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Dre: The American Dream
is founded on the idea

that starting from the bottom
and working your ass off

will get you what you deserve.

Well, it had taken years,

but all of my hard work
had finally paid off.

That's right ...
Andre Johnson got an ad

in the Super Bowl.

These ads are
cultural touchstones.

They get the biggest budgets,
the biggest stars,

and the biggest audience.

Just getting one on air
is advertising's highest honor.

♪

Andre Johnson?

Okay, I lied.

I'm Andre Johnson.

Advertising's
highest honor

is getting
an Ad World Award nomination.

Aah! Yeah!
I told you, boy!

I told you,
you could do this, Dre![Cellphone ringtone playing]

I told you,
you could do this!

Oh. Hey, Stevens.

Really?

Me?

I had no idea the nominations
came out today.

[Ding!]

Look, you know me.

I'm in it
for the love of the game.

I'm not into it
for the awards.

[Chuckles] No!

I'm just trying
to stay humble.

I don't want any of this
to go to my head.

Alright.
Thanks, Stevens.

Bow!

Run me another bath,
babe!

I'm about to get sticky.

Cra-a-azy!

Whoo!

Whoo-aah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

To Dre.

Ahh!
Yes!

Your first ad was for
a check-cashing joint.

[Laughter]
Now...

you've been nominated
for a car

that people actually
want to be seen in.

- Mm-hmm!
- Yes! This is a house of winners!

- Yep.
- Take note, kids.

If you're thinking about
bringing an "L"

up into this house,
you best to think again!

Mm.
She's talking to you.

- I know.
- I know.

Finally,
I'm being recognized. Mm.

You know, I had a plan.

I put in the long hours
and the early mornings

on this campaign,
and now this.

I hope this goes to show you
that if you put your mind to it

and you stick to your grind,

anything is possible![Laughter]

Not for you guys.

- I know.
- I know.

Babe...
Yes?

Are you ready to walk
the red carpet?

Oh.
You and me.

- Yes.
- Imagine...heads turning.

Mm-hmm.
"Oh, look.

Is that the man
who did the ad?"

Oh."And I think that's his wife.

They say she's a doctor,
but she looks like a model."

- So true. You really do, Mom.
- Well, wait, wait.

Wait, doesn't ... doesn't Devante
have his spring concert
the night of the ceremony?

Eh, he does,
but you know what?

We'll just find
somebody else to take him.

Yes. Because, you know,
your father and I

only get to go out as adults
twice a year,

and I'm not
missing this.

Well, I can't take Devante.

My girl is coming into town.

Mm. Trying to save
the relationship, huh?

Very funny, Diane.

We may be long-distance,
but we're making it work.

- Dre: Okay.
- Rainbow: Okay.

You know what?

I'll take Devante.

What?
What?

Yeah. It's a blessing to
be able to create

these memories with
my grandchildren.

Hmm.

Plus,
Ruby's out of town,

and I have no idea where
she hides the remote.

♪

Ooh. Yes.

Hey, Dre. Hmm.

Congrats on
the nomination, man.

Thanks, man.

You know, I still
haven't come down yet.

Oh, I'll bet. They say
the first award is the best.

Yeah.

Although, for me, I think
it was my third.

The sixth, though,
a very close second,

so I guess if I had
to rank it ...

let's see, it would be
third, sixth,

first, fifth,
fourth, second.

You've won six times?

Huh.
Well, I guess I have, man.

I-I really don't keep track
of that kind of stuff,

but I tip my Yerba
to you, sir.

Oh. Namaste.

There he is! Whoo!

Congratulations, Dre!

Wow.
Congratulations, Dre.

Boy, you really smashed through
that Black glass ceiling,

which we all thought was always
a terrible, terrible thing.

Now there's Black glass
all over the floor.

You did that.

That's because I had a plan
and I stuck to it.

- Ooh.
- And because of that,

I am now breathing in
the sweet smell of success,

and when I win, Josh,
you can no longer wear

open-toed sandals
because of that Black glass.

[Chuckles]

- Ah, Dre.
- Yeah.

You're not gonna win.

Of course
I'm going to win.

My ad was fire.

Yes.
Sure.

Dre,
it was very strong,

but everyone knows that
that ad from Donahue and Baker,

the one with that little girl
and the talking horse ...

I'm sorry, but that's the one
that's gonna win.

- What?
- Josh: It really was a perfect ad.

The way they balance
humor and emotion.

And then, at the end, when that
gospel choir kicks in ...

Man, you think you can
save the world.

Dre, my mother called me
for the first time in years

to ask if I knew
the little girl.

I panicked
and said yeah.

But, hey, at least now
I'm back in the will, right?

That horse ad has nothing
on my commercial,

and if you ask me,
it's emotionally manipulative.

People only liked it
because they were

trapped inside their house
for the last year and a half.

I'm gonna win
that trophy,

assuming that it's a trophy
and not a plaque.

But whatever it is, I'm gonna
wear it around my neck.

♪

Mm!
Mm-mm-mm!

Dad told you to stop
buying flowers for Mom.

It makes him look bad.

And I told him
that he doesn't dictate

the way I love
my mother.

Mm.

But these
are for Olivia.

She's supposed to land
in a few hours,

and I just want the day
to be perfect.

I just need
my woman to get here.

It's been a long two months,
but whenever we're together,

everything just clicks.

♪ You make it look like
it's magic ♪

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ 'Cause I see nobody,
nobody but you, you, you ♪

♪ I'm never confused

♪ Hey, hey

♪ I'm so used to being used

The two of us
just have a rhythm.

♪ So I love when you call
unexpected ♪

It's a dance
only we know.

♪ 'Cause I hate when
the moment's expected ♪ Set to music we make.

Together.♪ So I'mma care for

♪ You, you, you

♪

♪ I'mma care
for you, you, you, yeah ♪

This is the saddest thing
I've seen him do.

If we leave now, we won't have
to look him in the eyes.

Yeah.

♪

Sitting at the Ad World Awards
amongst my peers,

I knew I was exactly
where I was supposed to be.

I was the heir to the throne,

and I wasn't going to
leave here without my crown.

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen,
your host, Isaiah Mustafa.

[Cheers and applause]

Good evening, everyone,

and welcome to
the 2022 Ad World Awards.

[Applause]
Let's kick this thing off.

The nominees for
Best Experiential Activation

for a Consumer Event are...

"Virtual Factory Tour"
by DW Global.

"Destination of Choice"
by GGR.

And Donahue and Baker's

"Little Girl with
Talking Horse."

[Applause]

And the winner is
Donahue and Baker.

"Little Girl with
Talking Horse."

[Cheers and applause]

I'm telling you,
it's gonna be their night.

Hey,
they have one award.

Three 6 Mafia has
one award.

Once again,
it's Donahue and Baker.

"Little Girl with
Talking Horse."

[Applause]

♪

And the award for
Best Visual Effects goes to...

Donahue and Baker.

"Little Girl with
Talking Horse."

[Applause]

Dre: This is garbage.

It is gonna be
the talking horse's night.

And now,

for Outstanding Individual
Achievement in Advertising...

Oh, okay.

...the nominees are...

Andre Johnson of
Stevens & Lido

for "Hyundai Ioniq 5 Life."

Dre, get it together.

Alright, just smile when
they announce the winner.

You may not win, but at least
you can hide your rage.

That's right.
Fix your face, sucker.

And the winner is...

Andre Johnson.

"Hyundai Ioniq 5 Life."

[Applause]
Aw, I'm sorry, babe,

but, you know,

it was an honor
just to be nominated.

- Dre, you won!
- I won?

Yes!
Yes! You won!

I did! I did!
Yes!

Aah!
I won!

Mnh!

Yeah! I won!
Yeah!

- Ohh!
- Oh, my God!

Yeah, okay.

Oh, thank you, bro.
Thank you, bro.

Okay, uh, let's see.

I have a speech. Uh...

Um...

I want to thank Black Jesus
and my mama

and my beautiful wife, Rainbow.

That's me. Hello!

Ooh, I can't forget
my partners at Hyundai.

Uh, I'd like to thank
the streets that raised me.

Uh, Forest Whitaker,
you know what you did, alright?

[Scattered laughter]
And uh...

R.I.P. to Nipsey Hussle.

You know, I emulate you
in my work every day.

[Slow music playing] The marathon continues.

Hey, hey, hey,

why are y'all playing me off
with this music, man?

I've worked my entire life
to get up here for this moment!

You gonna try to play me off?!

Okay, if I was up here
talking about

some "Save the Whale" tip,

y'all wouldn't be
doing this to me!

Yeah! Oh, no, it's okay.
I got Megan Thee Stallion knees.

I can get down here, too. Yeah.

Clipper Nation, baby!
Clipper Nation!

Clip City,
Chip City!

My upset was a huge win.

This is how Dr. Dre
must have felt

when he made "The Chronic."

All of a sudden, everyone knew
the name Dre Johnson,

and everybody wanted a piece.

[Cheers and applause]

Whoo! I hope you
are soaking it up, Dre,

because you, my friend,
have reached the pinnacle.

Oh.

Bow, you must be
so proud of him.

Of course I am.
Are you kidding me?

He's a great father
to our five children,

and honestly, there's a lot of
great fathers out there.

But only one of them
has this award!

[Laughter]
Hey, now!

- Bam!
- Oh, are you kidding me?

I'm gonna go
get some dessert.

Okay, babe.

Dre, you are truly
an inspiration.

I used to half-ass things
around here.

But now that you showed me
what's possible,

I'm still gonna half-ass
things around here.

But now I might
feel bad about it.

Josh: Dre.
Hmm?

After this win, you can
make whatever ads you want.

[Gasps]
It's advertising "Mad Libs."

A-list celebrity,
plus crazy location,

plus random brand.

Bradley Cooper.
Spooky forest. Skechers.

RZA. The Great Pyramids. Snapple.

Mr. Peanut, on a jar with
other peanuts ...

W-W-Wait a minute.
What am I doing?

- What? You ...
- I'm off work.

Stop using my brain
and not paying for it.

♪

Oh!

I can't believe
you're actually here.

[Squealing]

Oh, neither can I.
I'm so excited to see you.

Oh.
Mm.

How was your trip?

Ooh, my trip
was terrible.

I had to wake up super early
and then catch a train

to the airport,
and then once I got there,

my flight was delayed.

I'm just...
I'm wiped out.

But none of that matters,
because I'm here with you now.

Well, you can relax because
I have planned your whole stay.

So, first... Okay.

...we have a swan boat ride
at Echo Park Lake,

then dinner at
your favorite taqueria.

Mm.
Ooh, and I got
you something.

It's not much, but I thought
it would be nice to...

...have.

[Snoring]

[Whispering] Hey, uh, babe,
I think you're on my phone.

♪

Man, I remember
when I won my first.

I was so afraid to
take my eyes off it,

I slept with it
for days.

It's crazy, man.

Just to think,
seven years ago,

I was the Black guy
they hired to come over to do

the ads that they needed
a Black guy to do.

After winning this,
Tim Cook knows my name.

It's crazy, right?
Mm-hmm.

Anyway, I was listening to
this podcast with Tom Brady ...

Ah.

Of course
you're a Brady guy.

What can I say, man?

I love a guy who's
killing it in his 40s.

Okay.

Anyway, he was saying
how some people,

they win, you know,
they get what they want,

they start to lose
their edge,

but for him, every title
just made him hungrier.

- Yeah.
- You know, more competitive.

I get that.

You know, after winning
something like this,

having a taste of that,
it's hard to give up.

Mm. You don't have
to tell that

to a guy who's won
six of these.

And to be honest, I haven't
even started trying yet.

Okay, well,
just letting you know,

I'm coming for you,
alright?

And you're gonna have
to go through me,

because this guy
is lonely.

He's gonna need
some friends.

[Chuckles]
Well, challenge accepted.

I just ... you know,
I feel so bad,

you starting so far
behind and all.

Yeah, that's where I am,
but you should know,

no one's gonna
out-work me.

I'm talking 25 hours a day,
8 days a week,

379 days a year.

Dre, I got a feeling
this is gonna be fun.

Oh, it is. Alright.

They said iron sharpens iron.

So Griffin and I are gonna
sharpen each other up.

Time to go.
Why?

Just saw Charlie dip a shrimp
in the chocolate fountain.

[Sighs]

He said he was
gonna do that.

It's disgusting.
Mm-hmm.

♪

[Door closes]

Huh.

♪

Your girlfriend flew in
from 3,000 miles away,

and you're setting up
tea trays?

Hey, shouldn't Jack and Jill
be going up the hill

to fetch a pail of water?

I don't know
what that means,

but Olivia is
taking a nap right now,

and this is
because I decided

to surprise her with
her faves when she wakes up.

So, we've got macarons
from Bottega Louie,

we have got tuna sandwiches
from Bay Cities,

and Fatburger fries.

Uh-huh.

Why are you overcompensating

like a bald White man
driving a Corvette?

I don't know.

I-I guess we just haven't
seen each other in person in,

like, two months,
and we've missed so much

about each other's lives.

Half of her stories are about
people I don't even know.

I guess I-I thought
it wouldn't be this hard.

Junior, being in
a relationship is hard,

even when you're in
the same city.

What you and Olivia
are trying to do

is damn near impossible.

But I can
tell you this ...

I walked out on your grandmother
when things got hard,

and it was one of
the worst decisions

I ever made
in my life.

Really?

Yeah.

That, and investing
in my cousin's

drive-thru
soup restaurant.

You need two hands
to eat soup.

Thanks, Pops.
Mm-hmm.

Oh, whoa.

You do not wanting her
eating these

before tonight, though.

Trust me.

Tuna fish kisses?

What were you thinking?

♪ Understand,
I'm just tryna be the daily ♪

With my award in hand,
I had a taste of winning,

and I was never going to stop.

I was ready to chase GOATs
until I was the GOAT.

You gotta turn that down
or you're gonna wake the baby.

[Music stops]
What ...
What is ...

Well, you would've woke him
if I hadn't kept him up.

Pops, it's well past
his bedtime.

- What's up with that?
- I know. I know.

I-I could've sent a video,

but I thought y'all
might want to see this.

Okay, Devante, go ahead.
Show them what you got, kid.

Let's see.

["Mary Had a Little Lamb"
playing on keyboard]

♪

I couldn't take my eyes
off of Devante.

All you want as a parent
is for your kid to find

something that brings them joy,
and he had clearly found it.

It sounds really good.

Look at his face, babe.

Look how happy he is.

I had no idea that Devante loved
playing the piano like this.

How could I miss this?

Oh, it's not
your fault, Dre.

You just got
delinquent daddy syndrome.

We all got it. There's nothing
you can do about it.

Anyway, um...

he should be
in bed right now.

♪

Hey.
Yeah?

You comin' up to bed?

In a bit.

Aw!

What's wrong?

Are you mad 'cause Stevens
asked you to bless the statue

with a traditional
African prayer?

No.

I mean, yeah,
but that's not it.

Look, I spent my
entire career proving

that I deserve a seat
at the table.

Mm-hmm.

Tonight was supposed to be
the best night of my life.

Babe, but I'm sitting here
thinking that

I'm the most terrible
father in the world

because I missed
one recital.

Aww.

I know where you're
coming from with this.

Every working mom
deals with this trade-off.

If I'm to chase all of
these new opportunities,

I've gotta do it with more than
the 110% I've been giving.

- Mm-hmm.
- Which means I'm gonna miss

spring recitals
or soccer games

or open houses
and graduations.

Then, all of a sudden, I become
the dude that was never there.

That's not a sacrifice
I'm willing to make.

Don't let a scheduling conflict
spin you out, Dre.

You're a great dad.

[Sighs] Yeah.

And you've always been present
in the lives of our kids.

That is not gonna change.

We'll figure out
the rest.

We always do.

You're right. Yeah.

But your boy did
do his thing

with that speech tonight,
right?

That was a speech.
Mm-hmm.

That was a speech.
Now, I don't know why

you had to do it a second time
at the afterparty,

but hey.

Well, you ain't never
complained about me

doing it a second time ...

Yeah, but it's usually
just for me,

which is what
I'm waiting for.

Let's go. Oh.

Okay. Hold on.

Come on.
I wanna hear that speech!

You stay right there.

Yeah,
she a little crazy.

Yeah, she's definitely
a little out of whack,

but you know what?

It's my fault for getting
a roommate off Craigslist.

Last week, she accused me
of using more than

my fair share of
tap water.

I mean, you should have
seen this coming

when she declared 9:00 P.M.
to 6:00 A.M. "quiet hours."

Ugh. You're right.

But I remember you saying
that you liked, uh,

Kayla from your
research seminar.

Why don't you see
if she needs a roommate?

Whoa. I can't believe you
remember me talking about Kayla.

I mean, I can't be
in New Haven,

but I still want to know
everything about your world.

I'm really glad
we did this.

I gotta admit,
it's been pretty hard,

but us, here, together,
this works.

Yeah, it does.

But I think
that's the problem.

What do you mean?

Being here with you
feels great,

but that's not what
our life is now.

Our relationship is texts,
missing each other,

never being on
the same page,

and hoping we can
remember each other's

potential roommate situation.

I know it's hard, but it's
only gonna be a year ...

or two, or six
if you get your PhD,

but we love each other.

We can figure it out.

Right?

I do love you.

But I don't think this is
what either of us really wants.

So are we breaking up?

♪

Sometimes it's hard to accept
when things need to change.

♪

Well?

♪

Alright, boy.

Come on, sit down.

But the truth is,
without change, you can't grow.

Alright, team,
let's, uh,

come up with a strategy
for that new client.

Shouldn't we wait
for Dre?

Uh, no.
Dre will not be in today.

He's taking
a personal day.

Oh.

♪

Right now, my son doesn't
care that I won a trophy.

♪

And neither do I.

♪

♪

Oh.

Now, this is the saddest thing
I've ever seen him do.

When was the last time
he moved?

I don't know.

Should we poke him
to see if he's okay?

My poking stick's
in the attic.

[Sighs]

Let's just go.

We'll spray him with cologne
and rotate him once a day

so he doesn't get
bed sores.

Hmm.

[Cellphone clicks]

- Play "Un-
- Break My Heart."

Cellphone: The user you share
this account with

has canceled
your subscription.

[Inhales, exhales deeply]

Okay.

♪ Don't leave me
in all this pain ♪

♪ Don't leave me out
in the rain ♪

♪ Un-break my heart

♪ Say you'll love me again

♪ Un-cry these teeeeears