All language subtitles for S03E04 Norma Rae Bunker

You see this? Why do you let her throw
out my inquiries?

It's a good idea.

You must have 20 copies in the bathroom.

That's where they belong.

Well, I mean, not for that.

But, I mean, you gotta kill time up
there somehow.

And I always like to keep up with their
big predictions.

Oh?

Psychic predicts Osmonds will control
the Senate by 1979?

Don't laugh.

All right.

So, he's a little off here.

Hey, you know, them Normans, they can do
anything they put their minds at. How do

you put a B?

Why does she want more money for her?

Don't I give her all the money she
needs?

She's doing it for me.

For you? She's going out on the street
to learn how to be a junior bag lady?

Of course not.

It was my idea. I wanted to help.

Mrs. Cammie needs extra money to help
keep her daughter in college.

Oh, yeah, I see.

Gee, didn't you once tell me that you
had all of that took care of?

I did, three years ago, before
everything doubled.

Now I can't even get help from the
government.

Oh, please, don't start knocking the
administration down. I know the way you

vote is.

Mr. Regan isn't really making them big
cuts, dear. He's just moving the money

over to the army.

Hey, by the way, maybe your daughter
don't really want to go to college.

Maybe she'd like to join the army.

I don't think so.

Mrs. Camby has to find a way to raise a
couple of hundred dollars a month. I

heard that.

Why don't you give her the money?

No,

I told you. Your Uncle Archie pays me a
fair salary.

I wouldn't think of asking him for more
money.

There's some more cans.

Well, sit down a minute. Let me talk to
you.

Geez, this isn't going to work, you
know. I mean, her and the whole Astoria

Girls Club could be out in the streets
scavenging a whole year. They wouldn't

raise $200.

I know.

Stephanie's so sweet. She just wanted to
help.

Well, what are you really going to do?

I don't know.

It has to be something I can do here at
the house. You know, I was thinking

about telephone sales.

You mean calling from here?

Yeah.

You can't make no money at that.

Because anybody who answers the phone
when you call has already got one.

What about the sewing you used to be
doing here? Couldn't you make nothing

over that?

I just don't know enough people around
here.

Yeah, well, maybe you ought to do your
sewing for one of them big dress

companies, you know.

Now, Jose down the bar, his sister does
that.

But I can't hold down a regular job and
still work for you.

Oh, no, no, that ain't the way it works,
see?

They bring all the stuff uptown to her.
She does all the sewing in her little

slum up there.

Then that way she can keep an eye on all
of the swarming kids. Ain't that lovely?

Are you sure about all this? I mean,
this isn't some... Yeah, yeah, no, no,

no, no. This is strictly legit.

I'll tell you what, just for fun.

Go back to the bar. I'll get the name of
the company from Jose. I'll get the

phone number for you.

Okay, I've got nothing to lose. No.

I'll give it a try.

Sure. Thanks, Art. Don't mention it.

I've got three more cans downstairs.

How delightful.

Will you get this rubbish out of the
living room? I feel like I'm living in a

schoolyard in Hoboken.

Come on, Stephanie.

All I ask to be able to do is I'm going
to come home on a break and sit down and

have a beer and read my paper.

And there they are, gone.

When does it get easier, Lord, huh?

I have an appointment to see Julio. Ah,
entre, entre.

Julio!

Hello, I'm Ellen Canby. I talked to you
on the phone about doing some sewing in

my home.

Ah, yes, Mrs.

Canby. I remember now. You, the lady,
speak such good English over the phone.

You come from Jamaica?

Oh, no, no. I was born here. I'm an
American.

Sure, sure. We're all Americans here,
aren't we?

Somos todos americanos, ¿que no?

Si, si.

Taxi, taxi.

Don't worry, Mrs. Canby. Your secret is
safe with us.

Believe me, I'm legal. But this place...
Hey, lady, lady.

I make clothes only for the best. That's
all I gotta worry about.

Do you have work for me, Mr... Smith.

But please, just call me Julio.

Did you bring a sample of your sword?
Yes, I have one.

This jacket.

That's very nice.

Very chic.

You are very talented.

Thank you.

Does that mean I get the work? Oh, sure,
yeah.

Chico, traeme una caja.

How much do you pay?

I pay by the piece.

Julio, firma aqui.

It's all up to you how fast you work.

You see this box here?

You fill up a box like this, you make
$140.

The whole box for $140?

That's it.

And that's all.

Okay.

It's a deal.

Welcome to the fair.

Now, let me show you the kind of work we
do here.

This is beautiful, Mrs. Camby. Bet it
costs a lot of money.

It sure does.

I've seen Mimi de Paris blouses
advertised in Vogue magazine for over a

hundred dollars.

You're going to make a fortune.

Not me. All I get is a dollar forty
apiece.

That's terrible.

Have you finished folding those?

Yeah. You know, I think three dollars is
way too much to pay me just for folding.

No, no, no.

That's what we agreed on.

Okay, but I think I negotiated a better
deal than you did. I'm just glad to be

making as much as I am.

Oh, here he is. Is that the bandito?

Shh, don't call him that.

Well, that's what you call him.

Don't mind what I call him. His name is
Julio, and he's bringing my $140.

Please, come in.

We're just finishing packing now.

That's good. We brought you some more
work to do. Rafael, I got a piece.

So these are the finished pieces, huh?
Uh

-huh. Didn't Mrs. Camby do a good job?

Sure, sure. Terrific.

Terrific. The manufacturer will be very
pleased with what we manufactured for

him, huh?

Okay, here you go.

Just call me when this new batch is
finished, huh, Rafael?

Wait! Wait just one minute. There's some
mistake. This is only $80.

There's no mistake.

But I'm supposed to get $140.

Eso es lo que siempre dicen.

That's what the manufacturer gave me. He
said to me, if I don't do it for less,

he's going to send the work to Taiwan.

To foreigners.

She needs that money.

Do you know how many hours she spent
sewing those blouses?

You're cheating her.

Listen, little girl, I'm going to tell
you something that maybe they don't

teach you in school, huh?

If they cheat me, I cheat her.

I don't like it, but that's the way it
is, okay?

That's not fair.

It's more fair than in my country.

America's a wonderful place. They cheat
you less here than anywhere else.

Okay, that's it.

I'm not working for you anymore.

I'm sorry, but there are some very good
businessmen down there.

And there's nothing you can do with a
good businessman.

Oh, yes, there is.

If I can't get my money from you, I'm
going to the main office tomorrow and

get it from them.

Uh-huh.

Well, good luck, lady.

Do me a favor, eh?

Make believe you don't know me, okay?

Will you just listen to me for once? You
can't go into that main office in the

city there.

Oh, no? Just watch me.

My advice to you is forget about it. The
minute you turn over the stuff to the

guy without getting paid, you could kiss
your 60 bucks goodbye.

Three dollars if it was mine.

Kiss that goodbye, too.

And you ain't going in there neither.

You look at this here, huh?

Young, female, black.

Between the two of you, you got three
minorities working. You ain't got a

chance.

At least I could try.

Don't you see what I'm saying?

You'd have to go to see the top guy
there. And the top guy, he ain't gonna

talk to nobody who ain't the top guy,
too.

What I mean is, it's like a businessman,
you know? And I respect a businessman.

I mean, somebody go in there and be
smart, you know, but charming.

And, you know, diplomatic there.

And I hate to say it, but it wouldn't
hurt to be white neither.

That's the kind of a person who could do
that.

Don't look at me.

Hey, don't look at me.

I said, don't look at me. I ain't going
to do that. I ain't going in there. I'm

going home. Where's near that place?

No way.

No way.

Case closed.

Hello, Mimi DePerry. Will you hold?

Thank you very much, girls. You were all
simply marvelous.

And we'll be in touch just as soon as we
need you for the show.

Goodbye. Bye.

I, I, excuse me, this is, you know, just
for your own good.

I mean, the way you look, you ain't
gonna last ten minutes out there.

Well, the way you look, you're not gonna
last ten minutes in here.

Not every mark was uncalled for.

Uh,

excuse me.

Miss Mimi on the door, is she in?

No.

Well, where is she in Paris?

Please hold.

There is no Mimi.

Mr. Atchison is the head of the company.

Mimi de Paris, will you hold?

Are you here to make a delivery?

No. I'm here to see Mr.

Atchison. Mimi de Paris, will you hold?

If you're looking for a job, we only
hire through the agencies.

I ain't looking for no job. I'm here to
collect some dough.

Oh. Well, find a seat and wait like
everybody else.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Hi, there. How are you?

How are you?

Whoop-dee-doo.

Hi, there, pal.

You know, I think you and me is the only
two men in the whole place.

What do you mean?

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Cop a squint at what's looking at
Playgirl magazine over there. Hey, like

that. He's not much.

Cowboy's kind of cute, though.

Listen up, everybody. Mr. Atchison's
ready to see you now.

That sorry gentleman, Mr. A, doesn't
have too much time.

Thanks for the call. I'm glad to see you
again, Bob.

Good to see you. Oh, it's going to be
fun working with you.

Mr. Leon. Glad to have you back, Johnny.

Oh, good to see you, Ted. You're going
to be wonderful for this show.

Bobby, that's a lovely jacket. Is it one
of ours? What else?

Oh, my God.

Who or what are you?

I'm probably the only straight dude
you've ever seen around here.

Well, then you can sign our book.

Just let me through, huh? I want to see
your boss, if you don't mind.

Excuse me there, Mr.

Snatchman. Actress.

If that's the way you like it, whatever.

My name is Archie Bunker, and... Mr.
Bunker, please. I'm a very busy man. See

my secretary?

Oh, listen, I ain't gonna take much of
your time.

I just come to collect $60 for a certain
Mrs.

Canby. I don't know any Mrs. Canby.

Oh, well, she's one of them poor
misfortunes that sows for you in that

dump you run downtown.

And you know something? You don't treat
your employees very good. Leon, give me

a minute here, please.

Leon, give us a minute here, will you,
please?

Follow me, please, gentlemen.

You'll have to see your contractor. This
is not my legal responsibility.

But you're the boss, are you? Yes.

Yeah, well, I can tell you, like I told
you before, in two ways.

Give me $60.

I'm afraid you don't understand how the
garment industry works. You see, your

friend is being paid a fair wage for the
market.

A fair wage? What a lot of malarkey
there. What do you think? I just rode

over here from Cuba.

$60? Today, you and I know that $60
won't buy two bags of groceries in the

market. You're missing the point. Let me
give you an example. Well, I don't want

to take much of your time.

I love discussing economics.

How much did you pay for that shirt
you're wearing?

This shirt was very dear. Seven dollars.

Well, if the garment industry didn't
have cheap labor, that particular shirt

might have cost you as much as ten.

Get the point?

Yeah, I get the point. I get the point.
But that ain't the point I'm interested

in here.

Now, come on, will you? Give me the
sixty dollars or I'll turn you into the

union. What union? This isn't a union
shop.

Well, listen, I could take it further,
you know. I got connections.

I could go to the government.

They're damn near as powerful as any
union.

Good. You go to the government.

You think the government is going to
give them better jobs than I give them?

I'm the best friend they've got.

Nobody's forcing them to work for me.
They want to work for me. We're talking

here about free enterprise.

Don't give me that free enterprise, Dad.
This is exploitation of the masses.

You some kind of commie?

I ain't no commie. Don't call me no
commie. Listen, I'm as red-blooded

American as you ever see.

I at least know what's wrote on that
sign on the Statue of Liberty. Do you?

No, what does it say?

Well, I can't give you the exact words,
you know, but it just says to the whole

world, come on in here, we'll give you a
fair shake.

Is that what it says?

Well, they say one or two other
patriotic things, like America, love it

or leave it.

Hey, that ain't what works here. What
works here is give me $60.

You quite finished?

No, not till I see the $60.

Very well.

I can see you won't leave until you get
it.

That is perfectly right.

My accountant will be in in a minute.
He'll take care of you.

Swell, swell. That's fine. I'll just
wait here for your accountant.

Here I am.

Mr. Bunker, I'd like you to meet my
accountant, Melvin.

Gee, Melvin, you don't look much like an
accountant.

I settle all of Mr. Ray's accounts.

Melvin, Mr. Bunker here thinks we owe
him some money. Huh?

Well, it ain't a hell of a lot, Melvin,
you know.

It's only $60, and as long as you got
the cash there, I could take that.

There it is, $60.

Yeah, well, would you mind handing it to
me now?

Oh, no, no, no, I can't do that.

This is where we play a game.

You try to get it.

I try to keep you from getting it.

You think you can win this game, Mr.
Bunker?

Well, no, I don't think I can.

No one ever has.

Nice meeting you.

Big shot there.

You gotta go to all of this trouble just
for a lousy $60.

$60 doesn't mean a thing to me, Mr.
Bunker.

But you see, in business, you don't like
to set precedents.

Nancy, send in Leon with the boys,
please.

Have a nice day.

Oh, I thank you very much, Mr.

Scratchen, and the same to you.

And likewise to you, Melvin.

You big, baldy jerk.

Here's your job for stuffing envelopes
in your own home.

That's even a bigger rip-off than sewing
in your own home.

It's too bad that job didn't work out.

Why couldn't you make all the money? You
make the clothes.

Making the clothes is the easy part,
Stephanie.

Finding the customers and selling is
difficult.

You have to be a real go-getter to do
that.

Hey, hey, hey, whoop-dee-doo,
whoop-dee-doo. Uncle Archie. Hiya, kid.

But what happened? Tell us. Tell me what
happened. I done what I went to do.

You got the money?

Sure, I got the money. Hey, what do you
think? Here it is right here.

Three crispy $20 bills.

I told them that they didn't have to put
your name on the envelope, so...

Save that. We could use it again.

But how did you do it?

How did I do it? There was nothing to
it. I just walked in there. I says, give

me the dough.

You know.

Well, they did a little whimpering
around there, you know.

Trying to get out of it. Give me a song
and dance and all of that. I says to

them again, give me the dough.

So the boss of the joint there, he had a
bell on his desk. He dinged the bell,

you know, to call in the accountant.

In comes the accountant. You should have
seen this guy.

A little weasel with big glasses on.

Jimmy the dog.

So they turned it right over there, you
know.

And then they went whimpering out of
there with their tails between their

legs. You know what Barney's dog does?
You know, when you say, get out of here.

And you kicked him out of their own
office.

Wow. Well, I didn't exactly do that.
They were slinking off to their lunch

anyway, so I said to them, go ahead.

Gee, I wish I could be more like that.
Instead of being on the defensive all

the time, be on the offensive like you.

Yeah, well, you know, you won't find
many people who can be as offensive as

me.

Sure wouldn't hurt if those garment
workers had a little of your spunk and

energy. Yeah, well, that's right, Mrs.
Campbell. You know what I think we ought

to do?

We ought to just kind of forget about
this whole thing, huh?

Let's do that.

I'm a little thirsty. Can somebody get
me a beer?

You know, Stephanie, you had a good idea
there. I did? What was it?

I'm going to start sewing my own
designs.

Selling them.

Doing the alterations.

If your Uncle Archie has the guts to
send it to those guys, I ought to have

the guts to try and start my own
business, right?

Right. What voice could I have my beer?

Make up some notices and take them down
to the laundromats.

Let's go up to my room. I've got some
pen and paper up there.

Didn't anybody hear me?

Here.

And now we can take some pictures of you
so people can really see how good you

are. Yeah,

I know it was a big lie.

But I know you, Lord.

And I know damn well you'll forgive me.