1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:04,230 DRE: Everyone's got a family tree. 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:07,432 A record of who they are and where they come from. 3 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:11,705 Ancient branches that reach back in time to the deepest roots of identity. 4 00:00:12,479 --> 00:00:14,344 Okay. Maybe not that deep. 5 00:00:14,647 --> 00:00:16,581 (SIGHS) We're so getting an "F." 6 00:00:16,649 --> 00:00:18,082 Hope you love summer school, friend. 7 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:20,483 Can we beef up our family tree with dead pets? 8 00:00:20,553 --> 00:00:21,542 Won't help. 9 00:00:21,621 --> 00:00:24,112 Lyla Chilton's family came here on the Mayflower. 10 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:26,681 Hey, you tell your teacher we sailed over on a boat, too. 11 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,490 But unlike Lyla Chilton's family, we came with a receipt. 12 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:30,790 - Dre. - Hey! 13 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,991 It's not my fault nobody shows any love 14 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:35,398 to the history of the enslaved and the oppressed. 15 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:38,437 All we get is a boring mini-series every 400 years. 16 00:00:38,638 --> 00:00:40,503 Well, babies, I know a lot about your heritage. 17 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:42,541 I actually did a genetic swab once. 18 00:00:42,609 --> 00:00:44,577 - Let me see if I still have that e-mail. - Swab. 19 00:00:44,644 --> 00:00:47,340 They don't need no damn Q-tip telling them where they're from. 20 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:51,214 Pops, DNA analysis is amazing. You get a whole rundown. 21 00:00:51,284 --> 00:00:53,275 Oh, oh! Here it is. Here it is. 22 00:00:53,353 --> 00:00:54,479 Okay, put this on my part, okay? 23 00:00:54,554 --> 00:00:57,853 23% Yoruba, 19% Gaelic, 24 00:00:57,924 --> 00:01:02,486 and no doubt for some horrific reason, 1% Mongol. 25 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:04,723 Ha! That's where you're from. 26 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:08,525 - A weird, old-timey five spot. - Mmm-hmm. 27 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:10,728 Thanks, but we'll just eat the "F." 28 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:12,066 Oh. Okay. 29 00:01:12,138 --> 00:01:14,299 Guess you don't want to hear about how your Pops' Pops' Pops 30 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:17,036 used that to bet the future of our whole family 31 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:18,975 against a notorious and ruthless gangster. 32 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:20,376 A gangster? 33 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:21,641 Oh, no. Go ahead. Go ahead. 34 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:24,046 Watch another one of your SpongeBob ShirtPants. 35 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:27,450 Okay, guys. Buckle up. You're in for a real Pops special. 36 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,047 It all went down in the year of our Lord 19 and 27, 37 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:32,716 during the Harlem Renaissance. 38 00:01:32,792 --> 00:01:35,625 Oh, those dudes are hilarious 39 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:37,856 with their trick dunks and the confetti bucket! 40 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,023 Agreed. 41 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:41,761 But what I'm talking about, baby boy, is a golden age 42 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:44,463 when black writers and artists and musicians 43 00:01:44,537 --> 00:01:48,200 planted our cultural flag deep in the soul of this country. 44 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,933 I don't mean your great-great-grandpa Drexler. 45 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:53,808 He was just a butt-ugly dope who delivered ice. 46 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,110 - Looked a lot like your dad. - DRE: Thanks, Pops. 47 00:01:56,182 --> 00:02:00,118 POPS: But one of his regular stops was the legendary Savoy Club. 48 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:02,177 (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) 49 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:08,089 It was electric, children. 50 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:10,391 The hottest dancers wowed them every night. 51 00:02:12,098 --> 00:02:16,535 The gents came for the dames. The dames came for the game. 52 00:02:18,938 --> 00:02:22,840 Running it all, a shrewd and moody gangster, Elroy Savoy. 53 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:25,537 Send two women and four bottles to the G-men at table 6, 54 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:26,874 and do something about this music. 55 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:28,140 This music is terrible. 56 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:30,743 Keep it the same but different. 57 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:32,775 Hey, ice boy. 58 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:37,183 Uh, excuse me, did you say "Ice boy" or "Ass boy"? 59 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:39,020 What I said is next time you come through here, 60 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:40,559 use the service corridor. 61 00:02:40,627 --> 00:02:42,424 You're dripping all over my rug. 62 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:44,656 I caught malaria in Peru looking for this rug. 63 00:02:44,731 --> 00:02:46,392 I ain't peed the same since. 64 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,389 Okay. 65 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:49,992 POPS: The only one who could warm Elroy 66 00:02:50,069 --> 00:02:53,038 was the soulful songbird Mirabelle Chalet. 67 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:55,801 Hey, baby, you looking fine. 68 00:02:55,875 --> 00:02:57,399 Well, you ain't got to tell me that. 69 00:02:57,477 --> 00:02:58,910 Right. 70 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:02,243 But seriously, I... I do look good, don't I? 71 00:03:02,315 --> 00:03:03,612 You look great. 72 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:05,378 I know, but you think I need to change? 73 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:07,146 'Cause I got something in the back that's a little better. 74 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:12,018 POPS: But the hippest cat in the joint 75 00:03:12,091 --> 00:03:15,424 was the legendary sports bookie Bippy Barnes. 76 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:18,187 Call you back in a few ticks, Mac. 77 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:22,030 Dolly, go collect on the markers from today's bangtail races. 78 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:25,662 - With pleasure. - Jolly, go buy me a bag of bullets. 79 00:03:25,738 --> 00:03:27,171 .45s for the Tommy? 80 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,434 You bet your sweet Bippy. 81 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:31,800 - Where were... - BOW: Hold on. 82 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:34,675 You're saying, "You bet your sweet Bippy" 83 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:36,581 came from a bookie named Bippy? 84 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:38,116 Who's telling the story? 85 00:03:38,184 --> 00:03:40,049 - All right. Oh. - And besides, that's not the point. 86 00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:42,212 The point is that ice wasn't the main reason 87 00:03:42,288 --> 00:03:43,721 that Drex was at the Savoy. 88 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:46,588 - He was there for Bea. - Who's Bea? 89 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:48,752 Only the love of his life. 90 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:50,726 (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) 91 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:54,756 POPS: A dancer with lustrous ebony locks, the smile of an angel, 92 00:03:54,834 --> 00:03:56,995 and getaway sticks that went on for days. 93 00:03:57,837 --> 00:03:59,805 I actually saw a picture of her once. 94 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,498 She looked just like your mama. 95 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:04,008 - Oh. - Pops, that don't even make sense, man. 96 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,237 She wasn't even related to Bow... 97 00:04:05,311 --> 00:04:07,074 Zip it, ass boy. 98 00:04:07,146 --> 00:04:08,135 Go on, Pops. 99 00:04:08,214 --> 00:04:09,442 - Thank you, Rainbow. - BOW: Mmm-hmm. 100 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:10,573 DRE: And we're off. 101 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:16,000 Ripped By mstoll 102 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:18,123 POPS: Drex and Bea were crazy about each other, 103 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:19,715 but they really couldn't go public 104 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:21,419 in a place that stamped both their meal tickets. 105 00:04:21,494 --> 00:04:23,121 Hey, Drexy. Oh! Oh! 106 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:24,185 - Drexy. - What? 107 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:26,027 Not here. Way too many eyes. 108 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:29,364 I swear, Bea, one day, you'll never have to work again. 109 00:04:29,435 --> 00:04:30,459 Oh, really? 110 00:04:30,536 --> 00:04:32,868 Just a breezy life raising our 10 children, 111 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:34,406 cleaning our house, 112 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:36,669 mending our clothes, and stomping on rats. 113 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:38,973 - (GASPS) Rats. - Mmm-hmm. We gonna be rich. 114 00:04:39,045 --> 00:04:41,104 Oh, Drexy... Oh, God. 115 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:43,045 - What? Oh? - Moon rash. 116 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,880 I swear, one of these days, that thing's gonna tip over and kill me. 117 00:04:46,219 --> 00:04:47,618 - You know what, Bea? - Hmm? 118 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:49,154 You and the rest of the girls 119 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:52,658 should organize into a group and demand safer working conditions. 120 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:54,826 Wow, I never thought of... 121 00:04:54,894 --> 00:04:55,883 - (DINGS) - ZOEY: Hold on. 122 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:57,793 You're saying our great-great-grandfather 123 00:04:57,864 --> 00:04:58,853 invented unions? 124 00:04:58,931 --> 00:05:00,364 Who's telling the story? 125 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:02,333 Besides, he didn't just do it for Bea. 126 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:04,029 He did it for everyone. 127 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:05,934 Like, uh, Zora the coat-check girl 128 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:08,496 in her dangerously unventilated closet. 129 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:12,376 This was an exquisite creature. Copper-colored, timeless beauty. 130 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:13,939 She looked a lot like you, Zo-Zo. 131 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:16,075 - Continue. - Very well. 132 00:05:17,116 --> 00:05:19,107 (TELEGRAPH CLICKING) 133 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,418 - Hi. - Yeah, yeah. Hold your horses. 134 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:24,615 I'll get your coat in a jiff. 135 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:25,915 I didn't bring a coat. 136 00:05:26,392 --> 00:05:27,484 Coat thief, huh? 137 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:28,784 - Uh... - Okay, here's how it goes. 138 00:05:29,062 --> 00:05:31,462 You can pinch up to three furs, we'll split the fence 50/50. 139 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:33,021 What? No, no, no, no. 140 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:35,124 I figured a hardworking girl like you 141 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:38,534 stuck in this sweat box smelling like dead fox deserves some ice. 142 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:40,196 Now we're talking. 143 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:42,173 I've been looking to score a good diamond heist. 144 00:05:42,241 --> 00:05:44,573 (CHUCKLING) But... No, not that kind of ice. 145 00:05:45,611 --> 00:05:46,942 Ice, ice, baby. 146 00:05:47,613 --> 00:05:49,240 Oh, thanks. 147 00:05:49,816 --> 00:05:51,010 You're welcome. 148 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:55,313 (TELEGRAPH CLICKING) 149 00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:56,377 POPS: So you see, children, 150 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:57,946 while there might have been a Renaissance in Harlem, 151 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,049 downtown they were still living in the dark ages. 152 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:03,823 So, in keeping with the triumphant past campaigns 153 00:06:03,896 --> 00:06:06,228 of Kimble, Kollins & Klark, 154 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:09,496 I give you Madsen Coffee Beans. 155 00:06:09,569 --> 00:06:12,265 "Mammy said you like it dark." 156 00:06:12,338 --> 00:06:15,330 Outstanding! Now you're on the trolley. 157 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:16,636 Very triple "K." 158 00:06:16,709 --> 00:06:19,507 But I think we should make the servant child a little darker. 159 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:21,979 I don't want people mistaking her for a Mexican. 160 00:06:22,348 --> 00:06:25,613 - Ah! - She should be as dark as, uh... As him. 161 00:06:26,586 --> 00:06:27,644 Ooh, that's dark. 162 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,753 Oh. Honored, sir... And smart. (LAUGHS) 163 00:06:30,823 --> 00:06:33,917 That's why you're the big cheese, and I live under a train. 164 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:35,984 Shall we pop the breakfast bubbly? 165 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:37,893 Oh. Why is this still warm? 166 00:06:37,964 --> 00:06:40,262 Gentlemen, uh, sorry about the late delivery. 167 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:41,664 Ah, young Drex. 168 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:43,929 You look a little more haggard than usual. 169 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:46,870 Mooning over your dame all night at the Savoy again? 170 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:49,837 Ooh, now that's a frolic pad I'd like to cut a rug at. 171 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:53,811 Love that negro music and negro dance and negro style. 172 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,314 Just a huge negro lover. 173 00:06:56,382 --> 00:06:58,475 Wow, you really like using that word, huh? 174 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:01,317 Now, I know it's the exact right word for our times, 175 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:03,582 but, mmm, just the way you say it. 176 00:07:03,656 --> 00:07:05,487 Hey, janitor, you say it. 177 00:07:05,892 --> 00:07:06,881 (STAMMERS) Negro. 178 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:08,688 See. Fine. Your turn. 179 00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:10,053 Negro. 180 00:07:10,129 --> 00:07:12,689 Whoo-hoo-hoo. Makes my fists ball up every time you say it. 181 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:15,962 Listen, Drex, if you want to take it to the next level 182 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:17,898 - with your little Barlow... - What? 183 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:20,097 ...you got to make her feel like she's the cat's pajamas. 184 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:22,801 And you have to dress to the nines to show you deserve her. 185 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:25,673 Drex, love is all about outward appearance. 186 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:26,937 Capital idea. 187 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:28,913 I'll have my opium guy stitch you a suit. 188 00:07:28,981 --> 00:07:32,883 By the way, he's also your man for ivory and panda meat. Mmm! 189 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:34,476 - Panda meat. - DREX: Wow. Thanks. 190 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:36,954 You gents ever want to come down to the Savoy, let me know. 191 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:39,721 - I got an in to get you a good table. - (CHUCKLES) 192 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:42,727 Ah, you're a sweet boy, but, uh, I think that our in 193 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:45,992 is that we're incredibly rich and, uh, absurdly white. 194 00:07:46,065 --> 00:07:48,329 (BOTH LAUGH) 195 00:07:49,802 --> 00:07:52,669 Me, I'll never get into Savoy. 196 00:07:52,738 --> 00:07:55,002 - Too dark to pass the paper-bag test. - Mmm-hmm. 197 00:07:55,074 --> 00:07:58,202 But my old roomie, Langston, get in with no problem. 198 00:07:58,277 --> 00:07:59,744 Old caramel-colored bastard. 199 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:03,504 Nabbed some fancy book deal writing about raisins in the sun. 200 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:05,244 Got that from me. 201 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:06,979 Love putting stuff in the sun. 202 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:09,851 Raisins, damp socks, uncured bacon. 203 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:10,911 Uh... 204 00:08:10,990 --> 00:08:12,287 It's probably why I'm so dark. 205 00:08:12,358 --> 00:08:14,189 (TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE) 206 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:18,026 The sun, man. That crazy fireball don't play. 207 00:08:18,764 --> 00:08:20,061 (HORN HONKS IN DISTANCE) 208 00:08:20,132 --> 00:08:21,258 All right. 209 00:08:21,434 --> 00:08:22,924 You stay light-skinned out there, boy. 210 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:25,163 - (DINGS) - Hold on. 211 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:27,001 You're saying Langston Hughes 212 00:08:27,073 --> 00:08:30,668 plagiarized an insane janitor who lived under a train? 213 00:08:30,743 --> 00:08:34,577 Who is telling this story? 214 00:08:36,949 --> 00:08:39,975 Besides, a lot of truth came from a lot of poor folks who never got credit. 215 00:08:40,453 --> 00:08:41,852 I'll give you a "For instance." 216 00:08:41,921 --> 00:08:45,880 Back in the day, there was a wise shoeshine called Jojo Rags. 217 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:47,783 He was known as the child prophet of Harlem, 218 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:48,849 stood about your height, 219 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:50,589 had your same princely bearing there, Junior. 220 00:08:51,330 --> 00:08:53,025 - Proceed. - Very well. 221 00:08:53,099 --> 00:08:54,361 (HORNS HONKING) 222 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:55,923 If you ask Jojo Rags, 223 00:08:56,002 --> 00:08:58,163 the stock market's due for a big tumble. 224 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:01,070 If you have any cabbage, I'd pull it out lickety. 225 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:03,870 Also, I'm pretty sure Germany's up to no good. 226 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:06,377 Been hearing about some beady-eyed Fritz 227 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:09,437 named Adolf who stole Charlie Chaplin's mustache. 228 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:11,574 Uh, boy, do you ever shut your damn yap? 229 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:14,745 The only thing that shuts Jojo Rags' yap is a good tip. 230 00:09:14,921 --> 00:09:16,320 Fair enough. 231 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:18,414 - (GRUNTS) - I got to go get my girl. 232 00:09:18,491 --> 00:09:19,480 (HORN HONKS) 233 00:09:20,459 --> 00:09:22,859 I'm telling you, something's different with my moon. 234 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:25,295 It feels less deadly. 235 00:09:25,364 --> 00:09:27,025 - You're welcome. - What? (GASPS) 236 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:30,935 Hello, Rudolph Valentino. 237 00:09:31,704 --> 00:09:33,501 - Whoa, not here. Too many eyes. - Oh. 238 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:35,734 - (BOTH CHUCKLE) - So, you fixed it? 239 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:39,073 Well, I wouldn't want it falling down, banging my Bea's knees. 240 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:40,840 - Aw, Drexy... - Wasn't nothing. 241 00:09:40,913 --> 00:09:44,007 I just took some music stands and shored it up, that's all. 242 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,573 - (CHUCKLING) - Hey, where the hell's our sheet music? 243 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:47,414 Oh. Hey, hey, hey, man, I'm sorry. 244 00:09:47,486 --> 00:09:50,148 I'm over here trying to make a safer work environment. Uh... 245 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:51,814 Hey, why don't you guys improvise today? 246 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:54,223 Okay, drum man, give me a... 247 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:57,062 (IMITATES CYMBALS) 248 00:09:57,129 --> 00:09:58,653 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, like that. 249 00:09:58,731 --> 00:09:59,789 Bass man. 250 00:09:59,865 --> 00:10:03,198 (IMITATES BASS LINE) 251 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:05,032 - (PLAYS BASS) - (DREX LAUGHS) 252 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:06,969 Dizzy! Blow your horn! 253 00:10:08,474 --> 00:10:09,873 - (TRUMPET PLAYS) - BEA: Oh! 254 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:10,966 (LAUGHS) Yeah! 255 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:13,307 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 256 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:19,842 (LAUGHS) 257 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:20,908 - (DINGS) - RUBY: Earl Johnson! 258 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:25,081 Stop lying about how your idiot grandaddy invented jazz. 259 00:10:25,157 --> 00:10:27,387 Never said jazz. Just beats by Drex. 260 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,127 Even had the mean, drunk, old club madam 261 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:32,789 tapping her fat ham hocks. 262 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:36,062 Uh-huh. You're not even trying to grease my wheels, are you? 263 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:37,295 Nope. 264 00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:40,601 All right, girls, come on. Come on. Come on. 265 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:41,970 Hop to it, hop to it. 266 00:10:42,041 --> 00:10:44,475 Lord knows you ain't getting any younger or prettier. 267 00:10:44,543 --> 00:10:45,840 You're one to talk. 268 00:10:46,245 --> 00:10:48,406 You know, I can't wait 269 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:50,949 till someone shoves a roscoe in your button 270 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:53,508 and blasts your grits all over the wallpaper. 271 00:10:53,586 --> 00:10:54,712 - Beat it. - Uh... 272 00:10:55,354 --> 00:10:57,788 Come on, girls. Let's get a wiggle on. 273 00:10:58,257 --> 00:11:00,452 Let's go! Whoo! Come on! 274 00:11:00,526 --> 00:11:02,517 (JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES) 275 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:06,563 Babe, listen, I've been saving up. 276 00:11:06,632 --> 00:11:10,432 And I don't have as much as I'd like, but all we need is each other, right? 277 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:13,131 - What are you getting at, Drexy? - Run away with me. 278 00:11:13,205 --> 00:11:15,469 - (GASPS) Really? - Look, away from all of this. 279 00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:17,338 - (GASPS) - Hey, we could leave tonight. 280 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:18,968 - Oh, my gosh. - Ass boy! 281 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:21,572 What you doing? 282 00:11:21,647 --> 00:11:23,274 You trying to make time with my girl? 283 00:11:23,349 --> 00:11:24,714 (STAMMERS) I'm sorry, Mr. Savoy. 284 00:11:24,784 --> 00:11:26,046 But I thought Mirabelle was your girl. 285 00:11:26,118 --> 00:11:27,517 They're all my girls. 286 00:11:28,487 --> 00:11:29,818 Except for that one right there. 287 00:11:29,955 --> 00:11:32,446 Yeah, hit bricks, palooka! 288 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:33,681 - Hey! - (BAND GROANS) 289 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:34,817 That's right. 290 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:37,522 And if I ever see you talking with one of my girls again, 291 00:11:37,596 --> 00:11:41,032 - (MOUTHING) - I'm gonna fill that belly with lead. 292 00:11:41,834 --> 00:11:44,598 Now go peddle some ice, ass boy. 293 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:45,659 (MOUTHING) 294 00:11:47,673 --> 00:11:50,767 So, he can definitely say "Ice." 295 00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:56,913 DRE: So, Pops' fish tale had taken a lot out of him. 296 00:11:56,982 --> 00:11:58,609 (SNORING) 297 00:11:58,684 --> 00:11:59,981 - Come on, Pops! Wake up! - Huh? 298 00:12:00,319 --> 00:12:01,946 (CLEARS THROAT) 299 00:12:02,021 --> 00:12:04,114 - How long was I out? - Not long enough. 300 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:06,351 I want to hear how great-great-grandpa Drex 301 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:08,859 saved his sweet honey Bea from Elroy Savoy. 302 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,919 My money's on Jojo Rags. 303 00:12:10,996 --> 00:12:13,396 Seriously? Dude has "Rags" in his name. 304 00:12:13,466 --> 00:12:14,899 BOW: (SOFTLY) Dre, this is amazing. 305 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:18,635 No one's texting, posting, streaming. 306 00:12:18,704 --> 00:12:21,935 - They're just listening about their family. - Hmm. 307 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:24,066 Things were dire, children, very dire. 308 00:12:24,143 --> 00:12:28,170 See, Drex knew with Elroy in his way, he could never be with Bea. 309 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:29,236 He was heartbroken. 310 00:12:29,315 --> 00:12:33,513 And no one could sing of heartbreak better than Mirabelle Chalet. 311 00:12:36,655 --> 00:12:39,021 (SLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 312 00:12:39,091 --> 00:12:42,288 Time On My Hands 313 00:12:42,361 --> 00:12:45,194 Since you been away, boy 314 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:48,529 I ain't got no plans 315 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,001 No, no, no, no 316 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,810 And the sound of the rain against my windowpane 317 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:02,137 Is slowly 318 00:13:02,214 --> 00:13:06,583 Is slowly driving me insane 319 00:13:06,652 --> 00:13:11,385 Boy, I'm going down 320 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:14,790 I'm going down 321 00:13:14,860 --> 00:13:18,057 'Cause you ain't around 322 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:22,624 Baby, my whole world's 323 00:13:22,701 --> 00:13:25,602 Upside down 324 00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:29,367 Ooh, baby, love 325 00:13:29,441 --> 00:13:31,841 I've sung that song 2,000 times. 326 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:33,845 And every time, all eyes was on me. 327 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:36,848 But you didn't take your eyes off Bea for a second. 328 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,444 Man, I wish someone loved me like that. 329 00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:40,574 What about Elroy? 330 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:42,348 Elroy loves Elroy. 331 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:45,115 - Oh, and hobo fights. - (CHUCKLES) 332 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:47,989 But what you got, man. What you got is special. 333 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:49,722 So fight for her. 334 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:51,820 (SCOFFS) This chump? 335 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:54,198 Elroy's boys will chop him up 336 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:56,826 and spit him out like cheap Carolina leaf. 337 00:13:56,902 --> 00:13:59,268 Look, y'all don't have to beat Elroy's thugs, 338 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:01,329 just that big, swollen head of his. 339 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,238 He think he can dance, but look. 340 00:14:03,309 --> 00:14:05,300 (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) 341 00:14:10,416 --> 00:14:11,576 That ain't his only weakness. 342 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:13,242 The man is a degenerate gambler. 343 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:14,513 Also, you could play that angle. 344 00:14:14,587 --> 00:14:16,418 - So now you believe in me? - Not at all. 345 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:18,924 I just don't like the way this boy Elroy operates. 346 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:20,288 No honor. 347 00:14:20,359 --> 00:14:22,054 By my book, when you bump a guy, 348 00:14:22,127 --> 00:14:24,152 at least have the decency to chop him up in little pieces, 349 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:25,254 then throw him in the river. 350 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,666 Elroy, he shoots you in the back 351 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:30,224 and leaves you in an alley for cats to eat your face. 352 00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:33,735 Don't even have the class to barneymug your bereaved woman. 353 00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:35,171 - What? - Well, thank you. 354 00:14:35,574 --> 00:14:36,734 Really good pep talk. 355 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:39,243 All I'm saying is between Elroy's unlucky hand 356 00:14:39,311 --> 00:14:41,779 and two left feet, you stand a chance at taking him down. 357 00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:44,315 Come on, Drex. Don't let love die. 358 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:45,611 Go get your girl. 359 00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:48,844 Damn it. You're right. 360 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:55,659 - Cats are gonna eat his face. - The dogs, too. 361 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:57,628 - No, I got it, Bea. No, Bea. - Drexy! 362 00:14:57,696 --> 00:14:59,789 - And the security tries... - Excuse me, Mr. Savoy. 363 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:01,059 We need to confabulate. 364 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:02,691 I'm in love with Bea, Bea's in love with me, 365 00:15:02,768 --> 00:15:04,497 and we want to spend the rest of our lives together. 366 00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:08,001 Boom! All I got in this world. 367 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:09,404 - Five bucks? - Mmm-hmm. 368 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:11,074 Drexy, I thought you said you've been saving up. 369 00:15:11,143 --> 00:15:12,667 I wasn't expecting you to put down an Abraham. 370 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:14,007 Okay, but that's how we start. 371 00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:15,808 It's fine. But going forward, I'm gonna do the bookkeeping. 372 00:15:15,881 --> 00:15:17,405 - DREXY: Okay, you got it. - Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. 373 00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:20,680 All right. Elroy Savoy, I challenge you to a dance duel. 374 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:21,777 (CHUCKLES) 375 00:15:21,854 --> 00:15:23,754 And if I win, you let Bea out of her contract 376 00:15:23,822 --> 00:15:25,414 and you leave us alone forever. 377 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:28,426 But if you win, you get my life savings. 378 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:31,155 Oh, you know I love to dance! 379 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:35,498 - Ice boy, you on. - Mmm-hmm. 380 00:15:35,567 --> 00:15:38,195 But one thing, I'm gonna use this proxy dancer. 381 00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:39,362 What? 382 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:43,602 See, I've been recently informed that I'm a horrible hoofer, by my brother. 383 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:45,642 May he rest in peace. 384 00:15:45,711 --> 00:15:47,770 Me? Dance for you? 385 00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:50,281 I'm loyal to Bippy till the day I die. 386 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:51,338 Here's a nickel. 387 00:15:52,918 --> 00:15:54,180 Bippy's dead to me. 388 00:15:54,253 --> 00:15:56,483 (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) 389 00:15:56,555 --> 00:15:57,920 Ow! 390 00:15:57,990 --> 00:15:59,855 BEA: Yeah, I'm gonna die on that moon. 391 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:03,525 Ladies and gentlemen, guys and dolls, 392 00:16:03,595 --> 00:16:06,291 the main event of the evening for your entertainment and pleasure, 393 00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:10,691 Drex "The ice man cometh" vs. Jolly "The jumping runner." 394 00:16:10,936 --> 00:16:14,633 Time to set the stage for the Savoy Salvo! 395 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,400 - (APPLAUSE) - Bets here. Place your bets here. 396 00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:19,535 Why don't you get up and do some squats? 397 00:16:19,611 --> 00:16:21,010 Uh, can't. Bum legs. 398 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,207 I once had scurvy and currently have rickets. 399 00:16:23,682 --> 00:16:25,206 And yet, you chose a dance battle? 400 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:27,479 - (STUTTERS) Well, I... - Never mind. Never mind. 401 00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,214 - Just go out there and do your best. - Mmm-hmm. 402 00:16:29,288 --> 00:16:31,153 And know that no matter what happens, 403 00:16:31,223 --> 00:16:33,157 I will always remember you. 404 00:16:33,225 --> 00:16:34,715 Okay. Uh... 405 00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:37,261 - What? - Boys, throw me a beat for hot feet! 406 00:16:37,596 --> 00:16:39,530 (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) 407 00:16:48,907 --> 00:16:50,033 - (MUSIC STOPS) - (APPLAUSE) 408 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:52,476 - Is it me? Okay. - Let's go. 409 00:16:52,544 --> 00:16:55,138 I got this. All right. Uh, give me a shimmy. 410 00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:56,813 (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) 411 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,011 That's my man. 412 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:08,053 - (MUSIC STOPS) - Ha! 413 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:09,594 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 414 00:17:09,661 --> 00:17:10,719 Bring the swing! 415 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,754 (UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS) 416 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:31,849 - (MUSIC STOPS) - (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 417 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:37,250 - All right. You ready? - DREXY: Hey, band. 418 00:17:37,356 --> 00:17:39,221 - Why don't you just go and give me... - (ALL EXCLAIMS) 419 00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:40,383 - Drexy! - Ow! 420 00:17:40,459 --> 00:17:42,324 - Drexy! - I slipped on something. 421 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:44,525 - Huh. (GASPS) - (AUDIENCE MURMURING) 422 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:46,956 Ice. Oh, the irony. 423 00:17:47,332 --> 00:17:49,493 Oh, no. I can't let Savoy win. 424 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:50,967 But you can't stand up. 425 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:53,497 Maybe I don't have to. 426 00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:55,563 - Really? Okay. - Uh-huh. Band. 427 00:17:55,674 --> 00:17:57,198 (IMITATING CYMBALS) 428 00:17:57,276 --> 00:17:58,903 (MAN PLAYS CYMBALS) 429 00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:01,001 (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS) 430 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,275 (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS) 431 00:18:03,348 --> 00:18:04,337 Whoo! 432 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:05,941 Okay. 433 00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:08,646 (AUDIENCE GASPS) 434 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:16,855 (MUSIC STOPS) 435 00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:18,925 (AUDIENCE CHEERS) 436 00:18:18,997 --> 00:18:22,455 Turn it up! (LAUGHS) 437 00:18:22,534 --> 00:18:23,592 Yeah! 438 00:18:24,369 --> 00:18:25,358 - JACK: Hold on. - (DINGS) 439 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:28,531 He beat Jolly by inventing break-dancing? 440 00:18:28,674 --> 00:18:30,073 Nope. I reject that. 441 00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:33,009 Don't be a sore moron. Our family won! 442 00:18:33,545 --> 00:18:34,569 Actually... 443 00:18:34,646 --> 00:18:35,874 Disqualified? 444 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,916 I didn't agree to no worm-like dancing. 445 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:40,180 - I'm gonna rip his head off. - No, Bea. Bea, Bea. 446 00:18:40,252 --> 00:18:41,583 Dancing like a worm. 447 00:18:41,653 --> 00:18:43,484 We can still buy back your contract. 448 00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:45,419 My bank don't take ice chips. 449 00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:47,356 - (CHUCKLES) - Oh. Too bad. 450 00:18:47,426 --> 00:18:49,257 How about the two grand I made through Bippy 451 00:18:49,328 --> 00:18:50,454 betting against myself? 452 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:51,618 That's right. 453 00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:56,458 I didn't trust you, so I hedged my chances to win even if I lost. Ha! 454 00:18:57,469 --> 00:18:58,458 - Kill him. - Hey... 455 00:18:58,537 --> 00:18:59,561 - Run! Run! - DREXY: Let's go! Let's go! 456 00:18:59,638 --> 00:19:00,935 BEA: Move your rickety legs! Go! 457 00:19:01,006 --> 00:19:02,268 DREXY: They rickety, baby, they rickety! 458 00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:04,775 The kid... The kid tied my shoes to the... To the... 459 00:19:04,843 --> 00:19:07,004 The kid tied... The kid tied my shoes to the table. 460 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:09,070 - Run! - Go, go! 461 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,309 (SIGHS) Now, what I was trying to say to y'all before 462 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:15,319 is I'm thinking about starting this line of lingerie. 463 00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:17,116 Savoy Javoy. 464 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:19,548 You like that? 465 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:21,684 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! 466 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,193 - We got to get my coat. - Oh, to hell with it! 467 00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:24,820 No, no, the only reason I'm down to $5 468 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:26,660 is because your wedding ring is in there! 469 00:19:26,732 --> 00:19:29,064 - We got to get your coat. - Okay, let's go. 470 00:19:29,134 --> 00:19:31,227 DRE: Oh! Drat. One of Elroy's goons. 471 00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:34,102 (TELEGRAPH CLICKING) 472 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,401 Hold on a sec. 473 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:37,764 (TELEGRAPH CLICKING) 474 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:41,808 BEA: Here she comes. 475 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,446 DREXY: Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on, coat check. 476 00:19:45,517 --> 00:19:47,007 Go! Go! 477 00:19:47,085 --> 00:19:49,110 Uh, go show them my emergency escape route. 478 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,156 But he just won a huge bet off you. 479 00:19:51,223 --> 00:19:53,214 Exactly. He gets away, Bippy don't have to pay. 480 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:54,418 They're gonna need fast wheels. 481 00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:55,619 Give them these. 482 00:19:56,461 --> 00:19:59,919 Hey, awful nice giving up your breezer, Bippy. 483 00:19:59,998 --> 00:20:01,158 You getting soft? 484 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,461 Not really. 485 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:03,967 That was the key to your car. 486 00:20:05,637 --> 00:20:06,797 (BLEEP) 487 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:08,863 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 488 00:20:10,275 --> 00:20:11,867 Get in the car! Get in the car! 489 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:14,105 (BOTH PANTING) 490 00:20:14,179 --> 00:20:16,704 Thank you, guys. Risking your lives to save us. 491 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:17,908 I just hate Elroy. 492 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,712 That clown's a worse tipper than you. 493 00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:22,879 Seriously. Your parents, they raised you right. 494 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:24,417 We're all orphans. 495 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:25,922 Awkward. 496 00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:27,917 Well... 497 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:29,392 (STAMMERS) 498 00:20:29,461 --> 00:20:30,985 - We can't leave them here. - BEA: No. 499 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,621 Okay. All right. 500 00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:35,064 Well, you're not orphans anymore. Get in the car! 501 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:36,896 (EXCITED SQUEALING) 502 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:38,231 Shotgun! (LAUGHS) 503 00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:40,427 - We're not orphans! - (COCKS GUN) 504 00:20:42,307 --> 00:20:44,571 And that is the God's honest truth. 505 00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:47,842 (GASPS) Wow! So, they kept the plucky orphans? 506 00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:49,642 Yeah, at least till the Spanish flu wiped them all out. 507 00:20:49,715 --> 00:20:51,410 - (BOTH GASP) - (CHUCKLES) Just kidding. 508 00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:52,950 (LAUGHS) 509 00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:55,282 No, they all became the great aunts and uncles 510 00:20:55,354 --> 00:20:56,821 that you're all named after. 511 00:20:57,155 --> 00:20:58,918 ANDRE: So awesome! 512 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:01,357 Diane, make sure to put that uncle Jojo Rags 513 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:04,452 predicted the great depression and World War II. 514 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:05,689 - Yes! - Whatever. 515 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:07,664 Aunt Zora invented texting. 516 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:09,963 All right, all right, all right, everybody listen up. 517 00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:12,026 Listen up, listen up. 518 00:21:13,305 --> 00:21:15,000 I've got a story to tell. 519 00:21:15,073 --> 00:21:16,267 I bet you do. 520 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:19,037 It's about your great-great-great-grandma. 521 00:21:19,544 --> 00:21:22,012 Aunt Jemima. 522 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:23,539 What? Did she... 523 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:26,948 RUBY: Oh, she was big, she was black, and she was beautiful. 524 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:29,544 - A lot like your grandma Ruby. - (BOTH LAUGHING) 525 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:31,987 DRE: So, the twins had plenty of information 526 00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:33,957 for their family-history project. 527 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:35,391 Would their teacher buy it? 528 00:21:35,994 --> 00:21:37,757 Do you think this is a joke? 529 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:39,558 DRE: Not at all. They got the "F." 530 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:43,024 But the point is, there is a story to tell. 531 00:21:43,101 --> 00:21:47,333 The story of us, our family, our culture. 532 00:21:47,406 --> 00:21:50,136 The details of the story might change over time, 533 00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:52,802 but the important thing is we tell it. 534 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:54,072 (DINGS) 535 00:21:56,500 --> 00:22:04,500 Ripped By mstoll