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* Good times
Any time you meet a payment *

* Good times
Any time you need a friend *

* Good times
Any time you're out from under *

* Not gettin' hassled
Not gettin' hustled *

* Keepin' your head
Above water *

* Makin' a wave when you can *

* Temporary layoffs
Good times *

* Easy credit ripoffs
Good times *

* Scratchin' and survivin'
Good times *

* Hangin' in a chow line
Good times *

* Ain't we lucky we got 'em *

* Good times **

All done, Ma.

Ooh, Thelma!

The cake is beautiful!

Thank you.

Oh...
Hey, wait a minute.

Thelma made this cake?

She sure did.

This cake's supposed
to make Dad happy, not sick.

Well, then, we better figure
a way to cover up your face!

Ma!

You got
some nerve...

All right, all right,
all right, children.

Now, I don't want
any of that fighting tonight.

Gee, Thelma,
this icing sure is good.

Thanks.

Hey, Ma, how you like my sign?

I spared
none of my ebony genius.

Hey, J.J., that looks great.

Oh, I'm getting so excited.

It's hard to believe

that your daddy is graduating
from trade school.

Well, just in case
he don't make it,

I got that covered too.

What you talkin' about, J.J.?

Daddy can't miss.
He's the highest in his class.

I know, Michael.
Just jivin', just jivin'.

Just think, children,

when your daddy walks
through that door,

he's gonna be a licensed
heavy equipment operator.

Ooh, yeah.

Driving
all those big machines,

working on all those
fancy construction projects...

Whoo!

Yeah, I probably might
feel a little weird

walking up to Dad

and asking him for the keys
to the bulldozer.

Oh, J.J.

With 16 on the floor,

my main woman Delilah
is gonna be beggin' for more!

I've seen Delilah,

and you need a bulldozer
to lift her.

You calling my girlfriend fat?

Yeah, I'm calling her fat.

Hey, Michael,
come on down here.

Now, you done seen
Delilah.

Do you think
she's fat?

Well, J.J., let me
put it to you this way.

When you and Delilah stand
next to each other,

y'all look like
the number 10.

All right,
all right. Shh.

All right, children.

Michael, I'm surprised at you.

You're never in these hassles.

Mama, I've been
in the sidelines

for 13 years.

I think it's about
time for me

to get into the game.

Lord, have mercy.

Now, I got three shouters
and only two ears.

Whoo-ee!

Flo, honey,

did you see a guy
running down the hall,

about 6-foot-2,
looking like Harry Belafonte?

No.

Neither did I.

Y'all, now, go on.

Hey, here you go.

I had it gift-wrapped
for you kids at the boutique.

Your father's gonna
love your present!

Thanks, Willona.

Speaking of fathers,
where is the graduate?

He ain't back
from school yet.

Oh, Flo, you gotta be proud.
Yep.

There ain't many guys
as old as James

that could turn around
and start over,

going to school
at his age.

Wait a minute,
Willona.

You are exactly
the same age he is.

I never knew that.

Willona,
you mean you're for--

Fortunate!

Fortunate
enough to be

to be as young
as your father, honey.

I'm still
in the Pepsi generation.

I intend to keep
those flip-tops popping

till the day I die.

Can you dig it?

James, honey,
what happened?

Did you graduate?

Has a pig got knuckles?

[SCREAMING]

But it's supposed to be a party.

Let's get it on!

Oh, James,
it's beautiful.

Ain't it?

You are now looking
at a skilled laborer.

No more busting my back
on the loading dock at Brady's.

This means good pay, good jobs,
and goodbye 79-cent muscatel,

and hello $1.50 champagne!

Well, hello, hello, hello.

Champagne.

Honey, that's nice,
but can we afford it?

Well, it's cheaper
than gasoline.

Every time
I go out with a dude now,

instead of using perfume,

I put two drops of high-tech
behind each ear.

[J.J. LAUGHS]

Now, what you think you doing?
You ain't old enough to drink.

I'm 18.

I'm old enough to die
for my country.

You don't put that glass down,

you gonna die
in your living room.

Get some Kool-Aid
with Thelma and Michael.

Oh, don't feel bad, J.J.

You may not be
old enough to drink yet,

but they can
always use you

as a swizzle stick.

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE]

All right, quiet.
Quiet, everybody.

Listen, I want
to make a toast

to my husband,
the graduate.

Hey.
Hey.
Hey!

Now, there are
not many men

who has his love and
courage and devotion.

And good looks.

And modesty.

Here's to it.

Wait a minute! Hold it.
Hold it. Hold it.

I wanna
make a toast here.

Oh, no.
Oh, no.

Oh, please, J.J.,
short and sweet, honey.

Dad, until recently,
we just been getting by,

and getting by
without getting a taste

starts getting to you.

Get me?

But starting tomorrow,

we gonna be starting
getting more,

so we can start getting over,

so we can start getting
to the business of getting down.

Oh, boy!

Junior--
MICHAEL:
Let me, Daddy.

ALL: Shut up, J.J.!

J.J., if I were you,

I wouldn't get
too carried away.

Your daddy don't have
that construction job yet.

Oh, Florida,
with that diploma,

there ain't
gonna be no problem.

That school practically
promised me a job.

Oh, Daddy,
we all made this for you.

Yeah.

What you got
there, baby?

Surprise.
Surprise.

Let me see here.

Well, look at this.

Well, I bet you
ain't nobody in the city

got one like this.

Let me try
it on you.

Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!

Hail to King James...

a man of courage,
a man of might,

and the proud father
of Kid Dyn-o-mite!

Oh, James...

Honey, it looks
fine, just fine.

Yeah, baby, looks like
we gonna finally grab ahold

of some of the things
we been dreaming about.

Yeah, and Dad,

why don't you start
the ball rolling

by giving me
a raise in my allowance?

That's a good idea, Junior.

How much
you getting now?

Nothing.

Well starting tomorrow,
I'm gonna double it.

Y'all hear that?
He's gonna double it!

[LAUGHING]

Wait a minute.

I'm just
jiving, Junior.

Look here.

In honor
of this special occasion,

you can have some champagne.

Thanks, Dad.

Looks like you got
double nothing again.

Ah-ooh!

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE]

Well, Ma, how do I look?

Kind of like
a skinny brown mushroom.

I think it looks good, Ma:

a hard hat
for a soft head.

Ah, Thelma, why don't
you go tickle yourself

with a collard green.

All done, Michael.

Hey. Great, Ma.

Why don't you
try it on.

Okay.

Now I have a club jacket
like all the other guys.

Hey, Michael, what's
that emblem stand for?

You don't know
what Black Action is, J.J.?

Sure. It's J.J.'s
mouth running.

Thelma, please,
don't start that again.

Black Action is a club.

We try to hip young brothers
to black pride,

awareness,
and get them into self-respect.

Mama, can you fix this zipper?
It seems to be stuck.

Hmm, I'll rub
a little wax on it

so it could move
easier.

Come on,
go in the bedroom.

All right.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Will one of you kids
get the door, please?

Sure, Ma.

The eldest will get it.

Hello.

Hello. Are you Mr. James Evans,
the man of the house?

I'm James Evans, Jr.

The freak of the house.

Well, is your father in?

No, he isn't, but my mother
will be out in a minute.

Good, good, good. I--

My company likes
to keep an eye

on trade school grads
in the area.

We have
a fine investment opportunity

for people like your parents
who are moving up in the world.

Well, then, uh,
you want to talk to me.

Sit down there, man.
Go ahead, sit down.

Well, thank you.
Thank you.

Now, uh...

What kind of investments
are you talking about here?

Stocks, bonds,
dream books?

No, no, land.

Land?
What kind of land?

Cemetery plots.

Ma!

Oh, hello.

Hello, Mrs. Evans.

I was just telling your children

about something that I know
you'll be interested in,

my company's new project.

It's called Eternal Estates.

Eternal Estates.
Mm-hmm.

Is that one
of those retirement communities?

No, Ma, it's the next step.

Well, if my husband gets a job,

we just might consider
making that move.

Ma, you don't
understand--

Is it in a nice, quiet area?

Don't worry, Ma,

you won't hear a peep
out of the neighbors.

Mrs. Evans,
I really think I should explain.

JAMES: I went from long bread
to short bread!

James, what's wrong?

What's wrong is

there ain't a construction job
open in this town.

But your school practically
guaranteed you a job.

Yeah, but they didn't check
with President Ford.

Maybe the recession
is over for him,

but it ain't for us.

He's swimming and we drowning.

Well, what the hell
are you selling?

[CHUCKLES]

Cemetery plots.

What?

Cemetery plots?!

Oh, that's just great.

The economy done kill me,
now this dude wants to bury me.

Well, forget it, man.

Mr. Evans,
you're really making a mistake.

Out.

But Mr. Evans--

Out!

All right, Mr. Evans,
you know, it's your funeral.

You can either pay me now,

or you know you're gonna
have to pay me later.

You want a down payment?

Honey, you're just
gonna have to calm down.

Now, why should I
calm down, Florida?

I invested
a lot of time and money

in getting
that diploma,

and it ain't
worth a nickel,

because there ain't
no jobs open.

I thought
we was moving up.

Have you tried the union hall,
Daddy?

Yeah.

They gave me
the want ads

and a map
of the city.

Well, James, there seem
to be a lot of want ads there.

Yeah, that's because
a lot of people want jobs.

Well, there must be
some jobs in this paper.

Yeah, here's one:
Wanted, fry cook.

Here's another one:

Wanted,
Topless waitress.

Wait a minute.

They both for
the same job.

Ah, you see what
I mean, Florida?

James, honey,

there's still no need
to get so upset.

You can't fight the economy.

Fight it?
I ain't even laid a glove on it.

This diploma,
I got a good mind to--

Oh, no, James,
don't, please.

THELMA: Daddy,
don't do that.

Oh, what's the use?

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

No, honey,
I'll get it.

[SIGHS]

Hello?

Yes, he is.

[WHISPERS]
James, it's for you.

[GRUMBLES]

Come on, honey,
it's the union.

Come on.

Yeah?

Speaking.

What?

Oh, you jiving.

Really?

Yeah, I'll--

Wait a minute.
How much does this job pay?

Wee! I'll take it, man.
I'll take it.

[CHEERING]

Shh!

Now, where's the job located?

You want to say that again?

No, no, it don't matter.
I'll take it anyhow.

I'll be down there tomorrow
to sign up.

Right.

[SCREAMS]

Y'all get yourself together,
because this construction worker

is taking you
out for dinner tonight, yeah!

[CHEERING]

The union
got me a job.

Wow, J--

And that ain't all, baby.

I got a contract for one year
at $500 a week.

[ALL SCREAMING]

Five hundred
greens a week?

We don't have
a pot big enough

to hold that
kind of cabbage!

Then we'll buy one!

Oh, James, that's fantastic.

Where's the job?

Uh, out of town.

Come on, all, let's go.

Where out of town, James?

Uh, out west. Come on.

Where out west,
Peoria?

No, further west. Let's go, now.

Oh, Moon Socket,
South Dakota?

Will you please?

I know, Daddy,
Seattle, Washington?

No, but you
getting warm.

Now, come on,
let's go now.

James, where's the job?

Oh, baby, the good job
is good for one year

at $500 a week.

Let's go eat.
James!

Where is the job?

Alaska.

ALL: Alaska?!

Yeah, that's right, baby,
Alaska.

I'm gonna
be working on the pipeline.

James, I don't know
if I could just pick up and move

to such a godforsaken place.

Yeah, Daddy,

and I don't want
to leave all my friends.

Neither
do I, Daddy.

And what about me?

I'm gonna have to start
going out with Eskimo chicks.

Rubbing noses
don't exactly turn me on.

Try it, J.J.

You'll be the first
nappy nanook of the north.

You got some nerve,
your igloo--

All right,
knock it off.

Daddy, where would we live?

Alaska's too new
to have ghettos.

Look, there's something you all
don't seem to understand.

We ain't going to Alaska.

I am.

James,
what you mean?

Oh, baby,
that pipeline

is out in the
middle of nowhere.

Well, you just can't
pick up and go off

and leave us for a year.

Well, what am I gonna do,
Florida?

I can't find
no good paying jobs around here.

You still got
your job at Brady's.

You're
assistant foreman.

Hmm, some assistant foreman.

They fired the one dude
that was working under me.

Besides, baby,

this job in Alaska pays
$500 a week.

You know what that means?

Honey, the money is good, but--

But nothing, baby.
It's only gonna be for one year.

With that money,

we'll be able to save up money
for the kids' college.

We'll be able to move outta here
and start living good.

Oh, James,
I don't wanna live good.

I want
to live with you.

Huh?

You know what I mean.

Yeah, Daddy,
we want to live with you too.

Yeah, Daddy,
please don't go.

Yeah, Dad.

Now, look here,
kids,

the seniority I get on this job,
when I get back,

I'll be able
to get jobs

I ain't got
a chance at now.

Yeah, being black in Alaska
has its definite advantages.

They'll never lose Dad
in the snow.

James, I just can't believe
you'd do this.

You're gonna
leave three children

without a father
for a whole year.

Now, wait a
minute, Florida.

I thought about that.

But look at them.
They ain't kids no more.

I mean,
they're practically adults.

Michael is only 13.

A boy that age
needs a father,

especially in
this neighborhood.

Those streets are
full of bad habits

just waiting
to be picked up.

Now, look, baby, we didn't
raise no ignorant kids.

I mean, they know
right from wrong.

And if they forget
while I'm gone,

just give them
a refresher course.

That's the
father's job.

Now, wait a minute.

You the one
always telling me

a woman can do
anything a man can do.

Well, I was wrong.

There ain't
a woman on earth

as stubborn
as you are.

Stubborn? Now, what makes
you say I'm stubborn?

I ain't stubborn.

I'm just saying

ain't nobody gonna make me
change my mind.

I'm going to Alaska.

Over my dead
snowshoes.

Dad, you wanna know
what I think about this?

No.

See, Thelma,
I told you not to interrupt them

when they arguing.

I don't
understand you sometimes.

All I'm trying to do
is make a better life

for all of us.

James, is it worth it

leaving your family
for a whole year?

Do we live that bad?

Well let's face it, Florida,
we don't live that good.

I mean, we are poor,

and if you was to make a list
of all the things

that people want to be,
poor would be at the bottom.

Just above sick and dead.

So what?

We've been poor all our lives,
and we always got through

without you leaving the family
to do it.

James, why are
you doing it?

I'm doing it for us.

It's the first time
in my life

I had a chance
to accomplish something.

Then you're not
doing it for us.

You're doing
it for you.

I'm doing it for us!

Well, "us" don't want you
to do it.

Look, I'm taking
the job,

and I don't wanna hear
no more about it.

I'm going to Alaska!

Now, let's go out
and celebrate the good news

and have some fun!

I'm going to a club meeting.
See you later, Mom.

Okay, sweetheart.
Bye-bye, bye-bye.

Okay.

James still hasn't
changed his mind, huh?

[DOOR CLOSES]

Well, I just
wanna tell you

that whatever goes down,
you can count on me.

What does that mean, Willona?

Now, if I tell you something,
you promise you won't get upset?

Tell me.

You know Dwight Johnson.

The guy I used to go with?
Yeah.

Well, honey, he used to
work on a pipeline too,

for 18 months in Texas.

And those dudes were stranded
so far out in the sticks,

the company flew in
entertainment every weekend.

Entertainment?
Mm-hmm.

What kind of entertainment?

* En-ter-tainment *

L-i-v-e, live entertainment.

Okay, Willona,
I get it.

All right.

J.J:
Oh, come on now.

I told you, the answer's no!
What's going on?

[DOOR CLOSES]

Ma, I told Daddy
I can get a full-time job

at the county hospital.

And I'll sell
my art supplies.

And Michael's trying
to get a job

at the drug store
delivering orders.

You hear that, James?

They're all willing
to sacrifice

to keep you home.

What kind of home is it gonna be
with everybody working?

There won't be nobody home.

The answer is no!

James, I tell you,
we could do it--

Case closed, Florida.
Oh!

[CRYING]

[DOOR SLAMS]

Well, it's so nice to see

you're keeping an open mind,
James.

[SLAMS POT DOWN]

Or at least you're trying.

[DOOR OPENS]

Oh, now, come on, baby,
stop crying.

It's gonna be
just as tough on me

as it is on you.

I ain't gonna be
doing nothing but working

and getting homesick.

And being...

en-ter-tained!

Huh?

Oh, Willona told me
what goes on

in them
construction camps.

Oh, Willona.
Princess Running Mouth.

Look, I heard
all about them camps too.

But you don't think
I'm gonna be involved

in none of that stuff,
do you?

I know you
wouldn't, James.

All I'm gonna be doing
is marking on the calendar

and writing letters to you
every night.

Like this?

What's that?

It's a letter I got
a long time ago.

James, you know
we only been apart one day

in all the 20 years
of our marriage.

Yeah.

That was one day
I went out of town

looking for work.

Mm-hmm.

You weren't even
gone 24 hours,

and you wrote me
a 10-page letter.

Yeah, every time
I tried to fall asleep,

I had to add
another page.

James, this is
only for one day.

What you gonna do
when you're gone

for a whole year?

Use up a hell of a lot
of pencils.

You know,

this is the only love letter
I ever got.

It better be.
It's the only one I ever wrote.

"I didn't get
the job, Florida,

"but I don't care.

"Being away from you
hurts me too much.

I'll never
leave you again."

Oh, Florida,
that was a young boy talking.

Whatever
happened to him?

He grew up.

Florida,
we're talking about $500 a week!

James,
I'm talking about you.

But, baby,
when was the last time

anybody around here
even seen $500 a week?

I've been knocked around enough
to know

you just can't pass up
a chance like this, baby.

Oh, now,
come on, now.

Come on.

It's pretty quiet
in there.

Maybe Ma gave in.

Not a chance.

Maybe Dad gave in.

Never!

Well, maybe I
should go in there.

They probably
need some advice

from a neutral party.

J.J., you go in there,
and Dad will break you in half.

Just a thought
that popped

inside of my head.

Hmm, it must
have been awful lonesome.

Ooh, Michael!
What happened to you?

Michael,
what happened, man?

I'm okay.

Mama, Daddy, come here!
Michael's hurt.

I said I'm okay.

THELMA: Michael...

MICHAEL: I'm okay.
Michael.

Honey, are you hurt?

No, Ma, I'm okay.

Michael, you
been fighting?

Yeah, Daddy,
I had to fight.

Keith got beat up
and robbed.

And I don't know
how bad Eddie's hurt,

but I barely got away myself.

Who is this dude?
I'll tear him apart!

Well,
there was six of them.

Sounds like a job for Dad.

Junior, shut up.

Now, I want to know
what happened, Michael.

Well, Daddy,

we were down the block
selling The Defender,

trying to raise money
for our club,

when these six cats
from the Satan Knights came

and started pushing us around.

After they robbed Keith,

one of them pulled a knife
on me.

My God.

So I hit him
with a stack of papers

and ran.

Michael... baby,
you could have really been hurt.

Oh, now calm
down, baby.

It's all over.

Yeah, for now.

But we gonna get back
at those dudes.

Now you ain't getting
back at nobody.

Daddy,
what kind of club would we be

if we let everybody
push us around?

That's what we stand for:
black pride.

If you come down on a guy
wearing one of these jackets,

you coming down on all of us.

Now, wait a
minute, mister.

You just back up.

The only reason
I let you join this club

is because you said
it stood for self-pride

and awareness.

But if your club is
talking about revenge,

then they become
nothing but a gang,

and you just quit.

Hey, Daddy, you can't
take my jacket from me.

Looks to me
like I just did.

Now, you want
to discuss it?

No.

But what about Black Pride?

What about it?

You don't need no gang for that.

You black. Just be proud.

James, where
are you going?

I'm going down
to the union hall,

see can I find me
a job here in town.

James!

Well, Florida,
I'm ashamed of you,

letting me
go off to Alaska

knowing my son needs me
here in this jungle.

For a woman, sometimes
you really surprise me.

* Mm-mm-mm *

* Just lookin'
Out of the window *

* Watching the asphalt grow *

* Thinkin' how
It all looks hand-me-down *

* Good times
Good times *

* Keepin' your head
Above water *

* Makin' a wave
When you can *

* Temporary layoffs
Good times *

ANNOUNCER:
Good Times is recorded
on tape

before a live audience.

* Ain't we lucky we got 'em *

* Good times **