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* Good Times *

* Anytime
you meet a payment *

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* Anytime
You need a friend *

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* Anytime
You're out from under *

* Not gettin' hassled,
Not gettin' hustled *

* Keepin' your head
Above water *

* Makin' a wave
When you can *

* Temporary layoffs *

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* Easy credit rip-offs *

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* Scratchin' and survivin' *

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* Hangin' in
A chow line *

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* Ain't we lucky
We got 'em? *

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Let's see,
what should I paint today?

I think I'll paint
a family portrait. Yeah.

Michael studying,
Dad fixing the radio,

and Mom baking biscuits--
the whole family.

Hey, what about me?

I said I wanted to paint
a family portrait,

not a horror picture.

Everything you paint
is a horror picture.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah!

Oh, yeah?
Yeah!

Schooling sure has improved
their vocabulary,

hasn't it, James?

Hmm. Oh, yeah.

Oh, James.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

I got it.

Hi, Mr. Bookman.

Hi, Michael.

Hey, I was just checking
the light bulbs out there,

and I heard somebody
yelling in here.

It was nothing,
Mr. Bookman, nothing.

Hey, man, you know me--

I don't mean to make
any trouble.

Yeah, we know.

Hey, but, you know,
excessive noise is prohibited.

Boy, it sure broke my heart

to have to evict the Andersons
'cause of that.

Mm-mm-mm.

But that's clause 11
of your lease.

But you folks know
about that clause?

That's
the "Oh yeah" clause.

[SNIFFS] Mmm-mmm.

Do I smell biscuits?

I suppose you would want some?

Nah, I couldn't, really.

Oh, maybe a few.
Make it a dozen.

Did you say a dozen?

That'll be enough.
Oh.

Hi, y'all.

Hey, Willona.
Hi, Willona.

Hi, Ms. Woods.

Hi, Mr. Booger.

That's Bookman. Bookman.

Here you are.

Hey, that sure is
sweet of you, Thelma.

See you guys later. Ha ha.

Oh, and, you know,
about the noise,

you know me, I don't like
to make no trouble.

Forget it. Mm.

What did the Gestapo
of the Ghetto want?

He must have ripped off
a chicken in apartment 12,

'cause he wanted
some hot biscuits

to go along with it.

Honey, I'm hip
to that routine.

You know, the other day,

I had a couple of flies
in my apartment,

and he warned me
about no pets.

And that little visit cost me

a six-pack of beer
and two beef jerkys.

You know, before that fat rascal
got this job,

he didn't weigh
but 120 pounds.

Oh, James.

Hey, how's it coming, James?

I'm almost finished,
Willona.

If you can fix
that old radio of mine,

you are the electronic genius
of all time.

Willona, we had an old toaster,
and the toast never popped up,

but James fixed it.

Yeah, once Dad fixed it,
the toast popped up so good,

we had to go up on the ceiling
and butter it.

Hey, get out of the way!

You seen me
coming through here!

All right, that's enough
of that now. That's enough!

Well, all I know
is I miss this radio of mine,

especially that all-night
disc jockey--Get Down Brown.

That dude
keeps you jumping. Whoo!

Look-a here, look-a here.

This is Get Down Brown,

moving and grooving
and jumping around!

Splattering the platters
of rhythm and blues

for a funky selection
of grooves for you, too.

Brought to you
by Big Bubba's Barbeque Beef

and Midtown Merchandise Mart--

the mart that's smart,
and you only pay part.

And Sadie's Funeral Parlor--

the funeral parlor
that really digs you,

and we mean dig!

Girl, you sound
just like him.

Hey, yeah?

I'm gonna play you a tune
that's groovy and fine

that's stone guaranteed
to blow yo' mind!

There's a hole in my mattress,
so I'll see you in the spring!

Well, I think
you'll be able to

hear the real Mr. Brown
in a minute,

'cause I believe
I got this thing fixed.

Oh, you jiving. Turn it on.
I don't hear nothing, James.

MAN: That's it
for the local news.

I told you
he could do it.

Now on the national front.

In Washington tonight,
President Ford,

speaking on the increase
in unemployment, said...

Absolutely nothing.

There you go, Willona.

You're a stone genius.
Here, how much do I owe you?

Oh, no way, no way,
Willona.

James, if I took it to a store,
they would charge me.

Look, pretend that
you are a department store,

and I am a customer.

Okay, treat me
like you treat a customer.

You sure about that?

On second thought, I deserve
a better fate than that, huh?

Hey, Dad, since you're so good
with electronics,

how come our TV don't work
any better than it does.

Your daddy is good at
fixing things, J.J.

Nobody said nothing
about raising the dead.

Oh, come on now.

Oh, come on now.

JAMES: I ain't going to
tell you all no more now!

Daddy, you keep
just about everything we own

in working order.

Hey, James, that's right.

And with all the talent
you got in your hands,

you should be in business
for yourself.

Yeah, you should open
a massage parlor.

Well, I was thinking of
a fix-it shop.

Hey, that's a fantastic idea,
James. You could do that.

Mm-hmm.

A fix-it shop?

Yeah, Ma,
that's a great idea.

Everybody I know has a TV set
that breaks down.

Radios, toasters, everything.
It's planned that way.

Honey, you have got that right.
You know I had a car once...

and the warranty and the motor
both ran out at the same time.

Yeah. And with all
the chicks I know,

I could lead you
to a small fortune

in busted hot combs.

Ooh, James, now, you know
we've always dreamed

that some day you would own
your own business.

Maybe this is the way
to get it started.

You know, I read an article
where Jessie Jackson said

more Blacks should have
businesses of their own.

That's right, Michael.
That's exactly what he say.

How would you know?

You don't read nothing
but the walls.

James, look,
you can make it.

Why don't you give it a try?
You fixed that.

What you all talking about?

I ain't got no place
to run no business.

Main thing is,

I ain't got what it takes
to make money in the end--

and that's money
in the beginning.

Well... borrow it
from the bank.

Hey, yeah.

Oh, yeah, right.
Just like that, huh, baby?

I can see me going down
to the bank saying,

"Hey, I need a few thousand.
Just give it to me." Fat chance.

Aw, Dad, you got
the wrong attitude.

You got to think big.

Lookit here.

We have a financial genius
in the house.

For once,

you are precisely right,
little sister.

You are looking at
the only person

that took Henrietta out
for a night on the town

with exactly $1.00.

Purchased and consumed
two Big Macs,

two order of fries,
two strawberry shakes,

saw a double feature
at the Lark

while nibbling on
a jumbo giant Snicker bar

and watching
Blackula Bites Boston...

And still came home with
37 cents jingling in my jeans.

You did all that, and still had
change left over?

How'd you do it, J.J.?

Well, I owe Henrietta
five and a quarter, but...

I go out big.
You got to think big.

What you all talking about?

This would be the wrong time
to open a business--

prices going up,
people getting laid off.

Nah, this be hell of a time
to open a business.

James, this may be
just the time

to open a business.

People ain't buying
nothing new,

so they've got to fix
what they already have.

And you'd be
your own boss, Daddy.

Yeah, Dad,
and if you goofed off,

the only one who could fire you
would be you.

And you wouldn't do that, 'cause
you wouldn't stand for that.

Because, uh, you are you,
and, uh...

you wouldn't--
you would never go for that.

No, sir.
Uh... heh heh heh.

Well, it sounded good
when it was in my head,

but it lost something
when it came out of my mouth.

Doesn't everything?

You know something, baby?
You may be right.

This might be the right time
to go into business.

Yeah.

Boy, wouldn't that be something?
Running my own business.

Our business, James.
Yeah.

We're all in it together.
It'll be Evans & Evans.

That's right, baby.

And son.
And son.

And daughter.

And friend.

Yeah!

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

I don't know, baby.
I don't know.

You know, maybe I do need
a few thousand dollars

to get this shop open.

So ask them for it.

Florida, ain't no way
in the world

them people gonna give me
that kind of money.

Now, now, now, James,
that ain't no way to think.

You've got to
think positive.

You right, baby.
I'll think positive.

Good.

I'm positive there ain't no way
in the world

them people gonna give me
that kind of money.

You know, all this
business stuff

sounded good
at the house, Florida,

but I don't like
this borrowing stuff.

I just don't like it.

James, stop worrying.
Like J.J. said--

Like J.J. said?

Well, yeah.

if you want to borrow money from
the bank, you gotta act big,

like you're doing them
a favor,

like you don't even
need their money.

That's the way
the big businessmen do it.

Yeah. Guess you right, baby.

I mean, if I'm gonna be
a big businessman,

I might as well
start acting like one, huh?

There you go.

Would you come in, please?

Oh, thank you.

I'm Mr. Dawson.

Evans, James Evans.

This is my wife
and business associate--Florida.

How do you do?
How do you do?

We don't need your money,
but we'll take 2,000.

Won't you sit down?

Thank you.

Now, you say
you'd like $2,000?

Right.

Have you ever borrowed any money
from us or any other bank?

No. We've never borrowed
any money from anybody,

but we don't owe nobody nothing,
either.

That's right.

Oh, that's bad. That's bad.

You see,
if you had borrowed,

then you would have established
a line of credit.

This way, we don't know
if you can pay it back.

Oh, well, look,
that's very simple.

Uh, you lend me 2,000,

I give it
right back to you,

then you know I'm good
for the 2,000,

so you lend it
right back to me.

Very ingenious, Mr. Evans,

but I think we need something
a little more concrete.

Now let's go over your assets.

Yeah, let's go over
my assets.

What do you own?

Real estate, stock, bonds?
Anything. You name it.

You name it,
and we ain't got it.

Well, look, folks,
I'd like to help you out,

but we can't loan you money
unless you have collateral.

Well, I know that, man, but how
am I going to get the collateral

unless you make me the loan?

Do you have someone
who would co-sign for you?

Yeah. Baby,
Willy Washington.

Now, Willy would
co-sign for me in a minute.

Yeah, I know Willy would.
Willy Washington.

Good. What's his
financial condition?

Oh, hell,
he owes me $12.00.

Oh, I sympathize with you
very much, Mr. and Mrs. Evans,

but you see, you have to
understand the banking system.

You see, we can't loan you money

unless we know
we can get it back.

We ourselves borrow money
from the Federal Reserve,

the Federal Reserve gets
their money from the government,

the government gets their money
from the people.

Hey, well, in that case,

all I'm doing is borrowing
my own money, brother.

Well, uh,
not so loud, Mr. Evans.

You may give
the whole system away.

Well, I'm sorry.
There's nothing we can do.

Well, Thelma,
how you like it?

Hey, that's great.

Looks professional,
doesn't it?

Uh-huh.

And you ain't seen
nothing yet.

That's beautiful,
except you made a mistake.

Where?

It should read
"Evans & Evans and Fool."

I didn't make a mistake,
Thelma.

I left you out on purpose.

What do you mean
you left me out on purpose?

That's right. I didn't
have no room down here

for none of
that nonsense.

You don't have no room--
there's room.

Hey, Ma and Dad.
Good thing y'all here.

How ya'll like it?

Tear it up, J.J.
We won't be needing that.

The bank turned us down.

Aw.

Ma, how could they?

They did it, Thelma.

One more good idea
that didn't work.

Now wait a minute, baby.
Hold it. Hold it.

Now, you the one got me fired up
about this business stuff

in the first place.

Now, just 'cause the bank
turned us down,

that don't mean
it's the end.

Well, James,
we ain't got no money.

How can we rent a store?

Who said we got to
rent a store?

I mean, it's supposed to be
a family business, right?

So why can't we conduct
a family business right here?

Oh, you know we can't
run no business here.

It's against the lease.

And you know
that old snoopy Bookman.

He's always on top of us
like white on rice.

Yeah, but if we just
make sure

old snoopy Bookman
don't come up here for a while.

By that time,
maybe I'll have enough money

to rent my own store.

If that one hits,
hell, I'll rent another one

and another one,
and another one.

Florida,
this could be the start of

a whole chain
of fix-it shops.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

All I need is my first thing
to fix, that's all.

Yeah, and look at
Colonel Sanders.

He only started out
with one chicken.

Oh, James.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

Look at all this business
we got, Florida.

Everything's going along
just right.

Won't be long before we have
our own store.

Well, it can't be too soon.

I'm getting
a little bit nervous, James,

in all of this secrecy.

It's like selling booze
during Prohibition,

only instead of a speakeasy,
we got a fix-easy.

[KNOCKING IN MORSE CODE]

Yeah, that's the right signal.
Get that one.

Daddy, we got some more things
for you to fix.

All right.
Good.

Yeah, we're doing so much
door-to-door business,

we leaving the Avon lady
in the dust.

Yeah, I got an eggbeater from
Mrs. Watson on the sixth floor

and an iron from Mrs. Stateman
on the third.

All right.

And from the 10th floor--
ha ha--

Mr. Garrett's alarm clock.

He says he wants it back
by Wednesday

so he can get up on time

to collect
his unemployment insurance.

You didn't run into Mr. Bookman,
did you?

We did,
but he didn't suspect nothing.

Won't be long
before we'll be able to afford

our own pick-up service.

And wait a minute, Dad.

That ain't all
I got for you to fix.

Where in the world
did you get that?

From old Mrs. Vincent.

She says her heating pad
doesn't heat up like it used to.

Neither does old Mrs. Vincent.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

I'll get it.

Wait, wait, wait!
That's the wrong signal.

Yeah, cover this stuff up.

[KNOCKING]

Yeah, just a minute.
Just a minute.

Michael.
Michael.

That was the wrong signal.

Mama, it's hard to remember
the right signal

when you gotta go to
the bathroom.

Well, let's clear the deck
and get back to action.

Looks like Mr. Fix-It
got a roll going here.

James, you look tired.

Between this
and that job down at Brady's,

you must be worn out.

Honey, why don't you
take a little rest?

After a while, baby.

I got a pile of stuff here
to finish,

and it don't pay to miss
a promised delivery date.

I wish the stork had missed
the delivery date on Thelma.

Yeah? Well,
he sure missed yours.

You was delivered
by a buzzard.

A buzzard? You got some nerve,
you old ostrich head.

All right now.
all right now.

Didn't I say all right?

I'm sorry, Dad. What can the son
of Evans and Son

do to help Evans?

Well, you can deliver
that toaster to Mrs. Jackson.

Okay, but we're gonna have
a slight problem, Dad.

How come?

I can't put this
under my hat.

Well, put it in
a shopping bag, J.J.

And don't forget--

Mrs. Jackson is on
our easy-payment plan--

one half on delivery
and 50 cents a week, okay?

You know, Daddy, we should get
one of those receipt pads

so that when you deliver
things to people,

they can sign for them.

Oh, we'll get around to that,
Michael.

We ain't got
quite that organized yet.

[KNOCKING IN MORSE CODE]

That's all right.
You can get it, J.J.

Boy, that knock
is getting so popular,

pretty soon, it's going to be
in the top 40.

If you want your stuff
repaired right,

bring it to the father
of Kid Dyn-o-mite.

I didn't say "repair."

What I said was "upstair",
"Au contraire".

Hey, no need for anybody
to get upset.

I just wanted to find out

if the Evans family
was doing fine. Ha ha ha.

Hey, what have we got here?

Oh, I just picked
the right curtain

on Let's Make a Deal.

Hey, man, you know me.

I don't like to make trouble,
you know?

I'm on your side all the way.

However, it clearly states
in clause 11

that it's unlawful
to use these premises

for commercial purposes.

Well, what you want now,
man?

We fresh out of biscuits,
balloon belly.

As a matter of fact,
I don't want anything.

I come here
to give you something.

To give us something?

Yeah, I have a few things
that need some minor repairs--

a tea kettle and iron.

And if I don't?

Do you know how cold
it gets in the park

this time of year?

Yeah, bring them in.

Hey, it's nice of you
to make the offer.

Hey, boy, I always said
you guys are nice tenants.

Ha ha. Yeah.

Get on.

James, honey,
we're being taken.

I know that, baby,
but don't worry about it.

I can handle him.

We come too far to be stopped
by that ham hock.

James?

James?

Oh, morning, baby.

Honey, didn't you
get any sleep?

No, baby.

I got a pile of stuff
here to finish

for fat-back Bookman.

Seems like soon as I finish
one pile of stuff,

he brings in another one.

An iron
and a tea kettle, huh?

James, he is
wearing you down.

He brought you
everything he got.

Now he's got you fixing things
for his relatives.

Yeah, you right, baby.

I'm so busy
working on this stuff,

I ain't even got time

to take care of
my paying customers. Damn!

Hey, what's going on here?

Sorry, kids. I didn't mean
to wake y'all up.

Aw, that's all right.

The chick I was dreaming about
was getting away, anyway.

Hey, what's going on?
What's happening?

Your daddy is overworked.
That's what's going on.

Mr. Bookman

brought another load of stuff
in here last night.

Oh, James, you can't
keep going on like this.

You're falling off your feet.

Yeah, I know, baby,

but how much more stuff
can he bring in here?

He got to run
out of relatives some time.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Well, I guess he's discovered
a couple of long-lost uncles.

Well, this is it this time.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

This the final straw.

I've had it with this guy.

I'm going to tell this Bookman
exactly where to get off!

This old jive-time turkey
blood-sucking us like that.

This gonna be it for him.

Hello, Mr. Bookman.
How you doing?

Morning. Morning.

Hey, partner, I brought you
some more stuff.

You must have one hell of
a big family, huh, partner?

This ain't family.
I told all of my friends...

about the good work
you've been doing.

I'm gonna bring
some more later.

Now hold it, Bookman.
That rips it.

You find yourself
another donkey,

'cause I ain't dealing
with you no more, man.

And I mean that. No more.

Hey, wait a minute, Evans.

No, you wait a minute,
hog head.

See, I can see
what kind of dude you are.

You ain't
gonna be satisfied

until I done fix everything
that's broke in Chicago,

including Mayor Daly's
electric toothbrush.

You know,
plus I got the feeling

you're lining your pockets
with my work.

Terrible thing
to accuse me of.

Well, it's the truth,
ain't it?

Yeah.

I'm gonna to run you
through that door,

and I ain't gonna charge
to fix the hole you gonna make.

Hey, cool it, brother,

or you and your whole family
will be cooling it outside.

You know, I'm afraid

I'm gonna have to report you
for violation of...

Clause 11? Go right ahead,

and we'll tell the manager
how you've been bleeding us.

Who'd believe you?
You don't have any proof.

Yeah, well, I don't care, man.

Now, if you're gonna report us,
report us,

If you gonna evict us, evict us.
Daddy.

Michael, stay out of this.

And I got something else
to tell you, Buffalo Butt.

This family don't get
on their knees to nobody.

Daddy...

Mike, I done told you now.
Stay out of this.

Now, if you gonna go down to
the manager's office, greasy,

slide on down there
and report it. Go ahead.

Daddy, I have proof.

Michael, stay out--
You got proof?

Proof of what?

Proof that he's been
getting things fixed here.

How, baby? How?

Well, the other day,
when I was here by myself,

Mr. Bookman came by
to pick up a few things.

I didn't know what to do,

so I asked him to sign
a receipt, and he did.

What do you mean?
It's a silly baseball card.

I was only going along
with the kid.

Hey, you didn't keep it,
did you, little fella?

I sure did, Mr. Buffalo.

Bookman. Bookman.

Here, Daddy.

I'll take that, Hocks.

"Received, two kettles
and an electric blanket.

Signed, Mr. Bookman."

Well, how does that
grab you, Mr. Bookman?

Well, Clause 11
ain't the only clause ever.

Hey, look, Evans, why don't you
close your business,

I'll close mine. We'll have,
like, a Mexican standoff.

iOlé!

All right, I want you
to get all this stuff in here

that you brought,
take it on out of here,

and you gonna need
a truck to do it.

Sure. Hey, you know me.

I don't like to make
any trouble, man.

Hey, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

You don't want to leave
without your TV, do you?

I got it all fixed up
and waiting for you.

I'm not going to pay for it.
Oh, that's all right.

This one's
on the house, brother.

Hey, you know,
you all right.

I'll be back to get
the rest of my stuff.

Yeah, you do that.

Yeah, and get out of here.

Here, Dad.

Thanks, Thelma.

James, how could you
be smiling

about fixing his TV
and for nothing?

Very simple, baby.

That TV ain't gonna work
too good without these tubes.

Got you.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

[APPLAUSE]

* Just lookin'
Out of the window *

* Just lookin'
Out of the window *

* Watchin' the asphalt grow *

* Thinkin' how it all
Looks hand-me-down *

* Good Times *

* Good Times *

* Keepin' your head
Above water *

* Makin' a wave
When you can *

* Temporary layoffs *

* Good Times... *

JOHN AMOS: Good Times

is recorded on tape
before a live audience.

* Ain't we lucky
We got 'em? *

* Good Times *