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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.
S IS
AND HER HUSBAND, LEONARD.
THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY EARL.
AND THIS WONDERFUL PERSON,
WELL, THAT'S MY MAMA.
HELLO, ELOISE.
OH, RUBY, WHAT A NICE SURPRISE.
I WAS PASSING BY AND I JUST HAD TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?
I THINK YOU DO A BETTER JITTERBUG.
I MEAN THE NEW DRESS.
OH, YOU LOOK LOVELY.
[laughs]
LENORE WILTON HELPED ME OUT.
OH.
WELL, IT MAKES YOU LOOK CHUNKY.
NOW THERE YOU GO AGAIN.
WHAT'S WITH YOU AND LENORE?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT.
OH, YES YOU DO.
LENORE IS AN OLD FRIEND WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN OVER 20 YEARS.
AND EVER SINCE SHE'S BEEN VISITIN',
YOU'VE BEEN PUTTIN' HER DOWN.
YOU DON'T EVEN ASK ABOUT HER.
YOU'RE RIGHT. I SHOULD ASK ABOUT HER.
RUBY, WHEN'S LENORE GOIN' BACK HOME?
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
IT'S TRUE, LENORE IS A LITTLE STRANGE IN HER WAYS,
BUT SHE'S GOT A BIG HEART.
NOT HALF AS BIG AS HER MOUTH.
ALL RIGHT, SO SHE BRAGS
A LITTLE BIT?
NOBODY HAS A NICER HOUSE,
NOBODY'S GOT MORE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
AND DID YOU EVER HEAR WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT HER HUSBAND?
[mimicking Lenore] MY BERNARD IS JUST ABOUT
THE FINEST SANITARY ENGINEER IN DETROIT.
WELL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH SAYIN' SOMETHIN' NICE ABOUT HER HUSBAND?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH SAYIN' HE'S A GARBAGE MAN?
NOW, MY OSCAR, GOD REST HIS SOUL, WAS WONDERFUL BARKER,
BUT YOU NEVER HEARD ME REFER TO HIM
AS THE FINEST TONSORIAL TECHNICIAN IN WASHINGTON.
OH, YOU KNOW HOW LENORE IS.
SPEAKIN' OF OSCAR, ANY WORD FROM THE CHURCH YET?
WELL, ACCORDING TO REV. PICKETT,
WE SHOULD BE GETTIN' A LETTER ANY DAY NOW.
RUBY, I'M SO NERVOUS.
LORD, WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL
IF THE COMMITTEE NAMED THE NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL WING AFTER HIM?
THE OSCAR CURTIS MEMORIAL WING.
.
RUBY, DON'T EVEN MENTION IT YET.
DO YOU REALIZE THE COMPETITION HE'S UP AGAINST?
HONEY, THERE WASN'T A FINER MAN
OR A MORE DEVOUT CHURCHGOER THAN OSCAR.
AND THEY'RE BOUND TO NAME THE NEW SCHOOL AFTER HIM.
NOW DON'T GO KNOCKIN' ON WOOD.
THAT'S A CHILDISH SUPERSTITION.
LOOK AT ME, I'M NOT SUPERSTITIOUS.
WELL, I YOU'RE RI
BUT I SURE WISH I COULD HEAR FROM THE CHURCH.
THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME.
GENTLEMEN,
THE UNITED STATES MAIL HAS ARRIVED. OW!
ATE.
THEN I'M RIGHT ON TIME, BABY.
(Clifton) ON TIME? I DIDN'T EVEN THINK YOU WERE COMIN'.
NOT COMING?
NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR HEAT
NOR GLOOM OF NIGHT SHALL STAY THIS TRUSTED COURIER
IFT COMPLETION DS.
HEY, EARL, THEN HOW COME YOU'RE LATE?
IT DON'T SAY NOTHIN' ABOUT BEIN' ON TIME.
WELL, SWIFTY, UH, COULD I HAVE THE MAIL?
ARE YOU "OCCUPANT"?
UH, YES, THAT'S ME.
WAIT A MINUTE NOW, SOMEBODY NEXT DOOR GOT THE SAME NAME.
OH, I GUESS THE LETTER DIDN'T COME.
WHAT LETTER?
TTER.
THE LETTER THAT MAMA AND I BEEN WAITING FOR, F
OH!
OUR NEXT CATEGORY IS BEST SUPPORTIN' ROLE IN THE CHURCH
AND THE NOMINEES ARE--
UH, THE ENVELOPE PLEASE, MR. PRICE WATERLOUSE.
THAT'S PRICE WATERHOUSE.
UH, YOU HEARD ME.
COME ON, DON'T KEEP US SE.
[laughs]
THE CHURCH USES HOLY SUPER GLUE.
AH, IT'S BEEN NARROWED DOWN TO 3 FINALISTS AND DAD IS ONE OF 'EM.
HEY, MAN.
WAIT TILL I GIVE MAMA THE NEWS.
YEAH, TELL HER OSCAR MIGHT WIN AN OSCAR.
HEY... UH...
WELL, I BETTER BE GOIN'.
LENORE IS WAITING FOR ME OVER AT MY HOUSE.
ELOISE, I STILL THINK IT WOULD BE NICE
IF YOU'D HAVE LENORE OVER JUST ONCE BEFORE SHE LEAVES.
WELL, WHEN IS SHE LEAVIN'?
WEDNESDAY.
I'LL CALL HER ON THURSDAY.
HI, CLIFTON.
MAMA, GUESS WHO GOT NOMINATED BY THE CHURCH COMMITTEE?
HENRY SHIPLEY AND SAM LOCKWOOD. ISN'T THAT GREAT?
OH, CLIFTON.
HUH?
OH, THERE WAS ONE OTHER NAME.
LET'S SEE HERE.
UH, SOMEBODY NAMED OSCAR CURTIS.
OH, THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
I'M SO PROUD OF MY OSCAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL FIRST.
I'M SURE YOU'LL THINK OF SOMEONE.
HELLO, LENORE.
THAT'S WHO I THOUGHT YOU'D THINK OF.
THIS IS ELOISE.
UH, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME OVER FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
RUBY AND I WERE JUST TALKIN' ABOUT YOU.
I HOPE SHE DON'T TELL HER WHAT WE SAID.
ELOIS A DEL
AND YOU HAVE SUCH A LOVELY HOUSE.
OH, THANK YOU, LENORE.
BUT I'M SURE YOUR HOUSE IS MUCH BIGGER.
OH, MY, YES.
BUT SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING.
IT'S WHAT GOES INTO A HOUSE THAT COUNTS.
THE PROPER FURNISHINGS AND THE RIGHT COLOR COORDINATION.
ERTAINLY AGREE .
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF HIRIN' A DECORATOR?
SOME SUGAR, LENORE?
A SAUCER OF MILK?
I THINK THAT'S MARVELOUS NEWS ABOUT OSCAR.
THE OSCAR CURTIS MEMORIAL WING.
T SOUNDS.
OF COURSE, THERE'S TALK OF DOIN' SOMETHING LIKE THAT
FOR MY BERNARD, TOO, SOME DAY.
THE BERNARD WILTON MEMORIAL CITY DUMP.
T.
I'LL GET THE DESSERT.
CLIFTON, YOU MUST BE AWFULLY PROUD OF YOUR FATHER.
OH, YES, I CERTAINLY AM.
AND I KNOW THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA CHOOSE HIM OVER THOSE 2 OTHER MEN.
THERE'S NOBODY WHO DESERVES IT MORE.
YEAH, POP WAS SOME DUDE ALL RIGHT.
DUDE?
CLIFTON, I KNEW YOUR FATHER VERY WELL.
HE WASN'T A DUDE.
HE WAS A SAINT.
SAINT OSCAR.
NO. THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.
OF COURSE, MY HUSBAND BERNARD I
BUT IT DOES SOUND BETTER THAN SAINT BERNARD.
JUST JOKING, LENORE.
[laughing]
SO YOU KNEW MY DAD, HUH?
OH, MY, YES.
DIDN'T YOUR MOTHER TELL YOU?
WE WERE ONCE TEENAGE SWEETHEARTS.
AND WE WERE REALLY GOIN'
HOT AND HEAVY FOR A WHILE.
WELL, NO. SHE NEVER TOLD ME, I NEVER KNEW THAT.
CLIFTON, YOUR FATHER WAS CRAZY ABOUT ME.
[chuckling] MY FATHER WAS CRAZY,
HMM?
...ABOUT YOU?
WELL, HE CERTAINLY WAS.
JUST THINK, I MIGHT'VE BEEN YOUR MOTHER.
IF BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ELOISE DIDN'T COME ALONG.
THANK GOD.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
I SAID, THAT'S ODD.
OH, WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL TIMES TOGETHER, OSCAR AND I.
UH, AHEM, LENORE,
WHAT DO YOU SAY WE, UH, CHANGE THE SUBJECT, HUH?
OH, I'M SORRY, CLIFTON,
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A LITTLE...
[laughing]
.
OH, I DON'T MIND BLACK HISTORY.
BUT YOU'RE GETTIN' INTO BLACK BIOLOGY.
LOOK, SO YOU ONCE DUG MY OLD MAN, HUH,
AND MAMA CAME ALONG AND TOOK HIM AWAY FROM YOU.
IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY. IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
WHY NOT FORGET IT?
IT SO HAPPENS YOUR MOTHER DIDN'T TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME.
I GAVE HIM TO HER.
I JUST WASN'T READY TO GET MARRIED AT THE TIME.
WELL, AS CLARK GABLE ONCE SAID,
[mimicking Clark Gable] "FRANKLY, MY DEAR, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN."
NOW, OSCAR HAD FEELINGS FOR ME
THAT HE NEVER HAD FOR YOUR MOTHER.
WHY, I REMEMBER THAT WEEK WE SPENT TOGETHER.
WOW!
THAT'S ENOUGH.
I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED
BETWEEN YOU AND MY FATHER BEFORE HE MARRIED MAMA. IS THAT CLEAR?
BUT CLIFTON, THIS HAPPENED AFTER THEY MARRIED.
[choking]
EVE IT.
CLIFTON, DARLIN',
IT'S TRUE.
HOW ARE YOU 2 GETTIN' ALONG?
OH, JUST FINE.
LOOK AT ME TAKIN' UP ALL OF CLIFTON'S TIME.
LENORE, IF I CAN'T SHARE MY SON WITH A FRIEND,
WHO CAN I SHARE?
DON'T ASK.
OH, COME ON, CLIFTON,
YOU MUST BE JOKIN'.
TRACY, I'M NOT JOKIN'. I'M TELLING YOU JUST LIKE I HEARD IT.
DADDY HAD AN AFFAIR AFTER HE MARRIED MAMA.
WELL, WHO TOLD YOU THAT?
LENORE WILTON.
WELL, HER LIPS DON'T FLAP LIKE BIBLE LEAVES.
WELL, SHE CLAIMS TO BE AN EYEWITNESS
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
UH, IF I MIGHT, UH, INTERJECT,
STAY OUT OF THIS, LEONARD.
[clearing throat] I THINK I'LL STAY OUT OF THIS.
THIS IS ALL TOO MUCH.
YOU MEAN, LENORE AND DADDY...
DADDY AND LENORE?
YES AND YES.
BUT THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
I DON'T BELIEVE
WELL, TRACY, WITH THE NEW MORALITY,
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
BUT, LEONARD, THIS HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO.
THE NEW MORALITY
PERHAPS HE WANTED TO AVOID THE RUSH.
[laughing]
OH, FACE
DADDY WAS PROBABLY HUMAN JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.
WITH HUMAN FAILINGS AND HUMAN WEAKNESSES--
DADDY WAS NOT HUMAN.
I MEAN, UH... WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, CLIFTON.
HE AND MAMA WERE JUST TOO HAPPY TOGETHER.
BESIDES, DADDY WAS A RELIGIOUS MAN.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HE SPENT EVERY SUNDAY IN CHURCH.
YEAH, BUT, TRACY, THERE ARE 6 OTHER DAYS IN THE WEEK.
LOOK, FRANKLY I DON'T CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, HUH.
[scoffing] WHAT'S PAST IS PAST.
AND I CAN LIVE WITH A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET,
LONG AS MAMA DOESN'T OPEN IT.
OR THE CHURCH COMMITTEE EITHER.
MMM-HMM, MMM-HMM.
I DO HAVE THE FEELING THEY WOULDN'T WANNA NAME THEIR NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL
"THE CASANOVA CURTIS MEMORIAL WING."
WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT,
AND MAMA MUSTN'T KNOW.
MAMA MUSTN'T KNOW WHAT?
OH, UH, NOTHING, NOTHING.
CLIFTON,
WHEN YOU GET THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE,
"NOTHIN', NOTHIN'" IT MEANS "SOMETHIN', SOMETHIN'" SO, SPILL IT, SPILL IT.
WELL, MAMA, YOU SEE--
[bell tinkles]
[exclaiming]
JUNIOR, YOUR TIMING IS INCREDIBLE.
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
I FOUND OUT THE UP-TO-THE-MINUTE RESULTS
OF THE LATEST MEETING OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
BUT THEIR MEETINGS ARE HELD IN SECRET.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T EASY.
BUT I DID JUST WHAT CLIFF TOLD ME TO DO.
[clearing throat] UH, NEVER MIND THAT, JUNIOR.
WHAT DID CLIFTON TELL YOU TO DO?
WELL, HE TOLD ME IF YOU TOOK A WATER GLASS
T UP
YOU COULD HEAR PEOPLE TALKIN' ON THE OTHER SIDE.
YOU MEAN YOU EAVESDROPPED ON THE COMMITTEE?
NO!
I JUST LISTENED TO A WATER GLASS.
JUNIOR, I'M ASHAMED OF YOU,
LISTENING TO A SECRET MEETIN' OF THE CHURCH FATHERS IN PRIVATE.
ID YOU HEAR?
THE LORD'S PRAYER, THE 23RD PSALM,
AND THE BEST JOKE I EVER HEARD ABOUT A NUN.
SEE, THIS NUN WAS HITCHHIKING DOWN THE STREET--
JUNIOR!
JUST TELL US WHAT POP'S CHANCES ARE.
WELL, AFTER THEY YEA'D AND THEY NAY'D,
[sniffs]
I'D SAY OSCAR GOT IT MADE.
RFUL NEWS.
RIGHT ON, WELL, LISTEN, I GOTTA SPLIT.
HEY, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION, JUNIOR.
HEY, IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO BRING TIDINGS OF GOOD JOY.
R OF FACT,
THE YEA'S MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER
IF OSCAR HADN'T BEEN MESSIN' AROUND.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN, "MESSIN' AROUND"?
YOU GOT ME, MAMA.
I DON'T KNOW EITHER.
LEONARD?
UH, I HAVE TO, UH...
JUST WHAT I THOUGHT. YOU ALL KNOW.
NOW START TALKIN'.
[clears throat]
OK, THANKS, T. L., SEE YOU AGAIN.
HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENIN'.
HI, EARL.
UH, HOW'S MAMA TAKIN' THE NEWS, CLIFF?
OH, SHE'S BEEN UP IN HER ROOM ALL DAY, MAN.
I CAN'T SEEM TO SNAP HER OUT OF IT.
YOU THINK IT'S, UH, TRUE ABOUT
YOUR DADDY AND LENORE AND LENORE AND YOUR DADDY--
OF COURSE NOT.
NOW EVEN IF IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN'T ARREST A MAN FOR HAVING A ONE WEEK FLING.
NOT UNLESS YOU CAN ARREST HIM FOR BAD TASTE.
AMEN, BROTHER.
NOW, THE THING T
IS WHAT IT'S GONNA DO TO MAMA,
OR WHAT IT MIGHT DO TO POP'S CHANCES WITH THE CHURCH COMMITTEE.
YEAH, I GUESS YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH.
PROBABLY NOT. MY FATHER'S DEAD, LENORE'S A BIG FAT LIAR,
AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO GO UP AND ASK MAMA.
YEAH, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHO ELSE COULD POSSIBLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
RUBY.
NO!
HI, FELLAS.
CLIFTON, WHERE'S YOUR MAMA?
I WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR,
[chuckling] UH, SHE'S, UH, UPSTAIRS IN HER ROOM
WITH A SLIGHT HEADACHE.
OH, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.
MAYBE I SHOULD STOP BY LATER
WITH THIS RECIPE I HAVE FOR HER.
YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT.
EARL.
CLIFTON, WHAT'S WITH EARL?
HE'S BEEN ACTIN' STRANGE EVER SINCE I WALKED IN.
UH, IGNORE HIM, RUBY. SEE YOU LATER.
[Earl whistling]
RUBY, LET'S SIT DOWN AND CHAT.
I MEAN, I WAS JUST SAYIN'
"CLIFF, WE DON'T CHAT WITH RUBY ANYMORE."
WASN'T I SAYIN' THAT, CLIFF?
UH, YEAH.
YEAH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE WAS.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA CHAT ABOUT?
OH, I DON'T KNOW, UH, INFLATION AND DEPRESSION.
POLITICS AND CONGRESS.
OSCAR AND LENORE.
I'D BETTER BE GOING.
(Clifton) RUBY.
REALLY, CLIFTON, I HAVE A TURKEY COOKING IN THE SINK.
I MEAN...
I LEFT WATER RUNNING IN THE OVEN.
OH, RUBY, RELAX.
NOW LOOK, WE KNOW OSCAR AND LENORE WERE GOOD FRIENDS
BEFORE HE GOT MARRIED.
WELL, WE WERE WONDERING,
IF THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS AFTER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
G
WELL, LIKE, UH-HUH, DID THEY EVER GO OUT TO DINNER
AND MAYBE LATER GO BACK TO HER APARTMENT?
AND, UH, WATCH TELEVISION WITH THE LIGHTS OFF.
AND THE TELEVISION OFF.
UH, I WILL NOT DISCUSS SUCH THINGS.
I'M A RESPECTABLE WOMAN.
MY TELEVISION HASN'T BEEN OFF SINCE MY HUSBAND DIED.
DAMN IT.
COME ON, RUBY, NOW DID THEY WATCH TELEVISION
WITH THE TELEVISION OFF?
NO, THEY DID NOT!
YEAH.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TELEVISION BACK THEN.
BUT THERE WAS TALK THAT THEY PULLED THE PLUG ON THE RADIO
A COUPLE OF TIMES.
NOTHING BUT RUMOR.
LENORE IS MY FRIEND,
BUT MOST OF THE TIME I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD SHE SAYS.
NOW I MUST BE LEAVING.
I HAVE ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY.
(Earl) WHO'S SICK?
ME!
YOU FEELIN' OK, MAMA?
WHY SHOULDN'T I BE FEELIN' OK?
WELL,
YOU WERE A LITTLE BIT UPSET.
WHO'S UPSET? I'M NOT UPSET.
ET?
OK, YOU'RE NOT UPSET.
THAT LENORE
IS AN AWFUL WOMAN
TELLIN' ALL THOSE LIES.
NOW, MAMA,
SUPPOSE, NOW JUST--
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SUPPOSE.
BUT I REFUSE TO SUPPOSE WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSING.
OK, THEN THE SUBJECT IS CLOSED.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
YOU'RE 100% RIGHT AND LENORE IS 100% WRONG.
CLIFTON.
YEAH?
REMEMBER WHAT YOU STARTED TO SUPPOSE?
MMM-HMM.
WELL, SUPPOSE IT DID HAPPEN.
MAMA, EASY. IT'S OK.
[crying] IT'S NOT OK.
OK, SO IT'S NOT OK. THAT'S OK TOO.
NOW, DRY THOSE PRETTY EYES
AND TELL YOUR SON THE WHOLE STORY.
[sniffing] WELL, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO TELL.
A FEW MONTHS AFTER WE GOT MARRIED,
YOUR DADDY AND I HAD A FIGHT,
AND I TOLD HIM TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.
YOU KNEW YOUR FATHER.
HE'D DO ANYTHING TO PLEASE ME.
THEN WH
WELL, HE WAS GONE FOR A WEEK
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HIM AND LENORE.
AND THAT'S IT?
MMM-HMM.
BUT HE CAME BACK,
AND WE NEVER HAD ANOTHER ARGUMENT
AFTER THAT WEEK.
WE WERE DEEPLY IN LOVE FOR 30 YEARS.
SO, DADDY HAD A LITTLE FLING WITH LENORE.
BIG DEAL.
IN THE LONG RUN,
IT MIGHT HAVE HELPED TO STRENGTHEN YOUR MARRIAGE.
IT MAY HAVE MADE HIM LOVE YOU EVEN MORE.
WELL, HOW DO YOU FIGURE THAT?
MAMA, LOVE IS LIKE WINE.
YOU CAN'T APPRECIATE THE BEAUJOLAIS
UNTIL YOU'VE TASTED THE RIPPLE.
I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT LIKE THAT.
[doorbell ringing]
MAMA, I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SMILE.
CLIFTON!
(Wildcat) HI, CLIFF.
ELOISE, HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?
WHAT NEWS?
ABOUT OSCAR. WE JUST CAME FROM THE CHURCH.
HE'S IN. THEY'RE NAMIN' THE SCHOOL AFTER HIM.
HEY, MAMA, DID YOU HEAR THAT?
I HEARD I
WHY, ELOISE, YOU DON'T SEEM TOO HAPPY.
YES, YOU OUGHT TO BE ON TOP OF THE WORLD, ELOISE.
NOBODY DESERVES THAT HONOR MORE THAN OSCAR.
WHY, HE WAS THE MOST PERFECT MAN I EVER KNEW.
AND YOU 2 HAD THE MOST PERFECT MARRIAGE I EVER SAW.
YES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT TIME
WHEN YOU KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE.
OH, WILDCAT, WILL YOU FORGET THAT?
IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
HOW CAN YOU FORGET IT?
THAT WAS THE BEST FISHING TRIP
ME AND OSCAR AND JOSH EVER HAD.
UH, POP WENT FISHING WITH YOU THAT WEEK?
WELL, SURE.
I REMEMBER HIM SAYIN' HE WISH YOUR MAMA
WOULD KICK HIM OUT ONCE EVERY YEAR.
THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY HE COULD GET A VACATION.
ARE YOU SURE?
I'M POSITIVE.
MAMA, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I HEARD?
I HEARD.
THEN, THERE'S NO WAY THAT ANYTHING ELSE COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
WELL, CLIFTON, DON'T JUST SIT THERE.
COME AND HELP ME GET THE GLASSES AND THE DRINKS.
THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!
YES, MA'AM. THANKS, FELLAS.
OK.
MAN, I REMEMBER THAT WEEK
LIKE IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY.
YOU SEE I GOT A MIND LIKE A STEEL TRAP.
MMM-HMM.
HUH! YOUR MIND'S MORE LIKE A BRASS BEDPAN.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?
THAT WASN'T OSCAR WITH US ON THAT TRIP.
THAT WAS LEROY JOHNSON.
OH, YOU CRAZY, JOSH?
UH, IT WAS, TOO, OSCAR.
OSCAR WASN'T NOWHERE NEAR THAT BOAT. I REMEMBER.
YOU DON'T REMEMBER NOTHIN'.
I REMEMBER MORE THAN YOU.
YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING EVER SINCE YOU FELL OUT OF THAT TREE
WHEN YOU WERE 12 YEARS OLD, ON YOUR HEAD.
LOOK HERE, WILDCAT, YOU'RE OLDER THAN DIRT,
AND YOUR MIND IS LIKE A SIEVE.
I AIN'T OLDER THAN YOU. UGHT ME Y SCHOOL AND I...
(Clifton) THAT'S MY MAMA WAS RECORDED ON TAPE
BEFORE A LIVE AUDIENCE.