1. During my first season working
with the football team,Copy !req
2. I had good times.Copy !req
3. Come on, man.
Get in here.Copy !req
4. For real?
Yeah, man.Copy !req
5. You as much a part of this
team as everybody else.Copy !req
6. And I had bad times.Copy !req
7. But I was glad it was over.Copy !req
8. Just because your work
on the field is doneCopy !req
9. doesn't mean your job
with the team is over.Copy !req
10. It's time to start
thinking aboutCopy !req
11. what we do in the field of life.Copy !req
12. So I've signedCopy !req
13. the team up
for community service.Copy !req
14. That's what they used
to call slavery.Copy !req
15. I myself have always been
a big supporter of big brothers.Copy !req
16. She's not talking
about the organization.Copy !req
17. My... you're
a big brother.Copy !req
18. Let's dance.Copy !req
19. So I'm bringing a rep fromCopy !req
20. the Brother from Another Mother
organization to our school!Copy !req
21. Brother from Another Mother?Copy !req
22. Yes, they help match
enfranchised youthCopy !req
23. with disenfranchised youths,Copy !req
24. such as blacks and Latinos,
to help support and guide them.Copy !req
25. Uh-huh.
What if I'm alreadyCopy !req
26. supporting some Latino kids?Copy !req
27. Well, if you're already a
baby daddy, then you're excused.Copy !req
28. Yes!
Do you get extra creditCopy !req
29. if you're a baby granddaddy?Copy !req
30. But the rest of you,
fill out these formsCopy !req
31. so I can set you up
with appointments.Copy !req
32. You, too, Chris.Copy !req
33. If you want to remain
team manager,Copy !req
34. you have to do this.Copy !req
35. Even if all you do
is clean sweaty jockstraps,Copy !req
36. you're just as important
as the quarterback.Copy !req
37. I wish somebody would
let the cheerleaders know.Copy !req
38. It's people like you, Chris,Copy !req
39. that make the ghetto
a better place to live.Copy !req
40. And it's people like you
that get robbed if I don't.Copy !req
41. Captioning sponsored byCopy !req
42. Captioning sponsored byCopy !req
43. I already had a younger brother
from the same mother.Copy !req
44. The last thing I wanted
was one from another mother.Copy !req
45. Being a Brother from Another
Mother is a huge responsibility.Copy !req
46. Your influence
is molding a mind,Copy !req
47. changing the course of a life.Copy !req
48. You could say the same thing
about crack.Copy !req
49. Okay.Copy !req
50. I'm proud to do it.Copy !req
51. That said, I need to evaluateCopy !req
52. your suitability
for this organization.Copy !req
53. No problem.Copy !req
54. Are you sexually active?Copy !req
55. No.Copy !req
56. Now that I'm married,
the answer's still the same.Copy !req
57. Do you own
photographic equipment?Copy !req
58. No.Copy !req
59. Where do you keep your
photographic equipment?Copy !req
60. I don't have
any photographic equipment.Copy !req
61. Have you ever sold
any of your photographs?Copy !req
62. I don't have any photographs.Copy !req
63. Suppose you did.Copy !req
64. Where would you keep them?Copy !req
65. I don't own a camera
or any photographs.Copy !req
66. If your Brother from Another
Mother came to your house,Copy !req
67. what room would you spend
the most time in?Copy !req
68. The living room, I guess.Copy !req
69. Correct.Copy !req
70. How's your relationship
with your father?Copy !req
71. It's fine.Copy !req
72. Where does your father keep
his photographic equipment?Copy !req
73. When he was done getting
answers out of me,Copy !req
74. my family started getting
answers out of a machine.Copy !req
75. I want to leave
the message.Copy !req
76. It has to be
a man's voice.Copy !req
77. Look, I bought it,
I'll leave it.Copy !req
78. Why can't I do it?Copy !req
79. Because everybody hates you.Copy !req
80. Everybody, be quiet.Copy !req
81. I'll leave the message.Copy !req
82. Hello.Copy !req
83. Thank you for calling.Copy !req
84. No one is availableCopy !req
85. to take your call right now.Copy !req
86. At the sound of the tone,Copy !req
87. please leave...
It's a beep.Copy !req
88. What's the difference?Copy !req
89. Some people are tone-deaf,
but nobody's beep-deaf.Copy !req
90. Fine.
Please.Copy !req
91. I'll do it again.
I-I can do it.Copy !req
92. Quiet, shh!Copy !req
93. Shh.Copy !req
94. Hello.Copy !req
95. Thank you for calling.Copy !req
96. No one is available
to take your call right now.Copy !req
97. Please leave a message
at the sound of the beep,Copy !req
98. and we'll get backCopy !req
99. to you as quickly as possible.Copy !req
100. But what if
we don't wantCopy !req
101. to get back to someone
as quickly as possible?Copy !req
102. It means you're a girl.Copy !req
103. Be quiet.Copy !req
104. I'll do it again.Copy !req
105. Shh! Stop moving
so much!
Stop pushing.Copy !req
106. It's not my fault!
His head
is in the way.Copy !req
107. Okay, shh!Copy !req
108. Last time.Copy !req
109. Hello.Copy !req
110. No one is available
to take this call right now.Copy !req
111. Please leave a message
at the sound of the beep.Copy !req
112. See?Copy !req
113. Is that good
for everybody?Copy !req
114. Yeah, that was good.
Yeah.Copy !req
115. You sound like
a white woman.Copy !req
116. Get out of here before I smack
the naps out your hair.Copy !req
117. Now she sounds like
a black woman.Copy !req
118. If it's a murder...Copy !req
119. When I was growing up,Copy !req
120. talk shows were usually hosted
by old white men.Copy !req
121. Mike Douglas, Phil Donahue,Copy !req
122. Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett.Copy !req
123. But in 1986, one woman
changed that forever.Copy !req
124. Op-rah Winfrey.Copy !req
125. "How to have
a stronger marriage."Copy !req
126. Hmm.Copy !req
127. And with that,
Oprah's primary fan base,Copy !req
128. married working class men,Copy !req
129. began to take shape.Copy !req
130. Well, I just got assignedCopy !req
131. my Brother from
Another Mother today.Copy !req
132. Hope it's not a big hassle.Copy !req
133. Wish I had one.
I'd love to be a mentor.Copy !req
134. To form a lifelong bond, to know
if I never did another thingCopy !req
135. in my life, I'd have made
a difference in this world.Copy !req
136. Which is why Greg had
the happiest pet turtle.Copy !req
137. Why don't you sign up?Copy !req
138. I own a camera.Copy !req
139. So who's the kid?Copy !req
140. Cleavon Barris.
Where's he live?Copy !req
141. Bed-Stuy, which is weird
'cause I thoughtCopy !req
142. I knew all the kids
in the neighborhood.Copy !req
143. See? All black people
don't know each other.Copy !req
144. That is weird. I thought all
black people knew each other.Copy !req
145. Back at home, my father spent
the afternoon with OprahCopy !req
146. to get ready for an evening
with my mother.Copy !req
147. What's this?Copy !req
148. Flowers from
a white person's garden.Copy !req
149. These are for you.Copy !req
150. For what?Copy !req
151. Because I love you.Copy !req
152. That look means:Copy !req
153. "Okay, what did you do?"Copy !req
154. Okay, what did you do?Copy !req
155. Not this.Copy !req
156. You got to get out
of here, Ashley.Copy !req
157. And give me
those flowers!Copy !req
158. Go, go, go, go, go!Copy !req
159. I didn't do anything.Copy !req
160. I'll get it.Copy !req
161. Uh-da-da-da-da-da.Copy !req
162. The machine will answer it.Copy !req
163. Hello.Copy !req
164. Nobody is available
to take your call right now.Copy !req
165. Please leave a message
at the sound of the beep.Copy !req
166. I wonder who that was.Copy !req
167. Do you?Copy !req
168. Should we go upstairs?
No.Copy !req
169. Did you get fired
from your job, Daddy?
No.Copy !req
170. Did you get fired
from your other job?
No.Copy !req
171. Then who was that on the phone?Copy !req
172. I don't know.Copy !req
173. They didn't leave a message.Copy !req
174. Why not?
I don't know.Copy !req
175. Well, if nothing's wrong,
why are you bringing me flowers?Copy !req
176. I'm just trying to treat you the
way I would want to be treatedCopy !req
177. if I was married to me.Copy !req
178. Now legal in California.Copy !req
179. Hmm.Copy !req
180. That's it?Copy !req
181. Yeah.Copy !req
182. Okay.Copy !req
183. Hey, so does anybody knowCopy !req
184. a kid from around here
named Cleavon Barris?Copy !req
185. No, why?Copy !req
186. I got signed up for that Brother
from Another Mother program,Copy !req
187. and they said he lives
around here,
but I ain't never met him.Copy !req
188. Julius, do you
know of a childCopy !req
189. from another mother
around here named...Copy !req
190. Cleavon Barris? No.Copy !req
191. You remembered his name
pretty quick.Copy !req
192. Yeah, it'd be betterCopy !req
193. to tell now if you do.Copy !req
194. I don't.Copy !req
195. I brought flowers
for your motherCopy !req
196. because I
love her.Copy !req
197. Is that so hard
to believe?Copy !req
198. Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.Copy !req
199. And with that,
my father was the first manCopy !req
200. The Oprah Show
ever got in trouble.Copy !req
201. Meanwhile, finding
a black kid in Bed-StuyCopy !req
202. was like trying to find
a needle in a needle stack.Copy !req
203. James?Copy !req
204. James, who that
at the door?Copy !req
205. James?Copy !req
206. Hey, Chris.
What you doing here?Copy !req
207. I'm looking for Cleavon Barris.Copy !req
208. Close that door,
you hear me?Copy !req
209. What you know about Cleavon?Copy !req
210. I'm supposed to be his Brother
from Another Mother.Copy !req
211. I used to know Cleavon,
back in the day.Copy !req
212. See, Cleavon,
he had some problems,Copy !req
213. but me, James,
I ain't have those problems.Copy !req
214. You hear what I'm saying?Copy !req
215. You're Cleavon?Copy !req
216. Hey, keep it down, man.Copy !req
217. My mother
must haveCopy !req
218. signed me— I mean, Cleavon—
up for it.Copy !req
219. But since I'm not Cleavon,
I ain't doing it.Copy !req
220. Well, the principal
signed me upCopy !req
221. so I got to do it.Copy !req
222. Well, that's between
you and Cleavon.Copy !req
223. And don't come back around here
looking for him no more.Copy !req
224. That's what Tupac does
every time somebody finds him.Copy !req
225. Just because James didn't want
a Brother from Another Mother,Copy !req
226. didn't mean he wasn't
going to get one.Copy !req
227. James.Copy !req
228. What you want?Copy !req
229. Look, I know you don't want
to do this any more than I do.Copy !req
230. But if we work together,Copy !req
231. we won't have to be
anywhere near each other.Copy !req
232. Worked for Shaq and Kobe.Copy !req
233. So what you
want me to do?Copy !req
234. Well, if anybody asks,Copy !req
235. you just say we were
with each other.Copy !req
236. That's clever.Copy !req
237. I ain't know you had it in you.Copy !req
238. I thought you were
a punk, a chump,Copy !req
239. a sissy, a
mama's boy...Copy !req
240. All right, all right.Copy !req
241. We got a deal?Copy !req
242. Deal.Copy !req
243. Vanessa's out for a week?Copy !req
244. I wonder why she didn't call me.Copy !req
245. Well, I tried calling you
last night to let you knowCopy !req
246. I was filling in, but, um,
I must've had the wrong number,Copy !req
247. 'cause some white lady answered
the phone, and I just hung up.Copy !req
248. Oh, no. That was me.Copy !req
249. See, we got a new
answering machine,Copy !req
250. and that's my phone voice.Copy !req
251. Phone voice, white voice.Copy !req
252. Same thing.Copy !req
253. Michael, what you doing here?Copy !req
254. I come to see my baby.Copy !req
255. Pam.Copy !req
256. Hmm?Copy !req
257. These are for you.Copy !req
258. Oh, so sweet.Copy !req
259. What are these for?Copy !req
260. I'm just trying to treat you
the way I would wantCopy !req
261. to be treated if I was
trying to date me.Copy !req
262. Then why didn't you bring her
a greasy bucket of gizzards?Copy !req
263. That is the sweetest thing
I ever heard.Copy !req
264. I'm gonna see you later tonight
for dinner?
Mm-hmm.Copy !req
265. Smoked pork chop?
Mm-hmm.Copy !req
266. Everything?
Yeah.Copy !req
267. Mmm, sweet.
Hey, Chelle,Copy !req
268. tell Big Man I saidCopy !req
269. "Big Man!"Copy !req
270. Don't forget the rice,
now, baby.Copy !req
271. Hi, everybody.Copy !req
272. Hi, Youngju.Copy !req
273. Oh.Copy !req
274. I'll see you later.Copy !req
275. More flowers.Copy !req
276. That's a coincidence.Copy !req
277. What did he say?Copy !req
278. He said he was just trying
to treat me the wayCopy !req
279. he would want to be treated
if he was dating himself.Copy !req
280. The flowers are rigged
with explosives.Copy !req
281. No, no, no, no, no.Copy !req
282. That's one coincidenceCopy !req
283. too many.Copy !req
284. Julius bought me flowers
and said the same thingCopy !req
285. that they said to y'all.Copy !req
286. I don't know what's
going on around here,Copy !req
287. but I guarantee you,
I'm about to find out.Copy !req
288. When my mother got suspicious,Copy !req
289. she never asked what
she wanted to know.Copy !req
290. She waited to see
what you would tell.Copy !req
291. What, no flowers today?Copy !req
292. You know, I don't want to do
the same thing every day.Copy !req
293. Yeah, that's right,
because if you were me,Copy !req
294. you wouldn't want them.Copy !req
295. Huh?Copy !req
296. Oh, that's what you said.Copy !req
297. It was very nice.Copy !req
298. Did you think of all of that
by yourself?Copy !req
299. Straight from the heart.Copy !req
300. And right in the back.Copy !req
301. I'll get it.Copy !req
302. No.Copy !req
303. Let the machine get it.Copy !req
304. Mind letting me
put the message on?Copy !req
305. Hi. Nobody's home
right now.Copy !req
306. Leave a message,
and we'll call you back.Copy !req
307. How come people keep calling
and not leaving messages?Copy !req
308. Hey, hey...Copy !req
309. Hey!Copy !req
310. What y'all doing here?Copy !req
311. We live here.
What are you doing here?Copy !req
312. Did you just pick our lock
with a credit card?Copy !req
313. And where did he get
a credit card?Copy !req
314. This?Copy !req
315. Nah. This was an accident.Copy !req
316. I thought this
was my house.Copy !req
317. You live across the street.Copy !req
318. Sorry, man.Copy !req
319. I'm dyslexic.Copy !req
320. Hey, um...Copy !req
321. I didn't mean
to interrupt.Copy !req
322. Just going to leave.Copy !req
323. You do that.Copy !req
324. Okay, Drew, after dinner,
you leave the message.Copy !req
325. Cool.Copy !req
326. While my father was keeping
Oprah from my mother,Copy !req
327. she was getting
to every other man in town.Copy !req
328. From the guys
who were white-collar...Copy !req
329. Stop it, y'all,
Oprah's on!Copy !req
330. to guys who got collared.Copy !req
331. Every man in town
was watching Oprah.Copy !req
332. I guess that's a coincidence,
too.Copy !req
333. Meanwhile my father
wasn't the only oneCopy !req
334. trying to keep something
undercover.Copy !req
335. Chris, just the man
I want to see.Copy !req
336. How are things going
with Cleavon?Copy !req
337. Cleavon?Copy !req
338. Oh, yeah, great.Copy !req
339. What kinds of things have
you been enjoying together?Copy !req
340. A lot of stuff.Copy !req
341. And the lying-through-your-
teeth award goes to...Copy !req
342. We worked on an art project
the other day.Copy !req
343. We also spent some time
with the disabled.Copy !req
344. And later on today,
we're going to go hang outCopy !req
345. with some neighborhood kids.Copy !req
346. Don't drop me please!
No, I'll pay, I swear!Copy !req
347. No, no, please!Copy !req
348. Let me go!
Let me go, please! I'll pay!Copy !req
349. Please, don't drop me!Copy !req
350. Well, that's great.
We can discuss it more
at your interview.Copy !req
351. You want us here together?Copy !req
352. 3:00 p.m. See you tomorrow.Copy !req
353. No, he won't.Copy !req
354. I put the word out
on the streetCopy !req
355. that I was looking for James,Copy !req
356. and, unfortunately,
the street answered back.Copy !req
357. Hey, Chris.Copy !req
358. He could have just said,
"Follow me."Copy !req
359. You wearing a wire?Copy !req
360. No!Copy !req
361. No one ever waits
for the answerCopy !req
362. before ripping your shirt open.Copy !req
363. Then why are you looking
for people then, man?Copy !req
364. What, you supposed
to be a detective?Copy !req
365. You Spenser for Hire,
Magnum PI?Copy !req
366. No, I just need James to come
with me to school tomorrow.Copy !req
367. It's for this Brother from
Another Mother program.Copy !req
368. Wait... didn't you used to be
Wayne Gretzky's bodyguard?Copy !req
369. James pays better.Copy !req
370. I thought we had
an understanding.Copy !req
371. We do. It's just that
the organization checks up.Copy !req
372. They want to talk to both
of us tomorrow in school.Copy !req
373. Like I said...Copy !req
374. next time you find me,Copy !req
375. you're gonna end up
getting found.Copy !req
376. James was tough,
but he was still 12.Copy !req
377. Listen here, little boy,
I ain't got time for this.Copy !req
378. You don't show up at school
with me tomorrow,Copy !req
379. I'm gonna call
your mother.Copy !req
380. All right, man. Dag.Copy !req
381. While I was getting James
to step up,Copy !req
382. my mother was getting
the lowdown.Copy !req
383. Hey, little dude's father
from across the street,Copy !req
384. I just saw Oprah today.Copy !req
385. You were right:
that's a bad woman.Copy !req
386. Anyway, I'll talk to you later.Copy !req
387. Look, I don't know what
he's going to ask us,Copy !req
388. so let me take the lead.Copy !req
389. Whatever I say,
just agree.Copy !req
390. Chill out, man.
Got this.Copy !req
391. Cleavon?Copy !req
392. Oh, hello, Mr. Perkins.Copy !req
393. Oh, take a seat, Chris.Copy !req
394. I'll be out
for you in a bit.Copy !req
395. Wait, we're not going
in together?Copy !req
396. No. I take you in
one at a time—Copy !req
397. make sure you're doing
the things you say you're doing.Copy !req
398. Whatever questions
they ask James,Copy !req
399. I hope I had the same answers,Copy !req
400. or I was going
to have to answerCopy !req
401. a whole other set of questions.Copy !req
402. Oh, Chris.Copy !req
403. From what Cleavon tells me,Copy !req
404. you two are what the program
is all about.Copy !req
405. Fraud and deception?Copy !req
406. We are?Copy !req
407. Yeah, man.
We are.Copy !req
408. Anyway,Copy !req
409. here are the flyers
for the carnival.Copy !req
410. It's a fundraiser.Copy !req
411. The donors like to see
the brothers together.Copy !req
412. It's a big photo op,
so I'll need you both there.Copy !req
413. Okay, we'll be there.Copy !req
414. Keep up the good work, boys.Copy !req
415. We take your little
buddy photo and that's it.Copy !req
416. After that, I'm done.Copy !req
417. He wasn't the only one.Copy !req
418. Hey, baby.Copy !req
419. Who the hell is Oprah?Copy !req
420. That was the last time
those words were ever spoken.Copy !req
421. Baby, I...Copy !req
422. Uh-uh.Copy !req
423. Before you explain,
I want you to listenCopy !req
424. so we're very clear onCopy !req
425. what you need to tell me.Copy !req
426. Hey,Copy !req
427. little dude's father
from across the street,Copy !req
428. man, I just saw Oprah today.Copy !req
429. You were right:
that's a bad woman.Copy !req
430. Anyway, I'll talk to you later.Copy !req
431. Baby, Oprah is a talk show host.Copy !req
432. You're supposed to be
working two jobsCopy !req
433. and sleeping during the day.Copy !req
434. Exactly when do you have time
and where do you goCopy !req
435. to meet this talk show hoCopy !req
436. I don't know her.
I-I watch her.Copy !req
437. She's in Chicago.Copy !req
438. She's on every day.Copy !req
439. Look.Copy !req
440. Every day.Copy !req
441. See?Copy !req
442. Okay.Copy !req
443. What's in the bag?Copy !req
444. I'm throwing out your makeup.Copy !req
445. You're doing what?Copy !req
446. Oprah said you don't have
to paint your face for me.Copy !req
447. I love you just the way you are.Copy !req
448. Oprah doesn't know what
I look like without my makeup!Copy !req
449. And neither does my father.Copy !req
450. Julius, baby,Copy !req
451. do you know what's in this bag?Copy !req
452. Rochelle is in this bag!Copy !req
453. See, here's
Rochelle's lips,Copy !req
454. here's her eyelashes,
her complexion,Copy !req
455. her cheeks, her fingernails!Copy !req
456. Julius,Copy !req
457. I don't know
what Oprah's saying,Copy !req
458. but she's giving out
very dangerous information.Copy !req
459. Baby, there are
certain thingsCopy !req
460. that men just don't need
to know about women.Copy !req
461. Like everything.Copy !req
462. I'm sorry.Copy !req
463. I just wanted to let you know
you're good enough for me.Copy !req
464. Even if your face
is inside this bag.Copy !req
465. Thank you.Copy !req
466. I appreciate that.Copy !req
467. Baby, you really want
to do something for me?Copy !req
468. Anything.Copy !req
469. Stop watching Oprah.Copy !req
470. That's how Oprah's audience
turned fromCopy !req
471. all men to all women.Copy !req
472. And that's how the message on
our answering machine became...Copy !req
473. We're not home right now.Copy !req
474. Leave a message after the beep.Copy !req
475. Hey, Jerome.
Hey!Copy !req
476. Man, I-I was just...Copy !req
477. I know what you were doing.Copy !req
478. Just take the answering machine
and get out.Copy !req
479. He still came back later
to try and steal the TV.Copy !req
480. While my father was getting
our answering machine stolen,Copy !req
481. I was getting my picture taken.Copy !req
482. I'm so proud.Copy !req
483. Every single one of you
completed his community service.Copy !req
484. Way to go, Chris.Copy !req
485. The ghetto
owes you one.Copy !req
486. Okay, big smile.Copy !req
487. All right, everybody,
go have fun!Copy !req
488. James.Copy !req
489. You know you can stay
for a while if you want to.Copy !req
490. What for?Copy !req
491. It's a carnival. It's fun.Copy !req
492. It's not like we got them
on the block.Copy !req
493. After all was said and done,Copy !req
494. I found out a few things
about James.Copy !req
495. His real name was Cleavon.Copy !req
496. He was raised by the streets.Copy !req
497. And he was still
a 12-year-old kid.Copy !req
498. All right, man, dag.Copy !req
499. You act like you're
my big brother for real.Copy !req
500. And I'm not petting
no farm animals.Copy !req
501. He was also allergic to goats.Copy !req
502. Hey, this was
pretty cool.Copy !req
503. Cool.Copy !req
504. Look what I got.Copy !req
505. Man, you won that?Copy !req
506. I didn't say
I won it.Copy !req
507. I said I got it.Copy !req
508. Here.Copy !req
509. This for you.Copy !req
510. Thanks.Copy !req
511. At that moment,Copy !req
512. I thought that
deep down James wasCopy !req
513. a decent person who had a good
shot of making it in life.Copy !req
514. That's him!Copy !req
515. The one with
the jacket.Copy !req
516. I thought wrong.Copy !req