Original subtitles

Hey, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Rocky Carroll

and welcome to "Roc Live."

Listen, we wanna kick this show off

with a birthday wish to Muhammad Ali.

Happy birthday, champ. Alright.

Yeah. Yeah.

Alright.

We've, uh, we've been away for the holidays, right

so to kick off the new year we've got a brand new opening.

That's right, folks, it's hype, it's slammin', it's kickin'.

And best of all it's sung by En Vogue.

That's right, folks, the Funky Divas

are doing the new "Roc" opening.

Alright? So now I noticed no way in the world

you can confuse us with Mercy Road, alright?

So sit back and enjoy the show.

And to our friend and co-worker

Doran Reed, we love you, get well soon.

Alright? Enjoy the show, 'cause here it comes.

♪ Baby ♪

♪ There's a man ♪

♪ With no future ♪

♪ So it seems ♪

♪ Can't live out his dreams ♪

♪ Now he's struck into thinkin' ♪

♪ He won't succeed ♪

♪ And he can't believe ♪

♪ Live your life today ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Not for tomorrow ♪

♪ Not for tomorrow ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Live your life today ♪

♪ Oh baby now let's get down tonight ♪

Mm-hmm. I sure hope you're Mrs. Emerson.

'Cause if you're not, I'm about to commit a crime tonight.

Fortunately I am Mrs. Emerson.

But don't let that stop you baby.

Mm-hmm. Boy, this is sweet.

Pop and Joey both have dates the same night you're off.

What will we do with ourselves?

I'm gonna tell you what we gonna do.

Oh, yeah, baby.

- Oh! Hey! - Well!

Oh, Joey, what you doing here?

What happened to your date with Corinne?

Man, that woman doesn't respect my privacy.

I got... I know the feeling.

Listen, as soon as I got there she start complainin'

about the fact that I don't spend enough time with her.

I told her, I said, hey, I got a job now.

Joey, I'm sure it's very difficult squeezing Corinne

in-between your work and your music.

Yeah, don't-don't forget Honey Thompson, too.

Hey, Joey, when are you going to learn?

You can't keep bouncing from woman to woman.

Yeah, sure I can. I just, I just need a nap in-between.

Ah. Joey, look, it's time for you to find someone special.

You know someone who's gonna love you and take care of you.

Yeah. I see what you're-I see what you're getting at.

I mean, look at you two, what's it two weeks

before your eighth anniversary you still acting like

you did on your wedding day.

Yeah. Our wedding day was wonderful too.

Yeah. Our wedding night wasn't too shabby either.

Oh, Roc, stop.

Joey, I tell you one thing I do regret though

getting married at City Hall and not having our family there

to share the joy with us.

Yeah, well, the problem with family is

they always come hungry.

Oh, Roc, stop.

Hey, you know you can do it again.

You ever think about, you know renewing your wedding vows?

- 'Hey, pop.' - Hey, pop, what you doin' here?

Well, Maggie and I got into a fight about Michael Jackson.

She thinks it's okay if he hired a little white boy

to play him in that commercial.

She say doesn't make any difference

if you're black or white.

And I said, you wanna be starting somethin'?

She said, beat it.

Oh, daddy. I'm sorry to hear about that.

Well, if she calls and says, I want you back. I'll be there.

What can I say? I'm bad.

- Hey, hey, pop, guess what? - What?

Roc and Eleanor are thinkin' about renewing

their wedding vows in front of us.

Well, is there gonna be any food?

Well, wait a minute, Joey. Wait a minute.

Now I don't think that's such a good idea.

I don't know, Roc, I like the idea.

Well, yeah, yeah, it's okay. Yeah, you know, it's alright.

I mean, we could have a nice little intimate ceremony.

- Right here at our own house. - Mm-hmm.

Oh, I get to invite my sister Ruth and her husband David.

Are you gonna invite your mama too?

Of course.

Roc, you're not still upset that mama told the family

you were a doctor, are you?

Oh, No. You know, I love it, I love to get phone calls

from your cousin Wendell when ever his rash flares up.

Roc, remember when we got married

we wanted to write some special vows

and we never got around to it.

Yeah, I remember that.

Now we gonna have two whole weeks

to write some beautiful vows.

Yeah, how about that?

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪

So, you know I apologize to Corinne, right.

So, I invited her here to the ceremony tonight

'cause I wanted her to see, you know, the kind of special

long lasting relationship I want us to have, right?

And I don't know why she dumped me.

So, I invited Honey Thompson.

'Cause, you know, I wanted her to see the kind of special

long lasting relationship I-I want us to have.

Joey, did you invite anybody that knows this family?

Yeah, I invited Uncle Russell.

Now why'd you go and do a fool thing like that?

Come on, pop. Now, that's your brother.

Well, he probably won't even come.

- Hey, Joey. - Yeah.

I just finished my wedding vows.

- Alright. - How does this sound?

Ah, "Eleanor, this is the time of year

"when I have my most special thoughts of you

"the one I love.

"I wish you warmth, happiness,

peace and good will."

Now, that was on that Christmas card I gave you.

- Joey. - 'Yeah.'

Did you remember to pickup the refreshments?

I sure did. I picked up three jumbo bags of potato chips.

Potato chips?

Joey! We invited a lot of people here today.

People we care about.

I think we can afford to serve our guests

somethin' a little classier than potato chips.

Well, wait a minute, Eleanor.

I don't see nothing wrong with serving potato chips.

Roc, this is a very special day.

And if anything happens to ruin this very special day

I'm not sure what kind of mood I'm gonna be in

on this very special night.

Uh, Joey, we gonna be needing something more

than those potato chips.

Alright. Here you are.

Well, I'm gonna need something more than this dollar.

I'll put some my own money with it.

Well, if we gonna be gettin' classy here

I'd better break out the Champale.

Oh, oh, hey, hey, look who is here.

- Hi, Joey. - Oh, it's David and Ruth.

- Hey, David, how you doin'? - Baby sis!

- Oh, I'm so happy. - Hey, sweetheart.

You and David could make it.

Say I'm kinda hungry, you got anything to eat?

- No. - In the kitchen, David.

Yeah, well, let the feeding frenzy begin.

- Oh! - Eight years?

Oh, you two must be very happy.

Oh, baby sis, we really are, we're happy as you and David.

Oh, right.

What's wrong?

Girl, David and I fought in car all the way here.

Oh, honey.

We've been arguing a lot lately.

Seems like the only way we communicate anymore

is by yelling at each other.

- Oh. - Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

Well, actually, Roc, I was kinda hoping you'd talk to him.

I'm really sorry to hear that.

Oh, come on, Roc, please. Please.

Now, look, David's a lawyer.

I don't know how to talk to a lawyer.

I'm used to talkin' out of the middle of my mouth.

Now, Roc.

Remember, we don't want anything to ruin this beautiful day.

Just talk to him, okay?

Come on, Ruth, I wanna show you somethin' up stairs.

Yeah.

So, how was your trip?

Same as any trip is

when you gotta mongoose wrapped around your neck.

I mean, why is it women cannot trust us

to get them from one destination to the next

without stoppin' to ask for directions 37 times?

I mean, if they see the exit comin' wouldn't it be wiser

to say somethin' before you pass the exit?

- Yeah. I guess so. But... - Hey, hey, hey.

- So, David, how is life, man? - I'm married.

Oh, come on, David. Come off that.

Now, Roc, didn't you and Eleanor

have-have some kind of big blow out?

Well, sure all couples fight.

Fightin' isn't so bad, you know? Oh, come on, now.

Because when the fighting's over the makin' up begins.

Yeah, and if you get her to believe that she won the fight

you could be makin' up all night.

Oh, yeah. After our argument about Michael Jackson

Maggie and I had a real thriller.

Wow. You know, I never looked at it quite like that.

Hey, look, when we make up, Eleanor has this little ritual

she breaks out the satin sheets

puts on some Barry White records, oh, baby.

Dabs on some Shalimar and then...

...the coup de grace.

The teddy.

'Uh-oh! The teddy.'

And then, and then...

And then I say, come here you...

See, what you got, you gotta learn to have respect

for one another, see?

How you doing, baby, how are you?

Hey, baby, can I see you in the kitchen for a minute?

I smell a big fight coming. You a lucky man, Roc.

So, what all did you say to him?

Well, you-you know me, Eleanor... You know me.

- I-I just talk. You know. - Yeah, I know.

I heard what you were talkin' about.

You were telling all those men about our sex life.

Oh, I-I didn't actually get to the sex part.

Roc! What is wrong with you?

I don't want Davis and Joey and daddy thinkin' about me

in that way, like I'm a sex object.

Well, t-they're not thinkin' about you in that way.

You know what I mean? They're not thinkin' about you at all.

Hey, teddy.

Well, you know, I-I-I...

See, I was tellin', you know, um, ah...

You know, you asked me to talk to him and-and...

- Not about me, Roc! - I-I-I.. The thing...

I swear, if there weren't so many people comin'

here today I would go on upstairs

lock the door and leave you on the sofa.

Oh, no, Eleanor, not the sofa. Baby, come on now.

Why you don't have to be lonely.

You'll have my teddy to keep you company.

- Guess, who? Mmm. - Mama.

Oh, baby, I can't wait to see

you and Roc renew your wedding vows.

- Oh, and Roc... - Hm-mm.

Um, even though you're a trash collector

I know you gonna say something real sweet to my daughter today.

Don't disappoint me here. Okay? Alright.

Come on, baby. Are you gonna wear that dress I sent you?

Oh, you-you having fun up there?

There's more "Roc Live" after these messages.

You know, honey, I'm so glad you came tonight. You know.

Argh! Excuse me. I'll be right back, okay?

Hold that pose, hold that pose.

Hey, I didn't know you settled up here.

- Hey, Uncle Russell. - Joey. Joey.

- Hey, hey. Good seein' you. - Hey. Welcome.

- I knew you'd make it. - Alright.

Oh, you must be Andrew's brother, the writer.

- Yes, I am. Yes, I am. - So, nice to meet you at last.

Uh, Uncle Russell, this is Roc's mother-in-law.

- This is Margaret. - Oh, Margaret.

- Yes. I've heard a lot. - How do you do?

- It's a pleasure to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- Andrew, Andrew. How you doin'? - Oh, Russell.

It's been a long time.

Well, I'm really happy that you could make it.

Well, not only that I make it, I brought Chris with me.

Ah-huh. Handsome man like you, I should have known.

Chris must be your...

- That's right. That's right. - Oh, my!

Oh. here he is now. Hi, hon.

Hon?

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

You know, this living room

brings back a lot of memories for me.

You know, Russell and I, we tied the knot

right over there by that sofa.

I gotta go get some more chips.

Well, Eleanor's upstairs getting dressed

and Roc went to pickup his suit from the dry cleaners

so there's still a slight chance

that you haven't ruined this day.

Oh, come on, baby. I'm-I'm really sorry. I am.

Okay, look. You're-you're right, I'm wrong.

Let's make up.

- Really? - Yeah.

Say, tell me, what do you have at home, in the way of lingerie?

'Excuse me, be right back.'

Everybody, everybody enjoying themselves?

That's my Uncle Chris?

And this is... Corinne.

Uh, hey. Baby, uh...

Wow. I'm glad you can make it.

Now everybody in the world that I care about

is in this same room.

"Eleanor you're the light of my life

"you give me hope to carry on.

- '"With love I feel.."' - Roc, what you doin'?

You still workin' on your vows?

Yeah, but I don't know why. The way Eleanor is feelin'

right now, I may not get the samp.

- Yeah? Oh, Lord. Crazy George. - Oh, man.

Get away, George. Get away, go ahead. Oh, man!

I got him. I got him. I got him.

- Whoa! How you doin'? - Okay.

Assalamu alaikum, my brother.

Walaikum assalam, brother.

I just saw a...

Uh, look, since you've been such a great job as a landlord

me and my grandmother got you this gift, you know.

You know, since this is your wedding day and all.

Yeah. Well, George, George, look

we're not gettin' married, right?

Eleanor and I are renewing our wedding vows.

Oh. Alright, well...

Can I keep the gift in, I mean.

You know, I don't know what's in it.

Might be, you know, a race track or a real car. Something like...

Alright, calm down. Calm-calm down, George.

Calm down. Calm down.

- Uh, I just wanna open it. - 'Go ahead.'

Oh, would you look at this.

A pot holder.

A dirty pot holder.

Well, since everything you have is used

we thought we'd use it first.

You know, I...I got this stain when--

I don't wanna know where you got that stain, George.

Just-just take the pot holder home now now, now.

Well, thank you for the gift. You shouldn't have.

Ah, anyway, by the way

the reverend told me to give you this.

- Alright. Y-yeah, yeah. - Congratulation.

- George, okay. Alright. - Alright.

- Okay. Okay. - Assalamu alaikum.

- Stay strong, brother. - 'Okay.'

Al-alright, George.

Joey, put a double lock on that gate.

- You got it. - Oh, man!

Reverend Adams can't make it. He's-he's got laryngitis.

- Oh, man. - What next?

Listen, Roc, just-just go upstairs

and smooth things over with Eleanor.

I'll make sure you take those wedding vows again

if it's the last thing I do.

- Alright, Joey, thanks. - Alright. Oh, boy.

- Hello, Roc. - Hey, mom.

I was just upstairs talkin' to Eleanor.

- Now, Margaret, I can explain. - No, Roc. Roc.

She is really lookin' forward to today.

And, uh, I know you don't have to have me say this, Roc

but, uh, you have my blessings.

Well, thanks, mom.

But, then again, what other choice do I have, huh?

Okay, everybody. Lookin' great. Everybody cool?

Alright, you enjoyin' yourselves. Good, good, goo.

- Hello, Joey. - Hey, Margaret.

- I met your girlfriend. Yeah. - Yeah? Yeah.

Well.. Well, Corinne's very special to me.

Corinne? I thought your girlfriend was Honey.

What? Margaret, you are my girl-friend

as all women are all girls, are my girl-friends and...

- Girl, I gotta go. Excuse me. - Uh-huh.

Hey, I see you dressed, huh?

- Mm-hmm. - Hmm.

- You still mad at me? - Mm-hmm.

Oh, just checkin'.

Um... we still gonna go through with this, right?

Roc, there's family and friends downstairs right now

waitin' to share in the joy of our lovin' relationship.

In other words, we gotta show in ten minutes.

Oh, okay, well, uh, you know, um... break a leg.

I'm gonna go over here.

- Yes, I'm bad. - Andrew.

Ah, I'd like to chat

but I can't keep my guest waiting.

Uh, Andrew, look why you avoiding me?

I thought we were beyond this whole gay thing.

Oh, I don't care about your being gay.

But how come you don't call me anymore?

- I call you. - Huh.

When you got divorced, you used to call me every Sunday.

That is until you found yourself a new wife, uh, hus...

White boy.

Andrew, what is that you want me to say?

You know, I call you when I can.

But, listen, I-I gotta full life also.

Oh, yeah, I know. And I used to be a part of it.

Uh, hey, pop, Uncle Russell, we're about to start.

Alright. Alright. Okay, folks, we're gettin' ready to start.

- Right. Ready. - Yeah. You ready?

Got your thing? Okay, alright.

- Are we ready? - Yeah, ready.

Ready?

He's not a preacher.

Well, preacher, judge, lawyer, Roc, he's got on a suit.

Family and friends of Roc and Eleanor.

We are gather here today to celebrate

the love and promise of commitment

this couple has made to one another.

Now, the bride and groom have some

specially prepared words they'd like us to hear.

Roc.

Uh... Alright, E-Eleanor, um...

When I asked you to marry me, I was sure you were gonna say no

you know, and, and everyday up until our wedding day I thought

well, today is the day she's changes her mind about me.

Well, you know, but you didn't.

No matter how many stupid things I've, you know, said and done.

But since we're gonna be spending

the rest of our lives together.

I... I like to apologize in advance.

You know, for every, you know, stupid thing, uh...

...I will say and do, and, uh...

Trust me there's, you know, there's-there's gonna be some.

Uh.. But there's, um, th-there's one thing I like to say

that's not stupid.

I've had eight... wonderful years with you.

And I'm looking forward to 80 more.

I love you, baby!

Eleanor...

You're the greatest.

I love you too, Roc baby.

Look, Russell, you have your life

and I'm happy for you.

Andrew, we'll talk about that on Sunday.

When I call you. Alright?

- Oh, baby. Mm-hmm. - Hey, are we makin' up?

Hey, you think anybody'll miss us?

Who cares?

Look here, no, no. Really, ladies.

We can-we can work this out. Okay?

I mean, we just saw a nice, we saw a nice cer...

Where y'all goin'? Where you goin'?

You-you wanna go to a movie or somethin'?

Wait, you-you need a ride?

Don't go away, "Roc Live" will be right back.

Say everybody had a good time after all.

Mm-hmm. There's only one thing wrong.

- What? - I never got to hear your vows.

Oh, come here I'll whisper 'em to you in your ear.

You know, that's a good you didn't

say that in front of your mother.

Oh, yeah. What you gonna do about it, huh? Yeah!