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Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Oh my goodness
I can't believe this.

Willona, It is colder in here
than it is outside.

And it's zero degrees out there.

You telling me?

It's so cold in here,

when I shake my head,
my eyeballs rattle.

I better not make any mistakes
in my homework,

'cause my eraser's frozen.

I'll make some coffee.
Good idea.

Willona,
will you look at this.

We're shivering
and shaking,

and he comes out
dressed like a fool.

Girl, you're only
as warm as you feel.

Simply a case of
mind over matter.

Well, I think you
better stick with matter,

'cause your mind ain't together,
brother.

Will you look at this,
Willona.

Thelma,

either the water's rusty,
or you burnt it.

Oh, this is getting
to be too much.

Now we gotta deal
with rusty water.

I'm calling Bookman
right now, honey.

Willona, it won't do any good,
we've already tried,

and Bookman
hasn't shown up.

Oh, it's the same
old song.

When things break down
and nothing goes right,

good old Bookman
is out of sight.

I'm gonna get some action
here this time.

That's right.

It takes a man
to get results around here,

and I'm determined
to get results.

You know what I mean?
I had enough--

Wow, speaking
of results.

Welcome to the igloo, there,
Nanook of the ghetto.

How you doin', honey?

Where you been?

I'll tell you
where she's been.

Up and down the halls,
defacing the property.

Booga, what are you
flappin' about now?

Miss Woods, Penny's been writing
all over the floor with chalk.

Is that true,
honey?

Yes, Mama.

Penny.

You haven't been writing
naughty words,

have you, Penny?

Of course not.

What have you been writin'?

Numbers.

Writing
naughty numbers?

We were playing
hopscotch,

and Mr. Bookman's just mad
'cause I beat him.

Oh, Booga,

I know you're not
wrapped too tight,

but don't you have
anything better to do

than play hopscotch
with the little kiddies?

Yeah, like fixin'
the water pipes.

Yeah Bookman, what about
getting us some heat?

Look, it ain't cold in here.
I feel comfortable.

That's because you got
enough blubber on you

to keep a bear
in hibernation.

Look, I'd like to help you out,
but I ain't got time.

Mrs. Bookman and I are going
to visit her mother.

Oh, come on, Bookman.

Anything to get out of work.

Hey, young lady,
if you got a complaint,

put it in writing.

That's cool, old man,

but who's gonna
read it to you?

Look, I'd like
to chitchat with you,

but I ain't got time.

See, Mrs. Bookman's waiting,

and when she's kept waiting,

she becomes
a fire-breathing dragon.

So why don't you put her
in the furnace?

Maybe then we'll get some heat.

I see you made
some coffee.

Don't mind if I do.

Ha, ha.
Ha, ha, ha.

Like some cream
and sugar in that?

No, thank you.

Mm-mm.

Thelma,
this sure is delicious.

I sure wish
you'd show Mrs. Bookman

how to make coffee.

Hers always come out
like rusty water.

[KNOCKING]

I'll get it.

Hi, Mrs. Bookman.

I was just leaving,
Violet.

Good.

Mother's waiting,

and you know how mother hates
to be kept waiting.

Is she a dragon too?

What does she mean "too"?

Just childish prattle,
my pet.

Mrs. Bookman,
would you like

Thelma to show you
how she makes her coffee?

And what is wrong
with my coffee?

Pure nectar,
my sweet.

Nectar.

Oh, is that anything
like rusty water?

I can explain everything,
Violet.

We'll discuss it at Mother's.

Violet, we are slowly but surely
freezing to death.

Now, that's more important
than going to your mother's.

More important
than going to see my mother?

Miss Woods,
Yes, Violet.

all tenants have
their little problems,

but Mr. Bookman and I have
our personal lives too.

So let's try to be a little more
considerate of others,

shall we?

Otherwise, I'll have Nathan
evict all of you so fast,

your butts will hit the street
before your feet.

Do I make myself clear?

Coming, Nathan?

Yes, dear.

Hey, Bookman,

in the meantime, man,
what are we gonna do for heat?

Get another stick and rub it
up against your brother, J.J.

That does it. that does it!

It's time
for some action.

You're right, Willona.
You are right.

Now, I hope you have
something really dirty

and underhanded
in mind.

No, I was thinking of something
a little more subtle for Nathan.

How about a hitman
from Detroit?

Hey, remember?

Bookman said that
if we had any complaints,

to put them down
in writing?

Right.

Well, that's just
what we're going to do.

We'll put them down
in a petition.

A petition?

Willona, it'll only end up
in a pile of red tape

on some politician's desk.

You know,
Michael's right.

A petition ain't
strong enough for him.

I vote for the hitman
from Detroit.

Honey, it will be strong enough

if we get every tenant
in this building

to list their grievances
and sign.

Yeah, that'd scare Bookman
into doing something.

Well, let's stop
talking about it,

and let's get
on with it.

Oh, Michael,

try to get
that window open,

'cause this heat
is killing me.

Yeah, Michael.

Let some of that
Chicago hawk in here.

Hey, y'all, I'm trying,
but it won't budge.

Wait a minute, Michael,
let me handle that.

Obviously need some
body English in there.

Whoo-hoo.

Lord have mercy.

We asked Bookman for heat,
and he's about to kill us.

Boy, now I know what
a TV dinner feels like

in a microwave oven.

Yeah,
I tell you.

Our petition got results,
all right.

But instead of freezing,
we're frying.

J.J., try banging on it.

Maybe you'll loosen it.

Heh, heh. Penny,
heh, heh.

See, you're just
a little girl.

Obviously,

you don't understand
the finer points

of mechanical
engineering.

What the situation is here,

is that we've had
a sudden climatic change,

which has added
molecules to the wood,

which, therefore,
has taken away

the unloosen-ness
of the situation.

Let me try.

Go ahead,
little girl, try.

Just a lucky punch.

Are you sure you're not
a hitman from Detroit?

[KNOCKING]

I'll get it.

Hi, Penny.
Is your mother in?

Yes.

[KNOCKING]

I'd like to talk to her.

Why didn't you say so?

Well, welcome to the steam bath,
Bookman.

Booga, Booga, Booga.

What are you doing
to the furnace?

It's over 90 degrees
in this building.

Hey, look, I apologize,
Miss Woods.

And as soon as
I can get down to the basement,

I'll cut the heat down.

Yeah, well,
we could lose

half the hot air
in this room,

soon as you leave.

Well, is there anything else
need repairing?

Is the water
running clear now?

Yes, Yeah.

Uh-huh.
How about the stove?

The pilot light working?

Yeah.
Oh, that's good.

Nice of you to ask.

Well, you know,
this apartment holds

such fond memories for me.

See this window?
First window I ever replaced.

And probably your last.

You can still see
my thumbprint,

right here,
where the putty dried.

Oh, come on, Booga.

Enough of this,
waddling down Memory Lane.

What is going on?

Well, I guess I'm not myself,
after what happened.

What happened, Bookman?

You didn't make your
eviction quota for the week?

I wish it was that simple, man.

Folks, I just got the word.

I'm being replaced.

You being replaced?

Uh, y-you mean,
you got fired?

They call it
terminated.

I think they gave
him the ax.

Hey, uh, Bookman,

Did they give you any reason
why they, uh, let you go?

City don't have to give
you a reason.

Oh, this door's
a little squeaky.

I'll just give it
a little spritz.

Oh, thanks,
Bookman,

but you really
don't have to do that.

Yeah, Bookman.

Sit down here and have
a piece of Thelma's cake.

At least that'll make you forget
your other problems.

No, thanks.
I'm not really hungry.

Well, maybe
just to be sociable.

Uh, Bookman,
listen, uh,

Are you positive that
they didn't give you any reason

for firing you?

Oh, I'm positive.
But I can live with that.

It's my wife
that I'm worried about.

I can't ever remember
seeing her so upset.

Think back
to your wedding night.

Bookman, uh,

w-what are you
gonna do now?

Well, I'll just
have to remain positive.

I mean, you know,
you fall off a horse,

and you just get back on again.

You're gonna become a jockey?

No. I'm gonna go out
and find myself a new job.

Hey, that's the spirit,
Bookman.

Yeah, as scarce as they are.

Do you know that 34 percent
of the Black community

is unemployed?

Hold on,
I heard it was 25 percent.

Oh, no, no, no.
That was last week.

But I ain't gonna let it
get me down, baby.

I'm gonna be out
pounding the pavement,

knocking on doors,
till my knuckles ache.

[ALL CHEERING INDISTINCTLY]

Boy, it sure is nice
to see you grow up

to a beautiful young woman,
Thelma.

Aww, thanks, Bookman.

That's really nice of you
to say that.

No matter how hard
it is to believe.

Hey, you know something else?

This is the first time,
the first time,

we've ever had a chance
to sit down and talk.

I mean, I've always been
so busy,

and I never got a chance to see
what nice folks you really are.

We try, we try.

Listen, we'll see you around,
though, Bookman, you know.

No, the apartment
goes with the job.

And it goes when the job goes.

Oh, Bookman,
I'm sorry to hear that.

Willona, Willona,
please...

Call me Booga.

I mean, when a man is down
on his luck,

little things like that,
mean a lot.

Oh, Bookman,
you'll find some place.

Of course you will.

Yeah, shortage of housing
and unemployment.

But these are my problems.

I got no business
putting that on you.

Hey, hey, hey.
Don't take it so hard, honey.

That's what
friends are for.

Yeah, some friends we are, huh?

Well...

You ain't gonna have
ol' Nathan Milhous Bookman

to kick around anymore.

Try not to blow your cool.

[BLOWS NOSE]

Well folks, we've just seen
the final days of Bookman.

J.J., a man
losing his job is no joke.

Yeah, and it was our petition
that got him fired.

Yeah, and he was so sweet
and nice to all of us.

He has no idea...we did it.

So, you think they fell for it,
Nathan?

Violet,
they don't have no idea.

I'm gonna lay
so much guilt on them,

they'll never sign
a petition again.

I'll have my job back
in no time.

Sock it to them,
Nathan!

I never thought Bookman
would lose his job.

I just wanted to light
a little fire under him.

That's the same thing
they said to Joan of Arc,

and look what happened to her.

Oh, Willona, don't feel guilty.

It's not your fault.

Yes, it is.

The petition was my idea.

Yeah, but I drafted it.

I signed it.

We all
signed it.

I didn't.

Willona, you shouldn't
regret the past.

I mean, guilt
only immobilizes you.

That's the same thing I say
to all the chicks I go out with.

But that's the only way
I can get 'em mobilized.

Oh, Mama, can't we do something
about Mr. Bookman's job?

I like him.

When we play hide-and-go-seek,

he's a good place
to hide behind.

And I can beat him
in hopscotch too.

And he buys all us kids
ice cream

when the truck comes around.

Hey, Willona,
do you think Alderman Davis

could pull a few strings?

Ohh.
Who's Alderman Davis?

Just look in the Yellow Pages
under crooked politicians.

Pass on
Alderman Davis.

I already made
one mistake,

I am not about
to make another.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

But we ought to be doing
something for Mr. Bookman.

Honey, we're thinking
about that now. That--

Oh, Bookman,
my good man.

We were just saying
a few kind words

about the soon-to-be departed.

That's really nice of you,
J.J.,

but what else can you expect

from such a warm-hearted
bunch of people.

Hey, right now, there's
somebody I want you to meet.

Hey, Stanley?

Folks this is Stanley Sifford,
my replacement.

Hi, sure is nice
to meet you folks.

Nathan here's been showing
me the ropes.

And you know that's strange,

'cause most guys would have
turned their back

on somebody who's
taking their job.

It's not your fault,
Stanley.

It's not anybody's fault.

You see what I mean?

He is one of a kind.
Now, you know,

they broke the mold
when they made him.

I think I know
why it broke.

Well, now that I'm here,

is there anything
that needs fixing?

The shower drips a little.

Well, I always say:

why put off until tomorrow
what you can easily do today.

That's funny.
Bookman always says:

why put off tomorrow
what you can put off forever.

Hey, look, Stanley,

I know it's your first day
at work and everything.

You don't wanna
tire yourself out.

Well, I'll just
take a look at the shower.

I always say:

an ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure.

Heh, heh, heh. We ain't never
had the prevention or the cure,

But we sure had the pounds.

Ah! Just remembered.

I got something to take care of.

Listen, I'll be back later
to say, um...

goodbye.

You know, J.J.,
it's really gonna be strange

living in a building
where everything works.

Including
the janitor.

Hey, hey, hey,

wait just
one minute,

This just might work out
for the best after all.

You know, you're right, Willona.

We can't help it if Bookman
didn't cut the mustard.

We had no idea
and we had no intentions

of getting that man fired.

Right?
Right.

But if he is fired,
c'est la vie.

C'est la guerre.

C'est si bon.

Mama, you mean we don't want
Mr. Bookman around anymore?

Honey, he'll find another job.

Yeah, but where do you put a man
who's lazy, mouths off

and never keeps his promises?

Send him to Washington.

Well, but best of all,
we don't have to see that jive,

Alderman Davis.

Yeah, you're right--
You know, he could--

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Oh, you're back.

Violet and I decided to make
the final rounds together.

She's very upset.

This is her third
box of Kleenex.

Oh, Mrs. Bookman,
how are you?

These are hard times.

I don't know what
Nathan's going to do.

Come on, now,

I told you to stop bothering
people with our troubles.

[SOBBING]

Violet, you promised.
No more crying.

I can't help it.

I'm not as strong
as you are.

We've had
rough times before.

I know, but never
as bad as this.

Yeah, I know.
I know.

Keep her away
from the open window.

Charming J.J.

Sweet Thelma.

Darling Michael.

I'm sure you understand
what I'm going through.

I know how bad I felt
when your father lost his job.

I think it's time we should
be leaving, Violet.

Yes, I need some fresh air.

Wait a minute,
Mrs. Bookman!

Take it easy.

The door is this way,
Mrs. Bookman.

The window's
faster.

Take it easy,
take it easy.

Miss Woods,

we'd like to ask you
one last favor.

Anything.

We'd like for you
to have this.

Oh, I--
I couldn't take that.

It's an antique.

It's been in Violet's
family for years.

Yes, handed down
from generation to generation.

Careful, Nathan, don't be
the generation that drops it.

I mean, this beautiful,
expensive clock,

that's something
you never let go of.

Knowing it's with you would
make us feel so much better.

Dearest friend,

I'd rather see it on your table,

than in the window
of some hock shop.

If I'm still here to see it.

Please?

Ok.

Let's go,
Violet.

[WAILING]

I'll have to watch her
like a hawk every minute.

Well, folks,
your shower's all fixed.

All it needed
was one little washer.

That's nice, Stanley.
Thank you.

Oh, sure. And, Miss Woods,
if you don't mind,

I'll go over and see if I can
fix anything in your apartment.

Thanks a lot, Stanley.

We sure have a great
new janitor, don't we?

Yeah, I tell you,
that Stanley is something else.

You know, he really
gets the job done.

Yeah,
Stanley's my man.

Maybe Stanley would buy us
double scoops of ice cream.

Oh, Stanley's a great guy.

I'm gonna miss Stanley.

Alderman Davis' office, please.

Well, hello there, Wilma.

Nice of you to drop by.

Usually it's me
who pays you the visit.

Somebody always winds up paying
when you stop by.

And the name is Willona.

It warms my heart

knowing my constituents
feel free to come to me

for consultation and advice.

I wish I could be sure
of the free.

Tell me, how are the Evans,
my favorite project family?

Oh, they're fine.

And, of course, how are you too,
Winnonie?

Could we just get down
to the business at hand,

why I came here, please.

I think I know
why you're here.

It's about Bookman
being fired.

That's right.

And you came to thank me.

Well, you needn't.

You see, it's all part of being
a faithful public servant.

Keeping in touch
with the people.

You put the touch on the people,
all right.

Your thanks isn't necessary.

You may, however,
show your gratitude

by making a generous donation
to my favorite charity.

The Alderman Fred C. Davis
Clinic for Un-neutered Cats.

Alderman,
I didn't--

My secretary will accept
your check on the way out.

Good day, Wilhemina.

Willona.
The name is Willona.

I didn't come here to thank you.

I came to see if you could
get Bookman's job back.

Get his job back?
Yeah.

But you're the one
who started this petition.

I know, but we just wanted him
to shape up, not ship out!

Well, I was only acting
in your best interest.

After all, my people deserve
the very best.

Then how come
we got stuck with you?

I'm gonna let that one slide,
Wyomia.

I realize your comments
are an overstatement,

like your hips.

Well, it's better that
an understatement,

like your hair.

Well, what you're asking
me to do

is far more complicated
than you could ever imagine.

What's so complicated about
getting a man's job back?

You see,

the political bureaucracy
is very complex.

One must adhere to certain
channels and procedures.

Oh, channels
and procedures.

I get it.

How much is it going to cost us?

Oh, now,
if I didn't know better,

I would think
you were suggesting a bribe.

Oh, ho, ho...
How much?

I'll have you know,
the word "bribe"

is not in my
vocabulary.

Not in your vocabulary.

Well, how about
political contribution?

That I've heard of.

But, now, if I'm going to go
out on a limb for you,

there's something else
I ask in return.

I never, never want to hear you
complain about Bookman again.

You got it.

And, as far as
your contribution,

I'm sure we can work out
some arrangement, Winekta.

Perhaps some little token
of your esteem for Mrs. Davis.

What kind of token,
and how much esteem, baldy?

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.

One good thing
about Alderman Davis,

he can't be bought...
but he can be rented.

Ha-ha-ha. That's the price
we had to pay, honey.

[KNOCKING]

Surprise!
I'm back!

Good.

Now would you
give us some heat?

Hey, Thelma, you should
know better than that.

You can't teach
an old buffalo new tricks.

Oh, by the way,
I guess I owe you some thank-you

for getting me my job back.

You mean,
you know about that, Bookman?

Yeah, and it's the least
you can do,

considering your petition
got me fired in the first place.

You knew about that too?

You betcha, little lady.

This whole thing
was a hustle?

Yeah.
Beautiful, wasn't it?

You lost me my job,
and I used you to get it back.

Ha-ha-ha!

You mean, little Mrs. Bookman
was in on it too?

Great little actress,
isn't she?

Well, we ought to
be on the stage.

We're a regular
Farrah Fawcett, Lee Majors.

Yeah, Charlie's Devil
and Six Dollar Man.

And you fell for it.

Now give me my clock back.

Clock?

The man say he want
his clock back.

We thought it was a gift.

Loan, loan.

It was hard enough for me
to convince Mrs. Bookman

to let me use it
in the plan.

Now hand it over.

Come here, Booga, listen.

You have to understand
the structure

of a political bureaucracy.

You see, there are certain
procedures and channels

one must adhere to.
And if you elect--

Hey wait a minute. Hold it.

I don't wanna hear
all that stuff.

Just give me
the clock back.

Bookman, I don't think
you heard the lady.

You got to give a little
to get a little.

I don't think you understand.

Give me my tick-tock back.

Uh, what they're trying to say,
Bookman,

is that in order to get
your job back,

they had to bribe
Alderman Davis.

Oh, that's all behind us now.

I don't wanna know
about sordid details.

I think you'll want to know
about this detail, Mr. Bookman.

Don't tell me
you gave that man my clock.

We gave him your clock.

I asked you
not to tell me that.

You know, you had no right
to give that clock away.

Neither did you.

But that's all behind us now,
remember?

Look, I can't go home
without it.

Bye-bye,
Mr. Buffalo Butt.

ALL:
Bye!

Violet will kill me.

ALL:
We know.

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