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Nah, too glossy.

Yeesh, too Little Richard.

Ladies and gentlemen, we give that two lips up.

Okay,

all set for tomorrow.

See, it's going to be a massive day for us.

Cool pictures. You get one shot. And hey, if your picture's good, the

committee might vote your class beauty.

But if it's bad, you could end up the beast.

I sneezed, all right.

But not this year. This year, I'm going to be picture perfect.

Come on, Tamara, it's late. We've got to get to bed. Oh, in a minute. I want to

try this new moisturizer.

It's called Nefertiri's Cream of the Nile.

You know, it makes your skin perfect and flawless.

Now, I can get my beauty sleep on.

Come

on, Tamara.

Wake up. It's picture day.

I'm up.

I'm up.

How's my skin?

Uh -oh.

I ain't ever gonna live

And they give you a better table if they think you're important. So if anybody

calls you General Powell, you just go with it.

Lisa, about Friday night.

Oh,

our first official date. I'm so excited.

Well, what would you say if I told you I had to cancel our date Friday night?

I'd say, can you find six pallbearers by Saturday?

Lisa, a very important business dinner just came up. Shanley Industries is

interested in buying into Ray's Limos.

Well, we're meeting Friday to firm up the deal.

Oh, okay.

In that case, I guess I understand.

So where are you going?

Chez Antoine.

Oh, I got a better idea.

How about Chez Lisa?

Chez what?

Yeah, I can make you a fabulous dinner right here. Oh, please let me do this

you, Ray. I want to help you impress your business associates.

Oh, I don't think... What?

You don't think what?

You better hope it's...

I don't think you should go through so much trouble and not, I don't think

you're good enough to meet my fancy friends.

The first one. Definitely the first one.

Good. Well then, don't worry because there's no trouble at all. Shall we say

about eight -ish?

Pepto at nine -ish.

Are you going to ask her or should I?

She ain't my baby.

Tamara, why are you wearing that ski mask?

Because I couldn't see with my backpack over my head.

Honey, what's wrong?

What happened?

I tried a new moisturizer.

Honey, maybe you were allergic to it.

You think?

ridiculous. So I thought up the ski mask.

Man, I can't be the joke of the yearbook again.

I just won't take the picture. That's all.

Ray, Ray, Ray, Ray. I'll take care of it. I mean, we wouldn't want her to do

anything rash.

Okay, I got that out of my system.

I can do this now.

Oh, come on, Tamara.

Just forget about it. It's only a picture. Yeah, easy for you to say.

Your yearbook pictures always turn out normal.

Hey!

Oh, no, Tamera, I am not pretending to be you. Tamera, every time we switch

places, something bad always happens. What could happen? We're only taking a

picture, remember?

Please.

Please.

Please?

Please, please, please. Okay, okay, okay, I'll do it. You don't have to get

red in the face.

I didn't, Tamara.

You can't sneeze and go like this at the same time.

You didn't.

Tamara, I didn't. Look, it all went fine. Okay.

Speaking of fine.

Wow.

Pico Williams.

Sweet.

And I sure wish I was going to the dance with him.

Oh, hi, Tia.

Oh, we still have a date for the dance, don't we?

Elliot, it's not a date.

It's more like a thank you. You know, for dissecting that frog for me.

Oh, by the way, my mother's going to be driving us.

Don't pay attention if she starts crying.

It's my first date.

It's not a... Never mind.

Oh, I've got to run or I won't be early for my class.

Well, here it goes.

Take the heck of a picture.

Yeah, right. Hey, guys, I'm sure it's the same. I mean, once you've seen one

twin, you've seen the... Whoa.

What's up with that?

Dang.

What are you doing?

Oh, just working on our big business dinner.

Oh, Ray, I'm making all my best stuff. Hickory ham, greens, cornbread, and...

Oh, where did I put my special occasion recipe for shoofly pie? Oh.

Lisa, I really appreciate your efforts, but Mrs. Wilkins is vice president of

Shanley Industries, and I'm sure she's expecting something a bit more vice

presidential.

Which reminds me, please don't kick off your shoes at the table and yell, Ooh,

child, I got the hair of my dogs.

Ray, I do have my standards. I only do that at the food court at the mall.

Hi, girls.

Ooh, goody. School pictures. I don't even need to see them. Just give me a

each. Well, you're not going to want to see this one.

What?

Let me see.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh, my baby, why's your head so big?

Mom, my ankle itched. They must have caught me right as I leaned forward to

scratch it, because, snap, there it is.

All the kids were calling her E -Tia.

Look, if anybody wants me, I'll be upstairs soaking my big old alien head.

Wait a minute now, baby. Now, now, we can work with this now. We can just put

it...

How did yours turn out, Tamara?

Oh, you're going to find out anyway.

It's not my picture, it's Tia.

I had her pose as me for the yearbook.

I see.

I know, bad idea. But, Dad, you don't know how hard it is to have your friends

laughing at you.

I bet your sister does.

Honey, maybe if you'd go to the yearbook committee and told them the truth,

they'd let Tia use her good pictures.

Okay.

But I'll just be a big blank square in the yearbook. But, hey, that's a big

up from last year.

Hey, E .T .A.

There's a message for you in the office, and it says, found, found.

Tamara, can you please tell me when today is going to get better? Right

first period. I'm headed straight for the yearbook committee.

Oh, thank you.

Now, you know it's going to take more than that to come between us.

Hey, Tamara, say yes.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

Yes what?

To go into the king and queen dance with me tonight.

What?

Me?

But, Pico, you only take the class beauty to the dance every year. Which is

I'm asking you. Haven't you heard? Your picture was the yearbook committee's

favorite. They voted you class beauty.

Pico asked me out.

Dimension Pico asked me out.

So I could turn to her and say, Madge, remind me about the yearbook committee.

But hey, no Madge, no remember.

No problem. You can go right now.

I can't. Pico promised to set up a stink bomb in the teacher's lounge.

Just to show how much he likes me.

Hello? He likes me.

Tamir, my picture got voted class beauty. It just happens to have your

under it. Why don't you say it loud enough so everyone can hear?

announcement to make.

between a librarian and another librarian.

I look okay, don't I? I'm trying to make a real good impression on this buttoned

-up business lady.

Mom, you look fine.

Very dignified. Ah, good.

Oh! Oh, my dress shield's on the move.

Have a great time, Lisa.

Mm -hmm.

Um, you girls work things out yet?

Oh, well, Tamir's got it all worked out.

I mean, she's going to the ball with Prince Tarming, and I got Elliot the

boy.

Mom, I can't believe she's letting me go through this torture.

Well, this is not used to getting all this attention.

I think it made her kind of crazy. But it's not all her fault now. I mean, it

was your pretty picture that made her Cinderella.

But what am I supposed to do? Just live with it?

Well, not for long.

Trust me, baby. Now, Tamara knows she's getting props that she didn't earn.

It may feel pretty good to her today, but pretty soon she'll figure out it's

just a big old bucket full of nothing.

Oh, I found my dress heel.

Here, you look a little down.

Is there something I can do?

Oh, that's nice, Elliot, but no.

Well, you know, when I'm depressed, you know what I do?

I boogie.

Oh, I got the homeboy hip -hop at home tape.

Oh, come on. Usually it's me and Granny, so you got some big orthopedic shoes to

fill. Okay.

Anyway, I think I want to be a singer. You know, so I can touch people's lives.

How about you?

You like this ring?

Yeah, I found it.

Uh, yeah.

It's nice.

Wow, dancing makes me really thirsty.

Yeah, me too.

I'm going to give Martha some hunts.

No, thanks.

I'm fine.

Oh, well, hello there.

Come in.

Make yourself at home.

Who are you?

Oh, Ray, don't be silly. I'm Charmaine Wilkins.

You're so red.

Well, I don't usually dress this way at the office.

I guess not. It probably shut off the sprinkler system.

Who's that?

Charmaine Wilkins. This is Letha.

Letha lives here.

Well, you see, our kids.

Not our kids.

You see, for the past few years, we... She's cooking dinner.

Will Mrs. Wilkins' husband be joining us?

Oh, he passed on some time ago.

You sure he ain't just hiding?

Sit down, Ray. Let's get better acquainted.

Ray, I need to see you in the kitchen.

Now? If you want to keep this arm. Pardon.

Oh, you are going to tell me what's going on. I swear, I've never seen her

this before. She's usually all business.

Yeah, well, she's all up in your business.

Looking at you like you're a pork butt hanging in the window.

And she's a tail wagging, tongue hanging, hungry dog outside.

She's a little friendly.

Enormously friendly. All right, down right, Frisky.

But she's here to talk money. I don't even see her as a woman.

Ray Charles could see her as a woman.

Mrs., tonight is very important to me. Please, please be nice.

All right, I'll behave.

Sir.

So, you know, it was a big decision for me.

I'd wanted to fade for years.

But I felt it was time for a change.

Hey, it's working for me, huh?

Uh, Pico, can I ask you something?

Don't you care about anything besides your looks?

Sure. Your look, Miss Class Beauty. Wait a minute.

Is that the only reason why you asked me out?

What do you care? As long as I asked you right.

Uh, excuse me for a minute.

I need to freshen up.

While we're waiting for dinner, may I offer you some Chardonnay?

I mean, Chardonnay, Chardonnay.

Either one would be fine with me.

I pick wine. Wine would be fine.

Ray, if we're going to be in business together, you are going to have to

up.

Let's start with this tie.

Well, Charmaine, I, uh...

Well, Lisa, that's quite an outfit.

Just a little something I picked up on the Champs -Élysées.

That's in Paris.

When were you in... Shut up.

Ah, Paris.

I have a little pied -à -terre in Paris.

Ray, you must come.

Uh, no. I must go and light the candles.

Lisa, dear, I am picking up some very strange signals.

I can't imagine how it could be possible, but are you and Ray dating?

Well, no, not yet, but we... That's what I thought.

Take some advice from me, dear.

Aim lower.

Is that low enough?

Well, the candle's lit. Let's sit.

Ray, get my coat.

Ladies, what's going on?

She thinks she's going on, coming in here looking like the fleet just came

clinging to you like saran wrap on a wet cantaloupe.

Come on, Ray. We're going to Chez Antoine for some decent food.

Charmaine, I think... Well, don't.

Are you coming or not?

Funny thing, it looks like I'm not gonna be that busy after all.

Care to join me for dinner?

Then you're not mad at me for busting up your big deal?

Oh, no, I'm not interested in her deal. I'm not interested in that woman either.

Oh, really?

Really.

Boy, I pity the guy that ends up with her.

You know, Tia,

If my vote counted for anything, you'd be queen tonight.

Oh, that's really nice of you, Elliot.

You know what?

One good thing about tonight, I got to know you better.

Hey, let's go wait for your mom on the curb.

Tamara, you are so lucky to be

with Pico Williams. This has to be the best night of your life.

Does it still?

Okay, the ballots have been counted, and it's time to announce the king and

queen. You know, Pico is always voted king. This makes you a shoo -in.

All right, listen up.

This year's king and queen are Pico Williams and Tamara Campbell.

because my picture was chosen prettiest in the class.

Well, it's not my picture.

It's my sister's.

Tia Landry should have been voted class beauty.

Because she's got plenty of both.

I was a little late, huh?

Well, You got there.

Hey, what do you say?

One for the yearbook?

I'm with you.

Mrs.

Wilkins is vice president of Shanley Industries, and I'm sure she's expecting

something a bit more vice presidential.

That reminds me.

Please don't sit at the table and kick your shoes off and yell, Oh, child, I

to... Well, Charmaine, while we're waiting for dinner, may I offer you some

Chardonnay? I mean, Chardonnay.

Either one would be fine with me.

Yeah, well, I pick wine. Fine, fine, fine.