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He turned out to be a real go -getter.

Focused, industrious, and highly self -motivated.

Kind of like, dare I say it, my dad.

Maybe what they say about girls being attracted to guys who are like their

fathers is true.

I can't begin to describe just how scary that thought is.

Hey, pumpkin.

No!

No!

I don't know, Marlon. We never hired security guards for the street fair

Yeah, and we never had tour buses either.

Look, Ann Delp, this is not just a street fair.

It's an opportunity to bring in a whole different kind of customer.

See, that's why we got to approach this thing with some vision.

Yeah, exactly. How much do you envision it's costing me?

I'll give you all the details at the committee meeting on Wednesday night.

Hi, Angel. Hello, Mo. Hey, young people.

Look here.

You tell your folks to come into the Ronde Blue and ask for me, and they get

bucks off of their dessert.

Two bucks off their dessert?

Dang. How much is dinner?

Yeah.

I gotta go. I'll see you on Wednesday.

What's the matter?

He said Wednesday, didn't he?

That's the kickoff of my new promotion.

How's this for a hook?

Book night. All you can read.

No, no, no. Here's the thing.

Buffet night. All you can eat.

Whatever. But I do expect all my loyal patrons to be here, especially the ones

that owe me money.

Oh, like you're the only one I owe.

You can count on us, Angel.

Not me.

See, I'm throwing a Wednesday night set at the Bombay.

Okay, cute. Be like that then.

Hey, don't take it personal, Endell. This is business.

So what do you got lined up for Wednesday night? Son, it's going to be

hinges. Word to mother. Yo, you heard of Dr. Dre? You got Dr. Dre?

Yo,

I got these kids who got the same parole officer.

I'm telling you, this kid's called True That. They ill, I'm telling you. You got

to be there.

Sorry, baby. I already promised Angela I'd be at book night.

You didn't tell me you was having Dr.

Dre at the Bombay.

I got that kind of juice.

I did it. You don't want nobody to know.

Oh, I'm with you.

Priveton, I mean a real page -turner. Did you know that there are 50 ways for

sister to keep a brother?

Give me that girl we're supposed to be discussing the book.

It's okay, Mo.

Book night was a flop. A flop?

You needed about 20 more people for this to be a flop.

Can we go down to the bar back so we won't miss Dre?

Kim, we can't just desert Ann Daryl like that.

Why not? Everybody else did.

And Dr. Dre? Been there, done that, Dre?

He's at the Bombay? Y 'all, look, it's just a rumor.

That's not what I heard.

Okay, fill me in on the way over. Let's go.

Come on, Mom, hit them lights.

All right, don't believe me.

It's too crowded in here. And hot.

Hip -hop is raw heat. Say, want me to just open up the back window?

Forget the temperature, madam.

Turn this place out.

All right. I'll handle it. I'll handle it. All right. All right, y 'all. The

board says 2 -4. Go home. It's over.

Why? It's over. It's over. It's over.

It's over.

It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over.

It's over.

It's over.

Oh, you can't come in because we're full. There's no room.

There's not going to be any room at that breakfast table tomorrow. This is a new

place, man.

It's underground, you know what I'm saying?

Miss Mitchell.

We've located your reservation.

Step right up.

I got these new kids coming. I got you.

See, that's how much y 'all know. You hear me on the radio every day, y 'all.

You don't know me.

You hear me. You hear me.

You hear me.

Marty's over, lady.

We got complaints about a disturbance.

We've got to shut you down. But these kids... And nobody.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. These kids are strong.

Sorry,

kid. The show is over.

You don't have to go home. You've got to raise up out of here.

Move it!

And that means now.

Move it!

Hold on, walk this way.

Black man.

Nothing. Yo, man, I'm just trying to run an honest living, man. I'm a

businessman.

Consider this a hostile takeover, because I'm shutting you down.

Hold up, hold up, hold up, man. Hold up, man.

Makes you think you can just do that to me? Because he got a gun, kid. Excuse

me, officer, is there a problem?

Not as long as you move along.

Hey, you can't talk to me like that. I am not a child.

Then what are you doing in here?

I can be wherever I want to be. Look, lady, I'm going to tell you one more

Leave right now, or I'll take you in. I'm not... Oh, yeah?

How about the jail? You are under arrest.

I'm worried about your big sister.

No, I'm worried about these biscuits.

Can I have hers before they get cold?

Touch my biscuits and you'll be toast.

Good morning, Bunker. Good morning.

Hey, Dee, listen to this, babe.

The police raided the Bombay.

The Bombay? What happened? Daddy, could you wave me my horoscope?

Oh, just a minute, Ma.

It says here over 200 unruly kids almost started a riot down there.

Oh, like the police didn't have anything to do with it? What do you know about

it, Mo?

Not much more than it says right in here.

Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo.

Did you see the line they printed about the raid at the Bombay last night?

Everything was going cool, you know? Until the police showed up. Right, Mo?

Wait a minute.

Hold up. Time out, baby.

Moesha, were you down there?

Still want to hear that horse, folks.

Moesha, you told us that you were going to the den for book night.

See, that's where I went, the den.

But nobody was there, so we went to the Bombay.

The police showed up and messed with everybody.

Yeah. You should have seen how they was treating us, Mr. Mitch.

Us? You should have seen the way they treated Andell.

Yeah. They didn't have to arrest her like that.

They arrested Andell? Yeah, yeah. It's right here on the paper. Let me see

There were seven arrests, six juveniles, one adult.

Andell Wilkerson.

A local shopkeeper charged with failure to comply with a police officer.

I can't believe they arrested Andell. Yeah, they did.

And she's still down there. Yeah. Talk about she ain't leaving until they

apologize.

Come on, Dee. She's gonna need some help. All right.

escrow. She just couldn't let go of that freak cave.

No, she was actually waiting for the police to apologize.

Before that happens, I'll be wrapping up the Grand Ole Op. And if it was up to

me, I would still be waiting for that apology.

Well, Andell, I'm sorry we got you out.

I'm sure they'll take you back.

I'm sorry. It just makes me mad what they did.

I hear what you're saying. We're not too pleased about it either. Yeah, there

are a lot of good kids down there. The shame is that they treat all our kids

like thugs.

So who runs the Bombay anyway?

Q?

Oh, so now it's all starting to make sense.

Daddy, Q didn't do anything.

Mm -hmm. Well, he looks like he did.

Oh, man.

Excuse me, young man.

Just what kind of place are you running down there at the Bombay? Now, you just

better be glad that my daughter wasn't arrested.

Mr. Mitchell, I wasn't doing anything.

I was just conducting business. Mm -hmm. Well, understand this.

My daughter is my business.

Hey, Andell, look here.

Frank and D.

Matthews. Uh, it's Mitchell.

Yeah, I knew that.

You still get $2 off dessert, soul brother.

But here, I need you to sign this here petition for me.

Are you still trying to get that sidewalk widened?

No, I'm trying to get that nuisance down the street shut down.

You know, them crazy kids almost caused a riot last night. Now the cops almost

caused a riot.

I don't believe I was speaking to you.

I can't sign that. What?

Well, at least give it some thought, Andell.

I'm tired of calling the police on that place. What?

You called the police?

You know, I spent last night in jail because of you.

Yes, I read the papers.

You must be terribly embarrassed.

See, now, if you had come to that committee meeting, none of this would

ever happened. No, none of this would have ever happened if you hadn't called

the police. Why'd you have to go there first? Why'd you just come by to Bombay

and try to... No, I think you need to cool down.

We'll talk later. This is my place.

Somebody just need to show him what time it is. What did you say?

He didn't say nothing, Daddy.

Young man, I hope you're not thinking about doing anything stupid.

Daddy, he's not stupid.

Neither am I, Mo.

And both of you better not forget that.

Come on, Dee.

I'll drop you off on the way back to work.

It's okay, honey.

I'm going to get a ride home with Mo.

Hey, Mr. Mitch was mad?

Mr. Mitch? What about Mr. James? He was the one that was tripping.

Man, I hope he doesn't shut down the Bombay. We ain't got no place to kick it

it is.

Well, except here, of course.

You're acting like we criminals or something.

But you're not.

And maybe if Mr. James got to know you, he'd be willing to compromise.

Come on, Dee, he's not trying to know us.

And that's why we need to get a little dialogue going here.

Communication. Yeah, why don't we just have a town meeting? Yeah, right.

And, Del, that is a great idea. You know it just might work.

We can get somebody from TV to moderate.

Gee, and they're fine guys from Channel 7.

What you mean, that fool with the hairpiece?

Hey, what's the difference? Ain't gonna change nothing.

Yes, it could. I might get discovered and end up on Baywatch.

Now, Kim, you know black people can't swim.

Come on, you all. Come on.

Focus. You all don't need television. You can do this yourself.

All you have to do is organize.

Yeah, but we don't have a place.

Yes, you do. Right here.

And are you sure you can afford to close down for a whole night?

Oh, yeah. Spook night. She can't afford.

Hi,

everybody, and thank you for coming. I'd like to introduce our moderator for the

day, Lamarck's very own Moe.

This is ridiculous.

She's a child. She doesn't know what she's doing. Excuse me.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait just a minute. She's smart. She does know what

she's doing.

Thank you, Daddy.

Good afternoon, everybody.

Good afternoon.

First, I want you to remember one thing.

Even if we disagree, we are still neighbors.

So let's respect each other, okay?

Hakeem, would you like to start off the discussion?

Yeah, yeah.

You know, I don't see why they want to close down the Bombay anyway.

You know, it ain't like we bother nobody.

You know what I'm saying?

Oh, no.

All those kids loitering out in front of my restaurant sure has hurt my

business. You want to talk about that? Oh, man, what are you talking about?

Loitering. You shut down a Bombay, you're going to see more than lottery.

right, baby. Oh, what? What? Now, is this supposed to be a threat?

Come on, man. More like a promise.

Wait a minute.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Excuse me, everybody.

But whatever happened to respect?

Right. Right. Hey.

Quentin.

Tell us why you think the Bombay should not be closed.

Because if they close down a Bombay, where are all the homies going to kick

at? Right.

So, Quentin, you're saying that the Bombay is a place where the youth of our

community can seek fellowship and express themselves in a creative and

-free environment.

Yeah, sure, all that, all that.

Baby, bring that mic over here.

Now, what kind of music do you kids listen to in there?

I hope it's not that rap crap. What?

See, see, see.

Why does she have to call it crap?

I mean, you know, ain't nobody trying to party off no Michael Bolton records.

Yeah.

Wait,

wait, wait, wait. Hold your comments. Excuse me.

Hold your comments. I'm coming.

Man, how does Oprah do it?

If I can interject.

It's a known fact in law enforcement circles that rap music leads to

rejection of authority.

antisocial behavior.

Right. Even violence. That's right.

So, so you're trying to tell me that rap music made you slap them cuffs on me?

If I may interject, uh, rap music is mad on dry air. That's right.

You know,

if this was a bomb bay, I would be stuck here on book night.

Yeah, it would kill you to pick up a book once. Right. Hey, man.

You know, we all agree on that, man, but I think what Kimberly is, is that young

people should have choices.

That's right, because sometimes I want to pick up a book, and then there's

sometimes I want to pick up a boy.

I can't believe this.

Mr. James, did we have a comment?

Oh, is it my turn?

restaurant, the only three -star restaurant serving the Leimert Park area

1995. To my Latino friends, I say, Sahabla Español.

So anyway, the Leimert Park area is strategically positioned to capitalize

of the revitalization of the greater Los Angeles area.

Make it plain, Slick. All I'm saying is that our shopping area can be...

Every bit as popular as the Third Street Promenade, excuse me, and the Universal

City Walk.

Just take a look.

In five years, 43rd and Degnan can look just like this. Now, for our investment

to mature, we cannot have a hole in a wall like the Bombay undermining our

efforts. Wait a minute, wait a minute. How come there are only white people on

this picture?

It's only a picture.

Uh -huh, and worth a thousand words.

Well, to your point, Mr. James, your plans don't seem to include the very

in this room.

Wait, wait, just a second. This drawing is not the issue here. I mean, we're

talking about a hole -in -the -wall place with absentee owners.

Absentee? Nothing.

I've lived in Leimert Park all my life.

I can walk to my business from my home.

Where do you live?

Well, if you must know, I grew up in this community.

And where do you live now?

I live in Beverly Hills.

I do not. I live in Beverly Hills adjacent.

Hey,

my residence is not the issue here.

for myself?

I don't think I was speaking for you.

I'm speaking for our children, and you, Mr. James, like so many others, are far

too quick to label them gangbangers and public nuisances, and too slow to offer

them safe places where they can just be themselves.

That's right.

Now you're catering to them. That's crazy, Ms. Matthews. The after -school

programs are almost non -existent. The rec centers have closed down, and nobody

seems to care.

Bombay is not an after -school program.

That's right. You tell them, Granny. It's just a hangout for thugs.

Thugs! Now, wait just a minute.

My daughter and her friends are not thugs, Mr. James. Now, you get that

straight. Now, before we get into name -calling and all of that, what I suggest

that we do is put our heads together in a way that saves the Bombay, that allows

also for Mr. James to keep his business open.

So, what are we going to do, Mr. James?

Q?

Q?

I'm with you.

Slick, will you please shake hands with Rambo over here so we can all go...

It looks like the Bombay has been saved, thanks in no small part to Dee and my

dad.

I guess I can mark this day down as yet another milestone in our continually

evolving relationship.

I am very proud of the way you handled yourself, Marisha. Thank you, Dee. Yeah,

Pumpkin, me too. But listen, if you ever step foot into that Bombay again on a

school night, you're grounded.

Daddy. I'm serious.