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00:00 ♪♪
00:06 -Aah! Steve!
00:08 Steve, get out of here!
00:10 -Sed, Sed, relax, man.
00:12 If this is about the last pork chop missing, I ate it.
00:16 I got to have protein, too.
00:18 -Steve, I just saw a rat.
00:20 A big rat.
00:22 A hood rat.
00:23 Gold key, do-rag.
00:25 I think he had a beeper.
00:27 -You know, Sed, there's a 12-step program
00:30 somewhere with your name on it.
00:32 It's in the cabinet right there.
00:34 Check for yourself.
00:35 -Oh, come on, Sed.
00:37 I can't believe you're getting punked by a mouse.
00:40 [ Laughter ]
00:42 -See? Nothing.
00:44 [ Squeaks ]
00:45 [ Laughter ]
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01:24 -Okay, Romeo, you had the last correct answer,
01:27 so it's your turn.
01:28 -All right.
01:29 I'll take "Great Male Singers" for 30 points.
01:33 -Okay.
01:34 This great R&B musician
01:36 should have been invited to sing on "We Are the World,"
01:40 but was unjustly bumped for Dan Aykroyd.
01:43 [ Squeaks ]
01:44 Romeo.
01:45 -Who is Steve Hightower?
01:47 -Yes!
01:48 [ Laughter ]
01:50 -Well, actually, I couldn't have been there anyway
01:53 'cause I was playing the role of Isaac's no-good brother
01:56 on the episode "Love Boat."
01:58 Okay, Romeo, you're on the roll.
02:00 -I'll take "Great Performers" for 50 points.
02:04 -Okay.
02:05 This performer played opposite Lola Felana
02:09 as Isaac's now-do-well brother
02:13 on television's "Love Boat."
02:16 [ Squeaks ]
02:17 Sarah.
02:18 -Who is Steve Hightower?
02:20 -Correct, correct, correct!
02:23 [ Laughter ]
02:24 -I love this game.
02:26 -Wait a minute.
02:27 All the answers to the questions are Mr. Hightower.
02:30 -Yeah.
02:31 -What's up with that?
02:32 -I'm trying to teach y'all self-esteem.
02:35 See, you got to remember,
02:37 the greatest love of all is yourself.
02:40 [ Laughter ]
02:41 [ Bell rings ]
02:42 -Okay, everybody, I got your test papers right here.
02:45 Read 'em.
02:46 And whee!
02:48 Okay, Romeo, there's yours.
02:50 -Aha! Got a B!
02:51 Look, sweetheart, I got a B.
02:53 -Yeah, I was thinking about calling Ripley's "Believe It or Not."
02:57 -That's great, Romeo.
02:58 -You know, Romeo, you were only three points away from an A.
03:02 Keep it up.
03:04 -Romeo.
03:05 Great, I'm glad I called you.
03:06 I need you to come by my office and sign your transfer papers.
03:09 -Transfer?
03:10 Where's he going?
03:11 -Yeah, where am I going?
03:12 -Your father's switching you to vacation.
03:14 We got to change your whole curriculum.
03:16 -He took me out of college prep?
03:18 -I thought you knew.
03:19 -Man, I can't believe him.
03:20 -How could you let this happen, Ms. Greer?
03:24 [ Door closes ]
03:25 -Regina, shouldn't Romeo have some sort of say in all of this?
03:29 -Look, his father doesn't think he's college material.
03:32 -I mean, well, my father felt the same way.
03:34 Never thought I'd make it in music until I had a hit
03:37 and I was dating Thelma from "Good Times."
03:40 -Look, I don't know if you're gonna believe me,
03:43 but his father wants him to learn to trade,
03:46 and that's his prerogative.
03:47 I'm afraid that, uh, Romeo's no longer in your class.
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03:58 -Sed, what are you doing?
04:01 -We got to smoke the mouse, Steve.
04:04 Let's start cutting up some Velveeta.
04:07 -Sed, don't feed him Velveeta.
04:09 He'll like it, and next thing you know,
04:11 we'll have all his 50 little friends up in here.
04:14 -Besides, man, I could care less about a mouse.
04:17 I've been having a bad day.
04:18 I don't believe it, man.
04:19 Romeo's father took him out of my class
04:22 and put him in vocational training.
04:24 -You kidding?
04:26 I'm sorry, dog.
04:27 -You can't tell by his grades,
04:28 but Romeo's really a bright kid, man.
04:31 [ Squeaking ]
04:32 -You hear that?
04:34 -What?
04:35 -It's the mouse.
04:36 I can hear him creeping through our cabinets.
04:39 Probably sitting in one of our teacups
04:41 pretending he at Disneyland.
04:44 -Come on, Sed, why don't you forget about the mouse, man,
04:49 and forget about all these traps?
04:51 Just get yourself a cat.
04:53 -A cat?
04:54 That's a good idea, Steve.
04:56 You know, I can get my mom's cat, Freddy.
04:58 He only got three legs and one ear, but he fast.
05:01 -Three legs? What happened to him?
05:02 -Remember how he used to chase a lawnmower?
05:05 Well, one day he caught it.
05:08 -Oh, Freddy.
05:09 Freddy the cool cat.
05:11 Well, you know, Freddy's the only cat I know wear a purse.
05:15 -You hear that?
05:18 It's him again.
05:20 I'm-a go get Freddy.
05:22 Yo, mouse.
05:24 Go and get Freddy.
05:26 Ha-ha!
05:27 Yeah, he gonna have your mama shopping for a black dress.
05:30 -He's just a little mouse.
05:34 [ Laughter ]
05:36 -Ah, ah.
05:41 I'm-a just go out to dinner.
05:43 [ Laughter ]
05:45 -Hey, Romeo, how you doing?
05:50 -How you think he's doing?
05:51 He looks like the kid they don't talk about in "Home Improvement."
05:54 [ Laughter ]
05:55 I think it's so messed up
05:56 that your dad thinks you're out of class like that.
05:58 -Parents, just 'cause they give us food, shelter,
06:01 a little bail money,
06:02 they think they can just tell us what to do.
06:04 -Right.
06:05 -Oh, it's cool, y'all.
06:06 I mean, if I'm not in class, I'm not in class.
06:08 I can deal with it.
06:10 Sophia, I got to get the shot.
06:12 Oh, I made you something.
06:15 Check it, y'all.
06:17 -Wow.
06:19 Wow.
06:20 -Yeah, that's cool.
06:22 Y'all like it?
06:23 -Yeah.
06:24 -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:25 -It's a spice rack.
06:26 -Oh, yeah.
06:27 -That's nice.
06:28 -Now, check it out, though.
06:29 I didn't follow the model.
06:30 I followed my spirit.
06:31 'Cause, see, even in shop,
06:33 Romeo got to be Romeo.
06:36 [ Laughs ]
06:37 You know?
06:38 [ Sighs ]
06:39 [ Laughter ]
06:40 Well, got to get to class.
06:42 Today we find out what that little black ball
06:44 in the toilet bowl is for.
06:46 [ Laughter ]
06:48 I'll talk to you later, sweetheart.
06:51 -Hang in there, Romeo.
06:52 We'll figure something out.
06:53 We're not gonna let you go out like this.
06:55 -Oh, don't worry about it.
06:56 It's cool.
06:57 I'm sweaty.
06:58 -Just chill.
07:00 -Hey, Romeo.
07:06 -Hey, Mr. Atawa.
07:07 How you doing?
07:08 -No, the question is, how are you doing?
07:11 -I'm doing all right.
07:12 Look what I made.
07:14 -Oh, wow.
07:15 That's a --
07:16 That's a pretty nice pool-stick holder.
07:20 [ Laughter ]
07:21 -It's a spice rack.
07:24 -Oh, man.
07:25 Why am I fronting?
07:28 I mean, look at this.
07:29 It's a shame a tree had to die for this.
07:32 [ Laughter ]
07:33 -Hey, don't be so hard on yourself, son.
07:35 You got skills, Romeo.
07:36 You just ain't got no skills in woodworking.
07:39 -Mr. Atawa,
07:40 I'm dying in this vocational training thing.
07:42 Ain't there some strings you can pull
07:44 to get me out of this?
07:45 -Look, Romeo, I'd love to step in and help you out,
07:47 but you got to look at this, man.
07:48 You bought half of this on yourself.
07:50 I mean, look at your grades.
07:51 How did you get a D in study hall?
07:54 -I'm a late bloomer.
07:55 I mean, I know I can do better.
07:57 I want to go to college, Mr. Atawa.
07:59 I don't want to be one of those guys
08:00 who just wear the Georgetown jackets.
08:03 -Hey, look, Romeo,
08:04 I know what you capable of,
08:05 but it's not me you got to convince.
08:07 It's your father.
08:08 -Oh.
08:09 Well, you don't know my pops.
08:10 He tough.
08:11 On our welcome mat, it says,
08:12 "Don't you got somewhere better to go?"
08:14 -You just gonna have to tell him
08:16 what's in your heart, son.
08:17 Tell him what you want out of life
08:18 and then what you're willing to do to get it.
08:20 -What if he don't listen?
08:21 -Show him your spice rack.
08:23 And then tell him you ain't gonna ever be able
08:25 to make enough money to leave home.
08:28 [ Laughter ]
08:30 ♪♪♪♪
08:35 -What's the matter, sir?
08:37 -It's Freddy.
08:38 -Where'd he get the mouse?
08:40 -Freddy's dead.
08:42 [ Laughter ]
08:43 -Freddy's dead?
08:45 -That's what I said.
08:47 [ Laughter ]
08:49 -Yeah, that mouse coined it out on the balcony.
08:52 Went for him, mouse did a Jerry Rice move.
08:56 [ Laughter ]
08:57 Man, Freddy went over the balcony like Bob Dole.
09:01 [ Laughter ]
09:04 -I guess that one time that fourth leg
09:06 would have really come in handy, huh?
09:09 [ Laughter ]
09:10 -Yeah, well, I got to go tell my mother.
09:13 She gonna be mad.
09:15 She love that cat more than me.
09:18 Love animals, hate people.
09:21 [ Laughter ]
09:23 [ Door closes ]
09:25 -Okay, mouse.
09:26 Thank you all that now, don't you,
09:28 just 'cause you took out some little cat?
09:30 [ Laughter ]
09:31 Probably somewhere bragging to your little
09:33 plaid-carrying posse right now.
09:35 [ Laughter ]
09:36 That's all right. You mine.
09:38 [ Doorbell rings ]
09:39 That's the door. I'll handle it.
09:42 [ Laughter ]
09:46 -Romeo, what are you doing here?
09:48 -Hey, Mr. Hightower, I did what you told me.
09:50 I finally stood up to my pops,
09:51 and I told them I'm putting myself back in college prep.
09:55 -Oh, yeah? What happened?
09:56 -Said I could do whatever I wanted.
09:58 -Well, that's great.
09:59 -As long as I'm not living under his roof,
10:00 so, uh, guess I'm gonna have to stay here.
10:03 [ Laughter ]
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10:11 -See, Romeo, first, sad mood, then I got a mouse.
10:14 Now, unless you got a pregnant wife on a donkey,
10:18 the end is full.
10:19 -Hey, I can't believe you called my parents, Mr. Hightower.
10:23 You were the one that told me
10:24 to stand up to my pops in the first place.
10:27 -Yeah, over at your house.
10:30 [ Laughter ]
10:31 -I thought you had my back, man.
10:33 Romeo, I'm your teacher.
10:34 I can't come between you and your family.
10:37 [ Doorbell rings ]
10:39 [ Laughter ]
10:43 -Is Romeo here?
10:44 There he is.
10:45 Oh, shh.
10:47 -Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa.
10:48 I don't want you all to take this the wrong way,
10:50 but I-I don't really want you people in my house.
10:53 -Yeah, how y'all know I was over here anyway?
10:55 -What are you talking about?
10:56 You told me you were gonna be staying here for a while.
10:59 -Oh, really?
11:00 Why didn't you tell me?
11:01 That way I could have got you some sleeping bags,
11:03 ordered the Cartoon Channel,
11:05 and all y'all could have moved in.
11:08 -You would do that, Mr. Hightower?
11:10 I'm impressed.
11:11 -Yeah, that's a very cool move, Mr. Hightower.
11:13 Before y'all start naming y'all kids after him,
11:16 he made me call my parents.
11:17 -Ugh. You dropped a dime on a brother
11:19 and got the nerves to be acting all down?
11:22 -Mm-hmm.
11:23 -Don't worry, Romeo.
11:24 No matter what, I'll stand behind you.
11:26 [ Doorbell rings ]
11:27 -With my luck, this is probably the boy
11:28 from the third period that licks the window.
11:31 [ Laughter ]
11:33 -Hi, I'm Romeo's father.
11:34 My wife, F.H., mean to pick him up here.
11:36 -Hey, Mr. Santana, pleased to meet you.
11:38 Come on in.
11:39 -Hola, Mr. Santana.
11:40 -¿Cómo estás?
11:41 -We were just leaving.
11:42 Romeo, we got your back tomorrow.
11:45 -Okay, come on, you.
11:46 Let's go. Vámonos.
11:47 -I ain't going nowhere.
11:48 -Mira, yo soy tu papá,
11:49 so you better think about what you are saying.
11:51 I'm in no mood for this today.
11:53 -Romeo, you need to listen to your father.
11:55 -You wait in the cab.
11:56 -All right. All right, cool.
11:58 Y'all want me to leave? Say no more.
12:00 Oh, thanks a lot, Mr. Hightower.
12:03 Appreciate it.
12:04 -Thank you for backing me up, Mr. Hightower.
12:09 -Well, I don't really back you up on this.
12:12 -Say what?
12:13 -You know, you got a great kid there.
12:15 You ought to try listening to him sometimes.
12:17 -Oh, is that so?
12:18 Well, tell me something, Mr. Hightower.
12:20 How many kids you got?
12:21 -I got about 200 of them.
12:22 And out of those 200, a few of them are pretty special.
12:25 Romeo happens to be one of those.
12:27 He just needs another shot.
12:29 -Oh, yeah?
12:30 And what if he blows it?
12:31 Are you going to be around to pick up the pieces
12:33 when things fall apart?
12:34 Mr. Hightower, you are his teacher for a few years.
12:38 I'm his father for life.
12:40 -Hey, Mr. Santana, look, I know you Romeo's father,
12:43 but I happen to care about him, too.
12:45 I just think you're making a really, really big mistake.
12:47 -Oh, you are entitled to your opinion.
12:50 And by the way, I never liked your music.
12:54 -Just 'cause you drive a cab and your boy can't spell,
12:59 don't get mad at me.
13:01 Okay, class, let's settle down, everybody.
13:11 Let's take a seat.
13:12 Today, everybody, we're going to be studying the music
13:15 of Charlie Parker, who happens to be the father of Bebop.
13:19 -Bebop? That's a stupid name.
13:21 What kind of father names his kid Bebop?
13:24 -Sorry about being late, everybody.
13:29 -Wow, Romeo, what are you doing here?
13:31 Your father transfer you back in?
13:33 -No.
13:34 -No?
13:35 Then I'm sorry. You have to go.
13:37 -Just as we expected.
13:38 You are so predictable.
13:39 All right, everybody, phase one.
13:41 [ Laughter ]
13:43 -Phase one?
13:46 -If you kick Romeo out, you're gonna have to kick us all out.
13:50 -That's right. -Yeah.
13:51 -You better back up there, Winnie Mandela.
13:54 [ Laughter ]
13:55 -Hey, Mr. Hightower, this right here
13:57 is a peaceful demonstration.
13:58 Nobody is leaving this room until I'm back in this class.
14:02 -Oh, yeah?
14:03 Y'all better sit down before I kick --
14:05 No, can't do that.
14:06 Uh, better sit down before I snatch --
14:09 No, can't do that either.
14:11 I'll go out to the trunk of my car --
14:13 No, I definitely can't do that.
14:15 [ Laughter ]
14:17 Y'all stay put.
14:20 I'm gonna go find out what I can do
14:22 without having to serve any time.
14:25 [ Laughter ]
14:27 [ Laughter ]
14:29 Regina, them kids are very close
14:35 to getting a real Tupelo, Mississippi
14:38 butt-whooping.
14:39 -Look at my bullhorn.
14:41 I live for this stuff. Come on.
14:44 -Okay, well, how about if we just whoop one real good?
14:48 You know, just make an example out of it.
14:51 [ Laughter ]
14:52 -Oh, no. They did not lock this door.
14:55 -I'll go check the back door.
14:56 -It's no use, Mr. Hightower. We've locked both doors.
15:00 Phase two is underway.
15:01 -Students, this is your principal, Ms. Greer.
15:05 You have unlawfully taken over public property.
15:08 This is a federal offense.
15:10 -That's right, and I'm testifying against everybody.
15:14 [ Laughter ]
15:15 -I can't commit a federal offense.
15:17 Even I can't take an attractive mook shot.
15:20 [ Laughter ]
15:21 Phase three, everybody.
15:23 -Well, the lyrics that we shall overcome.
15:25 -Students, this is your last chance to open the doors.
15:29 -Oh, what are you gonna do, call the police?
15:31 We ain't afraid of the police.
15:32 [ All agreeing ]
15:33 -I'm calling your mother.
15:35 -My mother?
15:36 No one said anything about my mother coming up here.
15:39 If she misses days of our lives, it's over.
15:42 [ Laughter ]
15:43 -Come on.
15:44 -All right, look, everybody, listen up now.
15:46 I appreciate it, but this ain't your fight.
15:49 I'll take it from here. Thank you.
15:51 -Oh, no.
15:52 [ Indistinct conversations ]
15:54 -Don't blame them, Mr. Hightower. I'll take the heat.
15:57 -All right, everybody, just sit down.
16:00 -In here trying to act all political.
16:03 Half of y'all think Huey Newton is a Nabisco cookie.
16:06 [ Laughter ]
16:07 -Students, what we have here is a failure to communicate.
16:12 -Mm.
16:13 -So let's get one thing straight from the get-go.
16:16 This here is my school.
16:19 -Her school.
16:20 [ Laughter ]
16:21 -If any doors around here are going to be locked,
16:24 I'll lock them.
16:25 -She got a key, only one with a key.
16:29 [ Laughter ]
16:31 -You see, my students, we are not all equal.
16:35 -No, sir, never have been.
16:38 -There's no "he say, she say."
16:41 It's what Principal Greer say.
16:43 -Just what the principal got to say.
16:46 [ Laughter ]
16:47 -You see, my students, in this school, we have a line.
16:51 -Got a line!
16:53 -And as your principal,
16:55 it is my job to make sure that you tell
16:58 the line.
16:59 -Got to make sure you pull it.
17:02 [ Laughter ]
17:03 -Oh, but you don't want to tell the line, my students.
17:06 Oh, no, see, you want to cross that line.
17:09 -Yes, I did.
17:10 First, they was here, then they went over there.
17:13 [ Laughter ]
17:15 -Now, now, maybe you say you didn't see the line.
17:18 -But I know you saw it.
17:19 -Oh, 'cause the line was there.
17:21 -Right there.
17:22 -Well, it was drawn clearly.
17:24 -Well, then why?
17:25 -But still, you wanted to cross that line.
17:28 -By itself!
17:29 -Mm-hmm, and when you cross that line,
17:32 your behind is mine.
17:34 [ Laughter ]
17:36 -Oh, I like that.
17:38 [ Laughter ]
17:41 -Now, all of you, in my office now.
17:45 [ Chatter ]
17:50 -Go ahead, Biggie.
17:51 Boy, we have some white gloves and a collection plate
17:54 we could have got paid!
17:56 [ Laughter ]
17:59 ♪♪♪♪
18:02 -I'll give you two a moment alone.
18:05 -Now, the principal said you crossed some kind of line.
18:15 [ Laughter ]
18:16 -I know, Papi.
18:17 I take full responsibility for that.
18:19 -Well, you know Mr. Hightower?
18:21 He believes in you.
18:22 He says you are special.
18:24 He says if you would only apply yourself,
18:26 you can be whatever you want.
18:28 -And Ms. Greer, too.
18:29 Ms. Greer believes in you.
18:31 -What about you?
18:32 -Me? I've known you longer.
18:35 [ Laughter ]
18:36 I'm not so sure.
18:38 -Look, Papi, if all these people say I'm so special,
18:41 then there must be a reason.
18:42 I mean, I know I've been cruising and all that,
18:45 but I do whatever it takes.
18:46 I mean, I go to class every day, I study.
18:49 Whatever you say, I just need one more reason.
18:51 Whatever you say, I just need one more chance, Papi.
18:53 I swear I'll make it up to you, and I won't let you down.
18:56 That's my word.
18:58 -Romeo, I don't know about all this,
19:02 but I'm willing to let you try it.
19:05 [ Music ]
19:09 -Ah!
19:20 -Seth, what's the matter?
19:22 -Steve, it's the mouse.
19:23 We got to find him.
19:24 I think he's been shacking up in my Nikes.
19:27 -Shh.
19:29 -He's here.
19:30 I can feel him.
19:32 -There he is, right there.
19:34 -Oh, yeah, that's his usual spot.
19:36 -Yeah, let's do this.
19:38 -Okay.
19:39 On the count of three, we gonna bomb Rush.
19:43 One, two, three.
19:46 -Ah!
19:48 -Say hello to my little friend.
19:51 I did this to you.
19:52 I did this to you.
19:54 [ Laughter ]
19:56 -You think we got him?
20:02 Where'd he go?
20:04 -I don't know, Steve.
20:05 I think he went down the drain.
20:07 -You sure?
20:08 Turn the light on.
20:10 [ Laughter ]
20:12 Now, that's the light.
20:13 Turn it off.
20:16 -Oh, man.
20:18 What a way to go.
20:20 [ Bell rings ]
20:21 -I'm glad he dead, Steve.
20:24 That one's for you, Freddy.
20:26 I hope you up there kicking it with all four legs.
20:29 [ Laughter ]
20:31 -Hi. I live on the floor below you.
20:35 I was wondering, have you seen my pet mouse, Little Bits?
20:39 -Oh.
20:40 Little Bits, huh?
20:43 Well, that's a good name for him.
20:46 Was he, uh, gray and white with a gray tail
20:50 and little buck teeth?
20:52 -Yeah.
20:53 -No, no. We haven't seen him.
20:56 -If you do, please call this number.
21:00 -Uh, you know, kid, if you don't find him,
21:02 you could always get yourself another mouse.
21:05 -Oh, no.
21:06 Little Bits is special.
21:07 He was a gift to me when they took out my kidney.
21:11 [ Laughter ]
21:14 -See, we gonna burn in hell by this bird, man.
21:18 Uh, look here, little kidney boy.
21:22 I don't know how to say this.
21:24 -Little Bits.
21:26 -How do you do that?
21:29 -I don't know.
21:30 But that mouse comes back more times than James Brown
21:34 after he put his cape on.
21:37 [ Laughter ]
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