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Wake up, God damn it!
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I know it's hard.
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Your eyes is burning,
slowly opening.
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You slowly realizing
that this wasn't no dream.
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No, this is your life.
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Yeah, right about now
you're looking at them
cold walls that surround you,
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and you wondering,
"How the hell did I get up
in this joint, Jack?
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"And how the fuck
I'm gonna get out?"
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(BUZZING)
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But you know what they say:
"It's like life, y'all.
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PETEY ON P. A... :
"Ain't no way to it,
but to do it. "
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So reach on up there
and scratch another day
off the wall, man.
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But don't be whining.
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Uh-uh.
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Ain't gonna be no signal fire.
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Just take a stand.
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Be a man.
It's good to see you, man.
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And try to understand.
Hey, listen, man. Listen.
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You ain't in here
'cause of the master's plan.
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No, you in here
'cause you fucked up!
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Look, this is the nigga
that I've been writing
you about. You dig?
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Yo, I was reading my court
papers the other day, y'all.
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They say, "Ralph Waldo
'Petey' Greene versus
the United States of America."
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I say, "Goddamn!
No wonder I'm up
in this motherfucker!"
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So I'm gonna dedicate
this next one to my baby.
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Man, she gonna be up here
in a minute, and this gal,
Lord have mercy,
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she's fine as frogs, yeah.
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So while this is playing,
I want y'all to think about
the one y'all love.
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And I'm talking about the one
sends you them pictures, man,
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not the cat in the next bunk.
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I guess you're pretty hard up
for entertainment around here.
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Yeah, man. This is prison.
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Whatever gets you through
twenty-to-life.
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I got a meeting.
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You...
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You need anything?
I don't need shit.
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Okay.
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Let me ask you something.
Why do you even bother?
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Because I promised Mama.
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Don't do me no fucking favors.
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(BUZZING)
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Hello, Vernell.
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That's the booty line.
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Conjugal visits.
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(VERNELL EXCLAIMING)
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Hay. Hey, Radio man! Hey!
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So Milo been telling you
about me, huh?
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What?
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Milo. Your brother?
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Said y'all need a new DJ
at that radio station.
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Hey, I'm your man.
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My brother wouldn't know.
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And in case you forgot,
you're in prison.
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It's a minor challenge.
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You're a miscreant.
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That's more than
a minor challenge.
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The fuck this nigga call me?
A Miss who?
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A miscreant.
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A convict.
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(LAUGHING)
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Listen to this nigga!
I'm a miscreant!
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Well, you know what?
I like that shit!
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'Cause that makes me sound
like a con with class.
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Hey, Ralph Waldo
"Petey" Greene,
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miscreant mack
at your service.
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You forgot "felon."
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"Lowlife."
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So do that mean
I got a job or what?
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Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
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I need you to do me a favor,
sugar. Okay?
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I need you to go home
and take this
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right on down to Nighthawk
for me, okay?
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Here.
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Here!
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Come on, take it!
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Here!
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Ain't no padding in there,
sweetie.
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You tell him
it's all me, okay?
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PETEY: Vernell.
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What?
You don't get your ass
in that room...
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Oh, shut up.
It's just a bra.
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Hey, radio man!
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You better come on!
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I'm gonna look you up
when I get out of here, man.
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Yeah?
How many years you pulling?
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Five to ten.
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Nickel to a dime.
It ain't shit, baby.
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You do that.
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I'm the best there is, baby.
I'm the greatest!
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I'm the greatest
of all time, baby!
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NIGHTHAWK: This is
The Nighthawk Show,
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doing it for all those
fine young things
down at Howard University.
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The Love Hawk
with you all night,
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rocking your radio
in the nation's capital.
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It's 5:10 on the
Sounds of Soul, the big O-L.
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We keep losing ground to WOOK.
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We can make up the lost ground
on OK, sir. I mean,
we have a very exciting slate.
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Great music, talk...
Sounds good,
but it's not working.
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What's the problem?
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The problem is we've lost
touch with the real DC
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in our attempts
to win over the Beltway.
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This has always been
a station of the people
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and in case you forgot,
most of the people
don't live in Georgetown.
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Yeah, but the people who live
in Georgetown
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do shop at Giant Foods
and Woody's.
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Sponsors that pay your salary.
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No. I pay his salary,
and yours.
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Maybe I should start paying
your salary to him.
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Sir, I think...
I'm serious.
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What do you say, Dewey?
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You think
you can turn us around?
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Yes sir, I do.
Good.
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Let's give it a try.
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Good afternoon, gentlemen.
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MAN: Sir, I just need
a minute of your time, please.
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PETEY. : Hey, y'all, guess what?
I found out today
I ain't a con, y'all.
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For real.
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I am not a con,
or a felon, or a thug.
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No. I am a miscreant.
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(LAUGHS)
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Now, y'all know what that is?
Good morning.
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That's a con, brother.
A felon, a thug.
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We ain't in prison.
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No, this
a correctional facility.
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See, when you broke into
that car, or shot that nigga,
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it wasn't 'cause you
a wrong-doing
motherfucker, no.
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No, see,
you troubled, brother.
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You disenfranchised.
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ANNOUNCER. : The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson.
And now...
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PETEY. : All this wordplay
so that we don't have
to face the truth.
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'Cause the truth is,
no matter how many ways
you try to slice it,
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I'm a con.
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OFFICER: Lights out!
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And you a con, too.
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POOCHIE: (SINGING)
Warden's got a little dick!
Warden's got a little dick!
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Yeah! Come on, Warden!
What you got?
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You got that little dick?
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Who the hell is that man
on my tower?
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Braxton, Poochie, sir.
Ten-to-fifteen, armed robbery.
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(INMATES YELLING)
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Hey, Warden! You got a little,
itty-bitty dick! That's right!
That's you, Warden!
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Shoot him.
Sir?
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Right between the eyes.
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I don't know
if we can do that, legally.
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Technically,
he's not trying to escape.
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Well, where in hell
can I shoot him, then?
Listen here!
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I want Petey Greene!
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You hear me, Warden?
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I want you to get Petey Greene
out here, right now.
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Petey! Petey! Petey!
Petey! Petey! Petey!
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POOCHIE: What's he gonna do?
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Where Petey at?
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Oh, yo, Petey!
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(WHOOPING)
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Yeah. Look,
you got a little dick!
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Warden! Your dick, Warden!
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Look like you got
quite a situation here, sir.
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Yes, Mr. Greene, I do.
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(SINGING) Warden's got
a little dick!
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Can you do anything?
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I don't know, sir.
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I mean, what you got
in your boxers is God's doing.
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Sorry, Warden, you kind of
walked right into that one.
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Poochie! Nigga, what the hell
are you doing up there, man?
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Yeah! Warden's got
a little dick!
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Now look here, Warden.
Poochie crazy.
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He's a good kid,
but he got all fucked up
on that narcotic.
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Come on, Warden,
what you got?
I can get him down.
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Got that little dick!
I can even shut him up.
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Come on, what you gonna do?
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What you gonna do, Warden?
I'd be very grateful.
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Now, exactly how grateful
are we talking about?
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(WHISPERING)
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All right.
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Poochie!
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Petey! It's Petey!
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Boy, if you don't come down
from there and stop making
all that noise,
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I'm gonna call your mama.
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(EXCLAIMING)
I'm gonna tell her you
out here acting a fool, man.
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Now, come on down. Poochie.
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(LAUGHS)
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INMATES: Petey! Petey!
Petey! Petey!
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Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!
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(ALL SHOUTING)
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We take all necessary measures
in support of freedom
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and in defense of peace
in Southeast Asia.
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Stop the bombing,
and stop the war.
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Come on.
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(LAUGHING) Petey!
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Yeah.
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Ain't this a bitch?
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What?
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I can't move my legs, baby.
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You jiving!
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No.
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Look here, Petey.
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Now, you know I been
with you ten years, right?
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Hell, nine of them
you was in jail.
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So you know how
I feel about you.
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But I didn't get all foxy,
nails done, new dress
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to hear you talking
about you can't move.
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Now, I know you're scared.
Okay?
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Every man is scared.
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But baby, I'm standing here
in a girdle
and some tight-ass shoes,
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and I wanna meet me
some Nighthawk!
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So you best to get your legs
to moving and get in there
and get your job.
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What if I ain't good enough?
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Hell! Every man I know
ain't good enough, Petey!
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But even with all your shit,
you the only one who is.
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Now, come on! Look at you!
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You the man with the pants!
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Yeah.
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The shit-talking,
pimp-walking, good-loving man.
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Oh, that's right.
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The mack that's the head
of the Cool Cat Clan!
Give me some!
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Preach on.
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And you'll be damned if you
take shit from any black,
yellow, green or white man.
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Amen!
Hallelujah!
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Baby, did I tell you
how good you look?
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I know!
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(GASPS)
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Good afternoon, good people.
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There he is.
You wanted to meet him, go on.
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I can't move my legs.
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Hello, DC, this is Sunny Jim,
coming back at you.
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Well, it's about time
for me to go,
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but don't forget to come
to the country fair tomorrow.
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I know I'd love me some cotton
candy. How about you, Widget?
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(HONKS)
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"Oh yeah, I love it,
I love it.
It's sweet, it's fluffy,
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"and it's oh-so-satisfying!"
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I'm gonna leave you
with the sunny, sweet,
cotton-candy sounds
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of The Supremes.
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(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
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Have no fear,
The Hawk is here.
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You're late.
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00:14:47,964 --> 00:14:50,467
Oh, I'm never late. The Hawk
is always right on time.
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Just hurry on up
and get in there.
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What you got?
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Better tell these women
to stop calling here for you.
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I'm not your social secretary.
242
00:14:58,140 --> 00:14:59,934
Jamming up my phones!
243
00:15:00,017 --> 00:15:01,977
One heifer sent her panties!
244
00:15:02,019 --> 00:15:04,146
Don't blame me.
It's the voice.
245
00:15:04,730 --> 00:15:07,941
In the last six months,
we've seen our numbers rise
with our core audience.
246
00:15:07,983 --> 00:15:10,276
Nighthawk's show,
as you can see,
is winning in its time slot.
247
00:15:10,318 --> 00:15:13,112
But we need to take
another serious look
at our programming.
248
00:15:13,196 --> 00:15:17,283
We need to inject some new
ideas, some new blood, some...
249
00:15:19,660 --> 00:15:21,287
Oh, hell, no.
250
00:15:21,328 --> 00:15:23,122
You all right, Dewey?
251
00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,335
Yes, sir.
Anyway, the morning show...
252
00:15:29,836 --> 00:15:31,504
May I help you?
Yeah, sweetness.
253
00:15:31,588 --> 00:15:33,965
Tell your boss that Petey
Greene's on the scene.
254
00:15:34,007 --> 00:15:36,634
May I ask
what this is pertaining to?
255
00:15:37,468 --> 00:15:40,846
I don't know what
it's pertaining. Just tell him
it's about my job.
256
00:15:40,930 --> 00:15:42,848
Go on, get on the horn, sugar.
257
00:15:42,890 --> 00:15:44,016
ON RADIO. :
This is the Nighthawk,
258
00:15:44,099 --> 00:15:45,142
(WHOOPING)
259
00:15:45,183 --> 00:15:47,894
Taking you all the way
to the midnight hour.
That's my song!
260
00:15:47,978 --> 00:15:49,229
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
261
00:15:49,312 --> 00:15:52,607
FREDA. : Excuse me, sir.
I'm sorry to interrupt you,
but there's a Petey Greene
262
00:15:52,690 --> 00:15:55,193
who wants to tell you he's
"on the scene."
263
00:15:56,110 --> 00:15:58,529
PETEY: Come on
with your bad self!
Sir?
264
00:16:00,864 --> 00:16:02,991
...a five-dollar bill
right there.
265
00:16:03,033 --> 00:16:05,869
What in blue blazes
is going on out here?
266
00:16:06,536 --> 00:16:09,039
Did this nigga just say
"blue blazes"?
(LAUGHING) He did!
267
00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:10,081
Who are these people?
268
00:16:10,165 --> 00:16:12,542
Hold it, now. Hold it, man.
We got an appointment,
all right?
269
00:16:12,625 --> 00:16:13,960
Go on, get your boss, sugar.
270
00:16:14,043 --> 00:16:15,461
That is my boss.
271
00:16:15,545 --> 00:16:18,714
No, not Blue Blazes.
I'm talking about the skinny,
righteous nigga.
272
00:16:18,798 --> 00:16:22,676
Young man, there is
one boss here, I am he,
and we don't use that term.
273
00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,720
Hey!
Well, right the fuck on, man!
274
00:16:24,761 --> 00:16:28,181
Where you been hiding?
Come on, tell your boss
here about my job.
275
00:16:28,265 --> 00:16:29,724
What?
SONDERLING: What?
276
00:16:30,767 --> 00:16:32,727
Tell your boss that
I'm your new DJ, man.
277
00:16:32,769 --> 00:16:34,187
Did you promise
this fellow a job?
278
00:16:34,270 --> 00:16:35,771
No sir.
I didn't promise him anything.
279
00:16:35,855 --> 00:16:37,356
Now, you is about
a lying motherfucker.
280
00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,109
You promised me a job as
soon as I got out the joint.
281
00:16:40,192 --> 00:16:42,403
Well surprise, I'm out.
You owe me.
282
00:16:42,486 --> 00:16:44,488
Oh my God, he's a convict.
283
00:16:44,571 --> 00:16:45,906
Ex-convict!
284
00:16:45,947 --> 00:16:47,741
I prefer "miscreant."
285
00:16:47,824 --> 00:16:49,159
Freda, call the police.
286
00:16:49,242 --> 00:16:52,203
Now, you ain't calling
a motherfucker!
287
00:16:52,287 --> 00:16:55,289
You know how much bullshit I
had to run to get out of jail?
288
00:16:55,331 --> 00:16:57,583
I ain't never going
back there, man.
289
00:16:57,625 --> 00:17:01,253
Now, you promised me a job,
and I'm here to work
in this funky joint.
290
00:17:01,337 --> 00:17:03,797
And ain't no way
in blue blazes I'm leaving
291
00:17:03,839 --> 00:17:05,590
till I get what's mine.
Right on!
292
00:17:05,632 --> 00:17:07,175
So figure it out.
That's right.
293
00:17:07,259 --> 00:17:10,220
(WHISPERING) Sir,
would you excuse us
for one moment please?
294
00:17:10,637 --> 00:17:11,971
Would you like
to come with me?
295
00:17:12,055 --> 00:17:13,640
Yeah. Talk to me. Shit.
296
00:17:14,140 --> 00:17:15,349
(VERNELL EXCLAIMS)
297
00:17:15,433 --> 00:17:17,018
This is my song!
298
00:17:17,101 --> 00:17:18,102
(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
299
00:17:18,185 --> 00:17:20,187
Girl, you can't feel that?
300
00:17:21,313 --> 00:17:22,481
What y'all trying
to do to me and shit?
301
00:17:23,482 --> 00:17:25,817
Get your goddamn hands
off of me!
Have you lost your mind?
302
00:17:25,859 --> 00:17:27,527
Are you trying
to get me fired?
303
00:17:27,611 --> 00:17:29,195
Man, I'm trying
to get me a job!
304
00:17:29,279 --> 00:17:30,989
Look, I admire
your determination, okay?
305
00:17:31,072 --> 00:17:34,242
But you do not walk in here
and talk to Mr. E.G.
Sonderling like that!
306
00:17:34,325 --> 00:17:36,452
And where the hell
did you get the idea
you'd be a disc jockey?
307
00:17:36,494 --> 00:17:38,329
From you, brother.
(LAUGHING) What?
308
00:17:38,412 --> 00:17:41,749
I never said that.
I said, "Look me up." Okay?
309
00:17:41,832 --> 00:17:44,501
And even if I could
get you a job,
it would be as a janitor,
310
00:17:44,585 --> 00:17:45,961
or a window cleaner, maybe.
311
00:17:46,002 --> 00:17:47,504
Oh, I don't do windows,
Jack.
312
00:17:47,587 --> 00:17:51,341
I guess that kind of work
is beneath a convict
of your pedigree, huh?
313
00:17:51,424 --> 00:17:53,926
You know what, man? Fuck you.
314
00:17:54,010 --> 00:17:55,344
I thought you was real.
315
00:17:55,386 --> 00:17:58,222
You ain't nothing but another
white boy with a tan.
316
00:17:58,305 --> 00:18:01,642
See, a cat come out
of Hard Time, U.S.A. Looking
to turn his life around...
317
00:18:01,725 --> 00:18:03,894
Shit, I expect
to get rejected by whitey!
318
00:18:03,977 --> 00:18:05,395
So because I'm black,
319
00:18:05,479 --> 00:18:08,690
I'm supposed to ignore
the fact that your only
experience has been in jail
320
00:18:08,732 --> 00:18:10,358
and hire you as a DJ?
321
00:18:10,442 --> 00:18:12,193
You goddamn right.
322
00:18:13,111 --> 00:18:14,695
You sound
just like my brother.
323
00:18:14,779 --> 00:18:17,239
Nigga, I ain't him.
I'm out here trying
to get what's mine.
324
00:18:17,281 --> 00:18:20,618
His ass is back there
in Lorton, cooling his heels.
325
00:18:20,909 --> 00:18:22,369
But you know what?
That's all right.
326
00:18:22,411 --> 00:18:25,163
You Sidney Poitier-ass nigga,
I'm gonna get what's mine.
327
00:18:25,247 --> 00:18:29,376
And when I do, I'm coming
right back here and shove it
in your fucking face!
328
00:18:29,417 --> 00:18:30,877
Sellout!
329
00:18:33,087 --> 00:18:34,714
(HUMMING)
330
00:18:35,631 --> 00:18:38,426
Vernell. Come on, baby,
we're splitting.
All right, baby.
331
00:18:38,509 --> 00:18:41,178
Come on.
All right!
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait!
332
00:18:41,261 --> 00:18:45,098
One second. Wait.
I'll be right back!
Wait for me, okay, sugar?
333
00:18:57,401 --> 00:18:58,527
That Formica?
334
00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,159
Hey, you're...
No, you can't go in there.
335
00:19:11,748 --> 00:19:12,957
(MO ANING ON RADIO)
336
00:19:13,416 --> 00:19:14,751
(KISSING)
337
00:19:17,128 --> 00:19:19,296
You make me so hot.
338
00:19:20,631 --> 00:19:22,257
(GIGGLING)
339
00:19:23,842 --> 00:19:25,635
Bye-bye! Thank you!
340
00:19:32,809 --> 00:19:35,144
It was so lovely meeting
all of y'all.
Bring your ass on!
341
00:19:35,228 --> 00:19:37,772
Shut the fuck up!
I'm coming, God damn it!
342
00:19:37,813 --> 00:19:39,690
Blue Blazes, you so cute!
343
00:19:39,773 --> 00:19:42,651
I'm gonna take this
off your hands, girl.
Power to the people!
344
00:19:43,152 --> 00:19:44,778
(CHUCKLING)
345
00:19:46,530 --> 00:19:49,366
PETEY: Vernell!
Shut up! Shit!
346
00:19:50,575 --> 00:19:54,245
I told your ass I was coming
up here to see the Nighthawk!
347
00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:14,514
Thanks.
You're welcome, brother.
348
00:20:27,109 --> 00:20:28,276
Hello, brother.
349
00:20:31,946 --> 00:20:33,614
Democratic freedom, brother.
350
00:20:33,698 --> 00:20:35,449
First Amendment, baby.
351
00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:37,076
God bless you.
352
00:20:51,756 --> 00:20:53,383
Go straight to hell!
Go straight to hell!
353
00:20:53,466 --> 00:20:56,135
WOL! WOL!
WOL! WOL!
354
00:20:56,219 --> 00:20:58,429
Go straight to hell!
Go straight to hell!
355
00:20:58,512 --> 00:21:01,432
You're embarrassing
yourselves.
ALL: WOL!
356
00:21:01,473 --> 00:21:02,516
You're embarrassing...
357
00:21:02,599 --> 00:21:04,851
You're embarrassing
yourselves!
Go straight to hell!
358
00:21:04,935 --> 00:21:05,936
WOL!
WOL!
359
00:21:06,019 --> 00:21:07,229
Go straight to hell!
360
00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:08,688
Go straight to hell!
361
00:21:08,772 --> 00:21:09,939
WOL!
362
00:21:10,023 --> 00:21:11,232
WOL!
363
00:21:18,823 --> 00:21:20,616
PETEY ON LOUDSPEAKER. :
Dewey Hughes is in bed
with the man!
364
00:21:20,658 --> 00:21:21,867
CROWD: Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
365
00:21:21,950 --> 00:21:22,951
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
366
00:21:23,035 --> 00:21:24,119
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
367
00:21:24,203 --> 00:21:25,412
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
368
00:21:25,495 --> 00:21:26,747
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
369
00:21:26,830 --> 00:21:27,914
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
370
00:21:27,998 --> 00:21:29,207
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
371
00:21:29,291 --> 00:21:30,375
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
372
00:21:30,458 --> 00:21:31,709
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
373
00:21:31,793 --> 00:21:32,877
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
374
00:21:32,961 --> 00:21:34,128
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
375
00:21:34,212 --> 00:21:35,254
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
376
00:21:35,338 --> 00:21:36,422
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
377
00:21:36,505 --> 00:21:38,507
Dewey Hughes is in bed with...
Dewey Hughes is
in bed with the man!
378
00:21:38,591 --> 00:21:39,967
There he is!
379
00:21:40,009 --> 00:21:41,635
(ALL BOOING)
380
00:21:41,969 --> 00:21:44,304
Dewey Hughes is a blushing...
381
00:21:44,471 --> 00:21:47,432
Well, does he have blood?
I don't know.
382
00:21:48,642 --> 00:21:53,021
Now, a righteous brother
tries to better himself,
make up for his mistakes...
383
00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:54,105
ALL: That's right!
384
00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:57,066
... and WOL slams
the door right in his face.
385
00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:59,318
Now, I ask you,
is that righteousness?
386
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:00,653
ALL: No!
387
00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:05,240
Ladies and gentlemen,
WOL would never turn
its back on our listeners.
388
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:09,869
Our goal is to speak for
and to unite the community,
not divide or hurt.
389
00:22:09,953 --> 00:22:12,497
Did he say WOL speaks
for the community?
390
00:22:12,538 --> 00:22:14,665
Why ain't they speaking
about that black boy
391
00:22:14,707 --> 00:22:16,959
that got shot down
by them pigs the other day?
392
00:22:17,043 --> 00:22:19,837
Yeah!
Yeah!
393
00:22:19,879 --> 00:22:22,798
Do you know why?
'Cause if they did,
394
00:22:22,881 --> 00:22:26,218
Mr. Giant Foods
may not give them any more
of that green stuff.
395
00:22:26,301 --> 00:22:30,805
And as we know, money is
always the real truth!
396
00:22:31,848 --> 00:22:34,809
ALL: Petey! Petey!
Petey! Petey!
397
00:22:34,892 --> 00:22:37,812
Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!
398
00:22:37,895 --> 00:22:39,605
Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!
399
00:22:39,688 --> 00:22:41,398
Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!
400
00:22:41,482 --> 00:22:43,734
Hell, no!
Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!
401
00:22:43,775 --> 00:22:45,986
Telephone!
Petey! Petey! Petey!
402
00:22:46,403 --> 00:22:48,613
Let him know!
Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!
403
00:22:49,030 --> 00:22:50,907
(ALL CHEERING)
404
00:22:57,079 --> 00:22:58,581
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
405
00:23:08,423 --> 00:23:09,883
PETEY: You're late.
406
00:23:09,966 --> 00:23:12,302
Hey, you a little
out of your element
around here, ain't you,
407
00:23:12,385 --> 00:23:13,970
Mister Tibbs?
408
00:23:15,972 --> 00:23:20,643
Well, I thought you might be
more comfortable
in familiar surroundings.
409
00:23:21,310 --> 00:23:22,436
Yeah, you right.
410
00:23:22,478 --> 00:23:25,272
So, I wanna bring this little
show of yours to an end.
411
00:23:25,355 --> 00:23:27,607
Well, that mean
you offering me a job?
No.
412
00:23:27,691 --> 00:23:30,568
Well, then I'm afraid
the show must go on.
413
00:23:30,985 --> 00:23:33,029
That's entertainment talk.
414
00:23:33,738 --> 00:23:35,990
Listen, man,
since you're here,
415
00:23:38,325 --> 00:23:41,370
wanna play a little game?
A little 9-Ball?
416
00:23:42,746 --> 00:23:43,956
Sure.
417
00:23:45,999 --> 00:23:47,459
Call it, sugar.
418
00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:49,753
Heads. Please.
419
00:23:49,836 --> 00:23:51,087
(COIN DROPS)
420
00:23:51,713 --> 00:23:54,048
Tails.
Rack 'em, chump.
421
00:23:54,132 --> 00:23:55,133
Please.
422
00:23:55,258 --> 00:23:57,093
(CHUCKLING)
423
00:24:00,512 --> 00:24:02,931
Wanna make it
a little interesting?
424
00:24:03,015 --> 00:24:05,225
A little wager on it,
radio man?
425
00:24:05,350 --> 00:24:06,601
You don't wanna just play?
426
00:24:06,685 --> 00:24:10,188
Ain't really playing unless
you got something on the line.
427
00:24:12,148 --> 00:24:13,816
What do you think? About
428
00:24:14,525 --> 00:24:16,027
five hundred?
429
00:24:17,194 --> 00:24:19,738
Rolling kind of heavy for
a man just out of the joint.
430
00:24:19,822 --> 00:24:22,324
Oh, they got
a real nice savings plan.
431
00:24:23,575 --> 00:24:24,743
Okay.
432
00:24:26,078 --> 00:24:27,662
Uh-huh.
433
00:24:27,704 --> 00:24:30,206
I see Mr. Blue Blazes
keeps you happy.
434
00:24:30,248 --> 00:24:31,666
I do okay.
435
00:24:34,085 --> 00:24:36,587
Now, this is just a side bet,
you understand.
436
00:24:36,671 --> 00:24:37,797
Really?
437
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,340
What you say, Tibbs?
438
00:24:41,133 --> 00:24:43,677
How about you play me
for a career?
439
00:24:44,136 --> 00:24:45,846
One game, 9-Ball.
440
00:24:46,596 --> 00:24:49,557
I win, you get me
a job down at that station.
441
00:24:50,141 --> 00:24:52,685
And as you know,
I don't do windows.
442
00:24:57,023 --> 00:24:58,649
And if you lose?
443
00:25:02,820 --> 00:25:04,905
I leave you the fuck alone.
444
00:25:07,115 --> 00:25:09,034
Well, then, let's play.
445
00:25:09,784 --> 00:25:11,411
Well, all right.
446
00:25:11,494 --> 00:25:14,205
I tell you what.
Here's another hundred
447
00:25:14,455 --> 00:25:17,041
says you don't drop
a ball off the break.
448
00:25:17,124 --> 00:25:18,542
(LAUGHS)
449
00:25:18,626 --> 00:25:21,920
Mister Tibbs,
trying to talk a little shit!
450
00:25:23,714 --> 00:25:25,757
I like your style, Tibbs!
451
00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,261
Yeah, I'm gonna take some more
of your money.
452
00:25:30,303 --> 00:25:31,679
VERNELL: Get him!
453
00:25:32,388 --> 00:25:34,515
I'm about to run this rack.
454
00:25:35,641 --> 00:25:39,311
You're chalking up your cue a
little heavy there, ain't you?
455
00:25:39,395 --> 00:25:42,606
I mean, that ain't
your cellmate's dick
you're holding.
456
00:25:42,648 --> 00:25:43,899
(MAN LAUGHING)
457
00:25:45,859 --> 00:25:47,861
Just for that, I'm gonna drop
the nine ball off the break.
458
00:25:47,944 --> 00:25:50,780
Nigga, you couldn't drop your
drawers to fuck The Supremes
459
00:25:50,822 --> 00:25:54,409
if all three of them was lying
butt-naked on this table.
460
00:26:04,418 --> 00:26:06,253
What's the matter, big time?
461
00:26:06,336 --> 00:26:09,464
You thinking
about all that money
lying in your lady's lap?
462
00:26:09,506 --> 00:26:11,591
Is that why you're sweating?
463
00:26:11,883 --> 00:26:15,011
Or maybe it's all that whiskey
you've been sucking on.
464
00:26:15,094 --> 00:26:19,932
Or maybe you're sweating
'cause you know that even
if you give it your best shot,
465
00:26:20,474 --> 00:26:23,060
you still might
leave 'em standing.
466
00:26:23,685 --> 00:26:27,397
'Cause this ain't
Lorton anymore.
This is the real world.
467
00:26:30,191 --> 00:26:32,360
And you ain't shit out here.
468
00:26:34,237 --> 00:26:35,821
Are you through?
469
00:26:36,572 --> 00:26:38,365
Knock 'em down, champ.
470
00:26:45,539 --> 00:26:47,791
MAN: All right.
Come on. Come on.
PETEY: Baby.
471
00:26:47,874 --> 00:26:49,709
MAN 1: Yeah.
MAN 2: There it go!
472
00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:52,212
Damn!
473
00:26:54,130 --> 00:26:55,798
Too bad, big time.
474
00:26:57,341 --> 00:26:59,135
I had faith in you.
475
00:27:02,179 --> 00:27:03,805
(CHATTERING)
476
00:27:04,348 --> 00:27:06,933
One ball, corner.
477
00:27:11,354 --> 00:27:14,190
Two ball, side pocket.
478
00:27:17,651 --> 00:27:20,070
Three ball, corner.
479
00:27:22,448 --> 00:27:24,408
See, negroes always think that
if you speak correct English,
480
00:27:24,491 --> 00:27:27,035
or you wear clothes
other than clown suits,
481
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,078
that you're not real.
482
00:27:28,328 --> 00:27:30,455
Four ball, side pocket.
483
00:27:32,915 --> 00:27:36,085
And to you, what's real is
a nigga loud-mouthing, right?
484
00:27:36,127 --> 00:27:40,714
Telling everybody
how bad he is while
he's looking for a handout.
485
00:27:41,048 --> 00:27:42,216
Five.
486
00:27:44,218 --> 00:27:46,970
But you give him a chance
to take what's his,
487
00:27:47,721 --> 00:27:50,181
and he can't sink
one single ball.
488
00:27:50,390 --> 00:27:51,391
Six.
489
00:27:57,188 --> 00:27:58,606
Lucky seven!
490
00:27:59,732 --> 00:28:01,233
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
491
00:28:01,525 --> 00:28:03,110
Now, you were so busy
running your mouth,
492
00:28:03,193 --> 00:28:07,155
you never really asked
yourself why I chose
a pool hall to meet.
493
00:28:07,239 --> 00:28:11,451
'Cause this uppity nigga
could never have grown up
in these projects,
494
00:28:12,327 --> 00:28:14,162
or made his way through school
495
00:28:14,203 --> 00:28:17,540
hustling dumbass niggas
who thought he wasn't down.
496
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,466
They call me Mr. Hughes.
497
00:28:37,391 --> 00:28:39,852
Grew up
in the Anacostia projects.
498
00:28:47,150 --> 00:28:49,861
This con climbed the tower
in the yard back in Lorton.
499
00:28:49,944 --> 00:28:51,988
He up there, man,
he's talking real...
500
00:28:52,071 --> 00:28:54,407
You know, unflattering
about the warden's dick.
501
00:28:54,449 --> 00:28:56,450
Nobody could talk
this cat down.
502
00:28:56,534 --> 00:28:57,910
So they call Petey Greene,
man,
503
00:28:57,993 --> 00:29:00,371
I talked this cat down
in five minutes, man.
504
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,540
Let's just say the warden was
very, very grateful.
505
00:29:03,582 --> 00:29:05,125
Five minutes, huh?
Mmm-hmm.
506
00:29:05,792 --> 00:29:07,460
But what the warden don't know
507
00:29:07,544 --> 00:29:12,257
is it took me six months
to talk that crazy nigga
up there in the first place!
508
00:29:18,054 --> 00:29:20,055
Let me ask you something.
509
00:29:21,807 --> 00:29:23,225
Why?
510
00:29:23,642 --> 00:29:27,687
Why you want to be on
the radio so bad that you're
gonna go through all this?
511
00:29:27,771 --> 00:29:31,483
Oh, man, it's what I do, man.
It's my thing, you know?
512
00:29:31,566 --> 00:29:34,986
I started off making
them daily announcements
back at Lorton
513
00:29:35,069 --> 00:29:38,948
as part of the work program,
you know?
A reward for good behavior.
514
00:29:39,532 --> 00:29:41,950
Couple years later,
I convinced them
to let me play this record
515
00:29:41,992 --> 00:29:45,412
that my Aunt Pig had sent me,
a Sam Cooke record, man,
A Change Is Gonna Come.
516
00:29:46,204 --> 00:29:47,330
That's an incredible song.
517
00:29:47,414 --> 00:29:51,376
She sent me that record,
you know, to try and give me
a little hope,
518
00:29:51,459 --> 00:29:53,294
and I wanted to play it
for the men in them cells,
519
00:29:53,336 --> 00:29:55,129
you know, give them some hope.
520
00:29:55,213 --> 00:29:57,256
And I'm telling you, man,
521
00:29:57,465 --> 00:30:02,177
it's the only thing that kept
me from going stone-crazy
behind them walls, man.
522
00:30:02,678 --> 00:30:04,930
And now that I'm out,
I still need that.
523
00:30:05,013 --> 00:30:07,807
Why should I put
my ass on the line
to give you a shot, Petey?
524
00:30:07,849 --> 00:30:11,019
Nigga...
'Cause Petey Greene is
the real deal, Jack!
525
00:30:11,102 --> 00:30:16,190
Shit! I swear to God,
I mean, he is the sho'nuff,
I mean, pimp...
526
00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:19,652
Sorry.
It's okay.
527
00:30:19,693 --> 00:30:22,821
See, what this pretty lady
is trying to tell you is that,
528
00:30:22,905 --> 00:30:25,198
man, being a DJ, that's
the only thing I'm good at
529
00:30:25,282 --> 00:30:27,826
that don't involve me
breaking no law.
530
00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:31,996
And shit, since you here
sharing a drink,
531
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,917
I'm gonna assume
that you need a man
of my particular talents.
532
00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:39,837
Three rules.
533
00:30:40,921 --> 00:30:42,131
One,
534
00:30:42,714 --> 00:30:45,092
always know
more than your audience.
535
00:30:45,175 --> 00:30:47,844
Two, you talk shit,
you back it up.
536
00:30:47,886 --> 00:30:49,888
And three, don't you ever,
537
00:30:51,055 --> 00:30:52,181
never, ever,
538
00:30:52,265 --> 00:30:54,183
underestimate me again.
539
00:30:54,725 --> 00:30:56,352
What are you talking about,
man?
540
00:30:56,435 --> 00:31:00,231
I'm gonna give you
one more chance
to knock in that nine ball.
541
00:31:00,314 --> 00:31:04,985
Tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m.,
WOL, Studio One. Be on time.
542
00:31:06,653 --> 00:31:07,988
Be sober.
543
00:31:08,738 --> 00:31:09,948
And definitely
544
00:31:11,407 --> 00:31:12,992
be by yourself.
545
00:31:13,076 --> 00:31:14,160
(STAMMERING)
546
00:31:14,243 --> 00:31:16,579
You my kind of nigga, Hughes!
547
00:31:16,662 --> 00:31:18,372
You my kind of motherfucker,
Hughes!
548
00:31:18,414 --> 00:31:21,000
We love you!
We love you!
549
00:31:21,083 --> 00:31:22,418
Oh my God!
550
00:31:22,501 --> 00:31:24,503
(EXCLAIMING)
551
00:31:25,253 --> 00:31:27,380
We need to make
a personnel change.
552
00:31:27,464 --> 00:31:29,215
Really? Who?
553
00:31:29,299 --> 00:31:30,633
Sunny Jim.
554
00:31:31,426 --> 00:31:32,719
You're not serious.
555
00:31:32,802 --> 00:31:36,013
Sir, morning shows
are becoming more than
just a leisurely stroll.
556
00:31:36,097 --> 00:31:37,348
We have to compete here.
557
00:31:37,431 --> 00:31:39,266
WOOK is killing us
in the morning.
558
00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:42,102
But Sunny Jim is a DC icon!
559
00:31:42,186 --> 00:31:45,439
Everyone loves Sunny Jim.
He's so sunny.
560
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,857
No sir, you love Sunny Jim.
561
00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:49,734
Sunny Jim is a relic
of a bygone radio age.
562
00:31:49,818 --> 00:31:51,778
We don't play Nat "King" Cole
or The Drifters anymore.
563
00:31:51,861 --> 00:31:53,404
And our DJ's have
to reflect that.
564
00:31:53,488 --> 00:31:56,073
That's why we have Nighthawk
and Soul Papa.
565
00:31:56,157 --> 00:31:59,451
I'm not turning this into
some kind of teenybopper
American Bandstand.
566
00:31:59,493 --> 00:32:01,286
We're a respectable
R&B station.
567
00:32:01,328 --> 00:32:04,790
With all due respect, sir,
this is not
a respectable town.
568
00:32:04,831 --> 00:32:06,291
This is DC.
569
00:32:06,333 --> 00:32:07,709
You see them out
on the mall every day,
570
00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:10,253
protesting the so-called
respectable establishment.
571
00:32:10,336 --> 00:32:13,923
We can't become
the establishment,
or they'll turn on us.
572
00:32:20,971 --> 00:32:22,139
Who do you have in mind?
573
00:32:22,181 --> 00:32:24,766
Well, sir, I found a DJ
from an out-of-town station.
574
00:32:24,850 --> 00:32:27,144
He has a major following,
575
00:32:27,185 --> 00:32:30,772
and he's recently
been released
576
00:32:30,855 --> 00:32:32,523
from his contract.
577
00:32:37,695 --> 00:32:40,948
Jim, come back here, please.
It's nothing personal.
578
00:32:42,157 --> 00:32:44,326
Oh, shit! I'm sorry...
579
00:32:44,368 --> 00:32:45,994
Watch where the hell
you're going!
580
00:32:46,078 --> 00:32:47,537
All right, man.
581
00:32:48,538 --> 00:32:50,665
Oh, no.
PETEY: Hey, sugar!
582
00:32:50,748 --> 00:32:52,834
You know the drill.
Call your man.
583
00:32:52,917 --> 00:32:54,293
I don't think so.
584
00:32:54,377 --> 00:32:55,795
Let me ask you something.
585
00:32:55,878 --> 00:32:57,546
You ever had anybody
eat your pussy?
586
00:32:57,630 --> 00:32:58,881
Mr. Sonderling!
587
00:33:01,216 --> 00:33:03,051
What's wrong, Freda?
588
00:33:03,552 --> 00:33:06,096
Oh, God.
Blue Blazes.
How the radio business?
589
00:33:06,179 --> 00:33:07,973
I put up with your
shenanigans out front
590
00:33:08,056 --> 00:33:09,724
for a week, Mr. Brown.
Greene.
591
00:33:09,766 --> 00:33:11,768
All right, Mr. Green,
what do you want now?
592
00:33:11,851 --> 00:33:13,394
I'm your DJ, man!
593
00:33:13,478 --> 00:33:14,896
Freda, call the police.
594
00:33:14,937 --> 00:33:18,774
God damn! Y'all got
some hospitality issues
around this motherfucker!
595
00:33:18,858 --> 00:33:20,734
You're cutting it close.
596
00:33:20,776 --> 00:33:23,654
What can I say, man?
Had to get my vine together.
597
00:33:23,737 --> 00:33:25,072
Your vine?
Yeah.
598
00:33:25,155 --> 00:33:26,490
You're going on the...
599
00:33:26,573 --> 00:33:27,532
Fuck.
600
00:33:28,033 --> 00:33:29,576
Mr. Sonderling,
601
00:33:31,119 --> 00:33:33,329
this is our new morning DJ.
602
00:33:39,376 --> 00:33:40,586
I've been hoodwinked!
603
00:33:41,754 --> 00:33:42,754
Come on.
604
00:33:42,838 --> 00:33:47,259
You are out of your mind
if you think I'm gonna put
this person on the air.
605
00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:48,551
Sir, I know
this is unorthodox...
606
00:33:48,635 --> 00:33:50,136
Unorthodox? It's insane!
607
00:33:50,220 --> 00:33:52,096
Sir, hear me out.
This man has a unique voice.
608
00:33:52,138 --> 00:33:54,390
I just have a feeling...
I have much more
than just a feeling.
609
00:33:54,474 --> 00:33:57,268
Sir, we need to put somebody
on the air in the next
two minutes or we go black.
610
00:33:57,310 --> 00:33:59,436
Black, black, black.
611
00:34:02,815 --> 00:34:05,108
Freda, run after Jim, he might
still be in the building!
612
00:34:05,150 --> 00:34:06,526
Sir, we don't have time.
613
00:34:06,610 --> 00:34:09,404
You're just gonna have
to trust me. One show.
614
00:34:10,321 --> 00:34:11,656
One shot.
615
00:34:14,158 --> 00:34:16,410
Our morning show's already
in the toilet.
616
00:34:16,494 --> 00:34:18,954
We don't have a thing to lose.
You don't have
a thing to lose!
617
00:34:19,038 --> 00:34:21,957
FREDA ON INTERCOM. :
Sir, it's one minute to air,
and Jim's gone.
618
00:34:21,999 --> 00:34:24,001
Oh, for crying out loud.
619
00:34:24,585 --> 00:34:27,337
It's my own fault
for listening to you.
620
00:34:30,173 --> 00:34:32,634
All right, one show, one shot.
621
00:34:32,717 --> 00:34:35,011
I want you on air with him.
You can introduce him.
622
00:34:35,052 --> 00:34:37,221
I'll be watching and listening
to every word, young man.
623
00:34:37,304 --> 00:34:39,473
You watch your language
on the air.
Scout's honor.
624
00:34:39,515 --> 00:34:40,683
Okay.
625
00:34:41,266 --> 00:34:42,559
Let's go.
626
00:34:46,855 --> 00:34:48,148
You ready?
Yeah.
627
00:34:48,189 --> 00:34:53,611
Okay, remember,
always talk, no dead air.
Talk about your cat, your car,
628
00:34:53,695 --> 00:34:55,696
anything, but no dead space.
629
00:34:55,780 --> 00:34:56,822
And watch your language.
630
00:34:56,906 --> 00:35:01,201
Okay. Now, you're a man
of Washington, so speak
to Washington, okay?
631
00:35:01,285 --> 00:35:03,287
Connect to Washington. Okay?
632
00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:04,454
Yeah.
633
00:35:04,538 --> 00:35:06,415
You watch your language.
This is it, Ralphie.
634
00:35:06,498 --> 00:35:07,999
Okay.
Okay.
635
00:35:08,416 --> 00:35:10,001
We're coming in.
Okay.
636
00:35:10,085 --> 00:35:11,836
Let's do it.
Okay.
637
00:35:12,503 --> 00:35:14,380
Michael, get the door.
638
00:35:15,756 --> 00:35:21,178
MAN: Okay, we're on in five,
four, three, two, one...
639
00:35:22,387 --> 00:35:27,642
And hello, Washington.
Welcome to your new
Sound of Soul, WOL.
640
00:35:27,934 --> 00:35:30,437
I'm Dewey Hughes,
director of programming,
641
00:35:30,478 --> 00:35:34,190
here to announce that
Sunny Jim can now be heard
at the midnight hour,
642
00:35:34,273 --> 00:35:36,150
after The Nighthawk Show.
643
00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:39,695
Today I introduce to you
a new voice on the DC scene,
644
00:35:39,778 --> 00:35:43,824
a native of Washington,
a true son of the city,
and some may say,
645
00:35:43,907 --> 00:35:49,829
a prophet of the streets,
here to spin the tunes
that will blow your mind,
646
00:35:49,913 --> 00:35:52,832
Mr. Petey Greene.
647
00:35:58,963 --> 00:36:00,297
Say hello, Petey.
648
00:36:00,381 --> 00:36:02,049
Yeah, hello.
649
00:36:04,343 --> 00:36:06,928
Like the man say,
this is Petey Greene.
650
00:36:07,012 --> 00:36:10,473
And I'm here to spin
the tunes to get you
through your morning.
651
00:36:10,515 --> 00:36:11,808
(GRUNTS)
652
00:36:12,183 --> 00:36:14,185
Your AM morning drive.
653
00:36:17,980 --> 00:36:21,442
But hell, maybe you ain't
driving. Maybe you're walking.
654
00:36:21,483 --> 00:36:25,112
Maybe... Maybe you at work
already, maybe riding a bike.
655
00:36:25,529 --> 00:36:27,656
But irregardless,
656
00:36:30,033 --> 00:36:32,660
I'm gonna play the music
657
00:36:33,453 --> 00:36:36,080
that's gonna keep you going,
658
00:36:36,789 --> 00:36:38,999
and I hope
I don't bore you with...
659
00:36:39,083 --> 00:36:40,417
(GAGS)
660
00:36:40,918 --> 00:36:42,586
With my rambling.
661
00:36:43,212 --> 00:36:45,797
Say the call letters.
The call letters, y'all.
662
00:36:50,927 --> 00:36:52,470
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
663
00:36:56,307 --> 00:36:57,350
(VOMITING)
664
00:36:57,433 --> 00:37:00,394
What the fuck is going on?
You didn't come here drunk,
did you?
665
00:37:00,477 --> 00:37:01,895
Oh, shit.
666
00:37:02,396 --> 00:37:03,605
No, man.
667
00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:07,526
I ain't drunk.
It's nerves, man. I'm nervous.
668
00:37:07,609 --> 00:37:09,944
Nerves or not, you better
get your ass back in there.
669
00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:11,237
My ass is on the line!
670
00:37:11,321 --> 00:37:13,072
I don't wanna hear some
fucking Sunny Jim knock off.
671
00:37:13,156 --> 00:37:14,699
I want Petey Greene, damn it!
672
00:37:14,782 --> 00:37:17,243
Stop putting your goddamn
hands on me, man!
673
00:37:17,284 --> 00:37:18,369
I ain't no punk, fool.
674
00:37:18,452 --> 00:37:22,915
Well, stop acting like one
and get back in there
before the song ends!
675
00:37:22,998 --> 00:37:24,416
Move, man.
676
00:37:30,463 --> 00:37:31,589
Here.
677
00:37:51,774 --> 00:37:53,943
Got some bullshit...
678
00:38:07,622 --> 00:38:08,915
(CLEARS THROAT)
679
00:38:10,083 --> 00:38:14,128
Well, that was a little funk
to get you
through your morning
680
00:38:14,212 --> 00:38:18,632
over your yawning,
put the pep in your step,
and a glide in your stride.
681
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,803
Well, over the break,
I was asked to be myself.
682
00:38:22,886 --> 00:38:25,097
So, who is Petey Greene?
683
00:38:25,180 --> 00:38:29,976
Well, I got
an eighth-grade education
with a Ph.D. From the streets.
684
00:38:30,727 --> 00:38:34,230
I'm a recovering alcoholic,
been sober five hours.
685
00:38:34,939 --> 00:38:37,608
But I ain't touched a needle
in over eight years, y'all.
686
00:38:37,692 --> 00:38:40,653
That's right.
Kicked heroin dead in its ass.
687
00:38:41,070 --> 00:38:43,572
I been incarcerated
over half my life,
688
00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:45,907
most recently down at Lorton.
689
00:38:46,575 --> 00:38:49,160
My mama been in jail
for 30 years,
690
00:38:49,244 --> 00:38:52,497
and as we speak my daddy's
pulling 21 in Alcatraz.
691
00:38:53,539 --> 00:38:55,458
I am an all-around hustler,
692
00:38:55,541 --> 00:38:59,170
and some of my best friends
is pimps, whores and gamblers.
693
00:39:00,879 --> 00:39:03,549
But I guess that don't make me
no different than Berry Gordy.
694
00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:05,634
And hell,
that brother own a label!
695
00:39:05,717 --> 00:39:07,219
(LAUGHING)
696
00:39:07,302 --> 00:39:09,387
I'm in pretty good company.
697
00:39:09,471 --> 00:39:12,682
Maybe I'll own a label
one day, y'all. "P-Town."
698
00:39:13,516 --> 00:39:15,184
So this is me, y'all.
699
00:39:15,226 --> 00:39:18,104
And you ain't gotta worry
about me giving you
nothing but the sho'nuff,
700
00:39:18,187 --> 00:39:19,813
'cause that's all I know.
701
00:39:20,773 --> 00:39:23,150
This is P-Town, y'all.
702
00:39:23,609 --> 00:39:25,444
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
703
00:39:26,361 --> 00:39:29,572
Are you out of your mind,
saying those things
about Berry Gordy?
704
00:39:29,656 --> 00:39:32,325
Oh, man, I ain't said nothing
that black folk
don't already know.
705
00:39:32,408 --> 00:39:34,368
You will apologize
immediately,
706
00:39:34,452 --> 00:39:37,413
or I pull the plug
on this whole sorry mess.
707
00:39:38,914 --> 00:39:39,915
(SOFTLY) Okay.
708
00:39:39,999 --> 00:39:41,250
What?
709
00:39:42,251 --> 00:39:43,585
I will apologize.
710
00:39:43,627 --> 00:39:44,920
Now!
711
00:39:46,254 --> 00:39:48,298
You said you wanted
Petey Greene, man!
712
00:39:48,381 --> 00:39:50,383
(WHISPERING) Just apologize.
713
00:39:51,593 --> 00:39:53,177
Just apologize.
714
00:39:54,804 --> 00:39:56,264
I'm going by.
715
00:39:58,307 --> 00:40:00,768
I'll tell you what, man.
716
00:40:02,853 --> 00:40:04,396
Open the mike.
717
00:40:05,313 --> 00:40:07,816
Sorry I had to break in now
on you ladies and gentlemen.
718
00:40:07,899 --> 00:40:10,276
I know you was
enjoying it, too.
719
00:40:10,652 --> 00:40:13,029
But in all seriousness, folks,
720
00:40:14,155 --> 00:40:19,201
I gotta apologize about
something that I said a little
earlier that upset some folks.
721
00:40:19,994 --> 00:40:21,995
I gotta apologize
to Mr. Berry Gordy
722
00:40:22,037 --> 00:40:25,082
for making him out
to be a hustler and a pimp.
723
00:40:26,333 --> 00:40:30,795
Mr. Gordy's
a very important man,
and he's done a great deal.
724
00:40:33,339 --> 00:40:37,093
And I love the way
he takes the little
brothers and sisters,
725
00:40:37,843 --> 00:40:41,680
broke-down runaways,
the downtrodden
from the projects,
726
00:40:41,722 --> 00:40:44,182
and he gets them
off the streets.
727
00:40:44,516 --> 00:40:48,728
Then he puts a few dollars
in their pockets, teaches them
how to talk and how to walk,
728
00:40:48,812 --> 00:40:52,315
then sends them right back
out there to bring him
a whole lot of money.
729
00:40:52,398 --> 00:40:56,652
So I'm sorry if in any way
I made him out to be a pimp.
730
00:40:56,736 --> 00:40:59,989
That ain't pimping, y'all!
That's just good
old-fashioned hit-making!
731
00:41:00,030 --> 00:41:01,156
Studio One.
732
00:41:01,198 --> 00:41:03,534
So why don't we hear us
another one of them
good old-fashioned...
733
00:41:03,575 --> 00:41:05,494
Mr. Sonderling,
Motown's DC rep's on the line.
734
00:41:05,535 --> 00:41:06,703
Yeah.
735
00:41:08,038 --> 00:41:12,083
And again, I sincerely
apologize, Mr. Berry Gordy,
736
00:41:12,333 --> 00:41:14,544
from the bottom of my heart.
737
00:41:15,169 --> 00:41:16,671
This is Petey Greene.
738
00:41:16,754 --> 00:41:18,464
SONDERLING:
I'll call you back.
739
00:41:19,882 --> 00:41:21,508
(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
740
00:41:23,385 --> 00:41:24,720
(DOOR OPENING)
741
00:41:24,803 --> 00:41:26,555
Something like that, boss?
742
00:41:26,638 --> 00:41:32,602
Mr. Greene, you may have just
cost me my FCC license
and a whole lot more. Get out.
743
00:41:32,685 --> 00:41:36,439
And you obviously can't handle
your new responsibility,
744
00:41:36,522 --> 00:41:37,982
so you don't have it anymore.
745
00:41:38,065 --> 00:41:41,276
Call Jim. He's back on
tomorrow. Same time.
746
00:41:46,031 --> 00:41:49,701
What the fuck was that?
Motown is Hitsville, U.S.A.
747
00:41:49,784 --> 00:41:51,578
This is a radio station,
Petey!
748
00:41:51,619 --> 00:41:53,413
We can't afford
to have them angry with us!
749
00:41:53,454 --> 00:41:54,539
"We"?
750
00:41:55,456 --> 00:41:58,584
Did I miss something,
or didn't your ass
just get demoted?
751
00:41:58,626 --> 00:42:00,002
But hey, like Malcolm say,
752
00:42:00,085 --> 00:42:03,422
"When the master sick, house
niggas say, 'We's sick."'
753
00:42:04,298 --> 00:42:06,258
Oh, you're a self-righteous
field nigga, huh?
754
00:42:06,341 --> 00:42:09,010
You goddamn right!
Well, you just lost a job,
755
00:42:09,094 --> 00:42:10,470
field nigga!
756
00:42:12,096 --> 00:42:13,348
(DOOR SLAMMING)
757
00:42:13,514 --> 00:42:14,932
PETEY: Hey, man.
758
00:42:15,516 --> 00:42:16,767
Hey, man!
759
00:42:17,685 --> 00:42:19,270
At least I know who I am.
760
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,522
I'm Petey Greene, and
I'm gonna keep talking shit!
761
00:42:21,605 --> 00:42:22,606
Yeah?
Yeah.
762
00:42:22,689 --> 00:42:26,443
For all the shit you talk, you
still can't sink a nine ball.
763
00:42:30,989 --> 00:42:34,325
NIGHTHAWK ON RADIO. :
We're slowing it down tonight
on WOL.
764
00:42:34,367 --> 00:42:38,871
This is The Hawk,
taking you into midnight.
The Love Hawk...
765
00:42:38,954 --> 00:42:40,706
MAN 1: How many times
I gotta tell you
the same thing, man?
766
00:42:40,789 --> 00:42:42,499
MAN 2: Oh, man!
MAN 1: It's all about Motown,
baby. Motown!
767
00:42:42,583 --> 00:42:45,168
That nigga this morning?
He was telling the truth!
768
00:42:45,252 --> 00:42:49,339
Come on, man, Berry Gordy
ain't no pimp. Shit!
769
00:42:49,422 --> 00:42:52,258
You see, the problem with
trying to be somebody y'all...
770
00:42:52,342 --> 00:42:54,802
You telling me
a nigga in America,
771
00:42:54,886 --> 00:42:57,054
with that much money...
Why not? You're ignorant.
772
00:42:57,138 --> 00:43:00,766
Oh yeah? You're just
telling it like it is,
just like Petey Greene.
773
00:43:00,849 --> 00:43:03,936
No, I'm telling you.
Why you think they snatched
him off the air so fast
774
00:43:04,019 --> 00:43:07,189
if he wasn't telling
the truth?
C-O-N-spiracy.
775
00:43:07,647 --> 00:43:08,857
See, you're right
about the con part.
776
00:43:08,898 --> 00:43:10,525
That's why they took
his black ass off the air.
777
00:43:10,608 --> 00:43:12,360
Berry Gordy is
a stand-up brother.
778
00:43:12,443 --> 00:43:16,447
Don't nobody want to hear
some con talking mess about
somebody like Berry Gordy.
779
00:43:16,530 --> 00:43:17,573
Right.
Come on.
780
00:43:17,656 --> 00:43:21,827
I would rather listen
to a con than this
sucker-for-love-ass nigga.
781
00:43:21,910 --> 00:43:23,954
Petey Greene was cool,
but that white boy
that was with him...
782
00:43:24,037 --> 00:43:25,247
Oh, God!
783
00:43:25,414 --> 00:43:26,873
(COUGHING)
784
00:43:26,957 --> 00:43:29,250
You okay?
Yeah.
785
00:43:32,086 --> 00:43:34,714
Guys, drinks are on me, okay?
786
00:43:35,548 --> 00:43:37,008
See that, now,
I could get with that.
787
00:43:37,091 --> 00:43:39,593
Thank you, my brother.
Thank you, my brother.
788
00:43:39,635 --> 00:43:41,637
Yo, bartender.
Thank you.
789
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:43,180
Right on.
How much you leaving, man?
790
00:43:43,263 --> 00:43:44,848
Hey, hey. Keep it coming.
Right on, Kevin.
791
00:43:47,267 --> 00:43:49,185
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
792
00:44:07,702 --> 00:44:10,622
You ready to shake up
the world, radio man?
793
00:44:11,414 --> 00:44:13,791
Let me ask you something, man.
794
00:44:13,875 --> 00:44:15,293
Why, huh?
795
00:44:17,003 --> 00:44:19,964
Why should I put my ass
on the line for you?
796
00:44:22,049 --> 00:44:25,886
Why should I give up
all this right here
797
00:44:26,219 --> 00:44:28,263
and take a chance on you?
798
00:44:31,641 --> 00:44:33,393
I guess I need you
799
00:44:34,352 --> 00:44:36,937
to say the things
I'm afraid to say.
800
00:44:39,273 --> 00:44:41,066
And you need me to
801
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,114
do the things
you're afraid to do.
802
00:44:50,784 --> 00:44:52,160
Damn, that was deep.
803
00:44:52,327 --> 00:44:54,954
Yeah. It was, wasn't it?
Yeah. It was good, man.
804
00:44:55,830 --> 00:44:58,791
You should put that shit
on a greeting card.
805
00:45:00,501 --> 00:45:03,295
Go on, chump. Rack them.
806
00:45:04,546 --> 00:45:06,047
See if I can't
teach you something.
807
00:45:08,300 --> 00:45:09,467
SUNNY: Yeah.
808
00:45:10,468 --> 00:45:11,844
Hey, Jim.
809
00:45:12,887 --> 00:45:16,849
I just wanna apologize
about what happened
and welcome you back.
810
00:45:18,559 --> 00:45:22,020
Come on, let's not fight.
We still gotta work together.
811
00:45:22,688 --> 00:45:24,731
Fan mail.
That's great.
812
00:45:25,273 --> 00:45:27,692
I'm gonna get some coffee.
You want some?
813
00:45:28,777 --> 00:45:30,278
Come on, Jim.
814
00:45:31,571 --> 00:45:32,572
Black. Two sugars.
815
00:45:32,655 --> 00:45:34,574
Okay. Okay.
816
00:46:05,769 --> 00:46:07,103
Dewey! Hey!
817
00:46:11,191 --> 00:46:12,692
Is Jim in his office?
No, I just checked.
818
00:46:12,775 --> 00:46:13,735
He's probably
in the men's room.
819
00:46:13,818 --> 00:46:17,405
You go get him.
I'll stall in there for
a couple of minutes, okay?
820
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,870
I thought that kind of work
was beneath you.
821
00:46:24,953 --> 00:46:27,914
Hey, doing this shit is
how I got thrown in the joint
in the first place.
822
00:46:27,998 --> 00:46:30,917
Well, then this should feel
good. You're on in five!
823
00:46:40,342 --> 00:46:44,638
Wake up, God damn it! Petey
Greene is back on the scene!
824
00:46:44,721 --> 00:46:46,389
And this ain't Washington DC.
825
00:46:46,473 --> 00:46:47,933
No, this is P-Town!
826
00:46:48,016 --> 00:46:49,601
Did you miss me?
827
00:46:49,684 --> 00:46:54,021
Well, I missed y'all, too.
Had to cut it
a little short yesterday.
828
00:46:54,105 --> 00:46:55,356
Man, I don't know
who's worse, though...
829
00:46:55,439 --> 00:46:57,483
Freda, help!
I'm locked in my office!
830
00:46:57,566 --> 00:46:59,568
See, a negro get
a little money in his pocket,
831
00:46:59,652 --> 00:47:02,821
and now we can't talk about it
no more? Shoot!
832
00:47:02,905 --> 00:47:04,406
Look here, man...
833
00:47:04,489 --> 00:47:07,325
Freda! Excuse me, I seem
to be locked in my office.
834
00:47:07,367 --> 00:47:09,119
Could you give me
a hand, please?
... I'm on the air,
835
00:47:09,536 --> 00:47:10,829
which may not be much longer,
836
00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:12,747
so I'm gonna go on ahead
and get my money's worth.
837
00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:16,334
(INAUDIBLE)
They're gonna have to take my
title, just like they did Ali.
838
00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:18,461
And see, that's what
I'm talking about right there.
839
00:47:19,128 --> 00:47:20,921
SONDERLING: Freda!
A black man can
only say so much
840
00:47:21,005 --> 00:47:22,673
in this so-called
free country,
841
00:47:22,714 --> 00:47:23,924
till they break you down.
842
00:47:24,007 --> 00:47:26,051
Well, guess what?
I'm telling it.
843
00:47:26,134 --> 00:47:28,720
That's right, and I'm
gonna keep on telling it.
844
00:47:28,803 --> 00:47:31,347
Some of it you're gonna like,
some of it you ain't.
845
00:47:31,389 --> 00:47:34,016
If you got something to say,
give me a call.
846
00:47:34,100 --> 00:47:35,184
If you disagree,
tell me like a man.
847
00:47:35,226 --> 00:47:36,394
Dewey, have you
lost your mind?
848
00:47:36,477 --> 00:47:38,395
Open this door right now!
Even if you're a woman.
849
00:47:38,479 --> 00:47:40,522
Mr. Greene, sir,
you are trespassing!
850
00:47:40,606 --> 00:47:44,359
I'm tired of hearing fools
complaining in barber chairs
and beauty shops.
851
00:47:44,401 --> 00:47:46,027
Let your opinion out.
852
00:47:46,111 --> 00:47:52,200
Come on and give me
a call at this station.
The number is 215-JK5-0199.
853
00:47:52,533 --> 00:47:54,243
Somebody tell Freda
to call the cops.
That number again,
854
00:47:54,327 --> 00:47:57,747
215-JK5-0199.
Dewey, this is outrageous.
Open the door!
855
00:47:57,830 --> 00:48:01,166
And now, old Petey gonna play
a little non-Motown for you.
856
00:48:01,250 --> 00:48:05,545
Dewey, open this door.
You're both in trouble.
Do you hear me?
857
00:48:05,587 --> 00:48:06,963
You are in real trouble,
mister!
858
00:48:07,047 --> 00:48:08,131
Come on.
859
00:48:08,214 --> 00:48:10,425
Come out of there
right now.
860
00:48:10,467 --> 00:48:11,759
I'm not kidding!
861
00:48:11,843 --> 00:48:12,885
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
862
00:48:12,969 --> 00:48:15,137
Dewey, you're not...
863
00:48:15,513 --> 00:48:16,681
WOL.
864
00:48:17,473 --> 00:48:19,475
Yeah. Yeah.
865
00:48:19,934 --> 00:48:21,643
Putting you through.
866
00:48:22,895 --> 00:48:24,313
Talk to me.
867
00:48:24,396 --> 00:48:25,772
MAN 1.: Is this Petey Greene?
Sure is.
868
00:48:25,814 --> 00:48:28,900
Petey, didn't I see you
last week down at the
strip club on 14th Street?
869
00:48:28,984 --> 00:48:31,903
Oh, yeah, I was down there.
Wasn't to see no show.
870
00:48:31,986 --> 00:48:34,614
But that don't mean I mind the
company of shake-dancers. No.
871
00:48:34,655 --> 00:48:36,490
My girl, Vernell,
she used to be shake-dancer.
872
00:48:36,574 --> 00:48:37,658
She has a bar down there now.
873
00:48:37,742 --> 00:48:39,118
SONDERLING: What do you think
you're trying to prove?
874
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:40,452
Yeah, I had to go
over there...
875
00:48:40,494 --> 00:48:42,913
WOL.
...and we'll talk about this,
do you hear me?
876
00:48:42,996 --> 00:48:45,749
That's right.
Putting you through now.
Look, don't touch!
877
00:48:46,374 --> 00:48:47,959
Again.
Talk to me.
878
00:48:48,043 --> 00:48:49,377
MAN 2.: Petey,
I agree with you, man.
879
00:48:49,461 --> 00:48:53,464
All them record guys
are pimps, just like most
lawyers and politicians.
880
00:48:53,548 --> 00:48:55,508
You give them all hell!
You know I will.
881
00:48:55,550 --> 00:48:59,511
SONDERLING:... do you hear me?
Come on. Dewey!
882
00:49:00,012 --> 00:49:02,806
No, no, no, no. Put it
straight through on the board.
883
00:49:02,848 --> 00:49:04,891
Line three. On the board.
884
00:49:05,851 --> 00:49:07,102
Dewey?
Talk to me.
885
00:49:07,185 --> 00:49:10,146
MAN 3.: What you think about
that kid being killed
by the pigs last week?
886
00:49:10,188 --> 00:49:11,981
I'll tell you what I think.
887
00:49:12,190 --> 00:49:14,233
Black folk life
ain't worth nothing.
888
00:49:14,317 --> 00:49:16,527
One day, black folk ain't
gonna take that no more
889
00:49:16,611 --> 00:49:18,737
and when that day happens...
890
00:49:21,532 --> 00:49:24,201
Do you realize
what you've done?
Are you trying to ruin me?
891
00:49:24,284 --> 00:49:26,453
Hot mike, man.
Oh, for crying out loud.
892
00:49:26,536 --> 00:49:27,704
I'm sorry, sir,
it was the only way.
893
00:49:27,787 --> 00:49:30,123
You just let this fellow
ruin your career.
You're finished, Dewey.
894
00:49:30,206 --> 00:49:32,458
You're making a mistake, sir.
You can't see it, but I can.
895
00:49:32,542 --> 00:49:35,336
If you throw us out,
we're gonna walk
straight over to WOOK.
896
00:49:35,378 --> 00:49:36,796
Good! That will help
our ratings.
897
00:49:36,879 --> 00:49:40,591
Gentlemen,
will you kindly escort
these men out of the building?
898
00:49:40,674 --> 00:49:43,760
Sir? I've been trying
to call the police,
899
00:49:43,844 --> 00:49:45,846
but all our lines
have been flooded.
900
00:49:45,887 --> 00:49:46,930
What?
901
00:49:47,013 --> 00:49:49,891
The operator can't handle
the volume, sir.
902
00:49:52,393 --> 00:49:54,228
Are these listener calls?
903
00:49:54,270 --> 00:49:56,022
FREDA: I think so.
904
00:49:57,732 --> 00:49:59,275
Wait a minute.
905
00:50:03,654 --> 00:50:05,405
Good morning, WOL.
906
00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:08,408
Yes, ma'am, he is,
907
00:50:08,450 --> 00:50:13,413
but I'm afraid he's real busy
right now. You know,
we're getting a lot of calls.
908
00:50:13,454 --> 00:50:15,957
Yes ma'am, I will,
and thank you.
909
00:50:16,499 --> 00:50:18,125
Keep listening.
910
00:50:20,127 --> 00:50:23,755
DEWEY: Morning music
and a talk show,
with a man of the people.
911
00:50:23,797 --> 00:50:26,883
Because WOL is
a station of the people,
912
00:50:27,592 --> 00:50:28,927
for the people,
913
00:50:29,427 --> 00:50:30,720
by the people.
914
00:50:30,804 --> 00:50:31,888
I'm the people.
915
00:50:31,971 --> 00:50:34,515
He'll be a hit, sir.
I promise you that.
916
00:50:38,227 --> 00:50:41,063
All right, thank you all.
Everything's fine here.
917
00:50:41,146 --> 00:50:44,024
Let's all get back to work.
Thank you again.
918
00:50:45,484 --> 00:50:47,736
The next time you decide
to make a personnel change,
919
00:50:47,819 --> 00:50:49,154
at least put it in a memo.
920
00:50:49,237 --> 00:50:52,323
Hold it. You can't give
this thug a job.
921
00:50:52,407 --> 00:50:53,991
Man, I got your thug
right here. Ten inches.
922
00:50:54,075 --> 00:50:55,618
Oh, for heaven's sake.
Be cool, Jim.
923
00:50:55,701 --> 00:50:58,496
What?
We'll talk. We'll talk, okay?
924
00:50:58,579 --> 00:51:01,498
I want him on a short leash.
A very short leash.
925
00:51:01,540 --> 00:51:03,500
And I want a morals clause
in your contract.
926
00:51:03,584 --> 00:51:05,085
Fine, man, whatever.
I'll sign it.
927
00:51:05,168 --> 00:51:07,170
Just let me get back
to work, okay?
Jim, wait up.
928
00:51:07,254 --> 00:51:09,047
Can I get back to work?
929
00:51:09,130 --> 00:51:11,174
All right. But you watch
your language.
All right!
930
00:51:11,257 --> 00:51:14,218
And you keep an eye on him.
Thank you, sir.
931
00:51:14,969 --> 00:51:17,221
All right,
let's get busy here.
932
00:51:17,304 --> 00:51:19,348
(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
933
00:51:24,686 --> 00:51:26,521
I love that song!
934
00:51:26,563 --> 00:51:28,857
Reminds me of summertime
on the beach
935
00:51:28,898 --> 00:51:31,859
trying to get some foxy coed
to rub some lotion on me.
936
00:51:31,901 --> 00:51:33,236
Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
937
00:51:33,694 --> 00:51:36,447
Well, in case you been
asleep at the wheel,
this is Petey Greene.
938
00:51:36,530 --> 00:51:37,531
Hello, caller,
what's your name?
939
00:51:37,615 --> 00:51:39,533
And you ain't in Washington,
DC no more, Dorothy.
940
00:51:39,575 --> 00:51:40,868
No, this is P-Town.
All right, Tom, please hold.
941
00:51:40,909 --> 00:51:42,578
Hello, caller,
what's your name?
WOL-AM.
942
00:51:42,661 --> 00:51:43,203
Hello, James.
943
00:51:43,745 --> 00:51:45,497
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
944
00:52:09,769 --> 00:52:12,105
My granny,
I call her Aunt Pig,
945
00:52:12,188 --> 00:52:15,942
Aunt Pig say, "Petey,
why you always in jail?"
946
00:52:16,525 --> 00:52:19,570
I tell her I don't know.
"I don't know, Aunt Pig."
947
00:52:19,653 --> 00:52:22,614
Then one day
I read my indictment papers,
948
00:52:22,656 --> 00:52:27,994
they say,
"Ralph Waldo Greene versus
the United States of America. "
949
00:52:28,078 --> 00:52:30,955
I said, "Damn! No wonder
I ain't been winning!"
950
00:52:30,997 --> 00:52:32,248
He's talking about...
951
00:52:32,290 --> 00:52:35,835
And I don't care
what nobody say, ain't nothing
like a black woman.
952
00:52:35,918 --> 00:52:38,587
Now, that ain't to say
I ain't dabbled before.
953
00:52:38,671 --> 00:52:41,882
I mean, I dabbled, man,
I'm a good old dabbler.
954
00:52:42,132 --> 00:52:47,095
But give me a sister
with big hips,
big legs and a big old 'fro,
955
00:52:47,179 --> 00:52:50,140
and you ain't got to worry
about me no more.
956
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,852
NIGHTHAWK: Hey, hey, hey!
Fan mail.
957
00:52:55,478 --> 00:52:57,355
How many for The Hawk?
958
00:52:59,481 --> 00:53:00,816
Three?
959
00:53:00,858 --> 00:53:02,151
Sorry.
960
00:53:03,527 --> 00:53:05,570
Gave you one of Petey's.
961
00:53:07,489 --> 00:53:09,616
Y'all listen everyday, huh?
962
00:53:12,452 --> 00:53:13,453
Ain't you, now!
963
00:53:13,494 --> 00:53:14,829
Check it out.
Yeah.
964
00:53:24,171 --> 00:53:26,214
Talk to me, Petey! Talk to me!
965
00:53:26,465 --> 00:53:29,175
Talk to me!
Want me to talk to you?
I'll talk to you.
966
00:53:30,260 --> 00:53:31,386
(SCREAMS)
967
00:53:31,469 --> 00:53:32,970
God damn it!
968
00:53:35,514 --> 00:53:36,932
Oh, baby.
969
00:53:37,016 --> 00:53:38,684
Let me explain.
I'm listening.
970
00:53:38,726 --> 00:53:39,935
Girl, put the bottle down
971
00:53:40,019 --> 00:53:42,312
and let me talk to you.
Go on, Petey. I'm listening.
972
00:53:42,396 --> 00:53:46,149
"Talk to me, Petey.
Talk to me, baby."
Ain't what the bitch said?
973
00:53:46,233 --> 00:53:51,029
You tell this bitch how I was
the only one to give your
sorry ass a place to stay
974
00:53:51,070 --> 00:53:53,364
when you had nowhere else
to go. Tell this bitch!
975
00:53:53,406 --> 00:53:54,574
She took me in.
976
00:53:54,657 --> 00:53:57,701
I cleaned your clothes,
and I cooked your food,
977
00:53:57,743 --> 00:53:59,453
motherfucker!
Oh, shit. Okay! Okay!
978
00:53:59,537 --> 00:54:01,914
Vernell, please. Baby,
listen, now. Don't do this.
979
00:54:01,997 --> 00:54:03,916
You don't wanna
do this here. Hold on.
980
00:54:03,999 --> 00:54:06,501
Listen, I'm sorry.
981
00:54:06,585 --> 00:54:07,877
I fucked up.
Yeah, you fucked up.
982
00:54:07,919 --> 00:54:11,464
I did. I fucked up.
I know it, baby. I know it.
983
00:54:11,548 --> 00:54:15,009
And I ain't trying to make
no excuses for it. But you
don't wanna do this here.
984
00:54:15,092 --> 00:54:18,304
Vernell. Come on, baby,
put the bottle down.
985
00:54:19,763 --> 00:54:21,098
(SOBBING)
986
00:54:21,515 --> 00:54:22,766
Get out.
987
00:54:25,936 --> 00:54:28,438
Nigga, didn't you hear?
I said get out!
This is my joint.
988
00:54:28,521 --> 00:54:30,356
I don't give a fuck, Petey!
Get out!
989
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:32,233
Let me put some drawers
on or something.
Get the fuck out!
990
00:54:32,275 --> 00:54:34,652
Don't make me say it again,
nigga. I swear to God,
991
00:54:34,735 --> 00:54:37,988
I don't wanna get more upset
than I already am
with this bottle
992
00:54:38,072 --> 00:54:39,573
and get jumpy
and cut your dick off.
993
00:54:39,615 --> 00:54:42,910
You'll be sounding like
Frankie Lyman on the radio.
Get the fuck out!
994
00:54:42,951 --> 00:54:44,119
All right.
995
00:54:44,202 --> 00:54:46,121
Get out.
I'm leaving.
996
00:54:49,207 --> 00:54:51,459
Vernell! Baby...
997
00:54:51,501 --> 00:54:52,669
(KNOCKING)
998
00:54:53,169 --> 00:54:56,255
Help a nigga out, now.
Come on.
999
00:54:56,297 --> 00:54:57,631
Come on, man.
You gotta be shitting me.
1000
00:54:57,673 --> 00:54:59,466
Look at me, man!
I don't want to look at you!
1001
00:54:59,508 --> 00:55:01,969
I wanna get this image
out of my head.
Dewey, Dewey, Dewey, listen.
1002
00:55:02,052 --> 00:55:05,055
Now, Vernell kicked me out
the house. Caught me fucking
some other broad, man.
1003
00:55:05,138 --> 00:55:06,098
I ain't got
nowhere else to go.
1004
00:55:06,181 --> 00:55:08,725
You should have thought
about that before you let
your snake out the cage.
1005
00:55:08,808 --> 00:55:10,268
Listen, man,
my snake's been incarcerated!
1006
00:55:10,351 --> 00:55:13,855
I've been jacking off
to girlie magazines
for nine damn years.
1007
00:55:13,938 --> 00:55:16,440
Come on, you telling me
you gonna pass up
some fine-ass woman
1008
00:55:16,524 --> 00:55:17,983
just throw her pussy
all up on your face?
1009
00:55:18,025 --> 00:55:19,235
Hey, Dave.
1010
00:55:19,318 --> 00:55:21,070
Hey, Dave!
Get in here. Come on.
1011
00:55:21,153 --> 00:55:22,821
Just helping out...
1012
00:55:24,197 --> 00:55:26,199
My motherfucking deuce!
1013
00:55:29,035 --> 00:55:33,164
Susan, this is Petey Greene.
His girlfriend kicked him out,
so we gotta...
1014
00:55:33,206 --> 00:55:34,707
I'll leave you two alone.
No, no, no, no, baby.
1015
00:55:34,749 --> 00:55:37,209
No, no, there's no need
for that. You... Just...
1016
00:55:37,543 --> 00:55:39,795
Is this what you mean
by taking your work home
with you?
1017
00:55:39,878 --> 00:55:41,755
Being married to your career?
Listen, listen...
1018
00:55:41,839 --> 00:55:44,007
I should have known.
Come on, help me out here.
1019
00:55:44,091 --> 00:55:46,134
No, no, no, no, no... Hey!
1020
00:55:49,054 --> 00:55:50,054
Damn!
1021
00:55:51,222 --> 00:55:54,642
Man, ain't that a bitch?
Women, man. I'm telling you.
1022
00:55:55,434 --> 00:56:00,189
PETEY: (SINGING)
I've been loving you...
1023
00:56:02,524 --> 00:56:05,569
too long, Vernell
1024
00:56:06,403 --> 00:56:09,447
to stop now
1025
00:56:15,244 --> 00:56:17,580
You are...
1026
00:56:19,415 --> 00:56:20,958
(WHISPERING)
Shut the hell up, man.
1027
00:56:21,333 --> 00:56:22,334
Put that on!
1028
00:56:25,003 --> 00:56:26,796
I'm sorry, Dewey.
1029
00:56:32,593 --> 00:56:34,387
I fucked up, man.
1030
00:56:34,428 --> 00:56:35,721
Oh, shit.
1031
00:56:36,931 --> 00:56:38,808
I fucked up, didn't I?
1032
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:45,897
Shit. Just...
1033
00:56:47,315 --> 00:56:52,987
Just give her a chance
to cool off, man,
and then you'll talk, okay?
1034
00:56:53,071 --> 00:56:56,073
(SOBBING) She don't wanna
talk to me. She mad at me.
1035
00:56:56,157 --> 00:57:00,786
She loves you.
She loves you, okay?
1036
00:57:00,828 --> 00:57:02,329
Yeah.
Okay?
1037
00:57:02,371 --> 00:57:04,289
Yeah. Yeah.
1038
00:57:05,999 --> 00:57:07,834
You're a good friend, Dewey.
1039
00:57:07,918 --> 00:57:09,502
Okay.
1040
00:57:09,586 --> 00:57:12,463
You're a good friend. Yeah.
Yeah, it's... Okay, man.
1041
00:57:12,505 --> 00:57:14,882
Thank you, man.
Okay! Okay! Okay. Come on.
1042
00:57:14,966 --> 00:57:16,217
Okay.
1043
00:57:21,263 --> 00:57:22,848
Get some sleep.
1044
00:57:25,350 --> 00:57:26,518
Get some sleep.
1045
00:57:28,687 --> 00:57:30,980
I'll talk to you
in the morning, Dewey.
Tomorrow.
1046
00:57:31,064 --> 00:57:33,066
Okay.
In the morning, man.
1047
00:57:33,149 --> 00:57:34,692
Crazy little...
1048
00:57:37,653 --> 00:57:38,654
(CLATTERING)
1049
00:57:38,737 --> 00:57:39,905
Shit.
1050
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:44,451
Oh, man.
1051
00:57:49,205 --> 00:57:52,500
I appreciate, you know,
you letting me stay at
your place again, bro, but...
1052
00:57:52,542 --> 00:57:53,709
Come on, man.
Good night, sir.
1053
00:57:53,793 --> 00:57:55,127
Gonna have to give me
some more threads. I can't...
1054
00:57:55,211 --> 00:57:57,171
I'm not giving you
any more of my clothes.
1055
00:57:57,254 --> 00:57:58,339
Man...
1056
00:57:58,380 --> 00:58:00,591
Good night, Mike.
Good night.
1057
00:58:00,883 --> 00:58:01,842
Good night, Jim.
Good night.
1058
00:58:01,925 --> 00:58:03,719
"Night, Jim.
1059
00:58:03,802 --> 00:58:05,012
"Have a nice weekend."
1060
00:58:05,095 --> 00:58:06,513
I don't talk like that.
1061
00:58:06,555 --> 00:58:08,390
Yeah, you talk
exactly like that.
1062
00:58:08,431 --> 00:58:11,184
And you walk like
you got a stick broke off
in your ass, man.
1063
00:58:11,226 --> 00:58:13,019
I walk with confidence,
like Johnny Carson.
1064
00:58:13,061 --> 00:58:16,230
You could learn something
from him. Good night...
1065
00:58:16,897 --> 00:58:18,941
Those are my gators, man.
1066
00:58:24,154 --> 00:58:25,572
This all my...
1067
00:58:31,202 --> 00:58:32,912
Is she still here?
1068
00:58:47,759 --> 00:58:49,260
Now we're even.
1069
00:58:55,516 --> 00:58:57,560
Oh, no, she didn't.
Hold on. Hold on.
1070
00:58:57,643 --> 00:58:59,645
No, she...
You don't understand.
Calm down, Petey.
1071
00:58:59,728 --> 00:59:01,897
Move, Dewey, move!
Calm down.
1072
00:59:03,649 --> 00:59:05,275
You enjoy yourself, nigga?
1073
00:59:05,317 --> 00:59:07,152
Don't blame me.
It's the voice.
1074
00:59:07,235 --> 00:59:08,528
Oh, is it?
1075
00:59:09,487 --> 00:59:11,948
Oh, fuck. Okay,
hold on, now, let me...
1076
00:59:32,675 --> 00:59:34,177
(MEN SHOUTING)
1077
00:59:35,928 --> 00:59:38,055
PETEY: Mr. Sonderling!
Mr. Sonderling,
he tried to kill me!
1078
00:59:38,139 --> 00:59:39,974
He tried to kill me.
1079
00:59:45,312 --> 00:59:48,148
I'm gonna need you
on the air, right away.
1080
00:59:50,942 --> 00:59:52,318
What is it?
1081
00:59:57,865 --> 01:00:00,034
PETEY ON RADIO. :
Once again, this just in.
1082
01:00:00,492 --> 01:00:01,660
Oh, man...
1083
01:00:02,870 --> 01:00:05,580
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
1084
01:00:06,873 --> 01:00:10,335
winner of
the Nobel Peace Prize
1085
01:00:12,420 --> 01:00:15,715
and chief orchestrator
of the Civil Rights Movement,
1086
01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:27,559
was shot and killed
by an assassin's bullet
1087
01:00:27,642 --> 01:00:30,645
outside a Memphis motel
this evening.
1088
01:00:32,939 --> 01:00:36,359
They got him, y'all.
They got him.
1089
01:00:41,155 --> 01:00:43,323
Only 39 years old,
1090
01:00:44,992 --> 01:00:49,621
Dr. King leaves behind
his wife, Coretta, and...
1091
01:00:57,294 --> 01:00:58,921
I'm sorry, y'all.
1092
01:01:00,339 --> 01:01:02,216
I'm just tired of this.
1093
01:01:04,968 --> 01:01:08,054
I don't know
if I'm more sad or angry.
1094
01:01:08,138 --> 01:01:10,723
I'm tired of them
taking our leaders!
1095
01:01:12,642 --> 01:01:15,061
I know you are, too.
1096
01:01:18,314 --> 01:01:21,775
This is WOL, 1450 AM.
1097
01:01:30,658 --> 01:01:32,076
They're burning down DC.
1098
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:35,121
What?
They're burning it down.
1099
01:01:37,164 --> 01:01:39,124
They're burning it down.
1100
01:01:47,465 --> 01:01:49,175
(VEHICLES HONKING)
1101
01:01:51,386 --> 01:01:53,346
(MOB SHOUTING)
1102
01:02:03,021 --> 01:02:03,981
Come on!
1103
01:02:05,273 --> 01:02:06,358
Come on!
1104
01:02:20,913 --> 01:02:22,331
(EXCLAIMING)
1105
01:02:25,584 --> 01:02:26,626
(EXCLAIMS)
1106
01:02:26,710 --> 01:02:27,669
My store.
1107
01:02:28,586 --> 01:02:29,629
My store!
1108
01:02:35,468 --> 01:02:36,469
DEWEY: Hold it!
1109
01:02:37,053 --> 01:02:38,387
Hold it, man!
1110
01:02:43,267 --> 01:02:44,685
Get out of here, man!
1111
01:02:44,768 --> 01:02:47,187
Come on! Come on!
No, stop. Stop! Stop!
1112
01:02:47,270 --> 01:02:48,730
Stop it, man!
1113
01:02:52,942 --> 01:02:53,901
Y'all! Run!
1114
01:03:00,783 --> 01:03:02,951
Thank you.
Now, go on. Go on.
1115
01:03:07,330 --> 01:03:09,791
I got to get back
on the air, man.
1116
01:03:12,710 --> 01:03:15,296
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR... :
I may not get there with you,
1117
01:03:15,379 --> 01:03:18,174
but I want you
to know tonight,
1118
01:03:18,257 --> 01:03:22,302
that we as a people
will get to the promised land!
1119
01:03:26,348 --> 01:03:32,312
Coming to you, Petey,
in five, four, three, two...
1120
01:03:36,023 --> 01:03:40,527
Yeah, buddy,
it's a dark day in America.
1121
01:03:41,862 --> 01:03:44,156
Got to be one of the
darkest days I ever seen,
1122
01:03:44,197 --> 01:03:45,866
and I seen more than most.
1123
01:03:45,949 --> 01:03:48,243
WOL. Yeah, hold for Petey.
1124
01:03:48,326 --> 01:03:50,829
In Washington,
this is Petey Greene.
1125
01:03:51,162 --> 01:03:52,497
Talk to me.
1126
01:03:52,580 --> 01:03:54,457
MAN. : It can't go down
like that, Petey.
1127
01:03:54,540 --> 01:03:56,167
Somebody's gonna have to pay,
I'm gonna tell you right now,
1128
01:03:56,250 --> 01:03:58,335
somebody gonna pay tonight.
1129
01:03:58,919 --> 01:04:03,257
I know you're hurting.
We all hurting.
He the only one we had, Petey.
1130
01:04:03,340 --> 01:04:05,842
I know how angry you are.
1131
01:04:05,926 --> 01:04:09,888
You want revenge,
you want that quart of blood,
and I don't blame you.
1132
01:04:12,515 --> 01:04:15,017
But I want y'all to just go
take a look out your windows.
1133
01:04:15,059 --> 01:04:16,477
I mean,
those of you that got them.
1134
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:19,939
Just take a look outside
and tell me what you see.
1135
01:04:20,022 --> 01:04:22,608
You see a city on fire.
1136
01:04:22,691 --> 01:04:24,276
Now, that's your city.
1137
01:04:24,484 --> 01:04:25,485
Our city.
1138
01:04:25,652 --> 01:04:28,738
And that's not what Dr. King
would have wanted.
1139
01:04:30,031 --> 01:04:35,328
Now, I ain't nothing, man,
I ain't nothing
but a con and a thief.
1140
01:04:35,411 --> 01:04:37,955
So I ain't up here trying
to be nobody's preacher.
1141
01:04:38,038 --> 01:04:41,041
I'm just trying to tell
the truth to y'all,
like I promised I would,
1142
01:04:41,125 --> 01:04:45,921
and the truth is,
I went to jail
'cause I was a knucklehead.
1143
01:04:46,004 --> 01:04:51,551
Dr. King went to jail
for what he stood for,
fought for, and died for.
1144
01:04:51,593 --> 01:04:53,553
And this ain't it, y'all.
1145
01:04:53,594 --> 01:04:54,971
This ain't it.
1146
01:04:55,054 --> 01:04:58,724
The man was a giant. Now,
if they could do that to him,
1147
01:04:58,766 --> 01:05:02,936
don't think for a minute
they won't cut you down
like a dog, too.
1148
01:05:03,061 --> 01:05:07,566
So look here. If you at home,
please, just stay home.
1149
01:05:07,607 --> 01:05:10,610
And if you out in these
streets, man, go home.
1150
01:05:10,652 --> 01:05:14,572
Put your anger away till
we can sort all this mess out.
1151
01:05:14,655 --> 01:05:18,784
I ain't saying I know
how we gonna do it.
I just know that we will.
1152
01:05:18,826 --> 01:05:20,953
We shall overcome.
1153
01:05:23,538 --> 01:05:25,123
Hold on a second, now.
1154
01:05:25,374 --> 01:05:27,083
Petey, there's a free concert
tomorrow night.
1155
01:05:27,167 --> 01:05:29,377
You and James Brown,
Georgetown University.
1156
01:05:29,461 --> 01:05:33,214
Okay, I've just been told
that tomorrow night,
1157
01:05:33,297 --> 01:05:36,425
Mr. James Brown,
the Godfather of Soul,
1158
01:05:36,509 --> 01:05:40,387
is gonna be giving a free
show, that's capital-F-R-E-E,
1159
01:05:40,471 --> 01:05:42,681
at Georgetown University.
1160
01:05:42,764 --> 01:05:46,726
Bring your heartache,
bring your anger,
just bring all that to me,
1161
01:05:46,810 --> 01:05:50,688
and we gonna work it out
together. We gonna get
through this, people.
1162
01:05:51,689 --> 01:05:54,066
WOL. Hold for Petey.
Talk to me.
1163
01:05:54,150 --> 01:05:57,778
WOMAN. : Petey, I just keep
crying and crying. I just...
1164
01:05:57,862 --> 01:06:00,989
WOL. Yeah, hold for Petey.
1165
01:06:01,198 --> 01:06:07,537
Well, the clock on the wall
says it's time to go.
1166
01:06:08,038 --> 01:06:11,082
That's the end of my show,
and there ain't no more.
1167
01:06:11,165 --> 01:06:14,168
But before I go,
I wanna leave y'all with this.
1168
01:06:17,088 --> 01:06:20,049
"The ultimate measure of a man
1169
01:06:20,382 --> 01:06:25,929
"is not where he stands
in moments of comfort
and convenience,
1170
01:06:26,012 --> 01:06:30,975
"but where he stands
in times of challenge
and controversy."
1171
01:06:31,935 --> 01:06:37,314
And no, those ain't words of
advice from old Petey Greene.
1172
01:06:37,523 --> 01:06:42,069
Those are pearls
of wisdom from
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1173
01:06:42,070 --> 01:06:43,070
May he rest in peace!
1174
01:11:43,820 --> 01:11:45,613
(ALL CHEERING)
1175
01:11:46,989 --> 01:11:50,701
Like the brother said,
I'm Petey Greene.
1176
01:11:52,494 --> 01:11:55,580
Good evening, Washington,
and welcome to P-Town!
1177
01:11:58,500 --> 01:12:00,627
I'm happy you could make it.
1178
01:12:02,003 --> 01:12:03,921
I'm glad you could show.
1179
01:12:05,256 --> 01:12:09,677
But the government's the most
happy, 'cause y'all ain't
burning down shit no more.
1180
01:12:13,347 --> 01:12:16,516
On my way over here,
this white man say,
1181
01:12:16,600 --> 01:12:19,727
"Mr. Greene, why them niggers
lose their mind
1182
01:12:19,811 --> 01:12:22,230
"and burn their shit down
that way?"
1183
01:12:23,856 --> 01:12:27,735
He called me "mister,"
but called us "niggers."
1184
01:12:28,652 --> 01:12:32,155
I say, "Hey, we ain't the ones
that pulled that trigger!
1185
01:12:33,365 --> 01:12:36,201
"And if you keep
calling us niggers,
1186
01:12:36,284 --> 01:12:38,203
"your mothers, fathers,
sisters and brothers
1187
01:12:38,244 --> 01:12:40,747
"gonna have to call
the grave digger. "
1188
01:12:44,584 --> 01:12:47,795
I say, "Mr. Charlie,
1189
01:12:47,878 --> 01:12:50,381
"I ain't seen
no niggers last night.
1190
01:12:52,007 --> 01:12:57,053
"I saw a bunch of beautiful,
angry black folk,
down for the fight. "
1191
01:13:02,892 --> 01:13:05,728
But I'm here to tell y'all,
we ain't filled with hate.
1192
01:13:05,770 --> 01:13:07,771
(ALL MURMURING)
1193
01:13:07,938 --> 01:13:12,401
And the killing of our
great King ain't gonna seal
this kingdom's fate.
1194
01:13:13,235 --> 01:13:15,403
We're gonna pray together...
ALL: Yeah!
1195
01:13:15,570 --> 01:13:17,530
... stay together...
Yeah!
1196
01:13:17,697 --> 01:13:20,742
... jump up and sing...
Yeah!
1197
01:13:21,159 --> 01:13:26,414
... as we celebrate the memory
of Dr. Martin Luther King!
1198
01:13:31,877 --> 01:13:35,297
Now I want y'all to give
a big old P-Town welcome
1199
01:13:35,464 --> 01:13:37,299
to a bad motherfucker.
1200
01:13:38,466 --> 01:13:41,219
Oh, he's a bad, bad man!
1201
01:13:45,181 --> 01:13:48,934
Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome to the stage
1202
01:13:48,976 --> 01:13:52,312
the hardest-working man
in show business,
1203
01:13:53,397 --> 01:13:56,816
Mr. James Brown!
1204
01:14:02,280 --> 01:14:05,700
Look here, baby.
You gonna open me
whenever I come to town.
1205
01:14:05,783 --> 01:14:07,493
James Brown!
Do your thing, yo!
1206
01:14:09,995 --> 01:14:11,830
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
1207
01:14:13,373 --> 01:14:15,250
(SINGING) Say it loud
1208
01:14:15,333 --> 01:14:16,835
ALL: I'm black
and I'm proud
1209
01:14:17,752 --> 01:14:18,962
Say it loud
1210
01:14:19,045 --> 01:14:21,047
I'm black and I'm proud
1211
01:14:21,589 --> 01:14:22,924
Say it loud
1212
01:14:23,007 --> 01:14:24,800
I'm black and I'm proud
1213
01:14:25,634 --> 01:14:26,844
Say it loud
1214
01:14:26,886 --> 01:14:28,887
I'm black and I'm proud
1215
01:14:30,681 --> 01:14:32,266
(VOMITING)
1216
01:14:33,433 --> 01:14:37,646
But I say we won't quit moving
till we get what we deserve
1217
01:14:37,729 --> 01:14:41,357
I worked hard on a job
with my feet and with my hand
1218
01:14:41,399 --> 01:14:44,860
But all the work I did
was for the other man
1219
01:14:44,902 --> 01:14:46,153
Say it loud
1220
01:14:46,237 --> 01:14:48,155
I'm black and I'm proud
1221
01:14:48,906 --> 01:14:50,074
Say it loud
1222
01:14:50,157 --> 01:14:52,075
I'm black and I'm proud
1223
01:14:52,784 --> 01:14:54,077
Say it loud
1224
01:14:54,161 --> 01:14:56,121
I'm black and I'm proud
1225
01:14:56,705 --> 01:14:57,914
Say it loud
1226
01:14:57,997 --> 01:14:59,916
I'm black and I'm proud
1227
01:15:04,921 --> 01:15:09,717
REPORTER. :... in Washington,
faced with angry, disgruntled
citizens of the United States,
1228
01:15:09,758 --> 01:15:12,553
while the flag flew
at half-mast
for Martin Luther King.
1229
01:15:12,594 --> 01:15:15,013
Amid the chaos today,
two local radio broadcasters,
1230
01:15:15,097 --> 01:15:19,225
Dewey Hughes and Petey Greene
are being credited
with restoring calm
1231
01:15:19,309 --> 01:15:21,561
to the nation's capital.
1232
01:15:21,936 --> 01:15:26,023
PETEY ON LOUDSPEAKER. : Now,
DC is Chocolate City,
y'all know that's right.
1233
01:15:26,107 --> 01:15:29,568
Now they wanna keep us down,
'cause they afraid
of what's gonna happen
1234
01:15:29,652 --> 01:15:31,695
if we stand up.
1235
01:15:31,778 --> 01:15:34,573
Why do you think
they send our boys off to war
1236
01:15:34,614 --> 01:15:38,118
instead of keeping them
in school,
where they can learn to score?
1237
01:15:38,201 --> 01:15:39,327
Yeah!
Yeah!
1238
01:15:39,410 --> 01:15:42,288
Because the white folk know
that if we stand tall,
1239
01:15:42,372 --> 01:15:46,167
oh, buddy, we gonna
have something called
Black Power, y'all!
1240
01:15:47,209 --> 01:15:51,463
Right? All of y'all
look beautiful today.
1241
01:15:52,130 --> 01:15:55,342
Psychologist asked me
what I thought about
the word "nigger." I said...
1242
01:15:55,425 --> 01:16:00,179
Lady, "nigger" is the greatest
stress reliever ever invented.
1243
01:16:00,263 --> 01:16:04,183
See, white man say "nigger,"
he ready for a six-month
hibernation, am I right?
1244
01:16:04,267 --> 01:16:05,434
But, see, a black man,
1245
01:16:05,518 --> 01:16:09,980
he could say "honkey," "ofay,"
"cracker," "peckerwood"
1246
01:16:10,064 --> 01:16:11,190
a million times,
1247
01:16:11,273 --> 01:16:13,275
still wanna go out there
and kill somebody.
1248
01:16:13,817 --> 01:16:17,862
You're gonna to have
to tone it down, Petey. I've
got the FCC all over my rear.
1249
01:16:17,946 --> 01:16:21,658
Well, with all due respect,
sir, the FCC can kiss my ass.
1250
01:16:21,741 --> 01:16:23,618
I ain't saying nothing
but the truth.
1251
01:16:23,701 --> 01:16:24,910
As long as the people
wanna hear it,
1252
01:16:24,994 --> 01:16:26,162
I'm gonna keep telling it.
1253
01:16:26,203 --> 01:16:27,913
I'm gonna talk it
on the radio,
1254
01:16:27,997 --> 01:16:29,581
and I'm gonna talk it
on the streets.
1255
01:16:29,665 --> 01:16:31,250
I'm gonna talk it
to the police,
1256
01:16:31,333 --> 01:16:33,210
and even that sucker,
Tricky Dick!
1257
01:16:35,170 --> 01:16:38,673
This is P-Town, baby.
Talk to y'all tomorrow.
1258
01:16:42,385 --> 01:16:44,637
Now, that was a good one, Dew.
1259
01:16:46,263 --> 01:16:48,182
That was a great show, Petey.
Right on.
1260
01:16:48,224 --> 01:16:49,850
That was a great show.
1261
01:16:50,893 --> 01:16:52,853
Look at them.
They're still calling.
1262
01:16:52,894 --> 01:16:55,438
Oh man, what a day.
That was a hell of a day.
1263
01:16:55,522 --> 01:16:58,441
Thank you, man.
Man, you're incredible,
you know?
1264
01:16:58,525 --> 01:17:01,402
I just see the things you do,
the effect
you have on people...
1265
01:17:01,486 --> 01:17:03,863
It's amazing to me.
You got a gift.
1266
01:17:03,905 --> 01:17:07,158
You know? Something people
like me could only dream of.
1267
01:17:07,241 --> 01:17:08,909
I think you could go
all the way.
1268
01:17:08,993 --> 01:17:12,913
Let me be your manager.
Let me guide your career.
1269
01:17:13,038 --> 01:17:18,793
I'm talking stand-up,
records, TV, movies...
I want the whole world
1270
01:17:18,877 --> 01:17:20,420
to be a part of P-Town.
1271
01:17:20,503 --> 01:17:23,673
Well, I don't think
the whole world is ready
for a nigga like me.
1272
01:17:23,756 --> 01:17:25,758
Well I think you're wrong.
1273
01:17:26,509 --> 01:17:28,886
I think the world's
been waiting
1274
01:17:29,511 --> 01:17:31,430
for a nigga like you.
1275
01:17:31,472 --> 01:17:32,931
What you say?
1276
01:17:35,183 --> 01:17:36,434
(LAUGHING)
1277
01:17:37,268 --> 01:17:38,853
All right.
All right.
1278
01:17:40,021 --> 01:17:42,440
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
1279
01:17:50,364 --> 01:17:53,617
VERNELL: You ladies
ever been to vote?
How you doing, young brother?
1280
01:17:53,659 --> 01:17:58,079
Okay, vote for Shirley
Chisholm. Shirley Chisholm
for President, 1972.
1281
01:17:58,163 --> 01:18:00,748
Over here, young man.
Is your mom registered?
Are you registered?
1282
01:18:01,958 --> 01:18:04,085
Now the judge say,
"Petey Greene,
1283
01:18:04,168 --> 01:18:06,796
"why you rob everybody
in the house?"
1284
01:18:06,879 --> 01:18:09,798
I said, "Well, your honor,
they all seemed
like such nice people,
1285
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:12,634
"I didn't want anybody
to feel left out. "
1286
01:18:14,594 --> 01:18:17,222
And I'm looking out
amongst y'all,
1287
01:18:17,305 --> 01:18:19,891
and there's some good old
robbing motherfuckers
out here tonight.
1288
01:18:19,974 --> 01:18:21,976
Watch your purse, baby.
1289
01:18:23,853 --> 01:18:25,479
DEWEY. : Well, I'm looking
at the dates right now.
1290
01:18:25,563 --> 01:18:29,233
I got him at the Howard
Theater then the Crystal Room.
He's booked.
1291
01:18:29,316 --> 01:18:31,944
Well, I can get you
a time next month.
1292
01:18:32,819 --> 01:18:34,196
Can't wait?
1293
01:18:34,571 --> 01:18:37,032
Y'all see the paper
this morning, P-Town?
1294
01:18:37,073 --> 01:18:41,828
Say "Petey Greene goes
to the White House
and steals some silverware."
1295
01:18:41,869 --> 01:18:44,538
Now, come on,
that don't make no damn sense.
1296
01:18:44,622 --> 01:18:47,708
Imagine that,
a negro like me, ex-con,
1297
01:18:47,791 --> 01:18:49,918
get invited by the President
to the White House,
1298
01:18:50,002 --> 01:18:51,879
and I'm gonna run up in there
and take something?
1299
01:18:51,920 --> 01:18:54,714
Come on, y'all.
I ain't that crazy.
1300
01:18:56,216 --> 01:18:57,467
(CHUCKLING)
1301
01:18:57,967 --> 01:19:00,094
Well that's all we got.
There ain't no more.
1302
01:19:00,178 --> 01:19:02,513
My time is tight,
and that's the end of my show.
1303
01:19:02,597 --> 01:19:05,850
So grab your head
and make a fist. Listen to me
and remember this,
1304
01:19:05,891 --> 01:19:08,352
I tell it to the hot,
I tell it to the cold.
1305
01:19:08,435 --> 01:19:10,854
I tell it to the young,
I tell it to the old.
1306
01:19:10,938 --> 01:19:13,106
Don't want no laughing,
don't want no crying.
1307
01:19:13,231 --> 01:19:15,192
And most of all,
no signifying.
1308
01:19:15,942 --> 01:19:19,404
Tune in next week. This is
Petey Greene's Washington.
1309
01:19:20,196 --> 01:19:21,489
Be cool, y'all.
1310
01:19:23,282 --> 01:19:25,910
DEWEY: And we're out!
MAN: We're clear!
1311
01:19:26,327 --> 01:19:29,288
Great show, everybody.
Great show.
1312
01:19:29,330 --> 01:19:30,581
MAN: We're good here.
1313
01:19:38,380 --> 01:19:39,756
We love it.
1314
01:19:40,548 --> 01:19:42,341
We'll pick you up
for 26 episodes.
1315
01:19:42,884 --> 01:19:45,177
Congratulations.
Thank you, sir.
1316
01:19:48,389 --> 01:19:49,473
(LAUGHING)
1317
01:19:49,556 --> 01:19:52,768
They loved it. They loved it.
Local, then national.
1318
01:19:53,810 --> 01:19:55,395
We did it, man!
1319
01:19:58,565 --> 01:19:59,566
What?
1320
01:20:00,650 --> 01:20:03,236
I know it sounds crazy,
man, but I...
1321
01:20:03,653 --> 01:20:07,615
I kind of miss
that little old radio station
back at Lorton, man.
1322
01:20:07,948 --> 01:20:11,827
And I know it wasn't nothing
but a room and a turntable
1323
01:20:11,869 --> 01:20:13,870
with about 58 records
in crates, but I...
1324
01:20:13,954 --> 01:20:15,455
Pete, you're...
1325
01:20:16,206 --> 01:20:19,751
You're a different man now,
okay? You're not gonna be...
1326
01:20:20,418 --> 01:20:24,630
You're not going to be defined
by your prison time.
Not you, Petey!
1327
01:20:27,925 --> 01:20:31,178
This is Petey Greene.
Oh, we got a good one
for you tonight.
1328
01:20:31,261 --> 01:20:35,682
My guest is the funniest man
I know besides me,
Mr. Dick Gregory.
1329
01:20:35,765 --> 01:20:37,017
How you doing, Dick?
1330
01:20:37,350 --> 01:20:40,353
My guest tonight
is Reverend Jesse Jackson.
1331
01:20:40,395 --> 01:20:42,814
Now what is the state
of the dream, Rev?
1332
01:20:43,356 --> 01:20:44,982
(INAUDIBLE)
1333
01:21:21,766 --> 01:21:26,562
PETEY: You see,
I've always had a special gift
for making people angry.
1334
01:21:26,604 --> 01:21:30,232
"P.O.P." Pissed-Off People.
1335
01:21:30,315 --> 01:21:34,861
Man, sometimes I feel
like I should have
a Ph.D. In P.O.P.
1336
01:21:34,945 --> 01:21:38,114
And ain't that
a wonderful expression, y'all?
"Pissed off"?
1337
01:21:38,198 --> 01:21:40,742
As opposed to what, man?
"Pissed on"?
1338
01:21:41,117 --> 01:21:42,076
Speaking of which...
1339
01:21:42,493 --> 01:21:44,787
I gotta apologize again.
1340
01:21:44,870 --> 01:21:48,582
Now, I know some of y'all
heard that I lost
my mind last night.
1341
01:21:48,666 --> 01:21:51,960
Or as my Aunt Pig would say,
"Boy, you're crazy!"
1342
01:21:52,002 --> 01:21:54,755
And I was, too.
I was, I ain't lying.
1343
01:21:54,796 --> 01:21:58,174
See, I drank about
four gallons of Cold Duck,
1344
01:21:58,258 --> 01:22:00,927
and then I just walked
right up on stage
and started pissing, just...
1345
01:22:00,969 --> 01:22:02,428
(GRUNTING)
1346
01:22:03,095 --> 01:22:05,097
Didn't even bother grabbing
it, just walked and...
1347
01:22:05,181 --> 01:22:06,640
(GRUNTING)
1348
01:22:06,766 --> 01:22:08,851
Started skipping with it.
I said...
1349
01:22:08,934 --> 01:22:10,477
(IMITATING LAUGHING)
1350
01:22:10,561 --> 01:22:13,772
By the time I was through,
the stagehand was drunk.
1351
01:22:13,814 --> 01:22:15,440
(ALL LAUGHING)
1352
01:22:16,316 --> 01:22:19,235
And we had a whole row
of white folk too,
all the way across.
1353
01:22:19,319 --> 01:22:20,778
Real important people, now.
1354
01:22:20,862 --> 01:22:22,738
We talking about
the big shots, you know,
the muckety-mucks.
1355
01:22:22,822 --> 01:22:25,700
Not like you, sir, but...
1356
01:22:26,992 --> 01:22:30,621
I'm telling you,
them crackers dropped dead
right on the spot.
1357
01:22:30,704 --> 01:22:34,166
All of them. Looked like a row
of albino dominoes, just...
1358
01:22:36,459 --> 01:22:41,839
Judge say, "Mr. Petey Greene,
we charging you
with using your dick
1359
01:22:41,923 --> 01:22:45,426
"as a lethal weapon.
Now how do you plead?"
1360
01:22:45,509 --> 01:22:48,178
I said, "Your Honor!
Not guilty,
Your Honor, not guilty!
1361
01:22:48,220 --> 01:22:53,183
"Come on now, I don't want
no parts of this. I use my
dick to make love, not war!
1362
01:22:55,477 --> 01:22:58,021
"Shit only look lethal
to white folk. "
1363
01:23:04,360 --> 01:23:06,779
Good evening, Petey.
This is Petey Greene's
Washington.
1364
01:23:06,862 --> 01:23:09,114
DEWEY: Okay,
let's try that again.
1365
01:23:09,198 --> 01:23:10,365
For what?
1366
01:23:10,407 --> 01:23:13,827
You said, "Good evening,
Petey Greene. This is
Petey Greene's Washington. "
1367
01:23:13,910 --> 01:23:16,079
No, I didn't.
Yeah, you did.
1368
01:23:16,162 --> 01:23:17,872
Dewey, I didn't say...
That's some stupid shit.
1369
01:23:17,914 --> 01:23:19,499
How many times
have we been doing this show?
1370
01:23:19,582 --> 01:23:21,584
I'm gonna say some stupid
shit like that? Come on, man.
1371
01:23:21,668 --> 01:23:23,628
Okay, my mistake.
I didn't say,
"Good evening, Petey."
1372
01:23:23,711 --> 01:23:26,881
That's stupid.
Okay, let's try it again.
Please.
1373
01:23:27,798 --> 01:23:29,800
Are you ready?
Born so.
1374
01:23:29,883 --> 01:23:31,343
Good evening...
1375
01:23:32,719 --> 01:23:34,888
Okay, let's try it again.
1376
01:23:34,930 --> 01:23:36,765
Let's try it again.
See what you did?
1377
01:23:36,806 --> 01:23:39,350
I fucked up, is what I did!
Yep.
1378
01:23:39,434 --> 01:23:41,561
I gotta stop drinking.
God damn!
Maybe.
1379
01:23:41,936 --> 01:23:43,521
Good evening, Washington.
1380
01:23:43,604 --> 01:23:46,732
My guest tonight is a pimp
that I wouldn't trust
to wash my car,
1381
01:23:46,816 --> 01:23:48,275
but y'all done
elected him city official...
1382
01:23:48,317 --> 01:23:49,902
DEWEY: Cut!
1383
01:23:49,943 --> 01:23:51,820
Jesus Christ, Petey!
1384
01:23:56,283 --> 01:23:57,283
DEWEY: What?
1385
01:23:59,285 --> 01:24:00,495
(LAUGHING) Freda!
1386
01:24:01,287 --> 01:24:03,915
I love my job!
I love... Where's Petey?
1387
01:24:03,956 --> 01:24:07,334
Where's Petey, huh?
Lay it on me, now!
Lay it on me!
1388
01:24:07,418 --> 01:24:10,129
Right on with the right-on!
1389
01:24:10,212 --> 01:24:12,047
You're not gonna
believe what's happening.
1390
01:24:12,130 --> 01:24:14,132
You're not gonna
believe it, man.
1391
01:24:14,216 --> 01:24:15,759
Was it Free Pussy Day
or something?
1392
01:24:15,842 --> 01:24:19,095
You are looking at the baddest
manager on the planet.
1393
01:24:19,179 --> 01:24:21,472
You, my man,
are doing The Tonight Show.
1394
01:24:21,514 --> 01:24:25,434
Next Tuesday, New York City,
live and in living color.
1395
01:24:25,518 --> 01:24:29,646
They had an act cancel
on The Tonight Show, baby!
1396
01:24:29,855 --> 01:24:32,107
You, me, Carson.
1397
01:24:34,359 --> 01:24:36,361
This is it, my man.
Yeah.
1398
01:24:36,444 --> 01:24:39,697
This is that moment that
I've been telling you about.
1399
01:24:39,781 --> 01:24:41,699
Yeah. Yeah!
1400
01:24:42,784 --> 01:24:45,244
Yeah, that's great, man. Yeah.
Yeah?
1401
01:24:45,786 --> 01:24:47,329
"Here's Petey!"
1402
01:24:49,081 --> 01:24:51,792
Yeah.
Yeah. Okay.
1403
01:24:52,626 --> 01:24:53,794
Yeah.
Okay.
1404
01:25:25,698 --> 01:25:28,576
New York, New York, y'all.
Like they say.
1405
01:25:28,617 --> 01:25:31,328
If you make it here...
I'll be a bitch-ass nigga.
1406
01:25:31,495 --> 01:25:32,537
(SCREAMING)
1407
01:25:32,621 --> 01:25:34,289
DEWEY: There it is.
1408
01:25:48,219 --> 01:25:49,803
Dewey Hughes?
Yes, sir.
1409
01:25:49,887 --> 01:25:51,847
Fred De Cordova.
I know.
1410
01:25:51,930 --> 01:25:53,640
Glad you could make it
on such short notice.
1411
01:25:53,724 --> 01:25:56,726
If you called us
twenty seconds ago, sir,
we would have been here.
1412
01:25:56,810 --> 01:25:58,728
And you must be Petey.
Hey.
1413
01:25:58,812 --> 01:25:59,896
Heard a lot about you.
1414
01:25:59,979 --> 01:26:01,939
Johnny's looking forward
to hearing your routine.
1415
01:26:01,981 --> 01:26:03,941
Well, I just hope
I don't disappoint him.
1416
01:26:03,983 --> 01:26:06,193
Oh, you'll be fine.
1417
01:26:06,277 --> 01:26:08,612
Oh, that's Vernell.
Hi.
1418
01:26:09,947 --> 01:26:13,450
So, dry run's at 10:00,
we're live at 11:30.
1419
01:26:21,666 --> 01:26:23,459
(LAUGHING) Hi!
1420
01:26:23,543 --> 01:26:25,086
Oh, thank you.
1421
01:26:26,462 --> 01:26:28,005
No, no, please...
1422
01:26:52,069 --> 01:26:54,404
(LAUGHING) That's
very interesting.
1423
01:26:56,573 --> 01:26:58,074
Oh, no!
1424
01:26:59,159 --> 01:27:00,326
Hey.
1425
01:27:02,537 --> 01:27:05,373
Don't worry. Everyone does it.
1426
01:27:05,414 --> 01:27:07,958
Should've seen Elvis.
Really?
1427
01:27:12,087 --> 01:27:13,714
(CHATTERING)
1428
01:27:19,719 --> 01:27:22,430
MAN: Picking up some
cable noise from boom 1.
1429
01:27:25,766 --> 01:27:27,726
Yeah.
Yeah.
1430
01:27:28,769 --> 01:27:31,063
So Bette's going to do
two songs, eh? Bette Midler?
1431
01:27:46,452 --> 01:27:48,829
You should see
all the food...
1432
01:27:53,041 --> 01:27:54,960
Would you two relax?
1433
01:27:55,043 --> 01:27:58,588
Carson's gonna give you
the thumbs-up,
he's gonna sit you down,
1434
01:27:58,671 --> 01:28:01,382
and then you
are gonna be a star.
1435
01:28:01,466 --> 01:28:04,885
Yeah, well, I don't know
about that, dude.
1436
01:28:04,969 --> 01:28:08,138
I don't know if I'm ready, is
what I'm trying to tell you.
1437
01:28:08,222 --> 01:28:12,142
MAN ON P. A... : Bette Midler
to the stage, please.
Bette Midler to the stage.
1438
01:28:12,893 --> 01:28:14,311
You're ready.
1439
01:28:14,519 --> 01:28:16,479
And in exactly 30 minutes,
1440
01:28:16,563 --> 01:28:19,482
this whole country is gonna
know what I already know.
1441
01:28:19,566 --> 01:28:24,362
That Petey Greene is
the baddest comic in America.
1442
01:28:24,946 --> 01:28:27,656
Just keep it real,
like you do,
1443
01:28:29,241 --> 01:28:31,201
you'll be fine.
1444
01:28:32,369 --> 01:28:33,704
Excuse me.
MAN: Yes, sir?
1445
01:28:33,787 --> 01:28:36,206
Where's the green room?
Oh, sure thing, sir.
Just follow me.
1446
01:28:36,289 --> 01:28:39,083
It's only New York, baby.
Just a suburb of P-Town.
1447
01:28:40,376 --> 01:28:41,794
Relax!
1448
01:28:52,512 --> 01:28:54,681
Over here, to your left.
Thank you.
1449
01:28:54,765 --> 01:28:56,433
Dewey!
Yeah?
1450
01:28:56,516 --> 01:28:58,726
You have to get him
out of this, man.
1451
01:28:58,810 --> 01:29:01,646
What? Are you nuts?
Listen to me, Dewey.
1452
01:29:02,230 --> 01:29:06,317
I know that man.
Hell, you know that man.
And I know you saw that look.
1453
01:29:06,358 --> 01:29:09,028
I didn't see shit.
I saw nerves.
1454
01:29:09,069 --> 01:29:11,989
Dewey, baby. I know
how important this is to you.
1455
01:29:12,030 --> 01:29:13,865
He does, too! That's the
only reason why he's here!
1456
01:29:13,907 --> 01:29:17,369
To me? It has nothing to do
with me. Bullshit, Vernell.
1457
01:29:17,452 --> 01:29:23,207
Bullshit! I mean, Cosby,
Gregory, Pryor, they've
all been on that stage.
1458
01:29:23,291 --> 01:29:26,627
What comic in the world
doesn't want to be
on The Tonight Show?
1459
01:29:26,710 --> 01:29:28,003
You see, he ain't a comic.
1460
01:29:28,087 --> 01:29:30,589
He ain't a comic, he ain't
a television personality,
1461
01:29:30,672 --> 01:29:32,216
he ain't a civic leader!
1462
01:29:32,299 --> 01:29:34,551
He's just a regular-ass
nigga from DC who...
1463
01:29:39,389 --> 01:29:42,308
He's just a regular-ass nigga
from DC who likes
to run his mouth.
1464
01:29:42,391 --> 01:29:45,061
And for some reason,
people respond!
Vernell?
1465
01:29:45,102 --> 01:29:48,188
Vernell, you're wrong, okay?
1466
01:29:49,857 --> 01:29:51,775
Look where we are.
1467
01:29:52,150 --> 01:29:53,402
Look where we are.
1468
01:29:53,485 --> 01:29:57,864
He doesn't want
to be here, Dewey.
I can see it in his eyes.
1469
01:29:58,656 --> 01:30:02,035
Just keep an eye on him.
1470
01:30:02,118 --> 01:30:04,954
Make sure he doesn't leave
that room. Okay?
1471
01:30:08,707 --> 01:30:10,125
Petey?
1472
01:30:10,959 --> 01:30:13,462
Oh, no! No, Petey.
1473
01:30:14,296 --> 01:30:16,256
(THE TONIGHT SHOW
THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
1474
01:30:19,259 --> 01:30:23,596
McMAHON. : From New York,
The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson.
1475
01:30:24,055 --> 01:30:27,516
This is Ed McMahon,
along with Doc Severinsen
and the NBC Orchestra,
1476
01:30:27,600 --> 01:30:32,396
inviting you to join
Johnny and his guests,
Gig Young, Joe Garagiola,
1477
01:30:32,479 --> 01:30:35,732
Bette Midler,
Los Indios Tabajaras,
1478
01:30:35,815 --> 01:30:37,859
and comedian Petey Greene.
1479
01:30:40,320 --> 01:30:44,907
And now, here's Johnny!
1480
01:31:09,096 --> 01:31:12,849
Make sure you're watching him.
We'll be right on
after Bette Midler.
1481
01:31:12,933 --> 01:31:17,145
Yeah. He's gonna be
the greatest thing
to ever hit The Tonight Show.
1482
01:31:17,645 --> 01:31:20,940
CARSON. : Hi, I'm Johnny,
and if you have
a few hours a week,
1483
01:31:21,024 --> 01:31:22,984
you could be a Big Brother
to somebody like me.
1484
01:31:24,402 --> 01:31:25,528
Move.
1485
01:31:44,462 --> 01:31:46,755
Did you see him?
Did he come out?
MAN: No, sir.
1486
01:31:46,839 --> 01:31:49,216
Petey? Petey!
1487
01:31:59,559 --> 01:32:01,936
Thank you!
You're hot! You're hot!
1488
01:32:04,146 --> 01:32:06,857
You know, I said it before
when you were first
on the show, and I mean it.
1489
01:32:06,941 --> 01:32:09,193
I said, "You are going
to be someone to contend with.
1490
01:32:09,276 --> 01:32:11,904
"You're going to be a big star
in this business,
1491
01:32:11,987 --> 01:32:14,197
"because you are unique,
and you're different. "
1492
01:32:21,287 --> 01:32:22,914
Hey, man.
1493
01:32:22,955 --> 01:32:24,957
Fuck! Petey,
1494
01:32:26,125 --> 01:32:27,835
where have you been?
1495
01:32:28,419 --> 01:32:30,129
I'm here, ain't I?
1496
01:32:40,555 --> 01:32:41,848
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
1497
01:32:41,931 --> 01:32:43,891
CARSON: All righty,
we're back.
1498
01:32:43,975 --> 01:32:48,270
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
from Washington, DC,
Petey Greene.
1499
01:32:48,520 --> 01:32:50,397
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
1500
01:33:12,209 --> 01:33:14,127
Y'all gonna have to forgive me
if I'm a little nervous,
1501
01:33:14,211 --> 01:33:17,505
I just ain't never been
in front of this many
white folk before.
1502
01:33:17,547 --> 01:33:19,007
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
1503
01:33:19,048 --> 01:33:22,427
I know my manager, Dewey,
is backstage right now
about to have a heart attack,
1504
01:33:22,510 --> 01:33:28,224
saying, "Oh Lord, please don't
let this fool go out here
and say something crazy."
1505
01:33:28,307 --> 01:33:31,226
But he knows
I always speak the truth.
1506
01:33:33,186 --> 01:33:34,187
Yeah.
1507
01:33:40,068 --> 01:33:41,778
Well, the truth is,
1508
01:33:42,070 --> 01:33:44,071
I'm just an ex-con, y'all.
1509
01:33:45,323 --> 01:33:47,283
And the people that live
in the world that I come from,
1510
01:33:47,366 --> 01:33:49,910
well, most of them
can't even afford TVs.
1511
01:33:49,993 --> 01:33:52,663
They listen to me
on the radio, and they do that
1512
01:33:53,246 --> 01:33:55,332
because I keeps it real.
1513
01:33:57,208 --> 01:33:59,210
When they out there laughing,
1514
01:33:59,252 --> 01:34:02,004
I know they laughing
with me, not at me.
1515
01:34:08,927 --> 01:34:12,014
But I look out here at y'all,
1516
01:34:12,097 --> 01:34:16,685
and all I see a room full
of white folk waiting to hear
some nigger jokes.
1517
01:34:20,563 --> 01:34:23,274
I ain't got nothing
to say to you people.
1518
01:34:23,774 --> 01:34:25,985
Y'all ain't ready for P-Town.
1519
01:34:28,445 --> 01:34:29,905
Sorry, Johnny.
1520
01:34:45,669 --> 01:34:47,588
I was being real, Dewey.
1521
01:34:49,798 --> 01:34:50,841
You motherfucker!
1522
01:34:50,924 --> 01:34:52,134
VERNELL: No! Dewey!
1523
01:34:52,175 --> 01:34:55,387
Fuck you, man! Fuck you!
1524
01:34:56,680 --> 01:34:58,807
(GRUNTING)
1525
01:35:01,059 --> 01:35:02,769
What the fuck you doing?
1526
01:35:02,852 --> 01:35:04,270
Fuck you, man!
Fuck you!
1527
01:35:08,607 --> 01:35:11,902
PETEY: You know,
as far as jails go,
this one ain't too bad.
1528
01:35:36,466 --> 01:35:38,259
Dewey, man, I'm sorry, man.
1529
01:35:38,343 --> 01:35:40,678
Get the fuck
away from me, man.
1530
01:35:46,892 --> 01:35:50,771
Look here. I ain't never
asked for this shit.
1531
01:35:52,648 --> 01:35:56,776
All I ever wanted to do was
my little thing on the radio.
1532
01:35:56,860 --> 01:36:00,947
All this other shit, this
Tonight Show, come on, man.
1533
01:36:01,030 --> 01:36:02,490
That ain't me.
1534
01:36:03,282 --> 01:36:05,284
I tried to tell you that.
1535
01:36:07,953 --> 01:36:09,204
The whole
1536
01:36:10,581 --> 01:36:11,957
fucking world
1537
01:36:14,835 --> 01:36:16,086
was yours.
1538
01:36:20,757 --> 01:36:22,425
I could've
1539
01:36:23,968 --> 01:36:26,053
taken you right to the top.
1540
01:36:28,305 --> 01:36:30,349
But you just fucked it up.
1541
01:36:33,143 --> 01:36:35,270
You're nothing but a con.
1542
01:36:38,481 --> 01:36:41,401
That's all you'll ever be,
just like Milo.
1543
01:36:43,152 --> 01:36:46,238
Just another no-good,
1544
01:36:47,615 --> 01:36:49,033
low-life
1545
01:36:51,368 --> 01:36:52,452
con.
1546
01:36:52,995 --> 01:36:55,080
I ain't your brother, man.
1547
01:36:56,373 --> 01:36:59,334
I also ain't the one
got us thrown in here tonight.
1548
01:36:59,417 --> 01:37:00,918
That was you.
1549
01:37:02,128 --> 01:37:03,671
So if I'm a con,
1550
01:37:04,672 --> 01:37:06,507
baby, you a con, too.
1551
01:37:09,885 --> 01:37:13,305
You two. You got bailed.
1552
01:37:36,034 --> 01:37:38,411
Quit trying to change me,
Dewey.
1553
01:37:49,213 --> 01:37:51,423
Hey, baby, let's just go home.
1554
01:38:18,198 --> 01:38:22,618
Carnac is attempting to
divine an answer while you're
sitting here, giggling.
1555
01:38:22,660 --> 01:38:24,245
May I have silence, please?
1556
01:38:24,287 --> 01:38:27,623
Yes. You've had it
many times before.
1557
01:38:27,706 --> 01:38:29,291
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
1558
01:38:29,375 --> 01:38:30,626
(TV SWITCHES OFF)
1559
01:38:43,638 --> 01:38:44,680
What the fuck?
1560
01:38:46,891 --> 01:38:48,392
(WATER RUNNING)
1561
01:39:07,660 --> 01:39:09,787
You don't need Petey Greene.
1562
01:39:11,413 --> 01:39:13,457
You've got your own voice.
1563
01:39:16,251 --> 01:39:19,671
You've been on leave
for months, and our ratings
are in the toilet.
1564
01:39:19,754 --> 01:39:23,299
But you want to came back now
and take a shot as a DJ?
1565
01:39:29,388 --> 01:39:34,476
Morning, DC, this is
Dewey Hughes, with a morning
jam for your traffic jam.
1566
01:39:34,559 --> 01:39:37,854
Or if you're one of a whole
lot of folks that can't
afford to fill your tank,
1567
01:39:37,896 --> 01:39:42,150
or don't even have a car
to put that jacked-up gas in,
give me a call.
1568
01:39:42,233 --> 01:39:43,693
I'm here for all y'all.
1569
01:39:43,776 --> 01:39:48,697
So whether you're in your car,
at work, at home,
or pissed off at the pump,
1570
01:39:48,739 --> 01:39:50,866
pump up the volume
and give me a shout!
The woman said, "Listen,
1571
01:39:50,908 --> 01:39:54,035
"if you think I'm gonna gargle
with that shit after she's
through washing her ass,
1572
01:39:54,077 --> 01:39:55,871
"you out of your mind."
1573
01:39:59,123 --> 01:40:00,750
Congratulations.
1574
01:40:05,755 --> 01:40:08,173
ON RADIO. : Well, DC,
it's Sunny Jim...
1575
01:40:08,257 --> 01:40:09,299
...Sounds of Soul.
1576
01:40:09,591 --> 01:40:11,051
I mentioned Oliver North...
1577
01:40:11,093 --> 01:40:13,220
If you want to let it out,
you give me a shout.
1578
01:40:13,303 --> 01:40:16,890
CATHY ON RADIO. : R&B hits
from the '70s and '80s.
This is The Cathy Show...
1579
01:40:17,182 --> 01:40:20,643
DEWEY ON RADIO. :
Good morning, DC, this is WOL.
1580
01:40:20,727 --> 01:40:23,604
I'm Dewey Hughes, rocking
you to work this morning,
1581
01:40:23,646 --> 01:40:26,816
so take your hand off the horn
and turn up the volume,
1582
01:40:26,899 --> 01:40:28,108
'cause at WOL,
1583
01:40:29,234 --> 01:40:31,612
we love music.
1584
01:40:33,447 --> 01:40:34,573
Talk to me, Ralph!
1585
01:40:34,614 --> 01:40:36,741
PETEY. : Wake up, God damn it.
1586
01:40:36,783 --> 01:40:38,284
That's right, DC.
1587
01:40:38,326 --> 01:40:41,704
Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene
is back on the scene.
1588
01:40:41,788 --> 01:40:43,748
Morning, everybody.
1589
01:40:46,417 --> 01:40:49,461
Hey, congratulations
on your show, there, Dewey.
1590
01:40:49,545 --> 01:40:51,213
Man, I gotta tell you,
I never would've believed it,
1591
01:40:51,338 --> 01:40:54,341
but you turned out to be
one hell of a DJ, man.
1592
01:40:56,509 --> 01:40:58,678
What you in the mood for,
Petey?
1593
01:41:02,515 --> 01:41:06,227
Why don't you play me
some of that old Sly Stone?
1594
01:41:06,310 --> 01:41:08,562
If You Want Me To Stay.
1595
01:41:09,355 --> 01:41:10,981
(PHONE HANGS UP)
1596
01:41:15,193 --> 01:41:16,403
Hung up.
1597
01:41:23,868 --> 01:41:25,494
It's all right.
1598
01:41:28,872 --> 01:41:30,874
(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)
1599
01:41:35,045 --> 01:41:37,672
What's your job, man?
What's your job, man?
1600
01:41:37,714 --> 01:41:39,424
I'm sorry, man.
Screen the calls!
1601
01:41:39,507 --> 01:41:41,509
Shut up! Screen the calls!
1602
01:41:41,759 --> 01:41:42,760
God.
1603
01:42:01,277 --> 01:42:02,570
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
1604
01:42:05,072 --> 01:42:06,449
One minute.
1605
01:42:16,750 --> 01:42:18,293
How much is it?
1606
01:42:19,627 --> 01:42:23,005
Priceless,
but the pizza's on me.
1607
01:42:23,089 --> 01:42:26,092
I ran into
the delivery guy in the hall.
1608
01:42:28,302 --> 01:42:29,470
Nice!
1609
01:42:32,139 --> 01:42:34,850
So I hear you're
the man up in here now.
1610
01:42:36,851 --> 01:42:38,603
Cathy Show was a hit.
1611
01:42:39,646 --> 01:42:41,147
I bought the station.
1612
01:42:41,230 --> 01:42:42,648
Congratulations.
1613
01:42:43,441 --> 01:42:46,444
Is that enough milk?
Oh, that's fine, honey.
1614
01:42:48,112 --> 01:42:49,780
To your success.
1615
01:43:03,543 --> 01:43:06,420
Aren't you gonna
ask me how he is?
1616
01:43:06,504 --> 01:43:08,881
How is he?
Come on, Dewey.
1617
01:43:08,964 --> 01:43:13,093
He helped you build this
place. You can say his name.
1618
01:43:14,177 --> 01:43:15,595
How's Petey?
1619
01:43:16,721 --> 01:43:18,264
Well, you know,
1620
01:43:19,349 --> 01:43:23,060
all those years
of hard living'll catch up
to you one day.
1621
01:43:26,522 --> 01:43:28,190
His time is tight.
1622
01:43:30,526 --> 01:43:32,027
He misses you.
1623
01:43:46,916 --> 01:43:48,500
(CHATTERING)
1624
01:43:49,418 --> 01:43:51,128
You see this show?
1625
01:43:53,130 --> 01:43:57,592
My whole fucking life
is this show.
1626
01:43:57,675 --> 01:44:01,596
I learned to walk,
talk and dress
1627
01:44:03,222 --> 01:44:05,224
watching The Tonight Show.
1628
01:44:05,808 --> 01:44:07,268
I can tell.
1629
01:44:07,351 --> 01:44:08,727
(BOTH LAUGHING)
1630
01:44:09,770 --> 01:44:14,774
It showed me that there was
a world far away from
the Anacostia projects.
1631
01:44:18,278 --> 01:44:20,530
He reminds me of my brothers.
1632
01:44:21,364 --> 01:44:23,574
Loud-ass shit-talkers.
1633
01:44:24,575 --> 01:44:27,411
Funny as hell.
Always had me cracking up.
1634
01:44:29,330 --> 01:44:31,290
Milo was the funniest.
1635
01:44:34,292 --> 01:44:35,877
He was my hero.
1636
01:44:37,462 --> 01:44:40,923
He could say anything,
do anything.
He could've been a...
1637
01:44:53,602 --> 01:44:56,980
Well, he's at Morgan's
every Tuesday night,
1638
01:44:57,022 --> 01:44:59,983
waiting for somebody
to give him a good game.
1639
01:45:01,067 --> 01:45:02,902
Thanks for the drink.
1640
01:45:10,451 --> 01:45:12,244
I love you, Dewey.
1641
01:45:14,079 --> 01:45:16,248
You take care
of yourself, okay?
1642
01:45:34,014 --> 01:45:36,141
(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)
1643
01:45:59,162 --> 01:46:00,288
Tails.
1644
01:46:20,181 --> 01:46:23,392
So you the new
Blue Blazes, huh, man?
1645
01:46:25,728 --> 01:46:27,188
That's right.
1646
01:46:28,314 --> 01:46:34,152
You sure did it, Dewey.
Took that little old
two-bit radio station
1647
01:46:36,237 --> 01:46:38,823
and turned it into
a powerhouse, man.
1648
01:46:56,256 --> 01:46:58,675
I couldn't have done it
without you.
1649
01:46:59,425 --> 01:47:00,426
No.
1650
01:47:01,427 --> 01:47:04,096
I could've never did
that shit you did.
1651
01:47:05,139 --> 01:47:06,891
Like you said, Dew,
1652
01:47:08,100 --> 01:47:13,105
I needed you
to do all the things
that I was too afraid to do.
1653
01:47:39,337 --> 01:47:41,422
What about the other part?
1654
01:47:41,506 --> 01:47:43,132
What other part?
1655
01:47:46,886 --> 01:47:48,137
The part
1656
01:47:49,888 --> 01:47:52,057
when I said that I need you
1657
01:47:53,934 --> 01:47:56,936
to say all the things
that I'm afraid to say.
1658
01:47:58,730 --> 01:47:59,939
Oh, that part.
1659
01:48:02,733 --> 01:48:04,527
(COUGHING HOARSELY)
1660
01:48:09,865 --> 01:48:11,116
Not now.
1661
01:48:18,581 --> 01:48:20,375
Well, the truth is,
1662
01:48:21,334 --> 01:48:23,753
you ain't getting
no younger, man.
1663
01:48:25,046 --> 01:48:29,717
So I decided I'm gonna
cut you some slack.
1664
01:48:29,800 --> 01:48:31,718
Go on and forgive you.
1665
01:48:33,512 --> 01:48:34,638
Forgive me.
1666
01:48:41,519 --> 01:48:43,854
I love you
like a brother, man.
1667
01:48:46,398 --> 01:48:48,317
I know you love me, too.
1668
01:48:49,943 --> 01:48:52,237
Now, you too stubborn
to say it,
1669
01:48:53,405 --> 01:48:55,740
but I think you miss
old Petey Greene.
1670
01:48:58,118 --> 01:49:00,453
So I'm gonna give you
one last shot.
1671
01:49:08,961 --> 01:49:10,379
That's deep.
1672
01:49:10,462 --> 01:49:11,797
(CHUCKLES)
1673
01:49:12,839 --> 01:49:14,800
Yeah it was, wasn't it?
1674
01:49:17,093 --> 01:49:18,887
I might put that
in a card someday.
1675
01:49:18,970 --> 01:49:20,596
(PETEY CHUCKLES)
1676
01:49:23,975 --> 01:49:25,893
(POOL BALLS STRIKING)
1677
01:49:27,061 --> 01:49:28,729
Good shot, Petey.
1678
01:49:41,032 --> 01:49:41,908
(CHATTERING)
1679
01:49:46,996 --> 01:49:50,207
Everybody come back
to the shop
with their eyes fucked up...
1680
01:49:51,708 --> 01:49:53,001
Stop it!
1681
01:49:55,003 --> 01:49:56,379
(INAUDIBLE)
1682
01:50:03,344 --> 01:50:08,641
PETEY. : I ain't nothing, man,
I ain't nothing
but a con and a thief.
1683
01:50:08,724 --> 01:50:11,268
So I ain't up here trying
to be nobody's preacher.
1684
01:50:11,351 --> 01:50:15,522
I'm just trying to tell
the truth to y'all,
like I promised I would.
1685
01:50:21,778 --> 01:50:25,865
DEWEY. : Petey liked to say
that he was just a con.
1686
01:50:26,240 --> 01:50:28,367
Telling it like it is.
1687
01:50:30,077 --> 01:50:32,120
But he was more than that.
1688
01:50:37,417 --> 01:50:40,295
He said the things
that we were afraid to say.
1689
01:50:42,380 --> 01:50:43,881
I'm sorry, man.
1690
01:50:51,597 --> 01:50:54,349
He was the bravest man
that I ever met.
1691
01:50:56,726 --> 01:50:59,437
He was, and still is,
everything I'm not.
1692
01:51:02,815 --> 01:51:04,442
And that's why I love him.
1693
01:51:04,525 --> 01:51:05,985
MAN: Yeah.
1694
01:51:10,114 --> 01:51:12,532
So, in the words
of my best friend,
1695
01:51:15,785 --> 01:51:18,079
"That's all we got.
MAN: Yeah!
1696
01:51:18,163 --> 01:51:19,956
"There ain't no more.
That's right!
1697
01:51:20,039 --> 01:51:21,916
"Time is tight.
1698
01:51:21,999 --> 01:51:24,502
"It's the end of the show.
1699
01:51:24,585 --> 01:51:28,464
"So grab your head
and make a fist. "
1700
01:51:29,048 --> 01:51:31,758
"Listen to me
and remember this. "
1701
01:51:31,842 --> 01:51:33,135
...and remember this.
1702
01:51:33,218 --> 01:51:36,513
I tell it to the hot,
I tell it to the cold.
1703
01:51:36,596 --> 01:51:40,141
I tell it to the young,
I tell it to the old.
1704
01:51:40,224 --> 01:51:43,019
Don't want no laughing,
don't want no crying.
1705
01:51:43,102 --> 01:51:46,063
And most of all,
no signifying.
DEWEY. : "...no signifying!"
1706
01:51:46,647 --> 01:51:50,526
This is
Petey Greene's Washington,
ladies and gentlemen.
1707
01:51:50,567 --> 01:51:52,110
This is P-Town!
1708
01:51:52,194 --> 01:51:55,572
ALL: Petey! Petey!
Petey! Petey!
1709
01:51:55,655 --> 01:51:59,367
Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!
1710
01:52:05,539 --> 01:52:06,665
PETEY. : Be cool, y'all.
1711
01:52:54,668 --> 01:52:56,503
PETEY. : Wake up, God damn it!
1712
01:54:16,534 --> 01:54:18,453
VERNELL. : Shirley Chisholm
for President, everybody!
1713
01:54:18,536 --> 01:54:20,997
Vote Shirley Chisholm
for President, 1972!
1714
01:56:14,059 --> 01:56:17,103
PETEY. : Why do you think
they send our boys off to war?
1715
01:58:27,348 --> 01:58:30,893
Look here. I ain't never
asked for this shit.
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