1 00:00:04,286 --> 00:00:05,286 [man panting] 2 00:00:05,330 --> 00:00:06,550 Hey, Calvin. 3 00:00:06,592 --> 00:00:08,152 Hey, how was your run? 4 00:00:08,203 --> 00:00:10,503 Oh, it was great; I did five miles but I could really use... 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,130 ...some new shoes. 6 00:00:17,168 --> 00:00:18,518 Oh, my bad. 7 00:00:18,561 --> 00:00:20,561 I thought you were gonna say "cool down." 8 00:00:20,606 --> 00:00:22,396 Hey, did you see the ambulance 9 00:00:22,434 --> 00:00:23,564 in front of Mr. Benson's last night? 10 00:00:23,609 --> 00:00:25,009 Yeah. 11 00:00:25,046 --> 00:00:27,006 Any idea what happened? I want to get some intel 12 00:00:27,048 --> 00:00:28,618 so I can update our neighborhood Facebook page. 13 00:00:28,658 --> 00:00:30,788 We have a neighborhood Facebook page? 14 00:00:30,834 --> 00:00:32,094 How many people are on it? 15 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:33,800 [chuckles] Well, as soon as you accept 16 00:00:33,837 --> 00:00:35,317 my friend request, two. 17 00:00:37,145 --> 00:00:38,755 So do you know what happened to Mr. Benson? 18 00:00:38,798 --> 00:00:40,148 Yeah. 19 00:00:40,191 --> 00:00:41,531 He dead. 20 00:00:41,584 --> 00:00:44,154 Whoa, wha-what? Calvin. 21 00:00:44,195 --> 00:00:45,845 That-- that's terrible. 22 00:00:45,892 --> 00:00:47,632 You wouldn't say that if you knew him. 23 00:00:47,677 --> 00:00:49,157 I mean... 24 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,030 there's a reason that people in this neighborhood 25 00:00:51,072 --> 00:00:52,812 called him "Mean Mr. Benson." 26 00:00:52,856 --> 00:00:55,116 I didn't know they called him that. 27 00:00:55,163 --> 00:00:56,593 Yeah, probably like you don't know 28 00:00:56,642 --> 00:00:58,292 they call you "Bobblehead Dave." 29 00:01:00,124 --> 00:01:02,124 Oh, I know it and I love it. 30 00:01:03,388 --> 00:01:05,738 So what was so mean about Mr. Benson? 31 00:01:05,782 --> 00:01:07,952 Oh, everything. The man has terrorized 32 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:09,481 this neighborhood since I was a kid. 33 00:01:09,525 --> 00:01:12,355 Always yelling at people to cut their grass 34 00:01:12,397 --> 00:01:14,447 or pull their trash cans up. 35 00:01:14,486 --> 00:01:17,486 And if ever I had a ball or a Frisbee go into his yard, 36 00:01:17,533 --> 00:01:19,313 never saw it again. 37 00:01:19,361 --> 00:01:21,311 [chuckles] You know, that actually reminds me. 38 00:01:21,363 --> 00:01:23,273 I accidentally threw our Frisbee 39 00:01:23,321 --> 00:01:24,581 into your backyard the other day. 40 00:01:24,627 --> 00:01:26,367 Green one?Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 41 00:01:26,411 --> 00:01:27,711 Haven't seen it. 42 00:01:28,761 --> 00:01:30,761 Well, you know-- 43 00:01:30,807 --> 00:01:32,937 I'm sure Mr. Benson wasn't all bad. 44 00:01:32,983 --> 00:01:34,373 I mean, take my Aunt Phyllis. 45 00:01:34,419 --> 00:01:37,029 Nobody liked her, but once you got over the fact 46 00:01:37,074 --> 00:01:38,814 that she treated her pets better than people 47 00:01:38,858 --> 00:01:41,038 and pretty much despised all of humanity, 48 00:01:41,078 --> 00:01:43,648 she made the most delicious rhubarb pie. 49 00:01:45,213 --> 00:01:47,913 Well, Mr. Benson was so mean, 50 00:01:47,954 --> 00:01:50,344 not even the Jehovah's Witnesses would knock on his door. 51 00:01:50,392 --> 00:01:51,782 And they talk to anybody. 52 00:01:51,828 --> 00:01:54,748 I know, aren't they the best? 53 00:01:54,787 --> 00:01:57,617 But then they're always like, "We got to go now, Dave." 54 00:01:59,401 --> 00:02:01,401 So, do you know when they're having his funeral? 55 00:02:01,446 --> 00:02:03,366 I don't know. He was such a loner. 56 00:02:03,405 --> 00:02:05,145 There probably won't be one. 57 00:02:05,189 --> 00:02:07,589 And even if there was, no one would go. 58 00:02:07,626 --> 00:02:09,936 Man, that's so sad, Calvin. 59 00:02:09,976 --> 00:02:11,236 Yeah... We should do something 60 00:02:11,282 --> 00:02:13,152 to remember him. 61 00:02:13,197 --> 00:02:16,417 We should put his death on the neighborhood Facebook page. 62 00:02:16,461 --> 00:02:19,111 What-- So you'll accept my friend request? 63 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,380 Sure. Just as soon as he does. 64 00:02:23,338 --> 00:02:25,258 ♪ Welcome to the block, welcome to the neighborhood ♪ 65 00:02:25,296 --> 00:02:26,256 ♪ Welcome to the hood. 66 00:02:33,739 --> 00:02:35,179 Mm. 67 00:02:35,219 --> 00:02:36,489 Oh. 68 00:02:36,525 --> 00:02:38,175 Okay. 69 00:02:38,222 --> 00:02:40,482 "Ten Ways to Please Your Man." 70 00:02:43,358 --> 00:02:44,928 All right, well, let's see 71 00:02:44,968 --> 00:02:47,278 what's on the menu for this weekend. 72 00:02:47,318 --> 00:02:49,498 Okay, okay, I ain't mad at that. 73 00:02:49,538 --> 00:02:51,588 I see you, number seven. 74 00:02:51,627 --> 00:02:53,327 [chuckling]: Okay. 75 00:02:53,368 --> 00:02:55,458 Oh, number nine, you just a little ol' freak. 76 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:57,590 [laughs] 77 00:02:57,633 --> 00:03:01,373 Let's see what number ten is-- Oh, hell no. 78 00:03:01,419 --> 00:03:02,559 No, nuh-uh, oh. 79 00:03:02,594 --> 00:03:04,554 No, uh-uh. 80 00:03:04,596 --> 00:03:05,856 [grunts] 81 00:03:05,902 --> 00:03:07,252 Oh. 82 00:03:07,295 --> 00:03:08,595 [Tina grunting] 83 00:03:08,644 --> 00:03:10,474 Hey, babe.Oh, hey, Calvin. 84 00:03:10,515 --> 00:03:12,215 Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's all this? 85 00:03:12,256 --> 00:03:14,256 Well, we just came from the church meeting 86 00:03:14,302 --> 00:03:15,692 about Mr. Benson passing. 87 00:03:15,738 --> 00:03:17,438 And since he didn't have any people, 88 00:03:17,479 --> 00:03:19,439 I offered to throw the repass here. 89 00:03:19,481 --> 00:03:21,391 What? And then I discovered 90 00:03:21,439 --> 00:03:23,579 that a repass was kind of like a funeral after-party 91 00:03:23,615 --> 00:03:25,525 and we were off to the races. 92 00:03:27,097 --> 00:03:28,667 Uh, hold on, Tina. 93 00:03:28,707 --> 00:03:32,017 We're not hosting a repass for somebody I hated. 94 00:03:32,058 --> 00:03:34,798 I wouldn't host one for myself and I love me. 95 00:03:34,844 --> 00:03:36,804 [chuckles] 96 00:03:36,846 --> 00:03:38,716 Look, I didn't like him any more than you 97 00:03:38,761 --> 00:03:40,501 but it's the Christian thing to do and besides, 98 00:03:40,545 --> 00:03:42,935 I've thrown plenty of stuff for you that I didn't want to. 99 00:03:42,982 --> 00:03:44,632 Like what?Like that end of the year banquet 100 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,640 for your bowling team where you all just 101 00:03:46,682 --> 00:03:48,592 sat around and complained about being robbed. 102 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,040 They overwaxed the lanes, Tina. 103 00:03:51,077 --> 00:03:52,467 [groans] 104 00:03:53,515 --> 00:03:56,515 You know, this repass has your name 105 00:03:56,561 --> 00:03:57,951 written all over it. 106 00:03:57,997 --> 00:03:59,307 Oh, you mean like my Frisbee? 107 00:03:59,347 --> 00:04:01,527 Hey-- 108 00:04:01,566 --> 00:04:03,526 Calvin, don't worry, okay? 109 00:04:03,568 --> 00:04:05,788 I'm pitching in, too: I'm picking up flowers 110 00:04:05,831 --> 00:04:08,261 and I volunteered to say a few words on 111 00:04:08,312 --> 00:04:10,442 on Mr. Benson's behalf.But you didn't even know the man. 112 00:04:10,488 --> 00:04:11,748 And I'm about to change that. 113 00:04:11,794 --> 00:04:13,224 I'm gonna ask people in the neighborhood 114 00:04:13,274 --> 00:04:14,574 for their fond memories of him. 115 00:04:14,623 --> 00:04:16,713 Oh, okay. Here's one. 116 00:04:16,755 --> 00:04:18,405 For Halloween, he threw rocks at me 117 00:04:18,453 --> 00:04:21,453 and yelled at me, "Get off my lawn, Wack Ninja!" 118 00:04:22,805 --> 00:04:24,635 I wasn't even a ninja, Dave. 119 00:04:24,676 --> 00:04:26,196 I was a black ghost. 120 00:04:26,243 --> 00:04:28,463 [laughs] Okay. 121 00:04:28,506 --> 00:04:30,376 Calvin, I've never seen a black ghost. 122 00:04:30,421 --> 00:04:32,071 Well, trust me. In this neighborhood, 123 00:04:32,118 --> 00:04:34,338 you don't want to walk around with a white sheet 124 00:04:34,382 --> 00:04:36,382 over your head. Okay. 125 00:04:36,427 --> 00:04:39,517 Fine, you know what? Maybe Mr. Benson was 126 00:04:39,561 --> 00:04:41,341 a little bit grumpy. 127 00:04:41,389 --> 00:04:43,569 But I believe that if you look hard enough, 128 00:04:43,608 --> 00:04:45,658 there's something nice to say about everybody. 129 00:04:45,697 --> 00:04:48,177 Oh, see? This is about your bitter old aunt 130 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:49,741 and her bitter rhubarb pie. 131 00:04:49,788 --> 00:04:50,878 Oh, no, no, no. 132 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,230 My aunt was bitter. 133 00:04:53,270 --> 00:04:55,450 The rhubarb pie was incredible, Calvin. 134 00:04:58,928 --> 00:05:02,588 It's so nice of you guys to host Mr. Benson's repass. 135 00:05:02,627 --> 00:05:04,287 Well, it's the right thing to do. 136 00:05:04,325 --> 00:05:05,455 Get the neighborhood together, 137 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:07,640 everybody brings food and bam! 138 00:05:07,676 --> 00:05:09,506 There's enough leftovers that Mama doesn't 139 00:05:09,547 --> 00:05:12,077 have to cook for a week.[laughs] 140 00:05:12,115 --> 00:05:13,855 Hey, Mom. 141 00:05:13,899 --> 00:05:15,599 Hi, sweetie. 142 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,340 I've been thinking about Mr. Benson. 143 00:05:17,381 --> 00:05:19,121 Where do people go when they die? 144 00:05:19,165 --> 00:05:20,775 Oh, um... 145 00:05:20,819 --> 00:05:22,519 uh, well... 146 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,870 that's a good question. 147 00:05:24,910 --> 00:05:27,740 And the answer is very complicated. 148 00:05:27,783 --> 00:05:29,653 You see, existence is a complex thing... 149 00:05:29,698 --> 00:05:32,618 Do you know, Miss Tina? 150 00:05:32,657 --> 00:05:35,137 Well, of course I do. 151 00:05:35,181 --> 00:05:38,571 If you're good, you go to this glorious place 152 00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:41,630 in the sky called Heaven, filled with angels 153 00:05:41,666 --> 00:05:43,666 and toys and all the candy you can eat. 154 00:05:43,712 --> 00:05:45,322 Cool. 155 00:05:45,366 --> 00:05:47,236 See, Mom? Simple. 156 00:05:50,022 --> 00:05:52,582 Well, that wasn't exactly the answer I was gonna give. 157 00:05:52,634 --> 00:05:54,934 I know, girl, but I got a repass to plan. 158 00:05:54,984 --> 00:05:57,554 We would have been here all day. [chuckles] 159 00:05:57,595 --> 00:05:59,555 I didn't even think about all the questions 160 00:05:59,597 --> 00:06:01,427 this was gonna raise for Grover. 161 00:06:01,469 --> 00:06:03,869 Well, why don't you just tell him what you think? 162 00:06:03,906 --> 00:06:06,696 Because that's exactly what my parents did to me. 163 00:06:06,735 --> 00:06:08,305 They told me what to believe. 164 00:06:08,345 --> 00:06:10,605 I-I'd rather have Grover figure it out for himself. 165 00:06:10,652 --> 00:06:12,262 I respect that. 166 00:06:12,305 --> 00:06:14,695 I mean, it's blasphemous, but I respect it. 167 00:06:14,743 --> 00:06:16,133 [laughs] 168 00:06:18,747 --> 00:06:20,487 Hmm. 169 00:06:21,489 --> 00:06:23,099 And what's this? 170 00:06:28,104 --> 00:06:31,454 Looks like somebody wants an early birthday present. 171 00:06:34,415 --> 00:06:36,025 CALVIN: Hey, babe.Hey. 172 00:06:36,068 --> 00:06:37,508 Got the food for the repass. 173 00:06:42,074 --> 00:06:44,904 Calvin, what is this? I told you to get finger foods. 174 00:06:44,947 --> 00:06:46,467 Oh, I did. 175 00:06:46,514 --> 00:06:48,554 You can eat these day-old bagels with your fingers. 176 00:06:50,082 --> 00:06:52,342 Oh, he's just being cheap because 177 00:06:52,389 --> 00:06:53,869 Mean Mr. Benson never paid him 178 00:06:53,912 --> 00:06:56,042 for mowing the lawn in the summer of '79. 179 00:06:56,088 --> 00:06:57,958 Oh, I'm sorry. 180 00:06:58,003 --> 00:06:59,833 Is there a statute of limitations 181 00:06:59,875 --> 00:07:01,745 on making a black ghost cry? 182 00:07:02,791 --> 00:07:04,441 Calvin, don't you think 183 00:07:04,488 --> 00:07:05,708 you're being a little ridiculous? 184 00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:07,060 Just let it go. 185 00:07:07,099 --> 00:07:08,499 Oh. 186 00:07:08,536 --> 00:07:09,576 This from the lady who had to switch 187 00:07:09,624 --> 00:07:11,714 grocery stores for being called out 188 00:07:11,756 --> 00:07:15,626 for having more than 12 items in the express lane. 189 00:07:15,673 --> 00:07:18,023 If they're gonna count gum as an item, 190 00:07:18,067 --> 00:07:19,727 it shouldn't be at the register. 191 00:07:21,984 --> 00:07:23,634 Hey, hey. 192 00:07:23,681 --> 00:07:25,551 Turns out half my childhood 193 00:07:25,596 --> 00:07:27,686 was in Mean Mr. Benson's backyard. [chuckles] 194 00:07:28,686 --> 00:07:30,516 Oh, lookee here. 195 00:07:30,558 --> 00:07:32,648 It's Marty's little army doll. 196 00:07:32,690 --> 00:07:34,740 Hey, man. He was a prisoner of war 197 00:07:34,779 --> 00:07:36,659 for 15 years. 198 00:07:38,653 --> 00:07:41,303 Welcome home, soldier. 199 00:07:42,308 --> 00:07:44,658 So much has changed. [groans] 200 00:07:44,702 --> 00:07:46,182 Oh, what's that? 201 00:07:46,225 --> 00:07:47,665 Oh, no, Malcolm still lives here. 202 00:07:51,579 --> 00:07:53,319 Mom, what's a massage parlor? 203 00:07:53,363 --> 00:07:55,583 What? What-- 204 00:07:55,626 --> 00:07:57,496 Why would you ask that? 205 00:07:57,541 --> 00:07:59,761 I'm looking for Heaven on Google Maps 206 00:07:59,804 --> 00:08:02,194 and it says it's a massage parlor in Koreatown. 207 00:08:02,241 --> 00:08:03,981 Oh, okay, I-I, uh... 208 00:08:04,026 --> 00:08:07,116 I think that's enough screen time for today. 209 00:08:07,159 --> 00:08:08,949 Hey. 210 00:08:08,987 --> 00:08:10,777 I've been meaning to talk to you about 211 00:08:10,815 --> 00:08:12,725 what Miss Tina said about Heaven. 212 00:08:12,774 --> 00:08:14,774 Okay. It's just that 213 00:08:14,819 --> 00:08:18,569 not everyone sees "heaven" the same way Miss Tina does. 214 00:08:18,606 --> 00:08:20,566 They don't? No. 215 00:08:20,608 --> 00:08:23,568 For example, some people believe that heaven 216 00:08:23,611 --> 00:08:25,221 exists inside your heart. 217 00:08:25,264 --> 00:08:28,524 And others believe that heaven is here on Earth 218 00:08:28,572 --> 00:08:30,312 and that our souls just keep coming back 219 00:08:30,356 --> 00:08:33,186 as a new being, like a turtle or a horse. 220 00:08:33,229 --> 00:08:36,539 Cool. I want to come back as a dung beetle. 221 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:38,330 What? 222 00:08:38,364 --> 00:08:40,194 Why would you want that? 223 00:08:40,236 --> 00:08:42,456 It's the world's strongest insect. 224 00:08:42,499 --> 00:08:45,589 It can carry a thousand times its body weight. 225 00:08:45,633 --> 00:08:48,333 Yes. Of dung. 226 00:08:48,374 --> 00:08:50,154 I know! 227 00:08:50,202 --> 00:08:53,772 Hey, Dad, I'm gonna be a dung beetle. 228 00:08:53,815 --> 00:08:56,125 Oh, awesome, buddy. World's strongest insect. 229 00:08:56,165 --> 00:08:57,555 [sighs] 230 00:08:57,601 --> 00:08:59,601 Hey, babe. Hey. 231 00:08:59,647 --> 00:09:01,607 Did you have any luck finding out about Mr. Benson? 232 00:09:01,649 --> 00:09:05,049 No. I went door-to-door through the entire neighborhood 233 00:09:05,087 --> 00:09:06,697 and the only thing I heard about him 234 00:09:06,741 --> 00:09:09,221 was that he was from New Orleans 235 00:09:09,265 --> 00:09:12,485 and they wish he had died there. 236 00:09:12,529 --> 00:09:14,839 Geez, he sounds like a real Aunt Phyllis. 237 00:09:14,879 --> 00:09:17,229 I know, but you-- 238 00:09:17,273 --> 00:09:19,533 I'm not giving up until I find his rhubarb pie. 239 00:09:19,580 --> 00:09:21,370 And you will. 240 00:09:21,407 --> 00:09:23,327 Because you can find the good in anybody. 241 00:09:23,366 --> 00:09:24,586 Thank you. 242 00:09:24,628 --> 00:09:26,368 But you really got to stop inviting 243 00:09:26,412 --> 00:09:27,842 the Jehovah's Witnesses to stay for dinner. 244 00:09:32,941 --> 00:09:35,331 Hey, Miss Kim. Uh, I knocked on your door 245 00:09:35,378 --> 00:09:36,908 earlier, but I guess you weren't home. 246 00:09:36,945 --> 00:09:38,905 Oh, no, I was there. 247 00:09:38,947 --> 00:09:40,297 I saw you, Bobblehead Dave. 248 00:09:42,341 --> 00:09:43,731 I, well, you know, I was just wondering 249 00:09:43,778 --> 00:09:45,698 if you had any positive memories about Mr. Benson 250 00:09:45,736 --> 00:09:48,086 from before he died.No. 251 00:09:48,130 --> 00:09:49,700 That old bastard. 252 00:09:52,134 --> 00:09:55,484 Tina, how much did we pay for all this food? 253 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,358 About a half a bowling party, 254 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,930 not including the trophies you bought yourselves. 255 00:10:01,186 --> 00:10:02,976 Well, I think it's a waste of our money 256 00:10:03,014 --> 00:10:04,844 and a waste of our hospitality. 257 00:10:04,886 --> 00:10:06,716 And why nobody eating these bagels? Oh, no. 258 00:10:06,757 --> 00:10:08,327 [pained grunt] 259 00:10:11,936 --> 00:10:13,986 They're delicious. 260 00:10:15,157 --> 00:10:17,947 Oh, shoot, here comes Miss Kim. Hide me. 261 00:10:17,986 --> 00:10:20,946 Oop-- [laughs] Too late. No, no, no. 262 00:10:20,989 --> 00:10:22,949 Oh, Marty. 263 00:10:22,991 --> 00:10:25,201 Aren't you looking like a whole snack? 264 00:10:26,777 --> 00:10:28,567 Uh, don't you mean Malcolm? 265 00:10:28,605 --> 00:10:30,915 Ah, Malcolm got too old. 266 00:10:30,955 --> 00:10:32,735 [laughs] 267 00:10:32,783 --> 00:10:35,083 Well, little brother, do not break her heart. 268 00:10:35,133 --> 00:10:36,743 Or her hip. 269 00:10:36,787 --> 00:10:38,227 [clears throat] 270 00:10:38,267 --> 00:10:40,667 Marty, you know, I need someone young 271 00:10:40,704 --> 00:10:42,534 to keep up with me and... 272 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:44,275 you look like you've been working out. 273 00:10:46,362 --> 00:10:49,012 Well, you know, I have been taking the stairs at work. 274 00:10:50,671 --> 00:10:52,411 [both shouting] 275 00:10:52,455 --> 00:10:54,025 CALVIN: Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 276 00:10:54,065 --> 00:10:57,115 You want to run, go outside. 277 00:10:57,155 --> 00:10:59,635 And who left my door open? 278 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:02,560 I'm not trying to air condition the whole neighborhood. 279 00:11:02,595 --> 00:11:04,855 You don't have the A/C on. 280 00:11:04,902 --> 00:11:07,292 Well, they don't know that. 281 00:11:07,339 --> 00:11:09,429 Hey, little boy, come on, get out of my chair. 282 00:11:09,472 --> 00:11:10,772 You don't have a job, 283 00:11:10,821 --> 00:11:12,471 you haven't earned the right to recline. 284 00:11:14,912 --> 00:11:18,002 Fine. Mean Mr. Butler. 285 00:11:18,046 --> 00:11:20,096 W-What'd you call me? 286 00:11:20,135 --> 00:11:22,525 He called you Mean Mr. Butler, you old bastard. 287 00:11:30,885 --> 00:11:32,755 Hey, guys, I really need your help. 288 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,280 It's down to the wire and no one has said a single nice thing 289 00:11:35,324 --> 00:11:36,624 about Mr. Benson. 290 00:11:36,673 --> 00:11:38,503 Do you have anything I can work with? 291 00:11:38,544 --> 00:11:39,804 Well, there was that one summer he hired us 292 00:11:39,850 --> 00:11:41,290 to plant a vegetable garden. 293 00:11:41,330 --> 00:11:43,950 Oh, right, we grew all those beautiful tomato plants. 294 00:11:43,985 --> 00:11:46,375 That's exactly what I'm looking for. 295 00:11:46,422 --> 00:11:47,902 Yeah, then he pelted us with them 296 00:11:47,945 --> 00:11:51,075 when we rode our bikes on the sidewalk. 297 00:11:51,122 --> 00:11:52,382 Okay, well, uh, 298 00:11:52,428 --> 00:11:53,998 so far, that's the one to beat. 299 00:11:56,998 --> 00:12:00,828 Hey, I just got called Mean Mr. Butler. 300 00:12:00,871 --> 00:12:01,871 What? By who? 301 00:12:01,916 --> 00:12:03,916 That little punk, Apple Head Fred. 302 00:12:03,961 --> 00:12:05,351 Oh. Oh. 303 00:12:05,397 --> 00:12:07,357 What is he talking about? I'm not mean. 304 00:12:07,399 --> 00:12:10,969 Well, Dad, just last week, you called the city 305 00:12:11,012 --> 00:12:12,792 on Kayla Watkins's lemonade stand 306 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,580 because she didn't have a "permit." 307 00:12:14,624 --> 00:12:16,584 I was looking out for the neighborhood. 308 00:12:16,626 --> 00:12:19,756 That little hustler was cutting the sugar with Sweet'N Low. 309 00:12:21,196 --> 00:12:24,286 Yeah, you're a real pillar of the community, Pop. 310 00:12:24,329 --> 00:12:25,809 That's what I keep saying. 311 00:12:25,853 --> 00:12:28,333 Look, everybody around here loves me. 312 00:12:28,377 --> 00:12:30,207 Especially the kids. You know what? 313 00:12:30,248 --> 00:12:31,378 I'll prove it.Oh, no, no. No. 314 00:12:31,423 --> 00:12:32,513 No, no, no.No, don't. No. 315 00:12:32,555 --> 00:12:34,515 No... 316 00:12:34,557 --> 00:12:36,997 Hey, little rascals. 317 00:12:37,038 --> 00:12:39,218 Who wants cake? 318 00:12:41,259 --> 00:12:42,829 M-Mom... 319 00:12:44,654 --> 00:12:46,654 Berlene, you better toughen that little boy up, 320 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:48,269 'cause he's gonna get beat up in high school. 321 00:12:50,225 --> 00:12:53,355 So has Grover figured out the afterlife for himself yet? 322 00:12:53,402 --> 00:12:55,142 Yep, 323 00:12:55,186 --> 00:12:58,446 and he wants to come back as the world's most disgusting bug. 324 00:12:58,494 --> 00:13:00,404 [laughs] 325 00:13:00,452 --> 00:13:02,232 You must be proud. 326 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,030 You know what? I am. 327 00:13:04,065 --> 00:13:06,545 He's a smart kid. He'll figure it out. 328 00:13:06,589 --> 00:13:09,069 Can I ask you a question? 329 00:13:09,113 --> 00:13:10,243 Sure. 330 00:13:10,288 --> 00:13:11,418 Do you believe in heaven? 331 00:13:11,463 --> 00:13:13,333 Yeah, I do. 332 00:13:13,378 --> 00:13:17,558 But I mean, how can any of us be sure what it's really like? 333 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,560 It's called faith, Gemma. 334 00:13:19,602 --> 00:13:22,032 It's like driving around with an expired license. 335 00:13:22,083 --> 00:13:24,693 You got to trust and believe that you won't get caught. 336 00:13:26,087 --> 00:13:28,747 And so far, I haven't. That's Jesus. 337 00:13:28,785 --> 00:13:32,265 [laughs] Well, I guess the good thing is we all get to paint 338 00:13:32,310 --> 00:13:34,270 our own picture of what heaven is. 339 00:13:34,312 --> 00:13:36,312 Well, all I know is, in my heaven, 340 00:13:36,358 --> 00:13:38,318 everybody that I love is there. 341 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,890 Ooh, and they're waiting for me at a Prince concert. 342 00:13:40,928 --> 00:13:42,368 [both laugh] 343 00:13:42,407 --> 00:13:44,887 In my heaven, it's the Backstreet Boys. 344 00:13:44,932 --> 00:13:47,102 Ooh, and I can eat all the cheesecake I want 345 00:13:47,151 --> 00:13:49,151 and never gain a single pound. 346 00:13:49,197 --> 00:13:52,897 Well, Gemma Johnson, I hope to see you in my heaven. 347 00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:54,680 Aw, I hope I see you in mine. 348 00:13:54,724 --> 00:13:56,684 And if you go first, will you save me a seat 349 00:13:56,726 --> 00:13:59,296 at your Prince concert?Oh, most definitely. 350 00:13:59,337 --> 00:14:01,997 And if I go first, I'll save you a spot at the Backstreet Boys. 351 00:14:03,037 --> 00:14:04,387 I'm good. 352 00:14:04,429 --> 00:14:06,569 [chuckles] 353 00:14:06,605 --> 00:14:08,565 Hey, Kayla. 354 00:14:08,607 --> 00:14:11,087 Nice seeing you...Don't even. 355 00:14:11,132 --> 00:14:13,302 You shut down my lemonade stand. 356 00:14:15,614 --> 00:14:17,054 Snitch. 357 00:14:19,531 --> 00:14:21,011 Well, it's people like you that make it hard 358 00:14:21,055 --> 00:14:23,315 to support black businesses. 359 00:14:25,929 --> 00:14:28,499 Well, okay, to answer your question, Grover, 360 00:14:28,540 --> 00:14:31,240 as scientists, we learn about the law of conservation, 361 00:14:31,282 --> 00:14:33,102 which states that energy can neither be 362 00:14:33,154 --> 00:14:34,804 created nor destroyed. 363 00:14:34,851 --> 00:14:37,201 But if my mama asks, it's what? 364 00:14:37,245 --> 00:14:39,205 All Jesus all the time. 365 00:14:39,247 --> 00:14:41,207 Yeah. 366 00:14:41,249 --> 00:14:43,039 What do you think, Malcolm? 367 00:14:43,077 --> 00:14:44,817 Well, there's actually this great book... 368 00:14:44,861 --> 00:14:46,341 I'm out.Yeah, me, too. 369 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,130 So, so, what I'm saying is 370 00:14:51,172 --> 00:14:55,042 that Mean Mr. Benson might just be the most repulsive, 371 00:14:55,089 --> 00:14:58,919 vile, despicable human I've ever come across. 372 00:14:58,962 --> 00:15:02,612 And I hope he rots in hell. 373 00:15:02,661 --> 00:15:05,621 Okay. Well... 374 00:15:05,664 --> 00:15:07,974 Thanks, Reverend. 375 00:15:08,015 --> 00:15:09,795 CALVIN: Hey, Dave. 376 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:12,802 Thank God, man, look, 377 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:14,585 I need to hear this. Please tell me, 378 00:15:14,630 --> 00:15:16,770 there's something good in everyone, right? 379 00:15:16,806 --> 00:15:19,376 I wish I could, but it's a lie. 380 00:15:19,417 --> 00:15:22,027 It is a damn, dirty lie. 381 00:15:22,072 --> 00:15:25,112 No, no. Come on, that's not true. 382 00:15:25,162 --> 00:15:27,382 It-- no, some people will only be remembered 383 00:15:27,425 --> 00:15:30,165 for yelling at children and bossing people around 384 00:15:30,211 --> 00:15:34,171 and spewing negativity up and down the streets. 385 00:15:34,215 --> 00:15:36,525 Well, when you say it like that, it sounds bad. 386 00:15:36,565 --> 00:15:40,005 Dave, if you're gonna say something, say it now. 387 00:15:40,047 --> 00:15:42,707 These vultures got me down to one day of leftovers. 388 00:15:44,616 --> 00:15:46,356 You know what, Tina? 389 00:15:46,401 --> 00:15:47,871 I don't think I'm going to, 390 00:15:47,924 --> 00:15:49,354 because for the first time in my life, 391 00:15:49,404 --> 00:15:51,054 I don't have anything good to say. 392 00:15:51,101 --> 00:15:53,271 No, Dave, do not talk like that. 393 00:15:53,321 --> 00:15:55,191 Come on, man. 394 00:15:55,236 --> 00:15:57,196 It's like I tell everyone, 395 00:15:57,238 --> 00:15:59,028 if you look hard enough, 396 00:15:59,066 --> 00:16:01,286 you can find the good in everybody. 397 00:16:01,329 --> 00:16:05,989 Dad, you have 100% never said that. 398 00:16:07,552 --> 00:16:09,332 Uh, but you have said, 399 00:16:09,380 --> 00:16:11,390 "I wish The Purge was a real thing." Yes. 400 00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:15,085 Well, obviously, you just don't know me. 401 00:16:15,125 --> 00:16:17,385 Just like you didn't know Mr. Benson. 402 00:16:17,432 --> 00:16:19,252 Yo, can I have everyone's attention? 403 00:16:19,303 --> 00:16:23,043 Come on. Everybody just gather around here. Come on, now. 404 00:16:23,090 --> 00:16:26,450 We are here to celebrate the life of a great man. 405 00:16:26,484 --> 00:16:30,314 Oh, wait. Someone else die? 406 00:16:30,358 --> 00:16:33,278 No. I'm talking about Mr. Benson, 407 00:16:33,317 --> 00:16:37,537 who some of you refer to as "Mean Mr. Benson." 408 00:16:37,582 --> 00:16:40,062 Shame on you. 409 00:16:40,107 --> 00:16:45,417 Because more than anything, Mr. Benson was misunderstood. 410 00:16:45,460 --> 00:16:47,030 Yeah, now, 411 00:16:47,070 --> 00:16:50,600 I know a lot of you know him as the mean old grouch 412 00:16:50,639 --> 00:16:54,559 who stole your toys or insulted your Halloween costumes 413 00:16:54,599 --> 00:16:58,349 or yelled at you about cutting your grass. 414 00:16:58,386 --> 00:17:01,826 Uh, yeah, because he did all those things. 415 00:17:01,867 --> 00:17:03,347 Yes, he did. 416 00:17:03,391 --> 00:17:05,261 But what you don't know 417 00:17:05,306 --> 00:17:07,786 is the reason why he did those things 418 00:17:07,830 --> 00:17:10,400 is because he cared about this neighborhood. 419 00:17:12,748 --> 00:17:18,278 Maybe he kept the toys that went into his yard 420 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:22,539 to teach you the value of your belongings. 421 00:17:24,151 --> 00:17:27,451 And maybe he yelled at you 422 00:17:27,502 --> 00:17:31,892 about mowing your lawn so you could take pride in your homes. 423 00:17:33,551 --> 00:17:38,591 And just maybe he shut down a lemonade stand 424 00:17:38,643 --> 00:17:41,343 to teach a young entrepreneur that some people 425 00:17:41,385 --> 00:17:44,345 know the difference between taste of sugar and Sweet'N Low. 426 00:17:47,174 --> 00:17:49,304 Hey, yo, do you think Dad is talking about Mr. Benson 427 00:17:49,350 --> 00:17:51,750 or himself? I think both. 428 00:17:51,787 --> 00:17:53,747 He may have eaten one too many dumpster bagels. 429 00:17:53,789 --> 00:17:55,659 Yeah. 430 00:17:55,704 --> 00:17:58,094 So basically... 431 00:18:01,579 --> 00:18:03,539 ...what I'm saying is that before 432 00:18:03,581 --> 00:18:07,361 you call someone mean, 433 00:18:07,411 --> 00:18:12,411 ask yourself is the more appropriate word 434 00:18:12,460 --> 00:18:14,680 "hero"? 435 00:18:20,207 --> 00:18:23,777 He did it. He found the rhubarb pie. 436 00:18:31,392 --> 00:18:35,262 Dave, black people don't slow clap. 437 00:18:45,145 --> 00:18:47,495 Hey, what are you doing out here, little man? 438 00:18:47,538 --> 00:18:50,978 Not much. Just thinking about life and death. 439 00:18:53,370 --> 00:18:56,380 And how much cake I can eat before my parents catch me. 440 00:18:59,768 --> 00:19:02,078 You know, 441 00:19:02,118 --> 00:19:03,428 you're the only little kid around here 442 00:19:03,467 --> 00:19:04,947 that doesn't run away from me. 443 00:19:04,990 --> 00:19:06,780 Why would I run away? 444 00:19:06,818 --> 00:19:08,738 I don't know. 445 00:19:08,777 --> 00:19:11,647 Maybe because I'm Mean Mr. Butler. 446 00:19:11,693 --> 00:19:13,783 I don't think you're mean. 447 00:19:13,825 --> 00:19:17,005 You just always think you're right. 448 00:19:17,046 --> 00:19:20,916 Mm, for the record, that's because I am. 449 00:19:22,356 --> 00:19:24,316 Can I ask you a question? 450 00:19:24,358 --> 00:19:26,058 Yeah, shoot. 451 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,318 Where do people go when they die? 452 00:19:28,362 --> 00:19:31,142 I've asked everyone, and they all say different stuff. 453 00:19:31,191 --> 00:19:33,361 Hmm. You know, 454 00:19:33,410 --> 00:19:36,240 I've been thinking about that a lot today, Grover. 455 00:19:36,283 --> 00:19:39,063 You know what I've decided?What? 456 00:19:39,111 --> 00:19:41,671 That maybe we shouldn't worry so much about 457 00:19:41,723 --> 00:19:43,463 where we go after we die, 458 00:19:43,507 --> 00:19:46,077 as long as we're good to each other when we're here. 459 00:19:48,643 --> 00:19:50,123 Want a piece of my cake? 460 00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:51,386 [chuckles] Thanks, buddy, 461 00:19:51,428 --> 00:19:54,648 but I'm kind of filled up on bagels. 462 00:19:54,692 --> 00:19:56,692 [band playing "When the Saints Go Marching In"] 463 00:19:59,958 --> 00:20:02,658 Ooh! Ooh, the band's here!Oh. 464 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:04,620 You got a band? 465 00:20:04,659 --> 00:20:05,969 Yes. Mr. Benson was from New Orleans, 466 00:20:06,008 --> 00:20:09,058 so I thought we'd send him out in style. 467 00:20:18,847 --> 00:20:22,897 Well, Calvin Butler, that was a beautiful speech that you gave. 468 00:20:22,938 --> 00:20:25,028 Oh, thank you, baby. 469 00:20:25,070 --> 00:20:28,600 Well, I found that, uh, page from the magazine in your chair.Oh... 470 00:20:28,639 --> 00:20:31,119 So how about we keep this celebration going later 471 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:33,123 with a number 12? 472 00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:34,815 What's a number 12? 473 00:20:34,863 --> 00:20:39,603 It's a number eight and a number four at the same time. 474 00:20:39,650 --> 00:20:40,920 [laughs] 475 00:20:40,956 --> 00:20:43,046 Well, all right! 476 00:20:43,088 --> 00:20:45,088 477 00:20:55,362 --> 00:20:58,322 Captioning sponsored by CBS 478 00:20:58,365 --> 00:21:01,015 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org