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Hey, baby.

- I got some good news, man. - What's that?

Remember that play I auditioned for this morning?

- Yeah. - I got the part.

Oh, man.

Marlon, what play are you in?

Dee, it's called, "Mama, What We Gonna Do Now."

- It's a Mm-mm-mm production. - Oh.

They're the same ones who did "Mama, Don't Eat That Swine."

- Yeah. - Oh, I know it's gonna be good.

Oh, yeah. Most def.

And they also did the play

"How Do You Love A Black Man With Bad Credit."

Oh, I saw that three times.

Dee, guess who I'm co-starring with?

Keith Sweat.

You know I'm going, you know I'm going.

- Pretty good, Marlon. - Hey, thank you.

- You growing up. - Thank you, baby.

Well, if y'all don't mind, I'm gonna go study for my role.

- I got a new role for you. - What?

Go roll your behind over there and stack them papers.

[theme music]

♪ We're brothers ♪

♪ We're happy and we're singing and we're colored ♪

♪ Give me a high five ♪♪

(male # 1) 'Alright, cut and print. Beautiful guys!'

'Dynamite, that is..'

[upbeat music]

[instrumental music]

So, Shawn. How you gonna run two newsstands?

Well, brother I was thinkin'

about letting Marlon run one of them.

Marlon? Really, son. Who you gonna get?

Come on, pop. Marlon's been really responsible lately.

And you know I've be wantin' this for a long time.

Besides, you can't have a family business without family.

The hell you can't.

You don't see my thievin' brothers workin' for me.

Besides, you forgot that Marlon just landed that play?

- That's his big dream. - No.

Marlon's big dream is to be Janet Jackson's washcloth.

I'm serious, pop, you know how Marlon is, man.

Next week, he'll be on to somethin' else.

I'm tryin' to give him somethin' solid here.

- What up, baby? - Hey, what's up, baby boy.

- Deadly, son. - Poppin'.

- Yo, guess what? - What?

I'm openin' up another newsstand.

[chuckles] With what money?

You still goJordan'stta pay Jorda's jeans on layaway.

[sarcastic laughter]

No, really. I got my tax refund, man.

I saved up all my money.

I want you to run the second newsstand.

- Get outta here. - Yeah, man.

We're gonna be partners, we're gonna be like

Johnson and Johnson. Ben and Jerry.

Beavis and Butthead.

- Cool. - Cornholio.

Well, hold on, man. My play premieres next week.

I can't do both.

Actually, you could, man, that's easy.

All you gotta do is run the newsstand in the day

and work on your play at night

you get best of both worlds.

Okay, and what about my social life?

Man, you can read your booty magazines on the subway.

Well, looks like you guys got everything worked out.

- Alright, I'm in. - Alright.

Boy, we're gonna be larger than Diane Warren's nostrils.

[instrumental music]

I can't believe it, this place is legit.

Look at these real velvet seats.

Your brother gonna blow up big time, son.

Are you crazy, Pops? This place is dingy.

This looks like the theater that Pee-wee Herman got caught in.

Look at all these jerry curls and bad furs.

Look like the 101 hyenas.

This ain't no hyena, honey. This is mink.

- Mink? - Mm-hmm.

Them look like one of 'em flea-bitten squirrels

at Central Park.

You should know, that's where you get your lunch meat from.

- I told you. - She got your face, pop.

Hey, Dee, what's all those big ol' baseball caps for?

They're not baseball caps, it's my bra.

I'mma throw it at Keith Sweat.

You better hope, he don't throw 'em back at you.

Hey, Uncle Ben.

Shh, shh, shh!

The play's about to start.

The brown rice is slammin'.

I'm coming up, on the right side, mama.

- Hey! - Marlon!

Hey, that's my boy. That's my boy down there.

Mama, mama, there's a big party, tonight

and everybody's in the twist is gonna be there, mama.

And I've ripped my best Sunday pants, look.

Yes, I see that.

Mama.

Who drank up all of my orange juice?

I can't drink Kool-Aid, it breaks me out.

Travis, why you sweating mama?

Stay outta this, Lavelle.

Don't you talk to me like that.

Boys, boys. Stop all this fussin'.

Now, Travis, go on in the kitchen and look behind

the coffee can, where I keep the bacon grease

and there should be a new bottle of Tang for you.

And, Lavelle.

Go look in mama's dresser and get my old crown royal bag

with needle and thread in it

and I'll have your butt sewed up at no time.

(in unison) Hey, mama. Thank you, mama.

[knock on door]

Wonder, who that could be.

It's the landlady, big mama. Open up.

I have an eviction notice.

And, unless you pay your three months back rent by noon..

I gotta put you out.

- Skank. - Mama.

Mama, we can't afford to come up with that kinda money.

Mama, what are we gonna do, mama?

[sighs] Mama, what are we gonna do?

We're gonna do what we always do, baby

when times get hard.

What's that? Lay my face in your big breast and pray?

No, baby.

Get my last $20, go to the store

get me some quick fix and a honeybun.

You got it, mama.

That never works.

I've been living in the basement for 25 years.

Now, I think it's time for me to take on some responsibility.

And help out for once.

Kick it!

[instrumental music]

- Whoo! - Yeah.

♪ As you stand there in your pink rollers ♪

♪ In your house shoes ♪ ♪ You got buttons too ♪

♪ I can tell you got the kinda love ♪

♪ That I have a brother twisted baby ♪

♪ Twisted baby ♪

♪ Twisted baby ♪

♪ You know you want my loving baby ♪

♪ Baby baby baby ♪

♪ You got me twisting over you ♪

♪ I got the love that you need my baby ♪

♪ Seven cold inches ♪

♪ So what are you gonna do ♪

♪ And baby baby you know ♪

♪ That my mama is broke ♪

♪ Broken debt a mother ♪

♪ But you come up in here ♪

♪ My brother whoop that big old ass girl ♪

♪ Saying eviction's near ♪

♪ Oh but I gotta be ♪

♪ But I gotta be strong ♪

♪ Girl your rollers turn me on ♪

♪ And I think you're so fine ♪

♪ Now you say you want me ♪

♪ Girl what is it gonna be ♪

♪ What's it gonna be ♪

♪ And we're not gonna be here for long ♪

♪ You know you want my loving baby ♪

♪ You got me twisted over you ♪

♪ I got the love that you need my baby ♪

♪ So what are we gonna do ♪

♪ You got me twisted baby ♪♪

Keith! Keith! Keith!

Oh! Travis.

That was just wonderful.

You almost made me sweat out my perm.

So we gonna hook up?

Yes. But the rent is still due.

Oh, no. No.

Mama, mama.

Mama-a-a-a!

[sobbing] Mama.

I'm right here, baby.

Mama's right here, baby.

Oh, mama...mama.

What are we gonna do, mama?

[audience applauding]

Man, pop, this is the worst play I have ever seen in my life.

You're right, son. This ain't no beauty shop.

Good thing, we got in for free.

I still think we paid too much.

This is the most touching play I have ever seen.

I got to bring my mama.

It's better than "Good Times".

I was thinkin' the same thing myself.

Man, it's a good thing Marlon got this newsstand

to fall back on.

Well, one thing's for sure.

It couldn't get any worse.

I don't know about that, pop.

According to this program, there's a scene

where Big Mama decide to come up with rent money

by entering the wet T-shirt contest.

[instrumental music]

(Big Mama) 'Well, I'm ready, boys. Hose me down.'

Oh, my God.

[instrumental music]

No, you gotta be kiddin' me.

For real?

Oh, man, this is great news.

Alright, alright man, take it easy.

Alright. Peace.

Pop, pop. I got great news!

Pop, some producer saw my play

and he want to take it on a road.

You sure that road is not gonna lead to a cliff?

Come on, pop, quit jokin', man

this could be the big break I needed.

Well, that's great, son.

I always said that you'd make it.

No, you didn't.

Well, I always said, you were gonna do great things.

You never said that either.

I said it, I said, uh..

Shoot, are you gonna nitpick or we gonna celebrate?

This calls for the good stuff.

Wait a minute.

I thought you were going to be running the newsstand.

You tell Shawn, you're leaving?

No. I don't know how to, pop.

This newsstand is important to him.

I feel like I'm always bailing out on him.

Well, now, I just feel like flake.

Well, you're a flake, son, but this is important.

This is about your career.

Shawn will understand.

Yeah, I guess so.

Alright, I'm gonna go talk to him.

Hmm, wait a minute.

Are you gonna finish that little taste?

Give me that.

Well, I-I'm gonna celebrate your good fortune.

Man, oh, man. Marlon's gonna love this.

Look up, Marlon, say cheese.

- 'Hey, what's up, kid.' - What's up, Marlon.

- Chillin' man. - What's going on, kid?

- Hey, man, I got great news. - What?

I found the perfect location for the second newsstand.

- Oh, really? - Yeah.

Oh, man, that's fat.

Yo, congratulations, kid, for real.

Hey, look, Shawn, I got something important

to talk to you about.

Oh, Marlon, don't worry about that burnin' feelin'.

Little bit of medication will clear that right up.

I'm not talkin' about that.

I got rid of that already. Pshaw..

It's about my play.

Hey, there you go. Alright.

Some producers saw it and they wanna take us on a road.

Producers? What play where they watching?

Oh, I mean, yo.. Hey, that's fat, kid.

So, how long you gonna be gone?

Couple of days, couple of weeks?

Actually, couple of months. Maybe, even longer than that.

Damn, kid.

Look, Shawn, I know, I promised to help you out

with the newsstand bein' if you need me

I-I mean, I'll stay.

I mean, we are family. You know what I'm sayin'?

- It's alright, man. - No, for real, kid.

If you really want me to stay, I-I don't have to go.

It's alright, you..

I figured somethin' like this will happen.

Go..

Go handle your business.

You mean, you ain't mad at me or nothin'?

Nah!

I thought you were gonna bust me

in my chest or something.

Are you sure you don't want to throw me a head lock?

Nah, I'm cool.

Oh, man, y-you are the best, kid. I love you, man.

- Thanks, man. - Alright.

I gotta get home and pack.

Leaving early tomorrow mornin'.

Okay. Alright.

Hey, Shawn. Your baby brother's on his way, kid.

(Shawn) 'You outta of here, man.'

[instrumental music]

Real happy for you.

[instrumental music]

Hey, Marlon, could you do me a favor and...get me..

[phone ringing]

(Shawn on tape) 'What's up, yee-haw, this is Shawn cri-zz-ib.'

'And I am not here right now, so leave your name'

'your number and your measurements..'

'and I'll get back to you.'

'G-girl! Will you stop tuggin' on my jeans?'

'Oh, you so fine, you so cute. You got good hair.'

'You my baby doll.'

[phone beeping]

(Pops) 'Shawn, Shawn.'

Hello? Hey, pop.

Oh, I'm cool.

Come on, now, Marlon's only been gone a week..

Yeah, I've been keeping myself busy.

Didn't you listen to the answering machine?

Yeah, there's one big party going on here.

Hey, girl! Will you hold on.

Hey, hey stop tuggin' on my jeans, girl.

Yeah, she think I'm half Indian.

Oh, yeah, I'm keeping myself busy.

I got a little old reliable coming over tonight.

Yeah, I'm givin' a little massage.

Alright, brother. Alright, take care.

Alright, peace.

[knock on door]

Hey..

He's the pimp...of the year.

Look like you cut your hair again.

What's up, man. Give me some love.

- What's up, yo? - Okay, my love?

Say, man. Sorry, we didn't call first.

Oh, that's alright, man.

Hey,mi casa es su casa, mi amigos.

[laughs] My friend.

My friend.

Didn't you say last week, you would rather hang out

with Mark Fuhrman, than us?

Yeah, man, what the deal is with you?

Nothin' man. So, what's up? What you guys doing here?

Now that Marlon's left town, we thought you might need

a partner for your new location.

Come on, man. You two don't like to work.

Yeah, but we can do nothin', just like Marlon did.

But, we can do it better.

Marlon, yo! What's up, pretty boy?

- Hey, hey, hey. - Oh, man.

- How you doin', man? - I'm fine.

What you doing back here? You change your mind?

- You miss me? - Hell, no.

They shut down the play.

Yeah, the landlord ran off with ten thousand bucks.

Oh, my God.

Thought he went to buy some new weave.

Oh, that is great news, Marlon. I am so happy to see you.

Hey, man, quit slapping on me, dawg.

God!

You must've really missed me, huh?

- That's so cute, you miss me? - It wasn't even like that--

Don't be mad with me.

Look, man, you had to miss me if you hangin' out with these two.

Oh, you mean, Superfly and hungry, hungry hippo?

Superfly?

Thank you, brother.

Come on, T.C., let's eat.

So, what's up, man. What's been going on, kid?

Oh, man, Marlon, it's been crazy, madness, madness

craziness up in here, man.

Yeah, honey went in and out, in and out--

Where? Where? Where--

They just left, man. You just missed them.

- Get outta here. - Which way did you come?

- I came up the eleva-- - They went down the stairs.

- Oh, man! Are you serious? - Yeah, yeah.

Come on, I know you got to a little somethin'

comin' to you, you player.

Ain't no lovin', man.

Got an old reliable comin' over.

I'm gonna give her a little massage.

Are you serious?

[knock on door]

Shawn, I'm here.

I got the baby oil and my corn scraper.

[instrumental music]

Hey, it's the Diddy.

So, Diddy, look like somebody

been tryin' to pay a parkin' ticket.

Oh, no. Not exactly, Pops.

Actually, I was checkin' out

the lease on my second newsstand.

Marlon, all we gotta do is fill out these forms

sign this check right here, baby boy

and we are in business.

Oh, really? That all we got to do, uh?

- Yeah. - T-that's cool, man.

I'm-I'm happy for you.

Hey, look, you mind if I take my lunch right now.

I'll be back to scrape the gum off the floor little later.

- Sure, partner. - Alright.

- Well, Shawn, you look excited. - Yes, we are.

We? Talking about you and Marlon?

It's not what he wants.

He never say anything like that to me.

Shawn, the newsstand is what you want

it's not what he wants.

The only reason he's here today

is because his plans fell through.

Think about it, son.

[instrumental music]

- What's up, man. - Hey, what's up, B?

Yo, the bank called for you two times.

- Hmm. - Where you been?

Oh, just taking care of little bit of business.

- Word. - Yeah, I'll call them back.

Hey, what's up guys?

Shawn, you remember Big Mama and Keith Sweat.

Hey, how you doing?

Yeah, Big Mama, it's good to see you with a dry shirt on.

Anyway, Marlon, we been lookin' for you all over.

- Got some good news today. - What?

Someone upped the rest of the money.

We goin' back on the road, baby.

Get out of here, are you serious, man?

'Oh, man that's great news.'

Ah, Big Mama!

[choking]

- Mama, I can't breath. - Baby, I am sorry, I'm sorry.

You need to go home and pack. We leave tomorrow.

Alright, baby.

We gonna make it last forever.

I gotta to go buy me some corn patch

and some jelly beans for my long bus ride.

(Dupree) 'Keith!'

Keith Sweat. Oh, could you wait, right there?

I got somethin' to tell you.

Pop, can you believe it? Your baby boy's on his way, man.

That's great, son. That's great, that's great.

Shawn.

- I'm really proud of you, man. - Hey, man.

- Hey, thank you, kid. - Yeah.

Hey...you ain't mad that I'm bailing out on you, right?

- No, no, man. I told you. - You sure?

Go pursue your dream, man. See you in a couple of months.

Hey, you're the best, man.

- Love you. - I love you too, man.

Pop, I'll go tell mom, man, she'll be so happy.

Tell her to save me some of those gizzards.

Son, you got to hire somebody

else to run your other newsstand.

Uh, no, pop, actually, I decided to hold off on that, you know.

I'm gonna invest my money in somethin' else.

You gave them that money, didn't you?

No, I-I told you, I invested in somethin' else.

Like what?

Like it ain't out on market yet, okay?

It's one 'em things that you plug in and

and, a-and vibrates and..

It's a young thing, you wouldn't understand.

Shawn, Shawn, you lie worst than Kato Kaelin.

I know my sons.

I know when you lyin', your ears wiggle when you lie.

[sighs] Alright. I gave him the money.

I went down there, found out how much they needed..

...someone else came up with the rest.

I knew it.

Hey, pop, are you the other investor?

Hell, no.

I saw that play, it sucked.

Yeah, but the girlies love it.

They flockin' to it, just 'cause of Keith Sweat.

I hope so.

Anyway, I like what you did when you helped out your brother.

You did good, son.

Real good.

Yo, Shawn.

Oh, no, come on, man. No more long goodbyes, just go.

Man, bump that. I just want my check.

[chuckles] My bad.

There you go, all $5.

Oh, shut up. Seriously, man..

Hey, hey, hey, Marlon.

What's, what's this?

Oh, that's my new 8x10.

What you think? Is it sexy or what?

That's pretty cute, man.

- You like it? - Yeah.

You mind hookin' a brother up with a autograph?

You want my autograph, kid?

Yeah.

Might be worth somethin' one day.

[chuckles] Alright..

"To, Shawn."

That's corny, isn't it? Let's go with somethin' like..

"To my number one main man, Shawn."

Yeah, okay, okay, okay.

- To-- - Oh, come on now.

To you, negro. Keep it real, peace.

- Alright, man. I love you. - One love, man.

Represent, represent.

- Represent. - Alright.

Hey, whenever we in town, the play comes..

You got front row seats, just call me, baby.

- 'Really?' - You got it.

Whoa! I can't wait to go.

[instrumental music]

Alright, man, look.

As soon as I open up my second newsstand..

...you guys, can come work for me.

Work?

Ain't nobody said nothin' about all that debt.

I'm just trying to get a sandwich about today.

You get it, man?

Man, come on, Dupree.

I got a trunk full of aluminum cans.

Let's cash 'em in and get a Happy Meal.

Cool. As long as I get to keep the toy.

Okay.

(Shawn) Look up, Marlon. Say cheese.