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Thelma?

Run down to the shoemaker's

and get Michael's shoes
from the shop

before he closes.

THELMA:
I can't, Mama.

I just finished
washing my hair.

Oh.

Junior, I guess you're
going to have to go.

Oh, Mama.
Why do I got to go?

Why can't Michael go?

'Cause I got no shoes.

Michael...

Aw. Yesterday,
I had to take 'em down,

today I've got
to bring 'em back.

I'm wearing out my shoes
getting his.

Just go.

Hey, JJ,
while you're at it,

here's a dollar.

Get me a tube

of Soft and Satin
Pretty Lips.

For a dollar,

I'll paint a pair of lips
on you myself,

and a face to go along with it.

Why don't you grow a beard
and disappear in it?

Do you hear that, Mama?

The only thing I want to hear

is that front door
hitting your backside!

Now, get the child's shoes
before he grows out of them.

Look at this,
a 17-year-old flunky

for an 11-year-old midget.

Mama, are we ever
going to get a color TV?

We don't need no color TV.

We know the sky is blue
and the grass is green.

Are you miserable?

Are you unhappy?

Well, I'm Reverend Sam,
your happiness man,

with a personal message to you
from God.

God told me
to come to Chicago...

Hey, Mama,
there's Reverend Sam.

Ain't he the preacher
Daddy knows?

But wait.

Perhaps you don't think
there is a God.

Oh, there's a God, all right,

and when he sees
what you're up to,

watch out, brother.

I hate a phony.

If you hate him,
why you watching him?

'Cause hate
is such a good emotion

I don't want to waste it
on somebody I don't know.

Come to Chicago Stadium
tonight,

and let me, Reverend Sam,
lighten your burdens...

And empty your pockets.

Michael,
turn that thing off.

Hey, what are you all
talking about?

That's my good friend
Smiling Sam on there.

If he's your friend,

why don't he answer
some of your phone calls?

You must've left
a dozen messages.

Oh, he'll get in touch
with me, baby, you'll see.

You know how busy
the man is.

Sure, he's been busy,
ripping off poor folks.

Oh, now, come on, baby.

You've got to
stop that talk

about Smiling Sam,
the happiness man.

When we was in the Army,
we was best friends.

Yeah, except then

he was Buck Private Sam,
the latrine orderly man.

You mean he wasn't a preacher
in the Army, Daddy?

No, son, he was...
well, what he was was...

He was a crapshooter.

He was out of sight too.

I tell you, when Sam
had those dice,

he couldn't lose
from winning.

Baby, it was like
they was blessed.

James, that's blasphemy.

It could also have been
loaded dice.

Son, Sam didn't need that jive.

I'll tell you,

I never will forget the night

old Sam cleaned out
a bunch of noncoms

in the company chapel.

James, you was shooting dice
in the house of the Lord?

It was all right, baby.

We was on our knees
all the time.

Anyway, we was walking

back to the barracks,
see,

and Sam turned to me
and said,

"James, I believe
we're being followed."

I turned around,
and sure enough,

there's a battalion
of sore losers.

So Sam hands me his winnings
and said,

"James, you run faster than me,
so take the money and split."

Did you both manage
to split, Daddy?

Well, sort of, son.

I split with the money,
but they split Sam.

He was the first war casualty
of the latrine detail.

From what I saw
on TV this morning,

he ain't off that detail yet.

Baby, you've got
to stop that talk,

'cause that's when
we got real close.

You know, the next day,

I went to see him
in the infirmary,

and I took him back
every penny.

You know what he called me
after that?

Honest James.

You know what I call him?

Jesse James.

Honey, that man
is using religion like a hustle.

Oh, now, baby,
get off of Sam's case.

That's my good buddy.

I want you to stop
talking like that,

especially when he comes around
to call on me.

Ha! That'll be
the day.

[KNOCKING]

Now, you laugh
if you want to,

but just suppose,
just suppose, now,

that that was Sam
right outside the door.

If that's Sam outside this door,

I'll shine your shoes
in Marshall Fields' window.

Good morning, sister.

Smiling Sam!

Honest James!

* Hey, we don't roar... *

* We don't fight... *

* But we're going
To score tonight *

* Watch those Tomcats
Go rolling along *

Meow!

Hot dog!

Last time I saw you,
man,

you was decked out
in guardhouse green,

and Lord, look at you now.

Oh, don't let these rocks
and rags fool you, James.

They don't fool me.

Sam, this is my wife,
Florida.

She shines shoes
at Marshall Fields.

As the Good Book says,

"A good wife
is the peculiar gift of Heaven."

Mmm, ain't that nice
the way he puts that, baby?

Honest James, married.

I'll be damned.

In due time.

Sam, I want you to meet
my youngest son, Michael.

I been telling him
all about you.

I suppose you know me
pretty well, son.

Well enough
not to shoot craps with you.

How did you ever
get to be a reverend?

Well, Michael,

I simply
got the calling.

You know,
Sister Florida,

I turned away
from a life of sin

and took the vows
to do God's work.

I see none of them vows
included poverty.

Well, sister, he who toils
in God's garden

shares
the abundant harvest.

How much of that harvest

do you share
with the black community?

Michael, go to your room.

But, Daddy, this ismy room.

Remember me?

I'm the little fellow
who sleeps on the couch.

Then take your books
and go to Thelma's room

and do your homework.

James, I can certainly see

you have a strong
and loyal family.

Did you know I have been trying
to contact you for days?

Now, see, baby?
What did I tell you?

I need you, my good friend.
God needs you.

I want to offer you a position
in my crusade.

Me? Work in your crusade?

Doing what, Sam?

James is a good man,

but when it comes
to being religious,

he ain't made it
to the back pew yet.

Sister, I don't need
a religious man.

I need an honest man.

You see, my collections

have been coming in
a little shy lately,

and I've got the strong feeling

that while I'm at the pulpit
spreading the Good Word,

my ushers are in the john

splitting the big take.

Man, there's a block-long
Cadillac parked outside

with "God is here" signs
hanging on the door.

Sam, I want you to meet
my oldest son, James Jr.

Junior,
this is Reverend Sam.

Is that
your Cadillac out there?

That's the biggest hog
I ever seen.

Well, son,
the Lord watches over me.

Well, he must've blinked,

'cause one of your hubcaps
is missing.

The happiness man!
Dy-no-mite!

I dug you on the tube,
man.

Them threads,
those rocks,

them wheels...

You and God must be
on a first-name basis!

Junior, my friend Sam

wants me to go
to work for him.

Far out!

Now, that's the kind of religion
I can get into.

The good word rolls out,
and the long green rolls in.

JJ, did you
get my...

Hello?

You're Reverend Sam!

Sam, this is my daughter,
Thelma.

Isn't she
a little doll?

I can certainly see
where she gets her fine looks.

So can I.

From the corner
drugstore.

Here's your mouth,
gal.

I just
can't believe it!

Reverend Sam, right off
of television,

is in our own living room.

Wow, you must know everybody
on TV,

like The Jackson Five
and The Staple Singers.

Do you know them?

Know them?
I saved every one of them.

Out of sight!

Reverend, may I please
have your autograph?

Well, I usually
charge a quarter,

but for you, my pretty,
do you have a Bible handy?

Sure, I'll get you
Mama's.

No you don't.

Nobody signs my Bible
but the original author.

Now, you go to your room

and help Michael
with his homework.

Mama...

Thelma, go.

Baby, would you mind

making us
some coffee, please?

Well, as I was saying,
James,

trust is the name
of the game

when you're working
for the Lord,

and I need a man
I can trust.

I need my old buddy,
Honest James.

You really think
I can help you, huh?

Positive.

When my ushers
drive better cars than I,

I need help.

Florida, there's a Cadillac
outside as fine...

as this dude
right here.

I've seen you
somewhere.

You're that preacher who makes
more money on television

than Bob Hope
and Redd Foxx put together.

What are you doing here?

Business is slow,
so he's making house calls.

I'm Willona,

a friend
of the family.

Well, any friend
of this family

is a particular
friend of mine.

I'm delighted to
meet you, Willona.

[HUMMING "CAISSONS
GO ROLLING ALONG"]

Ooh, honey.

You are smooth...

You know what, reverend?

You got your thing so together
I almost sent you a dollar once.

Sister, you should give in
to those charitable feelings.

They come from the Lord.

This dollar came from the Devil.

It was alimony money.

You're divorced.

Yes, but not desperate.

Florida, check out
my new hat I got on sale.

Ooh, girl,
you will not believe

who walked into
the boutique shop

this afternoon!

Who? Who?

Izee Mae Patterson.

The woman who has
the weight-watching place?

The one who's always bragging
about her perfect size eight?

Mm-hm, well, now
she's a perfect size 14.

Because of her diet?

Nope, because of her husband.

Oh, no.

I don't know, Sam,
I got a job now,

and it pays
pretty good.

You think you can beat
$2.50 an hour?

I think so.

What about
a hundred dollars a day?

A hundred dollars a day?

I mean $100 a day,
seven days a week.

That's $700 a week!

What's wrong, Honest James?
Not enough?

No, I didn't mean it like that.

It's just that I didn't know

that honest men
were that expensive.

I know what you mean,

but put your mind
at rest...

James, I'm not selling
anything but happiness.

Now, why don't you
and your whole family

come down to the revival
meeting tonight,

and you'll see
the kind of joy

I bring to my following.

What do you say?

A hundred dollars a day...

Now, James, tonight is
my last night in Chicago.

I have to catch
on the midnight plane.

I must have your answer
by then.

You'll have it.

Florida, Sam has
invited us all

to a revival meeting
tonight.

What does he need us for?

To dry him off
after he walks the water?

Sister Florida,
you doubt me now,

but seeing is believing,

and you will believe

when you see
all those sad people

walking in,

disgruntled, dispirited,

and disillusioned,

despairing,

walking in the steamy waters
of despair.

Can I get an Amen?

Amen!

People who can't go no further,

then they hear the Lord's name
through me,

can I have an Amen?

Amen!

And they hear the voice of God,

and the people rise up,

and their backs straighten,
and their heads sit tall,

and their spirits start soaring,
soaring,

can I have an Amen?

Amen!

And then they walk out dancing,
dancing,

dancing with a smile
on their face

and a newborn courage
in their hearts

to fight the trials
and the tribulations!

Can I have an Amen?

What do you say?

That was good.

Now let us see you
do Geraldine.

Florida, a Christian
keeps an open mind.

And I'll keep
a closed pocketbook.

Baby, Sam offered me a job
paying a hundred dollars a day.

Nobody makes that kind
of money legally.

Baby, you've got to
give Sam a chance.

Hell, woman, give mea break.
A hundred dollars a day.

Come on, you've got to come
to that meeting tonight.

All right.

Hallelujah!

Amen, brother.
Hallelujah.

* We don't roar... *

* We don't fight... *

* But we're going
To score tonight *

* Watch those Tomcats
Go rolling along *

Meow!

Well, my friend Sam
put on quite a show, didn't he?

I don't know about y'all,
but I'm sold.

Yeah, dy-no-mite!

Man, he was up there
flapping his arms

and shouting to the sky,

"The happiness man
is here

to spread the word
of the Lord,"

and he was preaching,
and the choir was singing,

and people were clapping...

And the ushers was collecting...

James, how could you go anywhere
with that hypocrite?

Hypocrite?

Mama, all those people believed
he was the shepherd of the Lord.

I knew he was a shepherd

when I saw him
fleecing the sheep.

Well, I thought
he was beautiful,

and when all those white pigeons
went flying in the air,

I opened my mouth and screamed.

And I opened my program
and ducked.

Now, baby, stop that talk.

You saw all them people
he made happy,

and what about
the people he cured?

And what about the cat
in the wheelchair?

Yeah, I liked to die

when that old man
wheeled down to the front

and old Smiling Sam says,

"You are healed!

The healing power
is within you!"

and, bam!

The cat jumps up
out of that wheelchair

and boogies!

Now, baby,
that was a miracle.

The miracle is
anybody believed it.

Hey, Dad, did you see
all that money he collected?

Where does that go?

Tell her, James.

I'm going to go pack.

James. James?

James.

James, I know you want
what's best for us,

but I don't want you
running around the country

with that wolf
in God's clothing.

Baby, this is a chance
for me to give you and the kids

something to build a life on.

Then think about the kids.

We're trying
to teach them honesty.

What're they going to think

when you run around town

with Scheming Sam
the rip-off man?

Baby, that man offered me a job
making a hundred dollars a day.

If I live to be
a thousand years old,

I ain't going to get
another chance like this.

Think what we can do
with the money.

We could send Michael
to law school,

JJ to art school,

we can even give Thelma
dancing lessons.

Yeah, sure, so she could jump
out of a wheelchair

and boogie, huh?

Well, that was some
revival meeting.

I never saw so many
fabulous clothes

in one place
in my life.

Maybe so, honey,

but they were all
on Reverend Sam and his people.

What's the matter, Willona?

Don't you dig the Rev?

I'm suspicious of anyone

who says
there's pie in the sky,

then announces
it's a buck a slice.

Well, nothing comes free
in this life.

Or in the next one, either,

if Reverend Sam
has a concession.

I don't know, Willona.

He seemed to be doing people
a whole lot of good.

Yeah, he kept talking
about all of us being equal.

Sure.

When the meeting was over,

we both left in equally
expensive vehicles,

only ours was an old city bus

and his was
a customized Cadillac.

[KNOCKING]

Well, I don't care
what anyone says.

I like Reverend Sam.

Well, speak of the Devil.

Only to drive him
out of people's hearts,

Sister Willona.

You were something else
out there tonight, Rev,

pure dy-no-mite.

You sure was...

but you didn't light my fuse.

My, my, my, my, my.

Still a nonbeliever, eh?

One of the sadnesses
of my calling

is that you simply
can't reach everyone.

And you got some reach,
reverend...

right from the pulpit
to the pocket.

You will excuse me.

Some of us poor people
still have to work for a living.

Wow, you and Dad

are going to some
great places.

Does your crusade
go to Hollywood?

Why not?

I can see it now.

Reverend Sam starring
in Blackula Gets Religion.

That way, you can get the blood
and the money

at the same time.

Would you see
if your daddy is ready?

Yeah, I'll get him.

Daddy? Reverend Sam's here,
and he's in a big hurry.

Okay, Michael, tell him
I'll be right there.

Now, baby, this is something
I've got to do...

and I'd feel a lot
better about it

if I knew I was going
with your blessing.

I can't give it to you
for that.

I don't want you
away from the kids.

They need you.

I don't want you away from me.
I need you.

Baby, I ain't going to say this
but one more time...

A hundred dollars a day.

Baby, without money,

people like us
ain't got no chance at all.

But it ain't always
going to be that way, James.

It says so right in the Bible.

"The day will come

when the lion
will lay down with the lamb."

Yeah, but only the lion
is going to get up.

Ready to roll, Sam.

Fine, James.

And I bet you're going

with your good woman's
blessings.

You lose that bet.

Sister Florida,
I do the Lord's work.

I heard
that help was hard to get,

but I didn't know
the Lord was desperate.

[KNOCKING]

I'll get it.

Reverend Sam, we have to go
if you want to catch that plane.

You're right, and Ed,

I'd like you to meet
my old friend, James Evans.

He'll be traveling with us
for a while.

That's great.

Our next stop
is Philadelphia.

It's a good town

for you to take over
the wheelchair gig.

The wheelchair gig.

You're the old man
in the wheelchair.

It's the boogie-woogie
man!

And what do you have
to say to that, reverend?

I hire the handicapped.

Wait for me
downstairs, Ed.

Wow. Out of sight!

Now, that's heavy.

You sure are slick,
Rev,

but you know what
would work better

than an old man
getting healed?

A poor kid
getting healed.

Like me. Picture this.

I come down the aisle
in the wheelchair.

Everybody's watching me, right?

I get down
to the front of the stage,

and I fall out of the chair,

and I start crawling to you,

Reverend Sam, help me.

Please help me.
Heal me.

By then,

the audience
is going crazy,

then you come

and lift me up to my knees,

and you say "You are healed!

The spirit of God
has healed you!"

And I stand up

and hold my arms
out to the audience,

and say "I am healed!
I am healed!

I can walk!"

"I can run!"

"I can dance!"

"I can even boogie!"

What do you say, Rev?
I got a gig?

What do you say, James?

There's always room
on God's train

for one more.

You can make that room
for two more, Sam,

'cause he ain't going
and I ain't going.

James, you're passing up
a golden opportunity.

Sam, they don't
print enough money

to make me ruin my son's life.

Come on, Dad!

Ruin me!

Junior, sit down.

Oh, wow. Every time
we get something going--

And shut up!

* We don't roar *

* We don't fight *

* But we're going
To score tonight... *

Still Honest James.

I'll be seeing you.

Sam...

Baby, I don't know
what happened.

I guess them numbers

just started dancing
in front of my eyes.

Can you ever forgive me?

Can I forgive you?

REVEREND SAM [ON TV]:
And I say to you,
God is with you every minute,

and when I'm lost
and don't know where to turn,

I call out to God,

"Lord, Lord, give me a sign!"

Right on, Lord!

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Out of the window *

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The Asphalt grow *

* Keeping your head
Above water *

* Making a wave
When you can *

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* Good Times *

* Easy credit
Rip-offs *

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