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Aw, come on, Gloria,

all work and no play
makes Michael Evans stay away.

What? Oh, sure you can
get out of the house.

Just tell your mother
what I tell my sister, Thelma.

Say you're going to the library.

Or tell her mother,
she can visit you,

at the emergency ward.

Listen, Gloria,

I'll talk to you later, okay?

Right. Bye.

Uh, Michael,
I need some help, okay?

Not right now, Thelma.

I got a lot of heavy things
on my mind.

Yeah?

well, you got
a lot of heavy things,

on your stomach too.

Girl, what's wrong with you?
You got a problem?

Yeah, there's a certain,

irritating, lazy turkey
who lives here,

who thinks the world
owes him a living.

Thelma, you shouldn't talk
about J.J. behind his back.

Michael,
I'm talking about you.

Michael,
look at this mess.

Just look at it.

This, uh, dried up sauce here
is from the lasagna

I cooked last night.

Now I'll have to chip it
off the plate.

Thelma, when we ate it
last night,

we had to chip it off the plate.

Funny, funny.

Look, Michael, look,

you were home
all afternoon, right?

And you said you were going to
help me with the dishes.

Don't worry, Thelma,
I'll get to them.

Right now I'm getting ready
to go to Cindy's house.

Michael, you were
up there last night.

Yeah, I know.

You don't have to worry
about that now,

'cause you gonna stay
right here tonight!

I ain't gonna stay--!

Hey, hey, Thelma, gimme that!
What's this here?

None of your business.
This is my business.

This big red "F"
on top of this page

makes it my business,
buddy.

It's my algebra test.

Michael, I mean,
I can't believe this.

This is the first time
you brought home a "F."

What's happening to you?

Thelma, it's not
the end of the world.

It's only a "F."

But, uh--

Oh, Michael,
I give up.

I'm tired of asking.

[ARGUING
INDISTINCTLY]

Oh, boy,
what a relief it is,

to be home
from the hustle and bustle

of the advertising world,

into the peace and tranquility

of the Evans' household.

J.J.,
will you talk to your brother?

So, Michael, uh,
what's happening?

Everything's
everything, bro.

How you doing?
All right,

You know how it goes--

THELMA:
J.J., talk to him!

Uh, Thelma,

you have negated to tell us
what we're talking about.

THELMA:
J.J., you can start
with how late

he's been staying out
every night.

Michael, you've been staying out
late every night.

And what's wrong with that?

What's wrong with that?
Humph!

Thelma, what's wrong with that?

THELMA:
Well, tell him--!

Why don't you tell him?

If somebody come in here,
I'm gonna look kinda silly

talking to a door.

J.J.,
I've tried.

Michael is just
goofing off.

He's staying out
late every night,

with a different
girl too.

Hmm...

Michael,
I got something to say.

You've been staying out
late every night,

going out
with a different girl,

goofing off,

and what I got
to say is...

Congratulations!

Way to go,
very good,

very good,
wonderful,

very good,
excellent,

superb--!

Congratulations?

J.J.,
this is serious.

It's affecting his schoolwork.

J.J., look at that test paper
he brought in here today.

Let me see that test paper
you brought in here today.

Mmm, "F."

Not bad.

THELMA:
Not bad?!

Yeah, I remember
one time in school,

I got a "K."

A "K"?

Yeah,
"K" for cruddy.

J.J.,
cruddy starts with a "C."

Well, it was a spelling test.

Well, J.J.,
you always got bad grades.

This is my first.

Hmm, yeah.

Hey, Thelma...

Hi, y'all.

Don't you think you could take
it a little easy on the boy?

Is J.J. talking
to the door?

Well, that's not unusual,
honey,

but if that door answers back,
watch out.

Hey, don't you think you're
being a little hard on the man?

J.J.,
I'm not being hard on him.

What's going on around here?

Don't you be nosey now.

You kids don't have
to tell me nothing.

Even though
I am your mother's best friend

and practically your aunt.

Well, look, I mean,
I ain't gonna stick my nose

in nobody's business.
You keep your own little secret.

Well?

Do I have to crawl?

Willona, it's Michael.

He's been very
irresponsible lately.

He's been messing up at home,
goofing off in school,

and do you know he brought
in a "F" paper today?

Oh, no, Gramps,
I'm surprised.

Willona, I'm worried
about him.

Because if he keeps on
going on like this,

what's gonna
happen to him?

Take it easy, honey.
I'll talk to him.

Now Gramps,
this is Willona talking.

I've got a few things
I wanna say to you.

Should we give him
his letter first?

Not now, honey,
Now, listen, Michael,

Letter?
What letter?

This. It got put
in our mailbox by mistake.

Gramps, I'm trying
to talk to you.

Are you listening?

Yeah, Willona,
I'm listening.

Now, what are you doing getting
an "F"--?

Hey, hey, hey.
Listen to this, it says,

"Dear Michael Evans,
Congratulations.

"On the basis
of your outstanding essay:

"Law in the Ghetto,

"you've been selected as one of
the five high school students

"who will read their essays
to the Illinois Law Association,

"at its annual
Lawyers of Tomorrow Banquet,

on the 26th of this month."

[ALL CHEER]

Yeah, that's only
one week from today.

Oh, Gramps,
congratulations.

But don't you forget,

when I come back
from the dentist,

we have a little talk
to finish, okay?

Sure, Willona.
All right.

Oh don't forget
the skating lessons.

Oh, that's what
I came in here for.

I'm running into
a little time-problem.

Penny has to be
at her skating lesson.

Would one of you people
take her down for me?

Oh, Willona, I'd love to,
but you caught me

right when I have
a dance rehearsal.

Sure. J.J.,
would you take Penny--?

It's one of those days,
Willona.

I just happened to bring home
a little work from the office.

Gee,

the way everybody's
acting around here,

I must have ring
around the collar.

Well, honey,
you got to understand that

people have
their own lives to live.

Although everybody
in this room knows

how much this lesson
means to you.

And if you don't go,
it'll break your heart.

Say no more.
I'll make the sacrifice.

Come on, Penny.

Oh, Gramps,
thank you so much.

See that?
Now you see that?

Anybody that responsible
cannot be bad.

That's right.

The boy does a nice thing like
take a little girl ice skating,

gets out of doing his homework.

* First you take your two eggs *

* You hold them tight *

* You break one to the left *

* And then you break one
To the right *

* You add some green onions,
Chitlins, and a lump of Parkay *

* And that is what I call doing
An omelet J.J. *

J.J.,
what are you doing?

What do I look
like I'm doing?

It looks like you're
mixing up some plaster

to fix a crack in your head.

I happen to be
making an omelet.

Okay, let me help you,
all right?

Oh no, no.
Last time you helped,

the omelet ended up in
the middle of Rush street.

As a manhole cover.

Hey, J.J.,
are Michael and Penny back yet?

Not yet.

You know, J.J.,

I'm really getting worried
about Michael.

Because Ma always kept
a tight rein on him, you know.

And you're just
letting him run wild.

Oh, come on, Thelma.
Michael's just a growing boy.

Now, what do you know
about being a boy?

What do you know
about being a girl?

Listen, J.J.,

I want Michael to grow up
to be really special.

And I don't want him
to drop out of school

and just hang around
on the streets.

And that's exactly
what's gonna happen to him

if you do not talk to him,
like I said.

Oh, Thelma,
[PHONE RINGING]

Michael is just
a growing, all-American,

typical, red-blooded boy.

You know? Doin' his thing.

Just calm down.

"Chello."

Oh, hey, Michael.
How you doing?

What?
Where you at?

Huh?!

Okay, we'll be there shortly.

Okay, bye.

Thelma, that was Michael.

Well, what excuse
did the all-American,

red-blooded boy give you
for being late this time?

This time, he had a good one.

He and Penny are in jail.

How you doing, honey?
My name is Lavonne.

What you in for?

Well, Mama was taking her teeth
to the dentist,

and I was taking my skates
to the rink,

but when we got downstairs,

Michael's friend, Howard,
drove up in a car

and said, "hop in,"
so we hopped,

and then the street was one way,
but Howard went the other way,

and the cop said,
"pull over sonny,"

so we pulled,

and then they said,

"The car's hot enough
to fry an egg"

and then he said,

"You have the right
to remain silent"

so we remained silent.

And those are the highlights,
film at eleven.

Don't go on, honey,

'cause I know it's hard
for you to talk about it.

What are you in for,
Lavonne?

Oh, you might say,
it's because of my, uh,

social work.

Oh.

I told you, Sergeant,
it's my old man's car.

I borrowed it.

And you gonna feel like
a real turkey tail when you--

When I what?

Hey, Howard, hey man,
won't you be cool?

Let me handle this, okay?

Um, Penny,
come here, please.

Sergeant, you see this innocent,
young child here?

Her mother's gonna be
very worried about her.

Couldn't you just let us go?

No.

Well, you have no right
holding us here

without charging us.
What about due process?

You know, us minors
have our rights, too.

Michael's a Lawyer
of Tomorrow.

Well, welcome
to the slammer of today.

Now, I can hold you son,
and I will hold you

until your story is confirmed.

Listen, I got hold
of that father,

and the story checks out.

It was the old man's car,
and Howard borrowed it.

See, turkey tail?

Without permission.

Well,

who's the turkey tail now,
Howard?

Gobble, gobble.

Um, Howard,
What?

Man,
how come you didn't tell me

you borrowed the car
without permission?

You didn't ask.
Didn't ask?

Man, you know,
you're really a lot of help.

Thanks a lot!

Help! Save me,
I'm innocent!

Um,

Sergeant,

I believe that facts
do speak for themselves.

Now, Penny and myself, here,
had no way of knowing

that Howard borrowed that car
without permission,

therefore, we are innocent
in the eyes of the law.

Son, I was about to tell you,
you are innocent.

So you can stop
trying to prove

that you're ready
to pass the bar,

and start picking your friends
with a little more care.

Say, officer,

my name is Lenny,

and I got picked up
in front of Denny's.

Now, you--

you can't charge me
with no crime,

'cause I didn't take
one, thin dime.

I'm innocent,
I got nothing to hide.

Wanna buy a TV?

How about a TV Guide?

Man, will you get out of here.

BOTH:
Michael, Penny.

Where's Mama?

She'll be here.
We left her a note.

Yeah, Michael, don't worry,
brother J. is here

to prove that beyond
a shadow of a doubt,

you are innocent.

J.J., wait a minute.
No, Michael,

I'll handle this.
J.J.

Everything's under control.

What do you want?

Uh, listen here,
your "sergeantship," uh,

you can see
that we are both

men of the world,

I, in particular.

And this is not the face
of a brother of a criminal.

Matter of fact,

there's not a dishonest bone
in this body.

You call that a body?

Look, here,
your "sergeantship," uh,

this face, and this body,
unite in the appeal

that Michael Evans
is innocent!

He is innocent.

I rest my case.

Well, Michael,
I got you off.

I used my power
of persuasiveness.

But J.J.,
we are innocent.

We didn't do anything.

You didn't?

No. We just took
a little joy ride.

SERGEANT:
Sure.

You just went for a little ride
in a stolen car.

You know,
just last week,

we had some kids about your age
did the same thing.

Only when the red lights and the
siren went on, they panicked.

Led us into a high-speed chase.

It ended when they hit
a utility pole.

So, now, a boy
and a girl are dead.

All because they went
for a little ride.

A joy ride.

Penny, are you all right, baby?
Are you all right?

Oh, hi, Mama.

Wh-what's the problem?

It's all right, lady.

These two can go home.

Take 'em, please.

Oh, thank God.
Come on.

Willona,
I can explain.

I'm gonna talk
to you later--

Mama, can a social worker
be put in jail?

A social worker?

Well, no, honey.

They do a lot of good service
for the community.

Lavonne,
Uh-huh.

my Mama says,
you can't go to jail

for what you're doing.

So keep up the good work.

Willona--
You gotta whole lot of--

Uh, Michael, now, the law
may be finished with you,

but I'm not!

What did I do?

Gramps,
what are you saying?

Do you realize
you could have gotten killed?

Both of you.
Just like that, honey.

Sorry, Willona.

Sorry is not going to get it,
Mr. Miguel.

I, being your big,
older brother,

have officially grounded you
for seven big days.

That's right,
seven big days!

Hey, what about
my winning essay?

The Lawyers of Tomorrow dinner,
that's a week from tonight.

I know that, Michael.
And you won't be there.

"We secure for the
underprivileged of America,

"the same quality
of legal protection,

"that the wealthy already enjoy,

"we will never be a nation
of equal justice for all."

Oh, Michael,
that is beautiful.

No wonder you won.

I'm so proud of you!

Thanks, Thelma.

Yeah, but who's going
to hear it besides you?

J.J.'s never going to let me go
to that dinner tonight.

But, you know, Michael,

you did bring this on yourself.

Yeah, I know.

But, you know,
J.J.'s been rough on me.

And he's also been very
suspicious lately.

Like last night,

I'm coming out of the bedroom,
with my pajamas on,

toothbrush in hand,
and towel over my arm,

he comes up to me and says,
"sneaking out, eh?"

Come on, now.
You're kidding.

No, J.J.'s so busy watching me,
he doesn't even go out anymore.

You know,
you're right.

He turned down dates
all this week, huh?

Yeah, just so he can stay home
and watch out over me.

You know,
this is not home anymore.

It's become a prison.

I'm surprised they're no bars
on the window.

Don't give J.J. any ideas,
please.

You know, I think
you've learned your lesson.

And J.J. should let you go
to that dinner tonight.

Yeah, but, Thelma, I don't think
I can talk him into it.

Hey, maybe I can, okay?

Please.

Oh, hi, J.J.

Greetings, Thelma
and Baby-Face Evans.

J.J.,
I want to talk to--

Later, Thelma.

Michael,
front and center.

Been talking to any of those
chicks on the phone today?

Unfortunately, no.

J.J.,
what are you doing?

Checking his pulse
to make sure he's not lying.

Oh, come on, now,
this has gone too far

Michael,
present homework!

What's the assignment?

A thousand words
on the French Revolution.

French Revolution, what?

French Revolution,
sir.

What do my eyes spy here?

Look at these midget words,

"of," "a," "on"

I want to see some
big humongous words,

like "transgressionism,"
"intaveversonism,"

Of all the unmitigated,
hypocritical--!

Those words will do, also.

J.J.,

I want Michael to go
to that dinner tonight.

Thelma, you're the one who said,

you wanted me to keep
a tight rein on the boy.

Yeah, a tight rein,
but not a choke collar.

You know how important
this dinner is to Michael.

Even the Watergate people
got time off for good behavior.

But J.J. Evans
wasn't the judge.

Around here, J.J. Evans
is the Hanging Judge.

Cool it out, Michael.

Um, J.J., look-- Right?
Now look.

You're keeping yourself
a prisoner as well.

'Cause if you
think about it,

if you let Michael
go to the dinner,

you can go out tonight.

You can go out with,
uh, Belinda.

You mean Boom-Boom Belinda?

Or Viola.

Viola the Vacuum?

Or Samantha.

Samantha the Human Panther.

Right!

Michael,

Yeah, J.J.?

Tell Thelma to shut up,

otherwise I'll ground you
for another week.

All right, J.J.

Man, I know I've been
running wild lately,

and maybe I do deserve
to be punished.

But tonight is special, J.J.

I mean you can ground me
for a week, a month, a year.

I don't care!
But please let me go tonight.

Let me read them my essay.

Let me make you proud of me.

Michael,

Yeah?

Get that thing
off the table.

It's blocking everything
up on there.

Michael,
you don't understand.

The decision,
I gotta stick by it

You understand that don't you?

For some reason,
I get the strange feeling,

he doesn't understand.

J.J.,
what do you expect?

He made one little mistake,

and I can't believe
how cruel you've been to him.

Not you too, Thelma.

A man does what
he thinks is right,

and the whole world
comes down on him.

I mean as head of the house,
if I make a decision,

I got to stick with it.

Well, uh, where do you think
you going, young man?

To the Lawyers
of Tomorrow dinner.

Oh, yeah?
Over my dead body.

Oh, yeah?
Michael, come back here.

J.J., no more fighting.
Now, come on.

Thelma,

I'm a failure.

J.J., you're not a failure.

Oh, come on, Thelma.

It takes a big man to admit
that he's a failure.

At least give me that much.

J.J., you did
what you had to do, right?

And Michael did
what he had to do.

Only,
Michael did his harder.

I'm back.

Wow, lawyers sure eat fast,
don't they?

I couldn't do it, J.J.

You see, J.J.,
you're not a failure.

Michael came back
by himself, didn't he?

It's a good thing he did.

Now he's grounded
for the rest of the century!

J.J.,
are you ever going to let up?

Michael, soon as
you shape up.

J.J., I can understand
you coming down on me.

But why are you
punishing yourself?

You know you've had a chance

to go out all this week
and you've turned it down.

Just so you could stay home
and keep an eye on me.

Michael, sit down.

You know,

that's not the reason
I turned down all those dates.

Then why?

Well, you see, Michael,

you've been going out
with a lot of girls,

and so have I.

And I want to set
a good example for you.

At least this week.

Good example?

What are you talking about?

Well, you see, Michael,
all these years,

I've been setting
a bad example for you.

Fooling around,

goofing off in school,

getting bad grades.

But now that I'm like
a father-like image to you,

well, I got a lot
of making up to do.

And see, I don't want you to
make the same mistakes I did.

J.J.,

everybody makes mistakes,
but look at you now, man.

I'd be proud to turn
into another you.

You would?

Yeah, are you kidding?

J.J., you taught
yourself to paint

when there was
nobody to teach you.

You got yourself a job,

and you're supporting us.

Man, I've always
been proud of you.

You have?

Sure, J.J.

Well, you know,

what can I say?

I can say,
that's my big brother.

All right.

Well, thank goodness
that's over with.

Oh boy!

Now, Michael,
if you hurry up,

you can make that
Lawyers of Tomorrow dinner.

Uh, thanks, Thelma,
but no thanks.

I'm not going.

What?

After all this hassle,
you're not going?

What kind of Lawyer
of Tomorrow would I be,

if I made J.J.
break his own laws?

Uh, wait a minute,
Michael.

Uh, laws are made
to be changed.

Hold on J.J.,
I don't want any special favors.

I'm staying.

No, Michael,
it's no special favor.

You're going.

J.J.,
I'm staying.

Michael, you're going.
I'm staying.

Michael, you're going.
I'm staying.

Michael, you're going.
I'm staying.

You're going.
I'm staying.

You're going!
I'm staying!

You're going!

All right Michael,
this is it.

I have had enough
of your mess here.

Now if you don't go,
you're going to be

in for the most cruel
and inhumane punishment

you've ever been
in for in your life.

And what you gonna do?

Michael,
if you don't go,

I'm making you stay here
and eat Thelma's dinner.

I'm gone!

[***]

* Just lookin'
Out of the window *

* Watchin' the asphalt grow *

* Thinkin' how
It all looks hand-me-down *

* Good times *
* Hey, yeah *

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Above water *

* Makin' a wave
When you can *

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Ripoffs *

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