEY:
Thanks to Goodlove
and a very slow news cycle,
284
00:10:52,051 --> 00:10:54,987
the boycott became a big story
and started to take off.
285
00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:56,822
Man.
286
00:10:56,822 --> 00:11:00,625
Fuck BET.
I'm gonna read a book.
287
00:11:00,625 --> 00:11:03,295
[♪♪♪]
288
00:11:03,295 --> 00:11:06,032
HUEY:
Word got around: BET was evil.
289
00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:09,869
Okay, welcome back,
little lambs.
290
00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:12,304
Uh, we are sitting here
with former BET host,
291
00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:13,639
sister Sherry Carter.
292
00:11:13,639 --> 00:11:14,973
First things first.
293
00:11:14,973 --> 00:11:16,308
You never could get
that hair right,
294
00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:17,876
now could you, baby?
Oh, heh-heh.
295
00:11:17,876 --> 00:11:19,111
But we was with you, baby,
296
00:11:19,111 --> 00:11:20,846
because you had
the big old thighs.
297
00:11:20,846 --> 00:11:22,481
And you was a red bone, mmm.
298
00:11:22,481 --> 00:11:24,349
Never could understand
how a sister
299
00:11:24,349 --> 00:11:26,351
that light-skinned
had bad hair, though.
300
00:11:26,351 --> 00:11:28,220
Is Tigger short
for tiger and nigger?
301
00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:30,789
Or are you just a big old fan
of Winnie the Pooh?
302
00:11:30,789 --> 00:11:33,492
We are now sitting here
with a former BET host,
303
00:11:33,492 --> 00:11:36,594
Tavis Smiley. Now, Tavis,
correct me if I'm wrong,
304
00:11:36,594 --> 00:11:38,463
but you had some problems over
there at BET, now, didn't you?
305
00:11:38,463 --> 00:11:40,366
Well, I'm not gonna lie
and say I didn't.
306
00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,901
Yeah, but things
went okay for you afterwards.
307
00:11:42,901 --> 00:11:45,237
I mean, after all,
you do have an NPR show.
308
00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:47,606
Well, yes,
I do have the NPR radio show.
309
00:11:47,606 --> 00:11:49,240
And I also have
a talk show on PBS.
310
00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,543
Oh, two shows. Hm.
311
00:11:51,543 --> 00:11:54,212
I guess that beats my one, huh?
Heh-heh.
312
00:11:54,212 --> 00:11:55,748
You're doing real good,
brother.
313
00:11:55,748 --> 00:11:57,182
You're doing real good.
314
00:11:57,182 --> 00:11:58,951
You know, I don't think
I've ever been invited
315
00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:00,752
to either one of those shows,
though.
316
00:12:00,752 --> 00:12:03,389
Well, then, we'll just have
to get you on, now, won't we?
317
00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,524
I mean, heh,
I put you on my show.
318
00:12:05,524 --> 00:12:07,560
You know,
I'm sharing my light.
319
00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,227
Helping you move a book or two.
320
00:12:09,227 --> 00:12:11,197
But I don't see
the favor being returned.
321
00:12:11,197 --> 00:12:13,365
At all.
So I was just checking to see
322
00:12:13,365 --> 00:12:14,767
if I had done
something wrong to you.
323
00:12:16,835 --> 00:12:19,237
I think we're
out of time.
324
00:12:19,237 --> 00:12:20,739
ROLLO:
Motherfucker, that's my line.
325
00:12:20,739 --> 00:12:23,242
See, Granddad?
That's called exposure.
326
00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:25,477
And with enough of it,
we can change the world.
327
00:12:25,477 --> 00:12:27,112
Mm-hm.
328
00:12:27,112 --> 00:12:30,182
And finally tonight,
Reverend Rollo Goodlove,
329
00:12:30,182 --> 00:12:32,651
who's been very critical
recently of BET
330
00:12:32,651 --> 00:12:34,353
and their sexually-explicit
videos,
331
00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:38,023
starred in a pretty explicit
video of his own.
332
00:12:38,023 --> 00:12:39,525
Oh.
333
00:12:39,525 --> 00:12:41,360
The video clearly shows
334
00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,462
the, uh, good Reverend Goodlove
335
00:12:43,462 --> 00:12:45,430
at the House of Cheeks
strip club.
336
00:12:45,430 --> 00:12:47,299
♪ Shake that ass, girl ♪
337
00:12:47,299 --> 00:12:51,102
And it doesn't look
like he was talking politics.
338
00:12:51,102 --> 00:12:52,571
[CHUCKLES]
339
00:12:52,571 --> 00:12:54,507
I bet you're
hungry now.
340
00:12:57,776 --> 00:12:59,712
I'm saying, man,
it doesn't look good.
341
00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,380
Jesus walked amongst the people.
342
00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:03,115
Mohammad walked
amongst the people.
343
00:13:03,115 --> 00:13:04,416
I am a people person, Huey.
344
00:13:04,416 --> 00:13:06,051
All the great prophets
embraced the people.
345
00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:07,753
You're embracing a butt,
Reverend.
346
00:13:07,753 --> 00:13:10,121
Listen, child, I can speak
in colleges
347
00:13:10,121 --> 00:13:11,590
and get paid
a whole heap of money.
348
00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:13,291
But if you're in college
already,
349
00:13:13,291 --> 00:13:14,993
you don't need
Rollo Goodlove
350
00:13:14,993 --> 00:13:16,796
as much as a young brother
out there in the gang
351
00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,229
or a young sister
in the strip club
352
00:13:18,229 --> 00:13:19,564
needs Rollo Goodlove.
353
00:13:19,564 --> 00:13:22,801
Have mercy. Now, see.
If I walk into the strip club
354
00:13:22,801 --> 00:13:24,302
and start talking to a sister
355
00:13:24,302 --> 00:13:25,971
about progressive politics
and all that,
356
00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:28,240
bettering her life
and voter registration,
357
00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,975
you think she gonna talk to me?
358
00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:32,411
But if I grab me a handful
of that big old ass
359
00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:33,645
and ask for a dance,
360
00:13:33,645 --> 00:13:35,748
now, she's gonna think
I'm just another trick.
361
00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:39,318
When I'm really
an instrument of her salvation.
362
00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:41,987
Now, I have set
the table for change.
363
00:13:41,987 --> 00:13:45,357
Yeah. She grinding on me,
trying to get that little $20.
364
00:13:45,357 --> 00:13:47,358
But she gonna get
a whole lot more than that,
365
00:13:47,358 --> 00:13:49,628
believe me. Oh, glory.
366
00:13:49,628 --> 00:13:51,964
Now, sometimes
you'll find her an apartment.
367
00:13:51,964 --> 00:13:53,999
Maybe even a job.
368
00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:55,834
Yeah, but it still
looks pretty bad.
369
00:13:55,834 --> 00:13:57,869
I just hope it doesn't
hurt the boycott.
370
00:13:57,869 --> 00:14:00,439
I don't think I can go
without food much longer.
371
00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:02,173
HUEY:
This wasn't the first blow
372
00:14:02,173 --> 00:14:04,008
to Reverend Goodlove's
public image.
373
00:14:04,008 --> 00:14:05,443
Do you own a car?
374
00:14:05,443 --> 00:14:08,413
'Cause if you do,
you own the keys to some cash.
375
00:14:08,413 --> 00:14:10,615
HUEY:
Last year,
Reverend Goodlove signed on
376
00:14:10,615 --> 00:14:12,083
to pitch high-interest loans
377
00:14:12,083 --> 00:14:13,952
that exploit
the poor and desperate.
378
00:14:13,952 --> 00:14:16,154
Call the Loan Ranger.
379
00:14:16,154 --> 00:14:20,625
I feareth not your scandals.
My name is Rollo Goodlove.
380
00:14:20,625 --> 00:14:22,961
You can't sully my reputation.
381
00:14:22,961 --> 00:14:25,130
I take your attacks
as a badge of honor.
382
00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:28,166
They called Martin Luther King
an adulterer.
383
00:14:28,166 --> 00:14:31,203
They called
Muhammad Ali a communist.
384
00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:34,106
And for 2000 years, they called
Mary Magdalene a prostitute.
385
00:14:34,106 --> 00:14:36,041
Come to find out
that's Jesus' baby mama.
386
00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:37,609
Y'all saw The Da Vinci Code.
387
00:14:37,609 --> 00:14:40,212
HUEY:
I don't know, maybe Rollo
just knew how to spin.
388
00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:42,147
I don't think
there's anything wrong
389
00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:44,382
with a stripper's ass
in a grown man's face.
390
00:14:44,382 --> 00:14:46,651
But I do have a problem
with BET
391
00:14:46,651 --> 00:14:49,688
putting strippers' asses
in the faces of our children.
392
00:14:49,688 --> 00:14:51,456
HUEY:
Or maybe by now his followers
393
00:14:51,456 --> 00:14:53,692
just weren't surprised
by anything he did anymore.
394
00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:55,394
Well, of course it was a setup.
395
00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:57,195
I believe the release
of this video
396
00:14:57,195 --> 00:14:59,331
was engineered
by BET themselves,
397
00:14:59,331 --> 00:15:01,467
working in conjunction
with the Republican Party
398
00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:02,967
and-- And the FBI thing.
399
00:15:02,967 --> 00:15:05,804
HUEY:
Goodlove escalated
the attack on BET
400
00:15:05,804 --> 00:15:10,475
by producing a DVD called BET:
The High Cost of Low Standards.
401
00:15:10,475 --> 00:15:13,311
ROLLO:
These are the poor.
These are the forgotten.
402
00:15:13,311 --> 00:15:15,814
The victims of
black-on-black crime.
403
00:15:15,814 --> 00:15:17,249
These are the employees
404
00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,818
of Black Entertainment
Television.
405
00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:21,487
Now, these two comedy writers
406
00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:24,222
were only offered two dollars
for a pilot script.
407
00:15:24,222 --> 00:15:26,191
When will this tragedy end?
408
00:15:26,191 --> 00:15:28,126
The situation's gotten so bad
409
00:15:28,126 --> 00:15:30,128
that workers
at this Wal-Mart store
410
00:15:30,128 --> 00:15:33,565
took up a collection
for BET employees. Wow.
411
00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:36,434
I don't know, just seemed
like the right thing to do,
412
00:15:36,434 --> 00:15:38,303
helping people
less fortunate, you know.
413
00:15:38,303 --> 00:15:40,506
ROLLO:
But, as a Wal-Mart employee,
414
00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:42,174
isn't it true
that you were forced
415
00:15:42,174 --> 00:15:43,942
to work overtime hours
off the books,
416
00:15:43,942 --> 00:15:46,078
and you had to get on
food stamps?
417
00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:47,780
Yeah, they forced me
to work overtime
418
00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,081
and get on the food stamps.
419
00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:50,682
But at least
I ain't workin' at BET.
420
00:15:50,682 --> 00:15:53,085
So thank you, Lord.
Thank you, Jesus.
421
00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:55,654
ROLLO:
Even this non-legal
immigrant worker
422
00:15:55,654 --> 00:15:59,524
donates money to BET employees
every month. Wow.
423
00:15:59,524 --> 00:16:02,160
Me and my family,
we don't have much,
424
00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:03,996
but we give everything we have
425
00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:07,065
to the poor BET workers.
426
00:16:07,065 --> 00:16:09,968
This is not
what America is about.
427
00:16:09,968 --> 00:16:12,704
[♪♪♪]
428
00:16:12,704 --> 00:16:14,806
REPORTER [ON TV]:
And Black Entertainment
Television
429
00:16:14,806 --> 00:16:16,341
is really feeling the heat now
430
00:16:16,341 --> 00:16:19,011
from this nationwide boycott,
started a week ago
431
00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:21,647
by a 10-year-old boy
on a hunger strike.
432
00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,582
The NAACP
announced this morning
433
00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:25,717
that it is asking its members
to join the boycott
434
00:16:25,717 --> 00:16:28,320
to make the network
more socially responsible.
435
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,424
Master. Oh, this is
an unexpected pleasure.
436
00:16:32,424 --> 00:16:34,793
We are honored by your presence.
437
00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:36,194
Ah.
438
00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:36,194
Okay, first of all,
439
00:16:36,194 --> 00:16:38,830
why do you always kneel when
I walk in? That's just so weird.
440
00:16:38,830 --> 00:16:40,999
Second, we've got to
figure out this boycott thing.
441
00:16:40,999 --> 00:16:43,435
It's killing us.
442
00:16:40,999 --> 00:16:43,435
Ah, but it is Huey Freeman
443
00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:46,638
and Reverend Goodlove
who'll soon be doing the dying.
444
00:16:46,638 --> 00:16:49,441
But we're looking
at getting some ninjas in
445
00:16:49,441 --> 00:16:51,043
for a cheap price.
446
00:16:52,677 --> 00:16:54,546
Yeah, look,
just talk to 'em.
447
00:16:54,546 --> 00:16:56,681
Give 'em whatever they want,
okay? Just handle it.
448
00:16:56,681 --> 00:16:59,151
Not everyone is in support
of the boycott.
449
00:16:59,151 --> 00:17:02,187
Listen to what this BET
supporter had to say.
450
00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:04,022
Every time
a black baby is born,
451
00:17:04,022 --> 00:17:07,458
I'd give 'em a plasma TV
and one channel: BET.
452
00:17:07,458 --> 00:17:09,594
Slap it right on the ceiling
over the crib.
453
00:17:09,594 --> 00:17:12,964
By the time that nigga's 12,
he'll be watching it in jail.
454
00:17:12,964 --> 00:17:15,199
Ha-ha-ha-ha! BET forever!
455
00:17:15,199 --> 00:17:17,268
BET! Boom-bye-ya!
456
00:17:17,268 --> 00:17:19,370
BET! Boom-bye-ya.
457
00:17:19,370 --> 00:17:21,306
That's the kind
of language they understand.
458
00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:25,043
Huh. Surprised you guys
haven't given him a show.
459
00:17:25,043 --> 00:17:29,047
Call Goodlove. Set up a meeting!
460
00:17:29,047 --> 00:17:32,350
[♪♪♪]
461
00:17:32,350 --> 00:17:35,387
HUEY:
It was in the news that I first
heard the boycott had ended.
462
00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:37,522
The details were sketchy,
but there was no mention
463
00:17:37,522 --> 00:17:40,491
of the network shutting down,
nor of ritual suicide.
464
00:17:40,491 --> 00:17:42,995
So I feared I had been had.
465
00:17:42,995 --> 00:17:46,131
A show?
You sold me out for a show?
466
00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:49,201
Damn it, Huey, you can't
change BET from the outside.
467
00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:51,169
You got to change it
from the inside.
468
00:17:51,169 --> 00:17:52,237
This is victory,
brother.
469
00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:53,471
Now, my message--
470
00:17:53,471 --> 00:17:55,306
Our message
will get to the people.
471
00:17:55,306 --> 00:17:58,811
It's a sitcom called
My Dad, Rollo.
472
00:17:58,811 --> 00:18:01,746
Do you have any idea
how hungry I am?
473
00:18:01,746 --> 00:18:03,748
You think I want my own sitcom,
Huey?
474
00:18:03,748 --> 00:18:05,350
No, I really don't.
475
00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:07,185
But you can catch
more flies with honey
476
00:18:07,185 --> 00:18:08,553
than you ever gonna
catch with vinegar.
477
00:18:08,553 --> 00:18:12,690
And, brother Huey, laughter
is that sweet, sweet honey.
478
00:18:12,690 --> 00:18:14,759
Oh, Lord, child.
479
00:18:14,759 --> 00:18:16,161
Have mercy.
480
00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:19,498
Niggas is just gonna be niggas.
481
00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:22,768
So you might as well get that
money while you bullshit.
482
00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,637
Why starve?
Why just starve?
483
00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:27,072
Then go get
something to eat.
484
00:18:27,072 --> 00:18:28,807
Me and Puffy having dinner
at the Chateau.
485
00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:30,375
You know you're welcome
to come, don't you?
486
00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:32,678
[♪♪♪]
487
00:18:34,846 --> 00:18:37,115
Thanks, Granddad.
488
00:18:37,115 --> 00:18:40,251
Granddad, what do you do
when you can't do nothing,
489
00:18:40,251 --> 00:18:41,920
but there's nothing
you can do?
490
00:18:43,321 --> 00:18:45,923
You do what you can.
491
00:18:45,923 --> 00:18:48,860
By the way, did you hear they're
giving Ruckus a job at BET?
492
00:18:48,860 --> 00:18:50,061
Can you believe that?
493
00:18:50,061 --> 00:18:51,930
What the hell's wrong
with those people over there?
494
00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:55,500
Damn, they'll give anybody
a job at BET.
495
00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:57,836
I don't
want one. Shoot.
496
00:18:58,903 --> 00:19:01,807
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