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NARRATOR:
It had been a year
since my mother sent me
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to Corleone Junior High
for a better education.
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Jerk.
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NARRATOR:
Oh, I was getting a better
education, all right.
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An education in misery.
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I was tired of my classes.
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Inga, binga, binga, bunga.
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Chris, what tribe
are you from?
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I don't know!
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NARRATOR:
I still struggled
to get sleep.
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Night, Ma.
Night, baby.
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Get your butt up!
It's time to go to school.
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[GROANS]
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NARRATOR:
And worst of all,
everybody hated me.
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The kids hated me.
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The teachers hated me.
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Even the lunch ladies
hated me.
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The only good thing
that happened to me
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at Corleone was meeting Greg.
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You want to go
to the arcade?
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They've got Ms. Pacman.
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I don't like it over there.
Hi.
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You're Chris, right?
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Yeah, why?
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I just wanted to let you know
I think it's pretty lame
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how everybody's
been treating you.
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Sorry I didn't
say anything before now.
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That's all right.
Thanks.
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Hey, I'm meeting some friends
over at the arcade
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to play Ms. Pacman.
You want to come?
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He doesn't want to.
I didn't say that.
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Come on.
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You can come too.
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NARRATOR:
Finally, someone
was being nice to me.
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I'm gonna beat
your butt in Ms. Pacman.
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Oh, we'll see about that.
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Surprise, Donkey Kong.
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NARRATOR:
I knew it was
too good to be true.
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Greg!
BOY: Run away, you little idiot.
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Get him!
Ow!
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Take that,
you little punk.
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[SHOUTING]
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[LAUGHING]
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Oh, I hate him.
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[SIGHS]
Silly Negro.
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NARRATOR:
You know what? I think
it's time for this silly Negro
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to get out of this school.
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* Aw, make it funky now
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Oh, my God.
What happened to you?
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Mom, I am not going
back to that school.
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All right, now, wait a minute.
What's going on?
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I hate Corleone.
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I don't fit in. Nobody likes me.
I'm always tired,
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and almost every day,
somebody is picking on me.
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You cannot let that stop you
from getting a good education.
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We didn't send you
over there to be liked, baby.
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NARRATOR:
Got that right.
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The only thing I'm learning
is how to get jumped on.
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How come I can't go to
Lamont Sanford Junior High?
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It's only
a few blocks away.
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You are not going to school
in this neighborhood.
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Remember that girl got stabbed
at Marla Gibbs High School?
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Chris, Sanford has nothing
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but juvenile delinquents
and future convicts.
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A man just got ten years
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because he sold me
to an undercover cop.
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What am I?
Weed, cocaine, heroin or crack?
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STUDENTS: Ooh!
Rachel.
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Crack.
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But Mom...
But nothing, Chris.
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And how did you get paint
all over you, anyway?
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I went to the store
to go play Ms. Pacman.
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Aha! Ah! See there?
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See, now, had you not been
there in the first place,
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you wouldn't
be in this mess.
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I keep telling you, come
straight home from school.
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Maybe now you'll listen to me.
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I know you don't like
going to Corleone.
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But everything is not
supposed to be easy.
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You understand me?
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[***]
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Now, go upstairs and get
out of those clothes.
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Yes, ma'am.
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What happened to him?
He looks like a wet mime.
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Nothing, he got
in an accident at school.
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NARRATOR:
My mother never liked
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to bother my father
with bad news.
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Like the time Tonya
got hit by a bus.
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What happened to Tonya?
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Nothing.
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NARRATOR:
Or the time Drew
got his legs cut off.
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What happened to Drew?
Nothing.
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What are you so happy about?
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You know that job I applied
for at the fish market?
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Yeah.
I got it!
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Oh, baby, that's great!
Congratulations.
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Yeah.
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It pays more than my
other two jobs combined.
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That's great!
I get to shop!
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[CHUCKLES]
Man, for the first time
in years,
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I only have
to work one job.
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And I'll be working
during the day.
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It's gonna feel like
retirement.
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Does this mean we don't
have to be quiet
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every day when we come
home from school?
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You can make all the noise
you want, until 6:00.
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Hey, Dad, can we start buying
name brands at the store now?
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Ooh, just Oreos.
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That's cool.
We need to celebrate.
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Do something
we've never done before.
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NARRATOR:
That can mean anything
from going to the movies
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to holding hands
in the living room.
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Hey, Dad. Can we go
to Great Escape?
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The amusement park?
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Yeah, can we go? Please?
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Sure, baby.
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BOTH: Yes!
I got to tell Chris.
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NARRATOR:
Since my mother wouldn't
let me leave Corleone,
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I had to take
drastic measures.
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You're going to get
yourself kicked out?
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I have to get
out of here.
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What other choice
do I have?
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I don't know.
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I guess I just
don't want you to go.
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You leave me here by myself,
I'm toast.
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You'll be all right. The only
reason why they mess with you
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is 'cause you
hang out with me.
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You'll find new friends.
But we're a team, man.
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We're like Starsky and Hutch.
Hall and Oates.
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NARRATOR:
Like Itchy and Blacky.
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We'll still be friends.
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I'll just be
at a different school.
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So you think it's gonna be
different at the other school?
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Yeah. Real different.
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Hey, what's your name, kid?
Chris.
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What's your sign?
Gemini.
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All right. This cool cat
sailed around the world
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on theNiña, Pinta
and theSanta Maria.
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I will give you a year's
supply of Black Fro Sheen
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if you can
unscramble his name.
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[DISCO MUSIC PLAYING]
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[CROWD CHATTERING]
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So you're serious
about this?
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Hey, pygmy.
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What?
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I'm serious.
I got to get out of here.
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Mama, when we go
to the Great Escape,
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can we get
on the Neck Snapper?
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No, and if you get
on the Neck Snapper,
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the next ride you'll be on
will be the Butt Whupper.
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Besides, Tonya,
you're too little.
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Chris and I
are riding it twice.
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[SNIFFING AND SNORTING]
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NARRATOR:
After just one day on the job,
my father was bringing home
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more than just
a bigger paycheck.
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God, what is that?
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Hey, everybody.
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ALL:
Ew!
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Oh, my God.
Julius!
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What, are you selling the fish
or sleeping with a mermaid?
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What's wrong?
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Ooh, Drew,
go open up the windows.
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Hurry up, Tonya,
go get the fans.
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I'll bring y'all dinner
up to y'all later.
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Since when do they get
to eat in their room?
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Oh! Since you turn
people's stomachs.
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You smell like...
pierced ears and cheese.
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Are you gonna come home
smelling like this every day?
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My God!
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I don't know, but if I do,
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y'all just going
to have to get used to it.
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This job has
too many perks.
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Ooh! What am I going
to do with that?
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No, you need to take
your little friend upstairs
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and put him in the shower.
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If he smells anything like you,
I ain't cooking him,
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and I damn sure
ain't eating him.
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[SCOFFS] Baby.
Go! Just go!
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[GROANS]
You smell like
curried tube socks.
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Just go!
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The next day I set my plan
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to get kicked out
of school into action.
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Chris, it's H-E-R-E.
Study!
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NARRATOR:
I never could spell.
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[ALARM RINGING]
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NARRATOR:
Come hell or high water,
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I was getting
kicked out of school.
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Oh! Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Another 30 seconds
in there,
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we would have
been blacker than you.
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ALL:
I pledge allegiance
to the flag...
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NARRATOR:
This has got to work, right?
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ALL:
...and to the republic
for which it stands.
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NARRATOR:Wrong!
ALL: One nation...
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NARRATOR:
I couldn't believe
that didn't work.
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After a few days of being a
full-time juvenile delinquent,
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I was out of ideas
and still in school.
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I give up. I'm never
getting out of here.
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Come on, man.
It's not so bad.
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Give it some time.
Things will change.
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Hey, bacon bit, want
to go to the arcade?
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I can't take this anymore!
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[TIRES SCREECHING]
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[METAL CRASHING]
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Yes!
[ALL CHATTERING]
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A book hit
my windshield!
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NARRATOR:
Well, the good news is, I'm
getting kicked out of Corleone.
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The bad news is,
I'm going to jail!
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* Everybody hates Chris
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NARRATOR:
I was so busy trying to get
kicked out of school
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it never occurred to me
that I might not
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live long enough to transfer.
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Okay, thank you
very much.
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[***]
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You got suspended?
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It was an accident.
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Well, how can you accidentally
have an accident?
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Some kid was messing with me, so
I tried to hit him with my book.
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If you were reading the book
instead of throwing it,
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maybe people wouldn't
have time to mess with you.
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They always find time
to mess with me.
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I don't even want to hear it.
Don't think you gonna
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be laying around watching
Knight Riderall day, okay?
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You're gonna be working,
you're gonna have chores.
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You know what? Just go upstairs
and wait for your father.
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NARRATOR:
In our house,
"Wait for your father"
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meant I was getting
a whupping.
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My father took his whuppings
very seriously.
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He had a belt
for every infraction.
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There was the Lying Belt,
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there was the Stealing Belt,
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the Lying and Stealing Belt,
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the Got Somebody Pregnant Belt.
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And the worst was
the Doing Drugs Belt.
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While I was getting ready
for my punishment,
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my mother was getting ready
for my father.
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He's crazy if
he think he gonna...
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be...coming up in this house,
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smelling it up
like 42nd Street.
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Oh, no, no, no.
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People in this neighborhood
ain't gonna talk about...me.
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00:10:15,248 --> 00:10:16,850
[***]
249
00:10:16,883 --> 00:10:19,719
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
250
00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:26,459
Rochelle...
what you doing?
251
00:10:26,493 --> 00:10:28,962
Uniform was stinking
up the whole house.
252
00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:30,864
I been cleaning
up all day,
253
00:10:30,897 --> 00:10:32,932
trying to get that smell
out of here.
254
00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:35,802
But what's all this? That's
$16 worth of plastic wrap.
255
00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:37,837
This plastic is
protecting my furniture.
256
00:10:37,871 --> 00:10:41,041
That fish smell was
saturating everything.
257
00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,878
Oh, baby, you
bought groceries?
258
00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:47,881
I even got you the Turtles.
259
00:10:49,082 --> 00:10:50,717
Thank you, baby.
260
00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:54,054
Ooh, ooh, Turtles. Mmm!
261
00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:57,490
Ew!
262
00:10:57,524 --> 00:11:01,327
These Turtles taste
like...turtle.
263
00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:02,362
I can't eat these.
264
00:11:02,395 --> 00:11:04,831
Fine. Don't eat any of 'em.
265
00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:06,132
But do I get something
to eat?
266
00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:08,735
No! No!
Not until you take a bath.
267
00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:10,804
I do not want you
smelling up my plastic.
268
00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:12,939
Here, put your clothes
in there.
269
00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:16,509
Oh, and before you do that,
I-I need you to talk to Chris.
270
00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:19,012
What happened?
[SIGHS] He got suspended.
271
00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:20,914
Oh, no. I'm gonna
give him my belt--
272
00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:22,315
No, no, no,
no, no, no.
273
00:11:22,349 --> 00:11:26,453
This time, I really need
you to talk to him. Okay?
274
00:11:27,554 --> 00:11:29,389
Okay.
275
00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:31,925
NARRATOR:
My father smelled so bad,
I didn't know
276
00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:33,893
if he was gonna beat me
or suffocate me.
277
00:11:33,927 --> 00:11:36,129
Dad, before we start,
can you open up a window?
278
00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:39,466
No. Consider this
part of your punishment.
279
00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:40,934
Okay.
280
00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:45,505
Come on, man.
281
00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,307
Tell me what's going on.
282
00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:48,441
I hate that school, Dad.
283
00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:50,043
I hate everything
about it.
284
00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:52,779
I know Mom wants me
to get a good education,
285
00:11:52,812 --> 00:11:54,314
but every day,
it just gets worse.
286
00:11:54,347 --> 00:11:57,484
You can't just quit something
'cause you don't like it, Chris.
287
00:11:57,517 --> 00:11:59,486
But Mom quits her job
all the time.
288
00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:01,888
But you're a man.
289
00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:03,189
And men don't quit.
290
00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:08,194
What if Jackie Robinson quit?
291
00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:10,930
What if George Washington Carver
quit?
292
00:12:10,964 --> 00:12:13,266
What if Martin Luther King Jr.
quit?
293
00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:15,368
NARRATOR:
When my father had
a point to make,
294
00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:19,005
he always started off strong,
but he never ended that way.
295
00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:21,007
What if Colonel Sanders quit?
296
00:12:21,041 --> 00:12:23,109
What if
Apollo Creed quit?
297
00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:25,512
What if Katherine Jackson
quit making kids?
298
00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:26,946
NARRATOR:
Ain't she a woman?
299
00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:28,848
They might be
The Jackson Three.
300
00:12:29,983 --> 00:12:31,951
What if Kool from
Kool and the Gang quit?
301
00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,421
You think they would have
gotten a record contract
302
00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:36,423
if they were just called
The Gang?
303
00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:39,125
NARRATOR:
To this day, I can't tell you
what my father said
304
00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:41,061
but that smell stayed
with me forever.
305
00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:43,997
If you quit,
you're letting them win.
306
00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:45,565
It's not about winning
or losing.
307
00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,334
I just want to leave the school.
308
00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:48,968
Okay, fine.
309
00:12:49,002 --> 00:12:50,303
Let me talk to your mother
310
00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:53,073
about getting you in
a different school.
311
00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:56,276
Another school?
312
00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:59,245
If you bail Chris out every time
he doesn't like something,
313
00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:02,248
that means he's gonna run to you
every time he has a problem.
314
00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:04,584
Which means he'll never
learn how to be a man.
315
00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:06,019
If you can't teach him
how to be a man,
316
00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:07,454
that means
you're a bad father.
317
00:13:07,487 --> 00:13:10,090
If you're a bad father,
I picked the wrong husband.
318
00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:12,625
If you think I'm about to
let people run around
319
00:13:12,659 --> 00:13:14,427
talking about
I just marry anybody,
320
00:13:14,461 --> 00:13:15,962
you must be out
your damn mind.
321
00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:17,597
[SIGHS]
Look...
322
00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:19,432
Oh, wait, wait,
no, wait!
323
00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:22,135
Put the plastic down first.
324
00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,505
Thank you.
325
00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:28,208
Look, I know
you're worried.
326
00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:30,410
But Chris is just not
happy at Corleone.
327
00:13:30,443 --> 00:13:35,215
I'm sorry. I just don't think
Sanford is good enough for him.
328
00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:37,283
Well...now that
I got this new job,
329
00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:40,186
maybe we can afford to pay
for him to go to school.
330
00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:43,289
We could
at least look around.
331
00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:44,924
Okay, fine.
332
00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:47,193
We'll look for
other schools.
333
00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:49,195
And we'll look for
other soap.
334
00:13:49,229 --> 00:13:50,497
You stink!
335
00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:52,332
Ugh!
336
00:13:52,365 --> 00:13:54,300
NARRATOR:
We looked into Hebrew school.
337
00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:58,071
* Hava Nagila,
Hava Nagila, Hava... *
338
00:13:58,104 --> 00:13:59,506
Next!
NARRATOR:There was
339
00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:01,007
only one thing left to do.
340
00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:03,176
Well, me and your father
discussed it,
341
00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:06,312
and if you want to go to the
neighborhood school, you can.
342
00:14:06,346 --> 00:14:07,981
For real?
343
00:14:08,014 --> 00:14:10,550
Yes, but you have to
keep your grades up.
344
00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:12,118
A's and B's.
345
00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:14,187
If you even think about
getting in trouble,
346
00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,022
I will march down
to that school
347
00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:18,058
and knock the no-good
out of you.
348
00:14:18,091 --> 00:14:20,193
We'll go to Corleone
and pick up your papers.
349
00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:22,929
You can transfer next week,
after your suspension.
350
00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:23,997
Thanks, Ma.
351
00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:25,632
All right.
I love you.
352
00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:30,337
NARRATOR:
I did this,
but here's what I felt like...
353
00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,206
I'm out of here, suckas!
354
00:14:33,239 --> 00:14:35,475
[YELLING]
355
00:14:35,508 --> 00:14:38,712
NARRATOR:
I was feeling great.
Meanwhile, on the street,
356
00:14:38,745 --> 00:14:40,513
my father
was clearing folks out
357
00:14:40,547 --> 00:14:42,415
like a cop in a crack house.
358
00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:43,950
[PEOPLE GROANING]
359
00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:45,652
MAN:
Something's dead!
360
00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:47,987
[***]
361
00:14:50,423 --> 00:14:53,526
Mama, I don't like
Daddy's new job.
362
00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,061
He stinks!
363
00:14:55,095 --> 00:14:57,464
Yeah, but he's making
a lot more money now.
364
00:14:57,497 --> 00:14:59,265
So? He stinks.
365
00:14:59,299 --> 00:15:01,434
He didn't stink when
he worked his other jobs.
366
00:15:01,468 --> 00:15:05,605
Well, baby, with this job, he
gets to spend more time with us.
367
00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:07,140
More stink time!
368
00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:10,677
Oh, come on, Tonya.
It's not that ba--
369
00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:12,445
Ew!
370
00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:13,613
[BOTH GAGGING]
371
00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:14,647
Y'all smell that?
372
00:15:14,681 --> 00:15:15,648
Yeah.
Yeah.
373
00:15:15,682 --> 00:15:17,517
Damn, man!
374
00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:19,352
You stink!
375
00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:25,291
WOMAN:
Oh, Lord! Oh!
376
00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:35,468
Rochelle?
377
00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:36,736
Rochelle?
378
00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:38,104
What?
379
00:15:38,138 --> 00:15:40,640
Let me in.
No. You smell.
380
00:15:40,674 --> 00:15:42,275
That's the smell
of a working man.
381
00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:44,577
No, that is the smell
of Aquaman.
382
00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:46,613
Rochelle, open the door.
383
00:15:46,646 --> 00:15:48,581
No. Look, baby,
384
00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,316
I understand
that this job
385
00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:52,786
brings you more free time
and more money,
386
00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:54,788
but I can't take it anymore.
387
00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:56,790
The kids can't breathe.
388
00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:58,425
I cannot sleep at night.
389
00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:01,428
Do you not know that I'm at that
laundromat every day?
390
00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:03,296
I've been burning
so much incense,
391
00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:06,032
10 people came by here trying
to buy reggae albums.
392
00:16:06,066 --> 00:16:07,300
MAN:
Hey, mon!
393
00:16:07,334 --> 00:16:09,169
What you want me to do?
Quit!
394
00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:10,470
I can't just quit!
395
00:16:10,503 --> 00:16:13,039
What kind of example would
that be for the kids?
396
00:16:13,073 --> 00:16:14,574
Did Thurgood Marshall quit?
397
00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:17,477
Did Frederick Douglass quit?
Did Booker T. Washington quit?
398
00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:19,179
I don't know,
and I don't care.
399
00:16:19,212 --> 00:16:20,580
All I know is,
I want you to quit.
400
00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:23,049
What about taking the kids
to Great Escape?
401
00:16:23,083 --> 00:16:24,718
We don't want to go
nowhere with you.
402
00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:26,486
Yeah, Daddy, you stink.
403
00:16:29,089 --> 00:16:30,690
What's this?
Clean clothes.
404
00:16:30,724 --> 00:16:32,525
Where am I
supposed to change?
405
00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:35,795
I don't know.
Why don't you ask them cats?
406
00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:38,498
[MEOWING]
407
00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:41,468
NARRATOR:
Meanwhile, back at Corleone,
like Kunta Kinte,
408
00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:43,603
I was waiting
for my freedom papers.
409
00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:45,105
Greg!
410
00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:47,173
Hey, man. What are
you doing here?
411
00:16:47,207 --> 00:16:48,742
My mom came to get
my transcript.
412
00:16:48,775 --> 00:16:50,076
I'm going to Sanford.
413
00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:51,644
So you're really gonna go?
414
00:16:51,678 --> 00:16:53,213
Yeah.
415
00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:55,548
Man! Well, at least
you won't have to worry
416
00:16:55,582 --> 00:16:56,783
about Caruso anymore.
417
00:16:56,816 --> 00:16:59,119
Yeah. How are things
going for you?
418
00:16:59,152 --> 00:17:02,088
I don't know. Caruso doesn't
bother me anymore.
419
00:17:02,122 --> 00:17:03,790
In fact, nobody bothers me.
420
00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:05,759
It's kind of lonely.
421
00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:09,162
NARRATOR:
He must be really lonely
to miss an ass whuppin'.
422
00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:10,864
Well, I got to go to class.
423
00:17:10,897 --> 00:17:12,632
All right. See ya.
424
00:17:12,665 --> 00:17:14,701
Yeah, see ya.
425
00:17:14,734 --> 00:17:16,503
Good luck.
Thanks.
426
00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,471
NARRATOR:
Since it was almost official,
427
00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:21,241
the next day, I decided
to walk by Lamont Sanford
428
00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:23,309
to get a feel of what it was
gonna be like
429
00:17:23,343 --> 00:17:25,845
to go to school
in my neighborhood.
430
00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:27,747
Damn! They got bullies
here too!
431
00:17:27,781 --> 00:17:30,083
[CRYING]
432
00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:32,585
What you looking at?
433
00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:35,121
Nothing.
You guys go to school here?
434
00:17:35,155 --> 00:17:37,624
Yeah. I've been going
here for 16 years.
435
00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:41,494
Now boy, I asked you a
question, what you looking at?
436
00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:43,496
Nothing.
Oh, so, what you trying to say?
437
00:17:43,530 --> 00:17:45,565
We're nothing now?
I just...
438
00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:48,468
NARRATOR:
I couldn't help but think
that if Greg was here,
439
00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:51,204
he could've taken half
of this beating.
440
00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:53,340
[***]
441
00:17:54,407 --> 00:17:55,875
[SIGHS]
442
00:17:55,909 --> 00:17:57,911
Hi, baby.
443
00:17:57,944 --> 00:18:00,113
I made you dinner.
444
00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:04,217
I'm sorry about your job.
445
00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:08,321
I know. I can't believe
I get one good job
446
00:18:08,355 --> 00:18:10,557
and it almost destroyed
the whole family.
447
00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:12,225
It's okay, baby.
448
00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:15,695
Don't worry. You'll find
another good job one day.
449
00:18:15,729 --> 00:18:19,399
It's better to have had
one good job and lost it,
450
00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:22,836
than to never have had
one good job at all.
451
00:18:22,869 --> 00:18:24,704
Now I'm back to two jobs.
452
00:18:24,738 --> 00:18:27,540
NARRATOR:
Yeah, now his second job
is a philosopher.
453
00:18:29,376 --> 00:18:30,844
Ew!
454
00:18:30,877 --> 00:18:32,178
That tastes like fish.
455
00:18:32,212 --> 00:18:34,514
I told you!
456
00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:36,483
[***]
457
00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:40,720
Back to clean out
your locker?
458
00:18:40,754 --> 00:18:42,622
Nope. Just back for good.
459
00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:44,190
Cool!
460
00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:46,192
NARRATOR:
Hey, this ain'tBrokeback.
461
00:18:46,226 --> 00:18:48,328
Greg!
Sorry.
462
00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:50,230
So, what made you
decide to come back?
463
00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:51,664
I thought Corleone
was my problem,
464
00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:53,566
but then I noticed
the real problem.
465
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,802
I'm little, skinny
and I can't fight.
466
00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:58,738
So no matter where I go,
I'm still the same guy.
467
00:18:58,772 --> 00:19:00,740
So they jumped you.
Yeah.
468
00:19:00,774 --> 00:19:04,344
I figure the bully you know is
better than the bully you don't.
469
00:19:04,377 --> 00:19:07,313
Hey, Dolomite.
Welcome back.
470
00:19:07,347 --> 00:19:08,648
[SIGHS]
It was rough without you.
471
00:19:08,682 --> 00:19:11,618
I had to go back to
beating up white kids.
472
00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:13,987
The next time
you decide to quit,
473
00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:16,389
could you let
somebody know?
474
00:19:17,791 --> 00:19:19,659
So, what do we do now?
475
00:19:19,693 --> 00:19:21,361
Same thing we always do.
476
00:19:21,394 --> 00:19:23,296
Glad to have you back, man.
477
00:19:26,366 --> 00:19:29,803
NARRATOR:
That day I realized that no
matter what school I went to,
478
00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:31,638
things were gonna be rough.
479
00:19:31,671 --> 00:19:36,376
But as long as I had Greg,
things were gonna be all right.
480
00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:38,545
[***]
481
00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:45,652
Stay tuned for scenes
from our next episode.
482
00:19:47,721 --> 00:19:49,689
[***]
483
00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:54,561
* Aw, make it funky now