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(Clifton) WELCOME TO OSCAR'S BARBERSHOP,
NAMED AFTER MY DADDY, WHO PASSED IT ON TO ME.
IT'S BEEN A PART OF WASHINGTON D.C. A LONG TIME.
THIS IS ME, CLIFTON CURTIS.
MY OWN BOSS AND LOVIN' EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
AND THIS IS MY LITTLE SISTER, TRACY,
AND HER HUSBAND, LEONARD.
THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY EARL.
AND THIS WONDERFUL PERSON,
WELL, THAT'S MY MAMA.
IT'S NO USE, CLIFTON,
I CAN'T MAKE DECENT MEALS AND STICK TO OUR BUDGET.
IF THINGS GET ANY WORSE BY THE TIME THANKSGIVING COMES,
I'LL HAVE TO STUFF OUR TURKEY WITH NEWSPAPERS.
WELL, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYBODY CAN KEEP UP WITH INFLATION, MAMA.
I MEAN, IF THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR DROPS ANYMORE,
THEY'LL HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE EAGLE AND PUT ON A PIGEON.
BUT IT SAYS HERE CONGRESS IS GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
YEAH, AFTER THEY VOTE THEMSELVES A RAISE,
WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US?
WELL, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ECONOMIZE
AND ONLY BUY THINGS THAT ARE ON SALE CHEAP,
LIKE, LOOKY HERE.
JUST THINK UP A GOOD RECIPE FOR CHICKEN FEET PRUNES AND FLY SPRAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT DOWN.
AND YOU BETTER START THINKIN' ABOUT RAISIN' THE PRICE OF HAIRCUTS.
OH, NO. I CAN'T DO THAT MAMA.
MY PRICES ARE TOO HIGH AS IT IS.
DON'T WORRY, THINGS WILL PICK UP.
[bell tinkling]
SEE, WHAT I MEAN? SOUNDS LIKE I'VE GOT A LIVE ONE.
HMM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, CLIFTON.
BUT WHAT?
WELL, WE'LL EITHER HOCK THE FAMILY SILVER,
OR JUST TIGHTEN UP OUR BELTS.
THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO DO.
HI, UH, Y-YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER ME.
FLOYD GATLIN!
HOW YOU DOIN', BUDDY?
I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D REMEMBER. OH, GEE, YOU REALLY DO REMEMBER.
REMEMBER YOU! HOW COULD I FORGET AN OLD ARMY BUDDY, HUH?
THE GUY WHO STUCK HIS NECK OUT FOR ME
THAT TIME I CRAMMED 5 DAYS INTO A 3-DAY PASS.
IT WAS NOTHIN'.
YEAH, NOTHIN' BUT THE STOCKADE,
IF THE F EVER FOU
ANSWERING FOR ME AT ROLL CALL.
OH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME GOIN' TO THE STOCKADE.
I DIDN'T. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME.
OH, NO, I'M JUST KIDDIN' YOU, BUDDY.
HEY, THAT WAS SOME FAVOR YOU DID ME!
I STILL HAVE THE WATCH YOU GAVE ME FOR THANKS.
OH, THE THANK-YOU WATCH
"TO FLOYD, AS ONE BARBER TO ANOTHER,
THANKS FOR SAVING ME FROM A HAIRY EXPERIENCE!"
I REALLY WROTE THAT, HUH?
WELL, I WAS YOUNGER THEN.
CLIFTON, I THINK I HAVE A WORKABLE FOOD BUDGET,
BUT WE DON'T GET MEAT TILL FEBRUARY.
MAMA, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE,
FLOYD GATLIN. WE WERE IN THE ARMY TOGETHER.
PLEASED TO MEET YOU, MRS. CURTIS.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO THANK YOU
FOR THOSE COOKIES YOU USED TO SEND CLIFTON.
WE ALL ENJOYED THEM.
OH, THANK YOU, FLOYD.
IT CERTAINLY IS NICE TO MEET ONE OF CLIFTON'S ARMY FRIENDS
WHO'S SO WELL-MANNERED.
MAIL CALL!
AND UNLIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW.
WHAT'S HAPPENIN', PRETTY MAMA?
HI, EARL.
HEY! HEY! HEY!
WHAT'S HAPPENIN'? WHAT'S NEW? HOW YOU BEEN?
I'M, UH, FINE. HOW ARE YOU?
OH, FINE! HEY, YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
WHO ARE YOU?
EARL, THE WAY YOU WERE SAYIN' HELLO,
I THOUGHT YOU WERE OLD BUDDIES.
THIS IS FLOYD GATLIN, ANOTHER ARMY BUDDY OF MINE.
REMEMBER, I TOLD YOU ABOUT HIM?
OH, YEAH. THE CAT WHO SAVED YOU WHEN YOU WAS A.W.O.L.!
A.W.O.L.?
OH YEAH, MAMA. YOU SEE, UH,
CLIFF WAS BIVOUACKED BY A WALL
AND IT STARTED TO FALL, SO FLOYD, UH, SAW IT,
RUSHED OVER, PULLED CLIFTON AWAY,
AND SAVED HIM FROM A WALL.
THAT'S WHAT A.W.O.L. MEANS, MAMA.
OH. I THOUGHT IT MEANT ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
[chuckles]
BRILLIANT, EARL, BRILLIANT.
I'VE SEEN YOU WHERE BEFORE, MAN.
NO, NO, YOU COULDN'T HAVE.
.
OH, YEAH, BUT I NEVER FORGET A FACE.
SAY, WERE YOU EVER A DESK CLERK AT THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER MOTEL?
HUH? NO.
FLOYD'S A BARBER, EARL.
OH, YEAH? WHERE YOU BEEN WORKING, MAN?
OH, UH...
AHEM, I'M SORT OF IN BETWEEN.
UH, I--I'VE WORKED
BUT, UH, NO PLACE LATELY?
[sighing] NO.
UH, JOBS ARE KINDA HARD TO COME BY,
AND I THOUGHT, SEEING AS HOW YOU GAVE ME THE WATCH
A O
[chuckles] TIMES BEING HARD,
YOU FIGURED I COULD GET YOU A JOB.
WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COINCIDENCE FLOYD,
I WAS JUST IN THERE TALKIN' WITH MY MOTHER
ABOUT HOW INFLATION WAS JUST SWEEPING, UH,
THE COUNTRY AND, UH,
[laughs]
HOW'D WE'D HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON OUR BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, FOOD AND THINGS.
YOU REALLY NEED A JOB BAD, HUH, FLOYD?
UH, YEAH.
BUT I--I SHOULDN'T HAVE BOTHERED YOU.
YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT SOMEBODY ELSE WORKIN' THIS CHAIR.
NO, CLIFF DON'T HAVE NOBODY WORKIN' THAT CHAIR, MAN.
YOU MEAN, YOU--YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WORKIN' THIS CHAIR?
WELL, I WORK IT MYSELF SOMETIMES. UH...
UH, FLOYD, YOU WANT A JOB? YOU GOT ONE.
HEY, YOU WON'T GET RICH,
BUT YOU CAN WORK THAT CHAIR,
AT LEAST UNTIL YOU GET YOURSELF ON YOUR FEET.
OK, IF YOU REALLY WANT ME.
I HOPE YOU WON'T BE SORRY.
I--I HOPE SO, TOO.
HEY, HEY!
HEY! I SEE MY MAN, FLOYD,
FOUND THE WAY.
OH, YOU TWO KNOW EACH OTHER?
YEAH, MAN. WE GO WAY BACK.
WAY BACK TO THE BUS STOP.
I JUST GOT INTO TOWN AND RAN INTO JUNIOR.
HE OFFERED TO HELP FIND ME A PLACE TO STAY
AFTER HE FOUND OUT I WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS.
OH, THAT'S GREAT. JUNIOR'S GONNA GET YOU A PLACE TO STAY,
AND I GAVE YOU A JOB.
[whooping]
CLIFF, LET ME SHAKE YOUR HAND, BROTHER.
BODY
UH, IS THAT TRUE, FLOYD? YOU DID TIME?
WELL, YEAH.
UH-HUH, I THOUGHT I'D SEEN YOUR FACE BEFORE
ON THE WALL OF THE POST OFFICE
BETWEEN MAD DOG GERBER AND THE KISSING BANDIT.
MMM-HMM.
FLOYD, WHAT WERE YOU DOIN' IN THE PEN?
SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
HEY, DRINKIN' LOTS OF WATER, BREATHIN' SLOW,
AND HOPIN' THAT LICENSE PLATE MACHINE WOULD BREAK DOWN.
HEY, LISTEN, I GOTTA SPLIT AND LINE UP THAT ROOM FOR YOU.
A-ARE YOU SURE IT'S NO TROUBLE?
NO TROUBLE, BLOOD. I'M GONNA GET YOU A ROOM
AT MY AUNT WINCIE'S BOARDIN' HOUSE.
AND I'LL HAVE HER TAKE DOWN ALL THEM PICTURES OF ZEBRAS
SHE GOT HANGIN' ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WHY?
I KNOW ALL THEM STRIPES WOULD DRIVE YOU RIGHT UP THE WALL.
WOW, FLOYD!
I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE A--A...
YES, THAT'S WHAT I AM. A JAILBIRD.
RRANGEMENT.
I WON'T HOLD YOU TO IT.
HEY, FLOYD, WAIT A MINUTE, MAN.
I WASN'T PUTTIN' YOU DOWN. I WAS JUST SURPRISED.
I KNOW.
PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY SURPRISED AT FIRST,
SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN SORRY FOR YOU.
BUT AFTER THEY THINK ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE,
THEY JUST DON'T WANT YOU AROUND.
I'LL SEE YOU, CLIFF.
HEY, FLOYD, WAIT.
NOW, UH,
I'M NOT JUST PEOPLE, I'M YOUR FRIEND.
NOW I OFFERED YOU A JOB AND THAT OFFER STILL STANDS.
YOU BETTER CHECK HIS RECORD FIRST, CLIFF.
EEN IN
I WAS NOT!
FLOYD, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST COME RIGHT OUT AND TELL ME?
[sighs]
I WAS GOING TO,
UH, SOME TIME.
IT'S KINDA HARD TO EXPLAIN.
AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE ARMY,
I COULDN'T GET A CAREER STARTED.
SO I WENT INTO, THEFT.
WELL, EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.
YEAH. I MADE 3,
2 DIAMOND RINGS AND A TRANSISTOR RADIO.
SAY, UH, COULD YOU MAKE ONE MORE, BROTHER?
MAN.
LIGHTEN UP, EARL, HUH?
NOW, FLOYD...
FLOYD, I BELIEVE IN YOU,
AND I WANT YOU TO WORK HERE WITH ME FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND I WON'T LOOK ON YOU AS A CROOK.
NOW WHAT DO YOU SAY?
UH, UH...
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU'D SAY.
I'LL TRY.
GOOD. NOW COME ON.
YOU GET YOUR PLACE TOGETHER WITH JUNIOR
AND THEN, REPORT BACK FOR WORK.
YOUR WELCOME.
HOLD UP, FLOYD. I'LL WALK YOU TO AUNT WINCIE'S.
SAY, BLOOD, THAT WAS A VERY HIP THING YOU DID.
BUT YOU BETTER NOT L
DON'T WORRY, I WON'T.
OH, MAMA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO IRON THE NAPKINS.
I CAN DO THAT AT HOME.
OH, YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO GET READY WITH LEONARD'S BOSS
COMIN' TO DINNER. I'M ALMOST THROUGH.
WELL, I'M NOT IN A RUSH.
BESIDES, LEONARD'S STILL GETTING A SHAVE.
MAMA, I HOPE THAT NEW BARBER IS GOOD.
LEONARD'S GOT SKIN LIKE A BABY'S BOTTOM.
OH, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
FLOYD'S ONLY GONNA SHAVE HIS FACE!
WELL, CLIFTON,
WHO'D YOU PUT ON THE PAYROLL TODAY?
A HULA DANCER TO BRUSH OFF YOUR CUSTOMERS WITH HER GRASS SKIRT?
THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA, TRACY.
HOW ABOUT 20 CENTS AN HOUR?
I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING,
BUT YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU HIRING A BARBER WE DON'T NEED.
WELL, I'M SORRY, MAMA,
BUT I OWED THE GUY A FAVOR, AND HE REALLY NEEDED THE JOB BAD.
BESIDES, HE'S A GOOD BARBER.
THAT INCOMPETENT IN YOUR BARBERSHOP
HAS JUST SCALPED MY CHEEK!
NOW, HOW AM I GONNA MEET MY COMPANY'S VICE PRESIDENT TONIGHT
LOOKING LIKE THIS?
OTHER CHEEK.
OH, SWEETHEART.
DID YOU LOSE MUCH BLOOD? YOU'RE LOOKING KINDA PALE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
NOW, FLOYD'S BEEN HERE ALMOST A WEEK.
AND YOU'VE PAID YOUR DEBT OF FRIENDSHIP.
NOW YOU CAN GET RID OF HIM.
NO! FLOYD NEVER CUT ANYBODY BEFORE.
LEONARD PROBABLY MADE HIM NERVOUS.
I CERTAINLY DID NOT.
YOUR FRIEND WAS GIVING ME A FINE SHAVE
UNTIL PATROLMAN RICHARDSON CAME IN.
THEN FLOYD BECAME JACK THE RIPPER!
MAMA'S RIGHT, CLIFTON. YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GET RID OF FLOYD.
COME ON, HONEY.
I'LL PUT SOMETHIN' ON THOSE NASTY CUTS WHEN WE GET HOME.
ALL RIGHT, BUT DON'T USE ANYTHING THAT STINGS.
CLIFTON, IF YOU KEEP FLOYD, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR BUSINESS.
FORGET IT, MAMA.
[grunts]
I'M NOT GONNA FIRE FLOYD.
WELL, I DON'T USUALLY INTERFERE IN SHOP BUSINESS, SON,
BUT THIS IS SERIOUS.
NOW, WHY WON'T YOU FIRE HIM?
BECAUSE...
BECAUSE I CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T?
IT'S YOUR BARBERSHOP,
AND IT IS A FREE COUNTRY.
YEAH, BUT HE'S NOT AS FREE AS I AM.
I MEAN, HE IS, BUT HE ISN'T.
I MEAN...
UM, FLOYD'S AN EX-CONVICT. HE JUST SERVED TIME FOR THEFT.
YOU GIVE A RAZOR TO A JAILBIRD
AND TURN HIM LOOSE ON YOUR OWN BROTHER-IN-LAW?
THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THE ATTITUDE THAT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR EX-CONS
TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.
WELL, I'M SORRY, MAMA, BUT THAT'S NOT MY ATTITUDE.
I LIKE FLOYD AND I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO STAY ON.
WELL, WHILE YOU'RE AT IT,
ASK HIM IF HE'S SEEN
WHY?
BECAUSE IT'S GONE!
FLOYD, UH, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS SOMETHIN' WITH YOU.
I K WHA
YOU NOTICED SOMETHING'S MISSIN', RIGHT?
WELL, YES.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S MISSIN'?
MY FORMER LACK OF SELF CONFIDENCE, THAT'S WHAT.
OH, I HAVE TO ADMIT.
I GOT OFF TO A SLOW START.
BUT I'M PICKIN' UP THINGS FASTER THAN I EVER THOUGHT I COULD.
THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, FLOYD.
I DIDN'T HAVE AN EASY LIFE.
NOT, LIKE SOME PEOPLE.
BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN THEIR MOUTH.
[laughs]
FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION SILVER SPOONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA THANK YOU FOR GIVIN' ME THIS CHANCE.
I MEAN, I WAS LOST.
BUT THANKS TO YOUR FAITH IN ME,
I FOUND MYSELF.
AND WHILE YOU WERE FINDING THINGS,
DID YOU HAPPEN TO FIND MY SILVER?
I--I BEG YOUR PARDON, MRS. CURTIS?
YOUR SILVER?
UH, MAMA, LET ME.
FLOYD, UH,
THE DRAWER WHERE THE SILVERWARE WAS,
IS EMPTY?
UH, THE SILVERWARE IS--IS NOWHERE.
I--I MEAN, IT'S--IT'S SOMEWHERE. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE.
CLIFF, DO YOU THINK I TOOK YOUR SILVER?
WELL, I WOULDN'T PUT IT THAT WAY.
I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. YOU THINK I TOOK YOUR SILVER.
I WISH YOU DIDN'T PUT THINGS SO WELL.
F, NOT YOU?
YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT BELIEVED IN ME.
NOW, WAIT, FLOYD.
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SAY YOU TOOK IT.
NO, I SAID YOU TOOK IT.
I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
SOMETHIN' WOULD TURN UP MISSIN', AND WHO GETS BLAMED?
THE EX-CON. BLAME HIM.
NEVER MIND IF HE HAS TO GO BACK TO JAIL.
WELL, I'M NOT GOING!
FLOYD. FLOYD!
FLOYD, IF YOU'RE NOT GOIN', COME BACK!
FLOYD, YOU--YOU JUST CAN'T RUN!
THAT'S A LIE, THAT DUDE CAN RUN!
HE GOT ME FOR A SMOCK, TOO.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? HE WOULDN'T EVEN TURN AROUND.
NEITHER WOULD I IF I WAS HEADIN' FOR THE BORDER.
OH, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT'S MY MAMA TALKIN' LIKE THIS.
[scoffs]
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LESSONS OF THE SCRIPTURE,
"JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED."
UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, CLIFTON.
MAYBE, I SHOULDN'T JUDGE FLOYD THIS WAY.
T
FOR AN INNOCENT MAN, HE SURE RUNS LIKE A THIEF!
OH, MAMA. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THAT WAS A MAN'S DESPERATE FLIGHT FROM REALITY.
[scoffing] HE'LL EAT GOOD ON THAT FLIGHT
'CAUSE HE'S CARRYIN' SERVICE FOR 8!
OH, GOOD MORNING, MAMA.
HI, CLIFTON.
HOW LONG DID YOU AND EARL STAY OUT LAST NIGHT LOOKIN' FOR FLOYD?
OH, WE MUST HAVE BEEN OUT TILL 3:00, 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
DIDN'T FIND A TRACE OF HIM.
BUT WE'RE GOIN' OUT AGAIN.
CLIFTON, AFTER ALL THIS HAPPENED,
DO YOU STILL THINK THAT FLOYD IS INNOCENT?
WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, MAMA, I'M NOT SO SURE.
I WANNA BELIEVE IN HIM,
BUT I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT, RIGHT NOW, I'M ON THE FENCE.
HMM.
RIGHT NOW, FLOYD'S PROBABLY WITH THE FENCE.
[doorbell rings]
OH, THAT MUST BE EARL COMIN' BACK FROM THE WILD GOOSE CHASE.
NO, IT'S THE GOOSE.
ON SECOND THOUGHT, I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS I WANNA SAY.
GOOD. 'CAUSE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I WANNA KNOW.
LET THE MAN SPEAK, MAMA. GO ON IN, FLOYD.
WELL, WHEN I RAN OUT YESTERDAY,
I THOUGHT I WAS GOIN' RIGHT BACK TO JAIL.
I RAN HALF THE NIGHT,
THEN I SAID TO MYSELF,
"WHAT AM I RUNNIN' FOR? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING."
WELL, IT DID LOOK SUSPICIOUS WHEN YOU TOOK OFF OUTTA HERE
LIKE A BROTHER ESCAPIN' FROM A KU KLUX *** SURPRISE PARTY.
I KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I REALIZED.
IF YOU ACT LIKE A CRIMINAL, YOU'LL GET TREATED LIKE A CRIMINAL.
SO I MADE UP MY MIND TO START ACTING LIKE WHAT I AM.
AN INNOCENT MAN.
MAMA, FLOYD'S DOIN' THE RIGHT THING.
AND I STILL BELIEVE HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR MISSIN' SILVER.
YOU DO?
YES, I DO.
THANKS!
HEY, CLIFF.
I DIDN'T SEE NO SIGN OF THAT SHIFTY-EYED WEASEL.
BUT I GOT SOME NEWS.
JUNIOR SAW HIM GOIN' INTO A PAWN SHOP LAST NIGHT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTIN' CLOSER TO THAT SKUNK.
TURN AROUND, EARL, AND TAKE A GOOD WHIFF.
Y CAUGHT
FLOYD, WHAT WERE YOU DOIN' AT A PAWN SHOP, YESTERDAY?
I'M GETTIN' OUT OF HERE.
OH, NO
MMM, NO, NO. YOU GONNA SIT RIGHT ON DOWN HERE.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA COME CLEAN WITH US.
NOW, COME ON, FLOYD, TELL US EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
OK, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
I DID GO TO A PAWN SHOP.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SILVERWARE.
SILVERWARE?
I PAWNED CLIFTON'S FRIENDSHIP WATCH
BECAUSE I DON'T CONSIDER HIM A FRIEND ANYMORE.
OH, COME ON, FLOYD.
NOW YOU GOT TO ADMIT THAT ALL OF THIS LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.
WELL...
[clearing throat]
FLOYD.
FLOYD, I PLAYED IT STRAIGHT WITH YOU, MAN.
I'VE BEEN IN YOUR CORNER ALL THE WAY.
NOW YOU BETTER PLAY IT STRAIGHT WITH ME.
CLIFTON, HOW CAN A CROOKED MAN PLAY IT STRAIGHT?
MAMA, PLEASE!
NOW, FLOYD, I WANT THE ANSWER TO ONE QUESTION.
WHERE'S MY SILVERWARE?
HI, EVERYBODY!
MAMA, THAT PARTY WAS GREAT!
SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE USE OF YOUR TABLECLOTH,
YOUR NAPKINS, AND YOUR SILVERWARE.
SILVERWARE?
WELL, GEE. DIDN'T I TELL YOU I BORROWED IT?
[titters]
WELL, SO FLOYD'S NOT THE CRIMINAL,
UH, TRACY IS.
OH, WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?
WELL, WE THOUGHT-- WE THOUGHT FLOYD HAD TAKEN MAMA'S STERLING SILVERWARE,
AND NO ONE KNEW THAT YOU HAD IT.
FLOYD, I THINK WE ALL OWE YOU AN APOLOGY.
OH, NO, YOU DON'T. SHE DOES.
YOU'RE RIGHT, FLOYD, I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY.
MY SON HAD FAITH IN YOU, BUT I DIDN'T,
AND LIKE MOST PEOPLE,
I JUMPED TO THE WRONG CONCLUSION
JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE AN EX-CONVICT.
HMM, I WAS WRONG.
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
SURE, MRS. CURTIS.
WELL, THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU, MAMA,
YOU CANNOT JUDGE A MAN'S COVER
BY HOW MANY TIMES HE'S BEEN BOOKED.
UH, N-N-N-NO.
NO, IT'S, UH, YOU CANNOT BOOK A JUDGE
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES HE'S BEEN
A MAN.
UH, UH, UH, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES A JUDGE HAS BEEN BOOKED,
HE'S STILL NOT A MAN.
COME ON, TRACY, BEFORE HE STARTS TO EXPLAIN A.W.O.L. AGAIN.
NO MATTER HOW MAN COVERS A JUDGE IS BOOKED,
IT DOESN'T MATTER 'CAUSE IT SHOWS YOU?
HEY, CLIFF?
MAMA?
(Clifton) THAT'S MY MAMA WAS RECORDED ON TAPE
BEFORE A LIVE AUDIENCE.