Original subtitles

[instrumental music]

Excuse me, my brother, do you have

the spring '88 issue of "Playpen?"

You know, the one with the ladies of cell block DD.

I know that voice anywhere.

Terrell, yo! Wassu-u-up?

- Yo, wassup, man? - Wassup, man?

(Marlon) 'Hey.'

Oh, no, no.

I know this here little peanut.

What up, T?

- What's the matter, son? - Ooh!

Yo, man, you got big.

Yeah, man, I've been hittin' the weights.

You know what I'm sayin'? Tryin' to get a diesel.

- Yup, the same old peanut. - Heh heh heh.

Hey, you know what time it is?

Uh, it's about 2 o'clock.

Wrong, it's wedgie time.

- No! Stop it! - Come here, boy! Come here.

- Come here, boy! - Hey, hey, hey, man.

Yo, man, you can't be doing my little brother like that.

Yeah, you can't be doing his little brother like that.

- The correct way is like this. - No!

[indistinct shouting]

He's slicing me!

[theme song]

♪ 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.'

[theme music]

[instrumental music]

Stop, man! You turned my drawers into floss.

Marlon, cut that out before I give you something to cry about.

See? Now my kids are gonna come out funny-lookin' like pops.

- I'm cool. - Ew!

Yo, pop, look who's here.

(Pops) 'Terrell Young.'

All-state point guard four seasons in a row.

Give me a hug.

I still remember that shot, Terrell.

You mean the one where I came down three seconds left

three defenders got on me. Boom, I pulled up.

- That one? - No, no, no, not that one.

The one the doctor gave after you got busy with that skeezer.

Yo, anyway, T, man, you look good, man.

Where you been playin' ball lately?

Yeah, man, I've been playin' overseas.

Oh, word. Yo, I was just over at C's house the other day.

Yo, what's he up to, man?

No, I mean Greece.

Remember when I played in Greece once.

We played in jelly..

...syrup, cocoa. You should've seen us in cocoa.

Nobody could even see us. We had cocoa all over the face.

Hey, hey, hey, come on, pop.

Hey, you tellin' us a little bit too much.

Anyway, T, man, I'm surprised, man.

With your jump shot, you should be playing for the NBA.

Uh, you know, true, true, true.

But they pay me a lot more overseas, bro.

Word? You gonna makin' that Jordan paper?

Well, you know, not like that.

But I do have the fat crib over there

a Benz and a different woman every day of the week, bro.

Oh, word? Yeah.

I got a different girl every day of the week.

Heh, word up.

Monday, Ms. June.

Tuesday, Ms. February.

Wednesday, I get freaky and do May and April.

[laughs]

[clears throat]

What's wrong with your throat, Dee?

Oh-h-h, my bad. Okay, um, uh..

Dee, this is Terrell Young.

Uh, he went to high school with me

and he played on the same basketball team.

And this is Dee Baxter.

Hey, head of security. Ha ha.

Pleasure to meet you, Dee. Muah!

That fragrance. Uh, is, is that Obsession?

No, it's papa's chicken.

You know, uh, I play a little basketball myself.

I'm especially good with one on one.

[laughing]

Slow down, Dee, you're dribblin'.

Oh.

- Excuse me a moment. - Oh.

Hey, Shawn, I'mma go over here and hook up with these honeys.

(Shawn) 'Oh, go ahead, man.'

Hook me up!

(Marlon) 'Who does this guy think he is?'

Yeah, he might be a star over in Europe

but over here that weak rap ain't gonna work.

I got the girls, let's roll.

Damn, kid. Yo, you still got the moves, man.

Well, you know, on and off court.

Hey, Shawn, remember when I got with that girl

in the locker room right behind her boyfriend's back?

- What was her name? - Uh, Keesha.

Oh, yes, Keesha!

Oh, my goodness, she was so fine, man.

Who was that.. Who was that sucker she was goin' out with?

Me.

- You know, my bad. - Yeah, yeah.

Hey, hey, hey.

Ain't no fun if the homies can't have none.

Right on.

So, uh, T, T, T-rock, T-rock, T-smooth, smooth-T.

Wassup, w-w-which one of them girls is, uh, mine?

Well, peanut, you know you always get the ugly one.

But all of them are fine.

Even Mariah Scary over there is kinda cute.

Well, look like I'm just gonna have to take two.

- Come on, Shawn. - Yo, warm one up for me.

Yo, Marlon, watch the newsstand for me. I'm out, baby.

(Marlon) 'Hey, Mariah. Me and Mariah.'

'Goin' down like..'

Oh, well..

Hey, what y'all doin'? Hey, how you doin'?

Wassup? 5-5-5-2-2-2-2.

Say, girl, what you doin'?

Say, bro, are you busy?

[instrumental music]

Yo, man, the girls we hooked up with, they were fine

but the one you had, she had a deep voice.

I know, she talk like Sling Blade.

[grunting]

Yeah, just like that.

[imitating Sling Blade] Mmm, let me get some of them

there french fries with that..

Don't you talk about that, dear boy.

[Shawn buzzing]

Shh. Shh.

[Shawn buzzing]

[laughing]

[Shawn buzzing]

Stop playing! Stop playin', man!

See, why y'all playin', man?

Why y'all playin'? You play too much, stupid.

See?

That ain't funny.

Come on, man, stop actin' like a little girl.

- We're only playin' out. - Man, you stupid.

It's the middle of the night.

See, man, this is dairy. You know I'm lactose intolerant.

Man, I can't believe he still fall for the old tricks.

[imitating Terrell] Man, I can't believe he still fall for the old tricks.

Stupid.

You know, some of us have to get up in the morning.

I need my rest.

You know, some of us have to get up in the morning, like

some of us have a, like, a job, like..

Maybe you do too, Shawn.

Actually, like, I was thinkin' of taking tomorrow off

and hangin' out with my friend Terrell.

What are you gonna do?

Go down into bowling alley and get beat up

by some eighth graders again?

Come on, Marlon, man, let me hang out with Terrell.

How often do I get a chance to see him?

Fine, go ahead.

But the next time y'all hook up with three girls

you better make sure one of them is ugly.

Look here, man, I better be goin'.

Where you stayin'?

Oh, I got reservations over at the Four Seasons

Man, I hope I can catch a cab at this late hour.

A brother catch a cab in New York City?

Ain't no cab stopping for no brother in New York.

I don't care how light-skinned you are.

Hey, man, why you wanna stay at some fancy hotel anyway?

Why don't you just stay here?

I mean, we have everything a fancy hotel would have

minus the soap and clean towels.

No, no, I can't.

Yeah, see, he can't.

Yeah, man, yo, you can take my room.

I'll take the couch.

No, no. No!

[imitating Terrell] No, no. No!

No, keep your room, I'll take the couch.

Keep the room, he'll take the.. Hell no!

You won't take no couch!

Shawn, where, where am I supposed to sleep?

Marlon, you can take my room.

Whoa, whoa.

Don't get freaky on me, Shawn.

I ain't sleepin' with you. Your feet smell like corn chips.

Hey, look, man, you ain't gonna be sleepin' on the bed.

You gonna be sleepin' on the floor, okay?

Yo, T, man. Yo, it's gonna be just like high school.

- Oh, yeah. - Hey, hey, brother.

Hey, yo, man, speaking of high school.

Hey, Shawn, remember when we snuck backstage

at the Sheila E. Concert and we saw her undress?

Uh, actually, we seen Prince.

Y'all seen the artist formally known ass.

Hey, Shawn, how about that time you hooked up with that, uh, uh

you tried to kick it to that French girl?

Oh, yeah, yeah, I'll never forget that, man. Whoo.

I can't believe you did what you did.

Hey, man, she said, "Oui, oui."

[laughing]

Oui, oui.

Hey, y'all remember that time

that Shawn sent me to the store for grape soda

and I came back with orange.

And then you said..

[imitates can opening]

"...This ain't grape." Ha ha ha.

[laughing]

Whoo.

Y'all know that was true, tr-tr-true story too.

- For real. - Hey, peanut, how about a beer?

Oh, man, that'll be great. I'll take one.

Good, then go get us a six-pack.

Oh.Damn,

My agent was supposed to wire me some money from Greece.

Hey, Shawn, man, can you kick me down with $10

give to Marlon? I'll hit you back later.

Oh, sure, man, yeah. You got whatever you want, T.

Here you go.

Hey, Marlon, go get some beer

little peanut.

- Fine. - Hey.

Get a candy bar, why don't ya?

Don't mind if I do.

I can't believe he still fell for the old trick again.

What?

I put Ex-Lax in that candy bar.

Let's see, three

two and one.

[pounding on door]

[Marlon grunting]

[instrumental music]

Hey, man, what's wrong with you?

What you kicking me with them tic-tac shoes for?

Son, I'm sorry, I'm just doin' what the sign says.

What sign?

See? Terrell and his stupid practical jokes.

He play too much, man.

It's not funny.

I'm tellin' you, that Terrell is shady.

He's up to no good, pop.

Look, he claim he got all this loot.

Meanwhile, he moochin' off of Shawn.

Well, wait a minute now.

What's wrong with that? They're friends.

And friends give and take.

Yeah, well, right now, Terrell's

takin' all Shawn can give. Okay?

Now, if you are really concerned about Terrell

why don't you just tell Shawn?

Well, I guess, we all going to the Knicks game tonight.

- Yeah. - Maybe I'll just tell him then.

- Yeah. - No, you go tell him right now.

- I'm gonna tell him right now. - You go tell him right now.

[indistinct chattering]

Ow. Hey, man, what's wrong with you?

[instrumental music]

(Terrell) 'Yeah, I understand. Yeah, I agree.'

- 'Yeah, yeah, that's right.' - Shawn.

Let me talk to you for a second.

Shh, man.

Can't you see T is on the phone?

He's talking to his agents in Greece.

What?

You mean, he gets to call Greece and it's fine

and you get mad at me when I call 9-7-6 bud?

Andre, look, just get it here as quick as you can, alright?

- Damn! - What's the matter, T?

They won't send my money out for another few days.

Damn Greek holiday.

What is it? Caligula's birthday?

Look, Shawn, man, this is kind of embarrassing.

But can you loan me a few hundred bucks

until my pockets get right?

- You know-- - Hey, hey, hey.

Stop that right there, okay?

If I got it, you got it.

Write you a check right now, man.

We're like family, man.

- Here you go. - Thanks a lot, man.

Look, I'll have your money back in a couple days.

- Hey, no problem, man. - Thanks a lot, man.

Hey, yo, T, man, we gotta be at that game by 7 o'clock.

What happened? He bought a ticket too?

Oh, no, um, I just figured it'd be alright

for me to give him your ticket.

What? What are you, crazy, man?

What'd you give him my ticket for without asking me?

[indistinct]

No, I'm just sayin'. That's all.

Why-wh-why, why you wanna give him my ticket

without ask-askin' me, that's all, Mr. Shawn.

Aight, fine.

You can take my ticket and go with him.

I don't want your ticket. Fine, give him my ticket.

Marlon, why you buggin' anyway?

Why am I buggin'? You're buggin'.

Shoot. Why can't you just open your eyes, man?

Why can't you see your man is playing you, son?

- Playin' me? - Yeah, he's playing you.

Nobody's playing me?

Nobody's playing me, aight?

Hmm.

Yeah, okay.

You know what? I'll tell you what it is.

I think you're jealous.

I think you're jealous because I've been spendin'

more time with Terrell than I've been spendin' with you.

Look, I'm just sayin', dude, dude is using you, Shawn.

I mean, he's damn near taken over our whole apartment.

Our apartment?

- Yeah. - Our apartment?

Marlon, the last time you paid me rent

we was playin' monopoly.

I'm telling you right now

if you got a problem with Terrell being here

fine, nobody's forcin' you to stay.

- Oh, it's like that? - Yeah.

You gonna choose a stranger over me?

Alright, son, I see you.

Peace out.

[door slams shut]

[instrumental music]

Oh, he's here.

Hey, man, I don't wanna get into this, Marlon, man.

I already told you, if you wanna come back to the house

you're always welcome to comeback.

No, thank you.

I'll be at pop's until your

little girlfriend leaves, okay?

Okay, fine, whatever, alright?

- I've had it with your jokes. - Mm-hmm.

I'm outta here. Terrell's takin' me to the track.

He's taking you, aight.

Do I sense some sibling rivalry here?

No, I'm just having a fight with my brother.

What's wrong, honey?

Man, Dee, ever since Terrell

came in town, Shawn been acting like a jerk.

I hate that Terrell. Can't wait till he goes back to Greece.

You know, it's funny you should mention that.

I was just reading this

basketball magazine for him.

You read basketball magazines?

I like sweaty men in shorts, baby.

Well, anyway, there's a big article

about the new basketball league in Greece.

And there's no picture, no mention of Terrell.

- Get outta here. - No.

- For real? Let me see this. - Uh-uh. None.

- Yo, Dee, you're right. - Mm-hmm.

This boy's name was not on any of these rosters.

Uh-uh.

Oh, I knew he was lyin'

about being on that basketball team.

You wait till I tell Shawn about his little hero.

- Watch the newsstand for me. - Alright.

Don't steal no basketball magazines either.

[instrumental music]

- 'Hey there, peanut.' - Wassup, man?

Hey, you know what time it is?

Yeah, it's wedgie time.

- Hey, hey, hey! - How do you like that?

- Hey, I don't like it! - How do you like that?

You like that? You like that?

You like that? You like that?

[indistinct chattering]

How do you like that?

Now, where's Shawn?

He went to the ATM to get us some cash for the track.

Oh, really?

Well, when are you gonna go somewhere

and get some cash?

- You know, you're right. - Yeah, I am right.

My agent's been draggin' his butt

on my signin' bonus for too long.

I'mma call him up right now.

Mm-hmm, you know, you gotta stay on these fools, you know.

They be actin' all ignorant. You know what I'm sayin'?

Here we go. Here we go.

And that's five, okay. Whoo!

Hey, hey, hey, Kelsee, wassup, man?

Yo, man, what's the deal with my money?

Well, I tell you what.

Look, if I don't get my money, right?

You ain't gonna be my agent

unless you show me the mone-e-ey!

See that?

Take a little initiative

little action, you get a little respect.

You know, since high school they created

a little somethin' called, uh, redial.

- Hey, man-- - Box out.

[laughing]

Uh, no, thank you.

Uh, so your agent works at Dominos Pizza, huh?

Somethin' must be wrong with your phone, man. It's broke.

Man, the only thing broke in this house is you.

How can you do this, man?

How can you do this to my brother, man?

He worships you, G.

T, I know you ain't on a team, man.

Look, Marlon, look, man, I was on a team, but I got cut.

Look, as soon as I'm picked up by the NBA, man

I'll pay him back.

Hello? McFly.

You're not getting picked up by the NBA.

The NBA only pick up real men.

And Rodman.

T, man, how you gonna do this to us, man?

I mean, you can't play us like this no more, man.

So what are you gonna do, Marlon?

I'm not doing jack. You're gonna do it.

You're gonna call my brother and you're gonna come clean.

And you're gonna give him his money back too.

Oh, come on, man. Whoa, whoa, peanut, look.

I can't do that, man. Shawn will never forgive me, man.

Well, then I'll do it, okay? How's that?

No, no, no, look, look, look, Marlon, wait. Come on, man.

Look, take the money. It's all there.

Look, you're not gonna tell Shawn about this, are you?

No, I won't.

On one condition.

You don't come back around here till you know

how to be a real friend.

Good lookin' out, kid.

Negro, do this for you.

I did this for my brother.

'Cause if he found out, it'd break his heart.

Now, come on, man, get up out of my house.

Goodbye, peanut.

Marlon.

Aight, T.

Peace out!

[instrumental music]

Marlon, you're back?

Yeah, how'd you know?

By the mess and the smell.

[sniffs]

- Where's Terrell? - Oh, he had to break out.

- What? - Yeah, he had to leave.

What do you mean he had to leave, man?

I put him up, I lend him money, and he leaves town

without even saying goodbye? What the deal?

Hey, man, you know how it is, you know

brother's agent called. He had to get on a plane, you know.

Hey, he said to thank you and to give you this.

It's all there.

Man, my money. And all this time you doubted him.

- Actin' non-believer. - Ha ha.

Actually, kid, knowing by the way Terrell used to be

I see why you was lookin' out for me.

Hey, I, I was lookin' out for you

but I was a little bit jealous.

Jealous? Man, you ain't got nothin' to be jealous of, man.

You'll always be my first choice to hang out with.

You're my baby brother, man.

Nothing will ever come between that.

You say that now.

For a minute there I thought you forgot that.

Never, baby boy.

Actually, I'm kinda glad

Terrell's gone, man. I've got a headache.

We partied so hard, I felt like we was back in high school.

Like third grade with all them practical jokes y'all pulled.

I wanna apologize for those too, man.

I'm sorry, that wasn't right to do you like that.

- It's alright, man. We cool. - We cool?

Yeah. Don't worry about it.

Let's go shoot some pool, kid.

- Aight, no problem. - Come on.

Yeah, we gonna have fun shootin'.. Whoa. Whoops.

Watch yourself. Heh.

[instrumental music]

(Marlon) 'Stop playing! Stop playing!'

'Stop playing!'

Stop playing!

Ah! Ah!

Stop playing! Stop playing!

[indistinct chattering]

(Shawn) Look up, Marlon. Say cheese.