1. Shall I continue to delay dinner, madam?Copy !req
2. Yes, Geoffrey. I don't know where he is.
He's never late without calling.Copy !req
3. - Do you think Daddy's all right?
- It's awfully late, Mom.Copy !req
4. Okay, let's not jump to any conclusions.
We're all worried, but let's—Copy !req
5. Bill Cosby has a streetwise niece
coming on his show.Copy !req
6. That should be decent.Copy !req
7. - I'm home.
- Daddy.Copy !req
8. - Philip, where have you been?
- I was at the office.Copy !req
9. I'm sorry I didn't call, but I wanted
to rush home with the great news.Copy !req
10. What is the highest recognition...Copy !req
11. a self-made Black professional
can receive?Copy !req
12. A raise!Copy !req
13. No, darling, it's not a raise.Copy !req
14. I'm getting the Urban Spirit Award.Copy !req
15. Hilary, don't be so shortsighted.Copy !req
16. This award is an honor
which leads to prestige...Copy !req
17. which leads to cash.Copy !req
18. The community leaders
are recognizing me...Copy !req
19. for helping our brothers
and sisters on the streets.Copy !req
20. The only time you're on the streets...Copy !req
21. is when you're waiting
for the valet to bring your car around.Copy !req
22. Is that so, son? Let me tell you something.Copy !req
23. The '63 March on Washington?
I was there.Copy !req
24. The '65 demonstrations at Selma,
I was there.Copy !req
25. The '65 Watts Riots, I was there, too.Copy !req
26. Seems to me every place you go,
trouble follows.Copy !req
27. Your uncle deserves this award.
He's fought a lot of discrimination cases.Copy !req
28. He's prosecuted slumlords.
He's started scholarship funds.Copy !req
29. All that and he still found time
to vote for Reagan. Twice.Copy !req
30. Thank you, sweetheart.Copy !req
31. It wouldn't be bad if you could remember
some of that when the reporter gets here.Copy !req
32. - Reporter?
- Photographer? New dress.Copy !req
33. All right, you can have a new dress.
I want you all to look your best...Copy !req
34. for the newspaper interview
and the awards banquet.Copy !req
35. Daddy, this is wonderful.
Two new dresses.Copy !req
36. Have you called your parents?Copy !req
37. You bet. They're taking the next plane out.Copy !req
38. Great. Grandma and Grandpa
are coming to visit.Copy !req
39. Toys.Copy !req
40. Oh, yeah. That's it. Come on, Ash.
Rock this funky joint, baby.Copy !req
41. Come on, Ash. Less like George Michael,
more like Hammer. Come on.Copy !req
42. That's it. Baby, you got to put
some more butt into it.Copy !req
43. That's it. Yeah.Copy !req
44. Excuse me,
but Grandma and Grandpa are here.Copy !req
45. I just saw the cab pull up the driveway.Copy !req
46. - Grandpa.
- Sweet potato.Copy !req
47. - Grandma.
- Ashley, sweetie. My, how you've grown.Copy !req
48. Hilary, sweetie. My, how you've grown.Copy !req
49. Carlton, sweetie. Hi.Copy !req
50. Grandma, Grandpa, this is my cousin Will.Copy !req
51. Hi, Will. Your uncle told us all about you.Copy !req
52. I don't know, Hattie.
He don't look like the devil incarnate.Copy !req
53. Thanks. So, how was the flight
from Baltimore?Copy !req
54. - Baltimore?
- That's where Uncle Phil's from, right?Copy !req
55. He moved there when he was 16,
but he was born and raised in Yamacraw.Copy !req
56. - Yamacraw?
- North Carolina.Copy !req
57. I can't believe Zeke
never mentioned his hometown.Copy !req
58. Zeke?Copy !req
59. Mama. Pop.Copy !req
60. Hey, Uncle Zeke.Copy !req
61. - Give your old man a hug.
- Okay, Pop.Copy !req
62. Am I tripping, or does this remind you
of the last episode of Family Ties?Copy !req
63. Daddy, didn't I send you money
for a new suit?Copy !req
64. You're looking at it.
When you sent that money...Copy !req
65. me and my buddy Leroy
went down to the dry goods store...Copy !req
66. and we each got a suit, a fishing rod,
and some radial tires.Copy !req
67. Well, I guess I better
get to fixing supper. Geoffrey.Copy !req
68. This is what I'll be needing.Copy !req
69. "One pound of lard...Copy !req
70. "four handfuls poke greens...Copy !req
71. "and a big old slab of fatback."Copy !req
72. Now, if it comes to more than $1,
they're cheating you.Copy !req
73. We are going to have pork chops,
collard greens...Copy !req
74. baked macaroni, and sweet potato pie.Copy !req
75. Have mercy!Copy !req
76. Grandma, Grandpa,
you want to go see our swimming pool?Copy !req
77. That's a good idea.Copy !req
78. Growing up, my Zeke always did love
our swimming hole.Copy !req
79. He would strip down
to his birthday suit and dive right in.Copy !req
80. Granny, please. It's almost dinnertime.Copy !req
81. He just loved his skinny-dipping,
him and Melvin.Copy !req
82. Melvin.Copy !req
83. I don't think we want to hear anything—Copy !req
84. Au contraire, Dad.
The Melvin stories are priceless.Copy !req
85. - So, Melvin was like his best friend?
- Melvin was his pig.Copy !req
86. I have plenty stories about my Zeke.Copy !req
87. - Are any of them humiliating stories?
- The best ones are.Copy !req
88. Let's start with those.Copy !req
89. It's 3:00 in the morning, Will.Copy !req
90. - How did you see me?
- Mama knows.Copy !req
91. Look, Granny, please don't tell Uncle Phil.
I'm just a little bit past my curfew.Copy !req
92. How much is a little?Copy !req
93. Let's just say I went out
after I was supposed to be in.Copy !req
94. - Don't do it again.
- All right. What are you doing up so late?Copy !req
95. Child, I had to get up
and get breakfast started.Copy !req
96. I don't know what you all got
that Geoffrey for.Copy !req
97. - Five-card draw?
- Yeah, I'm with it.Copy !req
98. Granny, I really like you. You and Grandpa,
you have fun. You tell jokes.Copy !req
99. - You all bust me up.
- Thank you, son.Copy !req
100. Hey, look, Granny, it's late,
everybody's asleep.Copy !req
101. You can level with me.
Uncle Phil's adopted, right?Copy !req
102. Now, we're real proud of Zeke.Copy !req
103. Did you know he won the Young Farmers
of America Pig Raising trophy?Copy !req
104. No, I didn't know that, but I'd love
to have some details about that.Copy !req
105. Won it four years running.
They had to retire his slop bucket.Copy !req
106. Slop bucket? I can't wait till he wakes up.Copy !req
107. Respect your elders, son.Copy !req
108. See, I beat you.Copy !req
109. You know, he was the first
Black president of the Young Farmers.Copy !req
110. - Was that like a big thing?
- Oh, my, yes!Copy !req
111. I beat you again.Copy !req
112. You know, then, we also
had those White rest rooms?Copy !req
113. Yeah.Copy !req
114. I remember this one time
we was downtown...Copy !req
115. and Zeke had had too much lemonade...Copy !req
116. and suddenly he just lit out from me...Copy !req
117. and split right into that White rest room.Copy !req
118. They told him to leave,
but little Zeke just stood his ground.Copy !req
119. Uncle Phil did that?Copy !req
120. Look here, I beat you again.Copy !req
121. All right, that reporter's going to be here
any minute.Copy !req
122. Does everybody remember
what they're supposed to say?Copy !req
123. - Hilary?
- Yes, Daddy.Copy !req
124. - Ashley?
- Yes, Daddy.Copy !req
125. Vivian?Copy !req
126. What is this, the von Trapp family?Copy !req
127. I'm not about to parrot compliments
for the benefit of some reporter.Copy !req
128. Let's not be naive, Vivian.
I've dealt with the press before.Copy !req
129. if you don't rehearse what you're going
to say, they eat you alive.Copy !req
130. Carlton?Copy !req
131. At the forefront
of the civil rights movement.Copy !req
132. You were asleep, son.Copy !req
133. Sorry, Dad. All of Grandma's pies
last night...Copy !req
134. and waffles this morning.Copy !req
135. I just crashed. I've got the sugar blues.
I'm this close to a crying jag.Copy !req
136. Ms. Melissa Klein, sir.Copy !req
137. LA Press, "Urban Beat."Copy !req
138. I'd like you to meet my family.
My wife Vivian...Copy !req
139. my son Carlton,
my daughters Hilary and Ashley.Copy !req
140. Pleased to meet you.
So where's the photographer?Copy !req
141. - Your father sent a picture in already.
- Am I in it?Copy !req
142. - Yes, you are.
- Am I pretty?Copy !req
143. Let's begin the interview, shall we?Copy !req
144. Mr. Banks, you're best known
as the lawyer...Copy !req
145. who won the landmark
housing discrimination case...Copy !req
146. Winston vs. Jones...Copy !req
147. but our readers want to know
about Philip Banks the man.Copy !req
148. Well, I really don't like
to blow my own horn.Copy !req
149. Growing up on the mean streets
of Baltimore, Maryland...Copy !req
150. Philip Banks overcame great obstacles...Copy !req
151. to win a scholarship
to Princeton University in 1963.Copy !req
152. You know, Hilary, Princeton
was the turning point in Philip Banks' life.Copy !req
153. It was then that he developed
an interest in law...Copy !req
154. and distinguished himself
as a fine student...Copy !req
155. earning himself a place
at Harvard Law School.Copy !req
156. That's right, Carlton.Copy !req
157. But did you know that Philip Banks,
in addition to becoming a partner...Copy !req
158. of the prestigious law firm
of Furth, Wynn, and Meyer...Copy !req
159. remained active in the field of civil rights...Copy !req
160. culminating in his crowning achievement
in 1975...Copy !req
161. when he was elected
to the board of the ASPCA.Copy !req
162. ASPCA?Copy !req
163. I think Ashley means NAACP.Copy !req
164. Sorry, Daddy.Copy !req
165. After living in Bel-Air,
it was great to spend time at Disneyland...Copy !req
166. to get back to reality.Copy !req
167. Joe, it's 7:30.
We're getting to be a couple of night owls.Copy !req
168. Yes, ma'am.
We better go put ourselves to bed.Copy !req
169. Honey, I'm with you. Good night, honey.Copy !req
170. Feature desk, please. Jake? Melissa.Copy !req
171. Look, I'm having second thoughts
about this Philip Banks piece.Copy !req
172. It's just one long, boring resume.Copy !req
173. For a while there, I thought
I had an angle about the ASPCA...Copy !req
174. but that turned out to be a blind alley.Copy !req
175. I'm telling you, this man's life is boring.
His own son kept nodding out.Copy !req
176. We better kill the story. Okay. Bye.Copy !req
177. Hold up, lady.Copy !req
178. My uncle has been
looking forward to this all week.Copy !req
179. if you kill that story, he's gonna get mad.Copy !req
180. if he gets mad,
the heat comes down on me.Copy !req
181. Look, kid. You got to wake up
and smell the java. Your uncle's dull. Dull!Copy !req
182. Dull? Sweetheart,
that's one thing my uncle is not.Copy !req
183. Max out, lady.
I got a couple of stories for you.Copy !req
184. Oh, dear.Copy !req
185. - Good, Geoffrey. You got the paper.
- Yes, madam.Copy !req
186. Make sure you buy the 100 copies
that Mr. Banks wanted.Copy !req
187. Before we make such an investment,
perhaps it might be wise...Copy !req
188. for you to peruse
the contents of this article.Copy !req
189. Oh, dear.Copy !req
190. Geoffrey, how on earth did they
get a hold of all these stories?Copy !req
191. Madam, the press is made up
of a very low type of person.Copy !req
192. You see what they've done to Fergie.Copy !req
193. - Vivian, is it in the morning paper?
- Yeah.Copy !req
194. Good. You got the paper.Copy !req
195. Why don't you have
your morning coffee first, sir?Copy !req
196. That's perfect. I'll have my coffee,
and you can read it to me, Geoffrey.Copy !req
197. Yes, sir.Copy !req
198. "Local lawyer wins prestigious award."Copy !req
199. It goes on from there.Copy !req
200. - Goes on to what?
- Just details, really.Copy !req
201. - I'll just recycle this.
- Give it to me.Copy !req
202. "The coveted Urban Spirit Award...Copy !req
203. "given to Los Angeles'
outstanding Black leaders...Copy !req
204. "will be presented tonight
to distinguished attorney Philip Banks."Copy !req
205. This is well-written.Copy !req
206. "Known to his barnyard companions
as Zeke...Copy !req
207. "Banks is no stranger to accolades.Copy !req
208. "This ex-hog-handler...Copy !req
209. "slopped his way to the top
with the help of his trusted companion...Copy !req
210. "Melvin the pig."Copy !req
211. Who is responsible for this?Copy !req
212. Hey, Uncle Zeke.
I got your 100 black and whites.Copy !req
213. I can't believe this. How did they get
all these stories about the pig?Copy !req
214. All right, I wasn't going to tell you, but...Copy !req
215. - You!
- Will, honey...Copy !req
216. run.Copy !req
217. - What did I do?
- What did you do?Copy !req
218. - You destroyed my image.
- I didn't destroy nothing.Copy !req
219. Of course you did. Look at that story.Copy !req
220. I have to walk
into that banquet room tonight...Copy !req
221. filled with people who'll think I'm nothing
but a hog-handling hick from Yamacraw.Copy !req
222. - But that is where you come from, Zeke.
- Mama.Copy !req
223. - I was just having a few words with Will.
- And I'm having a few words with you.Copy !req
224. What have you got to be ashamed of?Copy !req
225. We always put food on the table
and clothes on your back.Copy !req
226. Mama, I'm not ashamed.Copy !req
227. There are just certain aspects of my life
I don't wish emphasized.Copy !req
228. Where I come from
they call that being ashamed...Copy !req
229. Mr. Big Shot!Copy !req
230. Mother, you look very nice
in your dress tonight.Copy !req
231. - Did you enjoy the limousine ride, Pop?
- You bet. I went—Copy !req
232. Hattie, aren't you going to talk at all?Copy !req
233. Come on. We're mature adults.
Refusing to speak won't solve anything.Copy !req
234. - That's right, Uncle Phil.
- I'm not talking to you.Copy !req
235. Philip, Vivian, congratulations.Copy !req
236. Yes, we're all quite proud of you
at the office, old man.Copy !req
237. Thank you.
I'd like you to meet my parents.Copy !req
238. Hattie and Joe Banks,
Henry and Margaret Furth.Copy !req
239. Ma'am, would you like the salmon
or chateaubriand?Copy !req
240. We don't want to be a bother.
We'll just hang on to these empty plates.Copy !req
241. Thank you kindly.Copy !req
242. Are you sure you don't want
any of the food?Copy !req
243. We don't want to impose.
We'll just fade into the background.Copy !req
244. - Breast or wing?
- I think I'll have a wing, thank you.Copy !req
245. Got any okra casserole?Copy !req
246. - Coming up.
- Granny.Copy !req
247. You know how much Uncle Phil
likes his mama's okra casserole.Copy !req
248. - Why don't you ask him if he wants some?
- It ain't going to work, Will.Copy !req
249. What is this interesting melange?
It smells divine.Copy !req
250. Just plain old okra and tomato, honey.Copy !req
251. Delicious. Try that, Henry.Copy !req
252. Outstanding. Do we have any biscuits?Copy !req
253. I hope they're still hot.Copy !req
254. Can I say something please?Copy !req
255. I just know that at a time like this...Copy !req
256. my uncle Phil is extremely happy to have
his two loving parents here with him.Copy !req
257. I can feel the love at this table.Copy !req
258. Parents?Copy !req
259. To hear him tell it, he just sprung
full-grown from the ground...Copy !req
260. and we had nothing to do with it.Copy !req
261. Yes, he just sprung up
like a big old eggplant.Copy !req
262. Excuse me.Copy !req
263. - Excuse me, sir. Aren't you Philip Banks?
- Yes.Copy !req
264. You're the hog-slopping lawyer.Copy !req
265. I saw your picture in the paper
this morning.Copy !req
266. ls Melvin going to be here tonight?Copy !req
267. No, Melvin eschews these type of events.Copy !req
268. I'm the same way.Copy !req
269. What are you doing in here, Uncle Phil?Copy !req
270. Is this for your own information,
or will this be in USA Today?Copy !req
271. Come on, I'm sorry I made you mad.Copy !req
272. The reporter was gonna trash the article
until I gave her those pig stories.Copy !req
273. Yes. Everyone loves those
amusing little agricultural anecdotes.Copy !req
274. I guess it never occurred to you
that they'd make me look like a fool.Copy !req
275. Uncle Phil, your plaid golf shorts
make you look like a fool.Copy !req
276. Those stories make you look great.Copy !req
277. You did a lot for Black people
that I didn't even know.Copy !req
278. I raised a pig
for the Young Farmers Association.Copy !req
279. Puts me right up there
with Martin Luther King.Copy !req
280. You were the first Black president.
That's something.Copy !req
281. And what about
the Whites only rest room?Copy !req
282. In case my mother
didn't make it painfully clear...Copy !req
283. I wasn't trying to prove a point.Copy !req
284. - I went in there because I really had to go.
- I see a whole lot of that.Copy !req
285. I mean, look, Uncle Phil,
it's just like Rosa Parks.Copy !req
286. When she sat in the front of the bus,
she wasn't doing it to prove a point either.Copy !req
287. She did it 'cause her feet hurt.Copy !req
288. They told her to leave, and she didn't.
Neither did you.Copy !req
289. I must be kidding myself.
I had it all planned out.Copy !req
290. There was my family,
all lined up to meet the press.Copy !req
291. There I was, with my perfect image.Copy !req
292. Philip Banks pulled himself up
from the streets with his own bootstraps.Copy !req
293. The only problem was,
I didn't have it that hard.Copy !req
294. I had two parents who loved me
and were always there for me...Copy !req
295. and worked hard to make sure
I'd have everything they never had.Copy !req
296. I mean, why are you worried
so much about your image?Copy !req
297. The truth sounds real good to me.Copy !req
298. I don't think my mother
will ever forgive me.Copy !req
299. Man, you must be tripping.
Granny's great. Just explain it to her.Copy !req
300. Will, there's something you have to learn.Copy !req
301. Sometimes parents just don't understand.Copy !req
302. In addition to the civil rights cases
he has won as an attorney...Copy !req
303. Philip Banks is a community leader,
an unsparing philanthropist...Copy !req
304. and a role model to all citizens.Copy !req
305. Ladies and gentlemen, Philip Banks.Copy !req
306. Thank you.Copy !req
307. I grew up on the streets of Baltimore.Copy !req
308. But I was born on a farm in Yamacraw,
North Carolina.Copy !req
309. I was one of the lucky ones.Copy !req
310. I had two wonderful parents
who worked hard every day of their lives.Copy !req
311. They couldn't give me
a lot of material things...Copy !req
312. but they gave me morals, courage...Copy !req
313. and most important of all, love.Copy !req
314. I just hope I can give the next generation...Copy !req
315. what my parents gave me.Copy !req
316. I hope he mentions his pig.Copy !req