1. Chris.Copy !req
2. Chris.Copy !req
3. Because I had to catch the busCopy !req
4. to go all the way across town
to get to school,Copy !req
5. I got 10 hours
less sleep a weekCopy !req
6. than anyone else in my class.Copy !req
7. One time,
I fell asleep so long,Copy !req
8. I woke up with a mustache.Copy !req
9. Did I miss anything?
Not this time.Copy !req
10. You gotta watch it. You were
this close to getting caught.Copy !req
11. Well, at least it's Friday.Copy !req
12. I'll get a chance
to sleep in tomorrow.Copy !req
13. Man, there was nothing
like being in bedCopy !req
14. on a Saturday morning,
dreaming my favorite dream:Copy !req
15. me sleeping in
on a Saturday morning.Copy !req
16. You gonna watchRockytomorrow?Copy !req
17. My favorite movie
of all time wasRocky.Copy !req
18. A black man
kicking a white guy's ass.Copy !req
19. My father thought the movie
should've been calledApollo.Copy !req
20. Oh, I can't.Copy !req
21. My TV's out.
No TV all weekend?Copy !req
22. Are you gonna be okay?Copy !req
23. Yeah.Copy !req
24. So, what are you gonna do?
I'm going to sleep.Copy !req
25. I was so sleepy,
instead of counting sheep,Copy !req
26. I was counting sleep.Copy !req
27. The only person who loved sleep
more than me was my father.Copy !req
28. And right now, he's dreaming
hisfavorite dream.Copy !req
29. I've been working here
a long time.Copy !req
30. I've never seen anybody
pay bills like you.Copy !req
31. You got two jobs or something?
Just one.Copy !req
32. Can I help you
with something else?Copy !req
33. Can I have my
three cents change?Copy !req
34. Julius.Copy !req
35. Julius.Copy !req
36. Julius!
Yo, I'm up, I'm up, I'm up.Copy !req
37. Where are my keys?
No, no, baby!Copy !req
38. You don't have to go to work.Copy !req
39. Today is Saturday.Copy !req
40. You woke me up at 6:45
on a Saturday morning?Copy !req
41. Are you crazy?
No, look, wait.Copy !req
42. I was looking through the paperCopy !req
43. and they're having
TVs on sale in Queens.Copy !req
44. Look, 199 for a color 19-inch?Copy !req
45. Nineteen-inch TV? Hey!Copy !req
46. Now guys have those
in their headrests,Copy !req
47. but back then,
it was a big deal.Copy !req
48. Rochelle, I can get
this same TV for half that.Copy !req
49. All I gotta do is wait
for my man Risky to get one.Copy !req
50. That means he has to wait for
his man Risky to steal one.Copy !req
51. Oh, no, no, no,
I am tired of Risky.Copy !req
52. Everything we get
from him breaks down.Copy !req
53. What are you doing?
I'm ironing.Copy !req
54. I got you an iron from Risky.
It broke.Copy !req
55. Damn, Risky.Copy !req
56. What are you doing?
I'm making toast.Copy !req
57. I got you a toaster from Risky.
It broke!Copy !req
58. Damn, Risky.Copy !req
59. Are you sure?
Like I told youCopy !req
60. for the hundredth time,
I'm pregnant.Copy !req
61. I thought you used a condom.
I did.Copy !req
62. Damn Risky.Copy !req
63. What are you doing now?Copy !req
64. I'm reading the small print.
Yeah.Copy !req
65. 199 for a 19-inch TV.
Uh-huh.Copy !req
66. Must be a catch.Copy !req
67. No! The catch is
if they run out,Copy !req
68. we won't be getting one.
Now, get up!Copy !req
69. Chris!Copy !req
70. Chris!
Huh? What?Copy !req
71. Get up. I need you to go
to the laundromat.Copy !req
72. I don't want to go.
I'm tired.Copy !req
73. Me and your father are going
to buy a new TV today.Copy !req
74. So I need you to do this!Copy !req
75. Come on, if you do this,Copy !req
76. I'll let you
watchRockytonight.Copy !req
77. So, please, do not mix
the colors and the whites.Copy !req
78. And those dryers get real hot,
so set it to mediumCopy !req
79. so you won't
shrink anything, okay?Copy !req
80. I didn't hear a word after,
"Get up."Copy !req
81. I can't take all that by myself.
Drew and Tonya are going.Copy !req
82. Do I have to take Tonya?
You need help, don't you?Copy !req
83. Now, hurry up!Copy !req
84. It's Saturday morning.
All the machines will be taken.Copy !req
85. I know you don't want to be
there all day.Copy !req
86. Just everybody get up.Copy !req
87. There are three placesCopy !req
88. a kid doesn't wanna be
on the weekend:Copy !req
89. at a funeral...
Why? Oh, why?Copy !req
90. at a woman's
department store...Copy !req
91. and at a laundromat
on a Saturday morning.Copy !req
92. A laundromat is a place
where really poor people goCopy !req
93. to wash their clothes.Copy !req
94. You don't want that one,
that's broke.Copy !req
95. Use the other, use that one.Copy !req
96. I was gonna use this one.Copy !req
97. You better get out of
my face, little boy.Copy !req
98. At the laundromat,
even a nice womanCopy !req
99. would smack her mother twice
for an empty machine.Copy !req
100. Okay, y'all go check
those machinesCopy !req
101. and see what cycles they're on.Copy !req
102. I don't wanna check it,
you check it.Copy !req
103. Well, then go sit down.Copy !req
104. I don't wanna sit down.
Well, then stand up.Copy !req
105. It took me years to realizeCopy !req
106. if you want a girl
to do something,Copy !req
107. you gotta tell her
to do the opposite.Copy !req
108. Here's your chicken.
You better not bring me dessert.Copy !req
109. I'll get you
what I wanna get you!Copy !req
110. Only one place that didn't
the bedroom.Copy !req
111. Okay, this one's on spin.Copy !req
112. And this one's on wash.Copy !req
113. Good, now, I need you
to watch them.Copy !req
114. Can I get the quarters?Copy !req
115. No. I don't want you
to lose them.Copy !req
116. Ain't nobody
gonna lose nothing.Copy !req
117. It's just right there.Copy !req
118. She looked at me
like I stole her cocoa.Copy !req
119. Fine.Copy !req
120. I would've let her
smack me sillyCopy !req
121. if it would have made her
act right.Copy !req
122. Rocky, here I come.Copy !req
123. You into martial arts?Copy !req
124. Yeah. Why?Copy !req
125. Want to learn some kill moves?
Yeah.Copy !req
126. The only thing Drew loved
more than candyCopy !req
127. was learning
how to break a neck.Copy !req
128. Right there under the guy's
nose, you just take it...Copy !req
129. Boom!Copy !req
130. Tonya, what'd I tell you?Copy !req
131. Well, you could at least help.Copy !req
132. I would if you'd stop hollering.
You're the one who dropped them!Copy !req
133. Wake me up
when that machine stops.Copy !req
134. I ain't waking you up.Copy !req
135. Tonya, I'm not playing with you.Copy !req
136. Now, wake me up
when that machine stops!Copy !req
137. Tonya's so difficult,
the only reason she's a girlCopy !req
138. is 'cause my father
wanted a boy.Copy !req
139. Oh, that's nice. Oh!Copy !req
140. Okay, let me tell you the rules.Copy !req
141. Okay.
We're gonna get a TV.Copy !req
142. Mm-hm.
Not a VCR.Copy !req
143. I hear you. I got you.
Not a couch.Copy !req
144. A TV.
No problem.Copy !req
145. And if it doesn't cost 199,
we're going home.Copy !req
146. Yeah, right.Copy !req
147. Well, can I at least
look around?Copy !req
148. Last time you went
"looking around,"Copy !req
149. I ended up buying a house.
Can I help you?Copy !req
150. Yeah, we're here for the 199
19-inch color TV.Copy !req
151. I'm sorry, we sold out of those.Copy !req
152. Sale's been going since Monday.
Thank you. Okay, let's go.Copy !req
153. I'm sure we can find
something else you might like.Copy !req
154. See?
You probably can,Copy !req
155. but if it's not a TV for 199,
you don't need to show it to me.Copy !req
156. No, no, no, wait, baby.Copy !req
157. Now, let's just...Copy !req
158. look around for a little while.
You got "looking around" money?Copy !req
159. Sir, I don't mean to intrude,
but you a union man?Copy !req
160. Um, yeah,
I'm in the local. Why?Copy !req
161. Says right here,
show me a union card,Copy !req
162. you get credit on the spot.
Say what?Copy !req
163. Let's just say my mother
didn't haveCopy !req
164. the best history with credit.Copy !req
165. Put it on the card.
She bought shoes,Copy !req
166. she bought clothes, she'd
buy money, if they let her.Copy !req
167. Put it on the card.Copy !req
168. There was nothing my mother
wouldn't put on a credit card.Copy !req
169. Put this on my card.
Lady, you can't payCopy !req
170. your credit card bill
with your credit card.Copy !req
171. What about this one?Copy !req
172. We came here to get a $199 TV,
not a credit card.Copy !req
173. But you could use one, right?Copy !req
174. We'll give you a $500 limit,Copy !req
175. no payments for six months.Copy !req
176. We'll get you out of here
with a TV.Copy !req
177. Come on.
Wait, wait, baby.Copy !req
178. Let's think about this
for a moment.Copy !req
179. If the kids
keep watching that TV,Copy !req
180. they'll mess up their eyes,Copy !req
181. and if they can't see,
they might wanderCopy !req
182. into the street
and get hit by a bus.Copy !req
183. Now, do you want three
crippled kids or a new TV?Copy !req
184. Lady's got a point.
See?Copy !req
185. Would you please?
This is... nice!Copy !req
186. Instead of watching
the machines like I told him,Copy !req
187. Drew was perfecting
the Flying Monkey Death Claw.Copy !req
188. One more time, one more time,
one more time.Copy !req
189. Aah! Man, what are you doing?Copy !req
190. Damn, black Yoda.Copy !req
191. Uh-uh...Copy !req
192. Uh-uh.Copy !req
193. Oh!Copy !req
194. How come you didn't wake me up?Copy !req
195. You don't tell me what to do.
Where'd you get that?Copy !req
196. That machine.
You spent our quarters?Copy !req
197. I was thirsty.
Oh, man, we need those!Copy !req
198. We won't even have enough
for the dryers!Copy !req
199. So?Copy !req
200. What happened to our clothes?
I don't know.Copy !req
201. Drew, who took our clothes?Copy !req
202. Wasn't me.Copy !req
203. Somebody stole our clothes.Copy !req
204. It's not my fault.Copy !req
205. Yes, it is.
Instead of going to get a soda,Copy !req
206. how come you
weren't watching the clothes?Copy !req
207. How comeyouweren't
watching them?Copy !req
208. I was asleep!
I told you to wake me up!Copy !req
209. You're always messing stuff up.
I hate you!Copy !req
210. I don't care.Copy !req
211. Where you going?
None of your business,Copy !req
212. that's where I'm going.Copy !req
213. Hey, little man.
Everything all right?Copy !req
214. I lost my clothes.Copy !req
215. What you mean,
you lost your clothes?Copy !req
216. They were in two baskets.Copy !req
217. I was waiting for the machine
and fell asleep.Copy !req
218. What they look like?
Um, I don't know,Copy !req
219. there's lots of stuff.Copy !req
220. Pants, underwear, socks.Copy !req
221. Uh-huh. Is that them over there?Copy !req
222. Yeah! Thanks.
Yeah, right, uh-huh.Copy !req
223. Go ahead with your bad self.Copy !req
224. At the laundromat,
empty washing machinesCopy !req
225. come around less
than a Sade tour.Copy !req
226. Terrell Owens ain't got
nothin' on her.Copy !req
227. I'm using this one.Copy !req
228. Oh! Little dude
from across the street.Copy !req
229. Why don't you let me
hold a quarter?Copy !req
230. Didn't mama say not to mix
the coloreds with the whites?Copy !req
231. I only have enough quarters
for one machine and the dryers.Copy !req
232. Finish this
and watch the clothes.Copy !req
233. I'm gonna go find Tonya.Copy !req
234. All you got to do is sign on the
dotted line and we're all set.Copy !req
235. I'm reading the small print.
It don't mean nothing.Copy !req
236. Then why'd they put it on here?
It's just technicalities.Copy !req
237. Seventeen percent?Copy !req
238. That's kind of high, ain't it?
It's not unusual.Copy !req
239. Brooklyn Bridge ain't unusual,
but it's still high.Copy !req
240. You should've seen him
at tax time.Copy !req
241. Done yet, baby?
I want to show you something.Copy !req
242. I'm reading the contract.Copy !req
243. Oh, just hurry up and sign
that thing and come on.Copy !req
244. I want to show you this couch.Copy !req
245. The only thing that made
my mother happierCopy !req
246. than having a man with two job
was getting a new couch.Copy !req
247. Girl, did I tell you
I was getting married?Copy !req
248. Ooh, that is nice.Copy !req
249. But did I show you
my new couch?Copy !req
250. No amount of good news
could compareCopy !req
251. to my mother
getting a new couch.Copy !req
252. It's all leather.Copy !req
253. Hey, listen, you sign it now,
I'm gonna give you a $700 limit.Copy !req
254. Seven—Copy !req
255. Seven hundred dollars?Copy !req
256. Julius, do you know
what I could do with $700?Copy !req
257. Unfortunately, he does.
Thank you!Copy !req
258. Rochelle, do you know how longCopy !req
259. it's gonna take me
to pay off $700?Copy !req
260. Hm?Copy !req
261. Oh, but Julius...Copy !req
262. If the most important thing to
my mother was buying a couch,Copy !req
263. the most important thing
to my father was paying it off.Copy !req
264. Oh, Julius, where have you been?Copy !req
265. I just dropped Tonya off
at college.Copy !req
266. They hired Chris to replace me
on my first job,Copy !req
267. and Drew to replace me
on my second job.Copy !req
268. I paid off the house, car,
light bill and the gas.Copy !req
269. We don't owe anybody
a single dime.Copy !req
270. I'm gonna take a nap
and get the hell out of hereCopy !req
271. before you spend
some more money.Copy !req
272. This is a good deal.Copy !req
273. See, baby, we could get
a lot of stuff we need.Copy !req
274. I mean, it's on credit.
What are you worried about?Copy !req
275. It's on credit.
That's what I'm worried about.Copy !req
276. I'm gonna go look
at the couch again.Copy !req
277. I didn't know where Tonya was,Copy !req
278. but I was praying
she went home.Copy !req
279. Come on.Copy !req
280. What?Copy !req
281. Open the door.
I ain't opening nothing.Copy !req
282. I'm telling Mama and Daddy
that you said you hate meCopy !req
283. and you left me
in the house by myself.Copy !req
284. My mother didn't care
what I said to TonyaCopy !req
285. just as long as I didn't
leave her someplace by herself.Copy !req
286. Didn't I tell you not to leave
your sister here by herself?Copy !req
287. I didn't know she was
gonna sell the house.Copy !req
288. Open the door!
No!Copy !req
289. Why can't you do
what I tell you sometimes?Copy !req
290. You said you hate me.
I ain't doing nothing.Copy !req
291. That's why I hate you!Copy !req
292. Every time I try
to do something,Copy !req
293. you always mess it up.Copy !req
294. I'm always stuck with you!Copy !req
295. I don't feel like your brother,Copy !req
296. I feel like
a 13-year-old father.Copy !req
297. Dag, man. You're
a 13-year-old father too?Copy !req
298. I know he doesn't look 13,Copy !req
299. but having kids
will do that to you.Copy !req
300. She's not my daughter.Copy !req
301. She's my sister.Copy !req
302. I can work you out
a great deal on the TV,Copy !req
303. the sofa, dining room set.Copy !req
304. Get it today,
I'll save you some money.Copy !req
305. If I don't get it at all,
I'll save more. Let's go.Copy !req
306. Now, wait a minute, Julius.Copy !req
307. You work, I work—
Well, sometimes.Copy !req
308. I'm just saying,
you don't have to be so ch...Copy !req
309. You think I want to be cheap?Copy !req
310. I'd love to buy
everything in the store,Copy !req
311. but I don't have it
like that, Rochelle.Copy !req
312. I don't.Copy !req
313. My father wasn't bald
when he got married,Copy !req
314. but one hair fell out
for every bill he got.Copy !req
315. You know what, forget it, baby.Copy !req
316. Huh?Copy !req
317. If I buy this stuff, that means
you'll have to work even harder,Copy !req
318. which means
you'll be home even less.Copy !req
319. And when you do get home,
I'll be mad,Copy !req
320. you'll get tired of it,
we'll end up in a divorce,Copy !req
321. and I'll end up with some
old-ass furniture and no man.Copy !req
322. And if youthinkyou leaving me
for a white woman,Copy !req
323. you got another thing coming.Copy !req
324. I know you think
she's doing this out of love,Copy !req
325. but watch this.Copy !req
326. What?Copy !req
327. Hold on a minute.Copy !req
328. How much for this one?Copy !req
329. Can we get that one?Copy !req
330. It's just more state-of-the-art.Copy !req
331. It has the buttons
and knobs that...Copy !req
332. I love you. We're getting
that one right there.Copy !req
333. Okay.
On sale.Copy !req
334. Were you able to get
the clothes done?Copy !req
335. We have a little problem.
Oh!Copy !req
336. I told you not to put the
coloreds in with the whites.Copy !req
337. Mama's gonna kill me.Copy !req
338. Hold on, I think
I can fix this.Copy !req
339. Excuse me, miss.
Yes?Copy !req
340. My brother put coloreds
in with the whites.Copy !req
341. Now everything's pink.
Could you help usCopy !req
342. get the clothes white again
or my mother's gonna kill him?Copy !req
343. Aw, I'll be happy to.
Thank you.Copy !req
344. How'd you do that?
I don't know.Copy !req
345. When Drew turned 18,
that woman looked him up.Copy !req
346. Not to be her boyfriend, she
just loved doing his laundry.Copy !req
347. Wow!Copy !req
348. See, whiter than they were
when you brought them in.Copy !req
349. Hey, thanks.Copy !req
350. You want me to teach you
a kill move?Copy !req
351. No, that's okay.Copy !req
352. When you turn 18,
you call me, okay?Copy !req
353. Okay.Copy !req
354. Let's go get these
in the dryers.Copy !req
355. Even though my mother was
gonna kill me about Tonya,Copy !req
356. at least she had clean clothes
to bury me in.Copy !req
357. Hey, boys.
I have something to tell you!Copy !req
358. Wait, wait, your dad's got
something to show you. Come on.Copy !req
359. A new TV!
Yeah!Copy !req
360. Yeah!
Oh!Copy !req
361. There's something about knowingCopy !req
362. you have an ass whipping
coming upCopy !req
363. that overshadows
a brand-new TV.Copy !req
364. Heh, so, what'd you
want to tell me, Tonya?Copy !req
365. I, uh... I had fun
at the laundromat.Copy !req
366. That's nice.
Good.Copy !req
367. What about you, Chris?
What did you have to say?Copy !req
368. Uh...Copy !req
369. Can I still watchRocky?
Sure.Copy !req
370. How'd you get the money
for a TV like this?Copy !req
371. Oh, your daddy got it on credit.Copy !req
372. Credit?
Yeah.Copy !req
373. Since you
got this on credit,Copy !req
374. think you could get
me some new nunchucks?Copy !req
375. You know, a kimono?
No, look.Copy !req
376. We're not getting
no more on creditCopy !req
377. till this is paid off.
Can we watchThree's Company?Copy !req
378. No!
Yes!Copy !req
379. I need to watch basketball!
Yes, she can.Copy !req
380. It's only a half-hour.Copy !req
381. Tonya sure was lucky
she didn't tell,Copy !req
382. 'cause I was two seconds awayCopy !req
383. from hitting her
with the monkey claw.Copy !req
384. I thought you were
gonna tell on me.Copy !req
385. I was.Copy !req
386. But I decided not to.Copy !req
387. Do you hate me, for real?Copy !req
388. No, I don't really hate you.Copy !req
389. It's just that you get
on my nerves sometimes.Copy !req
390. I'm sorry.Copy !req
391. So did you get
your clothes clean?Copy !req
392. Yeah.Copy !req
393. That's good.Copy !req
394. Just because
I said "I'm sorry,"Copy !req
395. doesn't mean I'm not gonna
get you in trouble again.Copy !req
396. And if I say "I hate you,"
you better not get mad.Copy !req
397. Ooh, good jab.Copy !req
398. Oh!
Oh!Copy !req
399. Drew.Copy !req
400. Before I went to sleep
that night,Copy !req
401. I had to watch
my favorite movie, Rocky.Copy !req
402. It was the perfect way
to end the day.Copy !req
403. Chris!Copy !req
404. Almost perfect.Copy !req