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CHRIS ROCK:
When you first become
a teenager,
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you think it's cool
to just be a teenager.
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Then you find out
no matter how cool you act,
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if you don't look cool, you
might as well be 5 years old.
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And the coolest thing
you could have when I was 13
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was a leather jacket.
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He might not have a daddy,
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but he's got a leather jacket.
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Keisha, you got
a leather jacket too?
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My mom just got it
off layaway for me.
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I was thinking
about getting one.
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You are? Why?
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Look at me.
I'm skinny and I'm short.
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I'm not gonna
become cool overnight.
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You don't look
that bad, though.
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Yeah, but I need something.
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Think a leather jacket
would help?
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I guess.
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All I was thinking is that
the right leather jacket
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would have turned me
from this guy...into this guy.
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Chris.
That leather jacket is cool.
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Let's hang out.
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As soon as
I'm finished posing.
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I knew where to get
a leather jacket.
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Now all I needed was money.
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* Aw, make it funky now
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A leather jacket? What do you
need a leather jacket for?
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Keisha said it was cool.
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Think a leather jacket's
gonna make you cool?
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It made these guys
gazillionaires.
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It could. The only thing is,
I don't have $50.
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Just save up your allowance.
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My what?
Your allowance.
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It's money that your parents
give you every week.
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I'd heard about allowances,
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but I didn't know
they actually existed.
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I thought it was just something
that happened on TV.
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Here you go, son.
A thousand dollars.
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Thank you, father.
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[CHUCKLING]
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Since my father
was always working,
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he always seemed
kind of grumpy.
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It seemed like there was
never a good time
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to ask my father for money.
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Daddy, can I have $15
to go on a field trip
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to the Statue of Liberty?
Okay.
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Hey, Dad, can I have $5
to go to the show?
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Okay.
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Baby, can I get $25
to go shopping?
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Okay.
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It looks like this might be
a good time after all.
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Hey, Dad?
Can I get a leather jacket?
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A leather jacket? You got
some leather-jacket money?
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What do you need
a leather jacket for?
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What's wrong
with Drew's old coat?
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Instead of Drew wearing
my old clothes,
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I wore his old clothes.
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I think I was the first kid
to get hand-me-ups.
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It's too small,
it's out of style
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and it's just not cool.
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It ain't supposed to be cool.
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It's supposed to be warm.
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Being warm is cool.
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I'm not asking you to buy it.
I'll save up.
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Save up what?
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I was hoping you can give me
an allowance.
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I know it sounded like
an innocent enough question,
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but here's what he heard.
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Since you work
like a slave all day
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and don't have time to enjoy
your money, can I have it?
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I'm not giving you money
for doing nothing.
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An allowance?
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I'll allow you
to sleep here at night.
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I'll allow you
to eat them potatoes.
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I'll allow you to use my lights.
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I'll allow you
to drink my Kool-Aid.
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I'll allow you to nibble
on them green beans.
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I'll allow you
to look at that TV.
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I'll allow you
to run up my gas bill.
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I'll allow you
to walk up my stairs.
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I'll allow you to ask me
these ridiculous-ass questions.
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Why should I give you
an allowance
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when I already paid for
everything you do?
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Who you know that gets
an allowance? Huh?
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I'm finished.
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I was talking to Greg.
He said that he gets $5 a week.
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Sounds like Greg's
doing better than me.
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Ask him for an allowance.
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You want to buy a leather coat,
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you need to get
a leather-coat job.
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While things might have been
tight with my father,
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my mother was getting loose.
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She was always happy when
she had the house to herself.
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She caught up on her reading.
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She talked on the phone.
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She ate expensive candy
she hid from us.
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But there was one thing
that she never counted on
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to mess up her day.
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Coming...
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What are y'all doing here?
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Something went wrong
at our school.
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Something about the paint.
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Before vending machines were
put into schools,
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hungry kids often snacked
on lead paint chips.
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Mm.
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This is good!
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If we had ladders,
he'd have ate the asbestos.
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I want one!
Me too! Me too! Me too!
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Come on, me too!
Hey, give me some!
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So we can go back
after they finish
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repainting our classrooms.
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All right, well,
stay out of my way,
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'cause I'm cleaning up.
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What are we gonna do all day?
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I don't know. Go play.
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But you all better not mess up
my house till after 4:30!
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I mean, asbestos kills.
A little paint ain't gonna hurt.
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After a day out of school, my
mother wasn't having any fun.
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And neither were
Tonya and Drew.
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What are you doing?
Nothing.
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When broke kids get bored,
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they play one of the cheapest
games ever invented:
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"I Dare You."
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I dare you
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to put these ice cubes
under your armpit.
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For how long?
One minute.
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Okay.
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Whoo! Ah!
One...
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two...
Count normal, Tonya.
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Three...
What is wrong with you?
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I dared him to put
ice cubes under his arms.
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Take the ice cubes
from under your arm.
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Not...in the glass.
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Boy, people gotta drink
from that.
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Okay, I dare you to drink it.
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You better not. That's nasty.
I'm not.
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Know what, since y'all
want to dare so bad,
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dare each other to sit down and
act like y'all got some sense.
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How about that? I'll be glad
when y'all go back to school.
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You are driving me
up the wall.
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Two walls.
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Now you have to do something.
That's nasty.
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Meanwhile, I felt like
the only guy on earth
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without a leather jacket.
You got a leather jacket?
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Cool, huh? My dad got it for me
at the army surplus store.
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Hey, weren't you the one
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who said leather
didn't make you cool?
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Yeah, but I was wrong.
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So, what did your dad say
about an allowance?
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He said no...
for about two hours.
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Hi, Greg. Nice jacket.
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Wait, she's talking to you?
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Cool, huh?
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I gotta get me
a leather jacket.
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Finding a job when you're 13
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is not the easiest thing to do.
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I applied for easy jobs...
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Now, why would I pay you
to put groceries in a bag
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when I can put them in a bag
my damn self?
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I applied for hard jobs...
Security guard, huh?
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You ever been shot?
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I even applied for jobs I
didn't know I was applying for.
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You any good with matches?
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There's a new barber
down the block.
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He needs to be taught a lesson.
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[TONYA GIGGLES]
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I dare you
to slide down these stairs
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on your back.
Give me the towel.
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Only place more dangerous
than the streets of Brooklyn
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were the hallways of Brooklyn.
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[THUDDING]
[DREW GROANING]
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After running out of options,
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I could only think
of one person
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that could help me find work.
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Hey.
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Dad, can you help me
get a job?
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What?
I want to get a leather jacket.
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I've been trying to get a job,
but it's not working out so far.
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You want it that bad, huh?
Yeah.
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Want to come to work with me?
For real?
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Yeah. Tomorrow's Saturday.
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You can come do deliveries
with me.
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I'll be back in a few hours.
Now, be downstairs at 3:30.
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Not 3:31.
Don't worry. I'll be down early.
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No such thing as early.
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You're either on time
or you're late.
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I was committed to getting
that jacket.
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Nothing was going to stop me.
Nothing except a nap.
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[HORN HONKING]
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[SNORING]
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[ENGINE REVVING]
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* Everybody hates Chris
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ANNOUNCER [ON TV]:
He pulls up and shoots
the 12-footer.
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Vandross got the rebound.
He lays it up and in.
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CHRIS ROCK:
I thought my father would be
mad that I missed work.
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Instead of getting
a leather jacket,
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I thought I was
gonna get a leather belt.
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What happened this morning?
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I overslept.
How come you didn't come get me?
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You the one want the job.
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Job ain't gonna wait for you.
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[***]
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In the game of dare,
there are no rules,
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there are no regulations
and the game doesn't end
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till somebody's dead.
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I dare you.
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What you gonna give me?
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Two dollars.
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[EXHALES SHARPLY]
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Drink it. Hurry up.
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Hurry up, Tonya.
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More.
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Drink it. Whoa!
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[GROANING]
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Heh-heh, cool.
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How was it?
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Give me my $2.
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[ALARM BUZZES]
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The next morning,
I was up earlier
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than a Marine
with a paper route.
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Coffee?
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[MACHINERY WHIRRING, SQUEALING]
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Working with my father
was mind-blowing.
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I couldn't believe
how big it was,
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how loud it was,
how fast everything was going.
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I felt like an Amish kid
in Vegas.
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Come on.
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JULIUS: What's up, George?
Hey, Herc.
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What's up?
Hey!
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Who's this?
That's my son, Chris.
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Who's Herc?
Herc, like Hercules.
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That's a strong man.
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The only other names
I knew my father by
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were the words
my mother called him,
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and they didn't have nothing
to do with being strong.
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So, little Herc,
you funny like your old man?
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My father's funny?
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Nah, he ain't that funny.
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[BOTH LAUGHING]
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Funnier than you two corny...
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[HORN HONKS]
[MEN EXCLAIM]
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My father never cursed
at home,
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so hearing him curse
at the job
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made me feel like
I was in a secret club.
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Get to work before
I bring your mama back in here.
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Oh, no. No mamas.
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Yeah, okay, whatever you say.
See you, Little Herc.
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Tell your mama
to come back here too, man.
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[HORN HONKING]
[ALL LAUGHING]
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Hey, let's get to work.
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00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:43,303
I haven't heard cursing
like that
255
00:11:43,336 --> 00:11:46,806
since my father stepped
on my mother's bunion.
256
00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,742
[TONYA GROANS]
257
00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:54,781
[TONYA GROANING, CRYING]
258
00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:56,950
At home, the dare game
was over,
259
00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:59,085
but the trouble
was just starting.
260
00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:00,887
[TOILET FLUSHES]
261
00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,023
[GROANING SOFTLY]
262
00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:09,295
What's wrong, baby? I heard you
all the way from my room.
263
00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:11,798
My stomach hurts really bad.
264
00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:13,233
Let me feel.
265
00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:16,236
Oh, no. You're burning up.
Let me feel your tummy.
266
00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:17,804
[SQUEALS, CRYING]
267
00:12:17,837 --> 00:12:20,206
Okay, baby, I'm gonna take you
to the emergency room.
268
00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,342
I'm gonna get your coat.
Drew, get up!
269
00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:24,577
Going to the doctor
was serious business,
270
00:12:24,611 --> 00:12:27,380
because usually, if something
was wrong with one of us,
271
00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:31,484
my parents thought they could
fix it with Robitussin.
272
00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:34,387
Ow! I burned my finger!
273
00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:36,956
Oh, let me see, boy, let me see.
274
00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,826
Oh, take some Robitussin.
275
00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:41,528
Looks like a tooth
broke off.
276
00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:44,431
Mm. I'll go get the Robitussin.
277
00:12:44,464 --> 00:12:45,965
(BANGING ON DOOR)
278
00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:48,134
ROCHELLE: What?
Chris just got hit by a car.
279
00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:52,405
Oh, my God,
I'll go get the Robitussin.
280
00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:54,841
[GROANING]
281
00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:57,477
I'm not telling her.
You're the one who drank it.
282
00:12:57,510 --> 00:13:01,314
You dared me!
Shh. Be quiet.
283
00:13:01,348 --> 00:13:03,950
Okay, come on. Let's go.
284
00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,292
It was cold outside.
285
00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:14,994
I was tired,
and those papers were heavy.
286
00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:16,296
I was starting to wonder
287
00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:18,932
if that leather jacket
was worth it.
288
00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:21,267
Hey, Chris.
What time you getting off?
289
00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:24,371
Never.
I gotta pay off this jacket.
290
00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:31,411
Okay, that's it.
291
00:13:31,444 --> 00:13:33,313
Good. Now can we have a break?
292
00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:36,216
We don't get a break
for another three hours.
293
00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:38,551
Come on.
294
00:13:38,585 --> 00:13:40,220
[SIRENS BLARING]
295
00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:43,223
If you watch TV, you know
that an emergency room
296
00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:47,327
is one of the most exciting
places you can be.
297
00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,229
Wrong.
298
00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:51,164
Yeah, Charlie and Karen,
They broke up.
299
00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:53,299
No!
Well, he went back to New York.
300
00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,302
Excuse me, nurse. My baby's
stomach is killing her.
301
00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:58,571
The thing about people who work
in emergency rooms
302
00:13:58,605 --> 00:14:01,641
is they're not the ones
with the emergency, you are.
303
00:14:01,675 --> 00:14:05,412
Really? Oh, but did you see
Tracy with her new man?
304
00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:08,348
But do you see me standing here
with a sick child?
305
00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:10,917
Do you see me here
talking to somebody?
306
00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:13,053
Quit hollerin' at people!
I don't need this.
307
00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:15,288
My man has three jobs!
308
00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:19,092
[***]
309
00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:22,562
Being at work with my father
310
00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:26,299
was one of the coolest things
I ever did. We broke laws...
311
00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:28,201
Oh! Hey, we can make it!
That's red!
312
00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:31,037
Hold on, man. Here we go. Whoa!
313
00:14:31,071 --> 00:14:32,372
Let's go! Let's go!
Aah!
314
00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:36,343
Whoo!
Ha-ha-ha!
315
00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:37,444
Yeah!
Yeah!
316
00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:38,945
...cursed people out.
317
00:14:38,978 --> 00:14:40,714
[HORN HONKING]
318
00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:44,084
Hurry up! Let's go!
Get out of the way!
319
00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:46,586
[HORN BLARING]
320
00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:48,488
Kiss my ass! That's right!
321
00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:51,224
You too! That's right!
322
00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:54,194
That was one of the most
exciting nights of my life.
323
00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:56,563
We delivered papers
in Brooklyn.
324
00:14:56,596 --> 00:15:00,300
We delivered papers in Queens,
Little Italy, Chinatown,
325
00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,969
Spanish Harlem,
Puerto Rican Harlem,
326
00:15:03,003 --> 00:15:04,671
the Bronx, Greenwich Village.
327
00:15:04,704 --> 00:15:08,141
We delivered papers to people
I didn't even know could read.
328
00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:12,379
And after delivering more than
15 tons' worth of newspapers,
329
00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:16,349
all I could think was,
"Where the hell is the sun?"
330
00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:23,356
Um, number 36, the doctor
will see you now.
331
00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:26,393
Oh, no, no, no! Come on!
This is ridiculous!
332
00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:29,229
Who's gonna help my baby?
That man's been shot.
333
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,631
Just because she's not shot
doesn't mean she isn't hurt.
334
00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:33,266
If this wasn't an emergency,
335
00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:35,368
we wouldn't have come
to the emergency room.
336
00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:37,737
Look, if she doesn't get
to see a doctor,
337
00:15:37,771 --> 00:15:39,773
we're gonna have
to get you a doctor.
338
00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:42,509
Yeah. Now.
339
00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:45,278
I'm sorry it took you
so long to get in.
340
00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:47,147
It's about time
somebody threatened
341
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:48,748
to kick that nurse's ass.
342
00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:51,317
Mm, I think we have
to run some tests.
343
00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:53,553
What kind of tests?
Well, first we need
344
00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:56,289
to draw some blood,
little lady. I'll be right back.
345
00:15:56,322 --> 00:15:59,025
Mama, I don't want...
Baby, you have to take the test
346
00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:02,162
in order for you to feel better.
Mom, uh...
347
00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:05,365
I have to tell you something.
348
00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:07,067
What?
349
00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,302
I dared Tonya to drink
a hot sauce shake.
350
00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:13,373
A hot sauce shake? Girl, what in
the world would you do that for?
351
00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:14,274
He dared me!
352
00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:19,512
Doctor, I don't think
that'll be necessary.
353
00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:22,649
My son dared her to drink
a hot sauce shake.
354
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,250
A hot sauce shake?
355
00:16:24,284 --> 00:16:28,121
Yeah, you know, vinegar,
hot sauce, syrup and milk.
356
00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,190
I didn't know
it'd make her that sick.
357
00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:32,092
I know what to do.
358
00:16:34,094 --> 00:16:36,096
Here.
359
00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:37,697
What is this?
Ipecac.
360
00:16:37,731 --> 00:16:39,599
This is to induce vomiting.
361
00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:41,801
When she's done,
she may have a slight cough.
362
00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:44,504
Give her some Robitussin.
363
00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:47,140
She'll be fine.
364
00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:50,243
Ain't no fussin'
with the 'Tussin.
365
00:16:50,276 --> 00:16:51,277
Ow!
366
00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:59,185
Julius, you gotta take that
truck back over to DeKalb.
367
00:16:59,219 --> 00:17:01,688
I'll do it tomorrow.
No, I need it done now.
368
00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:03,590
You can't find somebody else?
369
00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,226
Why should I find somebody else?
I found you.
370
00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:09,129
I want that truck
back over to DeKalb now.
371
00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:12,132
The only person I ever saw
tell my father what to do
372
00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:14,467
was my mother.
373
00:17:14,501 --> 00:17:16,536
You just gonna let him
tell you what to do?
374
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:20,240
Either that or I won't have
nothing to do. Come on.
375
00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,512
Ow.
376
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,080
That hurt.
377
00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:33,520
You worked hard.
Yeah.
378
00:17:34,821 --> 00:17:37,524
Feels kind of good, don't it?
Yeah.
379
00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:39,559
After everything
I'd been through,
380
00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:42,262
I understood my father
a lot more.
381
00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:43,763
Because when you work
that hard,
382
00:17:43,797 --> 00:17:46,166
you think about every dime
you spend.
383
00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:49,402
And I was thinking about how
I was gonna spend mine.
384
00:17:50,837 --> 00:17:53,573
Twenty-five dollars?
That's right.
385
00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:55,275
You earned every penny.
386
00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:57,243
Don't forget
to ice down your arms.
387
00:17:57,277 --> 00:17:58,645
But I need 50 for the jacket.
388
00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:02,682
No, you don't. You want 50.
There's a difference.
389
00:18:02,716 --> 00:18:05,685
When I asked you for the jacket,
you said I should get a job.
390
00:18:05,719 --> 00:18:09,222
And I got a job.
Job didn't pay enough.
391
00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:11,391
Man, you got $25.
392
00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:14,427
I didn't make my first $25
till I was 30 years old.
393
00:18:14,461 --> 00:18:16,429
And I still got two of 'em.
394
00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:19,899
Look, you want the jacket,
save your money.
395
00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:22,569
You can work with me
again next week.
396
00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,537
Okay.
Hey...
397
00:18:31,244 --> 00:18:32,846
Bye, Mommy.
See ya.
398
00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:34,614
Have a good day at school.
399
00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:37,550
A few days later, Drew
and Tonya were back in school
400
00:18:37,584 --> 00:18:40,453
and my mother could
go back to her routine.
401
00:18:40,487 --> 00:18:43,356
I've never seen a woman
so happy to clean.
402
00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:44,491
Ooh!
403
00:18:49,229 --> 00:18:52,499
Hello. Hello.
404
00:18:56,670 --> 00:18:58,405
Meanwhile,
I was still wishing
405
00:18:58,438 --> 00:19:00,373
my job had worked out
a little better.
406
00:19:00,407 --> 00:19:02,609
After all I'd gone through
with my father,
407
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:05,512
I appreciated him
that much more.
408
00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:09,683
Hi, man.
How do you like my jacket?
409
00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:13,186
You got that one?
I got the last one on sale.
410
00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:18,625
But I didn't go out
in the middle of the night
411
00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,860
and do all that work
for nothing.
412
00:19:20,894 --> 00:19:23,296
[***]
413
00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:34,908
Aren't you hot in that thing?
414
00:19:34,941 --> 00:19:37,243
Please. I'm fine.
415
00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:39,946
Chris?!
416
00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:44,250
* Everybody hates Chris
417
00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:53,927
[***]
418
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,563
* Aw, make it funky now