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♪ Whoa-oh whoa-oh whoa oh-whoa ♪

It's for me, I'll get it.

Hey, you know, Roc, you know the refrigerator's broken, man.

Yeah, I know, Joey, second time this month.

Listen, uh, Roc, I don't mean to butt in

but isn't it about time you gettin' rid

of some junk around here, man?

I mean, when something's not working

you should just get rid of it.

Although I bet we could fix that.

- Just what Wiz is gonna do. - Good.

Look, Joey, if you can find time in your busy schedule

can you call Wiz and tell him

he can pick up that rebuilt compressor

and then bring him the $50.

- Sure, Roc. - Think you can do that for me?

Yeah, if I ever wanna have a beer around here.

- Well, here. - Uh, Roc, why don't I...

Kick in the $50 for the new compressor?

Well, that's a nice thought, Joey

but where'd you get the 50 bucks?

- Don't ask. - Why not?

No, that's the name of the horse that I won

on the fifth race yesterday. Don't Ask.

You gambling again, Joey?

Well, where's the rest of my money?

Don't ask.

♪ Them that's got shall have ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ So the Bible says ♪

♪ And it's still in news ♪

♪ Mama may have ♪

♪ Papa may have ♪

♪ But God bless the child ♪

♪ That's got his own ♪ That's got his own ♪

♪ Them that's got shall get ♪ God bless the child ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ Them that's got shall get ♪

♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪

♪ Whoa-oh whoa-oh whoa oh-whoa ♪

- Hey, pop. Where you goin'? - Hey.

Oh, I'm going down to the hospital.

My arm got twisted.

How'd that happen?

Well, actually, Eleanor did it.

She suggested I volunteer.

Oh, that's nice, pop.

Oh, daddy, you gonna have a great time.

Besides it's gonna be a very rewarding experience.

Oh, Eleanor, I don't think it's gonna work out.

I don't wanna go down to the hospital

and sit around with a bunch of people playing Dominoes

'and Checkers, and shootin' the breeze.'

I can do that right here.

Guess they wanted somebody with experience, huh, pop?

Daddy, you can't back out now.

Besides, they already printed up your badge.

- I get a badge? - Mm-hmm.

Oh!

- Well, let's go. - Alright.

Bye, sis.

'Behave yourself, pop.'

Alright, he-he.

'The results of the eighth race are..'

'Vix Vengeance 380, 260 and 140.'

'Shasha's Absence came in second at 1220 and 640 and Kelly..'

Hey, Roc.

How was work?

Don't you mean, what is work, Joey?

Ouch.

All I want is a nice cold beer.

Wiz did fix that refrigerator, didn't he?

Uh, well, you could say that, Roc.

- But that wouldn't be true. - Joey...

I wanna walk in that kitchen

open that refrigerator and get a nice cold beer.

I want you to be able to also, Roc

but out of a brand new refrigerator.

- Oh, y-you forgot, didn't you? - No, Roc, I didn't forget.

I just figured why fix that old thing when we could

put $50 towards a brand new one?

Roc, Roc, I didn't put any money on just any horse now.

You gambled the money you were gonna

get the refrigerator fixed with?

Oh, shoot! I get a little ahead of myself.

- Joey! - Uh, Roc, Roc, listen.

It's a sure thing, see. I went to call Wiz, right?

And by mistake, I called my bookie, right?

Turns out in the ninth race

there's this horse named Nice 'N' Icy.

'Get the connection, Roc? Refrigerator, Nice 'N' Icy.'

- It's a sure thing. - No.

You get the connection, I'm gonna whip your ass!

Listen, it's a sure thing.

Joey, you've got a gambling problem.

- And it's ruining your life. - I know. I know.

Now, you-you're not gonna get out this hole

until you admit that you've got a problem.

Now this is the last time I'm gonna say it.

As long as you're livin' in this house

I don't wanna hear another word about gambling

horse racin' playin' the numbers or nothin', do you understand?

No more gamblin', you got it? You hear me?

'Nice 'N' Icy is making'

'his way through the..'

- Do you hear? That's-- - Joey, I don't care.

Forget about it! This has gotta stop. You understand?

- This has gotta stop! - '...now leading the pack.'

'As the head, it's Nice 'N' Icy.'

'They're heading... And Nice 'N' Icy is the winner!'

- How much money we make? - Oh, let's see.

That's a 40:1 shot. Oh! That's $2,000!

- Oh, uh, Joey. - Yeah.

Yeah, your-your brother he mentioned

something about fixing the refrigerator

but he never got back to me.

Uh, Wiz, my man, your services are no longer needed.

See, we decided, uh...

Oh, my god. I don't believe it.

- He's buying new? - Mm-hmm.

What is the world coming to?

Attention, everyone!

Ah, Wiz, Wiz, Wiz, Wiz.

Now, you don't have to broadcast it to the whole world, alright.

Oh, forget it, everyone.

- Hey! - Hey! Hey.

Joey!

Alright, enough small talk.

Uh, I think you got something for me, right?

Yeah, but, uh, right now I kinda got a problem.

Uh, Mickey, ain't no problem, I just want my money.

Oh, yeah, look here, Joey, uh...

I took on a little extra action today

and, uh, some of the other players hit

that same long shot you did and, uh...

Make a long story short, I'm having a little trouble

covering your bet.

- What? - Now you know...

I'm gonna take care of you, right?

Hey, I got a lot of nice suits.

Mickey, I know your taste in clothes.

I'd rather have my money.

See, that's what I'm trying to tell you, bro.

I ain't got it.

But, uh, you know, I wanna do something for you.

So, uh, you know, how about some, uh...

How about some steaks?

I don't have much of an appetite right now, Micky

but, uh, I-I-I do want my money.

Oh, okay, cool, cool. Alright.

For you, I got something even more valuable.

But, daddy, you gonna have to stop this now.

Well, you told me to cheer up the patients

and have them socialize.

That doesn't mean organizing a splash party

in the aqua therapy pool.

Well, maybe I was a little overzealous

in my duties as a hospital head.

But they got their exercise.

And I think Mr. Taylor made a love connection.

But, daddy, you're going against hospital regulation.

Oh, come on, now, Eleanor, pop was just trying to do his best.

Now, maybe he was getting a little overly enthusiastic

but I'm sure pop cares about these people.

- Don't you, pop? - Well, of course.

And I wanted to see Miss Wilkins in a bathing suit.

Just the cutest little asthmatic you've ever seen.

Daddy.

Hey, everybody.

Hey, Joey, you have our winnings?

What winnings, Roc?

Oh, Joey, kicked in $50

to get the refrigerator fixed but instead

he bet on a 40:1 shot and it won.

Roc, you know how I feel about gambling.

I sure do, baby and believe me, I straighten him out on it too.

Good.

But you getting a brand new refrigerator.

Ooh, I hope you weren't too hard on the boy.

Uh, yeah, look here, um, about those winnings...

Uh, Mickey, uh, my usually reliable bookmaker

he couldn't cover that bet.

Was that legal, Joey?

Roc, gambling is not legal.

So, does that means we're not getting out new refrigerator?

Uh, uh, uh, well, yeah.

B-b-but see, Mickey came up with somethin'

that's kinda like the money, but it's not.

What?

Five guys that sing.

Uh, this is Robert. Uh, that's Ron.

That's Jamie, this is Ivan, and this is George.

Ooh, Joey, what the hell is this?

Roc, these are the Fly Guys.

See Mickey managed 'em, right?

He get the contract from somebody who couldn't pay

the debt, right? So he gave us the contract.

'Cause he couldn't pay me. So now... we're their managers.

Oh, Joey, this is sleazy, takin' kids for collateral.

Roc, this is the music business.

Hey, this ain't Quincy Jones.

- Yeah, man. - Okay, alright, alright.

Alright, alright, alright. Okay.

I'm embellished a little bit, alright.

Roc, I listened to 'em on the way over here...

- And they're not bad. - Well, sorry, kids.

- I ain't interested. - Who cares!

He ain't Quincy Jones.

Alright, alright, alright, alright.. Okay.

Okay, uh, Quincy'll be here in a few minutes.

Uh, look... Sit.. Roc, uh, sit down, please.

Come on, fellas, front and center. Front and center.

Check this out, Roc. Check this out. Alright?

Alright, alright... Hey, fellas!

Do the number for them that you did for me, okay?

Roc, check this out.

♪ My baby's sweet ♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Sweeter than a candy cane ♪

♪ She sugar-coated my heart right from the very start ♪

♪ My baby's sweet ♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Sweeter than a lollipop ♪

♪ Her sweetness never stops ♪

♪ Pleasing me ♪

- What do you think? - Okay, yeah, yeah.

- I get the idea. - Roc, they're so adorable.

- And they good, too. - Oh, yeah, yeah, they are.

But look, no offense, kids, but I'm still no interested.

You know? What do I know about the music business?

I'm-I'm just a garbage man.

- A what? - 'Uh, uh..'

Right, you can't look at this in the short term.

Now you gotta look at this long term.

Yeah, kinda like you living here, Joey?

Uh, that's not a fair comparison.

You're right, Joey, these kids will be working before you do.

I never doubted that.

Look at this, Roc.

"New kids on the block made

a hundred million dollars last year."

Mm, Roc, you know, kids groups are

the hottest thing going today.

Yeah, that's very tempting, Joey, but um...

I don't wanna just make money off these kids.

Hey, come on, we wanna make money too, pal.

Yeah, Roc, it's not just for the money.

I mean, think about these kids.

Yeah, you gotta think about us too.

Yeah, I mean, if we don't help 'em out

some sleazebag manager'll latch on to 'em.

Look, Joey, I don't know nothing about the music business.

Oh, come on, Roc, you used to be in a singing group, remember?

Oh, yeah, I was a kid, you know.

But we never amounted to anything.

Roc, that's because you didn't have anybody

that cared managing you, right?

- You care. - Yeah, I care. But that does--

That and besides, you guys have potential now.

You always tellin' me, I don't try

now I really wanna try this time, okay?

Come on, Roc, you can help these kids, man.

We can help these guys out of ghetto.

Who lives in a ghetto?

Work with me, fellas. Work with me.

Oh, I guess, I could you know

I could help 'em out a little, you know.

Hey, maybe I could you know, I-I could

I could teach you some moves.

Uh, uh, yeah, Roc, you could. But, uh...

Um, I thought maybe I call a friend of mine in New York.

What is he, a plumber?

No, he happens to be a professional choreographer

and he used to work with some of the top groups.

And he'd probably do it cheap. See, Roc, that's when you--

Joey, wait, wait. Hold it.

No offense, kids, but I ain't kicking in any more money.

Roc, Roc, if we're gonna do this right

we're gonna need a little bit more money.

Joey, if we're gonna do it at all

we're gonna do it my way.

Okay, guys, when I was in my singing group

we got all the girls with these moves.

That's called the Ooh-ah-ooh moves, okay?

First you go.. Ooh!

Ah! Then, ooh! Okay?

- Got it. - Okay, come on, let's go.

Let's try it. Come on, guys.

Alright.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey! - Hey, Joey.

- Hey, what's going on, Roc? - Hey, we're rehearsing.

Hey, Joey, good news. We got out first gig.

- Yeah, good news for who? - The public.

Tomorrow night The Fly Guys make

their official Baltimore debut.

at Charlaine's!

- Hey, you guys ready? - Yeah.

Okay, let's show 'em our moves.

Okay, ready?

Ooh! Ah! Ooh!

Okay, that's good. That's good.

So, uh... that's the old Ooh-ah-ooh move, huh?

- Yeah. - Well, uh...

You guys keep workin', I'm gonna run upstairs

and jump out a window.

Looking good, guys, next move...

Okay?

♪ Whoa-oh whoa-oh whoa oh-whoa ♪

Okay, Joey, okay, here's the tape.

- I want you to play it, okay? - Alright, you got it.

Alright. There you go, sweetheart.

We used to come to Charlaine all the time, remember?

Mm-hmm. Mmm.

'Attention, everyone.'

As you know, here at Charlaine's, it is our policy

to give new talent a chance.

Okay, guys, okay. Here it is, guys.

Look, no tellin' where we go from here.

- You guys ready? - Yeah.

You know, you wanna practice some moves?

- No! - Okay, okay.

Alright, so how's about a big Charlaine's welcome

for Robbie B.

- 'Alright.' - 'J Cool.'

'Too Sweet, Smooth and High Top.'

Better known as The Fly Guys!

Alright, fellas, here come the drums.

♪ My baby's sweet ♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Sweeter than a candy cane ♪

♪ She sugar-coated my heart right from the very start ♪

♪ My baby's sweet ♪

♪ Sweeter than a lollipop ♪

♪ Her sweetness never stops ♪

♪ Pleasing me ♪

♪ It took some time to catch my breath ♪

♪ Till the time I realized that I passed her test ♪

♪ No wrong at guessing that she wanted me ♪

♪ I took the chance 'cause she was right for me ♪

♪ When I close my eyes I think of you ♪

♪ It's all the feelings that I never knew ♪

♪ With every kiss from your cherry lips ♪

♪ We can be lovers baby or best friends ♪

♪ We can be together through thick or thin ♪

♪ Sweet girl sweeter than a candy cane ♪

♪ She sugar-coated my heart right from the very start ♪

♪ My baby's sweet ♪ Sweet ♪

♪ Sweeter than a lollipop ♪

♪ Yeah yeah ♪ Her sweetness never stops ♪

♪ Pleasing me ♪

Great! You guys were great!

So what happened to our routine?

Look, I'm sorry, Roc, it wasn't what we do.

Besides, we were slammin'.

Yeah!

Yeah, well, how do you know my stuff wouldn't have worked?

Trust me.

Well, can you believe those kids?

I spent all day tryin' to work out a routine.

I book 'em a date and the first thing they do

is get up there and ignore everything I told 'em.

- Pretty smart, huh? - Yeah...

- What? - I ain't say nothin'.

- How's the chili? - It's great, pop.

- Actually, it was a little hot. - Oh, sorry about that.

Daddy, what on earth is going on in here?

I whipped up some chili for my friends here.

After eatin' all that bland hospital food

I figured they could use a home cooked meal.

Mrs. Wilkins, Mr. Carver

now what are you doing out of the hospital?

Field trip, Eleanor.

Something they've all needed for a long time.

Now pop, I don't think you should do this.

Roc, I don't think you'd say that if you tried his chili.

Oh, really? Let me try some.

- Go ahead. - Daddy!

I want you to take everybody back to the hospital

and back to their rooms now.

Come on, everybody.

We-we gotta be going.

Hey, uh, it was nice meeting you all.

Yes, sweetheart.

- Dad. - Bye. Take care of yourself.

I wanna talk to you for a minute.

I'll be right out, folks.

Now, daddy, you had no business bringing those people here.

Well... my methods may seem a little unorthodox at first

but I'm telling you, Eleanor

I got some other ideas and they're gonna revolutionize

patient care as we know it.

No, daddy, I-I.. Look.

I think this was a big mistake.

And, uh, I'm gonna ask you to turn in your badge.

Oh, no, Eleanor. Look, I wanna--

No, daddy!

I've got to nip this in the bud.

Thanks. You were right, son.

Well... that reverse psychology works every time.

Uh, save me some, baby.

- Hey. - Hey, guys!

- Hi, Mr. Emerson. - How you doing? How you doin'?

- We came to apologize. - Oh, what for?

I should be apologizing to you guys.

See, I told ya.

No, for not doing that routine you wanted us to do.

Oh! You guys did what you do best.

You know, my stuff wouldn't have worked.

Come on, Mr. Emerson. Don't give up.

We like you, we wanna make this happen.

- Yeah. - Oh, guys.

I don't know anything about the music business.

- See, I told you that too. - Shh.

Hey, hey, uh, guys, what's going on?

Mr. Emerson quit on us.

We gotta cut these kids loose.

Look, Roc, I still think we can make

something special out of these kids.

- Now let me call my friend-- - Look, Joey.

You're dreaming like you always do.

Come on, Roc, you heard these guys, man, they're great.

Look, Joey, it was a corner bar.

They'd have screamed like that for anybody.

I mean, it's not the big time.

It's not like, you know The Apollo.

Roc, listen, we got something here.

I think we can make something special out of them.

Wait a second, Roc. Wait a second.

- What? Oh, hey. - Hey, Joey.

Man, come on in, come on, you know everybody.

- Hey. - What's up?

Let me talk to you for a minute. I got some good news.

Good news? Hey, hey, fellas, you wanna

go into the kitchen and grab something cold to drink?

- Case of beer? - Shut up.

So, Mickey, what's on your mind?

I feel really bad for not bein' able to pay you on time.

Yeah, so do I, Mick.

And, of course, uh. I don't wanna ruin

my good standin' in the community.

- So, uh, I got your money. - Alright.

Uh, uh, wait, uh, Mickey, can you excuse us for just a minute?

Roc, let me talk to you for a second. Uh...

Look, Roc, I don't think you understand.

By takin' that money, you've given up the group.

Yeah, Joey, and the kids are better off.

- Roc, that's crazy. - Look, Joey, we got our money.

Yeah, Roc, but it's some change compared to what we can make.

Now all we gotta do, is take those kids' tapes

and send it out to the record companies, Roc.

It's matter of time before they hit, Roc.

It's just postage, Roc. It's all I'm talki--

Joey, do you know what the odds are of those kids

really making it, huh?

I mean, you should know, you're a musician.

Look at your damn career.

See, Roc, that's why you're in a position you're in today.

'Cause you never put your butt on the line.

- You don't take any chance. - You know...

That maybe so, Joey, but that's why you're in a position

you are today because you take too many chances.

- Roc, wait a minute. - And you see this?

You see this? Heh!

This is a new refrigerator.

And some extras for my savings account.

Roc, I'm tellin' you, you're making a big mistake.

A big mistake, 'cause--

By the way, some of that money is mine.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

- Uh, look, thanks, Mick. - Alright, no problem.

Like I said, um, sorry I couldn't pay you on time.

Well, fellas, consider yourself out of the music business.

Hey, Mr. Emerson, you know your refrigerator's broke?

Ah, ye-ye-yeah. I-I-I know that. I know that.

'm gettin' a brand new one.

Hey, kids, come out here. I gotta talk to you.

Yo, Roc, what's up? I bet he's not managing us anymore.

Is that true, Roc?

Yeah, Eleanor.

Look, kids, it's like I told you before.

Now, this just isn't happening.

You know what, I don't wanna lead you on.

'It's not fair to you.'

Now you see, kids, you're young, and nothing seems impossible.

But the truth is, it's tough out there.

The chances of you guys making it big time are...

Oh, well, real slim.

And you'd do better to stay in school

you know and get yourselves a good education.

I'm not sayin' you guys aren't good, because you are.

But to make it big, you gotta be good and lucky.

Hey, kids, I don't deal in luck.

We're not gonna give up, we wanna make it, right, fellas?

- Yeah. - Well, I hope you do.

You know, just... just think about what I said.

Come on, kids.

- I'll walk you home. - Bye, Mr. Emerson.

Hey, look, uh, fellas, uh

sorry it didn't work out, huh?

- Alright. - It's alright.

Hey, Mick.

Let me ask you something.

Now what do you plan on doing with these kids?

Now, I'm-I hope you ain't planning on using them

as a marker for another bad debt.

No. I got them a big record deal.

And the record company got them signed with a big time managers.

Yeah, all I did was send out a few tapes

and the offers came rollin' in.

They're gonna make me rich.

So what do you say now, Roc?

This time I was right.

We just let a million dollar deal walk out that door.

I'm surprised it doesn't bother you, Roc.

Well, Joey, I'm not bothered about it

because I know who I am.

I'm a worker, that's all I am.

I'm not a manager in the music business.

I hope those kids do sell a million records.

I'll be damn proud of 'em.

I hope they make it big time.

I'll be cheering and applauding louder than anybody.

I'm sorry, Joey.

I know this meant a lot to you.

Okay, Roc.

If that's the way you feel.

Well, Joey, that's the way I feel.

Okay.

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ♪