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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:19,771 --> 00:01:21,511 Wake up, God damn it! 4 00:01:22,907 --> 00:01:24,909 I know it's hard. 5 00:01:24,909 --> 00:01:28,980 Your eyes is burning, slowly opening. 6 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:32,383 You slowly realizing that this wasn't no dream. 7 00:01:32,383 --> 00:01:34,328 No, this is your life. 8 00:02:21,032 --> 00:02:25,369 Yeah, right about now you're looking at them cold walls that surround you, 9 00:02:25,369 --> 00:02:28,806 and you wondering, "How the hell did I get up in this joint, Jack? 10 00:02:28,806 --> 00:02:31,411 "And how the fuck I'm gonna get out?" 11 00:02:52,430 --> 00:02:55,766 "It's like life, y'all. 12 00:02:55,766 --> 00:02:58,405 "Ain't no way to it, but to do it." 13 00:02:59,704 --> 00:03:03,641 So reach on up there and scratch another day off the wall, man. 14 00:03:03,641 --> 00:03:05,543 But don't be whining. 15 00:03:05,543 --> 00:03:06,744 Uh-uh. 16 00:03:06,744 --> 00:03:09,180 Ain't gonna be no signal fire. 17 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:10,915 Just take a stand. 18 00:03:10,915 --> 00:03:12,650 Be a man. It's good to see you, man. 19 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:15,019 And try to understand. Hey, listen, man. Listen. 20 00:03:15,019 --> 00:03:17,054 You ain't in here 'cause of the master's plan. 21 00:03:17,054 --> 00:03:19,363 No, you in here 'cause you fucked up! 22 00:03:21,125 --> 00:03:24,061 Look, this is the nigga that I've been writing you about. You dig? 23 00:03:24,061 --> 00:03:27,298 Yo, I was reading my court papers the other day, y'all. 24 00:03:27,298 --> 00:03:32,770 They say, "Ralph Waldo 'Petey' Greene versus the United States of America." 25 00:03:32,770 --> 00:03:36,240 I say, "Goddamn! No wonder I'm up in this motherfucker!" 26 00:03:37,575 --> 00:03:40,817 So I'm gonna dedicate this next one to my baby. 27 00:03:41,712 --> 00:03:45,449 Man, she gonna be up here in a minute, and this gal, Lord have mercy, 28 00:03:45,449 --> 00:03:47,318 she's fine as frogs, yeah. 29 00:03:47,318 --> 00:03:51,222 So while this is playing, I want y'all to think about the one y'all love. 30 00:03:51,222 --> 00:03:53,324 And I'm talking about the one sends you them pictures, man, 31 00:03:53,324 --> 00:03:55,599 not the cat in the next bunk. 32 00:03:56,527 --> 00:03:59,163 I guess you're pretty hard up for entertainment around here. 33 00:03:59,163 --> 00:04:01,299 Yeah, man. This is prison. 34 00:04:01,299 --> 00:04:04,109 Whatever gets you through twenty-to-life. 35 00:04:08,372 --> 00:04:10,010 I got a meeting. 36 00:04:11,242 --> 00:04:12,482 You... 37 00:04:15,646 --> 00:04:18,015 You need anything? I don't need shit. 38 00:04:18,015 --> 00:04:19,152 Okay. 39 00:04:20,318 --> 00:04:23,221 Let me ask you something. Why do you even bother? 40 00:04:23,221 --> 00:04:25,257 Because I promised Mama. 41 00:04:28,459 --> 00:04:30,802 Don't do me no fucking favors. 42 00:04:55,186 --> 00:04:56,756 Hello, Vernell. 43 00:05:01,826 --> 00:05:03,737 That's the booty line. 44 00:05:04,662 --> 00:05:05,663 Conjugal visits. 45 00:05:15,706 --> 00:05:18,914 Hay. Hey, Radio man! Hey! 46 00:05:20,544 --> 00:05:22,713 So Milo been telling you about me, huh? 47 00:05:22,713 --> 00:05:23,850 What? 48 00:05:24,215 --> 00:05:26,350 Milo. Your brother? 49 00:05:26,350 --> 00:05:29,194 Said y'all need a new DJ at that radio station. 50 00:05:29,587 --> 00:05:30,921 Hey, I'm your man. 51 00:05:30,921 --> 00:05:32,890 My brother wouldn't know. 52 00:05:32,890 --> 00:05:36,064 And in case you forgot, you're in prison. 53 00:05:36,327 --> 00:05:37,528 It's a minor challenge. 54 00:05:37,528 --> 00:05:39,098 You're a miscreant. 55 00:05:39,864 --> 00:05:42,199 That's more than a minor challenge. 56 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:44,235 The fuck this nigga call me? A Miss who? 57 00:05:44,235 --> 00:05:45,714 A miscreant. 58 00:05:45,903 --> 00:05:47,279 A convict. 59 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:53,077 Listen to this nigga! I'm a miscreant! 60 00:05:53,077 --> 00:05:55,179 Well, you know what? I like that shit! 61 00:05:55,179 --> 00:05:57,648 'Cause that makes me sound like a con with class. 62 00:05:57,648 --> 00:06:00,418 Hey, Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, 63 00:06:00,418 --> 00:06:02,119 miscreant mack at your service. 64 00:06:02,119 --> 00:06:04,599 You forgot "felon." 65 00:06:04,855 --> 00:06:06,129 "Lowlife." 66 00:06:07,091 --> 00:06:09,760 So do that mean I got a job or what? 67 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,172 Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! 68 00:06:12,797 --> 00:06:15,333 I need you to do me a favor, sugar. Okay? 69 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:18,302 I need you to go home and take this 70 00:06:18,302 --> 00:06:21,044 right on down to Nighthawk for me, okay? 71 00:06:21,872 --> 00:06:23,009 Here. 72 00:06:23,808 --> 00:06:25,009 Here! 73 00:06:25,009 --> 00:06:26,715 Come on, take it! 74 00:06:27,345 --> 00:06:28,346 Here! 75 00:06:29,380 --> 00:06:31,015 Ain't no padding in there, sweetie. 76 00:06:31,015 --> 00:06:33,217 You tell him it's all me, okay? 77 00:06:33,217 --> 00:06:34,525 Vernell. 78 00:06:35,219 --> 00:06:37,488 What? You don't get your ass in that room... 79 00:06:37,488 --> 00:06:38,856 Oh, shut up. It's just a bra. 80 00:06:38,856 --> 00:06:40,658 Hey, radio man! 81 00:06:40,658 --> 00:06:41,759 You better come on! 82 00:06:41,759 --> 00:06:43,561 I'm gonna look you up when I get out of here, man. 83 00:06:43,561 --> 00:06:45,296 Yeah? How many years you pulling? 84 00:06:45,296 --> 00:06:46,430 Five to ten. 85 00:06:46,430 --> 00:06:49,066 Nickel to a dime. Lt ain't shit, baby. 86 00:06:49,066 --> 00:06:50,301 You do that. 87 00:06:50,301 --> 00:06:53,637 I'm the best there is, baby. I'm the greatest! 88 00:06:53,637 --> 00:06:56,208 I'm the greatest of all time, baby! 89 00:06:58,476 --> 00:07:00,778 This is The Nighthawk Show, 90 00:07:00,778 --> 00:07:05,226 doing it for all those fine young things down at Howard University. 91 00:07:05,616 --> 00:07:08,886 The Love Hawk with you all night, 92 00:07:08,886 --> 00:07:11,764 rocking your radio in the nation's capital. 93 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:17,261 It's 5:10 on the Sounds of Soul, the big O-L. 94 00:07:17,261 --> 00:07:19,798 We keep losing ground to WOOK. 95 00:07:20,498 --> 00:07:23,934 We can make up the lost ground on OK, sir. I mean, we have a very exciting slate. 96 00:07:23,934 --> 00:07:26,237 Great music, talk... Sounds good, but it's not working. 97 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:27,805 What's the problem? 98 00:07:27,805 --> 00:07:29,940 The problem is we've lost touch with the real DC 99 00:07:29,940 --> 00:07:32,610 in our attempts to win over the Beltway. 100 00:07:32,610 --> 00:07:34,779 This has always been a station of the people 101 00:07:34,779 --> 00:07:37,214 and in case you forgot, most of the people don't live in Georgetown. 102 00:07:37,214 --> 00:07:38,916 Yeah, but the people who live in Georgetown 103 00:07:38,916 --> 00:07:41,485 do shop at Giant Foods and Woody's. 104 00:07:41,485 --> 00:07:42,953 Sponsors that pay your salary. 105 00:07:42,953 --> 00:07:46,332 No. I pay his salary, and yours. 106 00:07:47,792 --> 00:07:50,863 Maybe I should start paying your salary to him. 107 00:07:51,996 --> 00:07:54,237 Sir, I think... I'm serious. 108 00:07:54,598 --> 00:07:56,543 What do you say, Dewey? 109 00:07:56,934 --> 00:07:59,505 You think you can turn us around? 110 00:08:00,004 --> 00:08:01,813 Yes sir, I do. Good. 111 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,414 Let's give it a try. 112 00:08:07,144 --> 00:08:08,612 Good afternoon, gentlemen. 113 00:08:08,612 --> 00:08:11,718 Sir, I just need a minute of your time, please. 114 00:08:11,982 --> 00:08:16,053 Hey, y'all, guess what? I found out today I ain't a con, y'all. 115 00:08:16,053 --> 00:08:17,361 For real. 116 00:08:17,755 --> 00:08:22,460 I am not a con, or a felon, or a thug. 117 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:25,763 No. I am a miscreant. 118 00:08:27,097 --> 00:08:28,766 Now, y'all know what that is? Good morning. 119 00:08:28,766 --> 00:08:32,441 That's a con, brother. A felon, a thug. 120 00:08:33,571 --> 00:08:35,172 We ain't in prison. 121 00:08:35,172 --> 00:08:38,108 No, this a correctional facility. 122 00:08:38,108 --> 00:08:41,879 See, when you broke into that car, or shot that nigga, 123 00:08:41,879 --> 00:08:44,621 it wasn't 'cause you a wrong-doing motherfucker, no. 124 00:08:44,949 --> 00:08:47,384 No, see, you troubled, brother. 125 00:08:47,384 --> 00:08:49,329 You disenfranchised. 126 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,958 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. And now... 127 00:08:53,958 --> 00:08:57,735 All this wordplay so that we don't have to face the truth. 128 00:08:58,529 --> 00:09:02,602 'Cause the truth is, no matter how many ways you try to slice it, 129 00:09:03,467 --> 00:09:04,809 I'm a con. 130 00:09:06,770 --> 00:09:08,146 Lights out! 131 00:09:09,707 --> 00:09:11,447 And you a con, too. 132 00:09:13,677 --> 00:09:18,816 Warden's got a little dick! Warden's got a little dick! 133 00:09:18,816 --> 00:09:21,319 Yeah! Come on, Warden! What you got? 134 00:09:22,319 --> 00:09:23,387 You got that little dick? 135 00:09:23,387 --> 00:09:25,256 Who the hell is that man on my tower? 136 00:09:25,256 --> 00:09:28,692 Braxton, Poochie, sir. Ten-to-fifteen, armed robbery. 137 00:09:30,294 --> 00:09:34,832 Hey, Warden! You got a little, itty-bitty dick! That's right! That's you, Warden! 138 00:09:34,832 --> 00:09:36,600 Shoot him. Sir? 139 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,469 Right between the eyes. 140 00:09:38,469 --> 00:09:41,105 I don't know if we can do that, legally. 141 00:09:41,105 --> 00:09:44,008 Technically, he's not trying to escape. 142 00:09:44,008 --> 00:09:46,243 Well, where in hell can I shoot him, then? Listen here! 143 00:09:46,243 --> 00:09:49,847 I want Petey Greene! 144 00:09:49,847 --> 00:09:51,849 You hear me, Warden? 145 00:09:51,849 --> 00:09:55,387 I want you to get Petey Greene out here, right now. 146 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,390 Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 147 00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:01,164 What's he gonna do? 148 00:10:02,026 --> 00:10:03,227 Where Petey at? 149 00:10:03,227 --> 00:10:05,462 Oh, yo, Petey! 150 00:10:07,798 --> 00:10:10,574 Yeah. Look, you got a little dick! 151 00:10:11,068 --> 00:10:14,208 Warden! Your dick, Warden! 152 00:10:15,673 --> 00:10:18,242 Look like you got quite a situation here, sir. 153 00:10:18,242 --> 00:10:20,153 Yes, Mr. Greene, I do. 154 00:10:21,412 --> 00:10:24,148 Warden's got a little dick! 155 00:10:24,148 --> 00:10:25,922 Can you do anything? 156 00:10:26,917 --> 00:10:29,286 I don't know, sir. 157 00:10:29,286 --> 00:10:32,562 I mean, what you got in your boxers is God's doing. 158 00:10:34,625 --> 00:10:38,028 Sorry, Warden, you kind of walked right into that one. 159 00:10:38,028 --> 00:10:41,202 Poochie! Nigga, what the hell are you doing up there, man? 160 00:10:42,666 --> 00:10:45,169 Yeah! Warden's got a little dick! 161 00:10:45,169 --> 00:10:47,338 Now look here, Warden. Poochie crazy. 162 00:10:47,338 --> 00:10:49,807 He's a good kid, but he got all fucked up on that narcotic. 163 00:10:49,807 --> 00:10:52,276 Come on, Warden, what you got? I can get him down. 164 00:10:52,276 --> 00:10:54,044 Got that little dick! I can even shut him up. 165 00:10:54,044 --> 00:10:55,813 Come on, what you gonna do? 166 00:10:55,813 --> 00:10:58,987 What you gonna do, Warden? I'd be very grateful. 167 00:11:04,655 --> 00:11:07,795 Now, exactly how grateful are we talking about? 168 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:20,046 All right. 169 00:11:21,238 --> 00:11:22,439 Poochie! 170 00:11:22,439 --> 00:11:25,042 Petey! It's Petey! 171 00:11:25,042 --> 00:11:27,578 Boy, if you don't come down from there and stop making all that noise, 172 00:11:27,578 --> 00:11:28,879 I'm gonna call your mama. 173 00:11:28,879 --> 00:11:31,649 I'm gonna tell her you out here acting a fool, man. 174 00:11:31,649 --> 00:11:32,950 Now, come on down. Poochie. 175 00:11:39,990 --> 00:11:43,527 Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 176 00:11:43,527 --> 00:11:47,031 Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 177 00:11:58,242 --> 00:12:02,713 We take all necessary measures in support of freedom 178 00:12:03,547 --> 00:12:05,716 and in defense of peace in Southeast Asia. 179 00:12:05,716 --> 00:12:08,924 Stop the bombing, and stop the war. 180 00:12:15,325 --> 00:12:16,599 Come on. 181 00:12:25,803 --> 00:12:27,671 Petey! 182 00:12:27,671 --> 00:12:28,979 Yeah. 183 00:12:31,241 --> 00:12:32,776 Ain't this a bitch? 184 00:12:32,776 --> 00:12:33,913 What? 185 00:12:35,112 --> 00:12:36,714 I can't move my legs, baby. 186 00:12:36,714 --> 00:12:38,215 You jiving! 187 00:12:38,215 --> 00:12:39,284 No. 188 00:12:40,017 --> 00:12:41,685 Look here, Petey. 189 00:12:41,685 --> 00:12:44,788 Now, you know I been with you ten years, right? 190 00:12:44,788 --> 00:12:46,957 Hell, nine of them you was in jail. 191 00:12:46,957 --> 00:12:49,059 So you know how I feel about you. 192 00:12:49,059 --> 00:12:51,495 But I didn't get all foxy, nails done, new dress 193 00:12:51,495 --> 00:12:54,131 to hear you talking about you can't move. 194 00:12:54,131 --> 00:12:56,266 Now, I know you're scared. Okay? 195 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:58,235 Every man is scared. 196 00:12:58,235 --> 00:13:01,772 But baby, I'm standing here in a girdle and some tight-ass shoes, 197 00:13:01,772 --> 00:13:03,540 and I wanna meet me some Nighthawk! 198 00:13:03,540 --> 00:13:07,911 So you best to get your legs to moving and get in there and get your job. 199 00:13:07,911 --> 00:13:09,146 What if I ain't good enough? 200 00:13:09,146 --> 00:13:12,286 Hell! Every man I know ain't good enough, Petey! 201 00:13:12,983 --> 00:13:17,431 But even with all your shit, you the only one who is. 202 00:13:18,622 --> 00:13:20,791 Now, come on! Look at you! 203 00:13:20,791 --> 00:13:22,326 You the man with the pants! 204 00:13:22,326 --> 00:13:23,427 Yeah. 205 00:13:23,427 --> 00:13:27,264 The shit-talking, pimp-walking, good-loving man. 206 00:13:27,264 --> 00:13:28,365 Oh, that's right. 207 00:13:28,365 --> 00:13:31,401 The mack that's the head of the Cool Cat Clan! Give me some! 208 00:13:31,401 --> 00:13:32,536 Preach on. 209 00:13:32,536 --> 00:13:37,007 And you'll be damned if you take shit from any black, yellow, green or white man. 210 00:13:37,007 --> 00:13:38,645 Amen! Hallelujah! 211 00:13:40,878 --> 00:13:42,880 Baby, did I tell you how good you look? 212 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,256 I know! 213 00:13:48,619 --> 00:13:50,758 Good afternoon, good people. 214 00:13:51,722 --> 00:13:55,092 There he is. You wanted to meet him, go on. 215 00:13:55,092 --> 00:13:56,935 I can't move my legs. 216 00:13:57,394 --> 00:14:01,535 Hello, DC, this is Sunny Jim, coming back at you. 217 00:14:02,065 --> 00:14:03,834 Well, it's about time for me to go, 218 00:14:03,834 --> 00:14:06,036 but don't forget to come to the country fair tomorrow. 219 00:14:06,036 --> 00:14:09,173 I know I'd love me some cotton candy. How about you, Widget? 220 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,409 "Oh yeah, I love it, I love it. It's sweet, it's fluffy, 221 00:14:12,409 --> 00:14:15,583 "and it's oh-so-satisfying!" 222 00:14:15,779 --> 00:14:19,658 I'm gonna leave you with the sunny, sweet, cotton-candy sounds 223 00:14:19,817 --> 00:14:21,557 of The Supremes. 224 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:38,602 Have no fear, The Hawk is here. 225 00:14:38,602 --> 00:14:40,237 You're late. 226 00:14:40,237 --> 00:14:42,840 Oh, I'm never late. The Hawk is always right on time. 227 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,441 Just hurry on up and get in there. 228 00:14:44,441 --> 00:14:46,176 What you got? 229 00:14:46,176 --> 00:14:48,245 Better tell these women to stop calling here for you. 230 00:14:48,245 --> 00:14:50,447 I'm not your social secretary. 231 00:14:50,447 --> 00:14:52,316 Jamming up my phones! 232 00:14:52,316 --> 00:14:54,318 One heifer sent her panties! 233 00:14:54,318 --> 00:14:56,457 Don't blame me. It's the voice. 234 00:14:57,020 --> 00:15:00,290 Ln the last six months, we've seen our numbers rise with our core audience. 235 00:15:00,290 --> 00:15:02,626 Nighthawk's show, as you can see, is winning in its time slot. 236 00:15:02,626 --> 00:15:05,495 But we need to take another serious look at our programming. 237 00:15:05,495 --> 00:15:09,568 We need to inject some new ideas, some new blood, some... 238 00:15:11,935 --> 00:15:13,637 Oh, hell, no. 239 00:15:13,637 --> 00:15:15,446 You all right, Dewey? 240 00:15:17,341 --> 00:15:20,651 Yes, sir. Anyway, the morning show... 241 00:15:22,112 --> 00:15:23,881 May I help you? Yeah, sweetness. 242 00:15:23,881 --> 00:15:26,316 Tell your boss that Petey Greene's on the scene. 243 00:15:26,316 --> 00:15:28,955 May I ask what this is pertaining to? 244 00:15:29,753 --> 00:15:33,223 I don't know what it's pertaining. Just tell him it's about my job. 245 00:15:33,223 --> 00:15:35,192 Go on, get on the horn, sugar. 246 00:15:35,192 --> 00:15:36,393 This is the Nighthawk, 247 00:15:37,494 --> 00:15:40,264 taking you all the way to the midnight hour. That's my song! 248 00:15:41,598 --> 00:15:44,968 Excuse me, sir. I'm sorry to interrupt you, but there's a Petey Greene 249 00:15:44,968 --> 00:15:47,505 who wants to tell you he's "on the scene." 250 00:15:48,405 --> 00:15:50,851 Come on with your bad self! Sir? 251 00:15:53,143 --> 00:15:55,345 ...a five-dollar bill right there. 252 00:15:55,345 --> 00:15:58,155 What in blue blazes is going on out here? 253 00:15:58,849 --> 00:16:01,385 Did this nigga just say "blue blazes"? He did! 254 00:16:01,385 --> 00:16:02,452 Who are these people? 255 00:16:02,452 --> 00:16:04,922 Hold it, now. Hold it, man. We got an appointment, all right? 256 00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:06,323 Go on, get your boss, sugar. 257 00:16:06,323 --> 00:16:07,824 That is my boss. 258 00:16:07,824 --> 00:16:11,094 No, not Blue Blazes. I'm talking about the skinny, righteous nigga. 259 00:16:11,094 --> 00:16:15,032 Young man, there is one boss here, I am he, and we don't use that term. 260 00:16:15,032 --> 00:16:17,067 Hey! Well, right the fuck on, man! 261 00:16:17,067 --> 00:16:20,537 Where you been hiding? Come on, tell your boss here about my job. 262 00:16:20,537 --> 00:16:22,016 What? What? 263 00:16:23,073 --> 00:16:25,075 Tell your boss that I'm your new DJ, man. 264 00:16:25,075 --> 00:16:26,543 Did you promise this fellow a job? 265 00:16:26,543 --> 00:16:28,145 No sir. I didn't promise him anything. 266 00:16:28,145 --> 00:16:29,746 Now, you is about a lying motherfucker. 267 00:16:29,746 --> 00:16:32,482 You promised me a job as soon as I got out the joint. 268 00:16:32,482 --> 00:16:34,785 Well surprise, I'm out. You owe me. 269 00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:36,853 Oh my God, he's a convict. 270 00:16:36,853 --> 00:16:38,255 Ex-convict! 271 00:16:38,255 --> 00:16:40,123 I prefer "miscreant." 272 00:16:40,123 --> 00:16:41,525 Freda, call the police. 273 00:16:41,525 --> 00:16:44,594 Now, you ain't calling a motherfucker! 274 00:16:44,594 --> 00:16:47,631 You know how much bullshit I had to run to get out of jail? 275 00:16:47,631 --> 00:16:49,933 I ain't never going back there, man. 276 00:16:49,933 --> 00:16:53,637 Now, you promised me a job, and I'm here to work in this funky joint. 277 00:16:53,637 --> 00:16:56,139 And ain't no way in blue blazes I'm leaving 278 00:16:56,139 --> 00:16:57,941 till I get what's mine. Right on! 279 00:16:57,941 --> 00:16:59,543 So figure it out. That's right. 280 00:16:59,543 --> 00:17:02,523 Sir, would you excuse us for one moment please? 281 00:17:02,946 --> 00:17:04,348 Would you like to come with me? 282 00:17:04,348 --> 00:17:05,952 Yeah. Talk to me. Shit. 283 00:17:07,718 --> 00:17:09,386 This is my song! 284 00:17:10,487 --> 00:17:12,489 Girl, you can't feel that? 285 00:17:13,590 --> 00:17:14,796 What y'all trying to do to me and shit? 286 00:17:15,759 --> 00:17:18,161 Get your goddamn hands off of me! Have you lost your mind? 287 00:17:18,161 --> 00:17:19,896 Are you trying to get me fired? 288 00:17:19,896 --> 00:17:21,565 Man, I'm trying to get me a job! 289 00:17:21,565 --> 00:17:23,367 Look, I admire your determination, okay? 290 00:17:23,367 --> 00:17:26,603 But you do not walk in here and talk to Mr. E.G. Sonderling like that! 291 00:17:26,603 --> 00:17:28,805 And where the hell did you get the idea you'd be a disc jockey? 292 00:17:28,805 --> 00:17:30,707 From you, brother. What? 293 00:17:30,707 --> 00:17:34,111 I never said that. I said, "Look me up." Okay? 294 00:17:34,111 --> 00:17:36,880 And even if I could get you a job, it would be as a janitor, 295 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:38,315 or a window cleaner, maybe. 296 00:17:38,315 --> 00:17:39,883 Oh, I don't do windows, Jack. 297 00:17:39,883 --> 00:17:43,720 I guess that kind of work is beneath a convict of your pedigree, huh? 298 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,289 You know what, man? Fuck you. 299 00:17:46,289 --> 00:17:47,691 I thought you was real. 300 00:17:47,691 --> 00:17:50,594 You ain't nothing but another white boy with a tan. 301 00:17:50,594 --> 00:17:53,997 See, a cat come out of Hard Time, U.S.A. looking to turn his life around... 302 00:17:53,997 --> 00:17:56,266 Shit, I expect to get rejected by whitey! 303 00:17:56,266 --> 00:17:57,768 So because I'm black, 304 00:17:57,768 --> 00:18:01,038 I'm supposed to ignore the fact that your only experience has been in jail 305 00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:02,739 and hire you as a DJ? 306 00:18:02,739 --> 00:18:04,479 You goddamn right. 307 00:18:05,409 --> 00:18:07,077 You sound just like my brother. 308 00:18:07,077 --> 00:18:09,579 Nigga, I ain't him. I'm out here trying to get what's mine. 309 00:18:09,579 --> 00:18:12,924 His ass is back there in Lorton, cooling his heels. 310 00:18:13,183 --> 00:18:14,718 But you know what? That's all right. 311 00:18:14,718 --> 00:18:17,521 You Sidney Poitier-ass nigga, I'm gonna get what's mine. 312 00:18:17,521 --> 00:18:21,725 And when I do, I'm coming right back here and shove it in your fucking face! 313 00:18:21,725 --> 00:18:23,169 Sellout! 314 00:18:27,931 --> 00:18:30,801 Vernell. Come on, baby, we're splitting. All right, baby. 315 00:18:30,801 --> 00:18:33,537 Come on. All right! Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait! 316 00:18:33,537 --> 00:18:37,416 One second. Wait. I'll be right back! Wait for me, okay, sugar? 317 00:18:49,686 --> 00:18:50,823 That Formica? 318 00:18:55,525 --> 00:18:58,471 Hey, you're... No, you can't go in there. 319 00:19:09,406 --> 00:19:11,613 You make me so hot. 320 00:19:16,146 --> 00:19:17,920 Bye-bye! Thank you! 321 00:19:25,088 --> 00:19:27,524 Lt was so lovely meeting all of y'all. Bring your ass on! 322 00:19:27,524 --> 00:19:30,127 Shut the fuck up! I'm coming, God damn it! 323 00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:32,062 Blue Blazes, you so cute! 324 00:19:32,062 --> 00:19:34,974 I'm gonna take this off your hands, girl. Power to the people! 325 00:19:38,835 --> 00:19:41,679 Vernell! Shut up! Shit! 326 00:19:42,873 --> 00:19:46,548 I told your ass I was coming up here to see the Nighthawk! 327 00:20:04,628 --> 00:20:06,835 Thanks. You're welcome, brother. 328 00:20:19,409 --> 00:20:20,580 Hello, brother. 329 00:20:24,247 --> 00:20:25,982 Democratic freedom, brother. 330 00:20:25,982 --> 00:20:27,817 First Amendment, baby. 331 00:20:27,817 --> 00:20:29,387 God bless you. 332 00:20:44,067 --> 00:20:45,769 Go straight to hell! Go straight to hell! 333 00:20:45,769 --> 00:20:48,505 WOL! WOL! WOL! WOL! 334 00:20:48,505 --> 00:20:50,807 Go straight to hell! Go straight to hell! 335 00:20:50,807 --> 00:20:53,777 You're embarrassing yourselves. WOL! 336 00:20:53,777 --> 00:20:54,878 You're embarrassing... 337 00:20:54,878 --> 00:20:57,214 You're embarrassing yourselves! Go straight to hell! 338 00:20:57,214 --> 00:20:58,315 WOL! WOL! 339 00:20:58,315 --> 00:21:01,051 Go straight to hell! 340 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:03,525 WOL! 341 00:21:11,127 --> 00:21:12,963 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 342 00:21:12,963 --> 00:21:14,231 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 343 00:21:14,231 --> 00:21:15,332 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 344 00:21:15,332 --> 00:21:16,499 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 345 00:21:16,499 --> 00:21:17,767 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 346 00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:19,102 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 347 00:21:19,102 --> 00:21:20,270 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 348 00:21:20,270 --> 00:21:21,571 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 349 00:21:21,571 --> 00:21:22,739 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 350 00:21:22,739 --> 00:21:24,074 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 351 00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:25,242 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 352 00:21:25,242 --> 00:21:26,509 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 353 00:21:26,509 --> 00:21:27,644 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 354 00:21:27,644 --> 00:21:28,778 Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 355 00:21:28,778 --> 00:21:30,880 Dewey Hughes is in bed with... Dewey Hughes is in bed with the man! 356 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,315 There he is! 357 00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:36,594 Dewey Hughes is a blushing... 358 00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:39,733 Well, does he have blood? I don't know. 359 00:21:40,924 --> 00:21:45,395 Now, a righteous brother tries to better himself, make up for his mistakes... 360 00:21:45,395 --> 00:21:46,463 That's right! 361 00:21:46,463 --> 00:21:49,432 ...and WOL slams the door right in his face. 362 00:21:49,432 --> 00:21:51,668 Now, I ask you, is that righteousness? 363 00:21:51,668 --> 00:21:53,036 No! 364 00:21:53,036 --> 00:21:57,607 Ladies and gentlemen, WOL would never turn its back on our listeners. 365 00:21:57,607 --> 00:22:02,245 Our goal is to speak for and to unite the community, not divide or hurt. 366 00:22:02,245 --> 00:22:04,848 Did he say WOL speaks for the community? 367 00:22:04,848 --> 00:22:07,017 Why ain't they speaking about that black boy 368 00:22:07,017 --> 00:22:09,319 that got shot down by them pigs the other day? 369 00:22:09,319 --> 00:22:12,188 Yeah! Yeah! 370 00:22:12,188 --> 00:22:15,158 Do you know why? 'Cause if they did, 371 00:22:15,158 --> 00:22:18,595 Mr. Giant Foods may not give them any more of that green stuff. 372 00:22:18,595 --> 00:22:23,100 And as we know, money is always the real truth! 373 00:22:24,134 --> 00:22:27,170 Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 374 00:22:27,170 --> 00:22:33,743 Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 375 00:22:33,743 --> 00:22:36,046 Hell, no! Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 376 00:22:36,046 --> 00:22:38,253 Telephone! Petey! Petey! Petey! 377 00:22:38,648 --> 00:22:40,889 Let him know! Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 378 00:23:00,670 --> 00:23:02,205 You're late. 379 00:23:02,205 --> 00:23:04,641 Hey, you a little out of your element around here, ain't you, 380 00:23:04,641 --> 00:23:06,245 Mister Tibbs? 381 00:23:08,244 --> 00:23:12,920 Well, I thought you might be more comfortable in familiar surroundings. 382 00:23:13,550 --> 00:23:14,751 Yeah, you right. 383 00:23:14,751 --> 00:23:17,620 So, I wanna bring this little show of yours to an end. 384 00:23:17,620 --> 00:23:19,956 Well, that mean you offering me a job? No. 385 00:23:19,956 --> 00:23:22,834 Well, then I'm afraid the show must go on. 386 00:23:23,259 --> 00:23:25,295 That's entertainment talk. 387 00:23:25,995 --> 00:23:28,270 Listen, man, since you're here, 388 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,637 wanna play a little game? A little 9-Ball? 389 00:23:35,004 --> 00:23:36,210 Sure. 390 00:23:38,241 --> 00:23:39,742 Call it, sugar. 391 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:42,078 Heads. Please. 392 00:23:43,980 --> 00:23:46,383 Tails. Rack 'em, chump. 393 00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:47,384 Please. 394 00:23:52,756 --> 00:23:55,258 Wanna make it a little interesting? 395 00:23:55,258 --> 00:23:57,594 A little wager on it, radio man? 396 00:23:57,594 --> 00:23:58,928 You don't wanna just play? 397 00:23:58,928 --> 00:24:02,466 Ain't really playing unless you got something on the line. 398 00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:06,073 What do you think? About 399 00:24:06,770 --> 00:24:08,305 five hundred? 400 00:24:09,472 --> 00:24:12,075 Rolling kind of heavy for a man just out of the joint. 401 00:24:12,075 --> 00:24:14,578 Oh, they got a real nice savings plan. 402 00:24:15,845 --> 00:24:17,016 Okay. 403 00:24:18,348 --> 00:24:19,983 Uh-huh. 404 00:24:19,983 --> 00:24:22,519 I see Mr. Blue Blazes keeps you happy. 405 00:24:22,519 --> 00:24:23,929 I do okay. 406 00:24:26,356 --> 00:24:28,925 Now, this is just a side bet, you understand. 407 00:24:28,925 --> 00:24:30,126 Really? 408 00:24:30,126 --> 00:24:31,627 What you say, Tibbs? 409 00:24:33,396 --> 00:24:35,933 How about you play me for a career? 410 00:24:36,399 --> 00:24:38,105 One game, 9-Ball. 411 00:24:38,835 --> 00:24:41,815 I win, you get me a job down at that station. 412 00:24:42,405 --> 00:24:44,942 And as you know, I don't do windows. 413 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:50,917 And if you lose? 414 00:24:55,084 --> 00:24:57,188 I leave you the fuck alone. 415 00:24:59,389 --> 00:25:01,300 Well, then, let's play. 416 00:25:02,025 --> 00:25:03,760 Well, all right. 417 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,467 I tell you what. Here's another hundred 418 00:25:06,729 --> 00:25:09,365 says you don't drop a ball off the break. 419 00:25:10,867 --> 00:25:14,177 Mister Tibbs, trying to talk a little shit! 420 00:25:15,972 --> 00:25:18,008 I like your style, Tibbs! 421 00:25:19,576 --> 00:25:22,579 Yeah, I'm gonna take some more of your money. 422 00:25:22,579 --> 00:25:23,955 Get him! 423 00:25:24,647 --> 00:25:26,786 I'm about to run this rack. 424 00:25:27,884 --> 00:25:31,654 You're chalking up your cue a little heavy there, ain't you? 425 00:25:31,654 --> 00:25:34,924 I mean, that ain't your cellmate's dick you're holding. 426 00:25:38,127 --> 00:25:40,196 Just for that, I'm gonna drop the nine ball off the break. 427 00:25:40,196 --> 00:25:43,099 Nigga, you couldn't drop your drawers to fuck The Supremes 428 00:25:43,099 --> 00:25:46,671 if all three of them was lying butt-naked on this table. 429 00:25:56,679 --> 00:25:58,581 What's the matter, big time? 430 00:25:58,581 --> 00:26:01,784 You thinking about all that money lying in your lady's lap? 431 00:26:01,784 --> 00:26:03,854 Is that why you're sweating? 432 00:26:04,153 --> 00:26:07,357 Or maybe it's all that whiskey you've been sucking on. 433 00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:12,203 Or maybe you're sweating 'cause you know that even if you give it your best shot, 434 00:26:12,729 --> 00:26:15,334 you still might leave 'em standing. 435 00:26:15,965 --> 00:26:19,674 'Cause this ain't Lorton anymore. This is the real world. 436 00:26:22,438 --> 00:26:24,611 And you ain't shit out here. 437 00:26:26,476 --> 00:26:28,080 Are you through? 438 00:26:28,811 --> 00:26:30,654 Knock 'em down, champ. 439 00:26:37,787 --> 00:26:40,123 All right. Come on. Come on. Baby. 440 00:26:40,123 --> 00:26:41,966 - Yeah. - There it go! 441 00:26:43,126 --> 00:26:44,502 Damn! 442 00:26:46,396 --> 00:26:48,068 Too bad, big time. 443 00:26:49,599 --> 00:26:51,408 I had faith in you. 444 00:26:56,606 --> 00:26:59,211 One ball, corner. 445 00:27:03,613 --> 00:27:06,457 Two ball, side pocket. 446 00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:12,331 Three ball, corner. 447 00:27:14,691 --> 00:27:16,759 See, Negroes always think that if you speak correct English, 448 00:27:16,759 --> 00:27:19,362 or you wear clothes other than clown suits, 449 00:27:19,362 --> 00:27:20,363 that you're not real. 450 00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:22,736 Four ball, side pocket. 451 00:27:25,168 --> 00:27:28,404 And to you, what's real is a nigga loud-mouthing, right? 452 00:27:28,404 --> 00:27:32,977 Telling everybody how bad he is while he's looking for a handout. 453 00:27:33,309 --> 00:27:34,480 Five. 454 00:27:36,479 --> 00:27:39,255 But you give him a chance to take what's his, 455 00:27:39,983 --> 00:27:42,463 and he can't sink one single ball. 456 00:27:42,652 --> 00:27:43,653 Six. 457 00:27:49,459 --> 00:27:50,869 Lucky seven! 458 00:27:53,796 --> 00:27:55,465 Now, you were so busy running your mouth, 459 00:27:55,465 --> 00:27:59,502 you never really asked yourself why I chose a pool hall to meet. 460 00:27:59,502 --> 00:28:03,711 'Cause this uppity nigga could never have grown up in these projects, 461 00:28:04,574 --> 00:28:06,476 or made his way through school 462 00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:09,821 hustling dumbass niggas who thought he wasn't down. 463 00:28:17,153 --> 00:28:20,725 They call me Mr. Hughes. 464 00:28:29,632 --> 00:28:32,135 Grew up in the Anacostia projects. 465 00:28:39,409 --> 00:28:42,211 This con climbed the tower in the yard back in Lorton. 466 00:28:42,211 --> 00:28:44,313 He up there, man, he's talking real... 467 00:28:44,313 --> 00:28:46,716 You know, unflattering about the warden's dick. 468 00:28:46,716 --> 00:28:48,785 Nobody could talk this cat down. 469 00:28:48,785 --> 00:28:50,253 So they call Petey Greene, man, 470 00:28:50,253 --> 00:28:52,630 I talked this cat down in five minutes, man. 471 00:28:53,322 --> 00:28:55,858 Let's just say the warden was very, very grateful. 472 00:28:55,858 --> 00:28:57,393 Five minutes, huh? Mmm-hmm. 473 00:28:58,061 --> 00:28:59,796 But what the warden don't know 474 00:28:59,796 --> 00:29:04,506 is it took me six months to talk that crazy nigga up there in the first place! 475 00:29:10,306 --> 00:29:12,342 Let me ask you something. 476 00:29:14,077 --> 00:29:15,487 Why? 477 00:29:15,912 --> 00:29:20,016 Why you want to be on the radio so bad that you're gonna go through all this? 478 00:29:20,016 --> 00:29:23,820 Oh, man, it's what I do, man. It's my thing, you know? 479 00:29:23,820 --> 00:29:27,323 I started off making them daily announcements back at Lorton 480 00:29:27,323 --> 00:29:31,202 as part of the work program, you know? A reward for good behavior. 481 00:29:31,794 --> 00:29:34,263 Couple years later, I convinced them to let me play this record 482 00:29:34,263 --> 00:29:37,676 that my Aunt Pig had sent me, a Sam Cooke record, man, A Change Is Gonna Come. 483 00:29:38,468 --> 00:29:39,669 That's an incredible song. 484 00:29:39,669 --> 00:29:43,706 She sent me that record, you know, to try and give me a little hope, 485 00:29:43,706 --> 00:29:45,608 and I wanted to play it for the men in them cells, 486 00:29:45,608 --> 00:29:47,477 you know, give them some hope. 487 00:29:47,477 --> 00:29:49,513 And I'm telling you, man, 488 00:29:49,712 --> 00:29:54,456 it's the only thing that kept me from going stone-crazy behind them walls, man. 489 00:29:54,917 --> 00:29:57,253 And now that I'm out, I still need that. 490 00:29:57,253 --> 00:30:00,123 Why should I put my ass on the line to give you a shot, Petey? 491 00:30:00,123 --> 00:30:03,359 Nigga... 'Cause Petey Greene is the real deal, Jack! 492 00:30:03,359 --> 00:30:08,467 Shit! I swear to God, I mean, he is the sho'nuff, I mean, pimp... 493 00:30:10,299 --> 00:30:11,968 Sorry. It's okay. 494 00:30:11,968 --> 00:30:15,171 See, what this pretty lady is trying to tell you is that, 495 00:30:15,171 --> 00:30:17,540 man, being a DJ, that's the only thing I'm good at 496 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:20,111 that don't involve me breaking no law. 497 00:30:21,144 --> 00:30:24,347 And shit, since you here sharing a drink, 498 00:30:24,347 --> 00:30:28,192 I'm gonna assume that you need a man of my particular talents. 499 00:30:30,553 --> 00:30:32,088 Three rules. 500 00:30:33,189 --> 00:30:34,395 One, 501 00:30:34,991 --> 00:30:37,426 always know more than your audience. 502 00:30:37,426 --> 00:30:40,163 Two, you talk shit, you back it up. 503 00:30:40,163 --> 00:30:42,165 And three, don't you ever, 504 00:30:43,299 --> 00:30:44,534 never, ever, 505 00:30:44,534 --> 00:30:46,445 underestimate me again. 506 00:30:47,003 --> 00:30:48,704 What are you talking about, man? 507 00:30:48,704 --> 00:30:52,575 I'm gonna give you one more chance to knock in that nine ball. 508 00:30:52,575 --> 00:30:57,251 Tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. , WOL, Studio One. Be on time. 509 00:30:58,915 --> 00:31:00,257 Be sober. 510 00:31:00,983 --> 00:31:02,223 And definitely 511 00:31:03,686 --> 00:31:05,321 be by yourself. 512 00:31:06,489 --> 00:31:08,925 You my kind of nigga, Hughes! 513 00:31:08,925 --> 00:31:10,693 You my kind of motherfucker, Hughes! 514 00:31:10,693 --> 00:31:13,329 We love you! We love you! 515 00:31:13,329 --> 00:31:14,764 Oh my God! 516 00:31:17,533 --> 00:31:19,735 We need to make a personnel change. 517 00:31:19,735 --> 00:31:21,537 Really? Who? 518 00:31:21,537 --> 00:31:22,913 Sunny Jim. 519 00:31:23,673 --> 00:31:25,041 You're not serious. 520 00:31:25,041 --> 00:31:28,344 Sir, morning shows are becoming more than just a leisurely stroll. 521 00:31:28,344 --> 00:31:29,679 We have to compete here. 522 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:31,614 WOOK is killing us in the morning. 523 00:31:31,614 --> 00:31:34,450 But Sunny Jim is a DC icon! 524 00:31:34,450 --> 00:31:37,753 Everyone loves Sunny Jim. He's so sunny. 525 00:31:37,753 --> 00:31:39,188 No sir, you love Sunny Jim. 526 00:31:39,188 --> 00:31:42,058 Sunny Jim is a relic of a bygone radio age. 527 00:31:42,058 --> 00:31:44,126 We don't play Nat "King" Cole or The Drifters anymore. 528 00:31:44,126 --> 00:31:45,728 And our DJ's have to reflect that. 529 00:31:45,728 --> 00:31:48,397 That's why we have Nighthawk and Soul Papa. 530 00:31:48,397 --> 00:31:51,767 I'm not turning this into some kind of teenybopper American Bandstand. 531 00:31:51,767 --> 00:31:53,603 We're a respectable R&B station. 532 00:31:53,603 --> 00:31:57,106 With all due respect, sir, this is not a respectable town. 533 00:31:57,106 --> 00:31:58,608 This is DC. 534 00:31:58,608 --> 00:32:00,042 You see them out on the mall every day, 535 00:32:00,042 --> 00:32:02,578 protesting the so-called respectable establishment. 536 00:32:02,578 --> 00:32:06,184 We can't become the establishment, or they'll turn on us. 537 00:32:13,222 --> 00:32:14,457 Who do you have in mind? 538 00:32:14,457 --> 00:32:17,093 Well, sir, I found a DJ from an out-of-town station. 539 00:32:17,093 --> 00:32:19,462 He has a major following, 540 00:32:19,462 --> 00:32:23,099 and he's recently been released 541 00:32:23,099 --> 00:32:24,805 from his contract. 542 00:32:29,972 --> 00:32:33,214 Jim, come back here, please. It's nothing personal. 543 00:32:34,410 --> 00:32:36,646 Oh, shit! I'm sorry... 544 00:32:36,646 --> 00:32:38,347 Watch where the hell you're going! 545 00:32:38,347 --> 00:32:39,826 All right, man. 546 00:32:40,816 --> 00:32:43,019 - Oh, no. - Hey, sugar! 547 00:32:43,019 --> 00:32:45,187 You know the drill. Call your man. 548 00:32:45,187 --> 00:32:46,622 I don't think so. 549 00:32:46,622 --> 00:32:48,124 Let me ask you something. 550 00:32:48,124 --> 00:32:49,892 You ever had anybody eat your pussy? 551 00:32:49,892 --> 00:32:51,132 Mr. Sonderling! 552 00:32:53,496 --> 00:32:55,305 What's wrong, Freda? 553 00:32:55,798 --> 00:32:58,434 Oh, God. Blue Blazes. How the radio business? 554 00:32:58,434 --> 00:33:00,303 I put up with your shenanigans out front 555 00:33:00,303 --> 00:33:02,038 for a week, Mr. Brown. Greene. 556 00:33:02,038 --> 00:33:04,106 All right, Mr. Green, what do you want now? 557 00:33:04,106 --> 00:33:05,741 I'm your DJ, man! 558 00:33:05,741 --> 00:33:07,209 Freda, call the police. 559 00:33:07,209 --> 00:33:11,113 God damn! Y'all got some hospitality issues around this motherfucker! 560 00:33:11,113 --> 00:33:13,049 You're cutting it close. 561 00:33:13,049 --> 00:33:15,985 What can I say, man? Had to get my vine together. 562 00:33:15,985 --> 00:33:17,420 Your vine? Yeah. 563 00:33:17,420 --> 00:33:18,821 You're going on the... 564 00:33:18,821 --> 00:33:19,822 Fuck. 565 00:33:20,289 --> 00:33:21,859 Mr. Sonderling, 566 00:33:23,392 --> 00:33:25,599 this is our new morning DJ. 567 00:33:31,634 --> 00:33:32,840 I've been hoodwinked! 568 00:33:34,003 --> 00:33:35,104 Come on. 569 00:33:35,104 --> 00:33:39,575 You are out of your mind if you think I'm gonna put this person on the air. 570 00:33:39,575 --> 00:33:40,876 Sir, I know this is unorthodox... 571 00:33:40,876 --> 00:33:42,478 Unorthodox? It's insane! 572 00:33:42,478 --> 00:33:44,413 Sir, hear me out. This man has a unique voice. 573 00:33:44,413 --> 00:33:46,716 I just have a feeling... I have much more than just a feeling. 574 00:33:46,716 --> 00:33:49,585 Sir, we need to put somebody on the air in the next two minutes or we go black. 575 00:33:49,585 --> 00:33:51,724 Black, black, black. 576 00:33:55,057 --> 00:33:57,426 Freda, run after Jim, he might still be in the building! 577 00:33:57,426 --> 00:33:58,861 Sir, we don't have time. 578 00:33:58,861 --> 00:34:01,671 You're just gonna have to trust me. One show. 579 00:34:02,565 --> 00:34:03,907 One shot. 580 00:34:06,435 --> 00:34:08,738 Our morning show's already in the toilet. 581 00:34:08,738 --> 00:34:11,307 We don't have a thing to lose. You don't have a thing to lose! 582 00:34:11,307 --> 00:34:14,276 Sir, it's one minute to air, and Jim's gone. 583 00:34:14,276 --> 00:34:16,278 Oh, for crying out loud. 584 00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:19,588 It's my own fault for listening to you. 585 00:34:22,418 --> 00:34:24,987 All right, one show, one shot. 586 00:34:24,987 --> 00:34:27,323 I want you on air with him. You can introduce him. 587 00:34:27,323 --> 00:34:29,558 I'll be watching and listening to every word, young man. 588 00:34:29,558 --> 00:34:31,794 You watch your language on the air. Scout's honor. 589 00:34:31,794 --> 00:34:32,965 Okay. 590 00:34:33,529 --> 00:34:34,837 Let's go. 591 00:34:39,101 --> 00:34:40,469 You ready? Yeah. 592 00:34:40,469 --> 00:34:45,941 Okay, remember, always talk, no dead air. Talk about your cat, your car, 593 00:34:45,941 --> 00:34:48,044 anything, but no dead space. 594 00:34:48,044 --> 00:34:49,178 And watch your language. 595 00:34:49,178 --> 00:34:53,549 Okay. Now, you're a man of Washington, so speak to Washington, okay? 596 00:34:53,549 --> 00:34:55,618 Connect to Washington. Okay? 597 00:34:55,618 --> 00:34:56,786 Yeah. 598 00:34:56,786 --> 00:34:58,754 You watch your language. This is it, Ralphie. 599 00:34:58,754 --> 00:35:00,289 Okay. Okay. 600 00:35:00,689 --> 00:35:02,324 We're coming in. Okay. 601 00:35:02,324 --> 00:35:04,098 Let's do it. Okay. 602 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,637 Michael, get the door. 603 00:35:07,997 --> 00:35:13,446 Okay, we're on in five, four, three, two, one... 604 00:35:14,637 --> 00:35:19,916 And hello, Washington. Welcome to your new Sound of Soul, WOL. 605 00:35:20,209 --> 00:35:22,745 I'm Dewey Hughes, director of programming, 606 00:35:22,745 --> 00:35:26,515 here to announce that Sunny Jim can now be heard at the midnight hour, 607 00:35:26,515 --> 00:35:28,484 after The Nighthawk Show. 608 00:35:28,484 --> 00:35:32,021 Today I introduce to you a new voice on the DC scene, 609 00:35:32,021 --> 00:35:36,158 a native of Washington, a true son of the city, and some may say, 610 00:35:36,158 --> 00:35:42,164 a prophet of the streets, here to spin the tunes that will blow your mind, 611 00:35:42,164 --> 00:35:45,110 Mr. Petey Greene. 612 00:35:51,207 --> 00:35:52,641 Say hello, Petey. 613 00:35:52,641 --> 00:35:54,313 Yeah, hello. 614 00:35:56,612 --> 00:35:59,281 Like the man say, this is Petey Greene. 615 00:35:59,281 --> 00:36:02,785 And I'm here to spin the tunes to get you through your morning. 616 00:36:04,453 --> 00:36:06,455 Your AM morning drive. 617 00:36:10,226 --> 00:36:13,762 But hell, maybe you ain't driving. Maybe you're walking. 618 00:36:13,762 --> 00:36:17,368 Maybe... Maybe you at work already, maybe riding a bike. 619 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,939 But irregardless, 620 00:36:22,271 --> 00:36:24,910 I'm gonna play the music 621 00:36:25,708 --> 00:36:28,347 that's gonna keep you going, 622 00:36:29,044 --> 00:36:31,347 and I hope I don't bore you with... 623 00:36:33,182 --> 00:36:34,854 With my rambling. 624 00:36:35,484 --> 00:36:38,055 Say the call letters. The call letters, y'all. 625 00:36:49,698 --> 00:36:52,735 What the fuck is going on? You didn't come here drunk, did you? 626 00:36:52,735 --> 00:36:54,179 Oh, shit. 627 00:36:54,637 --> 00:36:55,877 No, man. 628 00:36:57,273 --> 00:36:59,875 I ain't drunk. It's nerves, man. I'm nervous. 629 00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:02,278 Nerves or not, you better get your ass back in there. 630 00:37:02,278 --> 00:37:03,579 My ass is on the line! 631 00:37:03,579 --> 00:37:05,414 I don't wanna hear some fucking Sunny Jim knock off. 632 00:37:05,414 --> 00:37:07,049 I want Petey Greene, damn it! 633 00:37:07,049 --> 00:37:09,552 Stop putting your goddamn hands on me, man! 634 00:37:09,552 --> 00:37:10,719 I ain't no punk, fool. 635 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:15,257 Well, stop acting like one and get back in there before the song ends! 636 00:37:15,257 --> 00:37:16,701 Move, man. 637 00:37:22,731 --> 00:37:23,868 Here. 638 00:37:44,053 --> 00:37:46,226 Got some bullshit... 639 00:38:02,338 --> 00:38:06,475 Well, that was a little funk to get you through your morning 640 00:38:06,475 --> 00:38:10,889 over your yawning, put the pep in your step, and a glide in your stride. 641 00:38:12,047 --> 00:38:15,150 Well, over the break, I was asked to be myself. 642 00:38:15,150 --> 00:38:17,419 So, who is Petey Greene? 643 00:38:17,419 --> 00:38:22,265 Well, I got an eighth-grade education with a Ph. D. from the streets. 644 00:38:22,992 --> 00:38:26,496 I'm a recovering alcoholic, been sober five hours. 645 00:38:27,196 --> 00:38:29,932 But I ain't touched a needle in over eight years, y'all. 646 00:38:29,932 --> 00:38:32,935 That's right. Kicked heroin dead in its ass. 647 00:38:33,335 --> 00:38:35,904 I been incarcerated over half my life, 648 00:38:35,904 --> 00:38:38,179 most recently down at Lorton. 649 00:38:38,841 --> 00:38:41,510 My mama been in jail for 30 years, 650 00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:44,752 and as we speak my daddy's pulling 21 in Alcatraz. 651 00:38:45,781 --> 00:38:47,783 I am an all-around hustler, 652 00:38:47,783 --> 00:38:51,423 and some of my best friends is pimps, whores and gamblers. 653 00:38:53,155 --> 00:38:55,891 But I guess that don't make me no different than Berry Gordy. 654 00:38:55,891 --> 00:38:57,960 And hell, that brother own a label! 655 00:38:59,561 --> 00:39:01,730 I'm in pretty good company. 656 00:39:01,730 --> 00:39:04,972 Maybe I'll own a label one day, y'all. "P-Town." 657 00:39:05,768 --> 00:39:07,503 So this is me, y'all. 658 00:39:07,503 --> 00:39:10,439 And you ain't gotta worry about me giving you nothing but the sho'nuff, 659 00:39:10,439 --> 00:39:12,077 'cause that's all I know. 660 00:39:13,042 --> 00:39:15,419 This is P-Town, y'all. 661 00:39:18,614 --> 00:39:21,917 Are you out of your mind, saying those things about Berry Gordy? 662 00:39:21,917 --> 00:39:24,653 Oh, man, I ain't said nothing that black folk don't already know. 663 00:39:24,653 --> 00:39:26,722 You will apologize immediately, 664 00:39:26,722 --> 00:39:29,668 or I pull the plug on this whole sorry mess. 665 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,261 Okay. 666 00:39:32,261 --> 00:39:33,535 What? 667 00:39:34,530 --> 00:39:35,898 I will apologize. 668 00:39:35,898 --> 00:39:37,206 Now! 669 00:39:38,534 --> 00:39:40,636 You said you wanted Petey Greene, man! 670 00:39:40,636 --> 00:39:42,638 Just apologize. 671 00:39:43,872 --> 00:39:45,442 Just apologize. 672 00:39:47,076 --> 00:39:48,555 I'm going by. 673 00:39:50,546 --> 00:39:53,049 I'll tell you what, man. 674 00:39:55,117 --> 00:39:56,652 Open the mike. 675 00:39:57,586 --> 00:40:00,155 Sorry I had to break in now on you ladies and gentlemen. 676 00:40:00,155 --> 00:40:02,532 I know you was enjoying it, too. 677 00:40:02,925 --> 00:40:05,302 But in all seriousness, folks, 678 00:40:06,428 --> 00:40:11,468 I gotta apologize about something that I said a little earlier that upset some folks. 679 00:40:12,267 --> 00:40:14,303 I gotta apologize to Mr. Berry Gordy 680 00:40:14,303 --> 00:40:17,340 for making him out to be a hustler and a pimp. 681 00:40:18,574 --> 00:40:23,045 Mr. Gordy's a very important man, and he's done a great deal. 682 00:40:25,581 --> 00:40:29,358 And I love the way he takes the little brothers and sisters, 683 00:40:30,119 --> 00:40:33,989 broke-down runaways, the downtrodden from the projects, 684 00:40:33,989 --> 00:40:36,469 and he gets them off the streets. 685 00:40:36,759 --> 00:40:41,063 Then he puts a few dollars in their pockets, teaches them how to talk and how to walk, 686 00:40:41,063 --> 00:40:44,666 then sends them right back out there to bring him a whole lot of money. 687 00:40:44,666 --> 00:40:49,004 So I'm sorry if in any way I made him out to be a pimp. 688 00:40:49,004 --> 00:40:52,307 That ain't pimping, y'all! That's just good old-fashioned hit-making! 689 00:40:52,307 --> 00:40:53,475 Studio One. 690 00:40:53,475 --> 00:40:55,844 So why don't we hear us another one of them good old-fashioned... 691 00:40:55,844 --> 00:40:57,813 Mr. Sonderling, Motown's DC rep's on the line. 692 00:40:57,813 --> 00:40:58,984 Yeah. 693 00:41:00,315 --> 00:41:04,354 And again, I sincerely apologize, Mr. Berry Gordy, 694 00:41:04,586 --> 00:41:06,827 from the bottom of my heart. 695 00:41:07,423 --> 00:41:09,024 This is Petey Greene. 696 00:41:09,024 --> 00:41:10,730 I'll call you back. 697 00:41:17,065 --> 00:41:18,901 Something like that, boss? 698 00:41:18,901 --> 00:41:24,940 Mr. Greene, you may have just cost me my FCC license and a whole lot more. Get out. 699 00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:28,777 And you obviously can't handle your new responsibility, 700 00:41:28,777 --> 00:41:30,312 so you don't have it anymore. 701 00:41:30,312 --> 00:41:33,554 Call Jim. He's back on tomorrow. Same time. 702 00:41:38,287 --> 00:41:42,024 What the fuck was that? Motown is Hitsville, U.S.A. 703 00:41:42,024 --> 00:41:43,892 This is a radio station, Petey! 704 00:41:43,892 --> 00:41:45,727 We can't afford to have them angry with us! 705 00:41:45,727 --> 00:41:46,796 "We"? 706 00:41:47,729 --> 00:41:50,899 Did I miss something, or didn't your ass just get demoted? 707 00:41:50,899 --> 00:41:52,334 But hey, like Malcolm say, 708 00:41:52,334 --> 00:41:55,679 "When the master sick, house niggas say, 'We's sick."' 709 00:41:56,538 --> 00:41:58,607 Oh, you're a self-righteous field nigga, huh? 710 00:41:58,607 --> 00:42:01,343 You goddamn right! Well, you just lost a job, 711 00:42:01,343 --> 00:42:02,753 field nigga! 712 00:42:05,781 --> 00:42:07,191 Hey, man. 713 00:42:07,783 --> 00:42:09,023 Hey, man! 714 00:42:09,952 --> 00:42:11,522 At least I know who I am. 715 00:42:11,787 --> 00:42:13,856 I'm Petey Greene, and I'm gonna keep talking shit! 716 00:42:13,856 --> 00:42:14,957 Yeah? Yeah. 717 00:42:14,957 --> 00:42:18,700 For all the shit you talk, you still can't sink a nine ball. 718 00:42:23,265 --> 00:42:26,635 We're slowing it down tonight on WOL. 719 00:42:26,635 --> 00:42:31,206 This is The Hawk, taking you into midnight. The Love Hawk... 720 00:42:31,206 --> 00:42:33,041 How many times I gotta tell you the same thing, man? 721 00:42:33,041 --> 00:42:34,843 Oh, man! It's all about Motown, baby. Motown! 722 00:42:34,843 --> 00:42:37,513 That nigga this morning? He was telling the truth! 723 00:42:37,513 --> 00:42:41,683 Come on, man, Berry Gordy ain't no pimp. Shit! 724 00:42:41,683 --> 00:42:44,586 You see, the problem with trying to be somebody y'all... 725 00:42:44,586 --> 00:42:47,155 You telling me a nigga in America, 726 00:42:47,155 --> 00:42:49,391 with that much money... Why not? You're ignorant. 727 00:42:49,391 --> 00:42:53,095 Oh yeah? You're just telling it like it is, just like Petey Greene. 728 00:42:53,095 --> 00:42:56,265 No, I'm telling you. Why you think they snatched him off the air so fast 729 00:42:56,265 --> 00:42:59,473 if he wasn't telling the truth? C-O-N-spiracy. 730 00:42:59,902 --> 00:43:01,169 See, you're right about the con part. 731 00:43:01,169 --> 00:43:02,871 That's why they took his black ass off the air. 732 00:43:02,871 --> 00:43:04,706 Berry Gordy is a stand-up brother. 733 00:43:04,706 --> 00:43:08,777 Don't nobody want to hear some con talking mess about somebody like Berry Gordy. 734 00:43:08,777 --> 00:43:09,912 Right. Come on. 735 00:43:09,912 --> 00:43:14,149 I would rather listen to a con than this sucker-for-love-ass nigga. 736 00:43:14,149 --> 00:43:16,285 Petey Greene was cool, but that white boy that was with him... 737 00:43:16,285 --> 00:43:17,525 Oh, God! 738 00:43:19,221 --> 00:43:21,530 You okay? Yeah. 739 00:43:24,359 --> 00:43:26,998 Guys, drinks are on me, okay? 740 00:43:27,796 --> 00:43:29,364 See that, now, I could get with that. 741 00:43:29,364 --> 00:43:31,900 Thank you, my brother. Thank you, my brother. 742 00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:33,969 Yo, bartender. Thank you. 743 00:43:33,969 --> 00:43:35,537 Right on. How much you leaving, man? 744 00:43:35,537 --> 00:43:37,107 Hey, hey. Keep it coming. Right on, Kevin. 745 00:43:59,962 --> 00:44:02,874 You ready to shake up the world, radio man? 746 00:44:03,665 --> 00:44:06,134 Let me ask you something, man. 747 00:44:06,134 --> 00:44:07,544 Why, huh? 748 00:44:09,271 --> 00:44:12,217 Why should I put my ass on the line for you? 749 00:44:14,309 --> 00:44:18,154 Why should I give up all this right here 750 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,550 and take a chance on you? 751 00:44:23,885 --> 00:44:25,659 I guess I need you 752 00:44:26,622 --> 00:44:29,193 to say the things I'm afraid to say. 753 00:44:31,526 --> 00:44:33,335 And you need me to 754 00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:40,375 do the things you're afraid to do. 755 00:44:43,038 --> 00:44:44,414 Damn, that was deep. 756 00:44:44,573 --> 00:44:47,212 Yeah. Lt was, wasn't it? Yeah. Lt was good, man. 757 00:44:48,076 --> 00:44:51,079 You should put that shit on a greeting card. 758 00:44:52,748 --> 00:44:55,558 Go on, chump. Rack them. 759 00:44:56,785 --> 00:44:58,320 See if I can't teach you something. 760 00:45:00,555 --> 00:45:01,726 Yeah. 761 00:45:02,724 --> 00:45:04,100 Hey, Jim. 762 00:45:05,127 --> 00:45:09,131 I just wanna apologize about what happened and welcome you back. 763 00:45:10,832 --> 00:45:14,302 Come on, let's not fight. We still gotta work together. 764 00:45:14,936 --> 00:45:17,006 Fan mail. That's great. 765 00:45:17,539 --> 00:45:19,951 I'm gonna get some coffee. You want some? 766 00:45:21,043 --> 00:45:22,544 Come on, Jim. 767 00:45:23,845 --> 00:45:24,913 Black. Two sugars. 768 00:45:24,913 --> 00:45:26,858 Okay. Okay. 769 00:45:58,046 --> 00:45:59,388 Dewey! Hey! 770 00:46:03,452 --> 00:46:05,020 Is Jim in his office? No, I just checked. 771 00:46:05,020 --> 00:46:06,088 He's probably in the men's room. 772 00:46:06,088 --> 00:46:09,694 You go get him. I'll stall in there for a couple of minutes, okay? 773 00:46:15,430 --> 00:46:17,199 I thought that kind of work was beneath you. 774 00:46:17,199 --> 00:46:20,268 Hey, doing this shit is how I got thrown in the joint in the first place. 775 00:46:20,268 --> 00:46:23,180 Well, then this should feel good. You're on in five! 776 00:46:32,581 --> 00:46:36,985 Wake up, God damn it! Petey Greene is back on the scene! 777 00:46:36,985 --> 00:46:38,720 And this ain't Washington DC. 778 00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:40,288 No, this is P-Town! 779 00:46:40,288 --> 00:46:41,957 Did you miss me? 780 00:46:41,957 --> 00:46:46,361 Well, I missed y'all, too. Had to cut it a little short yesterday. 781 00:46:46,361 --> 00:46:47,696 Man, I don't know who's worse, though... 782 00:46:47,696 --> 00:46:49,831 Freda, help! I'm locked in my office! 783 00:46:49,831 --> 00:46:51,900 See, a negro get a little money in his pocket, 784 00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:55,170 and now we can't talk about it no more? Shoot! 785 00:46:55,170 --> 00:46:56,738 Look here, man... 786 00:46:56,738 --> 00:46:59,641 Freda! Excuse me, I seem to be locked in my office. 787 00:46:59,641 --> 00:47:01,381 Could you give me a hand, please? ...I'm on the air, 788 00:47:01,777 --> 00:47:03,145 which may not be much longer, 789 00:47:03,145 --> 00:47:05,080 so I'm gonna go on ahead and get my money's worth. 790 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:08,618 They're gonna have to take my title, just like they did Ali. 791 00:47:09,084 --> 00:47:10,722 And see, that's what I'm talking about right there. 792 00:47:11,386 --> 00:47:13,255 Freda! A black man can only say so much 793 00:47:13,255 --> 00:47:14,990 in this so-called free country, 794 00:47:14,990 --> 00:47:16,258 till they break you down. 795 00:47:16,258 --> 00:47:18,393 Well, guess what? I'm telling it. 796 00:47:18,393 --> 00:47:21,062 That's right, and I'm gonna keep on telling it. 797 00:47:21,062 --> 00:47:23,665 Some of it you're gonna like, some of it you ain't. 798 00:47:23,665 --> 00:47:26,368 If you got something to say, give me a call. 799 00:47:26,368 --> 00:47:27,502 If you disagree, tell me like a man. 800 00:47:27,502 --> 00:47:28,737 Dewey, have you lost your mind? 801 00:47:28,737 --> 00:47:30,739 Open this door right now! Even if you're a woman. 802 00:47:30,739 --> 00:47:32,874 Mr. Greene, sir, you are trespassing! 803 00:47:32,874 --> 00:47:36,678 I'm tired of hearing fools complaining in barber chairs and beauty shops. 804 00:47:36,678 --> 00:47:38,380 Let your opinion out. 805 00:47:38,380 --> 00:47:44,489 Come on and give me a call at this station. The number is 215-JK5-0199. 806 00:47:44,786 --> 00:47:46,588 Somebody tell Freda to call the cops. That number again, 807 00:47:46,588 --> 00:47:50,091 215-JK5-0199. Dewey, this is outrageous. Open the door! 808 00:47:50,091 --> 00:47:53,495 And now, old Petey gonna play a little non-Motown for you. 809 00:47:53,495 --> 00:47:57,866 Dewey, open this door. You're both in trouble. Do you hear me? 810 00:47:57,866 --> 00:47:59,301 You are in real trouble, mister! 811 00:47:59,301 --> 00:48:00,468 Come on. 812 00:48:00,468 --> 00:48:02,737 Come out of there right now. 813 00:48:02,737 --> 00:48:04,105 I'm not kidding! 814 00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:07,413 Dewey, you're not... 815 00:48:07,776 --> 00:48:08,947 WOL. 816 00:48:09,744 --> 00:48:11,746 Yeah. Yeah. 817 00:48:12,180 --> 00:48:13,920 Putting you through. 818 00:48:15,150 --> 00:48:16,651 Talk to me. 819 00:48:16,651 --> 00:48:18,086 Is this Petey Greene? Sure is. 820 00:48:18,086 --> 00:48:21,223 Petey, didn't I see you last week down at the strip club on 14th Street? 821 00:48:21,223 --> 00:48:24,226 Oh, yeah, I was down there. Wasn't to see no show. 822 00:48:24,226 --> 00:48:26,928 But that don't mean I mind the company of shake-dancers. No. 823 00:48:26,928 --> 00:48:28,830 My girl, Vernell, she used to be shake-dancer. 824 00:48:28,830 --> 00:48:29,998 She has a bar down there now. 825 00:48:29,998 --> 00:48:31,433 What do you think you're trying to prove? 826 00:48:31,433 --> 00:48:32,767 Yeah, I had to go over there... 827 00:48:32,767 --> 00:48:35,237 WOL. ...and we'll talk about this, do you hear me? 828 00:48:35,237 --> 00:48:38,013 That's right. Putting you through now. Look, don't touch! 829 00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,308 Again. Talk to me. 830 00:48:40,308 --> 00:48:41,710 Petey, I agree with you, man. 831 00:48:41,710 --> 00:48:45,814 All them record guys are pimps, just like most lawyers and politicians. 832 00:48:45,814 --> 00:48:47,816 You give them all hell! You know I will. 833 00:48:47,816 --> 00:48:51,764 ...do you hear me? Come on. Dewey! 834 00:48:52,254 --> 00:48:55,123 No, no, no, no. Put it straight through on the board. 835 00:48:55,123 --> 00:48:57,159 Line three. On the board. 836 00:48:58,093 --> 00:48:59,427 Dewey? Talk to me. 837 00:48:59,427 --> 00:49:02,464 What you think about that kid being killed by the pigs last week? 838 00:49:02,464 --> 00:49:04,273 I'll tell you what I think. 839 00:49:04,432 --> 00:49:06,568 Black folk life ain't worth nothing. 840 00:49:06,568 --> 00:49:08,870 One day, black folk ain't gonna take that no more 841 00:49:08,870 --> 00:49:11,009 and when that day happens... 842 00:49:13,775 --> 00:49:16,544 Do you realize what you've done? Are you trying to ruin me? 843 00:49:16,544 --> 00:49:18,780 Hot mike, man. Oh, for crying out loud. 844 00:49:18,780 --> 00:49:20,048 I'm sorry, sir, it was the only way. 845 00:49:20,048 --> 00:49:22,450 You just let this fellow ruin your career. You're finished, Dewey. 846 00:49:22,450 --> 00:49:24,786 You're making a mistake, sir. You can't see it, but I can. 847 00:49:24,786 --> 00:49:27,656 If you throw us out, we're gonna walk straight over to WOOK. 848 00:49:27,656 --> 00:49:29,124 Good! That will help our ratings. 849 00:49:29,124 --> 00:49:32,928 Gentlemen, will you kindly escort these men out of the building? 850 00:49:32,928 --> 00:49:36,097 Sir? I've been trying to call the police, 851 00:49:36,097 --> 00:49:38,166 but all our lines have been flooded. 852 00:49:38,166 --> 00:49:39,267 What? 853 00:49:39,267 --> 00:49:42,145 The operator can't handle the volume, sir. 854 00:49:44,639 --> 00:49:46,541 Are these listener calls? 855 00:49:46,541 --> 00:49:48,281 I think so. 856 00:49:49,978 --> 00:49:51,548 Wait a minute. 857 00:49:55,917 --> 00:49:57,657 Good morning, WOL. 858 00:49:59,487 --> 00:50:00,722 Yes, ma'am, he is, 859 00:50:00,722 --> 00:50:05,727 but I'm afraid he's real busy right now. You know, we're getting a lot of calls. 860 00:50:05,727 --> 00:50:08,230 Yes ma'am, I will, and thank you. 861 00:50:08,763 --> 00:50:10,401 Keep listening. 862 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,071 Morning music and a talk show, with a man of the people. 863 00:50:16,071 --> 00:50:19,142 Because WOL is a station of the people, 864 00:50:19,841 --> 00:50:21,217 for the people, 865 00:50:21,676 --> 00:50:23,044 by the people. 866 00:50:23,044 --> 00:50:24,212 I'm the people. 867 00:50:24,212 --> 00:50:26,783 He'll be a hit, sir. I promise you that. 868 00:50:30,485 --> 00:50:33,388 All right, thank you all. Everything's fine here. 869 00:50:33,388 --> 00:50:36,300 Let's all get back to work. Thank you again. 870 00:50:37,726 --> 00:50:40,061 The next time you decide to make a personnel change, 871 00:50:40,061 --> 00:50:41,496 at least put it in a memo. 872 00:50:41,496 --> 00:50:44,666 Hold it. You can't give this thug a job. 873 00:50:44,666 --> 00:50:46,334 Man, I got your thug right here. Ten inches. 874 00:50:46,334 --> 00:50:47,969 Oh, for heaven's sake. Be cool, Jim. 875 00:50:47,969 --> 00:50:50,839 What? We'll talk. We'll talk, okay? 876 00:50:50,839 --> 00:50:53,808 I want him on a short leash. A very short leash. 877 00:50:53,808 --> 00:50:55,844 And I want a morals clause in your contract. 878 00:50:55,844 --> 00:50:57,412 Fine, man, whatever. I'll sign it. 879 00:50:57,412 --> 00:50:59,514 Just let me get back to work, okay? Jim, wait up. 880 00:50:59,514 --> 00:51:01,383 Can I get back to work? 881 00:51:01,383 --> 00:51:03,518 All right. But you watch your language. All right! 882 00:51:03,518 --> 00:51:06,498 And you keep an eye on him. Thank you, sir. 883 00:51:07,222 --> 00:51:09,557 All right, let's get busy here. 884 00:51:16,965 --> 00:51:18,833 I love that song! 885 00:51:18,833 --> 00:51:21,169 Reminds me of summertime on the beach 886 00:51:21,169 --> 00:51:24,172 trying to get some foxy coed to rub some lotion on me. 887 00:51:24,172 --> 00:51:25,514 Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. 888 00:51:25,940 --> 00:51:28,777 Well, in case you been asleep at the wheel, this is Petey Greene. 889 00:51:28,777 --> 00:51:29,878 Hello, caller, what's your name? 890 00:51:29,878 --> 00:51:31,846 And you ain't in Washington, DC no more, Dorothy. 891 00:51:31,846 --> 00:51:33,181 No, this is P-Town. All right, Tom, please hold. 892 00:51:33,181 --> 00:51:34,916 Hello, caller, what's your name? WOL-AM. 893 00:51:34,916 --> 00:51:35,984 Hello, James. 894 00:52:02,043 --> 00:52:04,446 My granny, I call her Aunt Pig, 895 00:52:04,446 --> 00:52:08,223 Aunt Pig say, "Petey, why you always in jail?" 896 00:52:08,783 --> 00:52:11,920 I tell her I don't know. "I don't know, Aunt Pig." 897 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,923 Then one day I read my indictment papers, 898 00:52:14,923 --> 00:52:20,328 they say, "Ralph Waldo Greene versus the United States of America." 899 00:52:20,328 --> 00:52:23,264 I said, "Damn! No wonder I ain't been winning!" 900 00:52:23,264 --> 00:52:24,566 He's talking about... 901 00:52:24,566 --> 00:52:28,169 And I don't care what nobody say, ain't nothing like a black woman. 902 00:52:28,169 --> 00:52:30,939 Now, that ain't to say I ain't dabbled before. 903 00:52:30,939 --> 00:52:34,147 I mean, I dabbled, man, I'm a good old dabbler. 904 00:52:34,375 --> 00:52:39,447 But give me a sister with big hips, big legs and a big old 'fro, 905 00:52:39,447 --> 00:52:42,427 and you ain't got to worry about me no more. 906 00:52:44,853 --> 00:52:47,128 Hey, hey, hey! Fan mail. 907 00:52:47,755 --> 00:52:49,632 How many for The Hawk? 908 00:52:51,726 --> 00:52:53,128 Three? 909 00:52:53,128 --> 00:52:54,436 Sorry. 910 00:52:55,797 --> 00:52:57,833 Gave you one of Petey's. 911 00:52:59,767 --> 00:53:01,906 Y'all listen everyday, huh? 912 00:53:04,706 --> 00:53:05,773 Ain't you, now! 913 00:53:05,773 --> 00:53:07,081 Check it out. Yeah. 914 00:53:16,417 --> 00:53:18,487 Talk to me, Petey! Talk to me! 915 00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:21,427 Talk to me! Want me to talk to you? I'll talk to you. 916 00:53:23,725 --> 00:53:25,226 God damn it! 917 00:53:27,762 --> 00:53:29,264 Oh, baby. 918 00:53:29,264 --> 00:53:30,999 Let me explain. I'm listening. 919 00:53:30,999 --> 00:53:32,267 Girl, put the bottle down 920 00:53:32,267 --> 00:53:34,636 and let me talk to you. Go on, Petey. I'm listening. 921 00:53:34,636 --> 00:53:38,473 "Talk to me, Petey. Talk to me, baby." Ain't what the bitch said? 922 00:53:38,473 --> 00:53:43,344 You tell this bitch how I was the only one to give your sorry ass a place to stay 923 00:53:43,344 --> 00:53:45,680 when you had nowhere else to go. Tell this bitch! 924 00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:46,915 She took me in. 925 00:53:46,915 --> 00:53:50,018 I cleaned your clothes, and I cooked your food, 926 00:53:50,018 --> 00:53:51,786 motherfucker! Oh, shit. Okay! Okay! 927 00:53:51,786 --> 00:53:54,255 Vernell, please. Baby, listen, now. Don't do this. 928 00:53:54,255 --> 00:53:56,257 You don't wanna do this here. Hold on. 929 00:53:56,257 --> 00:53:58,826 Listen, I'm sorry. 930 00:53:58,826 --> 00:54:00,195 I fucked up. Yeah, you fucked up. 931 00:54:00,195 --> 00:54:03,798 I did. I fucked up. I know it, baby. I know it. 932 00:54:03,798 --> 00:54:07,335 And I ain't trying to make no excuses for it. But you don't wanna do this here. 933 00:54:07,335 --> 00:54:10,577 Vernell. Come on, baby, put the bottle down. 934 00:54:13,775 --> 00:54:15,049 Get out. 935 00:54:18,213 --> 00:54:20,782 Nigga, didn't you hear? I said get out! This is my joint. 936 00:54:20,782 --> 00:54:22,684 I don't give a fuck, Petey! Get out! 937 00:54:22,684 --> 00:54:24,552 Let me put some drawers on or something. Get the fuck out! 938 00:54:24,552 --> 00:54:26,988 Don't make me say it again, nigga. I swear to God, 939 00:54:26,988 --> 00:54:30,325 I don't wanna get more upset than I already am with this bottle 940 00:54:30,325 --> 00:54:31,893 and get jumpy and cut your dick off. 941 00:54:31,893 --> 00:54:35,230 You'll be sounding like Frankie Lyman on the radio. Get the fuck out! 942 00:54:35,230 --> 00:54:36,464 All right. 943 00:54:36,464 --> 00:54:38,375 Get out. I'm leaving. 944 00:54:41,469 --> 00:54:43,771 Vernell! Baby... 945 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,576 Help a nigga out, now. Come on. 946 00:54:48,576 --> 00:54:49,944 Come on, man. You gotta be shitting me. 947 00:54:49,944 --> 00:54:51,779 Look at me, man! I don't want to look at you! 948 00:54:51,779 --> 00:54:54,315 I wanna get this image out of my head. Dewey, Dewey, Dewey, listen. 949 00:54:54,315 --> 00:54:57,385 Now, Vernell kicked me out the house. Caught me fucking some other broad, man. 950 00:54:57,385 --> 00:54:58,453 I ain't got nowhere else to go. 951 00:54:58,453 --> 00:55:01,055 You should have thought about that before you let your snake out the cage. 952 00:55:01,055 --> 00:55:02,624 Listen, man, my snake's been incarcerated! 953 00:55:02,624 --> 00:55:06,194 I've been jacking off to girlie magazines for nine damn years. 954 00:55:06,194 --> 00:55:08,763 Come on, you telling me you gonna pass up some fine-ass woman 955 00:55:08,763 --> 00:55:10,298 just throw her pussy all up on your face? 956 00:55:10,298 --> 00:55:11,566 Hey, Dave. 957 00:55:11,566 --> 00:55:13,401 Hey, Dave! Get in here. Come on. 958 00:55:13,401 --> 00:55:15,073 Just helping out... 959 00:55:16,471 --> 00:55:18,450 My motherfucking deuce! 960 00:55:21,309 --> 00:55:25,480 Susan, this is Petey Greene. His girlfriend kicked him out, so we gotta... 961 00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:27,015 I'll leave you two alone. No, no, no, no, baby. 962 00:55:27,015 --> 00:55:29,461 No, no, there's no need for that. You... Just... 963 00:55:29,817 --> 00:55:32,120 Is this what you mean by taking your work home with you? 964 00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:34,088 Being married to your career? Listen, listen... 965 00:55:34,088 --> 00:55:36,357 I should have known. Come on, help me out here. 966 00:55:36,357 --> 00:55:38,393 No, no, no, no, no... Hey! 967 00:55:41,329 --> 00:55:42,330 Damn! 968 00:55:43,464 --> 00:55:46,911 Man, ain't that a bitch? Women, man. I'm telling you. 969 00:55:47,702 --> 00:55:52,446 I've been loving you... 970 00:55:54,776 --> 00:55:57,847 too long, Vernell 971 00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:01,717 to stop now 972 00:56:07,522 --> 00:56:09,865 You are... 973 00:56:11,659 --> 00:56:13,229 Shut the hell up, man. 974 00:56:13,594 --> 00:56:14,595 Put that on! 975 00:56:17,265 --> 00:56:19,074 I'm sorry, Dewey. 976 00:56:24,872 --> 00:56:26,708 I fucked up, man. 977 00:56:26,708 --> 00:56:27,982 Oh, shit. 978 00:56:29,210 --> 00:56:31,087 I fucked up, didn't I? 979 00:56:35,783 --> 00:56:38,160 Shit. Just... 980 00:56:39,554 --> 00:56:45,326 Just give her a chance to cool off, man, and then you'll talk, okay? 981 00:56:45,326 --> 00:56:48,396 She don't wanna talk to me. She mad at me. 982 00:56:48,396 --> 00:56:53,101 She loves you. She loves you, okay? 983 00:56:53,101 --> 00:56:54,635 Yeah. Okay? 984 00:56:54,635 --> 00:56:56,580 Yeah. Yeah. 985 00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:00,174 You're a good friend, Dewey. 986 00:57:00,174 --> 00:57:01,843 Okay. 987 00:57:01,843 --> 00:57:04,779 You're a good friend. Yeah. Yeah, it's... Okay, man. 988 00:57:04,779 --> 00:57:07,215 Thank you, man. Okay! Okay! Okay. Come on. 989 00:57:07,215 --> 00:57:08,489 Okay. 990 00:57:13,521 --> 00:57:18,798 Get some sleep. 991 00:57:20,962 --> 00:57:23,331 I'll talk to you in the morning, Dewey. Tomorrow. 992 00:57:23,331 --> 00:57:25,400 Okay. Ln the morning, man. 993 00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:26,970 Crazy little... 994 00:57:31,005 --> 00:57:32,176 Shit. 995 00:57:35,443 --> 00:57:36,717 Oh, man. 996 00:57:41,449 --> 00:57:44,819 I appreciate, you know, you letting me stay at your place again, bro, but... 997 00:57:44,819 --> 00:57:46,053 Come on, man. Good night, sir. 998 00:57:46,053 --> 00:57:47,455 Gonna have to give me some more threads. I can't... 999 00:57:47,455 --> 00:57:49,524 I'm not giving you any more of my clothes. 1000 00:57:49,524 --> 00:57:50,658 Man... 1001 00:57:50,658 --> 00:57:52,865 Good night, Mike. Good night. 1002 00:57:53,127 --> 00:57:54,195 Good night, Jim. Good night. 1003 00:57:54,195 --> 00:57:56,063 "Night, Jim. 1004 00:57:56,063 --> 00:57:57,365 "Have a nice weekend." 1005 00:57:57,365 --> 00:57:58,833 I don't talk like that. 1006 00:57:58,833 --> 00:58:00,701 Yeah, you talk exactly like that. 1007 00:58:00,701 --> 00:58:03,504 And you walk like you got a stick broke off in your ass, man. 1008 00:58:03,504 --> 00:58:05,339 I walk with confidence, like Johnny Carson. 1009 00:58:05,339 --> 00:58:08,513 You could learn something from him. Good night... 1010 00:58:09,177 --> 00:58:11,213 Those are my gators, man. 1011 00:58:16,417 --> 00:58:17,861 This all my... 1012 00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:25,164 Is she still here? 1013 00:58:40,007 --> 00:58:41,542 Now we're even. 1014 00:58:47,782 --> 00:58:49,884 Oh, no, she didn't. Hold on. Hold on. 1015 00:58:49,884 --> 00:58:51,986 No, she... You don't understand. Calm down, Petey. 1016 00:58:51,986 --> 00:58:54,159 Move, Dewey, move! Calm down. 1017 00:58:55,923 --> 00:58:57,592 You enjoy yourself, nigga? 1018 00:58:57,592 --> 00:58:59,494 Don't blame me. It's the voice. 1019 00:58:59,494 --> 00:59:00,802 Oh, is it? 1020 00:59:01,729 --> 00:59:04,232 Oh, fuck. Okay, hold on, now, let me... 1021 00:59:28,189 --> 00:59:30,391 Mr. Sonderling! Mr. Sonderling, he tried to kill me! 1022 00:59:30,391 --> 00:59:32,234 He tried to kill me. 1023 00:59:37,565 --> 00:59:40,409 I'm gonna need you on the air, right away. 1024 00:59:43,204 --> 00:59:44,580 What is it? 1025 00:59:50,111 --> 00:59:52,284 Once again, this just in. 1026 00:59:52,747 --> 00:59:53,918 Oh, man... 1027 00:59:55,116 --> 00:59:57,858 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1028 00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:02,590 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1029 01:00:04,692 --> 01:00:08,002 and chief orchestrator of the Civil Rights Movement, 1030 01:00:13,968 --> 01:00:19,907 was shot and killed by an assassin's bullet 1031 01:00:19,907 --> 01:00:22,910 outside a Memphis motel this evening. 1032 01:00:25,212 --> 01:00:28,625 They got him, y'all. They got him. 1033 01:00:33,421 --> 01:00:35,594 Only 39 years old, 1034 01:00:37,258 --> 01:00:41,900 Dr. King leaves behind his wife, Coretta, and... 1035 01:00:49,537 --> 01:00:51,175 I'm sorry, y'all. 1036 01:00:52,607 --> 01:00:54,484 I'm just tired of this. 1037 01:00:57,244 --> 01:01:00,381 I don't know if I'm more sad or angry. 1038 01:01:00,381 --> 01:01:02,986 I'm tired of them taking our leaders! 1039 01:01:04,885 --> 01:01:07,331 I know you are, too. 1040 01:01:10,558 --> 01:01:14,028 This is WOL, 1450 AM. 1041 01:01:22,903 --> 01:01:24,405 They're burning down DC. 1042 01:01:24,405 --> 01:01:27,408 What? They're burning it down. 1043 01:01:29,410 --> 01:01:31,389 They're burning it down. 1044 01:01:55,269 --> 01:01:58,641 Come on! 1045 01:02:18,959 --> 01:02:19,960 My store. 1046 01:02:20,828 --> 01:02:21,897 My store! 1047 01:02:27,735 --> 01:02:28,736 Hold it! 1048 01:02:29,303 --> 01:02:30,645 Hold it, man! 1049 01:02:35,543 --> 01:02:37,011 Get out of here, man! 1050 01:02:37,011 --> 01:02:39,513 Come on! Come on! No, stop. Stop! Stop! 1051 01:02:39,513 --> 01:02:40,992 Stop it, man! 1052 01:02:45,186 --> 01:02:46,187 Y'all! Run! 1053 01:02:53,027 --> 01:02:55,234 Thank you. Now, go on. Go on. 1054 01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:02,046 I got to get back on the air, man. 1055 01:03:04,972 --> 01:03:07,641 I may not get there with you, 1056 01:03:07,641 --> 01:03:10,511 but I want you to know tonight, 1057 01:03:10,511 --> 01:03:14,584 that we as a people will get to the promised land! 1058 01:03:18,619 --> 01:03:24,569 Coming to you, Petey, in five, four, three, two... 1059 01:03:28,295 --> 01:03:32,800 Yeah, buddy, it's a dark day in America. 1060 01:03:34,101 --> 01:03:36,470 Got to be one of the darkest days I ever seen, 1061 01:03:36,470 --> 01:03:38,205 and I seen more than most. 1062 01:03:38,205 --> 01:03:40,574 WOL. Yeah, hold for Petey. 1063 01:03:40,574 --> 01:03:43,111 Ln Washington, this is Petey Greene. 1064 01:03:43,410 --> 01:03:44,845 Talk to me. 1065 01:03:44,845 --> 01:03:46,781 Lt can't go down like that, Petey. 1066 01:03:46,781 --> 01:03:48,516 Somebody's gonna have to pay, I'm gonna tell you right now, 1067 01:03:48,516 --> 01:03:50,586 somebody gonna pay tonight. 1068 01:03:51,185 --> 01:03:55,589 I know you're hurting. We all hurting. He the only one we had, Petey. 1069 01:03:55,589 --> 01:03:58,192 I know how angry you are. 1070 01:03:58,192 --> 01:04:02,162 You want revenge, you want that quart of blood, and I don't blame you. 1071 01:04:04,765 --> 01:04:07,334 But I want y'all to just go take a look out your windows. 1072 01:04:07,334 --> 01:04:08,803 I mean, those of you that got them. 1073 01:04:08,803 --> 01:04:12,273 Just take a look outside and tell me what you see. 1074 01:04:12,273 --> 01:04:14,942 You see a city on fire. 1075 01:04:14,942 --> 01:04:16,546 Now, that's your city. 1076 01:04:16,744 --> 01:04:17,745 Our city. 1077 01:04:17,912 --> 01:04:21,018 And that's not what Dr. King would have wanted. 1078 01:04:22,283 --> 01:04:27,655 Now, I ain't nothing, man, I ain't nothing but a con and a thief. 1079 01:04:27,655 --> 01:04:30,291 So I ain't up here trying to be nobody's preacher. 1080 01:04:30,291 --> 01:04:33,394 I'm just trying to tell the truth to y'all, like I promised I would, 1081 01:04:33,394 --> 01:04:38,265 and the truth is, I went to jail 'cause I was a knucklehead. 1082 01:04:38,265 --> 01:04:43,871 Dr. King went to jail for what he stood for, fought for, and died for. 1083 01:04:43,871 --> 01:04:45,873 And this ain't it, y'all. 1084 01:04:45,873 --> 01:04:47,308 This ain't it. 1085 01:04:47,308 --> 01:04:51,045 The man was a giant. Now, if they could do that to him, 1086 01:04:51,045 --> 01:04:55,316 don't think for a minute they won't cut you down like a dog, too. 1087 01:04:55,316 --> 01:04:59,887 So look here. If you at home, please, just stay home. 1088 01:04:59,887 --> 01:05:02,923 And if you out in these streets, man, go home. 1089 01:05:02,923 --> 01:05:06,894 Put your anger away till we can sort all this mess out. 1090 01:05:06,894 --> 01:05:11,098 I ain't saying I know how we gonna do it. I just know that we will. 1091 01:05:11,098 --> 01:05:13,237 We shall overcome. 1092 01:05:15,803 --> 01:05:17,407 Hold on a second, now. 1093 01:05:17,638 --> 01:05:19,406 Petey, there's a free concert tomorrow night. 1094 01:05:19,406 --> 01:05:21,709 You and James Brown, Georgetown University. 1095 01:05:21,709 --> 01:05:25,546 Okay, I've just been told that tomorrow night, 1096 01:05:25,546 --> 01:05:28,749 Mr. James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, 1097 01:05:28,749 --> 01:05:32,720 is gonna be giving a free show, that's capital-F-R-E-E, 1098 01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:35,022 at Georgetown University. 1099 01:05:35,022 --> 01:05:39,059 Bring your heartache, bring your anger, just bring all that to me, 1100 01:05:39,059 --> 01:05:42,938 and we gonna work it out together. We gonna get through this, people. 1101 01:05:43,964 --> 01:05:46,400 WOL. Hold for Petey. Talk to me. 1102 01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:50,104 Petey, I just keep crying and crying. I just... 1103 01:05:50,104 --> 01:05:53,278 WOL. Yeah, hold for Petey. 1104 01:05:53,474 --> 01:05:59,822 Well, the clock on the wall says it's time to go. 1105 01:06:00,281 --> 01:06:03,417 That's the end of my show, and there ain't no more. 1106 01:06:03,417 --> 01:06:06,454 But before I go, I wanna leave y'all with this. 1107 01:06:09,356 --> 01:06:12,336 "The ultimate measure of a man 1108 01:06:12,626 --> 01:06:18,265 "is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, 1109 01:06:18,265 --> 01:06:23,237 "but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy." 1110 01:06:24,204 --> 01:06:29,585 And no, those ain't words of advice from old Petey Greene. 1111 01:06:29,777 --> 01:06:34,658 Those are pearls of wisdom from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1112 01:06:35,482 --> 01:06:37,325 May he rest in peace. 1113 01:07:36,610 --> 01:07:38,020 Thank you. 1114 01:07:42,683 --> 01:07:45,220 Guess I best get on out of here, huh? 1115 01:08:00,768 --> 01:08:02,508 Great job, Petey. 1116 01:08:03,337 --> 01:08:05,214 Thank you. Thank you. 1117 01:08:09,777 --> 01:08:12,189 Good night, fellas. Get home safe. 1118 01:09:20,914 --> 01:09:22,688 Who is it? Vernell? 1119 01:09:37,798 --> 01:09:40,608 You did good, baby. 1120 01:09:50,944 --> 01:09:52,479 Black Power! 1121 01:10:09,730 --> 01:10:12,369 Where... He'll be here. Come on, Petey. 1122 01:10:13,300 --> 01:10:15,402 Vernell, where is he? 1123 01:10:15,402 --> 01:10:17,204 He's not here. 1124 01:10:17,204 --> 01:10:21,550 We're gonna have another riot on our hands if we don't get this show started. 1125 01:10:26,346 --> 01:10:28,587 1,200 years of persecution... 1126 01:10:29,149 --> 01:10:30,958 Get back. Get back! 1127 01:10:35,756 --> 01:10:37,394 Ladies and gentlemen... 1128 01:10:37,991 --> 01:10:40,294 Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot start the show 1129 01:10:40,294 --> 01:10:42,171 unless you calm down! 1130 01:10:42,296 --> 01:10:44,998 Back off! Stand back! Ladies and gentlemen, 1131 01:10:44,998 --> 01:10:48,172 we cannot start the show unless you calm down. 1132 01:10:49,670 --> 01:10:50,671 Please. 1133 01:10:52,139 --> 01:10:53,607 Please, ladies and gentlemen... 1134 01:10:53,607 --> 01:10:57,350 We can't start the show till y'all shut the fuck up, man. 1135 01:11:05,986 --> 01:11:08,055 I can't believe you showed up drunk. 1136 01:11:08,055 --> 01:11:10,592 And I can't believe I showed up at all. 1137 01:11:10,724 --> 01:11:11,825 Petey! Petey! Petey! 1138 01:11:11,825 --> 01:11:12,926 Petey! Petey! Petey! 1139 01:11:12,926 --> 01:11:14,735 Ladies and gentlemen, 1140 01:11:15,462 --> 01:11:17,942 give it up for Petey Greene, y'all! 1141 01:11:22,936 --> 01:11:25,505 Now calm the fuck down. 1142 01:11:25,505 --> 01:11:27,274 Hey, hey, y'all calm the fuck up. 1143 01:11:27,274 --> 01:11:28,609 Uh-oh. 1144 01:11:28,609 --> 01:11:30,679 I said, "Fuck." 1145 01:11:31,545 --> 01:11:32,980 But hell, we ain't on the radio 1146 01:11:32,980 --> 01:11:36,283 so I'm about to say a whole lot of shit I ain't supposed to say tonight. 1147 01:11:39,486 --> 01:11:43,195 Like the brother said, I'm Petey Greene. 1148 01:11:44,958 --> 01:11:48,064 Good evening, Washington, and welcome to P-Town! 1149 01:11:50,964 --> 01:11:53,137 I'm happy you could make it. 1150 01:11:54,468 --> 01:11:56,413 I'm glad you could show. 1151 01:11:57,738 --> 01:12:02,152 But the government's the most happy, 'cause y'all ain't burning down shit no more. 1152 01:12:05,846 --> 01:12:09,082 On my way over here, this white man say, 1153 01:12:09,082 --> 01:12:12,286 "Mr. Greene, why them niggers lose their mind 1154 01:12:12,286 --> 01:12:14,732 "and burn their shit down that way?" 1155 01:12:16,356 --> 01:12:20,235 He called me "mister," but called us "niggers." 1156 01:12:21,128 --> 01:12:24,666 I say, "Hey, we ain't the ones that pulled that trigger! 1157 01:12:25,832 --> 01:12:28,769 "And if you keep calling us niggers, 1158 01:12:28,769 --> 01:12:30,737 "your mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers 1159 01:12:30,737 --> 01:12:33,240 "gonna have to call the grave digger." 1160 01:12:37,077 --> 01:12:40,347 I say, "Mr. Charlie, 1161 01:12:40,347 --> 01:12:42,884 "I ain't seen no niggers last night. 1162 01:12:44,484 --> 01:12:49,558 "I saw a bunch of beautiful, angry black folk, down for the fight." 1163 01:12:55,362 --> 01:12:58,265 But I'm here to tell y'all, we ain't filled with hate. 1164 01:13:00,434 --> 01:13:04,882 And the killing of our great King ain't gonna seal this kingdom's fate. 1165 01:13:05,706 --> 01:13:07,913 - We're gonna pray together... - Yeah! 1166 01:13:08,041 --> 01:13:10,020 ...stay together... Yeah! 1167 01:13:10,177 --> 01:13:13,214 ...jump up and sing... Yeah! 1168 01:13:13,647 --> 01:13:18,892 ...as we celebrate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King! 1169 01:13:24,358 --> 01:13:27,771 Now I want y'all to give a big old P-Town welcome 1170 01:13:27,928 --> 01:13:29,771 to a bad motherfucker. 1171 01:13:30,931 --> 01:13:33,707 Oh, he's a bad, bad man! 1172 01:13:37,671 --> 01:13:41,475 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage 1173 01:13:41,475 --> 01:13:44,785 the hardest-working man in show business, 1174 01:13:45,879 --> 01:13:49,326 Mr. James Brown! 1175 01:13:54,755 --> 01:13:58,258 Look here, baby. You gonna open me whenever I come to town. 1176 01:13:58,258 --> 01:13:59,964 James Brown! Do your thing, yo! 1177 01:14:05,866 --> 01:14:07,801 Say it loud 1178 01:14:07,801 --> 01:14:09,336 I'm black and I'm proud 1179 01:14:10,237 --> 01:14:11,505 Say it loud 1180 01:14:11,505 --> 01:14:13,541 I'm black and I'm proud 1181 01:14:14,074 --> 01:14:15,475 Say it loud 1182 01:14:15,475 --> 01:14:17,284 I'm black and I'm proud 1183 01:14:18,111 --> 01:14:19,379 Say it loud 1184 01:14:19,379 --> 01:14:21,381 I'm black and I'm proud 1185 01:14:25,919 --> 01:14:30,190 But I say we won't quit moving till we get what we deserve 1186 01:14:30,190 --> 01:14:33,894 I worked hard on a job with my feet and with my hand 1187 01:14:33,894 --> 01:14:37,397 But all the work I did was for the other man 1188 01:14:37,397 --> 01:14:38,698 Say it loud 1189 01:14:38,698 --> 01:14:40,643 I'm black and I'm proud 1190 01:14:41,368 --> 01:14:42,636 Say it loud 1191 01:14:42,636 --> 01:14:44,547 I'm black and I'm proud 1192 01:14:45,272 --> 01:14:46,640 Say it loud 1193 01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:48,619 I'm black and I'm proud 1194 01:14:49,176 --> 01:14:50,477 Say it loud 1195 01:14:50,477 --> 01:14:52,422 I'm black and I'm proud 1196 01:14:57,384 --> 01:15:02,255 ...in Washington, faced with angry, disgruntled citizens of the United States, 1197 01:15:02,255 --> 01:15:05,091 while the flag flew at half-mast for Martin Luther King. 1198 01:15:05,091 --> 01:15:07,561 Amid the chaos today, two local radio broadcasters, 1199 01:15:07,561 --> 01:15:11,798 Dewey Hughes and Petey Greene are being credited with restoring calm 1200 01:15:11,798 --> 01:15:14,039 to the nation's capital. 1201 01:15:14,401 --> 01:15:18,572 Now, DC is Chocolate City, y'all know that's right. 1202 01:15:18,572 --> 01:15:22,142 Now they wanna keep us down, 'cause they afraid of what's gonna happen 1203 01:15:22,142 --> 01:15:24,244 if we stand up. 1204 01:15:24,244 --> 01:15:27,113 Why do you think they send our boys off to war 1205 01:15:27,113 --> 01:15:30,684 instead of keeping them in school, where they can learn to score? 1206 01:15:30,684 --> 01:15:31,885 Yeah! Yeah! 1207 01:15:31,885 --> 01:15:34,855 Because the white folk know that if we stand tall, 1208 01:15:34,855 --> 01:15:38,666 oh, buddy, we gonna have something called Black Power, y'all! 1209 01:15:39,693 --> 01:15:43,936 Right? All of y'all look beautiful today. 1210 01:15:44,598 --> 01:15:47,901 Psychologist asked me what I thought about the word "nigger." I said... 1211 01:15:47,901 --> 01:15:52,739 Lady, "nigger" is the greatest stress reliever ever invented. 1212 01:15:52,739 --> 01:15:56,743 See, white man say "nigger," he ready for a six-month hibernation, am I right? 1213 01:15:56,743 --> 01:15:57,978 But, see, a black man, 1214 01:15:57,978 --> 01:16:02,549 he could say "honkey," "ofay," "cracker," "peckerwood" 1215 01:16:02,549 --> 01:16:03,750 a million times, 1216 01:16:03,750 --> 01:16:05,752 still wanna go out there and kill somebody. 1217 01:16:06,286 --> 01:16:10,423 You're gonna to have to tone it down, Petey. I've got the FCC all over my rear. 1218 01:16:10,423 --> 01:16:14,227 Well, with all due respect, sir, the FCC can kiss my ass. 1219 01:16:14,227 --> 01:16:16,162 I ain't saying nothing but the truth. 1220 01:16:16,162 --> 01:16:17,464 As long as the people wanna hear it, 1221 01:16:17,464 --> 01:16:18,698 I'm gonna keep telling it. 1222 01:16:18,698 --> 01:16:20,467 I'm gonna talk it on the radio, 1223 01:16:20,467 --> 01:16:22,135 and I'm gonna talk it on the streets. 1224 01:16:22,135 --> 01:16:23,803 I'm gonna talk it to the police, 1225 01:16:23,803 --> 01:16:25,680 and even that sucker, Tricky Dick! 1226 01:16:27,641 --> 01:16:31,145 This is P-Town, baby. Talk to y'all tomorrow. 1227 01:16:34,881 --> 01:16:37,122 Now, that was a good one, Dew. 1228 01:16:38,752 --> 01:16:40,720 That was a great show, Petey. Right on. 1229 01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:42,324 That was a great show. 1230 01:16:43,356 --> 01:16:45,392 Look at them. They're still calling. 1231 01:16:45,392 --> 01:16:47,994 Oh man, what a day. That was a hell of a day. 1232 01:16:47,994 --> 01:16:50,997 Thank you, man. Man, you're incredible, you know? 1233 01:16:50,997 --> 01:16:53,967 I just see the things you do, the effect you have on people... 1234 01:16:53,967 --> 01:16:56,403 It's amazing to me. You got a gift. 1235 01:16:56,403 --> 01:16:59,706 You know? Something people like me could only dream of. 1236 01:16:59,706 --> 01:17:01,474 I think you could go all the way. 1237 01:17:01,474 --> 01:17:05,512 Let me be your manager. Let me guide your career. 1238 01:17:05,512 --> 01:17:11,351 I'm talking stand-up, records, TV, movies... I want the whole world 1239 01:17:11,351 --> 01:17:12,986 to be a part of P-Town. 1240 01:17:12,986 --> 01:17:16,222 Well, I don't think the whole world is ready for a nigga like me. 1241 01:17:16,222 --> 01:17:18,258 Well I think you're wrong. 1242 01:17:18,992 --> 01:17:21,369 I think the world's been waiting 1243 01:17:21,995 --> 01:17:23,964 for a nigga like you. 1244 01:17:23,964 --> 01:17:25,443 What you say? 1245 01:17:29,736 --> 01:17:31,340 All right. All right. 1246 01:17:42,849 --> 01:17:46,152 You ladies ever been to vote? How you doing, young brother? 1247 01:17:46,152 --> 01:17:50,624 Okay, vote for Shirley Chisholm. Shirley Chisholm for President, 1972. 1248 01:17:50,624 --> 01:17:53,229 Over here, young man. Is your mom registered? Are you registered? 1249 01:17:54,427 --> 01:17:56,630 Now the judge say, "Petey Greene, 1250 01:17:56,630 --> 01:17:59,366 "why you rob everybody in the house?" 1251 01:17:59,366 --> 01:18:02,335 I said, "Well, your honor, they all seemed like such nice people, 1252 01:18:02,335 --> 01:18:05,145 "I didn't want anybody to feel left out." 1253 01:18:07,073 --> 01:18:09,776 And I'm looking out amongst y'all, 1254 01:18:09,776 --> 01:18:12,445 and there's some good old robbing motherfuckers out here tonight. 1255 01:18:12,445 --> 01:18:14,447 Watch your purse, baby. 1256 01:18:16,349 --> 01:18:18,051 Well, I'm looking at the dates right now. 1257 01:18:18,051 --> 01:18:21,788 I got him at the Howard Theater then the Crystal Room. He's booked. 1258 01:18:21,788 --> 01:18:24,427 Well, I can get you a time next month. 1259 01:18:25,291 --> 01:18:26,701 Can't wait? 1260 01:18:27,060 --> 01:18:29,562 Y'all see the paper this morning, P-Town? 1261 01:18:29,562 --> 01:18:34,367 Say "Petey Greene goes to the White House and steals some silverware." 1262 01:18:34,367 --> 01:18:37,103 Now, come on, that don't make no damn sense. 1263 01:18:37,103 --> 01:18:40,273 Imagine that, a negro like me, ex-con, 1264 01:18:40,273 --> 01:18:42,475 get invited by the President to the White House, 1265 01:18:42,475 --> 01:18:44,411 and I'm gonna run up in there and take something? 1266 01:18:44,411 --> 01:18:47,187 Come on, y'all. I ain't that crazy. 1267 01:18:50,450 --> 01:18:52,652 Well that's all we got. There ain't no more. 1268 01:18:52,652 --> 01:18:55,055 My time is tight, and that's the end of my show. 1269 01:18:55,055 --> 01:18:58,391 So grab your head and make a fist. Listen to me and remember this, 1270 01:18:58,391 --> 01:19:00,894 I tell it to the hot, I tell it to the cold. 1271 01:19:00,894 --> 01:19:03,396 I tell it to the young, I tell it to the old. 1272 01:19:03,396 --> 01:19:05,699 Don't want no laughing, don't want no crying. 1273 01:19:05,699 --> 01:19:07,678 And most of all, no signifying. 1274 01:19:08,401 --> 01:19:11,905 Tune in next week. This is Petey Greene's Washington. 1275 01:19:12,672 --> 01:19:13,980 Be cool, y'all. 1276 01:19:15,742 --> 01:19:18,415 - And we're out! - We're clear! 1277 01:19:18,812 --> 01:19:21,815 Great show, everybody. Great show. 1278 01:19:21,815 --> 01:19:23,055 We're good here. 1279 01:19:30,857 --> 01:19:32,233 We love it. 1280 01:19:33,026 --> 01:19:34,835 We'll pick you up for 26 episodes. 1281 01:19:35,361 --> 01:19:37,670 Congratulations. Thank you, sir. 1282 01:19:42,035 --> 01:19:45,277 They loved it. They loved it. Local, then national. 1283 01:19:46,306 --> 01:19:47,876 We did it, man! 1284 01:19:51,044 --> 01:19:52,045 What? 1285 01:19:53,113 --> 01:19:55,718 I know it sounds crazy, man, but I... 1286 01:19:56,149 --> 01:20:00,119 I kind of miss that little old radio station back at Lorton, man. 1287 01:20:00,420 --> 01:20:04,357 And I know it wasn't nothing but a room and a turntable 1288 01:20:04,357 --> 01:20:06,426 with about 58 records in crates, but I... 1289 01:20:06,426 --> 01:20:07,961 Pete, you're... 1290 01:20:08,695 --> 01:20:12,233 You're a different man now, okay? You're not gonna be... 1291 01:20:12,899 --> 01:20:17,108 You're not going to be defined by your prison time. Not you, Petey! 1292 01:20:20,406 --> 01:20:23,743 This is Petey Greene. Oh, we got a good one for you tonight. 1293 01:20:23,743 --> 01:20:28,248 My guest is the funniest man I know besides me, Mr. Dick Gregory. 1294 01:20:28,248 --> 01:20:29,488 How you doing, Dick? 1295 01:20:29,849 --> 01:20:32,886 My guest tonight is Reverend Jesse Jackson. 1296 01:20:32,886 --> 01:20:35,298 Now what is the state of the dream, Rev? 1297 01:21:14,260 --> 01:21:19,098 You see, I've always had a special gift for making people angry. 1298 01:21:19,098 --> 01:21:22,802 "P.O. P." Pissed-Off People. 1299 01:21:22,802 --> 01:21:27,407 Man, sometimes I feel like I should have a Ph. D. in P.O. P. 1300 01:21:27,407 --> 01:21:30,677 And ain't that a wonderful expression, y'all? "Pissed off"? 1301 01:21:30,677 --> 01:21:33,214 As opposed to what, man? "Pissed on"? 1302 01:21:33,580 --> 01:21:34,581 Speaking of which... 1303 01:21:34,981 --> 01:21:37,350 I gotta apologize again. 1304 01:21:37,350 --> 01:21:41,154 Now, I know some of y'all heard that I lost my mind last night. 1305 01:21:41,154 --> 01:21:44,490 Or as my Aunt Pig would say, "Boy, you're crazy!" 1306 01:21:44,490 --> 01:21:47,293 And I was, too. I was, I ain't lying. 1307 01:21:47,293 --> 01:21:50,730 See, I drank about four gallons of Cold Duck, 1308 01:21:50,730 --> 01:21:53,466 and then I just walked right up on stage and started pissing, just... 1309 01:21:55,568 --> 01:21:57,670 Didn't even bother grabbing it, just walked and... 1310 01:21:59,239 --> 01:22:01,407 Started skipping with it. I said... 1311 01:22:03,042 --> 01:22:06,312 By the time I was through, the stagehand was drunk. 1312 01:22:08,815 --> 01:22:11,784 And we had a whole row of white folk too, all the way across. 1313 01:22:11,784 --> 01:22:13,353 Real important people, now. 1314 01:22:13,353 --> 01:22:15,288 We talking about the big shots, you know, the muckety-mucks. 1315 01:22:15,288 --> 01:22:18,200 Not like you, sir, but... 1316 01:22:19,459 --> 01:22:23,162 I'm telling you, them crackers dropped dead right on the spot. 1317 01:22:23,162 --> 01:22:26,666 All of them. Looked like a row of albino dominoes, just... 1318 01:22:28,935 --> 01:22:34,407 Judge say, "Mr. Petey Greene, we charging you with using your dick 1319 01:22:34,407 --> 01:22:37,977 "as a lethal weapon. Now how do you plead?" 1320 01:22:37,977 --> 01:22:40,713 I said, "Your Honor! Not guilty, Your Honor, not guilty! 1321 01:22:40,713 --> 01:22:45,662 "Come on now, I don't want no parts of this. I use my dick to make love, not war! 1322 01:22:47,954 --> 01:22:50,525 "Shit only look lethal to white folk." 1323 01:22:56,829 --> 01:22:59,332 Good evening, Petey. This is Petey Greene's Washington. 1324 01:22:59,332 --> 01:23:01,668 Okay, let's try that again. 1325 01:23:01,668 --> 01:23:02,902 For what? 1326 01:23:02,902 --> 01:23:06,372 You said, "Good evening, Petey Greene. This is Petey Greene's Washington." 1327 01:23:06,372 --> 01:23:08,641 No, I didn't. Yeah, you did. 1328 01:23:08,641 --> 01:23:10,410 Dewey, I didn't say... That's some stupid shit. 1329 01:23:10,410 --> 01:23:12,045 How many times have we been doing this show? 1330 01:23:12,045 --> 01:23:14,147 I'm gonna say some stupid shit like that? Come on, man. 1331 01:23:14,147 --> 01:23:16,182 Okay, my mistake. I didn't say, "Good evening, Petey." 1332 01:23:16,182 --> 01:23:19,390 That's stupid. Okay, let's try it again. Please. 1333 01:23:20,286 --> 01:23:22,355 Are you ready? Born so. 1334 01:23:22,355 --> 01:23:23,834 Good evening... 1335 01:23:25,191 --> 01:23:27,427 Okay, let's try it again. 1336 01:23:27,427 --> 01:23:29,295 Let's try it again. See what you did? 1337 01:23:29,295 --> 01:23:31,898 I fucked up, is what I did! Yep. 1338 01:23:31,898 --> 01:23:34,037 I gotta stop drinking. God damn! Maybe. 1339 01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:36,069 Good evening, Washington. 1340 01:23:36,069 --> 01:23:39,305 My guest tonight is a pimp that I wouldn't trust to wash my car, 1341 01:23:39,305 --> 01:23:40,807 but y'all done elected him city official... 1342 01:23:40,807 --> 01:23:42,442 Cut! 1343 01:23:42,442 --> 01:23:44,319 Jesus Christ, Petey! 1344 01:23:48,781 --> 01:23:49,782 What? 1345 01:23:51,784 --> 01:23:52,990 Freda! 1346 01:23:53,753 --> 01:23:56,456 I love my job! I love... Where's Petey? 1347 01:23:56,456 --> 01:23:59,892 Where's Petey, huh? Lay it on me, now! Lay it on me! 1348 01:23:59,892 --> 01:24:02,695 Right on with the right-on! 1349 01:24:02,695 --> 01:24:04,597 You're not gonna believe what's happening. 1350 01:24:04,597 --> 01:24:06,699 You're not gonna believe it, man. 1351 01:24:06,699 --> 01:24:08,334 Was it Free Pussy Day or something? 1352 01:24:08,334 --> 01:24:11,637 You are looking at the baddest manager on the planet. 1353 01:24:11,637 --> 01:24:14,007 You, my man, are doing The Tonight Show. 1354 01:24:14,007 --> 01:24:17,977 Next Tuesday, New York City, live and in living color. 1355 01:24:17,977 --> 01:24:22,118 They had an act cancel on The Tonight Show, baby! 1356 01:24:22,315 --> 01:24:24,590 You, me, Carson. 1357 01:24:26,853 --> 01:24:28,921 This is it, my man. Yeah. 1358 01:24:28,921 --> 01:24:32,258 This is that moment that I've been telling you about. 1359 01:24:32,258 --> 01:24:34,203 Yeah. Yeah! 1360 01:24:35,261 --> 01:24:37,741 Yeah, that's great, man. Yeah. Yeah? 1361 01:24:38,264 --> 01:24:39,799 "Here's Petey!" 1362 01:24:41,567 --> 01:24:44,274 Yeah. Yeah. Okay. 1363 01:24:45,104 --> 01:24:46,275 Yeah. Okay. 1364 01:25:18,171 --> 01:25:21,107 New York, New York, y'all. Like they say. 1365 01:25:21,107 --> 01:25:23,814 If you make it here... I'll be a bitch-ass nigga. 1366 01:25:25,111 --> 01:25:26,783 There it is. 1367 01:25:40,693 --> 01:25:42,361 Dewey Hughes? Yes, sir. 1368 01:25:42,361 --> 01:25:44,397 Fred De Cordova. I know. 1369 01:25:44,397 --> 01:25:46,199 Glad you could make it on such short notice. 1370 01:25:46,199 --> 01:25:49,268 If you called us twenty seconds ago, sir, we would have been here. 1371 01:25:49,268 --> 01:25:51,270 And you must be Petey. Hey. 1372 01:25:51,270 --> 01:25:52,438 Heard a lot about you. 1373 01:25:52,438 --> 01:25:54,474 Johnny's looking forward to hearing your routine. 1374 01:25:54,474 --> 01:25:56,476 Well, I just hope I don't disappoint him. 1375 01:25:56,476 --> 01:25:58,744 Oh, you'll be fine. 1376 01:25:58,744 --> 01:26:01,121 Oh, that's Vernell. Hi. 1377 01:26:02,415 --> 01:26:05,953 So, dry run's at 10:00, we're live at 11:30. 1378 01:26:14,160 --> 01:26:16,028 Hi! 1379 01:26:16,028 --> 01:26:17,563 Oh, thank you. 1380 01:26:18,931 --> 01:26:20,501 No, no, please... 1381 01:26:44,557 --> 01:26:46,900 That's very interesting. 1382 01:26:49,061 --> 01:26:50,562 Oh, no! 1383 01:26:51,631 --> 01:26:52,837 Hey. 1384 01:26:55,034 --> 01:26:57,904 Don't worry. Everyone does it. 1385 01:26:57,904 --> 01:27:00,441 Should've seen Elvis. Really? 1386 01:27:12,185 --> 01:27:14,927 Picking up some cable noise from boom 1. 1387 01:27:18,257 --> 01:27:20,236 Yeah. Yeah. 1388 01:27:21,260 --> 01:27:23,535 So Bette's going to do two songs, eh? Bette Midler? 1389 01:27:38,911 --> 01:27:41,323 You should see all the food... 1390 01:27:45,518 --> 01:27:47,520 Would you two relax? 1391 01:27:47,520 --> 01:27:51,157 Carson's gonna give you the thumbs-up, he's gonna sit you down, 1392 01:27:51,157 --> 01:27:53,926 and then you are gonna be a star. 1393 01:27:53,926 --> 01:27:57,463 Yeah, well, I don't know about that, dude. 1394 01:27:57,463 --> 01:28:00,700 I don't know if I'm ready, is what I'm trying to tell you. 1395 01:28:00,700 --> 01:28:04,613 Bette Midler to the stage, please. Bette Midler to the stage. 1396 01:28:05,371 --> 01:28:06,781 You're ready. 1397 01:28:07,006 --> 01:28:09,041 And in exactly 30 minutes, 1398 01:28:09,041 --> 01:28:12,044 this whole country is gonna know what I already know. 1399 01:28:12,044 --> 01:28:16,856 That Petey Greene is the baddest comic in America. 1400 01:28:17,416 --> 01:28:20,158 Just keep it real, like you do, 1401 01:28:21,721 --> 01:28:23,700 you'll be fine. 1402 01:28:24,857 --> 01:28:26,259 - Excuse me. - Yes, sir? 1403 01:28:26,259 --> 01:28:28,761 Where's the green room? Oh, sure thing, sir. Just follow me. 1404 01:28:28,761 --> 01:28:31,571 It's only New York, baby. Just a suburb of P-Town. 1405 01:28:32,865 --> 01:28:34,275 Relax! 1406 01:28:45,011 --> 01:28:47,246 Over here, to your left. Thank you. 1407 01:28:47,246 --> 01:28:48,981 Dewey! Yeah? 1408 01:28:48,981 --> 01:28:51,284 You have to get him out of this, man. 1409 01:28:51,284 --> 01:28:54,128 What? Are you nuts? Listen to me, Dewey. 1410 01:28:54,720 --> 01:28:58,858 I know that man. Hell, you know that man. And I know you saw that look. 1411 01:28:58,858 --> 01:29:01,560 I didn't see shit. I saw nerves. 1412 01:29:01,560 --> 01:29:04,530 Dewey, baby. I know how important this is to you. 1413 01:29:04,530 --> 01:29:06,399 He does, too! That's the only reason why he's here! 1414 01:29:06,399 --> 01:29:09,935 To me? Lt has nothing to do with me. Bullshit, Vernell. 1415 01:29:09,935 --> 01:29:15,775 Bullshit! I mean, Cosby, Gregory, Pryor, they've all been on that stage. 1416 01:29:15,775 --> 01:29:19,178 What comic in the world doesn't want to be on The Tonight Show? 1417 01:29:19,178 --> 01:29:20,546 You see, he ain't a comic. 1418 01:29:20,546 --> 01:29:23,149 He ain't a comic, he ain't a television personality, 1419 01:29:23,149 --> 01:29:24,784 he ain't a civic leader! 1420 01:29:24,784 --> 01:29:27,025 He's just a regular-ass nigga from DC who... 1421 01:29:31,857 --> 01:29:34,860 He's just a regular-ass nigga from DC who likes to run his mouth. 1422 01:29:34,860 --> 01:29:37,596 And for some reason, people respond! Vernell? 1423 01:29:37,596 --> 01:29:40,667 Vernell, you're wrong, okay? 1424 01:29:42,335 --> 01:29:45,971 Look where we are. 1425 01:29:45,971 --> 01:29:50,351 He doesn't want to be here, Dewey. I can see it in his eyes. 1426 01:29:51,143 --> 01:29:54,580 Just keep an eye on him. 1427 01:29:54,580 --> 01:29:57,424 Make sure he doesn't leave that room. Okay? 1428 01:30:01,187 --> 01:30:02,631 Petey? 1429 01:30:03,422 --> 01:30:06,232 Oh, no! No, Petey. 1430 01:30:11,731 --> 01:30:16,077 From New York, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. 1431 01:30:16,535 --> 01:30:20,072 This is Ed McMahon, along with Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra, 1432 01:30:20,072 --> 01:30:24,944 inviting you to join Johnny and his guests, Gig Young, Joe Garagiola, 1433 01:30:24,944 --> 01:30:28,280 Bette Midler, Los Indios Tabajaras, 1434 01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:30,350 and comedian Petey Greene. 1435 01:30:32,785 --> 01:30:37,392 And now, here's Johnny! 1436 01:31:01,580 --> 01:31:05,418 Make sure you're watching him. We'll be right on after Bette Midler. 1437 01:31:05,418 --> 01:31:09,627 Yeah. He's gonna be the greatest thing to ever hit The Tonight Show. 1438 01:31:10,122 --> 01:31:13,492 Hi, I'm Johnny, and if you have a few hours a week, 1439 01:31:13,492 --> 01:31:15,471 you could be a Big Brother to somebody like me. 1440 01:31:16,862 --> 01:31:18,033 Move. 1441 01:31:36,949 --> 01:31:39,318 Did you see him? Did he come out? No, sir. 1442 01:31:39,318 --> 01:31:41,695 Petey? Petey! 1443 01:31:52,031 --> 01:31:54,443 Thank you! You're hot! You're hot! 1444 01:31:56,635 --> 01:31:59,405 You know, I said it before when you were first on the show, and I mean it. 1445 01:31:59,405 --> 01:32:01,740 I said, "You are going to be someone to contend with. 1446 01:32:01,740 --> 01:32:04,477 "You're going to be a big star in this business, 1447 01:32:04,477 --> 01:32:06,684 "because you are unique, and you're different." 1448 01:32:13,786 --> 01:32:15,454 Hey, man. 1449 01:32:15,454 --> 01:32:17,433 Fuck! Petey, 1450 01:32:18,591 --> 01:32:20,331 where have you been? 1451 01:32:20,893 --> 01:32:22,599 I'm here, ain't I? 1452 01:32:34,406 --> 01:32:36,442 All righty, we're back. 1453 01:32:36,442 --> 01:32:40,754 Now, ladies and gentlemen, from Washington, DC, Petey Greene. 1454 01:33:04,670 --> 01:33:06,672 Y'all gonna have to forgive me if I'm a little nervous, 1455 01:33:06,672 --> 01:33:10,042 I just ain't never been in front of this many white folk before. 1456 01:33:11,544 --> 01:33:14,980 I know my manager, Dewey, is backstage right now about to have a heart attack, 1457 01:33:14,980 --> 01:33:20,786 saying, "Oh Lord, please don't let this fool go out here and say something crazy." 1458 01:33:20,786 --> 01:33:23,698 But he knows I always speak the truth. 1459 01:33:25,658 --> 01:33:26,659 Yeah. 1460 01:33:32,531 --> 01:33:34,271 Well, the truth is, 1461 01:33:34,533 --> 01:33:36,569 I'm just an ex-con, y'all. 1462 01:33:37,803 --> 01:33:39,838 And the people that live in the world that I come from, 1463 01:33:39,838 --> 01:33:42,474 well, most of them can't even afford TVs. 1464 01:33:42,474 --> 01:33:45,147 They listen to me on the radio, and they do that 1465 01:33:45,744 --> 01:33:47,814 because I keeps it real. 1466 01:33:49,682 --> 01:33:51,750 When they out there laughing, 1467 01:33:51,750 --> 01:33:54,492 I know they laughing with me, not at me. 1468 01:34:01,427 --> 01:34:04,597 But I look out here at y'all, 1469 01:34:04,597 --> 01:34:09,204 and all I see a room full of white folk waiting to hear some nigger jokes. 1470 01:34:13,072 --> 01:34:15,814 I ain't got nothing to say to you people. 1471 01:34:16,275 --> 01:34:18,516 Y'all ain't ready for P-Town. 1472 01:34:20,946 --> 01:34:22,447 Sorry, Johnny. 1473 01:34:38,163 --> 01:34:40,108 I was being real, Dewey. 1474 01:34:42,301 --> 01:34:43,435 You motherfucker! 1475 01:34:43,435 --> 01:34:44,703 No! Dewey! 1476 01:34:44,703 --> 01:34:47,911 Fuck you, man! Fuck you! 1477 01:34:53,579 --> 01:34:55,347 What the fuck you doing? 1478 01:34:55,347 --> 01:34:56,848 Fuck you, man! Fuck you! 1479 01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:04,430 You know, as far as jails go, this one ain't too bad. 1480 01:35:28,981 --> 01:35:30,849 Dewey, man, I'm sorry, man. 1481 01:35:30,849 --> 01:35:33,192 Get the fuck away from me, man. 1482 01:35:39,425 --> 01:35:43,304 Look here. I ain't never asked for this shit. 1483 01:35:45,164 --> 01:35:49,368 All I ever wanted to do was my little thing on the radio. 1484 01:35:49,368 --> 01:35:53,539 All this other shit, this Tonight Show, come on, man. 1485 01:35:53,539 --> 01:35:55,018 That ain't me. 1486 01:35:55,808 --> 01:35:57,810 I tried to tell you that. 1487 01:36:00,446 --> 01:36:01,720 The whole 1488 01:36:03,082 --> 01:36:04,492 fucking world 1489 01:36:07,352 --> 01:36:08,626 was yours. 1490 01:36:13,258 --> 01:36:14,930 I could've 1491 01:36:16,495 --> 01:36:18,565 taken you right to the top. 1492 01:36:20,799 --> 01:36:22,869 But you just fucked it up. 1493 01:36:25,637 --> 01:36:27,776 You're nothing but a con. 1494 01:36:30,976 --> 01:36:33,922 That's all you'll ever be, just like Milo. 1495 01:36:35,681 --> 01:36:38,752 Just another no-good, 1496 01:36:40,119 --> 01:36:41,563 low-life 1497 01:36:43,889 --> 01:36:44,958 con. 1498 01:36:45,524 --> 01:36:47,594 I ain't your brother, man. 1499 01:36:48,894 --> 01:36:51,930 I also ain't the one got us thrown in here tonight. 1500 01:36:51,930 --> 01:36:53,431 That was you. 1501 01:36:54,633 --> 01:36:56,203 So if I'm a con, 1502 01:36:57,202 --> 01:36:59,011 baby, you a con, too. 1503 01:37:02,407 --> 01:37:05,820 You two. You got bailed. 1504 01:37:28,534 --> 01:37:30,946 Quit trying to change me, Dewey. 1505 01:37:41,713 --> 01:37:43,954 Hey, baby, let's just go home. 1506 01:38:10,709 --> 01:38:15,180 Carnac is attempting to divine an answer while you're sitting here, giggling. 1507 01:38:15,180 --> 01:38:16,815 May I have silence, please? 1508 01:38:16,815 --> 01:38:20,219 Yes. You've had it many times before. 1509 01:38:36,168 --> 01:38:37,203 What the fuck? 1510 01:39:00,192 --> 01:39:02,331 You don't need Petey Greene. 1511 01:39:03,929 --> 01:39:05,965 You've got your own voice. 1512 01:39:08,767 --> 01:39:12,271 You've been on leave for months, and our ratings are in the toilet. 1513 01:39:12,271 --> 01:39:15,809 But you want to came back now and take a shot as a DJ? 1514 01:39:21,880 --> 01:39:27,052 Morning, DC, this is Dewey Hughes, with a morning jam for your traffic jam. 1515 01:39:27,052 --> 01:39:30,422 Or if you're one of a whole lot of folks that can't afford to fill your tank, 1516 01:39:30,422 --> 01:39:34,726 or don't even have a car to put that jacked-up gas in, give me a call. 1517 01:39:34,726 --> 01:39:36,295 I'm here for all y'all. 1518 01:39:36,295 --> 01:39:41,266 So whether you're in your car, at work, at home, or pissed off at the pump, 1519 01:39:41,266 --> 01:39:43,435 pump up the volume and give me a shout! The woman said, "Listen, 1520 01:39:43,435 --> 01:39:46,605 "if you think I'm gonna gargle with that shit after she's through washing her ass, 1521 01:39:46,605 --> 01:39:48,414 "you out of your mind." 1522 01:39:51,643 --> 01:39:53,281 Congratulations. 1523 01:39:58,283 --> 01:40:00,752 Well, DC, it's Sunny Jim... 1524 01:40:00,752 --> 01:40:01,821 ...Sounds of Soul. 1525 01:40:02,120 --> 01:40:03,622 I mentioned Oliver North... 1526 01:40:03,622 --> 01:40:05,824 If you want to let it out, you give me a shout. 1527 01:40:05,824 --> 01:40:09,695 R&B hits from the '70s and '80s. This is The Cathy Show... 1528 01:40:09,695 --> 01:40:13,231 Good morning, DC, this is WOL. 1529 01:40:13,231 --> 01:40:16,168 I'm Dewey Hughes, rocking you to work this morning, 1530 01:40:16,168 --> 01:40:19,404 so take your hand off the horn and turn up the volume, 1531 01:40:19,404 --> 01:40:20,644 'cause at WOL, 1532 01:40:21,740 --> 01:40:24,152 we love music. 1533 01:40:25,944 --> 01:40:27,145 Talk to me, Ralph! 1534 01:40:27,145 --> 01:40:29,314 Wake up, God damn it. 1535 01:40:29,314 --> 01:40:30,849 That's right, DC. 1536 01:40:30,849 --> 01:40:34,286 Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene is back on the scene. 1537 01:40:34,286 --> 01:40:36,288 Morning, everybody. 1538 01:40:38,924 --> 01:40:42,060 Hey, congratulations on your show, there, Dewey. 1539 01:40:42,060 --> 01:40:43,732 Man, I gotta tell you, I never would've believed it, 1540 01:40:43,862 --> 01:40:46,865 but you turned out to be one hell of a DJ, man. 1541 01:40:49,034 --> 01:40:51,207 What you in the mood for, Petey? 1542 01:40:55,040 --> 01:40:58,810 Why don't you play me some of that old Sly Stone? 1543 01:40:58,810 --> 01:41:01,085 If You Want Me To Stay. 1544 01:41:07,686 --> 01:41:08,926 Hung up. 1545 01:41:16,395 --> 01:41:18,033 It's all right. 1546 01:41:27,572 --> 01:41:30,242 What's your job, man? What's your job, man? 1547 01:41:30,242 --> 01:41:32,010 I'm sorry, man. Screen the calls! 1548 01:41:32,010 --> 01:41:34,046 Shut up! Screen the calls! 1549 01:41:34,279 --> 01:41:35,280 God. 1550 01:41:57,569 --> 01:41:58,979 One minute. 1551 01:42:09,247 --> 01:42:10,817 How much is it? 1552 01:42:12,150 --> 01:42:15,587 Priceless, but the pizza's on me. 1553 01:42:15,587 --> 01:42:18,624 I ran into the delivery guy in the hall. 1554 01:42:20,826 --> 01:42:21,997 Nice! 1555 01:42:24,663 --> 01:42:27,370 So I hear you're the man up in here now. 1556 01:42:29,367 --> 01:42:31,141 Cathy Show was a hit. 1557 01:42:32,137 --> 01:42:33,738 I bought the station. 1558 01:42:33,738 --> 01:42:35,182 Congratulations. 1559 01:42:35,941 --> 01:42:38,978 Is that enough milk? Oh, that's fine, honey. 1560 01:42:40,612 --> 01:42:42,284 To your success. 1561 01:42:56,061 --> 01:42:58,997 Aren't you gonna ask me how he is? 1562 01:42:58,997 --> 01:43:01,466 How is he? Come on, Dewey. 1563 01:43:01,466 --> 01:43:05,607 He helped you build this place. You can say his name. 1564 01:43:06,705 --> 01:43:08,115 How's Petey? 1565 01:43:09,241 --> 01:43:10,776 Well, you know, 1566 01:43:11,843 --> 01:43:15,586 all those years of hard living'll catch up to you one day. 1567 01:43:19,050 --> 01:43:20,722 His time is tight. 1568 01:43:23,054 --> 01:43:24,555 He misses you. 1569 01:43:41,940 --> 01:43:43,646 You see this show? 1570 01:43:45,644 --> 01:43:50,182 My whole fucking life is this show. 1571 01:43:50,182 --> 01:43:54,130 I learned to walk, talk and dress 1572 01:43:55,720 --> 01:43:57,756 watching The Tonight Show. 1573 01:43:58,323 --> 01:43:59,858 I can tell. 1574 01:44:02,294 --> 01:44:07,300 Lt showed me that there was a world far away from the Anacostia projects. 1575 01:44:10,802 --> 01:44:13,043 He reminds me of my brothers. 1576 01:44:13,872 --> 01:44:16,079 Loud-ass shit-talkers. 1577 01:44:17,075 --> 01:44:19,919 Funny as hell. Always had me cracking up. 1578 01:44:21,846 --> 01:44:23,825 Milo was the funniest. 1579 01:44:26,785 --> 01:44:28,389 He was my hero. 1580 01:44:29,955 --> 01:44:33,459 He could say anything, do anything. He could've been a... 1581 01:44:46,104 --> 01:44:49,541 Well, he's at Morgan's every Tuesday night, 1582 01:44:49,541 --> 01:44:52,521 waiting for somebody to give him a good game. 1583 01:44:53,578 --> 01:44:55,421 Thanks for the drink. 1584 01:45:02,954 --> 01:45:04,763 I love you, Dewey. 1585 01:45:06,591 --> 01:45:08,764 You take care of yourself, okay? 1586 01:45:51,670 --> 01:45:52,807 Tails. 1587 01:46:12,691 --> 01:46:15,899 So you the new Blue Blazes, huh, man? 1588 01:46:18,229 --> 01:46:19,730 That's right. 1589 01:46:20,832 --> 01:46:26,680 You sure did it, Dewey. Took that little old two-bit radio station 1590 01:46:28,740 --> 01:46:31,345 and turned it into a powerhouse, man. 1591 01:46:48,760 --> 01:46:51,206 I couldn't have done it without you. 1592 01:46:51,930 --> 01:46:52,931 No. 1593 01:46:53,932 --> 01:46:56,605 I could've never did that shit you did. 1594 01:46:57,635 --> 01:46:59,409 Like you said, Dew, 1595 01:47:00,605 --> 01:47:05,611 I needed you to do all the things that I was too afraid to do. 1596 01:47:31,870 --> 01:47:34,005 What about the other part? 1597 01:47:34,005 --> 01:47:35,643 What other part? 1598 01:47:39,377 --> 01:47:40,651 The part 1599 01:47:42,380 --> 01:47:44,587 when I said that I need you 1600 01:47:46,451 --> 01:47:49,454 to say all the things that I'm afraid to say. 1601 01:47:51,222 --> 01:47:52,462 Oh, that part. 1602 01:48:02,367 --> 01:48:03,641 Not now. 1603 01:48:11,109 --> 01:48:12,883 Well, the truth is, 1604 01:48:13,845 --> 01:48:16,291 you ain't getting no younger, man. 1605 01:48:17,549 --> 01:48:22,320 So I decided I'm gonna cut you some slack. 1606 01:48:22,320 --> 01:48:24,231 Go on and forgive you. 1607 01:48:26,024 --> 01:48:27,161 Forgive me. 1608 01:48:34,032 --> 01:48:36,375 I love you like a brother, man. 1609 01:48:38,903 --> 01:48:40,848 I know you love me, too. 1610 01:48:42,474 --> 01:48:44,749 Now, you too stubborn to say it, 1611 01:48:45,910 --> 01:48:48,253 but I think you miss old Petey Greene. 1612 01:48:50,615 --> 01:48:52,992 So I'm gonna give you one last shot. 1613 01:49:01,459 --> 01:49:02,994 That's deep. 1614 01:49:05,363 --> 01:49:07,308 Yeah it was, wasn't it? 1615 01:49:09,601 --> 01:49:11,469 I might put that in a card someday. 1616 01:49:19,577 --> 01:49:21,249 Good shot, Petey. 1617 01:49:39,497 --> 01:49:42,739 Everybody come back to the shop with their eyes fucked up... 1618 01:49:44,235 --> 01:49:45,509 Stop it! 1619 01:49:55,847 --> 01:50:01,219 I ain't nothing, man, I ain't nothing but a con and a thief. 1620 01:50:01,219 --> 01:50:03,855 So I ain't up here trying to be nobody's preacher. 1621 01:50:03,855 --> 01:50:08,064 I'm just trying to tell the truth to y'all, like I promised I would. 1622 01:50:14,299 --> 01:50:18,372 Petey liked to say that he was just a con. 1623 01:50:18,736 --> 01:50:20,909 Telling it like it is. 1624 01:50:22,574 --> 01:50:24,644 But he was more than that. 1625 01:50:29,948 --> 01:50:32,826 He said the things that we were afraid to say. 1626 01:50:34,886 --> 01:50:36,421 I'm sorry, man. 1627 01:50:44,128 --> 01:50:46,870 He was the bravest man that I ever met. 1628 01:50:49,233 --> 01:50:51,975 He was, and still is, everything I'm not. 1629 01:50:55,340 --> 01:50:57,041 And that's why I love him. 1630 01:50:57,041 --> 01:50:58,520 Yeah. 1631 01:51:02,614 --> 01:51:05,060 So, in the words of my best friend, 1632 01:51:08,286 --> 01:51:10,655 - "That's all we got. - Yeah! 1633 01:51:10,655 --> 01:51:12,557 "There ain't no more. That's right! 1634 01:51:12,557 --> 01:51:14,492 "Time is tight. 1635 01:51:14,492 --> 01:51:17,095 "It's the end of the show. 1636 01:51:17,095 --> 01:51:20,974 "So grab your head and make a fist." 1637 01:51:21,566 --> 01:51:24,335 "Listen to me and remember this." 1638 01:51:24,335 --> 01:51:25,737 ...and remember this. 1639 01:51:25,737 --> 01:51:29,107 I tell it to the hot, I tell it to the cold. 1640 01:51:29,107 --> 01:51:32,744 I tell it to the young, I tell it to the old. 1641 01:51:32,744 --> 01:51:35,613 Don't want no laughing, don't want no crying. 1642 01:51:35,613 --> 01:51:38,593 And most of all, no signifying. "...no signifying!" 1643 01:51:39,150 --> 01:51:43,087 This is Petey Greene's Washington, ladies and gentlemen. 1644 01:51:43,087 --> 01:51:44,689 This is P-Town! 1645 01:51:44,689 --> 01:51:48,159 Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 1646 01:51:48,159 --> 01:51:51,902 Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey! 1647 01:51:58,036 --> 01:51:59,207 Be cool, y'all. 1648 01:52:47,185 --> 01:52:49,028 Wake up, God damn it! 1649 01:54:09,066 --> 01:54:11,035 Shirley Chisholm for President, everybody! 1650 01:54:11,035 --> 01:54:13,538 Vote Shirley Chisholm for President, 1972! 1651 01:56:06,550 --> 01:56:09,621 Why do you think they send our boys off to war? 1652 01:58:19,850 --> 01:58:23,422 Look here. I ain't never asked for this shit. 121920

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