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♪
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ADULT DEAN: Before texts
and e-mails, writing letters
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was the primary way for a 12-year-old
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to stay in contact with someone...
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that and a rotary phone with a cord
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that hopefully
stretched into your bedroom.
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♪
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But I couldn't call
my older brother Bruce,
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who was in Vietnam.
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I was good at writing, though,
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and letters were our special thing.
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He'd tell me about the people he'd met
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and the foods he was trying,
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and I'd tell him all about
the exciting things in my life.
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DEAN: "And then I spit,
and it went further than Cory's spit,
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so I won the bet!"
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Okay, so, my life wasn't as
exciting as his,
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but that was always the case,
because Bruce was great
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at everything...
school, sports, spitting.
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My biggest wish was to one day
be great at something.
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LILLIAN: Dean! Hurry up!
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Uh, be down in a second.
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Don't make me tell you twice.
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Lord, you know I am not ready to
be a grandmother.
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[Sighs]
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About time, young man.
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Letter?
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No, see, that's not gonna fit.
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- Mom...
- Dean!
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But I told him I'd send him something
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to play catch with his buddies!
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Well, he's at war, not summer camp.
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Then why'd you pack him
all those balloons?
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Obviously, I'd never seen condoms
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or balloons, apparently.
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Good morning, Mom.
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Wow, I love what you've done
with your hair.
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- What do you want?
- Did you hem my plaid skirt?
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No, I did not.
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Would you like to know why?
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[Sighs] Not really.
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I had to bake the cookies for
Bruce's care package
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'cause you didn't do it
like I asked you to.
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I'm still gonna make them.
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You were supposed to make them
two days ago.
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They're already done. I'm headed
to the post office now.
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Per usual, I get nothing,
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and Bruce, the perfect
first-born, gets everything.
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Maybe if I was fighting for
the imperialistic,
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capitalist machine, a sister
could get a skirt hemmed.
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LILLIAN: Oh, sweetheart.
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It's "If I were fighting."
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- "If I were."
- [Clicks tongue]
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And you know where my sewing kit is.
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- Hem it yourself.
- But my hems are always crooked.
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That's why you need to practice.
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- [Scoffs]
- BILL: Good morning.
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[Chuckles]
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Who ate the pork rinds?
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Not cool, man. Not cool.
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Those were for Bruce.
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When I was in Korea, nobody sent
me care packages from home.
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Well, he's in infantry. You were a cook.
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Unfortunately, Daddy still had
more kills.
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Chore chart is empty.
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Why'd I go through the trouble
of making the thing
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if I was gonna have to end up
doing it all myself anyway?
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[Grunts] You know, your mother's right.
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We all have to do our part.
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[Quietly] Glad my name isn't on this.
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[Normal voice] Dean, hurry up
and get to the bus.
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I'm not going to school today.
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Today's "Take Your Son
To Work Day," remember?
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Of course I remember.
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Of course he didn't.
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Even though I'm not teaching
at the university
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and I have to take you to
my recording session...
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like I planned all along.
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Well, now that I think about it,
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today would be a good day for
Dean to go to work with me.
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We have a lot of fun stuff planned.
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I didn't know where my mom worked,
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but I could tell by her sweater
her job was boring.
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Mom, can I please go with Dad?
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Mm. Fine.
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Yes!
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Did I act too happy?
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You'll learn.
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♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
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♪ And I know ♪
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♪ Ohh ♪
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♪ Through the highs and the lows ♪
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♪ I'm-a find my way home ♪
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- Bill, you're late.
- BILL: Hey.
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Was it because you and the wife
had a little...
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Hey, everybody,
my 12-year-old son, Dean...
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who is 12... is with me
for a class assignment.
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He's 12.
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Dean, you remember Washboard.
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- W...
- Good to see you, boy!
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And that's Clarence, and this is Bum...
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I mean, Brian Lee.
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"Bum's" fine. Hey, man.
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- Slap me some.
- Ow!
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Dean, welcome to
where the magic happens.
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But this is still work, so let's
go over the ground rules.
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Rule Number One... stay out of the way.
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Rule Number Two... don't touch
anything unless I tell you.
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[Coughing]
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Hoo! Whoa.
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Anybody else see
a 12year-old boy over there?
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Everyone cool to start?
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Slow down, Stingray.
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It's bad enough you got us here
at 9:00 a.m.
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That last album only sold 70 copies.
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We don't have p.m.-studio money.
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Can I join in?
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I got just the thing.
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[Band playing "With A Little
Help From My Friends"]
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♪
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As I watched them play,
I finally understood
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why they called it "funk music."
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Because when a band sounds as
good as my dad's,
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you make a face like you smelled
something bad.
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♪
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[Plays off-key notes]
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Stop, stop. Okay, everybody stop.
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Dean, you supposed to do that
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after everyone's done playing, remember?
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The music stops, you count to
six, and then... boom, blow.
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I just got a little nervous.
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- [Sighs]
- Sorry, Dad.
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It's okay. Your part is very important,
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so it needs to be right.
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But you're doing great.
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You'll get the hang of it.
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Okay, guys, from the top.
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Here we go again.
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Take 9.
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[Recorder clicks]
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♪
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♪ What would you do
if I sang out of tune? ♪
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♪ Would you stand up
and walk out on me? ♪
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♪ Lend me your ears
and I'll sing you a song ♪
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ADULT DEAN: Watching my dad made
me want a band of my own.
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♪ I will try not to sing out of key ♪
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Thank you, thank you! On drums, Cory!
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On theremin, Brad!
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On guitar, Keisa!
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On the sax, me!
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And we are "The Deans"!
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[Saxophone solo]
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AUDIENCE: Dean! Dean!
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- [Playing off-key tune]
- BILL: Dean! Dean!
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Dean!
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Let's take five.
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Dean, go over there and sit on
the couch for a second.
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Ugh, sh...
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I'm sorry, guys.
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Maybe he just needs to watch and learn.
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Yeah, just give him a little time.
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Yeah, just let the cat take it slow.
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Dad?
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"Pop That Cherry".
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Is that another way to eat it?
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If you do it right.
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[Laughter]
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Oh, Dean, we're gonna have
so much fun today.
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So, first, you're gonna come to
my office,
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and then we're gonna go
to the cafeteria.
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And then, I'm gonna take
each one of these letters...
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These are accounts receivable.
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And these are accounts payable.
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ADULT DEAN: So far, this is
definitely a downgrade.
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- Coach Long.
- Oh, hey, Cliff.
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Hey, Lillian, don't work him
too hard, now.
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I'm expecting you at practice,
and those fly balls
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are not gonna catch themselves.
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[Laughs]
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- Is Cory with you today?
- Uh, no.
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See, um, my brother-in-law,
he's a former Tuskegee Airman.
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Cory wanted to spend some time with him.
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I mean, matter of fact, he's
probably looking at
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a P51 Redtail Mustang
fighter plane as we speak, baby.
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Glad we're both having fun.
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Hey, um...
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I hope you brought this boy
an extra jacket,
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- 'cause you know they keep it cold in here.
- [Laughs]
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I wouldn't understand that joke
until my freshman year
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in college when I had
my first white roommate.
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Thanks, Connor Murphy.
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Can I help you with something?
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Uh, yeah, you got some cocoa butter?
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- Oh, of course.
- Mm-hmm.
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Yes, yes. I can't be walking around ashy
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since I got my new account.
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- Oh, right!
- [Laughs]
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About time they let one of us
shine around here.
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- You know that's right.
- Mm-hmm.
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- Thank you.
- [Laughs]
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Now, where was I?
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Oh, accounts payable.
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The outlaws of the
Wild, Wild West of accounting,
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so to speak.
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Yee-haw.
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Hmm.
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Now, see, that's odd.
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Looks like the Hansen account
is over budget.
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Come on, Dean. [Sighs]
We're going on a little walk.
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♪
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Hey, Max.
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[Sighs] The Hansen account
is over budget.
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That's impossible. I reported
every receipt myself.
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No, it's not impossible,
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'cause I seen it with my own eyes.
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You're over budget.
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All the cash receipt totals
are accurate,
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but you didn't account for
the petty cash.
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I assure you, James and I
looked at the petty c...
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- Oopsie.
- Yeah, "oopsie" is right.
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Mr. Davidson is gonna be
ticked about this.
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Hey, James, can you come here
for a second?
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Oh.
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If Mr. Davidson finds out that
you're over budget again,
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it's gonna be a problem, so
here's what we're gonna do.
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You're gonna recalibrate
last month's accounts receivable
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and allocate it to the cash flow
statement.
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- Lillian, if I do that, I'll...
- It'll be fine.
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Hey, James, um,
if I was you, I would, uh,
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listen to what the lady has to say.
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Because what we're gonna... G-George.
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George is gonna get us
last year's ledgers,
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and we're gonna compare the numbers.
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Seeing my mom in action was
like watching a Crimson Tide QB
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call a play right before halftime.
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Accounts receivable, go left!
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Cash flow, go right!
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Ledger, up the middle!
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On three! Break!
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♪
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Blue! 89!
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Hike!
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♪
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[Cheers and applause]
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Touchdown!
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[Cheering]
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Mama, do they all work for you?
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No, we're all account execs.
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[Telephone ringing]
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But I've been here the longest.
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So cool. Give me some.
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[Chuckles]
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Well, you know, your mama's done
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a cool thing or two over the years.
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Thank you, honey.
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Go in there. I'll be right back.
257
00:10:07,357 --> 00:10:09,526
I never knew the role
Mama played at work.
258
00:10:09,651 --> 00:10:11,694
I knew she had a job,
but I just pictured her
259
00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:14,197
grocery shopping
and running errands all day.
260
00:10:14,322 --> 00:10:15,907
She ran that place.
261
00:10:16,032 --> 00:10:17,742
People listened to her.
262
00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:19,702
People had to listen to her.
263
00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:23,414
Her job was just as cool as
Dad's... maybe cooler.
264
00:10:24,874 --> 00:10:26,960
And I don't even think you had
to be a woman to do it.
265
00:10:27,085 --> 00:10:29,921
This is Lillian Williams from
the State Treasury Department.
266
00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:31,089
Yes, I need to...
267
00:10:31,214 --> 00:10:33,258
Before now, I'd only heard Mama
use her white voice
268
00:10:33,383 --> 00:10:34,759
on the phone with the bank.
269
00:10:34,884 --> 00:10:36,302
Now I knew where she'd honed it.
270
00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:40,557
♪
271
00:10:40,682 --> 00:10:42,142
Hey, Lillian.
272
00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:43,768
Finally, someone's gonna give
her her propers.
273
00:10:43,893 --> 00:10:45,311
Hey, Max.
274
00:10:45,436 --> 00:10:48,857
Did you make those cupcakes
for Ted's birthday?
275
00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:50,400
Are you kidding me?
276
00:10:50,525 --> 00:10:52,485
Were they gonna pay her extra for that?
277
00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:54,863
Pass me that bag over there,
please. [Chuckles]
278
00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:56,781
She made a care package for Bruce
279
00:10:56,906 --> 00:11:00,535
and cupcakes for the office,
all in pantyhose and heels?
280
00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:03,913
My dad had two jobs,
but Mama had, like, 30.
281
00:11:04,956 --> 00:11:07,917
Mmm. Lil, what would we do without you?
282
00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:09,669
Let's be honest...
none of the secretaries
283
00:11:09,794 --> 00:11:13,840
can make food taste "down home"
like you do.
284
00:11:13,965 --> 00:11:16,342
Uh, thank you.
285
00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:19,804
Mm-hmm. You guys heard that too, right?
286
00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:21,848
There were cupcakes.
287
00:11:21,973 --> 00:11:23,850
So, they asked you to make
birthday cupcakes
288
00:11:23,975 --> 00:11:26,186
'cause yours taste the best?
289
00:11:26,311 --> 00:11:28,521
Uh, among other things.
290
00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:30,023
Do you guys all take turns?
291
00:11:30,148 --> 00:11:31,482
No.
292
00:11:31,608 --> 00:11:33,693
Just... It's always been
this way, honey.
293
00:11:33,818 --> 00:11:35,195
It's complicated.
294
00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:36,779
Those cupcakes are for everybody?
295
00:11:36,905 --> 00:11:38,198
Including me?
296
00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:40,325
Yeah, and you can have one
if you just take them
297
00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:42,660
into the break room... carefully...
298
00:11:42,785 --> 00:11:44,954
while I finish up in here.
299
00:11:46,456 --> 00:11:48,333
♪
300
00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:50,335
[Sighs]
301
00:11:50,460 --> 00:12:00,220
♪
302
00:12:00,345 --> 00:12:03,514
Uh, Rebecca, were you able to
get Xerox on the call?
303
00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,017
Since the winner gets to host
the next canasta game,
304
00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:08,561
we'll be at my house this weekend.
305
00:12:08,686 --> 00:12:09,854
Again.
306
00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:12,523
[Laughter]
307
00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:15,360
Hello. And who might you be?
308
00:12:15,485 --> 00:12:17,028
Uh, I'm Dean Williams.
309
00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:19,322
Oh, Mrs. Williams' son.
310
00:12:19,447 --> 00:12:20,990
Dean Williams.
311
00:12:21,115 --> 00:12:22,492
JENNIFER: And what do you got there?
312
00:12:23,618 --> 00:12:25,495
Why don't you put them
over here on the table?
313
00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:27,205
- Excuse me.
- Oh!
314
00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:29,374
Such nice manners!
315
00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:31,584
[Sighs] Not to brag,
but this was normal.
316
00:12:31,709 --> 00:12:33,211
White women loved me.
317
00:12:33,336 --> 00:12:37,257
[Gasps] Oh! You speak so well!
318
00:12:37,382 --> 00:12:40,635
You're so well-mannered.
319
00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,054
You're so not going to rape my daughter.
320
00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:45,723
♪
321
00:12:45,848 --> 00:12:47,392
Hi, Mrs. Williams.
322
00:12:47,517 --> 00:12:49,269
Oh, [laughs] girl, I told you to drop
323
00:12:49,394 --> 00:12:50,979
the "Mrs. Williams" when it's just us.
324
00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:52,939
[Forced laughter] Right, Lil.
325
00:12:53,064 --> 00:12:54,732
Lillian.
326
00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:56,609
[Laughing] I'm just messing with you.
327
00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:58,820
[Laughter]
328
00:12:59,988 --> 00:13:01,114
Mr. Johnson treating you all right?
329
00:13:01,239 --> 00:13:02,740
Do I need to get on him for you?
330
00:13:02,865 --> 00:13:05,743
Uh, he's the same. [Chuckles]
331
00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:07,412
This morning, it was,
332
00:13:07,537 --> 00:13:10,415
"When are you going to wear
that red skirt again?
333
00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:12,417
The one that makes your legs
look so shapely."
334
00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:15,420
Mm. Well, girl, you should do
like I do and tell him,
335
00:13:15,545 --> 00:13:16,921
"I'll pick up one for your wife.
336
00:13:17,046 --> 00:13:19,340
I'm sure they come in the color
'Alimony.'"
337
00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:22,093
[Laughter]
338
00:13:22,218 --> 00:13:23,636
Oh, I have to go.
339
00:13:23,761 --> 00:13:26,514
Mr. Branson yelled at me
last time his lunch was late.
340
00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:28,641
Who, Ted?
341
00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:30,226
He has some nerve yelling.
342
00:13:30,351 --> 00:13:32,812
If Mr. Davidson so much as
raises his voice to Ted,
343
00:13:32,937 --> 00:13:36,274
he starts honking like
he's having a dying-duck fit.
344
00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:39,277
[Laughter]
345
00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:41,779
Uh, I-I need to make sure
Mr. Johnson has
346
00:13:41,904 --> 00:13:43,323
those mimeographs on his desk
347
00:13:43,448 --> 00:13:46,242
before he gets back
from the cafeteria, so...
348
00:13:46,367 --> 00:13:54,959
♪
349
00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:56,794
She also made lunch?
350
00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:58,921
When did she have time to make us lunch?
351
00:13:59,047 --> 00:14:01,841
I'm starting to think my mom
wakes up before 8:00 a.m.
352
00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:03,301
You're not gonna go to the cafeteria
353
00:14:03,426 --> 00:14:04,844
with the other account execs?
354
00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:07,430
Oh, uh, they don't want to eat
with me. [Laughs]
355
00:14:09,432 --> 00:14:11,809
What about the secretaries?
356
00:14:11,934 --> 00:14:14,145
They have other things to worry about.
357
00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:16,773
Lunchtime was the part of
the day I enjoyed most...
358
00:14:16,898 --> 00:14:18,816
when I got to catch up with my friends.
359
00:14:18,941 --> 00:14:21,778
But lunchtime for my mom meant
spending time alone.
360
00:14:21,903 --> 00:14:23,696
But maybe I could help her out.
361
00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:25,948
Coach Long!
362
00:14:26,074 --> 00:14:28,159
Come eat lunch with us!
363
00:14:28,284 --> 00:14:32,789
Uh, h-hey, uh, I-I would,
but, um, I d...
364
00:14:32,914 --> 00:14:34,624
I didn't bring anything with me.
365
00:14:34,749 --> 00:14:36,751
My mom made enough food to share.
366
00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:39,629
Well, you know, that s...
that sounds great, but, um...
367
00:14:39,754 --> 00:14:43,508
♪
368
00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:47,512
You know, on second thought,
369
00:14:47,637 --> 00:14:49,972
maybe it'll be fun for me
to sit and have lunch
370
00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:52,392
alone with my mom.
371
00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:56,020
I wanna learn more about what
she does around here.
372
00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:59,023
Well, just for that, I'm gonna
give you that cupcake
373
00:14:59,148 --> 00:15:00,775
I was saving for Cliff.
374
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,735
♪
375
00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:05,446
Even Coach Long left my mom hanging.
376
00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:07,907
I guess for a Black woman in
the position my mom was in
377
00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:11,035
in the 1960s, "working mom"
meant you didn't have a place
378
00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:12,912
at anybody's lunch table.
379
00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:15,415
But it didn't slow her down,
and that made her even more
380
00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:17,166
of a hero to me.
381
00:15:17,291 --> 00:15:22,547
So, what makes cupcakes
taste so "down home"?
382
00:15:24,382 --> 00:15:28,094
Slavery.
383
00:15:28,219 --> 00:15:31,097
And bacon grease in the pan.
384
00:15:32,682 --> 00:15:34,725
But mainly slavery.
385
00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:39,147
♪
386
00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:44,235
ADULT DEAN: Funny.
Instead of being bored enough
387
00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,904
to jump out the window and
shoot myself on the way down,
388
00:15:47,029 --> 00:15:51,617
I actually wanted to learn more
about Mama and her job.
389
00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:54,328
So...
390
00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:56,497
Did you always want to work here?
391
00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:01,419
You know...
392
00:16:01,544 --> 00:16:03,546
I didn't know what I wanted to do,
393
00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:07,592
but none of the women
in my family had careers.
394
00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:10,178
I knew I wanted more than what
Waugh, Alabama, had to give me,
395
00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:14,056
so I went to college
and then I got my master's.
396
00:16:14,182 --> 00:16:15,558
And then, after months of
searching for work
397
00:16:15,683 --> 00:16:17,560
without so much as an interview,
398
00:16:17,685 --> 00:16:22,899
I saw a posting about a job
at the Department of Treasury.
399
00:16:25,026 --> 00:16:27,904
Never thought I'd get it,
but like I tell you
400
00:16:28,029 --> 00:16:29,989
and your brother and your sister...
401
00:16:30,114 --> 00:16:31,365
"Give out before you give up."
402
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,784
That's right.
403
00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:36,913
I tried. And I got the job.
404
00:16:37,038 --> 00:16:40,124
Sometimes, you don't appreciate
the rare beauty of a unicorn
405
00:16:40,249 --> 00:16:43,127
until you see it in the wild.
406
00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:46,672
So, you had to get
a master's to work here?
407
00:16:46,797 --> 00:16:50,009
Baby, I'm the only one here
who has a master's.
408
00:16:50,134 --> 00:16:51,677
MR. DAVIDSON: Lillian!
409
00:16:51,802 --> 00:16:52,970
Our biggest account in the department...
410
00:16:53,095 --> 00:16:54,305
it's way over budget.
411
00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:56,724
This is unacceptable.
412
00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,184
Yes, Mr. Davidson.
413
00:16:58,309 --> 00:17:00,645
Now we have to adjust
the entire account.
414
00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:03,147
So, are you thinking
we should recalibrate
415
00:17:03,272 --> 00:17:07,860
last month's accounts payable
to allocate the funds to...
416
00:17:07,985 --> 00:17:09,654
Uh, the cash flow statement.
417
00:17:09,779 --> 00:17:11,322
- Yes.
- Good idea.
418
00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:12,740
- Thanks.
- Yeah, so, then,
419
00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:16,786
that means that George would
need to bring...
420
00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:18,120
last year's ledger...
421
00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:20,790
To compare those numbers to this year.
422
00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:24,627
Yes. That's exactly what I was thinking.
423
00:17:24,752 --> 00:17:25,878
Great.
424
00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:27,672
That just saved us a lot of time.
425
00:17:27,797 --> 00:17:30,550
♪
426
00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:35,680
♪ Ow, I walked a million miles
since Sunday ♪
427
00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:39,183
♪ Still, I got no place to go ♪
428
00:17:39,308 --> 00:17:42,562
♪ But I hope to set myself down
someday ♪
429
00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,105
- [Whistle blows]
- ♪ And find a place... ♪
430
00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:45,356
Touchdown!
431
00:17:45,481 --> 00:17:46,816
[Cheering]
432
00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:52,154
ALL: [Chanting] Davidson!
Davidson! Davidson!
433
00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,907
[Indistinct shouting]
434
00:17:57,827 --> 00:17:59,036
[Chuckles]
435
00:17:59,161 --> 00:18:01,706
But didn't he just steal
your idea, Mama?
436
00:18:01,831 --> 00:18:04,208
Damn right, he did.
But you don't work here
437
00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:06,294
this long without learning a few tricks.
438
00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:09,964
Oh, uh, by the way,
I'm assigning you as lead
439
00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:11,882
on our newest account.
440
00:18:12,008 --> 00:18:14,468
I realized right then that
my mom wasn't gonna let anyone
441
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:15,678
take advantage of her.
442
00:18:15,803 --> 00:18:17,138
She knew how to play the game.
443
00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:18,723
Just let Long know that you're gonna be
444
00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:20,224
taking it over from him.
445
00:18:21,726 --> 00:18:24,520
He'll take the news better
if it's coming from you.
446
00:18:29,859 --> 00:18:30,985
All right, bye, Lilly.
447
00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,154
I'm-a see you at practice, Dean.
448
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:37,992
Uh... Uh, Cliff?
449
00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:40,453
Can I talk to you for a second?
450
00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:43,164
♪
451
00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:46,292
I started the day not knowing
what my mom did for a living.
452
00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:48,502
Turns out, it wasn't just one thing.
453
00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:51,964
She had to do it all,
and she was great at it.
454
00:18:52,089 --> 00:18:53,799
But her wins came at a cost.
455
00:18:53,924 --> 00:19:03,142
♪
456
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,144
[Sighs]
457
00:19:07,605 --> 00:19:09,231
Mama, I've never seen that purse before!
458
00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:10,691
That's foxy!
459
00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:12,568
Eh, you know where my other skirt is?
460
00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:14,028
Not the plaid one. The green one
461
00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,237
with the buttons on the front.
462
00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:16,656
It's still in the hamper.
463
00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:18,199
You know where
the laundry room is, right?
464
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:19,617
Baby, what time do you think
dinner will be ready?
465
00:19:19,742 --> 00:19:21,702
Can you make stew?
You make the best stew.
466
00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:24,914
We just got home! Will
you people give us a second?
467
00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:26,624
Please.
468
00:19:26,749 --> 00:19:30,544
And when I get back in here,
these chores better be done.
469
00:19:31,921 --> 00:19:33,089
[Scoffs]
470
00:19:33,214 --> 00:19:35,549
Man, the woman just walked
through the door.
471
00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:43,724
♪
472
00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:51,941
♪
473
00:19:52,066 --> 00:19:54,193
This will fit, right, Mama?
474
00:19:54,318 --> 00:19:56,779
Oh. Yeah, that's fine.
475
00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:08,499
♪
476
00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:11,502
It says here you're gonna get
a master's degree like me.
477
00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:12,837
"Give out before you give up."
478
00:20:12,962 --> 00:20:14,547
My mom's words stuck with me.
479
00:20:14,672 --> 00:20:17,466
I taught the same thing to my kids.
480
00:20:17,591 --> 00:20:19,885
That look on Mama's face was
like the look Daddy had
481
00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:23,222
when he'd heard I picked sax
as my instrument for band.
482
00:20:24,682 --> 00:20:26,142
Oh, and, sorry. I was playing with
483
00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:27,977
one of those balloons you
put in there for Bruce.
484
00:20:28,102 --> 00:20:29,687
Balloons?
485
00:20:31,772 --> 00:20:33,023
In the little packets?
486
00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:34,608
Yeah, it was hard to blow up at first,
487
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:36,652
but then I finally got it.
488
00:20:36,777 --> 00:20:38,028
Then it popped.
489
00:20:38,154 --> 00:20:41,240
♪
490
00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:44,410
A-All right, go eat your breakfast.
491
00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:48,622
♪
492
00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:53,794
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