1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:02,836 cdatcdat ♪ 2 00:00:05,372 --> 00:00:07,841 cdat I'm ready for the movies, lamb chopt 3 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:09,209 You gonna treat your grandma?cdat 4 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:11,445 Uh, I would but, uh,cdat 5 00:00:11,445 --> 00:00:13,314 I'm a little short.cdat 6 00:00:13,313 --> 00:00:16,383 Yeah... ( clears throat ) Too easy.cdat 7 00:00:16,383 --> 00:00:19,353 Don't worry, baby. It's Grandma's treatt 8 00:00:19,353 --> 00:00:21,555 Cheap just like his daddy.cdt 9 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:23,490 You wanna come with us, chickpeat 10 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:26,893 Um, I would, but I gotta write my trailblazer report for school.cdat 11 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:28,329 I'm writing about Christopher Columbuscdat 12 00:00:28,328 --> 00:00:30,197 but I'm just not feeling it.ct 13 00:00:30,197 --> 00:00:31,965 It's like saying, "Congrats, Chris.cdat 14 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,400 You discovered a brand-new worldcdat 15 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,836 that is already filled with people lookin' at youcdt 16 00:00:35,836 --> 00:00:37,805 like, who the heck is this guy."cdat 17 00:00:37,804 --> 00:00:39,839 ( laughter t 18 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,010 - It would be like me discovering this pie. - Hey, that's my pie.cdat 19 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:45,246 Then what's it doing in my mouth?cdat 20 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:50,384 cdat I would much rather be writing about a real trailblazercdatcdat 21 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:52,519 like... like you, Grandma.cdat 22 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:55,022 The first female black spy in the Organization.cdat 23 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:58,392 What in the Harry Potter are you talking about?cdat 24 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:00,761 I wasn't the first.cdat 25 00:01:00,761 --> 00:01:02,396 Cleo Brown was.cdat 26 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:04,365 Uh, speaking of firsts,cdat 27 00:01:04,364 --> 00:01:07,701 did you know a black man invented the traffic light?cdat 28 00:01:07,701 --> 00:01:09,570 Why don't we pay homage to himcdt 29 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:12,039 as you drive me to the movies?cdat 30 00:01:12,039 --> 00:01:13,908 Hold your horses, potato chip.cdat 31 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:16,276 Which, FYI, was also created by a black man.cdat 32 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:18,779 That sour cream and onion flavor?cdat 33 00:01:18,779 --> 00:01:20,314 White folks.cdat 34 00:01:21,882 --> 00:01:23,884 So if Cleo Brown was the first,cdatcdat 35 00:01:23,884 --> 00:01:25,386 then how come I've never heard of her?cdat 36 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:28,121 Probably because it happened in the '70st 37 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:30,457 Back then, it was hard for any woman to get aheadt 38 00:01:30,457 --> 00:01:32,192 But a black woman? Forget it.cdat 39 00:01:32,192 --> 00:01:33,460 Sister couldn't catch a break.t 40 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:35,462 But I bet they could catch a movie,cdat 41 00:01:35,462 --> 00:01:37,264 which means they're doing better than me.cdat 42 00:01:37,264 --> 00:01:39,700 For your informationt 43 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:42,269 back then, there was no glass ceiling for ust 44 00:01:42,269 --> 00:01:44,204 It was made of concretet 45 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,772 Maybe that's why they wore the big Afros,cdat 46 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:48,041 to soften the bump.cdat 47 00:01:48,041 --> 00:01:50,243 Oh, but Cleo changed all of that.cdat 48 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:51,811 She was kinda like yout 49 00:01:51,812 --> 00:01:54,448 Smarter than a set of encyclopedias,t 50 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:56,250 those long, pencil legst 51 00:01:56,249 --> 00:01:58,618 and a smile bigger than the Mississippit 52 00:01:58,619 --> 00:02:01,055 She was a bad mama jammat 53 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:03,423 ♪ She's the baddest of the bad ♪cdat 54 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:05,325 ♪ The toughest of the tough ♪cdat 55 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:09,329 ♪ She's Cleo Brown and she don't take no stuff ♪ct 56 00:02:09,329 --> 00:02:12,899 cdat ♪ Cleo, Cleo Brown ♪cdat 57 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:17,470 cdat ♪ Oh, when danger comes for you ♪cdatcdat 58 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:20,407 ♪ You know I'll stand beside you ♪cdat 59 00:02:20,407 --> 00:02:24,311 ♪ 'Cause ain't nobody keep things hustle cool ♪cdat 60 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:28,348 ♪ I'll always find a way, a way out of the fire ♪cdat 61 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:32,352 cdat ♪ Don't tell nobody, tell nobody ♪cdat 62 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,421 cdat ♪ I'm not perfect ♪cdat 63 00:02:34,421 --> 00:02:38,358 ♪ So many things I wanna tell you ♪cdat 64 00:02:38,358 --> 00:02:42,362 ♪ But I, I, I, I keep it undercover ♪cdat 65 00:02:42,362 --> 00:02:44,364 cdat ♪ Livin' my life, no way to learn ♪cdat 66 00:02:44,364 --> 00:02:46,333 ♪ Doin' my thing, gonna make it work ♪cdat 67 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:49,036 ♪ Know I'm the realest, baby, I'm fearless ♪cdat 68 00:02:49,036 --> 00:02:51,105 ♪ But I always got your back ♪cdat 69 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:52,973 ♪ Nobody can do it like I can ♪cdat 70 00:02:52,973 --> 00:02:55,175 ♪ I gotta find out who I am ♪cdat 71 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:57,878 ♪ Ain't got to worry about me ♪cdat 72 00:02:57,878 --> 00:02:59,480 ♪ It's all part of the plan ♪cdat 73 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:01,514 I keep it undercover.cdat 74 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:02,950 I keep it undercover.cdat 75 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:07,821 cdat Grandma, you gotta talk.cdat 76 00:03:07,821 --> 00:03:09,356 I need to know more about this Cleo Brown.cdat 77 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:11,992 Okay, okay, now calm down, baba ganoush.cdat 78 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:14,394 Okay, let me start at the beginning.t 79 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:16,529 The year was 1974t 80 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:19,366 Nixon was just about to resign,cdat 81 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:22,402 the Sky Lab was orbiting the Earth,cdat 82 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:24,704 and the world was changing.cdat 83 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:27,374 And Cleo Brown was right smack dabcdat 84 00:03:27,374 --> 00:03:29,810 in the middle of the storm.cdt 85 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:32,913 Now the woman's movement was well underway,cdat 86 00:03:32,913 --> 00:03:35,048 but we have a long way to go.cdat 87 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:37,384 Cleo Brown was a secretary,cdat 88 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:39,152 which is fine if that's what you wanna do.cdt 89 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:40,820 But she wanted more.cdat 90 00:03:40,821 --> 00:03:43,157 Agent Ballard, I took the libertycdat 91 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:45,225 of doing a little research for your mission to Bahrain.ct 92 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:46,927 As is custom, you will have to burp after every mealcdat 93 00:03:46,927 --> 00:03:49,730 in order to show your appreciation of the host.t 94 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:50,998 If you don't burp, you will blow your cover.cdat 95 00:03:50,997 --> 00:03:53,566 ( burps loudly )cdat 96 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:55,536 You're welcome.cdat 97 00:03:55,535 --> 00:03:57,370 And in other news, it's tuna casserolecdat 98 00:03:57,370 --> 00:03:59,105 in the cafeteria today.cdat 99 00:04:00,941 --> 00:04:03,410 I don't understand why you work so hard.cdatct 100 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:05,612 We don't have to be good at this.cdat 101 00:04:05,612 --> 00:04:07,447 We just have to be here long enoughcdat 102 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:09,783 to make a man fall in love with us so we can get married.t 103 00:04:09,783 --> 00:04:12,519 Hi, Harvey.cdat 104 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:15,622 cdat 'Cause I love spy work.cdatt 105 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:17,557 The challenge, the excitement.cdat 106 00:04:17,557 --> 00:04:20,427 Cleo, stop dreaming about your silly career,cdat 107 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:22,963 and start dreaming about changing diapers.cdat 108 00:04:22,963 --> 00:04:24,898 Changing diapers is your dream?cdat 109 00:04:24,898 --> 00:04:26,767 Because that is my nightmare.cdat 110 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:29,103 There is more to life than marriage and babies.cdat 111 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:32,539 Not according to Marriage and Babies Digest.ct 112 00:04:32,539 --> 00:04:34,207 Can I see that?cdat 113 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:35,642 Oh, sure.cdat 114 00:04:35,642 --> 00:04:37,310 Ow!cdat 115 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,612 Girl, get it together; it is 1974.cdat 116 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:41,482 I don't know about you, but I wanna grab the brass ringt 117 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:44,117 and live the thrilling life I was meant to.cdat 118 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:47,287 - Where's my coffee? - Right after I grab Agent Whitman his coffee.cdat 119 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:49,156 Coming, sir.cdat 120 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:53,260 cdat Here you go, Mr. Whitman.cdt 121 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:54,628 Thanks, hon.cdat 122 00:04:56,797 --> 00:04:58,799 Her boss called her hon?cdatcdat 123 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:01,001 Well, baby, that's the way it was back then.cdat 124 00:05:01,001 --> 00:05:02,436 What's wrong with hon?cdat 125 00:05:02,435 --> 00:05:04,270 It's condescending, it's belittling.cdat 126 00:05:04,271 --> 00:05:06,473 It's like saying a woman's name isn't worth remembering.ct 127 00:05:06,473 --> 00:05:08,308 How would you like it if I called you hon?cdat 128 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,310 Compared to what you usually call me,cdat 129 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,912 it would be a step up.cdat 130 00:05:11,912 --> 00:05:13,847 I see your point.cdat 131 00:05:13,847 --> 00:05:15,582 Sorry, hon.cdat 132 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:18,318 All right, agents. We have a new mission.cdat 133 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:19,719 ( snaps fingers ) Hon, get the lights.cdat 134 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,524 cdat Based on intel we just received,cdat 135 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:26,659 there's a brand-new group of subversivescdat 136 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:29,463 calling themselves the Other Side.cdat 137 00:05:29,462 --> 00:05:31,631 Relax.cdat 138 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:34,367 Chances are, we'll be able to take care of them quickly,ct 139 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:36,436 and they'll never be heard from again.cdat 140 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:41,775 Meanwhile, we suspect they're using a local discothequecdat 141 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:44,144 as a front to print counterfeit money.cdat 142 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:45,712 ( snaps fingers ) Hon, get the lights.cdat 143 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:51,685 cdat Now as soon as our informant Smitty tells uscdat 144 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:54,054 the location of the discotheque,cdat 145 00:05:54,054 --> 00:05:55,556 we'll move in.cdat 146 00:05:55,555 --> 00:05:59,626 We need someone cool and hip to blend incdat 147 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:02,229 cdat with the glamorous discotheque crowd.cdat 148 00:06:02,229 --> 00:06:05,666 Henrietta, you haven't been on a mission for a while.cdat 149 00:06:05,665 --> 00:06:07,534 You're our gal.cdat 150 00:06:10,337 --> 00:06:11,738 cdat Yes, hon?cdatcdat 151 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:13,974 Actually, it's Cleo.cdat 152 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:17,578 Um, I just wanted to say to Henrietta,cdat 153 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:20,747 you are an amazing agent and a total pioneer, girl,cdt 154 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:23,917 but, um, I just think I'm a bit more...cdat 155 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:26,353 well, disco-ier than she is,ct 156 00:06:26,353 --> 00:06:28,255 and a better fit for this mission.cdat 157 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:30,724 ( laughing )cdat 158 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:33,360 You wanna go on a mission?cdt 159 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,596 Well, yeah. I'm the right age.cdat 160 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:38,364 I watch Soul Train, so I know all the new dances.ct 161 00:06:38,365 --> 00:06:40,000 The Bus Stop, the Robot,cdat 162 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,603 and my Funky Chicken is the funkiest in town.cdat 163 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:47,006 Cleo, I'm as progressive as the next guy,cdat 164 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:49,409 cdat but I can't put you on this mission.cdat 165 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,044 Why not?cdat 166 00:06:51,044 --> 00:06:52,712 Because you're a woman.cdat 167 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:54,581 Henrietta's a woman.cdat 168 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:57,617 Well, yeah, but you're...cdat 169 00:06:57,617 --> 00:06:59,686 You're, um...cdat 170 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:01,321 I'm what?cdat 171 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:05,091 You're a secretary.cdatcdt 172 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:08,294 Now why don't you act like one,cdatcdat 173 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:10,030 and get me a doughnut. Can you handle that mission?ct 174 00:07:15,702 --> 00:07:17,871 cdatcdat I am so angry, I could pop.cdat 175 00:07:17,871 --> 00:07:19,706 I went in there and volunteered to be on a mission,cdat 176 00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:21,274 and they practically laughed me out of the room.cdt 177 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:23,710 You really don't want a husband, do you?cdat 178 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:26,813 You might as well walk around here in boring clothingcdat 179 00:07:26,813 --> 00:07:29,783 and no makeup and... never mind.cdat 180 00:07:31,551 --> 00:07:34,087 cdat Oh, now, sweetie, are you okay?cdatcdat 181 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:36,656 What the heck is wrong with you?!cdat 182 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:39,159 Keep this up and you're gonna get us both fired.cdat 183 00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:41,662 Power to you, but I can't get caught up in your mess.cdt 184 00:07:41,661 --> 00:07:44,731 Girl, I got four kids, one of 'em need braces,cdat 185 00:07:44,731 --> 00:07:47,067 and I'm saving up for a car.cdat 186 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:49,236 And how would I get us both fired?cdat 187 00:07:49,235 --> 00:07:51,270 Now you know good and wellcdt 188 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:55,742 they can't tell us secretaries apart.cdat 189 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:58,812 cdat Then why don't you go in therecdatcdt 190 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:00,681 and give Agent Whitman his doughnut?cdat 191 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,282 Because if I go back in theret 192 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:04,851 I'm gonna shove it down his doughnut holet 193 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:07,320 Cleo, why are you rockin' the boat?cdat 194 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,788 Now just stay in your place.ct 195 00:08:08,788 --> 00:08:12,492 My place? I don't have to stay in my place.cdat 196 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:14,961 This isn't the olden days when you had to be afraid to step out of line.cdat 197 00:08:14,961 --> 00:08:17,096 This is 1974t 198 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:19,967 A black woman ran for president of the United Statest 199 00:08:19,966 --> 00:08:23,269 Now, granted, barely anybody voted for hert 200 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:24,937 but you know what, she ran.cdat 201 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:27,707 So now you think you Shirley Chisholm?cdat 202 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:30,310 Girl, you ain't even Shirley Temple Black.cdat 203 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:33,346 No, I'm Cleo, Cleo Brown.cdat 204 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:34,981 I just want the same opportunitiescdat 205 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:36,683 to succeed as anyone else in here.cdat 206 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:38,185 ( phone rings )cdat 207 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:40,787 ( sighs )cdat 208 00:08:40,787 --> 00:08:42,889 Hello. Agent Whitman's office.cdat 209 00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:45,792 Yes, this is Cleo speaking. Oh, hi, Smitty.cdat 210 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:47,661 It's the informant.cdat 211 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:49,862 Uh, you know what?cdat 212 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,732 Agent Whitman is in a meeting right now.cdt 213 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:53,833 Can I take a message?cdat 214 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:57,837 The Xenon discotheque.cdat 215 00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,672 cdat All right, I'll let him know.cdat 216 00:08:59,672 --> 00:09:00,806 Thank you.cdat 217 00:09:00,807 --> 00:09:02,876 ( clears throat )cdat 218 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:05,212 The Xenon. Interesting.cdat 219 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:09,482 Cleo Brown, you are workin' my last nerve.cdat 220 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:11,584 cdat Now go in there and give Whitman that message.cdat 221 00:09:11,584 --> 00:09:14,720 I could, and he could say, "Thanks, hon. Go get me another coffee,"cdat 222 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,557 or I could go to the Xenon, complete the mission by myself,t 223 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:18,925 and prove that I have what it takescdat 224 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:20,593 to be a real spy.cdat 225 00:09:20,593 --> 00:09:22,161 Now I'm taking this mission.ct 226 00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:25,899 ( paper drops )cdatcdat 227 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:29,803 cdat I forgot I burnt my bra.cdatcdat 228 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:33,907 cdat This story's getting good.cdatcdat 229 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:35,742 Because she said bra?cdat 230 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:39,179 No. Because this brave womanct 231 00:09:39,179 --> 00:09:41,748 had the courage to prove her worthcdat 232 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:44,951 in a society that undervalued her contributionsct 233 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:47,220 simply because of the color of her skin.cdat 234 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:50,290 - And because she said bra. - ( giggles ) Yeah.cdat 235 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:58,731 cdatcdat So let me guess.cdat 236 00:09:58,731 --> 00:10:00,866 Cleo Brown went behind the Organization's back, completed the mission,cdat 237 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,736 they say how amazing she was and made her an agent.cdat 238 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:04,804 Excuse me. Who's telling this story?cdat 239 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:06,939 Right now, no one. Come on, Grandma.cdat 240 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:09,042 You can't leave a chickpea hangin'.cdat 241 00:10:09,042 --> 00:10:12,245 Okay. So that night, Cleo convinced her friendscdt 242 00:10:12,245 --> 00:10:14,447 to go with her to the discotheque.cdat 243 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:22,822 cdatcdat I can't believe I let Cleo Browt 244 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:25,958 talk me into helping her on some crazy secret mission.ct 245 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:29,229 Secret mission? She told me this was a fix-up.cdat 246 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:31,732 I hope no one sees me heret 247 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:33,600 I cannot afford to get fired.ct 248 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,335 I got four kids, one of 'em need bracest 249 00:10:35,335 --> 00:10:37,504 and I'm savin' up for a car.cdat 250 00:10:37,504 --> 00:10:40,407 Well, I hope no one sees me here either.cdat 251 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:43,576 How pathetic, being out on the town without a date.cdat 252 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:45,945 I don't wanna seem desperate.cdat 253 00:10:45,945 --> 00:10:49,849 Said the girl who tells first dates she already has a wedding dress.cdt 254 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:51,951 cdat That is not desperate.cdat 255 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:53,653 That is prepared.cdat 256 00:10:58,191 --> 00:10:59,859 cdatcdat Not you two.cdat 257 00:10:59,859 --> 00:11:01,928 What the heck are you lookin' at?cdat 258 00:11:01,928 --> 00:11:03,496 Jive turkey!cdat 259 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:06,632 What, so you sayin' we not cool and hip enoughcdat 260 00:11:06,633 --> 00:11:08,468 for this club?cdat 261 00:11:08,468 --> 00:11:10,670 Just for that, I'm not offering youcdat 262 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,539 a bite of my meatloaf sandwich.cdat 263 00:11:14,107 --> 00:11:16,610 Don't tell me I'm not cool and hip.cdatct 264 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:18,878 ♪ She's the baddest of the bad ♪cdat 265 00:11:18,878 --> 00:11:20,813 ♪ The toughest of the tough ♪cdat 266 00:11:20,813 --> 00:11:25,384 ♪ She's Cleo Brown and she don't take no stuff ♪ct 267 00:11:25,385 --> 00:11:29,322 cdat ♪ Cleo, Cleo Brown ♪cdat 268 00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:31,658 cdat What the heck was thatt 269 00:11:31,658 --> 00:11:34,060 Oh, it's Cleo!cdat 270 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:36,029 ( deep voice ) Cleo Brown!cdat 271 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,499 cdat How you feelin', ladies?cdat 272 00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:41,034 You're latet 273 00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:43,570 I may be late, but I am right...cdat 274 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:45,806 on time.cdat 275 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,640 Well, actually, you're not.cdat 276 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,809 But regardless, they're not letting us in.cdat 277 00:11:49,809 --> 00:11:51,878 You are with Cleo Brown.cdat 278 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:53,913 They'll let us in. Ya dig?cdat 279 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:58,485 cdat Come on in.cdat 280 00:11:58,484 --> 00:12:00,286 Baby, I'm already int 281 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:08,695 cdatcdat GRANDMA: And spinnin' on the turntables that night 282 00:12:08,695 --> 00:12:12,532 was the coolest deejay who ever lived.cdat 283 00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,267 cdat DJ Funky Wonder.cdat 284 00:12:14,267 --> 00:12:17,237 Grandma Gayle, did DJ Funky Wonder look like me?ct 285 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:21,674 cdat Uh, no, fluffernuttert 286 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:23,576 Not even a little?cdat 287 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,778 Sorry, soda popt 288 00:12:25,778 --> 00:12:27,113 Can he look like me?cdat 289 00:12:27,113 --> 00:12:28,715 Ugh! Finet 290 00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:30,283 ( feedback whines )cdat 291 00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:33,119 Are you ready to get on down?cdat 292 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:38,190 cdat Right on, right on. Are you ready to get on up?cdt 293 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:43,730 cdat You're rockin' with DJ Funky Wonder.cdatcdat 294 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:45,865 I'm gonna make you boogie-oogie-oogiecdat 295 00:12:45,865 --> 00:12:48,434 until you just can't boogie no more, baby.cdat 296 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:52,205 cdat Boogie.cdatcdat 297 00:12:57,143 --> 00:12:58,945 cdatcdat Come on, ladies. You gotta loosen up.cdat 298 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:00,947 We gotta blend in. We're on a mission here.cdat 299 00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:02,882 No, you're on a mission here.cdt 300 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:04,250 I need to be home.cdat 301 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:06,052 I got four kids, one of 'em need braces,cdat 302 00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:08,054 and I'm savin' up for a car.cdat 303 00:13:08,054 --> 00:13:10,823 Yes, you have mentioned that.cdat 304 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:13,125 If you ask me, I'd just buy the car,cdat 305 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,395 and tell that kid of yours to smile with his mouth closed.t 306 00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:18,064 Yeah, Carolt 307 00:13:18,064 --> 00:13:20,066 Be cool.cdat 308 00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:22,402 Don't be all, like, uncool.cdt 309 00:13:30,176 --> 00:13:31,978 cdatcdat All right, ladies,cdat 310 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:34,814 I'm gonna groove my way to the back roomcdat 311 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,016 and see if I can get a picture of the counterfeiting machine on my Afro camera.cdt 312 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:39,418 Oh, what's an Afro camera?cdt 313 00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:42,689 It's a camera in my Afro.cdat 314 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:50,130 cdatcdat Now all I gotta do is take a picture of the counterfeiting machine,cdt 315 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:52,164 send it in to the drugstore,cdat 316 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:53,933 wait a couple of weeks for it to come back,cdat 317 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:55,201 then show it to Agent Whitman.cdat 318 00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:56,936 Then he'll come down here to the disco,cdat 319 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:58,938 and bust 'em cold stone and then, shablooya!cdat 320 00:13:58,938 --> 00:14:01,307 I will be Agent Cleo Brown in no time.cdat 321 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:03,709 Well, a little bit of time, but you know what.cdat 322 00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:06,780 I've waited a year, so I can wait a couple more weeks.cdat 323 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:21,026 cdatcdat GRANDMA: Now don't ask me how,cdat 324 00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:24,230 but Cleo shimmied her way into the bowels of the club.t 325 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:34,407 cdatcdat "TNT Boom."cdat 326 00:14:34,407 --> 00:14:36,876 MAN: It's right here in the storage room.cdat 327 00:14:41,247 --> 00:14:43,583 cdatcdat Okay, Skully, we're almost finished pressing the LP's.cdt 328 00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:45,085 We definitely shipping tonight?t 329 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:46,652 Yep, and no one will ever guesscdat 330 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:49,688 the albums are actually made out of dynamite.cdat 331 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:52,258 Ho! ( laughs )cdat 332 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:55,161 The records will soon be in the hands of the Other Side.cdat 333 00:14:55,161 --> 00:14:58,197 Hopefully soon, some bread will be in my handst 334 00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:59,932 Ah, yeah, about that.cdat 335 00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:03,870 ( laughing ) What was he thinking?cdatcdat 336 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:05,705 I make records out of dynamite.cdat 337 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:08,007 Did he really expect me to pay him?cdat 338 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:11,377 Clean up this mess.cdatcdat 339 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:14,146 And try not to blow anything up.cdat 340 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:26,626 cdatcdat I'm starting to thinkcdat 341 00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:28,461 I should've let Henrietta do this mission.cdt 342 00:15:28,461 --> 00:15:30,930 I wonder if it's too late to cram her into a tube top.ct 343 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:45,912 cdatcdat Oh, hey, Cleot 344 00:15:45,912 --> 00:15:48,915 Hey. It turns out there's some pretty crazy stuff goin' on here.cdat 345 00:15:48,915 --> 00:15:50,884 Tell me about itt 346 00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:54,286 This disco music is out of sightt 347 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:56,289 Turns out you can dance all by yourself.cdat 348 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:59,125 I'm telling you, this music has changed met 349 00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:01,294 I don't need a man to dance witht 350 00:16:01,294 --> 00:16:03,163 I don't need a man at all.cdat 351 00:16:03,162 --> 00:16:05,598 That's too bad, because there's a guy over therecdat 352 00:16:05,598 --> 00:16:07,233 checking you out.cdat 353 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:09,669 I don't even caret 354 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:12,772 cdat Why you dancin' over to him?ct 355 00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:15,241 It's a coincidence.cdat 356 00:16:15,241 --> 00:16:17,176 Cleo, did you get the picture you needt 357 00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:18,811 I got the pictures, all right.t 358 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:20,813 Turns out they're making records out of dynamite.cdat 359 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,182 I need to tell Agent Whitman so he can come down here and handle it.cdat 360 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:25,084 So he can handle itt 361 00:16:25,084 --> 00:16:26,819 Cleo, I thought this was your missiont 362 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:29,822 This is the chance you've been dreaming aboutt 363 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:31,957 You will never be able to live with yourselft 364 00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:32,992 unless you complete itt 365 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,327 ( feedback whines )cdat 366 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,329 Hey, hey, party people.cdat 367 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,264 I was just in the back room,ct 368 00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:39,766 and stumbled across a new recordcdat 369 00:16:39,765 --> 00:16:42,368 from a band I've never heard of called TNT.cdat 370 00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:45,171 Their new single's called "Boom."cdat 371 00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:47,507 Let's see if it blows us away, baby.cdat 372 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:49,376 Oh, it will blow us away,cdat 373 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:51,811 as soon as he puts it on the turntable.cdat 374 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:54,180 It's made out of dynamite. We need to get outta here right now.cdat 375 00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:58,284 Or you can finish what you startedt 376 00:16:58,284 --> 00:17:02,555 cdat Now all you foxy ladies and cool cats,cdat 377 00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:05,224 cdat let's get ready to groove to "Boom."cdat 378 00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:07,193 No! You can't play that record. It's a bomb.cdat 379 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,029 At least give it a chance, lollipop.cdat 380 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:14,267 For all you know, it could be... dyn-o-mite.cdt 381 00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:54,340 cdatcdat You may be bad, but I'm badder.cdat 382 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:56,275 I am bad, bad Cleo Brown.cdat 383 00:17:56,275 --> 00:17:58,410 ♪ She's the baddest of the bad ♪cdat 384 00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:00,513 ♪ The toughest of the tough ♪cdat 385 00:18:00,513 --> 00:18:05,018 ♪ She's Cleo Brown, and she don't take no stuff ♪ct 386 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:08,420 cdat ♪ Cleo, Cleo Brown ♪cdat 387 00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:11,290 cdat Grandma Gayle, I don't want you to thinkcdatcdt 388 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:13,859 that I'm accusing you of stretching the truth,cdat 389 00:18:13,859 --> 00:18:17,329 but I just flat out don't believe you.cdat 390 00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:20,266 cdat I mean, how did Cleo Brown,cdt 391 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:22,268 who had never been on a mission before,cdat 392 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:24,470 and was basically ready to run through the door,cdat 393 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:26,472 all of a sudden beat the snot out of 20 bad guys?cdat 394 00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:28,274 Ten, 20, 30, I don't know the exact number.cdat 395 00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:30,143 I ain't no accountant.cdat 396 00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:32,111 But she did save the dayt 397 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:34,280 and there's a whole lot more to the story.cdat 398 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,282 But first, I gotta take a little nappy nap.cdat 399 00:18:36,282 --> 00:18:39,218 - BOTH: No! - I'm just yankin' your chain.t 400 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:42,988 cdat Okay, so anyway, the next day,cdatcdat 401 00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:44,724 it was right back to work for Cleo.cdat 402 00:18:46,325 --> 00:18:49,128 Cleo, can I see you in the conference room, please?t 403 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:52,832 cdat Okay, this is it. Go get 'em, Agent Brown.cdat 404 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:55,101 I am so proud of you.cdat 405 00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:57,370 ♪ You're getting your promotion ♪cdat 406 00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:09,415 cdatcdat I see you have a bruise on your chin.cdat 407 00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:11,317 Well, you should see the other guys.cdat 408 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:13,586 In fact, in two weeks, when the picturescdat 409 00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:16,089 come back from the drugstore, you will be able to.cdat 410 00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:18,290 Cleo, I'm furious with you.cdat 411 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:21,360 I think what you mean is, good work.cdat 412 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,530 You broke every rule in the book going on that mission.cdat 413 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:28,200 I think what you meant to say is I proved myself.cdt 414 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,702 I proved that I am just as capablecdat 415 00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:32,004 as anybody in this office.cdat 416 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,439 I deserve to be an agent.cdat 417 00:19:33,439 --> 00:19:36,275 No. You deserve to be fired!cdat 418 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:38,144 But I'm gonna spare your job,cdat 419 00:19:38,144 --> 00:19:40,480 because you have four kids, one of 'em needs braces,cdat 420 00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:42,014 and you're saving for a car.cdat 421 00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:54,059 cdatcdat That is not me!cdat 422 00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:58,164 cdat Look, I'm gonna do you a big favor,cdatcdat 423 00:19:58,164 --> 00:20:00,967 keep this whole mess off your record,cdat 424 00:20:00,966 --> 00:20:02,835 because you're a good girl.cdat 425 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:05,738 First off,cdat 426 00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:07,740 I am not a girl. I am a woman.cdat 427 00:20:07,740 --> 00:20:10,142 Secondly, I am not good.cdat 428 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:12,811 I am bad. Bad, bad Cleo Brown!cdat 429 00:20:12,812 --> 00:20:15,014 And last but definitely not least,cdat 430 00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:17,049 I will do us both a favor.cdt 431 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,551 I quit!cdat 432 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:21,120 You got that... hon?cdat 433 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:27,927 cdatcdat Everybody back to work.cdat 434 00:20:27,927 --> 00:20:29,529 ( phone rings )cdat 435 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:30,763 Hello.cdat 436 00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:32,732 Hi, Charlie.cdat 437 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:35,168 A date tonight? I don't think so.cdat 438 00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:39,838 I am going disco dancing by myself.cdat 439 00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:41,908 cdat Oh, and another thing.cdat 440 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,977 I'm letting my underarm hair grow!cdat 441 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:49,615 cdat I want a promotion.cdatcdt 442 00:20:49,615 --> 00:20:52,351 I wanna apply to become a spy.cdat 443 00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:54,720 Aren't you supposed to be making coffee?cdat 444 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,991 I have made enough coffee.cdt 445 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:07,600 cdatcdat Wait. So Cleo Brown rocked the mission,cdat 446 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,536 saved hundreds of people from a disco inferno,cdat 447 00:21:10,536 --> 00:21:13,773 and still never officially became a spy?cdat 448 00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:16,409 What the heck kinda female empowerment story is that?cdt 449 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:19,311 The kind we had in the '70s, baby.cdat 450 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:22,915 But if you allow me to finish, ramen noodlet 451 00:21:22,915 --> 00:21:27,553 Cleo did go on to start her own successful detective agency.ct 452 00:21:27,553 --> 00:21:29,989 cdat And Cleo's lesson was our blessing.cdat 453 00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:31,991 Because after that, the powers that becdat 454 00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:34,460 saw that black women could do any jobcdat 455 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:37,096 just as well as anybody else, if not better.cdat 456 00:21:37,096 --> 00:21:39,832 And we began to get promotedt 457 00:21:39,832 --> 00:21:43,636 And that is the story of Cleo Brown.cdat 458 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:45,771 You ready to go to the movies, hon?cdat 459 00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:47,640 No!cdat 460 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,276 I'm too upset about what happened to Cleo.cdat 461 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:51,477 And don't call me hon.cdat 462 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:55,514 Well, I'm glad you liked the storyt 463 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:58,784 cdat You know, we should know about our past.cdat 464 00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:01,687 It's just a shame that Cleo didn't get her due.cdat 465 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:05,157 Too bad there's nothing we can do to change it.cdat 466 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:07,559 cdat Or can we?cdat 467 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:12,832 cdat Cleo Brown kicked down the doorscdat 468 00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:15,034 so that my Grandma Gayle could become a spy.cdat 469 00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:17,670 My Grandma Gayle fought discriminationcdat 470 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,472 with her head held high,cdat 471 00:22:19,471 --> 00:22:20,706 so that my mother could become a spy.cdat 472 00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:23,676 Then my mother, well, she...cdat 473 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:26,279 she kinda dragged me into this without asking,cdat 474 00:22:26,278 --> 00:22:28,680 but you know what, I digress.cdat 475 00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:30,683 Some people kick down doorst 476 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:33,953 some people get dragged through doors against their will.ct 477 00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:36,689 Anyway...cdat 478 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:40,893 it is thanks to Cleo that all young black female spiesct 479 00:22:40,893 --> 00:22:45,531 cdat can be brave, know our worth, and fly.cdat 480 00:22:45,531 --> 00:22:47,133 cdat And that is why we honor her todaycdat 481 00:22:47,132 --> 00:22:48,967 with this bust.cdat 482 00:22:54,506 --> 00:22:56,842 cdatcdat Oh, baby, it's okay. You can let it out.t