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City in Hollywood:
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♪ Good Times ♪
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♪ Any time you meet a payment ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪
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♪ Any time you meet a friend ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪
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♪ Any time you're
out from under ♪
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♪ Not getting hassled,
not getting hustled ♪
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♪ Keeping your
head above water ♪
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♪ Making a wave when you can ♪
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♪ Temporary layoffs ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪
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♪ Easy credit rip-offs ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪
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♪ Scratching and surviving ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪
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♪ Hanging in a chow line ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪
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♪ Ain't we lucky we got 'em ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪♪
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Will you hold still, girl?
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How can I paint you when
you're moving like that?
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What you doing, anyway?
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Dancing to the music.
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What music?
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The music in my head.
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I guess there is room
for a hi-fi up there.
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Are you calling me stupid?
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If you answer to any
other name, it'd be an alias.
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Well, I don't dig
this modeling jive.
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I'm quitting it.
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Then I gather, little sister,
you are no longer interested
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in these tickets to the
Marvin Gaye concert,
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which I will only relinquish
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upon the completion
of this portrait.
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You're a cold dude, JJ.
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You got what I want, so
you hassling me, right?
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That's right.
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Right now it's me and the
Arabs running the world.
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Now get back to posing.
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Waste of time posing
for an amateur like...
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Hey!
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Are you crazy, JJ?
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You got me 7 feet tall!
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I look like Wilt Chamberlain!
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You're looking at a
James Evans original.
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I paint part impressionistic.
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You made me ugly.
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That part is right on.
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Well, I think it's junk.
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It's a fine painting!
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Fine painting my foot, JJ!
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Hey, kids... kids...
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Y'all know the
elevator... the elevator...
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I just walked up
17 flights of stairs.
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Mama, what's the matter?
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I never have any trouble
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landing in the right apartment.
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I just pick up kids screaming
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and come in on automatic pilot.
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The elevator is broke.
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I just walked up
17 flights of stairs.
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Here, take this.
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That's terrible, Mama.
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Man, they tried to put
up an "Out of Order" sign
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but every time they
tried to nail it up,
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they knocked down a wall.
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Ma, what I'm gonna do
with the milk and the eggs?
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What you always do with
milk and eggs, Thelma.
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Put 'em in the refrigerator.
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I thought you knew, Ma.
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The refrigerator
broke down again.
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Oh, no. Now all my
food is gonna spoil.
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No, it won't, Mama.
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The heat went
off a half-hour ago.
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This is the worst run
building in this whole project!
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Nothing is ever fixed!
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Damn!
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Ma! Ma!
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Forgive me, Lord,
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but under the circumstances,
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that is the politest
word that comes to mind.
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Well, I'm gonna call
this project manager
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and shake him up a bit.
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It won't do any good, Ma.
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All you're gonna get is one
of those recordings saying,
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"Leave your message
after the sound of the beep."
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She's right. It just beeped.
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Oh, yeah? Well
dig this, Mr. Beep,
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either you get this
project into A-1 condition,
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or I shall see to it personally
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that you are out of a
job, and I mean rapido.
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This message is signed
Mayor Daley or Muhammad Ali,
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whichever scares you the most.
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Give me that phone!
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Florida, guess what.
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The elevator ain't working.
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I just walked all the way
from the laundry room.
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You went down to that
laundry room by yourself?
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You're taking a chance.
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You could have
been attacked by...
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I doubt it.
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There ain't nothing in this
building that's operating.
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You know, there are
eight machines down there,
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and I finally found the
one that was working.
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You wanna see
how it was working?
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Look at it.
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10 percent acrylon,
90 percent confetti.
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Oh, I know the machine you got.
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It's the one with
that special cycle...
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Wash and tear.
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Aunt Willona, that's terrible.
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You better believe me,
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them dudes gonna
pay me for my sweater.
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You should make them pay for it.
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The elevator ain't working.
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I had to walk up 17 flights.
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Guess what.
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The elevator ain't working!
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You know something? A man's
home is supposed to be his castle.
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But in this one, the
drawbridge is always stuck.
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Well, drawbridge
or no drawbridge,
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ain't you gonna kiss me hello?
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Baby, I'm so mad, I might bite.
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I'll accept anything.
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Boy, you work hard all day
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to pay the rent on a
building that's falling down.
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You come home
and half the light bulbs
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in the hallway ain't working.
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The elevator ain't working.
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Hey, it's cold in here!
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Don't tell me the
heat ain't working.
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It decided to keep the
refrigerator company.
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Well, I'm gonna
get out of all this.
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I opened a fortune cookie
last night and listen to this!
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"You are about to meet a
tall, dark handsome man
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"who will take you away
from your present rundown pad
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"to a fancy apartment
overlooking Lakeshore Drive
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"with heat, hot water,
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"and an elevator
that runs all the time."
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Willona, what
does it really say?
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"Chicago Noodle Company."
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Well, I'm gonna make
some hot tea for everybody.
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Oh, that sounds good.
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Thank heavens
the stove still works.
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Yeah, hallelujah!
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Take back your hallelujah.
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The water ain't running.
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You've gotta be kidding.
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The elevator ain't
working, no heat,
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no nothing, no water.
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I had better conditions
than this in Korea.
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Boy, pretty soon we're gonna
have to go to the bathroom
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at the gas station.
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We only gonna be able to
go on odd-numbered days.
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You know, James, I really think
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we ought to make
a noise about this.
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Baby, that ain't
gonna do no good.
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You know we've been to that
manager over a hundred times.
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Maybe Michael's
got the answer, Dad.
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He's been sending
letters to the newspaper
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making complaints
about this place.
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The Militant
Midget strikes again.
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Can you believe that a newspaper
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would print a letter
from an 11-year-old kid?
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Besides, where'd he get
the money for the stamps?
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He don't need no
money for no stamps.
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The last six letters,
I painted them on.
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JJ!
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Well, I'm gonna get
on back to my place
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and look at my
favorite daytime serial.
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It's even sadder
than this building.
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Willona, what could be
sadder than this building?
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The 4:00 news.
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Well, JJ, I'm gonna need
some water for dinner...
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I know.
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So I want you to go...
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Go downstairs 17
floors, get some water.
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Here goes Jack without Jill.
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Baby, it's down to 55.
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Feels like 40.
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I sure am glad I got
me an ample woman
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to sleep with tonight.
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Speaking of ample,
I bet you sorry
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you didn't marry
Emmaline Watson.
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Emmaline Watson.
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How you remember
Emmaline Watson?
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How can you forget
Emmaline Watson?
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She weighed 300 pounds.
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Daddy, you used
to go out with a lady
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that weighed 300 pounds?
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Yeah, but I only went
out with her one time.
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See, I was courting your mother,
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and so I had this
friend of mine fix me up
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with a heavy date
to make her jealous.
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Lord knows I
didn't know the date
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was gonna be that heavy.
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Hey, Ma, were you jealous?
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Well, I was before I saw him
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dancing with Emmaline Watson.
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He was showing off, you know,
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being real cute.
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So when they got
by where I was sitting,
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he dipped her real deep.
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And it looked pretty
good for a while.
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Only when your daddy
was done dipping,
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Emmaline wasn't.
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She couldn't come out of it.
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It took your daddy ten minutes
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to squirm loose.
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JJ, what you doing back so soon?
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Somebody mugged my buckets.
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That's just too much.
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This building's about
to drive me... James!
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What the hell is
that? Are you all right?
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I'm all right, but
the floor ain't.
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It's so cold in here, one of
the tiles has popped loose.
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It could be termites.
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Mom, Dad, guess what.
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The elevator's working?
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No, they printed my letter
in the "Chicago Defender"!
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Is that the one I painted the
Eisenhower stamps on? Uh-huh.
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Couldn't be too bright
at the post office.
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I painted him black.
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You putting us on, boy?
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Daddy, "boy" is a
white racist word.
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Michael, you mean
they actually printed
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something you wrote?
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They sure did.
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Come on, Michael,
I want to hear it.
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Listen to this. "Dear Sirs.
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"It's time people knew
about the terrible conditions
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"in the projects area.
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"They are becoming a slum.
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"Complaints are ignored,
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"and it's a disgrace
to our fair city
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"and the entire United States.
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"Signed Michael Evans, Esquire."
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Well?
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You better get your
esquire off that chair.
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Daddy, you've been trying
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to complain about
this for months.
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Mama, we supposed to
fight for our rights, ain't we?
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Well, we're all
for that, Michael,
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but we also got to remember
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that we were on a
waiting list for two years
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to get into this project.
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And it's a whole lot better
than that cold water flat
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we used to live in with the
bathroom in the hallway.
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Did we live in one of those?
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Yes, we did, son.
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I don't remember
being cold, Mama.
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You weren't. You
were warm in my belly.
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I'm glad you waited
to have me last, Mama.
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Well, at least the
phone is still working.
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Hello.
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Yeah, this is Mr. Evans.
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The housing authority?
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Look, about that letter
in the newspaper...
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Uh-huh.
261
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We'll be here, but I think
I ought to tell you that...
262
00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:23,252
Uh-huh... uh-huh.
263
00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:24,887
Yeah, okay.
264
00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:26,889
Well, that was the man
from the housing authority.
265
00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:28,891
They read about your
little letter in the newspaper,
266
00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:30,893
and they want to talk to us.
267
00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:32,895
They gonna be here at 5:00.
268
00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:35,664
See, Daddy? We're
getting some action.
269
00:12:35,688 --> 00:12:38,201
Yeah, I ought to
give you some action.
270
00:12:38,225 --> 00:12:40,203
Well, thanks a lot, Michael.
271
00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:42,638
In about two hours,
if we want water
272
00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:45,174
we won't have to send
JJ down into the street.
273
00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:47,576
We'll be living down there!
274
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,469
I ought to light your
behind up right now.
275
00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:03,292
Baby, it's down to 45 now.
276
00:13:05,296 --> 00:13:07,341
My teeth are chattering so much,
277
00:13:07,365 --> 00:13:10,477
it sounds like a crap game.
278
00:13:11,502 --> 00:13:13,547
That's got to be the man.
279
00:13:13,571 --> 00:13:15,682
Look, y'all let me
deal with this here.
280
00:13:15,706 --> 00:13:17,985
Daddy, I think you
should show some unity.
281
00:13:18,009 --> 00:13:20,888
Michael, if you don't
be quiet, I'm gonna unify
282
00:13:20,912 --> 00:13:22,711
your behind with my belt. Amen!
283
00:13:44,969 --> 00:13:47,381
Guess what.
284
00:13:47,405 --> 00:13:50,918
The elevator ain't working.
285
00:13:50,942 --> 00:13:53,453
Oh, you know already.
286
00:13:53,477 --> 00:13:55,455
Maybe you better sit down.
287
00:13:55,479 --> 00:13:57,457
You don't look so good, man.
288
00:13:57,481 --> 00:14:00,016
17 flights.
289
00:14:05,256 --> 00:14:07,601
Do you know somebody's
mugging somebody
290
00:14:07,625 --> 00:14:10,805
on the 14th floor?
291
00:14:10,829 --> 00:14:14,474
You're lucky the mugger
was busy with somebody else.
292
00:14:14,498 --> 00:14:18,478
Otherwise, you'd
have been the muggee.
293
00:14:18,502 --> 00:14:20,480
I'm sorry.
294
00:14:20,504 --> 00:14:23,017
In all the excitement, I
didn't introduce myself.
295
00:14:23,041 --> 00:14:25,019
I don't live here.
296
00:14:25,043 --> 00:14:28,077
Oh, I would have
never known that.
297
00:14:36,020 --> 00:14:39,466
I'm William Stonehurst
from the housing authority.
298
00:14:39,490 --> 00:14:41,468
Now I know I'm late,
299
00:14:41,492 --> 00:14:44,138
but I had a terrible
time getting a taxi here.
300
00:14:44,162 --> 00:14:46,473
Every time I told them
where I was going,
301
00:14:46,497 --> 00:14:49,176
they turned on
the "Off Duty" sign
302
00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,012
and slammed the door in my face.
303
00:14:52,036 --> 00:14:54,014
I finally got one.
304
00:14:54,038 --> 00:14:56,016
He's waiting for me
downstairs, so I'll be brief.
305
00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,018
Mr. Evans, that letter you wrote
306
00:14:58,042 --> 00:14:59,419
caused some commotion
down at the office.
307
00:14:59,443 --> 00:15:01,021
When a letter like
that is made public,
308
00:15:01,045 --> 00:15:02,456
it can cause a lot of trouble.
309
00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:03,891
You shouldn't have
written it, Mr. Evans.
310
00:15:03,915 --> 00:15:07,061
I didn't. You're
not Michael Evans?
311
00:15:07,085 --> 00:15:10,697
No, the Mr. Evans
you want is my son.
312
00:15:10,721 --> 00:15:12,867
I'm Michael Evans, Esquire,
and I just want to say...
313
00:15:12,891 --> 00:15:15,435
Michael!
314
00:15:15,459 --> 00:15:18,205
What my son wrote is true.
315
00:15:18,229 --> 00:15:20,875
There is an awful lot
wrong with this building,
316
00:15:20,899 --> 00:15:23,077
but we didn't expect
our complaints
317
00:15:23,101 --> 00:15:25,545
to be printed up
in the newspaper.
318
00:15:25,569 --> 00:15:27,314
Good, then it was a mistake.
319
00:15:27,338 --> 00:15:29,316
You just see to it
that the boy learns to...
320
00:15:29,340 --> 00:15:32,019
"Boy" is a white racist...
321
00:15:32,043 --> 00:15:34,288
Just see to it
that the little fellow
322
00:15:34,312 --> 00:15:36,891
learns to be a little more
discreet in the future.
323
00:15:36,915 --> 00:15:40,127
Remember, all we're trying
to do is satisfy the tenants,
324
00:15:40,151 --> 00:15:43,864
be economical and keep
these buildings in the black.
325
00:15:43,888 --> 00:15:49,036
Ah... eh... ah...
well, good-bye.
326
00:15:49,060 --> 00:15:51,038
Extra! Extra! Hear all about it!
327
00:15:51,062 --> 00:15:52,839
What happened?
328
00:15:52,863 --> 00:15:55,042
The War Lords and the Dukes
are having a rumble again,
329
00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:57,044
and... whoo.
330
00:15:57,068 --> 00:15:59,246
Sorry, I didn't know
you had company.
331
00:15:59,270 --> 00:16:01,248
This is Mr. Stonehurst.
332
00:16:01,272 --> 00:16:04,018
From the housing authority.
333
00:16:04,042 --> 00:16:06,653
The War Lords and the Dukes?
334
00:16:06,677 --> 00:16:09,656
Does that mean there's
a gang fight going on?
335
00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,226
They ain't having a block party.
336
00:16:12,250 --> 00:16:14,929
I better get down to my cab.
337
00:16:14,953 --> 00:16:17,531
Oh, was that your cab?
338
00:16:17,555 --> 00:16:19,934
What do you mean "was"?
339
00:16:19,958 --> 00:16:22,002
It just took off at
60 miles an hour
340
00:16:22,026 --> 00:16:24,004
on three wheels.
341
00:16:24,028 --> 00:16:26,640
Goodness, Mrs.
Evans, what do you do
342
00:16:26,664 --> 00:16:28,642
when there's a gang fight?
343
00:16:28,666 --> 00:16:30,644
Well, we count our children,
344
00:16:30,668 --> 00:16:33,280
thank the Lord that
they're not in it and sit it out.
345
00:16:33,304 --> 00:16:35,416
And this rumble's
gonna be a longie.
346
00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,419
Some cats done set
up a food concession.
347
00:16:38,443 --> 00:16:42,256
When you say "long,"
348
00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,959
how long?
349
00:16:44,983 --> 00:16:46,961
We've seen 'em go till 2:00,
350
00:16:46,985 --> 00:16:49,063
maybe 3:00 in the morning.
351
00:16:49,087 --> 00:16:51,231
Yeah, this one could
last longer than that.
352
00:16:51,255 --> 00:16:54,668
The War Lords and the Dukes
are fighting for the championship
353
00:16:54,692 --> 00:16:58,560
and a chance to work their way
up in the Super Bowl Rumble.
354
00:17:01,032 --> 00:17:05,679
Goodness, I guess that
means I'll have to stay here.
355
00:17:05,703 --> 00:17:07,747
Look at the bright
side, Mr. Stonehurst.
356
00:17:07,771 --> 00:17:09,749
If the rumble lasts long enough,
357
00:17:09,773 --> 00:17:11,785
Bob Hope will come
into the neighborhood
358
00:17:11,809 --> 00:17:13,920
and entertain the troops! Ha-ha!
359
00:17:13,944 --> 00:17:15,990
I'll keep you all posted.
360
00:17:16,014 --> 00:17:17,992
Oh, oh!
361
00:17:18,016 --> 00:17:20,194
Something hurting
you, Mr. Stonehurst?
362
00:17:20,218 --> 00:17:22,196
I suffer from
migraine headaches.
363
00:17:22,220 --> 00:17:24,198
They're brought on by tension.
364
00:17:24,222 --> 00:17:28,469
Well, you came to the right
neighborhood for tension.
365
00:17:28,493 --> 00:17:31,838
Thelma, get Mr. Stonehurst
two aspirins, please.
366
00:17:31,862 --> 00:17:33,173
Okay, Ma.
367
00:17:33,197 --> 00:17:35,175
Would you mind if I
telephoned my wife?
368
00:17:35,199 --> 00:17:37,177
She's expecting
me home for dinner.
369
00:17:37,201 --> 00:17:39,179
Oh, no, use the phone.
It's right over there.
370
00:17:39,203 --> 00:17:41,382
Oh, thank you.
371
00:17:41,406 --> 00:17:43,750
You're perfectly
welcome to stay for dinner.
372
00:17:43,774 --> 00:17:45,752
It's not top sirloin.
373
00:17:45,776 --> 00:17:48,755
We're just having corn bread,
fatback and turnip greens.
374
00:17:48,779 --> 00:17:51,813
Oh, soul food!
375
00:17:53,551 --> 00:17:56,230
Sounds delightful.
376
00:17:56,254 --> 00:17:59,166
You'll find our diet
has too much starch
377
00:17:59,190 --> 00:18:01,268
and not enough
vitamins and proteins.
378
00:18:01,292 --> 00:18:03,270
Will you get off the soap box,
379
00:18:03,294 --> 00:18:05,205
and go and set the table?
380
00:18:05,229 --> 00:18:07,508
And put an extra chair
up there for Mr. Stonehurst.
381
00:18:07,532 --> 00:18:10,144
Hello, Emily?
382
00:18:10,168 --> 00:18:13,713
Emily, this is William.
383
00:18:13,737 --> 00:18:17,717
Look, I had to stop
by one of the projects,
384
00:18:17,741 --> 00:18:20,554
and I can't get away right away.
385
00:18:20,578 --> 00:18:22,556
Well, it's going to be fine.
386
00:18:22,580 --> 00:18:24,658
I'm having dinner
with this family.
387
00:18:24,682 --> 00:18:27,849
We're having fat
greens and turnip backs.
388
00:18:34,858 --> 00:18:38,439
No, no, no, no, no. There's
nothing to worry about, dear.
389
00:18:38,463 --> 00:18:41,908
It's perfectly all
right. It's safe.
390
00:18:41,932 --> 00:18:43,910
Good-bye.
391
00:18:43,934 --> 00:18:45,912
Here's the aspirins,
Mr. Stonehurst.
392
00:18:45,936 --> 00:18:48,582
Oh, thank you. May
I have some water?
393
00:18:48,606 --> 00:18:50,084
We don't have any.
394
00:18:50,108 --> 00:18:52,186
No water?
395
00:18:52,210 --> 00:18:54,288
Oh, we have water,
396
00:18:54,312 --> 00:18:56,490
but it just ain't making a
personal appearance today.
397
00:18:56,514 --> 00:18:58,992
Say, how about washing them
down with a little muscatel?
398
00:18:59,016 --> 00:19:00,994
Muscatel?
399
00:19:01,018 --> 00:19:05,199
Yeah, that's the
champagne of the people.
400
00:19:05,223 --> 00:19:08,602
It don't sparkle,
it don't bubble,
401
00:19:08,626 --> 00:19:12,027
it just kind of lays there.
402
00:19:17,301 --> 00:19:22,749
Mr. Stonehurst, let
me make a wild guess.
403
00:19:22,773 --> 00:19:25,652
You've never been around
many black families, have you?
404
00:19:25,676 --> 00:19:30,824
Well... oddly
enough, you're right.
405
00:19:30,848 --> 00:19:33,893
But we do have
a colored... Ne...
406
00:19:33,917 --> 00:19:36,763
black maid.
407
00:19:36,787 --> 00:19:40,100
Oh, isn't that nice.
408
00:19:40,124 --> 00:19:42,991
Come on, Thelma, help me
put the dinner on the table.
409
00:19:45,596 --> 00:19:47,574
Here we go, Mr. Stonehurst.
410
00:19:47,598 --> 00:19:49,909
This ought to wash
those aspirins down.
411
00:19:49,933 --> 00:19:52,234
Oh, thank you.
412
00:20:01,546 --> 00:20:04,625
Mmm...
413
00:20:04,649 --> 00:20:08,028
I'm sure three out of four
physicians don't recommend this,
414
00:20:08,052 --> 00:20:10,730
but it's a very pleasant
way to swallow aspirin.
415
00:20:10,754 --> 00:20:15,001
Yeah, sometimes you
don't even need the aspirin.
416
00:20:15,025 --> 00:20:17,070
Want some more, huh?
417
00:20:17,094 --> 00:20:18,705
Oh, don't mind if I do.
418
00:20:18,729 --> 00:20:22,042
Well, since this is wine,
419
00:20:22,066 --> 00:20:25,345
I suppose we should
propose a toast.
420
00:20:25,369 --> 00:20:27,514
Well, I ain't no expert
in making toasts.
421
00:20:27,538 --> 00:20:30,617
I know a very clever one I
use down at my club. Yeah?
422
00:20:30,641 --> 00:20:32,786
Under the teeth
and over the gums.
423
00:20:32,810 --> 00:20:35,055
Look out, stomach,
here she comes.
424
00:20:35,079 --> 00:20:38,525
Well, imagine that.
425
00:20:38,549 --> 00:20:41,795
That's the same I
use down at my club.
426
00:20:41,819 --> 00:20:44,820
Well, you can't keep a
great line from getting around.
427
00:20:46,324 --> 00:20:49,069
We can sit down
now. Come on, JJ.
428
00:20:49,093 --> 00:20:51,071
I'd leave my coat
on if I were you.
429
00:20:51,095 --> 00:20:52,972
It's cold in here.
430
00:20:52,996 --> 00:20:54,974
Well, I've been
meaning to ask you.
431
00:20:54,998 --> 00:20:56,976
Why haven't you
turned up the heat?
432
00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,302
Cause there ain't
no heat, Stoney.
433
00:21:03,641 --> 00:21:06,986
I'm sorry. Well, don't be.
434
00:21:07,010 --> 00:21:08,522
We know you ain't
personally responsible.
435
00:21:08,546 --> 00:21:11,091
Gee, it all looks so good,
436
00:21:11,115 --> 00:21:14,015
especially the green
backs and corn fat.
437
00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,764
Nice try, Mr. Stonehurst.
438
00:21:17,788 --> 00:21:20,367
Come on, sit down.
439
00:21:20,391 --> 00:21:24,705
I'm not really as much
at ease as I appear.
440
00:21:24,729 --> 00:21:26,707
I guess we should
be thankful it's cold.
441
00:21:26,731 --> 00:21:28,908
With the refrigerator
not working,
442
00:21:28,932 --> 00:21:31,211
it keeps the food from spoiling.
443
00:21:31,235 --> 00:21:33,213
Your refrigerator
is out of order too?
444
00:21:33,237 --> 00:21:35,649
Isn't anything
working in this house?
445
00:21:35,673 --> 00:21:38,818
Just my husband...
at two different jobs
446
00:21:38,842 --> 00:21:41,821
to afford all the things
around here that don't work.
447
00:21:41,845 --> 00:21:43,823
I hate to bring you people down,
448
00:21:43,847 --> 00:21:46,326
but it's awfully depressing
to hear things like that.
449
00:21:46,350 --> 00:21:48,962
Forget about it right
now, Mr. Stonehurst.
450
00:21:48,986 --> 00:21:51,097
Michael, baby, say the blessing.
451
00:21:51,121 --> 00:21:53,133
JJ!
452
00:21:53,157 --> 00:21:56,270
Thank you, Lord, for the
food we are about to receive.
453
00:21:56,294 --> 00:21:59,406
And I hope what
Mama cooked for five
454
00:21:59,430 --> 00:22:00,940
will go into six.
455
00:22:00,964 --> 00:22:03,243
Amen!
456
00:22:03,267 --> 00:22:06,913
Michael!
457
00:22:06,937 --> 00:22:09,783
There's nothing to
reprimand him for, Mrs. Evans.
458
00:22:09,807 --> 00:22:12,218
Your son has every
right to be angry.
459
00:22:12,242 --> 00:22:15,121
It is disgraceful that
a nice family like yours
460
00:22:15,145 --> 00:22:17,457
has to be subject
to such conditions.
461
00:22:17,481 --> 00:22:19,693
I guess we get so
bogged down in paperwork,
462
00:22:19,717 --> 00:22:21,695
we get out of touch with people.
463
00:22:21,719 --> 00:22:23,697
Look, we know the
projects is a big operation.
464
00:22:23,721 --> 00:22:26,333
You ain't got time to get
around to everybody personally.
465
00:22:26,357 --> 00:22:28,735
No, Mr. Evans, I'm not going
to accept that as an excuse.
466
00:22:28,759 --> 00:22:30,771
Not for me nor
for my colleagues.
467
00:22:30,795 --> 00:22:32,773
No, something's got to
be done about all this,
468
00:22:32,797 --> 00:22:34,775
and I'm going to do it.
469
00:22:34,799 --> 00:22:37,177
Oh, Mr. Stonehurst, I've
heard that song before.
470
00:22:37,201 --> 00:22:38,645
We've been down
to see that manager
471
00:22:38,669 --> 00:22:39,913
over a hundred times.
472
00:22:39,937 --> 00:22:41,948
No, no, you don't understand.
473
00:22:41,972 --> 00:22:43,983
I'm from the district office.
474
00:22:44,007 --> 00:22:47,020
I'm one of the top
men down there.
475
00:22:47,044 --> 00:22:49,088
I can get things done.
476
00:22:52,483 --> 00:22:55,462
Well, I'm starved! Let's dig in.
477
00:22:55,486 --> 00:22:57,397
Extra, extra! The
latest bulletin...
478
00:22:57,421 --> 00:22:59,132
The rumble is off. Bye.
479
00:22:59,156 --> 00:23:01,134
Well, I want to thank
you all very much
480
00:23:01,158 --> 00:23:03,537
for your hospitality.
481
00:23:03,561 --> 00:23:06,206
Ain't you gonna stay
and have dinner with us?
482
00:23:06,230 --> 00:23:09,409
Well, I'd love to really,
but I should get on home.
483
00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:11,411
Well, what about the building?
484
00:23:11,435 --> 00:23:13,179
I mean the refrigerator
and the heat...
485
00:23:13,203 --> 00:23:15,181
Well, unfortunately
this is Friday night.
486
00:23:15,205 --> 00:23:17,417
But mark my words.
487
00:23:17,441 --> 00:23:19,553
I'm going to be there bright
and early Monday morning
488
00:23:19,577 --> 00:23:21,287
and really get things moving!
489
00:23:21,311 --> 00:23:23,357
Well, did you hear that, kids?
490
00:23:23,381 --> 00:23:26,693
That's wonderful! All right!
491
00:23:26,717 --> 00:23:28,695
I like the way
you're talking now.
492
00:23:28,719 --> 00:23:31,064
You have my word.
Everything that's wrong
493
00:23:31,088 --> 00:23:33,233
in this building is
going to be fixed!
494
00:23:33,257 --> 00:23:35,836
That's the best news
we've had in weeks.
495
00:23:35,860 --> 00:23:37,971
You all right, Stoney baby!
496
00:23:37,995 --> 00:23:39,973
How long do you
think it'll take?
497
00:23:39,997 --> 00:23:41,908
I guarantee I'll have this place
498
00:23:41,932 --> 00:23:43,777
in perfect shape just like that!
499
00:23:43,801 --> 00:23:44,978
Dy-no-mite!
500
00:23:45,002 --> 00:23:46,980
Now that's the kind
of talk I like to hear.
501
00:23:47,004 --> 00:23:49,383
But, Mr. Stonehurst, you didn't
tell us how long it would take.
502
00:23:49,407 --> 00:23:52,508
13, 14 months tops. Good-bye.
503
00:24:14,865 --> 00:24:17,310
Well, pass the corn bread.
504
00:24:17,334 --> 00:24:21,102
And don't forget the
green backs and turnip fat!
505
00:24:30,448 --> 00:24:33,259
Guess we gonna have
to wait till JJ gets back
506
00:24:33,283 --> 00:24:35,261
with the water before we
wash the dishes, Thelma.
507
00:24:35,285 --> 00:24:36,785
Okay, Mama.
508
00:24:38,789 --> 00:24:42,368
Oh, mercy, the water is on!
509
00:24:42,392 --> 00:24:45,405
Hey, James! James!
The water's running!
510
00:24:45,429 --> 00:24:47,340
Oh, that's great, baby.
511
00:24:47,364 --> 00:24:49,943
With the heat still off, I can
take a bath in my overcoat.
512
00:24:49,967 --> 00:24:51,945
Oh, James!
513
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Baby, come back here
and keep me warm.
514
00:24:53,971 --> 00:24:56,817
You know, I could always trade
you in on Emmaline Watson.
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00:24:56,841 --> 00:24:59,675
Just you try it!
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♪♪♪
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♪ Mmm ♪
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00:25:17,260 --> 00:25:20,574
♪ Just looking out
of the window ♪
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00:25:20,598 --> 00:25:23,710
♪ Watching the asphalt grow ♪
520
00:25:23,734 --> 00:25:28,314
♪ Thinking how it all
looks hand-me-down ♪
521
00:25:28,338 --> 00:25:30,584
♪ Good Times, Good Times ♪
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00:25:30,608 --> 00:25:34,087
♪ Keeping your
head above water ♪
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00:25:34,111 --> 00:25:36,422
♪ Making a wave when you can ♪
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00:25:36,446 --> 00:25:38,658
♪ Temporary layoffs ♪
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♪ Good Times ♪
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00:25:40,718 --> 00:25:43,196
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