1. At 14, I decided I wasn't gonna
just let things happen to meCopy !req
2. like they did before.Copy !req
3. I was going to get
some dignity.Copy !req
4. I was going to take charge.Copy !req
5. Hey...!Copy !req
6. Little dude
from across the street.Copy !req
7. I know, I know.
You want a dollar.Copy !req
8. Thanks, little dude.Copy !req
9. I know what you're thinking—Copy !req
10. I just got robbed.Copy !req
11. But he didn't steal
that money from me,Copy !req
12. I gave it to him.Copy !req
13. I didn't wait for my father
to make me go get a job,Copy !req
14. I went out and got one myself.Copy !req
15. I didn't mind sweeping,
but the pedicures had to stop.Copy !req
16. Nice job.
Five dollars.Copy !req
17. Even at school,
I was determinedCopy !req
18. to take on a new attitude.Copy !req
19. Welcome back,
Boom Boom.Copy !req
20. I guess your dreams
weren't your ticket out.Copy !req
21. Chris!Copy !req
22. A lot of bad things happened
to me at Corleone,Copy !req
23. but the one good thing
was becoming friends with Greg.Copy !req
24. Hey, man, what you been up to?Copy !req
25. Same old, same old.Copy !req
26. Feels like last year
all over again.Copy !req
27. I'm tired of being
pushed around.Copy !req
28. I'm tired of people
making fun of me.Copy !req
29. I'm tired of getting
my butt kicked.Copy !req
30. I'm not gonna
take it anymore.Copy !req
31. Wow. Are you a Muslim now?Copy !req
32. No.Copy !req
33. What are you gonna do?Copy !req
34. I'm gonna run
for class president.Copy !req
35. Dude, you're not serious.Copy !req
36. Why not?
What have I got to lose?Copy !req
37. And this isn't just for me.Copy !req
38. This is for us.Copy !req
39. How are we ever going
to get any respect?Copy !req
40. Get popular?
Get a girl?Copy !req
41. Stop getting beat down?Copy !req
42. How are we ever gonna get
treated any betterCopy !req
43. if we don't act like
we deserve it?Copy !req
44. Besides, give me one good
reason why I shouldn't run.Copy !req
45. Give me one more reason.Copy !req
46. Captioning sponsored byCopy !req
47. So you're really gonna do this?Copy !req
48. Yep. All I need to doCopy !req
49. is get 30 names on this
petition and I'm in.Copy !req
50. I just want to get startedCopy !req
51. before everyone gets tired
of people asking them.Copy !req
52. Okay, if you're in,
I'm with you.Copy !req
53. Good, I need you
to do something.Copy !req
54. What?
Anything.Copy !req
55. I want you to run with me.Copy !req
56. I want you to be
my vice president.Copy !req
57. No.
Yeah.Copy !req
58. Oh, man.Copy !req
59. This is great.Copy !req
60. I can work behind
the scenes.Copy !req
61. I can influence
the judiciary committee.Copy !req
62. I can confer with
the joint chiefs.Copy !req
63. Create policy!
Greg...Copy !req
64. it's the eighth grade.Copy !req
65. I know, but this
is the best thingCopy !req
66. that's ever happened to me.Copy !req
67. That was until
he met Seven of NineCopy !req
68. at a Trekkie convention.Copy !req
69. The question is:Copy !req
70. Where are we going
to get 30 signatures?Copy !req
71. Simple.Copy !req
72. From guys like us.Copy !req
73. You mean geeks.Copy !req
74. Yeah.Copy !req
75. Because my father had the gout,Copy !req
76. my mother made sure he got
regular checkupsCopy !req
77. to make sure nothing else
went wrong.Copy !req
78. So what did
the doctor say?Copy !req
79. Why don't you have a seat.Copy !req
80. The last time he told her
to sit down,Copy !req
81. it was when Jody Watley
left Shalamar.Copy !req
82. Jody Watley didn't leave
Shalamar again, did she?Copy !req
83. Nothing like that.Copy !req
84. You know, my gout's
been acting up again,Copy !req
85. and the doctor says
I have high blood pressure.Copy !req
86. How did you get
high blood pressure?Copy !req
87. High blood pressure,
or hypertensionCopy !req
88. is a distress to
the cardiovascular systemCopy !req
89. that could be caused by
a variety of factors,Copy !req
90. including obesity,
excess salt in the diet,Copy !req
91. alcohol abuse,
as well as hereditary factors.Copy !req
92. But one of the main causes
of hypertension is stress—Copy !req
93. like trying to support
a family of fiveCopy !req
94. on a budget for three.Copy !req
95. So what is he trying to say,Copy !req
96. that your family
is killing you?Copy !req
97. Yes.Copy !req
98. No. No. Um...Copy !req
99. He just said I need
to reduce my stress.Copy !req
100. Baby, what do you have
to be stressed out about?Copy !req
101. You have a beautiful wife,Copy !req
102. two good jobs,Copy !req
103. and three wonderful kids,
a nice homeCopy !req
104. in Bed-Stuy...Copy !req
105. You're stressed?Copy !req
106. I mean, I'm the one
who should be stressed.Copy !req
107. I mean, I got to deal
with a houseCopy !req
108. in the ghetto, three crazy kids,
a man that'sCopy !req
109. never home,
and now I got to dealCopy !req
110. with you and this
high blood pressure.Copy !req
111. You-You're stressed.Copy !req
112. Calm down.Copy !req
113. I'll be okay.Copy !req
114. I'm fine.Copy !req
115. My father hated seeming weak.Copy !req
116. He wouldn't admit to a headacheCopy !req
117. if he had a hatchet
in his head.Copy !req
118. Julius, you are
not fine, okay?Copy !req
119. You're sick.Copy !req
120. No, you're not.
I'm fine.Copy !req
121. I'm good.
You're sick.Copy !req
122. No, you're not.Copy !req
123. No, you're
trying to die.
I'm okay.Copy !req
124. I'm good, okay?
Everything.Copy !req
125. Good.Copy !req
126. Okay, Mr. I'm Good...Copy !req
127. well, what are we supposed
to do to reduce your stress?Copy !req
128. Well, the doctor says
I'm supposed to participateCopy !req
129. in some stress-reducing
activities,Copy !req
130. like golf.Copy !req
131. Golfing.
Where are you going to golf?Copy !req
132. Fishing?
Where you gonna fish,
in Lake Brooklyn?Copy !req
133. Hiking?Copy !req
134. Come on, man,
where you going,
Mount Vernon?Copy !req
135. Hammocking?
Hammock?Copy !req
136. Where are you going to buy
a hammock?Copy !req
137. Regular massages?Copy !req
138. Oh, you ain't getting
a massage by nobody.Copy !req
139. You better price some hammocks.Copy !req
140. Stressed.Copy !req
141. Now I got to deal with this...Copy !req
142. In 1984, Michael Jackson became
the biggest star on Earth,Copy !req
143. but to my sister Tonya,Copy !req
144. he couldn't hold a candle
to Billy Ocean.Copy !req
145. What are you doing?Copy !req
146. I'm learning the steps
from "Caribbean Queen."Copy !req
147. There are no steps
to "Caribbean Queen."Copy !req
148. Yes, there are.Copy !req
149. First he does like this,
then he does like this,Copy !req
150. then he does like this,
and then he does this,Copy !req
151. and he finishes off
with this.Copy !req
152. He also does the moonwalk,Copy !req
153. but I don't know how
to do that yet.Copy !req
154. Billy Ocean doesn't moonwalk.Copy !req
155. That's Michael Jackson's move.Copy !req
156. Where do you think
Michael got it from?Copy !req
157. Peg Leg Bates.
I know how to moonwalk.Copy !req
158. Will you show me
how to do it?Copy !req
159. First, let me see
what you're doing.Copy !req
160. That's not the moonwalk.Copy !req
161. You look like
you're trying to scrapeCopy !req
162. doo-doo
off your shoes.Copy !req
163. Shut up! Nobody asked you!
Get out!Copy !req
164. Getting my campaign going
was hard.Copy !req
165. It's not like my daddy was
the class president before me.Copy !req
166. Man, only eight
signatures?Copy !req
167. I thought
at least the nerdsCopy !req
168. would support us.Copy !req
169. Even they go for
the cool people.Copy !req
170. Look at this.
Ms. Marello gave it to me.Copy !req
171. What?
It's a popularity poll.Copy !req
172. They took
a popularity poll?Copy !req
173. And focus groups.Copy !req
174. Basically, it says we can't get
on the ballot running together.Copy !req
175. What are you
talking about?Copy !req
176. We appeal
to the same base.Copy !req
177. Carol, Warren,
Terrence Ping.Copy !req
178. But we can't
let this stop us.Copy !req
179. We have to keep trying.Copy !req
180. What are we supposed to do,
just get popular?Copy !req
181. Look at him.
He's popular.Copy !req
182. DiPaolo?Copy !req
183. He's as dumb
as a rock.Copy !req
184. Hey, Chris!Copy !req
185. How do you spell "spell"?Copy !req
186. S-P-E-L-L.Copy !req
187. He might be dumb,
but people like him.Copy !req
188. They said the same thing
about Fabio.Copy !req
189. Chris...Copy !req
190. can I speak to you
for a moment?Copy !req
191. Sure.Copy !req
192. About what?Copy !req
193. I know you're having
a tough timeCopy !req
194. getting on that ballot,Copy !req
195. but I think you
have a real chanceCopy !req
196. at becoming
class presidentCopy !req
197. if you really want it.
What do you mean?Copy !req
198. You need to rise above
your ghetto mentality.Copy !req
199. Ghetto mentality?
I don't have a ghetto mentality.Copy !req
200. You do, Chris.Copy !req
201. A psychological ghetto.Copy !req
202. You won't get
supportersCopy !req
203. because you don't get out
of your comfort zone.Copy !req
204. I'm sure all
your athleteCopy !req
205. and dancer friends
have signed on, but what now?Copy !req
206. You need to reach out,
broaden your appeal.Copy !req
207. And how am I supposed
to do that?Copy !req
208. I don't know.Copy !req
209. But I'm confident
you'll figure it out.Copy !req
210. And remember, Chris:Copy !req
211. Up with hope,
down with dope.Copy !req
212. Yes, that's one bedroom
at $425 a month.Copy !req
213. Rochelle with two "L's.Copy !req
214. All right, thank you.Copy !req
215. Where are you going?Copy !req
216. The biggest change for
my mother was that she decidedCopy !req
217. to do something she hadn't done
in years— keep a job.Copy !req
218. Normally, she would do this.Copy !req
219. Come on! Let's go!Copy !req
220. Move this ugly car out the way!Copy !req
221. Hey...!Copy !req
222. What in the hell are you doing?Copy !req
223. I don't need this mess!Copy !req
224. My man has two jobs!
Two!Copy !req
225. Now she was doing this.Copy !req
226. And who was that
on the phone?Copy !req
227. The newspaper.Copy !req
228. I took out an ad
for a new tenant.Copy !req
229. A new tenant?
Rochelle...
Mm-hmm.Copy !req
230. We had tried renting out
the apartment upstairs before,Copy !req
231. but every time we did,
we had a problem.Copy !req
232. One lady had a crazy dog.Copy !req
233. No, no! No, no!Copy !req
234. Ms. Parnell! No!Copy !req
235. No! No, n-n-n-n-no!Copy !req
236. Aah...!Copy !req
237. Then we had Levi the weed guy.Copy !req
238. Levi!Copy !req
239. WhatCopy !req
240. You got to leave.Copy !req
241. What's wrong, man?Copy !req
242. My kids are high.Copy !req
243. The Fong family tried
to turn the apartmentCopy !req
244. into a Chinese restaurant.Copy !req
245. Mr. Fong!Copy !req
246. Mr. Fong, what is this?Copy !req
247. Man, I'm not getting
to the back of the line.Copy !req
248. Man, you got to
shut this downCopy !req
249. and get the hell
out of here.Copy !req
250. And give me a number six.Copy !req
251. Number six.
Ooh, very good.Copy !req
252. What you getting?Copy !req
253. Wait, wait, wait, look.
You don't have to do this.Copy !req
254. I'll be okay.
I mean...Copy !req
255. All I need to do...Copy !req
256. Baby, just let me do
what I got to do.Copy !req
257. Rochelle...Copy !req
258. Now just go lay down.Copy !req
259. Go.Copy !req
260. Lay down!Copy !req
261. After another checkup,
my father was trying to getCopy !req
262. my mother to let up,
but the pressure was on.Copy !req
263. Chris, pass the salt.Copy !req
264. What, are you trying
to kill yourself?Copy !req
265. Where's the skin?Copy !req
266. Baby, I had
to take it off.Copy !req
267. You just gonna give me
naked chicken?Copy !req
268. How you supposed
to be reducingCopy !req
269. my stress, by starving me?Copy !req
270. Now I'm worried
about being hungry.Copy !req
271. You're worried about everybody
else stressing me out;Copy !req
272. you're stressing me out.Copy !req
273. What?Copy !req
274. I'm stressing you out?Copy !req
275. I'm bending
over backwardsCopy !req
276. trying to make things
easy for youCopy !req
277. and I'm stressing you out.Copy !req
278. Okay.Copy !req
279. Fine.Copy !req
280. That face means
"What did I say that for?"Copy !req
281. You know what?Copy !req
282. You can eat what
you want to eat,Copy !req
283. do what you want to do.Copy !req
284. You don't have
to worry about meCopy !req
285. stressing you out anymore.Copy !req
286. You gonna eat that skin?Copy !req
287. After what Ms. Morello
had told me,Copy !req
288. I knew there was only one way
I was gonna broaden my appeal.Copy !req
289. I've been thinking
about the popularity poll.Copy !req
290. Take a look at this.
I've got it all worked out.Copy !req
291. So do I.Copy !req
292. You're off the ticket.Copy !req
293. Go to commercial
before both of us start crying.Copy !req
294. I hated having to sacrifice
my friendship with GregCopy !req
295. to get on the ballot,
but I knew it would only happenCopy !req
296. if I could get the most popular
person I could find.Copy !req
297. Vice president?Copy !req
298. Yeah. With me.Copy !req
299. We can be like Bobby Jones
and Henry Bibby on the Sixers.Copy !req
300. Can we be like
Kevin McHaleCopy !req
301. and Dennis Johnson
on the Celtics?Copy !req
302. Okay.Copy !req
303. What do I have to do?
Nothing.Copy !req
304. Cool.Copy !req
305. Hey, everybody.Copy !req
306. I'm... home.Copy !req
307. Back at home,
my father never had it harderCopy !req
308. than when my mother
let him take it easy.Copy !req
309. Hey, baby.Copy !req
310. What's going on?Copy !req
311. Nothing.Copy !req
312. Nothing at all.Copy !req
313. There is nothing going on
in this house.Copy !req
314. When my mother said
nothing was going on,Copy !req
315. here's what it meant
to my father:Copy !req
316. You didn't make me
something to eat?Copy !req
317. No, I didn't want
to stress you out.Copy !req
318. You good? Good.Copy !req
319. I still got to eat.Copy !req
320. After trying to moonwalk
like Billy Ocean,Copy !req
321. Tonya was moving one step
forward and two steps back.Copy !req
322. Drew.Copy !req
323. What?Copy !req
324. Can you teach me to moonwalk?Copy !req
325. I can't get it.Copy !req
326. Why do you like Billy Ocean
so much, anyway?Copy !req
327. Because, he's the greatest
entertainer in history.Copy !req
328. He's not better
than Michael Jackson.Copy !req
329. Shoot, he's way better
than Michael Jackson.Copy !req
330. I bet you in the future,
20 years from now,Copy !req
331. nobody's going to remember
who Michael Jackson is.Copy !req
332. That's why I'm not going
to teach youCopy !req
333. how to do
the Michael Jackson moonwalk.Copy !req
334. It's the Billy Ocean moonwalk.Copy !req
335. Michael Jackson stole it.Copy !req
336. Fine. Have it your way.Copy !req
337. Drew, wait.Copy !req
338. Can you help me, please?Copy !req
339. I was just joking.Copy !req
340. Play the tape.Copy !req
341. Drew was always good
at pretty much everything.Copy !req
342. We're just glad
he never liked Riverdance.Copy !req
343. Then after you turn...
do this.Copy !req
344. See?Copy !req
345. Cool. That's right.
*'Cause she was the dreamCopy !req
346. That's not right yet.Copy !req
347. Your left foot.Copy !req
348. Move your hand
like this.Copy !req
349. Like this?
Almost.Copy !req
350. It's like this.
See?Copy !req
351. I was surprised how well things
were going for me,Copy !req
352. but that wasn't
the only surprise I got.Copy !req
353. Also securing their position
as candidatesCopy !req
354. are Joey Caruso and his new
vice presidential running mate,Copy !req
355. Greg Wuliger.Copy !req
356. What's the matter,
McAdoo.Copy !req
357. Thought you were
the only oneCopy !req
358. who knew how to balance
a ticket?Copy !req
359. At school, the heat was on,
but at home,Copy !req
360. my dad was still getting
the cold shoulder.Copy !req
361. Mama,
are you mad at Daddy?Copy !req
362. My parents tried to never fight
in front of us,Copy !req
363. but we always knew
what was going on.Copy !req
364. No.Copy !req
365. So how come we didn't
wait for him to eat?Copy !req
366. Because you should eat your foodCopy !req
367. and mind your business,
that's why.Copy !req
368. Ma.Copy !req
369. These vegetables
taste funny.Copy !req
370. Yeah, and why are theyCopy !req
371. so hard?Copy !req
372. Yeah, and why are
they so green?Copy !req
373. That's because they're fresh.Copy !req
374. You know, they're
not out of a can. Eat.Copy !req
375. I like canned
vegetables better.Copy !req
376. Almost everything we ate
came out of cans.Copy !req
377. Bacon and eggs.Copy !req
378. Hamburger and fries.Copy !req
379. We even had ice cream
and birthday cake in a can.Copy !req
380. Hey, Dad.
Hey, Dad.Copy !req
381. Hey. All right.Copy !req
382. Let's see.Copy !req
383. Whoo.Copy !req
384. All right.Copy !req
385. Now this
is what I'm talking about.Copy !req
386. He's talking
about a heart attack.Copy !req
387. Thank you, baby.Copy !req
388. Pork chops, steak,
fried chicken,Copy !req
389. gravy,
mac and cheese—Copy !req
390. this is how to relax.Copy !req
391. Mmm.Copy !req
392. Mmm! Mmm.Copy !req
393. What's that for?Copy !req
394. If you feel like you're
about to keel over and die,Copy !req
395. you can call the
hospital for help,Copy !req
396. 'cause I don't want
to stress you out.Copy !req
397. Enjoy.Copy !req
398. The only thing I hated more
than running against GregCopy !req
399. was seeing him run with Caruso.Copy !req
400. I had kicked him off my team,Copy !req
401. and now I had to play
against him.Copy !req
402. Kind of like Shaq and Kobe.Copy !req
403. the only thing harderCopy !req
404. than dealing with my mother
was being left alone.Copy !req
405. Who's that?Copy !req
406. Vanessa.
Hey, Vanessa.Copy !req
407. Julius said, "Hey."
Hey.Copy !req
408. Uh-huh.Copy !req
409. Have you seen
my other uniform?Copy !req
410. I didn't mess with it;
I didn't want to stress you out.Copy !req
411. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.Copy !req
412. No. No, no, you wanted me
to say it, now, didn't you?Copy !req
413. What's all this?Copy !req
414. That's your stuff.Copy !req
415. You did?Copy !req
416. My father never knew
when he was starting a warCopy !req
417. with my mother, and that's why
he never won them.
Yes!Copy !req
418. Yes, girl,
you know...
Rochelle?Copy !req
419. Let me call you back.Copy !req
420. What?Copy !req
421. Stop it. Okay?Copy !req
422. I got high blood pressure.Copy !req
423. What do you want me to do?Copy !req
424. I don't know, Julius;
what do you want me to do?Copy !req
425. I don't know, but
you running around
not talking to meCopy !req
426. and making me
wear dirty clothesCopy !req
427. and letting me eat
by myselfCopy !req
428. ain't helping a thing.Copy !req
429. I don't need you
to be mad at me.Copy !req
430. I was just trying
to help you out.Copy !req
431. I know.Copy !req
432. I'm sorry.Copy !req
433. Look, from now on,
I'll try to relax.Copy !req
434. I'll try to eat better.Copy !req
435. Julius, if you are
not in this house,Copy !req
436. this place will fall apart.Copy !req
437. And then,
the next thing you know,Copy !req
438. our kids will wind up
in the streets.Copy !req
439. Drew may wind up in jail,Copy !req
440. then I'm going to lose my job
going to his court cases.Copy !req
441. And you know
I'm going to doCopy !req
442. what I have to do
to make ends meet.Copy !req
443. And if you think I'm going
to jail for welfare fraud,Copy !req
444. you got another thing coming.Copy !req
445. So, yes, Julius, we really,
really need to think about this.Copy !req
446. We need to know
what we got to do.Copy !req
447. We'll do what we always do:
deal with it.Copy !req
448. I love you.Copy !req
449. We'll make it work.
My father never did change
his diet.Copy !req
450. He didn't do yoga,Copy !req
451. never took up golfing,
didn't even get a hammock.Copy !req
452. What he did was find one
of the cheapest,Copy !req
453. medically approved ways
of reducing stress:Copy !req
454. earplugs.Copy !req
455. I love you so much, baby.Copy !req
456. Can I get that
massage, now?Copy !req
457. You want a six-iron
upside your head?Copy !req
458. Yes!Copy !req
459. WhatCopy !req
460. I did it, I got it!
What?Copy !req
461. I can dance like Billy Ocean—
I can do the moonwalk.Copy !req
462. Billy Ocean?Copy !req
463. I thought Michael Jackson
did the moonwalk.Copy !req
464. Michael Jackson stole it.Copy !req
465. Uh-oh. Uh-oh!Copy !req
466. Look at her.Copy !req
467. Whoo!Copy !req
468. Yeah, that's my girl.Copy !req
469. The hardest thing
about winning at any costCopy !req
470. is that sometimes
that price gets way too high.Copy !req
471. I was already paying
that price,Copy !req
472. but I didn't know
that Greg was, too.Copy !req
473. Hey.
Hey.Copy !req
474. What happened?Copy !req
475. You don't want to know.Copy !req
476. If I was going to get
my friend back,Copy !req
477. I knew I had to get
out of my comfort zoneCopy !req
478. and do something bold.Copy !req
479. I'm sorry.Copy !req
480. About what?Copy !req
481. About everything.Copy !req
482. I just wanted things
to be different.Copy !req
483. Sometimes, I think you
don't know how it is for me.Copy !req
484. You might think I'm different,Copy !req
485. but I'm not, not really.Copy !req
486. I don't get this.Copy !req
487. Caruso tore them down.Copy !req
488. And when everyone got here
tomorrow,Copy !req
489. they were going to blame you
and ruin your campaign.Copy !req
490. I wouldn't help, so Caruso
kicked me off his ticket.Copy !req
491. Hey.Copy !req
492. It's okay, leave them.Copy !req
493. Not going to make
any difference.Copy !req
494. What do you mean?Copy !req
495. I'm going to drop out.Copy !req
496. I didn't know
it would be like this.Copy !req
497. I didn't know
it would be this hard.Copy !req
498. I didn't want to win
an election and lose a friend.Copy !req
499. No, you have
to stay in.Copy !req
500. What for?
"What for?"Copy !req
501. Because you're not just
doing this for yourself,Copy !req
502. you're doing it for us.Copy !req
503. You said it yourself.Copy !req
504. You're tired of us
being pushed around.Copy !req
505. You're tired of people
always making fun of us.Copy !req
506. Remember? You're not
going to take it anymore.Copy !req
507. That's what you said.Copy !req
508. Later that year,
Oprah ran into Greg at Kmart.Copy !req
509. He gave her the same speech,
and the rest is history.Copy !req
510. I don't want to run without you,
and together, we can't win.Copy !req
511. Who cares?Copy !req
512. Run with DiPaolo.Copy !req
513. Let me be your
campaign manager.Copy !req
514. Campaign manager?Copy !req
515. Yeah. We can do this.Copy !req
516. I'll manipulate
the press corps.Copy !req
517. I'll contact the
foreign media outlets.Copy !req
518. Greg? It's the eighth grade.Copy !req
519. So are you in?Copy !req
520. Let's do this.Copy !req
521. Taking charge wasn't as easy
as it sounded,Copy !req
522. but I was going to run
for president,Copy !req
523. and if nothing else,
I finally had some dignity.Copy !req