1 00:00:06,398 --> 00:00:07,655 ♪ 2 00:00:07,657 --> 00:00:09,091 (snoring) 3 00:00:09,826 --> 00:00:12,994 (sniffing) 4 00:00:12,996 --> 00:00:14,829 Marge is making chili? (sniffs) 5 00:00:14,831 --> 00:00:17,241 Con carne? (gasps) 6 00:00:17,243 --> 00:00:18,666 Dinner for breakfast. 7 00:00:18,668 --> 00:00:21,186 She finally looked at the suggestion box! 8 00:00:22,506 --> 00:00:25,190 Aw. Aw. Aw! 9 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:27,359 Marge, where's the smells I smelled? 10 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:29,844 This chili was for poor Ned, 11 00:00:29,846 --> 00:00:32,364 after he broke his arm falling off our roof 12 00:00:32,366 --> 00:00:35,350 when he went up there to get your baseball hat. 13 00:00:35,352 --> 00:00:37,661 Do you know how much I paid for that hat? 14 00:00:39,022 --> 00:00:42,023 (groans) Ned can't cook for a few weeks, 15 00:00:42,025 --> 00:00:44,526 so I've started a meal train for him. 16 00:00:44,528 --> 00:00:46,587 "Meal train"? 17 00:00:49,866 --> 00:00:51,416 -(screaming) -(chewing loudly) 18 00:00:52,461 --> 00:00:55,445 Homer! A meal train is when family and friends 19 00:00:55,447 --> 00:00:58,131 set up a schedule to bring homemade dishes 20 00:00:58,133 --> 00:00:59,892 to people in need. 21 00:00:59,894 --> 00:01:02,302 Hmm. Coming up with a fake injury 22 00:01:02,304 --> 00:01:06,047 to get obscene amounts of free food, you say? 23 00:01:06,049 --> 00:01:07,882 No, I don't say! 24 00:01:07,884 --> 00:01:10,961 -Hmm. Hmm. -And stop stroking your chin like that. 25 00:01:10,963 --> 00:01:13,155 (grunting) 26 00:01:21,974 --> 00:01:25,751 Poor Barney, so sorry to hear about your treadmill injury. 27 00:01:25,753 --> 00:01:28,736 Yeah, it's my fault for being so addicted to cardio. 28 00:01:28,738 --> 00:01:31,648 Well, my chicken enchiladas, 29 00:01:31,650 --> 00:01:32,907 which aren't from the freezer aisle, 30 00:01:32,909 --> 00:01:37,821 should ease your suffering as only homemade can. 31 00:01:37,823 --> 00:01:39,823 Bless you, ladies. 32 00:01:39,825 --> 00:01:42,309 Let the healing begin. 33 00:01:43,437 --> 00:01:45,587 (chewing loudly) 34 00:01:45,589 --> 00:01:47,347 Remember, Moe, tomorrow you've got 35 00:01:47,349 --> 00:01:49,333 "foot shredded in garbage disposal." 36 00:01:49,335 --> 00:01:51,610 Oh, yeah, I'm gonna be swimming in sympathy meatballs. 37 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:53,687 This scam is genius. 38 00:01:53,689 --> 00:01:56,615 Yeah, people like doing charity, 39 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:59,118 but they love posting about it. 40 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,178 -(Homer chuckles) -BARNEY: We are wretched. 41 00:02:01,180 --> 00:02:02,955 Uh, guys, this has been fun, 42 00:02:02,957 --> 00:02:05,624 but, uh, bowling season starts in a week. 43 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:07,684 I didn't think this was physically possible, 44 00:02:07,686 --> 00:02:09,703 but we're not even in bowling shape. 45 00:02:09,705 --> 00:02:11,964 I'm jumping off this meal train. 46 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:13,874 (mouth full): You will be missed. 47 00:02:13,876 --> 00:02:15,384 (groans) 48 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:18,095 (grunting) 49 00:02:20,624 --> 00:02:21,698 Mm-hmm. 50 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:23,559 ♪ 51 00:02:34,062 --> 00:02:36,405 (laughs) Haven't needed a belt in a while. 52 00:02:41,403 --> 00:02:44,997 Well, big old mystery buckle, it's been a long time. 53 00:02:46,483 --> 00:02:47,166 Yeah! 54 00:02:47,893 --> 00:02:49,251 (cheering faintly) 55 00:02:53,415 --> 00:02:54,673 Ah... 56 00:02:54,675 --> 00:02:57,426 ♪ 57 00:02:58,846 --> 00:03:01,071 (spray can hissing) 58 00:03:01,073 --> 00:03:02,497 (coughs) Look, I'm just here 59 00:03:02,499 --> 00:03:04,666 for my friend's kid's birthday party, okay? 60 00:03:04,668 --> 00:03:07,001 And you're telling me that I have to put on 61 00:03:07,003 --> 00:03:08,412 other people's funky shoes? 62 00:03:08,414 --> 00:03:10,263 CARL: Oh, I wouldn't worry about that. 63 00:03:10,265 --> 00:03:12,933 That spray he uses-- super toxic. 64 00:03:12,935 --> 00:03:15,861 Some might say in-toxic-ating. (laughs) 65 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:20,848 So, Carl, you're good with wearing pre-stank rental shoes? 66 00:03:20,850 --> 00:03:23,035 Oh, no, I own these babies. 67 00:03:23,037 --> 00:03:24,928 Also, my work shoes, my Crocs, orthotic inserts, 68 00:03:24,930 --> 00:03:29,599 pretty much all my footwear, own 'em all, free and clear. 69 00:03:29,601 --> 00:03:31,284 Ooh, fancy. 70 00:03:31,286 --> 00:03:33,270 You know, you're kind of sweet, 71 00:03:33,272 --> 00:03:36,698 in a super chatty, shoe-splainy kind of way. 72 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:38,217 I'm Naima. 73 00:03:39,461 --> 00:03:42,462 Whoa, now, that is some serious belly bling. 74 00:03:42,464 --> 00:03:44,464 Oh, this? I needed something to hold up my pants, 75 00:03:44,466 --> 00:03:47,951 so I immediately thought: belt. 76 00:03:47,953 --> 00:03:50,229 Thank you for walking me through that. 77 00:03:50,231 --> 00:03:53,715 So, Carl, maybe I'll see you around. 78 00:03:53,717 --> 00:03:54,791 W-Wait! 79 00:03:54,793 --> 00:03:56,068 Give me a chance to show you 80 00:03:56,070 --> 00:03:59,554 why bowling is America's slowest-dying indoor sport. 81 00:03:59,556 --> 00:04:02,950 I'll even get Franco here to unbox a new pair of Lane Janes. 82 00:04:04,394 --> 00:04:07,304 Well, it's a good thing you are cuter than these shoes. 83 00:04:07,306 --> 00:04:11,157 Come on, let me show you my world. 84 00:04:11,643 --> 00:04:14,920 ♪ I, I, I... ♪ 85 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:17,497 ♪ I'm scared to death that she might be it ♪ 86 00:04:17,499 --> 00:04:20,092 ♪ That the love is real, that the shoe might fit ♪ 87 00:04:20,094 --> 00:04:23,911 ♪ She might just be my everything ♪ 88 00:04:23,913 --> 00:04:25,655 ♪ And beyond ♪ 89 00:04:25,657 --> 00:04:27,099 ♪ Beyond ♪ 90 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:30,010 ♪ Space and time in the afterlife ♪ 91 00:04:30,012 --> 00:04:33,663 ♪ Will she have my kids, will she be my wife? ♪ 92 00:04:33,665 --> 00:04:36,683 ♪ She might just be my everything ♪ 93 00:04:36,685 --> 00:04:38,277 ♪ And beyond. ♪ 94 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:39,778 Oh. 95 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:41,596 (both giggle) 96 00:04:41,598 --> 00:04:43,173 Could I see you again? 97 00:04:43,175 --> 00:04:45,025 Um, how about Friday? 98 00:04:45,027 --> 00:04:46,009 Ooh, we could have dinner at this place I know, 99 00:04:46,011 --> 00:04:48,453 'cause I own it-- 100 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:50,196 The SoulHouse. 101 00:04:50,198 --> 00:04:52,607 My nephew just made this commercial. 102 00:04:52,609 --> 00:04:53,700 ♪ Soul House ♪ 103 00:04:53,702 --> 00:04:55,276 ♪ Our grits are cheesy ♪ 104 00:04:55,278 --> 00:04:56,870 ♪ And our gumbo's got okra ♪ 105 00:04:56,872 --> 00:04:59,614 ♪ You'll get towed if you park at Springfield Yoga. ♪ 106 00:04:59,616 --> 00:05:02,859 There's a 14-minute version on his Soundcloud. 107 00:05:02,861 --> 00:05:05,119 It's really explicit. 108 00:05:05,121 --> 00:05:07,714 Then I'll meet you at SoulHouse. 109 00:05:07,716 --> 00:05:08,532 Where's it at? 110 00:05:08,534 --> 00:05:09,716 It's on our side of town. 111 00:05:10,052 --> 00:05:13,053 Between the Jazz Hole and the First Springfield AME Church. 112 00:05:13,055 --> 00:05:15,647 (laughs): Yeah, of course. 113 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:18,800 Our side. I mean, where else would it be? 114 00:05:18,802 --> 00:05:22,379 Uh, guys, I just met the one. 115 00:05:22,381 --> 00:05:26,232 The one person here willing to go out on a date with me. 116 00:05:26,234 --> 00:05:28,234 -(kissing noises) -(overlapping chatter) -Wow, way to go. 117 00:05:28,236 --> 00:05:31,145 (singsongy): Someone's not gonna die alone. 118 00:05:31,147 --> 00:05:33,056 So that's why you abandoned us 119 00:05:33,058 --> 00:05:35,559 and made us lose to the worst team in the league. 120 00:05:35,561 --> 00:05:37,627 Good game. 121 00:05:39,322 --> 00:05:40,547 Bitches. 122 00:05:41,825 --> 00:05:43,508 ♪ SoulHouse. ♪ 123 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:47,070 Wow, that is the most sexually graphic song 124 00:05:47,072 --> 00:05:49,089 about collard greens I've ever heard. 125 00:05:49,091 --> 00:05:50,998 Yeah, Naima's really something. 126 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,910 Business degree from Howard University, 127 00:05:53,912 --> 00:05:55,187 sings in a gospel choir, 128 00:05:55,189 --> 00:05:57,505 and she's in a Salt-N-Pepa cover band 129 00:05:57,507 --> 00:05:59,841 called "Pepa-N-Pepa." Oh, man. 130 00:05:59,843 --> 00:06:03,920 What if she doesn't think I'm, you know, "Pepa" enough? 131 00:06:03,922 --> 00:06:06,531 Oh, I get it, like Peppa Pig. 132 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:07,532 Never mind. 133 00:06:07,926 --> 00:06:09,534 How about a haircut to boost your confidence? 134 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:12,596 I got the clippers set to "Carl." 135 00:06:12,598 --> 00:06:13,930 (sighs) Nope. 136 00:06:13,932 --> 00:06:16,266 I think this time I'm gonna switch it up a bit. 137 00:06:16,268 --> 00:06:18,025 If I'm going to make the right impression, 138 00:06:18,027 --> 00:06:21,529 I need to go somewhere I've never gone before: 139 00:06:21,531 --> 00:06:23,298 our side of town. 140 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,631 So, which one of these is you? 141 00:06:31,633 --> 00:06:34,300 I have no idea. 142 00:06:34,302 --> 00:06:38,271 Got it. "The Identity Crisis," number seven. 143 00:06:44,963 --> 00:06:46,463 Thank you, sir. High-top fade. 144 00:06:46,465 --> 00:06:48,148 Tight on the sides. Line it up. 145 00:06:48,150 --> 00:06:50,224 Bartholomew, my man. 146 00:06:50,226 --> 00:06:52,152 You are a regular here? 147 00:06:52,154 --> 00:06:54,320 No one gets it right like Clarence. 148 00:06:54,322 --> 00:06:57,323 Wow, look at all these great bald guy options. 149 00:06:57,325 --> 00:06:59,659 I think my head could rock the Michael Jordan on the top, 150 00:06:59,661 --> 00:07:03,404 but around the sides... got to be the Ving Rhames. 151 00:07:03,406 --> 00:07:04,756 I can't decide. 152 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:08,427 Which haircut would this beautiful woman want to kiss? 153 00:07:08,429 --> 00:07:09,502 (overlapping ooh's) 154 00:07:09,504 --> 00:07:12,264 You think I can pull off "The Denzel?" 155 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:13,598 What you need to pull off is 156 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,585 that country junkyard hubcap holding up your Dockers. 157 00:07:17,587 --> 00:07:19,086 (laughter) 158 00:07:19,088 --> 00:07:20,847 Yeah, why don't you put that buckle 159 00:07:20,849 --> 00:07:23,183 back on that manhole you stole it from? 160 00:07:23,185 --> 00:07:24,684 (uproarious laughter) 161 00:07:24,686 --> 00:07:27,837 (joining in weakly) 162 00:07:27,839 --> 00:07:30,740 Who knew there was so much ribbing at a Black barbershop? 163 00:07:31,526 --> 00:07:32,525 (humming) 164 00:07:32,527 --> 00:07:34,527 Hmm? 165 00:07:34,529 --> 00:07:35,662 (groans) 166 00:07:36,439 --> 00:07:37,104 Hmm... 167 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,106 What about this old-school Kangol? 168 00:07:39,108 --> 00:07:41,643 Dare I Samuel Jackson my new Denzel? 169 00:07:41,645 --> 00:07:44,629 What's my look? I don't know. I don't know! 170 00:07:44,631 --> 00:07:47,023 Carl, look, you can tell me. 171 00:07:47,025 --> 00:07:50,193 Is there something going on that you need to talk about? 172 00:07:50,195 --> 00:07:51,970 (scoffs) No. 173 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:53,713 Oh, thank God! 174 00:07:53,715 --> 00:07:55,807 But if I was going through 175 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:57,142 a deep questioning of my inner self, 176 00:07:57,144 --> 00:08:00,461 do you think I could fix it with different clothes? 177 00:08:00,463 --> 00:08:01,480 Oh, for sure. 178 00:08:01,482 --> 00:08:02,722 I mean, I was a lost soul 179 00:08:02,724 --> 00:08:05,484 before I found this white shirt and blue pants. 180 00:08:05,486 --> 00:08:08,378 Let's find the outfit that'll make Naima look at me 181 00:08:08,380 --> 00:08:10,471 the way that Marge looks at you. 182 00:08:10,473 --> 00:08:11,214 Worried? 183 00:08:11,216 --> 00:08:12,640 Blindly in love. 184 00:08:12,642 --> 00:08:14,976 ♪ You're so chic ♪ 185 00:08:14,978 --> 00:08:16,886 ♪ Oh, I love the way you do it ♪ 186 00:08:16,888 --> 00:08:17,570 ♪ You're flossy ♪ 187 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:20,665 ♪ Like the way you move ♪ 188 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:23,150 ♪ You're so chic ♪ 189 00:08:23,152 --> 00:08:24,077 ♪ Just take half a look at you... ♪ 190 00:08:24,079 --> 00:08:24,836 (record scratch) 191 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:25,895 Who said you could do 192 00:08:25,914 --> 00:08:28,398 a dressing room montage in my store? 193 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:29,733 If you're not gonna buy anything, 194 00:08:29,735 --> 00:08:31,584 then get your yacht-rock-listening corny asses 195 00:08:31,586 --> 00:08:33,178 back to Starbucks. 196 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:35,329 Oh, come on, you got to help my friend. 197 00:08:35,331 --> 00:08:36,998 He needs a new look by tonight. 198 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,186 Huh. What's a square like you doing with an oval like that? 199 00:08:41,188 --> 00:08:44,430 (sighs) I get it, the buckle's not cool. 200 00:08:44,432 --> 00:08:47,174 Every time I wear it I get razzed. 201 00:08:47,176 --> 00:08:48,935 Savagely razzed. 202 00:08:48,937 --> 00:08:50,103 Tell you what, you trade me that buckle, 203 00:08:50,105 --> 00:08:54,366 I'll take all this wrong and make it right. 204 00:08:56,094 --> 00:08:57,619 CARL: Naima's worth it. 205 00:08:59,114 --> 00:09:02,932 Now, can you make me look real? You know, authentic. 206 00:09:02,934 --> 00:09:05,192 Yeah, I got the perfect outfit. 207 00:09:05,194 --> 00:09:08,104 ♪ She shines me up like gold on my arm ♪ 208 00:09:08,106 --> 00:09:09,789 ♪ I want to take it slow ♪ 209 00:09:09,791 --> 00:09:12,033 ♪ But it's so hard ♪ 210 00:09:12,035 --> 00:09:14,127 ♪ I love to see her face ♪ 211 00:09:14,129 --> 00:09:15,554 ♪ In daylight ♪ 212 00:09:15,556 --> 00:09:17,797 ♪ It's more than just our bodies at night... ♪ 213 00:09:17,799 --> 00:09:21,226 Naima, this place is amazing! 214 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:25,379 -When did you open? -Um, 75 years ago. 215 00:09:25,381 --> 00:09:28,625 My great-grandparents started out selling gumbo off of a cart. 216 00:09:28,627 --> 00:09:30,794 They gave free samples out to the kids, 217 00:09:30,796 --> 00:09:33,479 you know, just poured it right into their cupped hands. 218 00:09:33,481 --> 00:09:37,391 That cart, it became my favorite table in the house. 219 00:09:37,393 --> 00:09:38,802 Wow, that's a lot of history, 220 00:09:38,804 --> 00:09:42,472 and, uh, ancestors, and, uh... 221 00:09:42,474 --> 00:09:43,656 flavor. 222 00:09:43,658 --> 00:09:45,584 So, tell me about you. 223 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,977 You know, like, what are you into besides bowling? 224 00:09:47,979 --> 00:09:49,904 CARL: Don't talk about Moe's. Don't talk about Moe's. 225 00:09:49,906 --> 00:09:51,981 -Lenny! -Who's Lenny? 226 00:09:51,983 --> 00:09:52,649 Ah, just my friend from Moe's. 227 00:09:52,651 --> 00:09:55,093 Oh, that's cool. 228 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:57,578 I see you're into the Black Panthers. 229 00:09:57,580 --> 00:09:59,097 Oh, yeah. Totally. Wakanda Forever. 230 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:03,935 No, Huey P. Newton, the guy that's on your shirt. 231 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,678 Oh, right. Him. 232 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:08,181 My man, Old Huey P. 233 00:10:08,183 --> 00:10:11,443 1942 to 1989. Early life and education... 234 00:10:11,445 --> 00:10:14,428 (chuckles) Are you googling him under the table? 235 00:10:14,430 --> 00:10:18,341 No, I was, uh, just looking at this dope kale. 236 00:10:18,343 --> 00:10:19,951 Those are collard greens. 237 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:22,846 Right. I love all the urban veggies. 238 00:10:22,848 --> 00:10:23,938 Urban veggies? 239 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:26,958 Okay. You embarrassing yourself right now. 240 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,868 Look, I'm sorry. 241 00:10:28,870 --> 00:10:29,519 I'm new to all this. 242 00:10:29,537 --> 00:10:31,871 New to being Black? 243 00:10:31,873 --> 00:10:33,614 Yes! I mean, no. 244 00:10:33,616 --> 00:10:36,784 I mean, I'm just trying to be more convincing at it. 245 00:10:36,786 --> 00:10:40,287 I got the Denzel, I'm wearing second-hand leather underwear, 246 00:10:40,289 --> 00:10:42,532 and I'm doused in Michael Jordan cologne 247 00:10:42,534 --> 00:10:44,959 and Michael B. Jordan aftershave. 248 00:10:44,961 --> 00:10:48,221 Ooh, wow. Okay, there's a lot to unpack there. 249 00:10:48,223 --> 00:10:51,483 Look, I liked the guy that I met at the bowling alley, 250 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:54,093 and I wanted to get to know him better, 251 00:10:54,095 --> 00:10:56,562 but I don't see how that's gonna happen 252 00:10:56,564 --> 00:10:58,806 'cause you don't know you. 253 00:10:59,734 --> 00:11:03,477 So take my advice-- it's time to figure that out. 254 00:11:03,479 --> 00:11:07,499 I'll have them wrap up your oxtails to go. 255 00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:09,250 I was eating what? 256 00:11:10,061 --> 00:11:12,295 (country music playing) 257 00:11:25,744 --> 00:11:26,834 (sighs) 258 00:11:27,595 --> 00:11:28,928 Back early, eh? You know what they say, 259 00:11:28,930 --> 00:11:33,099 "The shorter the date, the more it went great." 260 00:11:33,101 --> 00:11:35,360 No! It was terrible. 261 00:11:35,362 --> 00:11:38,438 All she wanted to know about was the real me. 262 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,348 You mean self-reflection? Who does that? 263 00:11:41,350 --> 00:11:43,350 Yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa, trust the sign. 264 00:11:43,352 --> 00:11:44,594 Mm-hmm. 265 00:11:44,596 --> 00:11:46,429 I think I know what she was getting at, but... 266 00:11:46,431 --> 00:11:48,114 See, it's got to do with... 267 00:11:48,116 --> 00:11:49,040 Nah, never mind. 268 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:51,025 You guys wouldn't understand. 269 00:11:51,027 --> 00:11:52,526 Sure we would. We're your best friends. 270 00:11:52,528 --> 00:11:55,696 We pee in the same trough together. 271 00:11:55,698 --> 00:11:57,457 We've melted so much ice. 272 00:11:57,459 --> 00:12:00,944 Just say what you need to say, eh? We got this. 273 00:12:00,946 --> 00:12:02,762 I'm confused about my racial identity! 274 00:12:04,449 --> 00:12:06,616 (overlapping nervous mumbling) 275 00:12:06,618 --> 00:12:08,134 (slurping nervously) 276 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:12,397 Hey, I know avoidance slurps when I hear 'em. 277 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:14,457 (slurping) 278 00:12:14,459 --> 00:12:16,626 No, we're perfectly comfortable talking about... 279 00:12:16,628 --> 00:12:17,736 (whispers): race. 280 00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:18,719 I mean, I can talk about 281 00:12:18,721 --> 00:12:20,405 (whispers): race... 282 00:12:20,407 --> 00:12:21,147 (normal volume): ...all day. 283 00:12:21,149 --> 00:12:22,298 Oh, me, personally, 284 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:23,800 I don't even see... (whispers): color. 285 00:12:23,802 --> 00:12:27,245 Look, being adopted and raised by white folks from Iceland, 286 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:29,155 I've always felt like an outsider-- 287 00:12:29,157 --> 00:12:30,823 not Icelandic enough, not Black enough. 288 00:12:30,825 --> 00:12:33,826 I mean, hey, sure, I'm barfly enough, 289 00:12:33,828 --> 00:12:35,328 but that's not enough. 290 00:12:35,330 --> 00:12:38,998 Hey, barflies have a rich and storied-- (belches) 291 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,467 I don't know anything about my roots! 292 00:12:40,469 --> 00:12:44,429 That stupid old rodeo belt buckle was the only thing 293 00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:46,747 I ever got from my birth parents. 294 00:12:46,749 --> 00:12:48,658 -(sighs) -The buckle? 295 00:12:48,660 --> 00:12:50,251 But you gave that away. 296 00:12:50,253 --> 00:12:52,328 I know! It-it was a panic swap! 297 00:12:52,330 --> 00:12:55,756 I thought I could get rid of this sucky feeling of emptiness, 298 00:12:55,758 --> 00:12:57,758 but now it's worse than ever. 299 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,186 If I'm ever going to be with someone as great as Naima, 300 00:13:00,188 --> 00:13:02,280 then I need to find out who I am. 301 00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:03,114 And for the first time in my life, 302 00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:06,493 the answer isn't in this bar. 303 00:13:09,230 --> 00:13:11,956 (slurping nervously) 304 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:13,124 (slurping continues) 305 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,585 -(Barney belches) -(slurping continues) 306 00:13:20,025 --> 00:13:22,358 Carl's never been away from Moe's this long. 307 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:23,635 He missed Public Domain Karaoke Night. 308 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:26,805 How could I sing "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye!" 309 00:13:26,807 --> 00:13:28,139 without my duet partner? 310 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:32,477 Well, Carl did open up to you about some big issues. 311 00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:33,794 Just his identity. 312 00:13:33,796 --> 00:13:36,055 My book club book says it's important to look at 313 00:13:36,057 --> 00:13:37,965 the discomfort you felt as an opportunity 314 00:13:37,967 --> 00:13:42,395 to "explore your unacknowledged privilege." 315 00:13:42,397 --> 00:13:43,396 Oh, buzz words. 316 00:13:43,398 --> 00:13:45,731 Have you even called him? 317 00:13:45,733 --> 00:13:47,158 What am I supposed to say? 318 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,053 Let's start with what you're not supposed to say. 319 00:13:50,055 --> 00:13:52,055 -"My feelings matter, too." -Said that. 320 00:13:52,057 --> 00:13:53,222 -"Slavery was a long time ago." -Thought that. 321 00:13:53,391 --> 00:13:56,242 -"But I love Eddie Murphy." -Lenny tweeted that. 322 00:13:56,244 --> 00:13:58,152 I just want things to be normal again. 323 00:13:58,154 --> 00:14:00,396 Oh, that's on the list. 324 00:14:00,398 --> 00:14:02,156 Doesn't the book have any suggestions 325 00:14:02,158 --> 00:14:03,583 for what I should do? 326 00:14:03,585 --> 00:14:05,735 Hmm. Not to gesture, not to quote, 327 00:14:05,737 --> 00:14:09,163 not to laugh too hard at, not to think, not to wear, 328 00:14:09,165 --> 00:14:11,724 not to wear on Halloween, not to sing along to in the car. 329 00:14:13,761 --> 00:14:16,429 Look, Homer. I know you. 330 00:14:16,431 --> 00:14:18,356 You're never going to say the right thing, 331 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:21,359 but that doesn't mean you should stop trying. 332 00:14:31,262 --> 00:14:33,262 Lenny, are you sure you're okay 333 00:14:33,264 --> 00:14:34,931 with selling your vintage suspenders 334 00:14:34,933 --> 00:14:36,690 to buy back Carl's buckle? 335 00:14:36,692 --> 00:14:37,876 Well, the doctor says I should take a break 336 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:41,028 because of the shoulder grooves and nipple abrasions. 337 00:14:41,030 --> 00:14:43,364 You guys had the same idea as me. 338 00:14:43,366 --> 00:14:46,718 You're the best friends a guy with no sense of self can have! 339 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,961 We're gonna get that buckle back. 340 00:14:48,963 --> 00:14:50,204 I already sold that buckle. 341 00:14:50,206 --> 00:14:51,614 Aw. Who bought it? 342 00:14:51,616 --> 00:14:54,117 I don't know. Some white guy who talks funny. 343 00:14:54,119 --> 00:14:57,787 Oh, that could be any of the weirdos in this town. 344 00:14:57,789 --> 00:14:59,063 -Crinkle me kilt! -Avast! 345 00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:01,290 Zounds, Horatio. 346 00:15:01,292 --> 00:15:03,960 Damn, this place gentrified fast. 347 00:15:03,962 --> 00:15:05,403 Look, I don't know who bought your buckle. 348 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:06,629 All I know is I call him the Rich Texan 349 00:15:06,631 --> 00:15:09,799 on account of him being a rich Texan. 350 00:15:09,801 --> 00:15:12,860 I love buckles. Yeehaw! 351 00:15:12,862 --> 00:15:15,638 -(bullet ricocheting) -(exclaiming) 352 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,158 While that's doing its thing, let's talk. 353 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,661 My buckle shows a cowboy wrestling a bull 354 00:15:21,663 --> 00:15:23,755 and kind of... kissing it? 355 00:15:23,757 --> 00:15:26,240 Oh, that one? Ain't no smooch. 356 00:15:26,242 --> 00:15:28,742 He's biting its lip. Bulldogging. 357 00:15:28,744 --> 00:15:30,244 I already flipped it. 358 00:15:30,246 --> 00:15:31,412 Aw! You sold it? 359 00:15:31,414 --> 00:15:35,749 To a pal of mine who's a real buckle-head. 360 00:15:35,751 --> 00:15:37,677 He said it had a heapin' helpin' 361 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:39,604 of historical heritage. 362 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:42,331 Do you think the guy who bought it could help me find my roots? 363 00:15:42,333 --> 00:15:45,193 Hmm. Well, it's a long shot. 364 00:15:46,762 --> 00:15:50,114 Fellas, meet the host of Finding Your Roots, 365 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,675 Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 366 00:15:52,677 --> 00:15:55,453 Dr. Gates, you're a national treasure. 367 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:58,105 Please, at best I'm a regional treasure. 368 00:15:58,107 --> 00:16:01,108 That buckle is a stunning piece of American history. 369 00:16:01,110 --> 00:16:03,461 What's your connection to it? 370 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:05,037 Well, all I know is that after my parents died, 371 00:16:05,039 --> 00:16:07,206 it was in my bassinet when I was dropped off 372 00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:08,282 at the orphanage. 373 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:11,452 Other than that, my heritage is a blank slate. 374 00:16:11,454 --> 00:16:14,197 Solving this kind of life-defining, soul-affirming 375 00:16:14,199 --> 00:16:16,957 historical riddle is the reason I created this show. 376 00:16:16,959 --> 00:16:19,368 Tell my next guest he's bumped. 377 00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:22,555 Ah, it's probably for the best. 378 00:16:22,557 --> 00:16:24,056 ANNOUNCER: Finding Your Roots. 379 00:16:24,058 --> 00:16:25,875 With Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 380 00:16:25,877 --> 00:16:28,987 Carl, when you look at this buckle, what do you feel? 381 00:16:28,989 --> 00:16:31,656 I just want to know... what gives? 382 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:33,899 Today, you'll hear the story that answers 383 00:16:33,901 --> 00:16:37,161 that very question: "what gives?" 384 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:41,833 What got you started on this journey of discovery? 385 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:44,151 An amazing woman I met. 386 00:16:44,153 --> 00:16:46,487 Hey, the most awkward guy I ever dated is on TV. 387 00:16:46,489 --> 00:16:49,582 Ooh, come on, mention the restaurant. 388 00:16:49,584 --> 00:16:51,567 I felt like such a fool 389 00:16:51,569 --> 00:16:54,237 as I left with my takeout bag from SoulHouse. 390 00:16:54,239 --> 00:16:56,830 -(cheers) -He said it! Ooh, he said it. 391 00:16:56,832 --> 00:16:58,407 Let me introduce you to Ellis. 392 00:16:58,409 --> 00:17:01,001 Ellis! I bet I'm related to him. 393 00:17:01,003 --> 00:17:02,836 I wasn't supposed to say that yet, was I? 394 00:17:02,838 --> 00:17:04,671 Just act surprised later. 395 00:17:04,673 --> 00:17:05,931 Turn the page. 396 00:17:05,933 --> 00:17:08,842 From this pre-Civil War document, we know that 397 00:17:08,844 --> 00:17:11,604 your fourth great-grandfather was born into slavery 398 00:17:11,606 --> 00:17:13,756 on a ranch in Texas. 399 00:17:13,758 --> 00:17:17,684 On what would become the first Juneteenth in 1865, 400 00:17:17,686 --> 00:17:20,112 Ellis got word that the Emancipation Proclamation 401 00:17:20,114 --> 00:17:21,188 had freed the slaves 402 00:17:21,190 --> 00:17:23,857 two years earlier. 403 00:17:23,859 --> 00:17:25,601 Angry and determined, 404 00:17:25,603 --> 00:17:27,436 he leapt onto the wildest stallion on the ranch 405 00:17:27,438 --> 00:17:28,695 and held on for dear life. 406 00:17:28,697 --> 00:17:31,865 Three days later, and two states over, 407 00:17:31,867 --> 00:17:33,442 that stallion was broken. 408 00:17:33,444 --> 00:17:35,795 But Ellis, who'd been born a slave, 409 00:17:35,797 --> 00:17:37,221 was not only free, 410 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,965 now he was a cowboy. 411 00:17:39,967 --> 00:17:41,951 Really? I come from cowboys? 412 00:17:41,953 --> 00:17:46,455 DR. GATES: My friend, you come from a long line of cowboys, 413 00:17:46,457 --> 00:17:49,141 right up to Wyatt, your father. 414 00:17:49,143 --> 00:17:50,976 CARL: That's my dad. 415 00:17:50,978 --> 00:17:54,906 And here he is at the Okmulgee Oklahoma Rodeo. 416 00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:57,033 -(bull grunting) -(spectators cheering) 417 00:17:58,136 --> 00:18:01,487 20 seconds! Unbelievable ride! 418 00:18:01,489 --> 00:18:03,564 What are you gonna do with your grand prize buckle? 419 00:18:03,566 --> 00:18:07,418 Use it to hold up my Wranglers. (chuckles) 420 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:10,404 But then I'm going to pass it on to my kin. 421 00:18:10,406 --> 00:18:13,257 Folks don't always see us as cowboys, 422 00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:16,594 but when my boy wears this blue-ribbon belly-badge, 423 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:20,264 he'll know bull riding's in his blood. 424 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:23,226 I finally know who I am. 425 00:18:28,924 --> 00:18:30,757 I'm a Black cowboy. 426 00:18:30,759 --> 00:18:31,925 Uh, that's great, Carl, 427 00:18:32,186 --> 00:18:35,596 but does that mean you're qualified to be doing this? 428 00:18:35,598 --> 00:18:37,431 (bull snorts) 429 00:18:37,433 --> 00:18:39,951 Yeah, what the hell are you doing? 430 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,435 What I was born to do. 431 00:18:41,437 --> 00:18:44,013 Get killed by a 2,000-pound super cow? 432 00:18:44,015 --> 00:18:46,866 Guys, don't worry, I got the buckle. 433 00:18:46,868 --> 00:18:48,351 Uh... 434 00:18:48,353 --> 00:18:50,777 Doctor, can't you do something? 435 00:18:50,779 --> 00:18:52,446 Sorry, I see this a lot. 436 00:18:52,448 --> 00:18:55,299 Once, I had to pull Laurence Fishburne out of a jet cockpit 437 00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:58,160 after he found out his great-uncle was 438 00:18:58,162 --> 00:19:00,029 a Tuskegee Airman. 439 00:19:00,031 --> 00:19:02,031 Naima, you came! 440 00:19:02,033 --> 00:19:04,625 Yeah, I got your suicidal Evite. 441 00:19:04,627 --> 00:19:06,051 (bull snorting) 442 00:19:06,053 --> 00:19:07,961 Carl, don't do this. 443 00:19:07,963 --> 00:19:09,963 You don't need to prove anything to me. 444 00:19:09,965 --> 00:19:12,708 No, I need to prove it to myself. 445 00:19:12,710 --> 00:19:15,044 Bull riding is in my blood. 446 00:19:15,046 --> 00:19:16,562 (groans) That is not how blood works! 447 00:19:16,564 --> 00:19:19,824 Now, get off of that monster before I come over there. 448 00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:20,992 ♪ Black ♪ 449 00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:24,904 ♪ Cowboy ♪ 450 00:19:24,906 --> 00:19:29,375 ♪ I am a Black, I am a Black cowboy. ♪ 451 00:19:31,245 --> 00:19:32,578 (spectators exclaim) 452 00:19:32,580 --> 00:19:34,154 -MARGE: Oh, my God. -(spectators gasp) 453 00:19:34,156 --> 00:19:35,898 Genealogy can be a wild ride. 454 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:38,158 (cheering) 455 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,994 (chuckles): I did it! 456 00:19:40,996 --> 00:19:44,407 -I'm a cowboy! -That was crazy. 457 00:19:44,409 --> 00:19:48,093 Carl, you held on for three whole seconds. 458 00:19:48,095 --> 00:19:51,022 (whoops) Cowboy Carl! 459 00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:52,356 -(laughs) -(bone cracks) 460 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:54,433 Uh, is it supposed to do that? 461 00:19:54,435 --> 00:19:55,860 Don't worry, I'll fix that. 462 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:59,030 My great-great-grandfather was a doctor in the Civil War. 463 00:19:59,032 --> 00:20:00,847 Get the hell out of here. 464 00:20:00,849 --> 00:20:03,592 One in four cowboys who settled the Old West was Black. 465 00:20:03,594 --> 00:20:05,852 (chuckles) Oh, and you know the Lone Ranger? 466 00:20:05,854 --> 00:20:08,764 No, I'm a young person. 467 00:20:08,766 --> 00:20:11,876 Well, he was based on a real guy, Lawman Bass Reeves. 468 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:15,362 Maybe it's that you took my advice and explored your past, 469 00:20:15,364 --> 00:20:18,365 or maybe I just like a man who does what I tell him, 470 00:20:18,367 --> 00:20:21,702 but I feel very close to you right now. 471 00:20:21,704 --> 00:20:23,462 Me, too. 472 00:20:23,464 --> 00:20:24,555 Oh, and thanks for the O-positive, by the way. 473 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:28,875 So, does this make me a cowboy, too? 474 00:20:28,877 --> 00:20:30,803 That's not how blood works. 475 00:20:30,805 --> 00:20:32,730 (laughs) 476 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:34,565 ♪ I just try to be ♪ 477 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:38,719 -♪ Exactly what you see ♪ -(Naima and Carl laugh) 478 00:20:38,721 --> 00:20:41,888 ♪ Today and every day ♪ 479 00:20:41,890 --> 00:20:45,326 ♪ I'm just me. ♪ 480 00:20:48,306 --> 00:20:51,690 ♪ I was just born to be ♪ 481 00:20:51,692 --> 00:20:54,326 ♪ Exactly what you see ♪ 482 00:20:54,328 --> 00:20:57,588 ♪ Nothing more or less ♪ 483 00:20:57,590 --> 00:21:01,575 ♪ I'm not the worst or the best ♪ 484 00:21:01,577 --> 00:21:04,762 ♪ I just try to be ♪ 485 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:07,840 ♪ Exactly what you see ♪ 486 00:21:07,842 --> 00:21:11,660 ♪ Today and every day ♪ 487 00:21:11,662 --> 00:21:14,105 ♪ I'm just me ♪ 488 00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:18,109 ♪ Oh, I was just born to be ♪ 489 00:21:18,111 --> 00:21:21,687 ♪ Exactly what you see ♪ 490 00:21:21,689 --> 00:21:24,765 ♪ Today and every day ♪ 491 00:21:24,767 --> 00:21:26,342 ♪ I'm just me. ♪ 492 00:21:26,344 --> 00:21:27,285 Captioning sponsored by 20th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION 493 00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:28,527 and FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY 494 00:21:28,529 --> 00:21:29,512 and TOYOTA. 495 00:21:29,514 --> 00:21:30,413 Shh! 496 00:21:32,941 --> 00:21:36,294 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org