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♪ That's my mama ♪
♪ That's my mama ♪
rength ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ That's my mama ♪
♪ That's my mama ♪
♪ A blue-ribbon homemaker ♪
♪♪ Yeah ♪
♪ That's my mama ♪
♪♪ That's my mama ♪
♪ That's my mama ♪
♪ Talking about my mama ♪♪
♪♪ [ Humming ]
Yeah?
Man, what's takin' Dad so long? Man, it's almost closing time.
[ Chuckling ] Earl, don't worry. He'll be here.
ably
Oh, no. He's not taking no plane.
Daddy used to say, "If God had meant for man to fly,
[ Laughs ]
Yeah, well, you don't have to worry about that, man.
He's gonna be proud of you.
s: of the Afro."
Man, you know, t time
I was lugging a 40-pound sack of mail.
Wait till he sees me now. [ Laughs ]
So this is your new job, huh?
A shoeshine boy.
Oh, hey! Hey, Dad.
Hey, man, I ain't no shoeshine boy. These are my shoes.
I was just giving them a little urban renewal.
Hey, Earl does have a new job though.
arber.
- Yeah. I'm working for my man Cliff, Pop. - So you're Clifton.
ow you.
Earl has written me all about his friends.
Go ahead, let me hear you do your "Ooh-whee" thing.
- No, that's Junior. - Oh, that's right.
r.
You're the one Earl's always stealing the girls from.
That's me. [ Chuckles ]
Hang on. Say, Mama, come on in here for a minute.
Great.
bus.
- Clifto - You mu
Oh! How do you do?
]
Well, I would be doing much better if I cou
it me
Well, come with me, Mr. Chambers.
I'll show you where to wash up.
Right on!
Hey, your pop seems to be a really nice guy, Earl.
Yeah, just like me, huh?
I guess I'm just a chip off the "old black." [ Laughs ]
Hey, dig it. Wouldn't it be something if he and Mama hit it off?
idea ma.
and she's young enough to know a good decision when she sees one.
She might even get married again.
Married? Hey, man, slow down, now. They just met.
is, Cher?
[ Groans ]
[ High-Pitched Whistling ]
[ Whistling Continues ]
Earl, it sure is nice of you to fix this big dinner mama.
do,
g
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future...
they didn't change the name to Hecht, Livermore, Farnsworth and Chambers.
.
in a stock
Main
Besides, I have my hands in lots of things.
Look, nothing has changed. You're still talking like "J. Paul Ghetto."
Mark my words, son. I'm gonna strike it rich some day.
Pop, man, when you gonna stop looking for that pie in the sky...
fish in the dish?
.
[ All Talking ]
Welcome to the house of Earl-- completely furnished except for the girls.
room.
Well, am I in it yet?
Everybody sit down. I'm gonna get
Mama, why don't you sit here next to Sammy, and I'll sit--
You ain't got no chairs, man.
I got it, Cliff. Help me with the couch over here.
the coat.
Here, Mama.
ks
Some of my famous rumaki.
See, that's a Japanese appetizer on a toothpick.
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a transistorized shish kebab.
Speaking of Japan, there are quite a lot of business opportunities...
kground
Oh. Well, what do you do, Sammy?
age house.
This quarter we really expect a bull market.
Yeah, bull is the word, all right.
ime for dessert.
Voilà, y'all.
This dessert is really special. Nipsey Russell made it on Dinah's Place.
and there's enough chocolate in that thing...
e Jackson Five.
[ All Laughing ]
Hey, Nipsey was saying, "The king eats the duck, the queen eats the goose,
r
[ Buzzer Sounds ]
- Ooh-whee! - It's him!
Can't stay, got to dash.
Gonna boogie on over
Wine galore, pass out on the floor.
But before we do, let's hope we score.
Hey, man, how's everybody doing?
Listen, you guys are coming to the party, right?
I can't leave, man. You know what Emily Post says--
jive turkey."
That's a paraphrase.
Oh, come on, Earl.
You're not gonna miss one of Freddy's
Yeah, ma they sta and end
You know, fellas, I'm not dressed for heaven.
You guys go on to the party. We'll be fine.
be just fine.
Mama and Sammy
Okay, get my-- Hey, Dad.
Look, Freddy's expecting us, so I got to go.
Of course, you know what a terrible thing it is...
to build somebody's hopes up and then let 'em down, right?
It's like when you tell somebody something that's almost true, but not quite true.
It's still considered a lie.
Unless you're a used-car salesman.
Well, what was all that about?
scheme.
You know the old saying about business.
Yes. "We don't accept checks."
No,
x.
So I'm not gonna talk -rich-quick
I like to think of them as opportunities.
Sammy, I don't understand this talk of yours.
R.C.A., A.T.&T., I.B.M.--
Sounds like to me, you want me to invest in alphabet soup.
No, no. My dream is an all-black shopping center.
center?
,
.
I plan to open it in time for the January white sale.
Our mall will be completely owned by the little man.
Ten thousand share holders will put up $500 each.
Mmm. You know, I sure would like to help you, Sammy,
ou're doing
Oh, don't worry about it.
I'll find those men.
Five hundred dollars.
Oh, I could never-- Hmm.
Well, could I be half of a little man?
Eloise, now, there's some risk involved.
chances
That would be fine, but you don't have to.
g it
t?
when he finds out the woman making his oatmeal...
ht to smack you
.
Well, look at it this way, Cliff.
Okay, so we struck out.
But when we turned on the lights it turned out to be a blessing.
Sammy, Mama, sorry we're late.
Oh, it is late.
Well, Sammy-- [ Chuckles ]
Eloise, take care.
[ All Talking ]
Good night.
Good night!
I hear you're bread.
Can you make my money grow without breaking any federal laws?
Hey, no, now, wait.
I'm just talking about something small.
Like, if you can't put me into Xerox, put me into carbon paper.
Well, lots of people have found success in peanut futures.
l's father,
e.
in
Hey, Junior, now where you gonna get $100, man?
ar.
[ Laughs ]
Well, we'll see who gyps who.
no car.
t.
I'm telling you, Earl, mathematics is the key to basketball.
u're root of lousy.
Ow! My manicure!
Your manicure? Here.
Earl, now come on, man, what's been bugging you?
Oh, nothin', man, nothin'.
Hey, man, this is me. Now, I know when something's got you down.
You weren't playing your usual game today.
I mean, you didn't fake any injuries.
hen rebound.
You didn't even hide the ball under your shirt. What's wrong?
I didn't want to ruin my shirt.
e, man.
All right.
g ]
Got it! [ Laughs ]
Earl, I think I'll have a beer too,
and would you mind opening it for me?
I always lacerate my fingers on the pop tops.
Ooh!
onight?
Oh, I get the picture.
e, dancing cheek to cheek.
But we're gonna do the Bump.
Well, Sammy must really be something special, Mama.
'Cause you're just not the kind of woman...
who would Bump with just anybody.
He is nice.
But you know, I just wish he wouldn't do so much big talking.
I hope tonight that he'll give me time to do a little talking,
'cause I've got to tell him that I've changed my mind...
about going into business with him.
- Business? - Yes. Very good idea too.
shouldn't have
- Check? What check? - The check for the money.
Mama and
Well, Clifton, I partly did it to surprise you.
.
You see, that check was written with a mixture of ink and wine.
Heavy on the wine.
Well, Mama, what did you put the money into?
.
eople.
He wants to get rid of the police?
on a bandage.
- You mean he cut his finger after all? - No, he cut his lip.
it for him.
Earl, I'm glad you're here. I want to talk to you.
,
and I'm not sure how he's gonna take it.
Oh. Probably better than I'm gonna take it.
Okay
Wait a minute, man. I worked hard for that money.
him, me?
Well, I'll tell the both of you.
Sammy told me about an investment,
e
he could wait
I guess you could say I hung some bad paper on the dude.
Mama, you didn't cover that check yet, did you?
What do you mean, man?
Look I re
I should have warned you about my daddy.
Warned us about your father? That's what's been bugging you.
Yeah been abou
at is he, man?
A thief?
No, a janitor.
I mean, a janitor with these big ideas-- You know.
And he's always making promises, you know?
comes
he's worse than a cheerleader on the first date.
Now, Mama, if anybody takes him serious,
they are always let down by this man.
Sit down, man. I'll get it.
Ooh...
whee!
Earl, your father is the greatest.
told me in peanuts,
away
So he always lets people down, huh?
en Junior
since he shared an elevator with three of the Four Tops.
Do you have any Mercurochrome, Mama? That iodine stings.
Leonard, are you all right?
Oh, oh, oh. .
viser, E.F.
Oh, E.F. Hutton.
No, dude, "E.F." "Earl's Father."
Hey, you've been drinking beer again, huh?
Leonard, would you excuse yourself?
Oh, sure, Mama.
Sure.
I think you should talk to Earl alone.
Earl, Sammy didn't hurt me.
I could tell he was a man that liked to stretch the truth a little.
A little? Mama, he can hold his own...
ion
I mean, trying to pass himself off as a stockbroker.
So what? There are a lot of worse habits a man could have than exaggerating.
He said that he was the leader of the black underground movement.
Earl,
do you love your father?
Well?
Yeah, Mama, you know, I love him, but I don't know what he does.
uldn't
ever .
e
than the son of a stockbroker,
as long as he's the janitor?
No.
Earl, did you ever tell him you love him?
[ Doorbell Rings ]
That must be Sammy. I'm gonna
Now it's not too late to tell him what you feel.
Oh, Mama, look. I can't do that.
I mean, in my whole life, the only times I say "I love you"...
is when it's 2:00 in the morning and nothing else works.
[ Doorbell Rings ]
Hey. Hey, Pop.
Mama'll be down in a minute. Why don't you have a seat.
Uh--
Hmm?
Okay, go ahead.
You remember the time when... [ Chuckles ]
I was 17, and you came to town to visit me?
Mm-hmm. That was the time your mother said divorce wasn't final enough,
kill me.
Yeah, that's the time.
And remember, you came out to kind of watch me play basketball,
nted you,
so I tried to dunk the ball, you know,
and got my fingers hung up there in the net, and was hanging there?
[ La Yeah but
feel bad, w,
Every father wants a-- Well, a son who can dunk, you know,
just like Treetop Murphy.
Yeah, good old Treetop.
.
u said,
I don't care if you can't dunk."
Earl, why are you telling me this story?
[ Sighing ] Well, I-- Uh--
What?
Hey, I'm proud to be your son, man, for real, you know.
And, like, I don't care what you do.
You don't need any fancy titles with me.
Earl, I didn you felt tha
I love you too.
Well, all right, then. All right.
titles for me.
I mean, the only one you need is "Dad," Dad.
[ Laughing ] All right, all right.
My dad, the maintenance engineer.
[ Both Laughing ]
No, no-- that's "janitor."
All right.