- 6/24/2025
Welcome to the hilarious world of "227", the classic sitcom that brings laughs, love, and neighborhood drama! π Dive into Season 1, Episodes 1 to 3 in this special 2025 release of the Best of 227 β a must-watch for fans of timeless comedy!
Watch as Mary, Sandra, Lester, and the gang bring joy and unforgettable moments right from their cozy Washington, D.C. apartment building. Whether you're reliving the magic or discovering it for the first time, this collection will leave you laughing out loud! π₯π₯
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Watch as Mary, Sandra, Lester, and the gang bring joy and unforgettable moments right from their cozy Washington, D.C. apartment building. Whether you're reliving the magic or discovering it for the first time, this collection will leave you laughing out loud! π₯π₯
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00:00:00There's no place like home
00:00:04With your family around you, you're never alone
00:00:09When you know that you're loved, you don't need to roam
00:00:12Cause there's no place like home
00:00:15Times are changing every day
00:00:20We won't get by with those same old ways
00:00:23Pulling together, we'll make it right
00:00:27With help from our friends, I know we can't lie
00:00:31Cause there's no place like home
00:00:34With your family around you, you're never alone
00:00:38When you know that you're loved, you don't need to roam
00:00:42Cause there ain't no place like
00:00:44Better believe it
00:00:46There ain't no place like
00:00:48Better believe it
00:00:50There ain't no place like
00:00:52There's no place like home
00:00:55I mean no place, child
00:00:57Afternoon, Sandra
00:01:01Afternoon, Rose
00:01:03Why does the building look better?
00:01:07Better?
00:01:08It has a certain ambiance
00:01:10It always ain't different as Mary isn't here
00:01:13That's it?
00:01:16Likes the left of the car to run a few errands
00:01:18She'll be back in a minute
00:01:19Hmm, well there goes the ambiance
00:01:22Ambulance
00:01:24Well, I was only taking a nap
00:01:28Is it alright if I sit here a minute?
00:01:31Or is Mary touchy about anyone else using her crate?
00:01:34No, I'm sure she won't mind
00:01:35Ooh, now I know why she's so snappy
00:01:39Oh, there she is now
00:01:43She's parking the car across the street
00:01:44She'll never get that big car in that teeny space
00:01:48Oh, she'll get it in, Sandra
00:01:49She'll get it in
00:01:50She got it in
00:01:53My goodness, what did she hit?
00:01:56A very expensive foreign car
00:01:58Oh, no!
00:02:00Is she okay?
00:02:02Well, she looks okay
00:02:03Except for those shoes
00:02:04Mary!
00:02:06Mary, are you alright?
00:02:08Yeah, I'm okay
00:02:09Well, you may be okay
00:02:11And your car may be okay
00:02:12But it looks like you busted the taillight on that BMW
00:02:15Oh, Lord
00:02:16Somebody tell me those are the owner's initials
00:02:18You bumped into trouble
00:02:20I dated a gentleman who owned one of those foreign jobbies
00:02:23And he used to tell me about the many thousands of dollars
00:02:25He'd spend for the most incidental of repairs
00:02:27It's only a taillight
00:02:29Only a taillight?
00:02:31Mary, they gotta bring that taillight all the way from Doozledorf
00:02:34You know how many Germans it takes to put in a taillight?
00:02:40How many dollars does it take to put in this taillight?
00:02:43My gentleman friend damaged his ashtray
00:02:45Cost him $200 to replace it
00:02:47Would have been cheaper to give up smoking
00:02:49Well, Mary, don't worry
00:02:52Your insurance company's gonna take care of it
00:02:54Oh, Rose
00:02:55Do you have any idea how high our premiums are gonna be after this accident?
00:02:58As high as a wine on a space shuttle
00:03:00Thank you
00:03:01And plus, you gotta tell Lester about it
00:03:04Thank you, Pearl
00:03:05Mary, I wouldn't be in your shoes for nothing in the world
00:03:08Thank you, Pearl
00:03:10Well, who do you suppose that car belongs to?
00:03:13It's gotta be somebody from the condo
00:03:15Oh, great
00:03:17That's all I need
00:03:18Well, you are gonna leave a note on the car, aren't you?
00:03:21Well, of course
00:03:22Oh, what a couple of Girl Scouts
00:03:24Oh, but please
00:03:29I wouldn't venture to give you any advice, Mary
00:03:31Leaving a note is the right thing to do
00:03:34Oh
00:03:35And when was the last time someone dented your car and left you a note?
00:03:40Well, I don't own a car
00:03:41So you're quite an authority
00:03:42Well, I know what's right
00:03:46What's right is to let the man's insurance company take care of the man's car
00:03:50After all, nobody saw Mary do it
00:03:53Did they?
00:03:54I did
00:03:55Me neither
00:03:56Well, I did
00:04:01And I can't lie
00:04:03Can't you give it a shot?
00:04:06Come on, Mary
00:04:07Okay, I'm putting a note on the man's car
00:04:10You think Lester will be happy with that decision?
00:04:13Well
00:04:14Of course
00:04:16He will
00:04:16He will
00:04:17Oh, please
00:04:19Now, Mary
00:04:20It would be a lovely world
00:04:21If everybody went around sticking notes on cars
00:04:24Excuse me
00:04:25I believe I hit your car
00:04:27Pardon me why
00:04:29I may have smashed your window
00:04:31And stolen your radio
00:04:32But they do
00:04:34And that's why God created insurance companies, Mary
00:04:37But
00:04:41Forbid from me to advise you
00:04:43Ciao
00:04:44Well
00:04:48Lester will be home soon
00:04:49I'll just wait till he comes before I put the note on the car
00:04:53Well, I want him to check my spelling
00:04:58How come I had to eat a TV dinner?
00:05:11Because, dear
00:05:14I have something to talk over with your father
00:05:16Alone
00:05:17I'm not getting a little brother or sister, am I?
00:05:21No, Brenda
00:05:22You don't have to give up your room
00:05:23What are you doing?
00:05:27Oiling my skates
00:05:28What you gonna do?
00:05:29Roll around the room?
00:05:30No
00:05:31Calvin's taking me skating
00:05:32On a school night?
00:05:35No
00:05:35Tomorrow
00:05:36Tomorrow's Friday
00:05:37He's taking me tomorrow
00:05:39Uh, and when were you going to ask permission?
00:05:42On Sunday?
00:05:44Of course not
00:05:46I was gonna ask you tonight
00:05:47Hi, Mrs. Jenkins
00:05:55Oh, hi, Calvin
00:05:56Hey, Brynn, you ready to go?
00:05:57Uh, go?
00:05:59Go where?
00:06:00To the skating rink
00:06:01Um, Calvin, you must be mistaken
00:06:04We're supposed to go tomorrow night, right?
00:06:06Tomorrow?
00:06:07Well, why did you just tell me to hurry up and get my skates?
00:06:15Now, you see, if he was a Rhodes Scholar, you might have gotten out of there
00:06:19Oh, did I say something wrong?
00:06:22Calvin, go skating
00:06:23Oh, thanks, Mrs. Jenkins
00:06:25Uh, isn't Brenda coming?
00:06:28No, Calvin
00:06:29Thanks, Mrs. Jenkins
00:06:31I'll deal with you later
00:06:34Mom, what if I was going to practice with a roller skating team on a school night?
00:06:42That would be okay, wouldn't it?
00:06:43Nope
00:06:43Well, what if we were skating to raise money for a famine relief on a school night?
00:06:50Are you this creative in school?
00:06:53Mom, you're being unreasonable
00:06:54Thank you, dear
00:06:55Well, can I go on Saturday?
00:06:58No
00:06:58Why not?
00:06:59Because you lied, and that's your punishment
00:07:01What's with Brenda?
00:07:08Oh, nothing for you to worry about, honey
00:07:10Just enjoy your dinner
00:07:14How do you like everything?
00:07:21Mmm
00:07:22One of my favorites
00:07:24All of my favorites
00:07:27Good bread, good meat, good Lord
00:07:31Let's eat
00:07:31So, how was your day?
00:07:45Oh, fine
00:07:45Aren't you wondering about mine?
00:07:51Uh-uh
00:07:51Well, aren't you wondering why I'm doing all this?
00:07:58Uh-uh
00:07:58Lester
00:08:00Mary
00:08:01Can I finish my meal before you tell me the bad news?
00:08:06When I was coming home from the errands this evening
00:08:09I had an accident with the car
00:08:12The car?
00:08:13You didn't bang up the car
00:08:14Oh, there's not a scratch on it
00:08:15But you did hit something
00:08:16A BMW
00:08:18Couldn't you have hit an American car?
00:08:20Well, honey, if I could've, I would've
00:08:24Mary, do you know how much it costs to repair one of those things?
00:08:27Aren't you even gonna ask if anybody was hurt?
00:08:30I'm sorry
00:08:30Was anyone hurt?
00:08:34Mary, do you know how much it costs to repair one of those things?
00:08:37I know how much it costs for the ashtray
00:08:38Did you hit an ashtray?
00:08:41No, a taillight
00:08:42Well, what did the guy say?
00:08:43There was no guy
00:08:44No guy?
00:08:45When I was parking
00:08:48I hit a parked car
00:08:50Parked across the street
00:08:52I thought of leaving a note
00:08:55And did you?
00:08:57No
00:08:57I want you to see what you thought
00:08:59What do you think?
00:09:02Well, it would've been the right thing to do
00:09:04Let's see if I can see it from here
00:09:07Which one is it?
00:09:09The red one
00:09:10With the broken taillight
00:09:11You mean the one the police are torn away?
00:09:14What?
00:09:14It was parked next to a fire hydrant
00:09:17There it goes
00:09:19Oh
00:09:21What a shame
00:09:22Rose, I was ready to write the note
00:09:28Lester
00:09:29Lester was ready to put the note on the car
00:09:32Is it my fault that they towed the car away?
00:09:34No
00:09:34What else could I do, Rose?
00:09:36Could've put a note on the car right away
00:09:38Yes, Rose
00:09:40We all know that
00:09:41And we all know that
00:09:42If I had it all to do over again
00:09:44I would have, right?
00:09:45Right
00:09:46What do you want me to do?
00:09:49Hire a blimp with a sign?
00:09:52Put billboards up all over town saying
00:09:54Everybody
00:09:55With a busted taillight
00:09:57Please see Mary
00:09:58I'm sorry
00:10:00I'm sorry
00:10:00That's all I can do, Rose
00:10:01You could try walking across the street
00:10:03What?
00:10:04The car's back
00:10:05Good
00:10:07You can put a note on the car now
00:10:10Hi, Grandma
00:10:11If we can't go outside tonight
00:10:13Then when can we go out?
00:10:14I don't know, Calvin
00:10:15Maybe when I'm a lot older
00:10:17I might get my freedom then
00:10:19Oh, hi, Mom
00:10:21Oh, hi, Miss Halle
00:10:22Hi, Miss Halle
00:10:23Hi, Miss Halle
00:10:24Hi, Miss Jenkins
00:10:25Well, what was that all about?
00:10:30Oh, she's mad because I punished her
00:10:31For what?
00:10:33For not being honest
00:10:34Give me a pencil
00:10:39How about some pie, honey?
00:10:43Oh, no thanks, baby
00:10:44I'm full
00:10:44Besides, I got this work to finish
00:10:46What is your favorite?
00:10:48Well, it used to be my favorite
00:10:49But I've had it so many times
00:10:50Whoopee pie
00:10:51You know, that note's been out there all day
00:11:02Why doesn't he call?
00:11:04Mary
00:11:05Well, it's out there
00:11:06With my name and phone number on it
00:11:08For everybody to see
00:11:09Might as well be tacked up in some men's room
00:11:11Will you stop it?
00:11:14Well, what if some weirdo calls?
00:11:16Hello, Miss Jenkins
00:11:18You want to crack my taillight?
00:11:27I'm taking the note off the car
00:11:29No, you're going to leave it right where it is
00:11:31Come on over here
00:11:32And sit down and relax
00:11:34Oh, honey, I can't
00:11:35It's on my mind
00:11:37I can't even sleep
00:11:38Oh, Mary, I'm so glad I found you
00:11:42I think I have found the problem
00:11:44The answer is right here in this gardening book
00:11:46Do I dream you?
00:11:47Do you know?
00:11:49Mary?
00:11:50Poor thing
00:11:51She said she didn't sleep at all last night
00:11:53Hello, ladies
00:11:54What happened to Mary?
00:12:00Did the tedium of her everyday existence
00:12:02Finally get to it
00:12:03Oh, had a bad dream
00:12:07Oh, it wasn't a dream
00:12:09It's still there
00:12:10And so is that car
00:12:15Well, I had enough
00:12:16I'm going to find the owner
00:12:17Hey, look out!
00:12:24Did you see that?
00:12:27He smashed the whole side of the car
00:12:30And he didn't leave a note
00:12:32Why should he?
00:12:35Yours is already there
00:12:37You know, Mary
00:12:44I can't even see the taillight anymore
00:12:46She's right, Mary
00:12:47Are you agreeing with her now?
00:12:50Well, all I say is the note you left
00:12:51You better get it off there fast, Mary
00:12:53You're looking at a $15,000 repair bill
00:12:55At least
00:12:56Well, come on
00:13:00I'm not going by myself
00:13:01All right
00:13:02Uh-uh
00:13:02Someone's coming out
00:13:04Ooh
00:13:04He's taking a note off the car
00:13:09That's a big man
00:13:11Yeah
00:13:13He looks pretty mean
00:13:17Yeah
00:13:18This could be rough
00:13:21I think I should go talk to him
00:13:23Stop!
00:13:25Come right back here
00:13:26That man is in no mood for talking
00:13:30He's in the mood to kill
00:13:32He's reading the note
00:13:35He's looking this way
00:13:37Act normal
00:13:37She stopped that
00:13:47Do you want him to come over here?
00:13:50Now, why would I want a big, handsome luxury car owner coming over here?
00:13:57Oh, shoot
00:13:58He went back in
00:14:00I wonder why he didn't come over here right away
00:14:02If he's going to get his goon
00:14:04That's nonsense, Pearl
00:14:12Men like that use their bare hands
00:14:15Well, all he's got is my name and phone number
00:14:22All he can do is call
00:14:24I bet he's furious
00:14:26Well, I'm sure when he settles down, he'll be reasonable
00:14:30I wouldn't count on it, Mary
00:14:32She's right, Mary
00:14:33Rose, would you pick one side of the fence and stay there?
00:14:36Oh, you're in a fix, Mary
00:14:40I wish I could think of a way for you to get out of it
00:14:44I can help you
00:14:46Better listen to him, Mary
00:14:48She knows what she's talking about
00:14:49But I didn't do it
00:14:51At least not all of it
00:14:52Yeah, but he's got your name
00:14:53Your telephone number
00:14:54And a repair bill for $15,000
00:14:56How are you going to break that to Lester?
00:15:00Help me, child
00:15:00You're willing to listen to me now
00:15:05Yes
00:15:06Whereas before, you had no interest in what I was saying
00:15:08Utilize your femininity
00:15:09Look helpless
00:15:10Batch your eyelashes
00:15:11How long are you mine?
00:15:16Sandra, that is ridiculous
00:15:18Last week, I ran a red light
00:15:20Policeman pulled me over
00:15:22I smiled, flirted a little
00:15:25What happened?
00:15:27Let's say a court date turned into a dinner date
00:15:29In other words
00:15:33What you're trying to say
00:15:34Is that I should get this man interested
00:15:36So that I can get out of paying the damages
00:15:37I can't do that
00:15:40Well, there is one other way
00:15:44I don't like this, Rose
00:15:46It's not honest
00:15:47Well, Mary, sometimes
00:15:49Dishonesty is the best policy
00:15:52Is that the same Rose
00:15:56Who brings the sermons down from the mount?
00:15:59Well, Mary, I don't like this either
00:16:02But you don't want to end up
00:16:03Owing a $15,000 repair bill, do you?
00:16:05But Sandra pretending to be me
00:16:07Oh, Rose
00:16:08Just give it a try
00:16:09I just don't want it to go too far
00:16:11Oh, wait
00:16:11Mop
00:16:16Tired apron
00:16:17Potholder
00:16:18Do I look like you now, Mary?
00:16:24It's gone too far, Rose
00:16:26Ooh, I know what's missing
00:16:28Wear those silly gloves you always wear when you're doing the dishes
00:16:31Sandra, are you sure about this?
00:16:33Of course
00:16:34I'm Mary Jenkins
00:16:35Friends, when that handsome car owner comes over here
00:16:38I'll convince him I'm responsible only for the taillight
00:16:41Not for the total annihilation of one side of his car
00:16:44And then you promise to send a check
00:16:47For the damages of that taillight?
00:16:49Which I will send him
00:16:51And that will be that
00:16:53Not if I'm lucky
00:16:54Sandra
00:16:57Oh, come on, relax, Mary
00:17:00I intend to tell him the whole truth
00:17:01When?
00:17:02On our honeymoon
00:17:03Oh, well, look
00:17:08He said he's on his way right over
00:17:09So if you don't trust me
00:17:11Just stay here and keep an eye on me
00:17:12Are you sure you know what you're doing?
00:17:15Well, frankly
00:17:15There is one thing I'm not too sure about
00:17:18Show me that walk of yours again
00:17:20You know where you move your legs
00:17:22Without moving anything else?
00:17:28Be cool now, be cool
00:17:29This is gonna work out fine
00:17:30For all of us
00:17:32Mary Jenkins?
00:17:36Yes
00:17:37I'm, uh, Marvin Grant
00:17:41Mary Jenkins
00:17:43So nice to meet you
00:17:46Oh, I'm sorry
00:17:52Feels so natural
00:17:53You have very nice hands
00:17:55Oh, thank you, Mrs. Jenkins
00:17:58Mary
00:17:59Mary
00:18:04Oh, oh, excuse me
00:18:07How rude
00:18:07My friends
00:18:08Rose Holloway
00:18:09And Sandra Clark
00:18:11This is Marvin Grant
00:18:13Pleased to meet you, ladies
00:18:14Now, don't tell me
00:18:17Because I already know
00:18:19You're that handsome gentleman
00:18:22Whose handsome car
00:18:23I scratched yesterday
00:18:24Well, it was more than a scratch
00:18:26No, no, no
00:18:27Just a little crack in the tail
00:18:29I almost didn't leave a note
00:18:34It seems so small
00:18:36But Sandra here convinced me
00:18:38I appreciate the note
00:18:39But really, Mary
00:18:40The car's nearly totaled
00:18:42And I don't have a...
00:18:42Oh, Mr. Grant
00:18:43Um, Mary just, um, tapped your car
00:18:47Another car hit it today
00:18:48I know because I was there
00:18:49Really?
00:18:52Cross my heart
00:18:53Oh, how could I doubt someone honest enough to leave a note?
00:18:58And pretty enough to...
00:19:00It is Mrs. Jenkins, isn't it, Mary?
00:19:04Yes
00:19:04But Lester, my husband, walked out two years ago
00:19:15Leaving me penniless
00:19:23My auto insurance lapsed
00:19:25And frankly, I don't know how I'm going to pay you
00:19:27He took everything?
00:19:31The money, the jewels
00:19:32Oh, I haven't had a new dress in two years
00:19:36I mean, look at this old rag
00:19:38Tell you what
00:19:44Uh, let's forget the damages
00:19:46I'll let my insurance company handle it
00:19:47Great, no
00:19:49But Sandra, the woman's in trouble
00:19:50She sure is
00:19:52No, no, I'll handle it
00:19:53I insist
00:19:54Oh, thank you, Marvin
00:19:57But I do feel responsible
00:19:59Isn't there anything little old I can do?
00:20:03Well, why don't we discuss it over dinner?
00:20:06Uh, Mary
00:20:07How about some coffee?
00:20:10Fine, make some
00:20:11Why don't you and I make it Mary
00:20:17Since this is your house, Mary
00:20:20Excuse me, Marvin
00:20:21Of course
00:20:22Okay, Sandra
00:20:40That's it
00:20:41Call it off
00:20:42If you give me five more minutes
00:20:43I'll have him paying your rent
00:20:44That was not the agreement
00:20:53Tell her, Rose
00:20:54That was not the agreement
00:20:56Well, look
00:20:57If we tell him now
00:20:58He'll just get angry
00:20:59And I'll never see him again
00:21:01I don't care
00:21:01It's wrong
00:21:02Well, then you tell him
00:21:03I will
00:21:04Mary
00:21:05No!
00:21:07Yes, yes, sir
00:21:08I tried to stop you, Mary
00:21:10What's going on here?
00:21:11Look, buddy
00:21:11You can't come waltzing in here
00:21:13After two years
00:21:13And expect everything to be the same
00:21:14Between you and Mary
00:21:15Who is this guy
00:21:22And what is he talking about?
00:21:23Well, let's try
00:21:24No, Sandra
00:21:25Nobody gets
00:21:25Hey, man
00:21:26This is my house
00:21:27And if you think
00:21:27You're gonna take that too
00:21:28You got another thing coming
00:21:30Wait a minute!
00:21:30Wait a minute!
00:21:32Mary will explain
00:21:37Mr. Grant
00:21:42I hope you didn't mind
00:21:44What Sandra did
00:21:45Oh, no
00:21:46I was glad she did it
00:21:47Cause if she hadn't been you
00:21:49And you hadn't been her
00:21:50We would've never met
00:21:51And I wouldn't be
00:21:51Taking her out tomorrow night
00:21:52For dinner
00:21:52Oh, can I get you some more pie?
00:21:55Oh, no, thanks, Mary
00:21:56It was delicious
00:21:57But I should be getting home
00:21:59Got a busy day
00:22:00At the office tomorrow
00:22:01Well, we'll be glad
00:22:02To take care of the damage
00:22:03That Mary did
00:22:04Nah, I said that
00:22:05Wasn't necessary
00:22:05And I said we insist
00:22:07But that taillight
00:22:08Doesn't make a difference anymore
00:22:09But you gotta let us do something
00:22:11Well, listen
00:22:12I'm new in this neighborhood
00:22:14And you're the first people
00:22:17I've been comfortable with
00:22:18I wouldn't mind
00:22:19Having some friends
00:22:19To drop in on
00:22:20Now and then
00:22:21For some home cooking
00:22:22Or maybe to watch
00:22:24The Redskins game
00:22:25And you got it right here
00:22:26Season tickets
00:22:27Hey!
00:22:28Fantastic!
00:22:28And don't forget
00:22:29Dinner next Friday
00:22:30Ooh, hey!
00:22:32Mom, can I have some more pie
00:22:34Before it's all gone?
00:22:35Oh, Brenda, honey
00:22:36I'm glad you're here
00:22:36We just learned a little lesson
00:22:38That I think you might benefit from
00:22:40I deceived Mr. Grant today
00:22:43And I learned something
00:22:45I gotta practice
00:22:46What I preach
00:22:47Does that mean
00:22:48I can go skating next Saturday?
00:22:50No
00:22:51That means
00:22:55Honesty is the best policy
00:22:57Thanks again, Mary
00:22:59And your pie
00:23:00Was the best I've ever tasted
00:23:01But, Mom, isn't that
00:23:02On Rose's pie?
00:23:10I'm going to leave
00:23:11Mr. Grant a note, dear
00:23:12Thank you
00:23:42There's no place like home
00:24:00With your family around you
00:24:03You're never alone
00:24:04When you know that you love
00:24:06You don't need to roam
00:24:08Cause there's no place like home
00:24:11Times are changing every day
00:24:16We won't get by with no same old way
00:24:19No, no
00:24:20Well then together we'll make it right
00:24:23With help from our friends
00:24:25I know we can't lie
00:24:27There's no place like home
00:24:29With your family around you
00:24:32You're never alone
00:24:34When you know that you love
00:24:36You don't need to roam
00:24:38Cause there ain't no place like home
00:24:40There ain't no place like home
00:24:45There ain't no place like home
00:24:49There's no place like home
00:24:51I mean no place, child
00:24:53Whew, what a day
00:25:01Don't sit
00:25:02Why not?
00:25:03Gotta go to the airport
00:25:04Am I leaving town?
00:25:08No, Louis is coming
00:25:09Louis? Louis who?
00:25:11I don't know any Louis
00:25:12My brother Louis
00:25:13Oh, that Louis
00:25:14Oh, that Louis
00:25:18You know you like Louis
00:25:19Everybody likes Louis
00:25:20Everybody don't like Louis
00:25:22Oh, they do too
00:25:25Go get showered and changed
00:25:27Ah, that's why the flowers
00:25:28See, I thought you were gonna greet
00:25:30Your hard-working husband
00:25:31With a little pre-dinner interlude
00:25:34You make it a cold shower
00:25:36You only got 20 minutes
00:25:39To get to the airport
00:25:4020 whole minutes?
00:25:42Oh, Lester
00:25:43You sure are good at putting this stuff down
00:25:47But not good at picking it up
00:25:48So why is Louis coming for a visit?
00:25:51Has he still got his job?
00:25:54Of course he has a job
00:25:56He always has a job
00:25:57He called and said he had some business
00:25:59To take care of
00:26:00And I asked him to stay with us
00:26:01Okay, I'll get some of the guys together
00:26:04And we'll get up a poker game for him
00:26:05No poker game
00:26:06He's got enough men friends
00:26:08Uh-huh, so you're matchmaking
00:26:10I am not
00:26:11I mean, Louis is very attractive
00:26:13He doesn't need anybody to matchmake
00:26:14Sure, Mary
00:26:15Now, what little lamb
00:26:16Are we taking to the slaughter?
00:26:18Hi
00:26:19Brought one of my mean pies for tonight
00:26:23And its fleece was white as snow
00:26:26I'm gonna go check my shower now
00:26:29What was that all about?
00:26:32Oh, he thinks I'm trying to matchmake
00:26:34Well, you are, aren't you?
00:26:36Yeah, but I ain't gonna admit it
00:26:38You know, if it was up to man
00:26:41Adam would have married the apple
00:26:42You know, Mary
00:26:47I don't usually go out on blind dates
00:26:49This ain't no blind date
00:26:50This is my brother Louis
00:26:52Look, just think of it as the lottery
00:26:55And you've got the winning ticket
00:26:57All right
00:26:57Now, I'm not trying to force anything, Rose
00:27:01Oh, I know that, I know that
00:27:02It's just that I think you two should meet
00:27:04Two nice, intelligent, personable, good-looking people
00:27:10Sure would have some pretty kids
00:27:13Oh, Mary!
00:27:14For heaven's sakes, we haven't even shook hands yet
00:27:17Oh, I know I'm being obvious
00:27:19It's just that I think Louis is so wonderful
00:27:22And, well, you know what I think about you
00:27:24I know
00:27:25You know, it's really nice you're getting us together
00:27:28You know, we're always looking
00:27:29Well, men are, too
00:27:31At our age, they just ain't looking at us
00:27:33Well, you know, times are changing
00:27:37Women don't absolutely have to have a man anymore
00:27:40We can live alone and like it
00:27:42Build a self-sufficient, active, involved lifestyle
00:27:46That's a bunch of stuff
00:27:47You can say that again
00:27:48Oh, Mary, do you think you'll really like me?
00:27:52Oh, I hope so
00:27:53What's that supposed to mean?
00:27:55Nothing
00:27:56Well, it's my elbows
00:27:58Oh, they get so dry
00:28:00Oh, it's not your elbows
00:28:03My dress?
00:28:04Oh, I knew I shouldn't have worn blue
00:28:06But, Mary, you did tell them the truth about me
00:28:08I'm a 28-year-old woman with a 10-year-old daughter
00:28:12Mm-hmm, and this is 1978
00:28:14Close enough
00:28:15Mom! I'm home!
00:28:19Mom!
00:28:20I'm home
00:28:21I know that, dear
00:28:24The whole building knows that
00:28:26Hi, Brenda
00:28:27Hi, Aunt Rose
00:28:29Wow, you look nice
00:28:31Oh, thank you
00:28:32What?
00:28:33How come you all dressed?
00:28:35Oh, of course, Uncle Lewis is coming
00:28:37That's Lester's child
00:28:39Mom, can I go to the store?
00:28:42Yeah, I need some candles for the table
00:28:44Get the money out of my purse
00:28:45Candles, all right
00:28:46Wait till you meet Uncle Lewis
00:28:48He's the greatest
00:28:49Maybe I will change into a long-sleeved dress
00:28:54Why?
00:28:55I don't want my elbows hanging out
00:28:57Rose, there's nothing wrong with your elbows
00:29:01But long sleeves couldn't hurt
00:29:03Oh, careful, honey
00:29:10I just paid 50 bucks to get quaffed
00:29:13I'm sorry, Miss Clark
00:29:15I have to get some candles
00:29:17Uncle Lewis is coming to dinner
00:29:18Uncle Lewis?
00:29:19Mom's brother
00:29:20Is this the one she's always bragging about?
00:29:25Yeah, he's flying in from California
00:29:26First class
00:29:28First class?
00:29:31What's he look like?
00:29:33He's fine
00:29:34Bye, Miss Clark
00:29:36Bye
00:29:37I know what you think
00:29:41At your age?
00:29:45Shame on you, Pearl
00:29:53Oh, Uncle Lewis, I love it
00:29:59Latest thing from the coast
00:30:00Look, Daddy
00:30:02A bathing suit
00:30:03That's nice, Lewis
00:30:08But I hate to tell you this
00:30:09The girl's grown up since you were last here
00:30:10It's about six sizes too small
00:30:12No, it's not
00:30:15It's perfect
00:30:16Thank you, Uncle Lewis
00:30:17I've been wanting a one-piece suit
00:30:19One-piece?
00:30:19You mean there aren't any more pieces?
00:30:24Mom, look what Uncle Lewis brought me
00:30:26How cute
00:30:27A slingshot
00:30:28It's a bathing suit
00:30:30Which she is going to wear over her own dead body
00:30:33What kind of man would bring my daughter a bathing suit like that?
00:30:38Pour the wine, dear
00:30:39We'll burn it later
00:30:41Uncle Lewis, do you ever see any movie stars in Hollywood?
00:30:46Oh, yeah
00:30:46I see them at parties all the time
00:30:48They're going to bother me and I don't bother them
00:30:50Oh, wow, that's cool
00:30:52Well, Les
00:30:56I hear you're a foreman now
00:30:58Uh, engineer and doing fine
00:31:00Well, that's terrific
00:31:01Now, when my company gets this new contract we're after
00:31:04We're going to be expanding
00:31:05I might be able to throw some work your way
00:31:07Well, thanks, but I'm doing
00:31:08Hey, Les
00:31:10We're family
00:31:12It's the least I can do
00:31:13That's Rose
00:31:18I told you she'd be joining us
00:31:20Rose? I don't remember that
00:31:22Yes, you do
00:31:23Rose Holloway, my best friend
00:31:24I told you about her on the...
00:31:26Oh, you're kidding
00:31:28You and Lester are just alike
00:31:29Listen, Lewis
00:31:33I wouldn't introduce you
00:31:34But she is a terrific lady
00:31:36Great sense of humor
00:31:37I've heard that before
00:31:38And cook
00:31:39Oh, what do you see
00:31:40The pie she made for us
00:31:41My mouth is just watering
00:31:42And so athletic
00:31:44Aerobics twice a week
00:31:45That's what I like about her
00:31:47She's so versatile
00:31:48And sexy
00:31:49Oh
00:31:49Mary, I got some of your mail by mistake
00:32:02Oh, thank you, Pearl
00:32:03Well, time for my roughage
00:32:07Hi, Pearl
00:32:10Hi, Mom
00:32:10Hi, Mary
00:32:11Oh, here she is
00:32:12Sorry I'm late
00:32:13I wanted to put on something a little warmer
00:32:15Yes, it gets a little cold around the elbows
00:32:17Rose Holloway, meet my brother Louis
00:32:22Ah, Rose
00:32:23I'm sure by any other name would be just as sweet
00:32:27How poetic
00:32:28Thank you, Louis
00:32:29I've heard so much about you
00:32:31Haven't we all?
00:32:33Daddy
00:32:33I hear you make a great apple pie
00:32:36Oh, come on now
00:32:37What's Mary been telling you?
00:32:39Well, how about some wine, everybody?
00:32:41Sounds good to me
00:32:42Me, too
00:32:42Touch it and you'll draw back a nub
00:32:44Rose
00:32:47Well, here's to family and new friends
00:32:53And me
00:32:55Salute
00:32:57I wonder who that could be
00:33:01Oh, Mary
00:33:07I'm so glad you're home
00:33:08I was just about to jump into my bath
00:33:11My bubble bath
00:33:12When I realized I'm all out of my French body lotion
00:33:17Oh, my heavens
00:33:22I didn't know you had company
00:33:22Am I interrupting anything?
00:33:24Yes
00:33:24Oh, hello there
00:33:26You must be Mary's brother, Louis
00:33:30I'm Sandra Clark
00:33:31I've heard so many fascinating things
00:33:34Well, I, uh, just like...
00:33:36Uh, Sandra
00:33:37We're just now out of French body lotion
00:33:40Why don't you go down to Pearl's?
00:33:42I think she has some paint remover
00:33:43Bye
00:33:45Poor thing
00:33:49You know she's trying so hard to please that husband of hers
00:33:53He's a professional football player
00:33:55Mean and so jealous
00:33:57Now, where were we?
00:34:00What about dinner?
00:34:02Oh, yeah
00:34:02Better set the table if we're gonna make it to the play
00:34:04Play?
00:34:06I told you I have to get up early in the morning
00:34:07I got two guys all sick and a load of concrete coming in at 7 a.m.
00:34:11Well, honey, why didn't you tell me?
00:34:13I did
00:34:13Uh, I'm afraid you two will have to go without us
00:34:18Tiffany can stay with Brenda
00:34:19Okay
00:34:20You get the feeling this has been planned?
00:34:22But, Louis, whatever gave you that idea?
00:34:27Mary, you shouldn't have gone to the trouble
00:34:28I could have asked my secretary to pick up the tickets
00:34:31Well, that's okay, Louis, I got them
00:34:32Well, if you'll excuse me for a minute
00:34:35I have to phone my secretary and arrange to dump a load of concrete
00:34:38Morning, Mary
00:34:44Oh, hey, Pearl
00:34:45Okay, child, what's the dirt?
00:34:49Miss Cleary took a dog for a walk
00:34:51Mm-hmm
00:34:51And she forgot a pooper scooper
00:34:53Child, well, you know Rose went out with my brother last night
00:34:58Yes, I saw him leave
00:34:59I know they had a good time
00:35:01I don't want to brag
00:35:02But Louis sure is a charm
00:35:04So what time did he get home?
00:35:07Now, Mary, I don't try to keep track of everybody who comes in this front door
00:35:1012.23
00:35:12Well, what time did he get up to your place?
00:35:16I don't know
00:35:1712.29
00:35:19Shoot, that only left six minutes to say goodnight
00:35:24Good morning, Mary
00:35:28Good morning, Pearl
00:35:30Good morning, Rose
00:35:31Rose, yeah
00:35:33So how was it?
00:35:34How was what?
00:35:35The date
00:35:36Oh, we had a nice time
00:35:38Nice time?
00:35:39In six minutes
00:35:40It was a very pleasant evening
00:35:44The play was really good
00:35:45Rose?
00:35:47Yes?
00:35:48Well, where are you going?
00:35:48To the market
00:35:49Oh, no, you're not
00:35:50You know I'm dying to hear about this date
00:35:52Mary, I told you I had a nice time
00:35:54Well, you don't sound like you had a nice time
00:35:56Well, it was all right
00:35:58Perhaps it wasn't the best time I've ever had
00:36:00But it was all right
00:36:01Did he kiss you goodnight?
00:36:03Uh-huh
00:36:03Well
00:36:05Well what?
00:36:07Well, how was it?
00:36:07How was what?
00:36:08The kiss!
00:36:09The kiss?
00:36:11I forget
00:36:11You forget
00:36:13Your first kiss since the jitterbug
00:36:16And you forget
00:36:16Morning, ladies
00:36:22Hi, Sandra
00:36:23And Mary
00:36:24Off to work?
00:36:26Oh, yes
00:36:27Well, you know
00:36:27Most of us do that all day
00:36:29So, I hear you went on the date with Lewis last night
00:36:34And how'd you hear that?
00:36:35From the grapevine
00:36:36Hello, grapevine
00:36:38Rose, did you have a good time?
00:36:41Uh, she had a wonderful time
00:36:43The play was really good
00:36:45Uh-huh
00:36:46Well, if my instinct is right
00:36:50And it always is
00:36:51Sounds like your date with El Flopper
00:36:54Your instinct stinks
00:36:57They said goodnight faster than a flea could jump on a dog
00:37:01It's gonna take longer than that tonight
00:37:05What's that supposed to mean?
00:37:07Means fate just brought Lewis and me together in the hall
00:37:10He's stepping out tonight
00:37:12You are?
00:37:13Uh, yes
00:37:15He's so cute
00:37:18He's one cute man
00:37:19It's obvious your parents put everything they had into him
00:37:22She makes me sick
00:37:29Wanna get sicker?
00:37:33She could even become your sister-in-law
00:37:35Mary, this whole thing is your fault
00:37:45They're only going on one date
00:37:47Yeah, that date is with Sandra
00:37:49She gets her claws into him, she'll never let go
00:37:52Now, how would you like to have a sister-in-law who can't die unless you drive a stake in her heart?
00:37:56Look Mary, I'm sorry it didn't work out with your brother
00:38:03I mean, you can't blame me entirely
00:38:06You're the one that got us together
00:38:08What I did was give you the chance of a lifetime
00:38:11Oh, that's okay
00:38:13You couldn't help it
00:38:16Well, what is that supposed to mean?
00:38:19Nothing
00:38:19Well, it must have meant something
00:38:22Or else you wouldn't have let it slide out the side of your mouth like that
00:38:26Well then, I'm sorry
00:38:30It didn't come out the way I meant
00:38:32I apologize
00:38:33Thank you
00:38:34So what did you do to screw up the date?
00:38:38Mary, let's get off it
00:38:39Don't give me get off it
00:38:40You practically threw him in Sandra's arms
00:38:42Mary, all I did was go to a play with the man
00:38:45Sure, that's all you did
00:38:47Six minutes to say goodnight?
00:38:49Takes longer than that to kiss your cat goodnight
00:38:51Well, what was I supposed to do?
00:38:54Jump his bones?
00:38:55You could at least have rattled them
00:39:01Well, like how?
00:39:06If I have to tell you that, this whole conversation is useless
00:39:09Mary, come on
00:39:12Let's not argue, okay?
00:39:15I'm really sorry things didn't work out
00:39:17I mean, I did my part
00:39:20I went out with your brother like you begged me to
00:39:23Begged you to
00:39:25You were the one running around giggling like a schoolgirl all afternoon
00:39:30Probably what turned him off, that stupid giggle
00:39:33Mary, did it ever occur to you that perhaps it was your brother who turned me off?
00:39:42Lewis, are we talking about my brother Lewis?
00:39:45Let's just leave it alone, okay?
00:39:47Oh, I don't want to leave it alone
00:39:48I want an answer
00:39:50Now, something must have soured the date
00:39:51Besides those prunes you have for elbows
00:39:53All right, you want an answer?
00:40:00I'll tell you what soured the date
00:40:02Your brother
00:40:04All he could do was talk about what a hot shot he was
00:40:08Climbing up the corporate ladder
00:40:10Watch it, Rose
00:40:10Mary, you got me billed up for Mr. Wonderful
00:40:13And all I got was a self-centered, egotistical bore
00:40:17That's it
00:40:18You see that thing in there with the hinges on it?
00:40:23That's the door
00:40:24Don't bother showing me out, I'll find my own way
00:40:29Good
00:40:29What's so funny?
00:40:33I was just thinking
00:40:34Sandra and you?
00:40:36Sisters-in-law?
00:40:37I mean, I thought she was my friend
00:40:44Can you believe what she said about Lewis?
00:40:52And can you believe Sandra in our family?
00:40:55Well, sure would jazz up the family tree
00:40:57Hey, baby, maybe you're making something out of nothing
00:41:01All right
00:41:02No dinner for me, sis
00:41:05Less
00:41:06How'd the business meeting go?
00:41:08Fine, fine
00:41:09I hear you have a date with Sandra
00:41:11Yeah
00:41:12She's a hot lady
00:41:14Yeah, a real firecracker
00:41:16What's wrong with your back?
00:41:20A little accident
00:41:21You could call it fate
00:41:23You know, when I was leaving this morning
00:41:24Somehow I tripped on the stairs
00:41:26And Sandra was right behind me
00:41:28And caught me in her arms
00:41:29It just happened
00:41:30What an amazing coincidence
00:41:33Yeah, I know
00:41:34And she says she's a masseuse
00:41:36She's gonna be working on me
00:41:38My, my, look what the cat drug in
00:41:52And look what the cat left behind
00:41:56Mom
00:42:08Oh, hi, honey
00:42:10How are you?
00:42:11Can I help?
00:42:12No, everything's under control
00:42:13Mom
00:42:14Brenda wants to play some cards
00:42:16Now am I allowed to talk to her?
00:42:19It's your life, dear
00:42:20Waste it if you want
00:42:22Tiffany
00:42:26Why don't you ask Brenda
00:42:28If she'd like to play old maid
00:42:30I don't know how to play old maid
00:42:31Ask your mother, dear
00:42:33She's an expert
00:42:33All right, all right, all right
00:42:54What happened?
00:42:56Rose was in the laundry room
00:42:57And you didn't make up?
00:43:00No
00:43:00I put starch in her underwear
00:43:02No, you did not
00:43:06Yes, I did
00:43:07And don't tell me I was being petty
00:43:08Come on over here and sit down
00:43:11Come on over here, sit down and listen
00:43:13I'll sit, but I won't listen
00:43:15Now look, the way I see it
00:43:18You got two problems
00:43:19You can't really do anything
00:43:20About Sandra and Louis
00:43:21Either they're going to get together
00:43:22Or they aren't
00:43:23But, Rose, that's something important
00:43:26You might be losing your best friend
00:43:27She said Louis was a self-centered
00:43:31Egotistical bore
00:43:33With a pointed head
00:43:35A pointed head?
00:43:40Like mine
00:43:41Now look, I know you love him
00:43:49After all, he's your brother
00:43:50And you probably see him as perfect
00:43:51But maybe Rose doesn't see him that way
00:43:53I mean, everybody's entitled
00:43:54To their own opinion
00:43:55What's your opinion?
00:44:00Well?
00:44:01He's nice
00:44:02Polite
00:44:03Well-dressed
00:44:05He's got good teeth
00:44:07The truth
00:44:09He's a pain in the butt
00:44:11The whole expansion was my idea
00:44:14I mean, they looked to Louis
00:44:16For that kind of thing
00:44:17I mean, I've been there for six months
00:44:18And they spotted me right away
00:44:20That's what I like about the company
00:44:21They can spot talent
00:44:23We're home, Louis
00:44:25The only question is
00:44:26Are they going to be able to hold on to me
00:44:28Two years soon
00:44:28Would you like to come up for a night, Cap?
00:44:32I mean, when you're right for a job
00:44:33You are right
00:44:34When you're hot
00:44:35You're hot
00:44:36Oh!
00:44:38What's the matter?
00:44:40Just a little tightness
00:44:42Could you?
00:44:43Oh, yeah, sure
00:44:44Better?
00:44:54Oh, yeah
00:44:54You have wonderful hands
00:44:58You want to know what my next step's going to be?
00:45:04What?
00:45:06Vice President
00:45:07I give it to April
00:45:11Good night, Louis
00:45:13What's the matter?
00:45:14I thought we had something going here
00:45:15Who's we?
00:45:16If you mean you and you, you're right
00:45:18Wait a minute
00:45:20I didn't tell you about my deal in Montana
00:45:22Good morning, Rose
00:45:38Good morning, Mrs. Jenkins
00:45:40Mind if I sit down?
00:45:44It's a free stoop
00:45:45Rose
00:45:48I think that when a person is wrong
00:45:52They should admit it
00:45:54And apologize
00:45:55I did nothing wrong
00:45:57And I will not apologize
00:45:58Not you, me
00:46:00Would you stop popping up and down?
00:46:03All right, apologize
00:46:04Well, I thought I just did
00:46:06If you move, I'll break your knees
00:46:08Now
00:46:11It's just quite possible
00:46:14You were right about my brother
00:46:15And what made you change your mind about him?
00:46:19I didn't change my mind about him
00:46:21I love him
00:46:22It's just that I realize
00:46:23That some people might not feel the way I do
00:46:26Might?
00:46:28How about positively?
00:46:30That's cold
00:46:31Sorry
00:46:34Anyway, this is not about my brother
00:46:37It's about you and me
00:46:39Blood is thicker than water
00:46:42But, well
00:46:44We're only allowed one best friend
00:46:46Never thought of it like that
00:46:49Doesn't make it kind of special, huh?
00:46:54That's why I've been thinking
00:46:55How important it is for us to make up
00:46:57So
00:46:58I apologize for everything I said
00:47:02Well
00:47:04Have we made up?
00:47:06You can grovel a little more
00:47:08Oh
00:47:08Oh
00:47:08Thank you
00:48:39I mean, no place, child.
00:48:49Mm-mm-mm.
00:48:52This is terrible.
00:48:54Violence, mayhem, drug bust.
00:48:56Have you seen the sports page?
00:48:58This is it.
00:49:01Mm, I'm tired tonight.
00:49:03Not too tired, I hope.
00:49:04Daddy, do we have anybody interesting in our family?
00:49:09What brought that up?
00:49:11Homework.
00:49:13Well, your mother used to be interested.
00:49:18Uh, don't make no big plans for bedtime, here.
00:49:24What's your homework?
00:49:25I have to write a composition for English class.
00:49:28My most interesting ancestor.
00:49:30My grandmother told me about a great uncle who became a mountain man.
00:49:34Trouble is, I don't remember his name.
00:49:36Mm, that's no help.
00:49:37Offhand, I can't think of anyone too exciting.
00:49:40What about you, old woman?
00:49:41You're asking for it.
00:49:46There's Jackson Hurley.
00:49:47Who is Jackson Hurley?
00:49:49My father's uncle.
00:49:50Worked at the post office for 42 years.
00:49:54That's it?
00:49:55Yeah.
00:49:58See, when I was a little girl, I used to go down to the post office,
00:50:01and he'd stamp my forehead, special delivery.
00:50:05And he stamped it too hard.
00:50:08You're gonna need that electric blanket tonight.
00:50:11Come on, there are kids in my class who related to politicians, inventors, and musicians.
00:50:16So, you've got a whole lot of decent, hard-working folks in your family.
00:50:21It's not who you're related to that counts, it's who you are.
00:50:24Yeah, I guess.
00:50:25Well, I'm gonna make up somebody.
00:50:28No, no, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:50:30Now, my Aunt Lucy was a brakeman for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
00:50:33She could stop a train on a dime and give you nine cents change.
00:50:37A brakeman?
00:50:38Well, it beats a forehead stamper.
00:50:41A lady brakeman.
00:50:43Yeah.
00:50:44It's different.
00:50:45A world-famous lady brakeman.
00:50:48Wait, wait, wait a minute.
00:50:49Who said anything about world-famous?
00:50:51Literary license, Mom.
00:50:54A lady brakeman.
00:50:57Ha!
00:50:57Don't feel bad, baby.
00:50:58You got all those decent, hard-working folks in your family, and I got a world-famous lady brakeman.
00:51:05Whoopee!
00:51:06A choo-choo stopper.
00:51:07That's cold, baby.
00:51:11Mm-hmm.
00:51:12And that's what you're going to be tonight without me for your blanket.
00:51:17Oh, Mary, don't be silly.
00:51:19Hey, so what if you're descended from, from...
00:51:22Yahoo.
00:51:25Thank you, Pearl.
00:51:26You're welcome.
00:51:28It's not important, anyway.
00:51:30I know it.
00:51:30It's not important to me.
00:51:31It's important to Lester.
00:51:33Um...
00:51:33Well, I'm related to some famous people, but I don't shoot my mouth off about it.
00:51:39Like who?
00:51:40Adam and Eve.
00:51:47We're all related to Adam and Eve, Pearl.
00:51:50But I knew them personally.
00:51:54Anyway, I don't care if I'm not related to nobody famous.
00:51:57Do you, Rose?
00:51:58Well, well, I am.
00:52:01Who?
00:52:02Well, I've been told I'm 14th cousin to Billy Dee Williams.
00:52:07Well, that's too bad.
00:52:08That means you can never marry him.
00:52:12Don't tell him he'll be crushed.
00:52:15No, he won't.
00:52:18Ooh, here comes Sandra.
00:52:20Ooh, the way she walks.
00:52:22If one of them hips break loose, somebody gonna get killed.
00:52:24Oh, afternoon, lady.
00:52:30If it isn't the stoop sisters.
00:52:33Who are we ripping apart today?
00:52:35Nobody worth mentioning.
00:52:38Sandra, do you have anybody exciting in your family tree?
00:52:42Oh, yeah.
00:52:43You're looking at them.
00:52:47Why do you ask?
00:52:48Well, Mary was talking about her room.
00:52:50Oh.
00:52:51Well, you know, Mary, it is time for a touch-up.
00:52:57Mary was tracing her family tree.
00:53:00I was not.
00:53:01I think it's silly to brag about things like that.
00:53:04Nothing, huh?
00:53:05Oh, no.
00:53:07Not nothing.
00:53:09Mary's related by marriage to a tycoon in the railroad industry.
00:53:12Private caboose and everything.
00:53:15Yes.
00:53:16Oh, well, that's nice, I suppose.
00:53:18Me, I'm descended from royalty.
00:53:20Really?
00:53:21No kidding.
00:53:22I don't usually mention it, seeing as how modesty's chic this year.
00:53:27But I am a royal blue-blooded descendant of a 16th century Moroccan emir.
00:53:32What the heck is that?
00:53:35An emir's a prince, darling.
00:53:38A royal prince.
00:53:40Stick that in your caboose.
00:53:41You got the caboose, baby.
00:53:48Oh, where'd this come from?
00:53:50The basement.
00:53:51Whew.
00:53:52Whew.
00:53:54We've been storing it for Aunt Winnie ever since she left Uncle Joe.
00:53:56Well, what's in it?
00:53:57I hope it ain't Uncle Joe.
00:54:00Aunt Winnie said there's a lot of old family papers in here.
00:54:03I called all the rest of the Hurley family and nothing.
00:54:05I was beginning to think the Hurley family tree had root rot.
00:54:10Whew.
00:54:11Ooh, would you look at all this stuff?
00:54:13Mary, why are you doing this?
00:54:15For Brenda.
00:54:17I mean, she's struggling in English.
00:54:18The least I can do is support her.
00:54:20Mm-hmm.
00:54:20And this has nothing to do with Sandra.
00:54:23Of course not.
00:54:26Why do people save all this junk?
00:54:28I don't know.
00:54:30But I think you better take a look at this.
00:54:32What's that?
00:54:34Corporal Mordecai Hurley, 54th Infantry.
00:54:381863.
00:54:39Mary, you got an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.
00:54:41It better have been for the North.
00:54:45Oh, look at this.
00:54:4754th Massachusetts Color Infantry.
00:54:50The most decorated black regiment in the Civil War.
00:54:53Girl, we get pay dirt.
00:54:54Ooh, Sandra, eat your heart out.
00:54:58Wait a minute.
00:54:58I thought this was for Brenda.
00:55:00That too.
00:55:02Hi, Mom.
00:55:02Hi, I'm Rose.
00:55:03Brenda, guess what?
00:55:04You're descended from a Civil War hero.
00:55:07I wanted to tell her.
00:55:09I'm sorry, Mary.
00:55:10I'm sorry.
00:55:11Wow, that's great.
00:55:12How'd you find out?
00:55:13Your Aunt Winnie's trunk?
00:55:14We don't run into the ranks.
00:55:15I don't know this.
00:55:24Do you mind?
00:55:24We were rummaging around and we found this old photo of Corporal Mordecai Hurley.
00:55:32We've got an honest-to-goodness Civil War hero in the family.
00:55:35What do you think about that?
00:55:36It's neat.
00:55:37It's neat.
00:55:39Honey, this is the stuff great essays are made of.
00:55:42But, Mom, I already finished my breakman essay.
00:55:44I don't want to start all over.
00:55:46But, Brenda, I went through a lot of trouble for this.
00:55:49We're related to a legitimate figure in American history.
00:55:52Do you know what that means?
00:55:54Yeah.
00:55:54It means I've got to start all over.
00:55:58I don't understand the attitude of kids these days.
00:56:01Honey, this is an important project you're doing.
00:56:04Mom, I'd love to change it, but I've got a lot of other homework to do.
00:56:08Uh, Brenda.
00:56:09Brenda.
00:56:11You don't understand.
00:56:12You'll be the hit of the class.
00:56:14Well, if I outlined it, would you type it?
00:56:17You asking me to do your homework for you?
00:56:19I know.
00:56:20That wouldn't be right.
00:56:21I guess I'll just stick with Aunt Lucy to break me.
00:56:24I'll get the typewriter.
00:56:27Well...
00:56:27Now, honey, I am not trying to tell you what to write.
00:56:30But Mordecai Hurley is it.
00:56:32It's different.
00:56:33It's exciting, and I've got a great title for you.
00:56:36Hurley's Hero.
00:56:38Sounds good.
00:56:40But let me think about it, okay, Mom?
00:56:43Thought you weren't going to do her homework for her.
00:56:45I'm not doing it.
00:56:47I'm guiding it.
00:56:49How should I break the news to Sandra?
00:56:51Well, why don't you hire a skywriter?
00:56:53Yeah!
00:56:54Mary, that's not a very Christian attitude.
00:56:56Yeah, you're right.
00:56:59I can't wait to stick it to her.
00:57:03She'll be here.
00:57:07She's got to go to work.
00:57:08She won't miss her 815 bus.
00:57:10She won't miss it.
00:57:11That bus driver always waits for her.
00:57:14Mr. Koch.
00:57:14Morning, lady.
00:57:18Asandra, speaking of ancestors,
00:57:21do you remember yesterday when you told me about that wonderful emir that you had in your family?
00:57:27What'd you say his name was?
00:57:28Well, I don't know his name.
00:57:30They called him up.
00:57:31Your Highness.
00:57:32Yeah.
00:57:35Yeah.
00:57:37Well, anyway, I have something that I think might interest you and your hiney.
00:57:45Yesterday, when I...
00:57:46Mary's related to a Civil War hero, Corporal Mordecai Hurley from the most decorated black regimented in the war.
00:57:54Did it again.
00:57:54That's really something, Mary.
00:57:58You look a little tired, Mary.
00:58:00Did you stay up all night thinking that one up?
00:58:03Oh, I didn't have to.
00:58:04I have it documented, postmarked, and photographed.
00:58:09Sort of beats the pants off your email.
00:58:13Oh, Sandra, your bus is at the corner.
00:58:16He'll wait.
00:58:17That's that woman driver.
00:58:28Just not your day, is it?
00:58:33Wonderful.
00:58:35Marvelous.
00:58:36D-d-d-d-d-d-d.
00:58:38Well, here's old Mordecai.
00:58:40Wiped out my brakeman, but he sure made my wife happy.
00:58:44Honey, you should have seen Sandra's face.
00:58:45Even her makeup was cracking within me.
00:58:52Oh, well, what's that for?
00:58:54For being right.
00:58:55I was talking to everybody at school today about Corporal Hurley, and they think it's great.
00:58:59Oh, I'm so excited about it.
00:59:01I started my report all over.
00:59:03Oh, I'm going to go tell Tiffany.
00:59:05I can't wait to get to my home run.
00:59:08Was that our daughter?
00:59:11Is she ill?
00:59:12I'll get it.
00:59:16Hi, Miss Clark.
00:59:18Mom, it's Miss Clark.
00:59:20I wonder what she wants.
00:59:26Sandra?
00:59:27Evening, Mary.
00:59:28I just came by to thank you.
00:59:30Oh?
00:59:31Mary, you made me stop and think this morning.
00:59:34I had no right to brag about something for which I had no proof, so I went to the library.
00:59:40You went to the library?
00:59:42Well, I grant you, Mary, that most of us are just too busy living life to waste time reading about it.
00:59:50On the other hand, you did cast aspersions about my Moroccan ancestor, so I looked him up.
00:59:55Actually, I didn't look him up.
00:59:57This handsome, young librarian helped me.
01:00:03He seemed to enjoy squeezing through the stacks with me.
01:00:09And, and, none of your business.
01:00:13But the truth is, Mary, about that, about that emir, I couldn't find a thing about him.
01:00:24Well, it was big of you to admit it.
01:00:26Yes, I know.
01:00:27However, as long as I was there, I said to my young man librarian, I said,
01:00:33Philippe, why don't we look up my good friend Mary's soldier boy hero?
01:00:40Oh?
01:00:41So we squeeze through some more stacks.
01:00:45And guess what we found out about dear, brave Mordecai Hurley?
01:00:49I haven't the faintest idea.
01:00:51I'll help you.
01:00:53I made some copies while I was there.
01:00:56What's that?
01:00:57A diary kept by Cyrus Johnson, a soldier who fought alongside Mordecai.
01:01:02Go ahead.
01:01:03Read it.
01:01:05August 7th.
01:01:07What's that for?
01:01:08For when you need to sit down.
01:01:12The rebels hit us hard yesterday.
01:01:15I was caught in a trench with my buddies, Clement, Bartholomew, and Stephen.
01:01:18Keep going, keep going.
01:01:19We just couldn't get over what that skunk Mordecai Hurley did to us.
01:01:24Little louder.
01:01:25Who would have thought good old Mordecai would turn out to be such a...
01:01:29Coward.
01:01:31Sing it.
01:01:35Last night, when the fighting got its fiercest, he deserted our unit.
01:01:39Bring it on home.
01:01:42We would have shot him for doing it, but the sneak escape disguised in a...
01:01:47woman's dress.
01:01:50How sweet it is.
01:01:51Now, Mary, I would say that my emir beat the pants off your hero, but evidently, he wasn't
01:01:59wearing anything.
01:02:00No!
01:02:00I don't believe this.
01:02:10Mordecai Hurley, a coward.
01:02:12A coward in a dress.
01:02:13And knowing his descendants probably a tacky one.
01:02:20Wait a minute.
01:02:22Wait a minute.
01:02:24Where would a man find a dress in the middle of a battlefield?
01:02:27Just read on.
01:02:28In a woman's dress, made out of our regiment's Union flag.
01:02:33There's got to be an explanation.
01:02:38Right.
01:02:38He was auditioning for a USO production of La Cage aux Faux.
01:02:44Mom, guess what?
01:02:46Cal was gonna interview me for the school paper about Mordecai Hurley.
01:02:50Have you heard about Mordecai, Miss Clark?
01:02:51In depth.
01:02:53I'm doing a composition about him for English class.
01:02:56My most interesting ancestor.
01:02:58I haven't even turned it in yet, and I'm a celebrity.
01:03:01Brenda, there's something you should...
01:03:03Hear directly from me.
01:03:05I think it's wonderful about Mordecai.
01:03:08You should be very proud, Brenda.
01:03:10Thanks, Miss Clark.
01:03:11I've got to go finish my composition.
01:03:14Mary, you didn't tell me this was for Brenda's school project.
01:03:17I don't want to hurt her.
01:03:19Well, I'd rather she hear it from me than from somebody else.
01:03:22Well, why?
01:03:23I won't tell if you won't tell.
01:03:26Oh, Mary, come on now.
01:03:27I am completely satisfied that you were embarrassed, mortified, and humiliated.
01:03:37Hey, my fun is over.
01:03:39It'll be our little secret.
01:03:44If you don't mind, I can handle my own daughter's problems.
01:03:48Hey, okay.
01:03:49But from now on, you'll know I know, and I'll know you know I know.
01:03:52You know?
01:03:55I can't wait to see your face whenever the flag goes by.
01:03:59Ah!
01:04:03That mess you made in there is burning.
01:04:06Ha-ha.
01:04:07You better sit down and read this.
01:04:09What's this?
01:04:10It's not funny.
01:04:21Yes, it is.
01:04:22Yes, it is.
01:04:27Ran away in a dress made from the flag.
01:04:29Some hero.
01:04:31Ha-ha-ha.
01:04:33Oh, it's not that funny.
01:04:37I was thinking, if they caught him, they'd have to hang him at half-mast.
01:04:42Ha-ha-ha.
01:04:43You don't seem to understand, Lester.
01:04:49We've got a problem.
01:04:51I ain't got no problem.
01:04:52I got a nice, honest lady breakman.
01:04:56Oh, you make me sick.
01:05:00I'm talking about Brenda.
01:05:01Not only is she doing a composition on Mordecai, she's been bragging about him all over school.
01:05:06Uh-oh.
01:05:06Have you told her?
01:05:08Not yet.
01:05:09Well, Brenda's strong.
01:05:10She can handle it.
01:05:11Fortunately, she has some Jenkins blood in her.
01:05:15Brenda!
01:05:17Brenda!
01:05:18Come out here a minute.
01:05:21Yeah, ma?
01:05:23Honey, I want to talk to you about something.
01:05:27And you know what?
01:05:28This will be a perfect night to go to the movies.
01:05:29I'll get our coats.
01:05:30Oh, no.
01:05:31The last time we went to the movies on a school night,
01:05:34you ended up telling me Fluffy went to cat heaven.
01:05:38Brenda!
01:05:41Now what?
01:05:43It's Calvin.
01:05:43He's going to interview me.
01:05:47This is Calvin Dobbs, your roving reporter.
01:05:51Live at the Jenkins residence.
01:05:52Good evening, Mr. Jenkins.
01:05:53Or are you going to change your name back to Hurley now?
01:05:58Calvin, what do you want?
01:05:59Mom, I told you he's going to interview me for the paper.
01:06:02Hey, not just you, Brynn.
01:06:04I'm going to do a feature on the whole family.
01:06:07From breaks to bravery.
01:06:11Excuse me, Mr. Jenkins.
01:06:12Tell me, how does it feel to be somebody all of a sudden?
01:06:17Goodbye, Calvin.
01:06:19But I'm not done yet.
01:06:21Yes, you are, Calvin.
01:06:24Calvin, if you don't mind, we want to talk to Brenda about something.
01:06:27But, Mrs. Jenkins, this is my first big story.
01:06:30I could be the next Brian Gump.
01:06:32And when you hit the steps, don't stumble.
01:06:37How's he going to like us if you keep throwing them out?
01:06:40This may come as a surprise to you, but there are some things in life more important than Calvin.
01:06:45This is about Mordecai Hurley.
01:06:47You better sit down, honey.
01:06:49Uh-oh.
01:06:53Now, let's see.
01:06:54How should I put this?
01:06:55Mordecai deserved his buddies in the middle of a battle.
01:06:57Worse, he was disguised in a dress made from our country's flag.
01:07:04So what are you going to do now?
01:07:06Change schools.
01:07:09Hey, it's only a composition.
01:07:11But I bragged about it to everybody.
01:07:13They'll all be laughing at me.
01:07:16Mom, can't I just turn it in the way it is?
01:07:18Nobody will know the truth if I don't say anything.
01:07:21Well, you'll know.
01:07:22Honey, it's morally wrong.
01:07:24I could live with that.
01:07:25The truth always has a way of coming out, baby.
01:07:29See, Mom, I could have just turned in my report about Dad's Aunt Lucy.
01:07:33But you had to go digging around for something better.
01:07:36Brenda.
01:07:36I don't see why I can't be allowed to do my own homework.
01:07:40Wait a minute. Where are you going?
01:07:41The stoop. I need some air.
01:07:45Did you hear how she talked to me?
01:07:47Yeah, and she was right.
01:07:48What?
01:07:49We're talking about pride.
01:07:51Yeah, you're right.
01:07:52She's probably afraid her classmates will laugh at her.
01:07:56I'm not talking about her pride.
01:07:58I'm talking about your pride.
01:07:59Well, think about it.
01:08:01First, you wanted to find a relative more important than mine.
01:08:04That was pride.
01:08:05Then you wanted to find one more important than Sandra's.
01:08:07That was pride.
01:08:08Now you're scared to death Calvin's gonna find out the truth,
01:08:11so you throw him out the door.
01:08:12All pride.
01:08:13Not that I'm against throwing Calvin out the door.
01:08:18Well, I was just trying to help her.
01:08:20Come on.
01:08:20They don't judge a composition on who your relatives are.
01:08:23They judge it on how you write it.
01:08:27I hate it when you're right.
01:08:29I hate it when you're right.
01:08:38Hi.
01:08:40You mind some company?
01:08:41Okay.
01:08:48You want to talk?
01:08:50No.
01:08:51Let me put it like this.
01:08:53We're gonna talk.
01:08:57Why?
01:08:58Because I want to apologize.
01:09:01I'll cherish that when I'm in a convent in Bolivia.
01:09:05Oh, Brynn.
01:09:07I'm sorry, Mommy.
01:09:08I just can't go back to school.
01:09:10I feel like a fool.
01:09:12Well, join the club.
01:09:14I should have kept my big mouth shut.
01:09:19Okay, I went overboard this time.
01:09:22At least I know why old Mordecai was never mentioned in the family.
01:09:28Hmm.
01:09:29You know you gotta go back to school, don't you?
01:09:30Yeah, I know.
01:09:32Well, we'll go through it together.
01:09:34You going to school with me?
01:09:36Oh, no.
01:09:38I've been laughed at before.
01:09:40I'm just glad they don't use dunce caps anymore.
01:09:44You know, this would all be pretty funny if he was somebody else's relative.
01:09:47It's still funny.
01:09:53What?
01:09:54Well, think about it.
01:09:55The family's big hero running off in a skirt.
01:09:59Hey, wait a minute.
01:10:02Your assignment was to write about your most interesting ancestor.
01:10:05Mordecai sure fits that.
01:10:07Well, then that's it.
01:10:09Write about that.
01:10:10Write the truth.
01:10:11The truth?
01:10:12Sure.
01:10:12If you don't want folks laughing at your child, you gotta make them laugh with you.
01:10:17Yeah.
01:10:18Maybe Calvin still has time to put it in the paper.
01:10:21Brim?
01:10:21What?
01:10:22I don't know if I want the whole world to know it.
01:10:26Hey, where y'all been?
01:10:28To the grocery store.
01:10:30When you go at night, you go together, honey.
01:10:34Any more news on the big hero, Mortify Hurley?
01:10:39That's Mordecai.
01:10:40Mary knows what I'm talking about.
01:10:42What she's talking about is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment was a great outfit, but old Mordecai was a drag.
01:10:50Really?
01:10:52In more ways than one.
01:10:55What?
01:10:56I'll say.
01:10:57Well, let me tell you.
01:10:58I'll tell you something.
01:10:58Oh, honey, I can tell you.
01:11:00Yeah, honey, when they last saw Mordecai, he was switching off to the hills in a dress.
01:11:04No.
01:11:05Yeah, red, white, and blue child.
01:11:07Oh, yeah.
01:11:09With a yellow streak.
01:11:10No.
01:11:11Is that what you wanted to say, dear?
01:11:15No.
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01:12:00The biggest superstar, mega-star film of Bangladesh's superstar, Shaqib Khan.
01:12:16This is Kolkata, this is Indriya, this is America, this is Bollywood, this is Dalywood, Dalywood.
01:12:24You are the best of Sulema, how do you like this?
01:12:30Super fantasy, so beautiful, just looking like a wow.
01:12:35What did Shaqib Khan say?
01:12:38Shaqib Khan said he was going, but I am going to watch Shaqib Khan.
01:12:43He was a little bit, he was a little bit, he was a little bit, he was a little bit.
01:12:48I am not a man a do
01:12:50I think that the car go to the other guy at a call
01:12:54the team bar that they get to our equal body
01:12:56to the type of way to go
01:12:58I look at the
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01:13:02I say it
01:13:04I'm not a
01:13:06I'm not a
01:13:08I'm not a
01:13:10I'm not a
01:13:12to go
01:13:14to one of the
01:13:16This is the first thing that we have seen in Bangalore in Bangalore in Bangalore in Bangalore in Bangalore in Bangalore in Bangalore in Bangalore.
01:13:31They dont have a good time to understand what government has been given from the government.
01:13:34They don't even know what h ΧΧ§ to say.
01:13:37They don't want to decide what government has been given.
01:13:41They don't have care of if they don't have a voice on its own.
01:13:48These two things they don't like to learn their lives.
01:13:53This is Shaqib's power.
01:13:56This is your Shaqib's power.
01:13:58This is your Shaqib's power.
01:14:00In the movie of TV, we were not convinced that all 20-23 years of cinema are missed.
01:14:09We talked about the great work in a series of other films forandenzons.
01:14:12In the movie, we were able to make a movie of the cinema.
01:14:17We were actually looking at that NΓ³s.
01:14:20That's a great event.
01:14:22We were not convinced that the film is our older film at times.
01:14:26I am a
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01:15:10Oh, my God, thank you so much.
01:15:32Oh, my father, my brother, I have a brother.
01:15:35Look, it's a good man, he's a good friend.
01:15:38What the hell is he doing?
01:15:40What the hell?
01:15:42My brother, I have a smart boy.
01:15:45I am a super-system.
01:15:47I have never known a smart guy brother,
01:15:51but I'm not sure.
01:15:52I'm not.
01:15:54My brother is holy, my brother is in South fax,
01:15:55I have to tell you.
01:15:58My brother is high.
01:15:59You are so proud of me!
01:16:03Wow, wow!
01:16:07Have you started getting a dialogue?
01:16:11Who have you said that?
01:16:13Toffan, you are a contestant!
01:16:20Come and turn the game over for you to discuss the talk,
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