A Different World (1987–1993): Season 1, Episode 13 - The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic - full transcript
A former Hillman student returns to college to earn her degree.
£ I KNOW MY PARENTS LOVE ME £
£ STAND BEHIND ME
COME WHAT MAY £
£ I KNOW NOW THAT I'M READY £
£ BECAUSE I FINALLY
HEARD THEM SAY £
£ IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD £
£ FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM £
£ HERE'S A CHANCE TO MAKE IT £
£ IF WE FOCUS ON OUR GOAL £
£ IF YOU DISH IT,
WE CAN TAKE IT £
£ JUST REMEMBER
YOU'VE BEEN TOLD £
£ IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD £
£ FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM £
£ IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD £
£ FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM £
( muttering )
EXCUSE ME.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
WE WERE HAVING
A LIP-SYNCING CONTEST.
WE NEEDED A MICROPHONE.
STEVIE DIDN'T LEAVE
TO GET MARRIED.
SHE LEFT BECAUSE
YOU ALL ARE CRAZY
AND I WAS EVEN CRAZIER
TO FILL IN FOR HER.
TA-DA!
THE LAST TWO.
YOU GUYS ARE COMING, AREN'T YOU?
"WATCHING HISTORY
FROM A SIDEWALK CAFE:
AN AFTERNOON
WITH LETTIE BOSTIC."
WHO'S LETTIE BOSTIC?
ONE OF THE GREAT WOMEN
OF OUR CENTURY.
YES, SHE'S DROPPED OUT
OF HILLMAN
TO GO TO PARIS AND DANCE
ON THE TABLES WITH PICASSO.
WELL, KEEP HER OFF THIS TABLE.
( scream )
GET OUT OF HERE!
I'M SORRY!
I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYBODY WAS IN THERE!
USE YOUR OWN BATHROOM.
I AM SICK AND TIRED
OF EVERY TOM, DICK AND HARRY
USING OUR BATHROOM.
YOU BETTER CALM DOWN, WHITLEY.
YOU'RE GOING TO
CRACK YOUR FACE.
JALEESA, YOU ARE TEMPORARY
RESIDENT DIRECTOR.
I WISH YOU'D DO SOMETHING MORE
THAN JUST RESIDE.
I'M VERY SORRY, WHITLEY
BUT HE BRIBED ME
FOR A GLIMPSE OF YOU
IN ALL YOUR MORNING SPLENDOR.
JUST REMEMBER THAT A SOCIETY
STARTS TO UNRAVEL
WHEN GENDERS BECOME BLURRED.
UNISEX BATHROOMS
LED TO
THE FALL OF ROME.
THAT'S A FACT.
I HEARD THERE WAS A MAN
IN THE BATHROOM.
WAS HE CUTE?
"UNISEX BATHROOMS LED
TO THE FALL OF ROME."
THE GIRL'S REALLY UNWRAPPED.
WHITLEY IS A SAD,
CONFUSED CHILD
BUT SHE HAD
A GOOD POINT.
MANY OTHER FACTORS
LED TO THE FALL OF ROME.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT MEN
IN OUR BATHROOMS, MAGGIE.
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
YOU LIKE WALKING IN THERE
PIMPLE CREAM
ALL OVER YOUR FACE
JUST TO HEAR, "YO, BABY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING?"
RON, IF Da VINCI HAD SEEN
THIS COLLECTION OF FINENESS
HE WOULD HAVE SAID:
"YO, MONA L.,
STOP POSING.
CLEAN THESE BRUSHES
OR SOMETHING."
IT'S LIKE
A PAINTING BY MANET:
"LUNCH AT THE PIT."
YOU ALWAYS
GO TOO FAR.
IMAGINE THIS IN THE MORNING
HANDING YOU A TOWEL.
JALEESA,
HOLD THAT POSE.
LET ME DO
A QUICK STUDY.
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?
RON AND I ARE IN
THE FINE ARTS CLASS.
ART APPRECIATION
AND LIFE DRAWING.
WE'RE ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR MODELS.
KEEP LOOKING.
SINCE YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN ART
COME HEAR
LETTIE BOSTIC SPEAK.
LETTIE WHO?
SHE'S THE WOMAN
WHO LEFT HILLMAN
TO WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
OF PARIS.
FROM NOW ON, I'M GOING
TO HAVE TO LEAVE YOU HOME.
AND THEN, IN THE FALL OF 1940,
FRANCE WAS UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION
AND THE GREAT JOSEPHINE BAKER
WAS PERFORMING IN LISBON
AND SPYING ON BEHALF
OF THE RESISTANCE.
SOME FRIENDS PERSUADED ME
TO USE MY AMERICAN PASSPORT
TO SMUGGLE INFORMATION
BACK TO PARIS.
SO TO ESCAPE NOTICE,
I POSED AS A MUSIC STUDENT.
BUT WHEN THE GESTAPO
SPOTTED MY HUGE CELLO CASE
THEY PULLED ME OFF THE TRAIN
AND DEMANDED THAT
I OPEN THE CASE.
MUCH TO THEIR SURPRISE,
INSIDE THE CASE WAS A CELLO.
I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE CLEAR
UNTIL THE GESTAPO CAPTAIN,
A MUSIC LOVER
ASKED ME TO SERENADE HIM.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO PLAY A NOTE
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME.
I PLAYED THEM ALL.
AND AT THE END
OF MY IMPROMPTU CONCERT
THE CAPTAIN BEGAN
WALKING TOWARDS ME, APPLAUDING.
( clap )
I SAT THERE FROZEN.
STARING STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES,
HE SAID:
"MADEMOISELLE..."
"GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR STUDIES"
AND HANDED ME BACK
MY PASSPORT.
EXCUSE ME.
WHERE WAS ALL
THE SECRET INFO?
IT WAS WRITTEN
ON THE SHEET MUSIC
IN INVISIBLE INK.
GO AHEAD,
MATA HARI.
BUT ENOUGH OF MY BORING STORIES.
QUESTIONS.
MADAME BOSTIC, YOU KNEW
SO MANY HISTORICAL FIGURES--
PICASSO, HEMINGWAY, de GAULLE.
DID YOU EVER MEET
THE GREAT COCO CHANEL?
I NEVER HAD THE HONOR,
BUT I DO LOVE HER PERFUME.
I PREFER #22.
MY BIRTHDAY IS NOVEMBER 17.
DID YOU EVER MEET
PRINCE MATCHABELLI?
YOU'RE OUT
OF CONTROL, MAN.
MS. BOSTIC, MA'AM
MY COLLEAGUE, RON JOHNSON,
AND I STUDY ART...
AND WE'VE OBSERVED THAT
ALL THE OLD MASTERS--
RUBENS, TITIAN,
REMBRANDT--
GOT TO PAINT
A LOT OF NAKED BABES.
BUT AFTER
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
ALL YOU SAW WAS A LOT OF WOMEN
WHO LOOKED LIKE CLOCKS.
WOMEN GOT LIBERATED,
WENT TO WORK
AND KEPT
THEIR CLOTHES ON.
GUYS LIKE PICASSO STARTED
PAINTING THESE WACKED-OUT SHAPES
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
FIND A WOMAN TO POSE.
WE CALL IT
"FIND-ME-A-WOMAN ART."
IT'S A FASCINATING THEORY,
BUT BELIEVE ME
PICASSO DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE
FINDING HIM A BABE
NAKED OR OTHERWISE.
WELL, IT'S TIME TO SAY
"AU REVOIR" TO MISS BOSTIC.
LET'S GIVE HER
OUR THANKS.
THANKS A BUNCH.
YOU COME HERE,
THRILL THESE PEOPLE.
YOU'VE RUINED IT FOR
EVERY PROFESSOR ON THIS CAMPUS.
I'M SORRY, QUENTIN.
YOU ARE NOT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M GLAD I CAME.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE
IN REGRETTING ANYTHING
BUT IF I DID
IT WOULD BE THAT I DIDN'T
STAY HERE AND GET MY DEGREE.
I IMAGINE YOU'RE ANXIOUS
TO GET BACK TO NEW MEXICO--
THE CACTI, THE TUMBLEWEEDS,
THE GILA MONSTERS.
UH-HUH.
THE DESERT IS MAGNIFICENT,
PEACEFUL.
I HAVE ALL THE TIME
IN THE WORLD.
IT'S BORING THE SOCKS OFF OF ME.
COME BACK HERE
AND GET THAT DEGREE.
I'D LOVE TO,
BUT MY GRADES--
DO THEY STILL FROWN
ON "INCOMPLETES"?
WELL, WE COULD GIVE YOU CREDIT
FOR LIFE EXPERIENCE.
OF COURSE, I NEED YOU TO DO
SOMETHING FOR ME IN RETURN.
WHAT?
WE NEED A RESIDENT
DIRECTOR AT GILBERT.
THIS IS BLACKMAIL.
'SHO IS.
OH, LETTIE, COME ON.
YOU'RE GREAT
WITH THESE GIRLS.
THEY LOVED YOU.
OF COURSE, FOR AN HOUR
BEHIND THE PODIUM.
BELIEVE ME, IF I WERE
TO LIVE AMONG THEM
THE LOVE AFFAIR
WOULD BE BRIEF.
EXCUSE ME.
MISS BOSTIC, WOULD YOU
SIGN MY FLIER?
CERTAINLY.
WHEN YOU WERE GIVING
YOUR SPEECH TODAY
I FELT AS THOUGH I WERE THERE
EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED
SO LONG AGO--
BEFORE I WAS
EVEN BORN.
NOT THAT YOU'RE OLD OR ANYTHING.
I AM OLD, AND
I'M NOT ASHAMED OF IT.
NOW LET'S DROP THE SUBJECT.
THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY
THAT POOR CHILD
TO DO THAT?
$5,000, AND IF YOU STAY,
IT WILL BE WORTH IT.
QUENTIN, I HAVE NO PATIENCE
AND LESS TACT.
AND AT THIS STAGE
OF MY LIFE
I'M NOT GOING
TO CULTIVATE EITHER.
THESE CHILDREN DON'T
WANT TO LIVE WITH ME.
I WOULDN'T WANT
TO LIVE WITH ME.
SO YOU'LL THINK IT OVER?
YES.
YOU GUYS, I GOT
SOME AMAZING NEWS.
GUESS WHO OUR NEW
DORM DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE?
NEW DORM DIRECTOR?
YEAH, LETTIE BOSTIC.
NO.
YES.
NO!
SHE SAID YES.
IT WAS NICE OF THEM TO TELL ME.
THEY WOULD HAVE
TOLD YOU EVENTUALLY.
AND GIVEN ME
A GOLD WATCH.
OF COURSE, MADAME BOSTIC
IS A COLORFUL LECTURER
BUT DO WE REALLY WANT A WOMAN
WHO SPENT HER NIGHTS
CAROUSING IN CAFES
DANCING THE HOOCHIE-COOCHIE
WITH ANYTHING IN A BERET?
DEFINITELY.
I GUESS THIS DASHES ALL HOPES OF
US KEEPING MEN IN THEIR PLACE--
DOWNSTAIRS.
HERE SHE IS.
Denise:
LETTIE.
UM...
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US,
WELCOME HOME.
THANK YOU.
GILBERT HALL.
I BROKE A LOT
OF RULES HERE.
YOU LIVED HERE?
NO, IT WAS A MEN'S DORM.
MY, MY, MY.
SEE WHAT I MEAN?
PAR-TAY.
PARDON ME?
YOU SAID YOURSELF,
"GO OUT AND GRAB LIFE."
GO OUT AND GRAB IT
ALL YOU WANT
BUT DON'T BRING IT
BACK HERE.
YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?
WHEN I'M JOKING,
YOU'LL KNOW.
( bad French accent: )
MADAME, YOUR ROOM AWAITS YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO WORK ON YOUR FRENCH.
QUELLE SURPRISE.
I GUESS SHE'S HOOCHIED
HER LAST COOCHIE.
LADIES, WE ALL KNOW
THE NATURAL LOOK TAKES
45 MINUTES TO ACHIEVE.
IF WE ALLOW MEN
INTO THE BATHROOMS
THEY MAY SUSPECT THAT
THAT ROSY GLOW
WAS A GIFT WITH PURCHASE.
WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
THE POINT IS...
MEN SHOULD BE BANISHED
ENTIRELY FROM THE SECOND FLOOR!
UH-UH.
NO WAY, NO HOW.
HAVEN'T WE ALL USED
THE BATHROOM IN THE MEN'S DORM?
NOT IN THIS LIFETIME.
I'M TIRED OF
PUTTING ON MAKEUP
JUST TO WASH
MY FACE.
GOOD POINT.
IT'S SEXIST TO BAN MEN--
ESPECIALLY THE FINE ONES.
GOOD POINT, TOO.
MEN HAVE RIGHTS.
YOU'D DO ANYTHING
TO GET A DATE.
AT LEAST
I GET DATES.
IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU CALL THEM.
LADIES...
LADIES,
A SOLUTION.
KEEP MEN OUT OF THE BATHROOM
IN THE MORNING
WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING
TO CREATE THAT NATURAL LOOK.
I LIKE IT.
I HATE IT.
I NEED TO LOOK
GOOD AT NIGHT.
FOR WHO?
FOR ANYBODY
I WANT, FOOL.
IN YOUR DREAMS,
SHIPWRECK.
GET OUT OF MY FACE,
PEANUT HEAD.
OKAY, HOW ABOUT
A REVERSIBLE SIGN
FOR THE BATHROOM DOOR?
THAT WOULD HELP.
IF ANYBODY FORGETS
TO TURN IT AROUND
IT WILL BE NOAH'S ARK IN THERE.
YOU'RE JUST EVIL
BECAUSE NO MAN WOULD VISIT YOU
ON THIS OR ANY OTHER FLOOR.
THAT'S A LIE!
THAT'S ENOUGH.
OH, SURE,
SQUELCH DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.
I WOULDN'T EXACTLY
CALL THIS DEMOCRACY.
OKAY, SINCE EVERYBODY'S
SO EAGER TO SHARE
WHY DON'T WE HAVE OPEN HOUSE
AND THEN SERVE REFRESHMENTS?
YOU COULD JUST POST
A GUARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR--
EVEN USE A PASSWORD.
LETTIE, YOU'RE SUCH A CARD.
WHITLEY, YOU COULD BE
THE FIRST TO STAND WATCH
TOMORROW MORNING, 6:00 A.M.
MILLIE.
NO, NOT MILLIE
THOUGH I'M SURE
SHE'D OBLIGE.
MY DEAR, I KNOW THERE'S
A SPINE IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
LETTIE, AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE
THE PITH YOU HAVE BROUGHT
TO THESE PROCEEDINGS
COULD I MAKE MY POINT?
AND ALSO HEAR YOURSELF TALK?
YOU'VE HAD
A LIFE-LONG LOVE AFFAIR
WITH YOUR
OWN VOICE.
SHE READ YOU
LIKE A BOOK.
COVER TO COVER.
AND IT SEEMS YOU TWO
TAKE THE MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA
APPROACH TO DEBATE.
YOU JUST YAP AT THE ANKLES
OF WHOEVER'S SPEAKING.
ON ONE HAND, I SEE WHAT
WHITLEY AND ALLISON ARE SAYING
BUT DENISE AND GLORIA...
MAGGIE, YOU HAVE MORE HANDS
THAN SHIVA
THE GODDESS OF INDECISION.
LETTIE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST NIGHT
IN THE DORM.
MAYBE I SHOULD HANDLE THIS.
BY ALL MEANS.
IF BY ANY CHANCE
YOU SHOULD REACH A DECISION
LET ME KNOW.
EXCUSE ME.
LETTIE?
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY
I RUN A MEETING
WHY DON'T YOU
JUST TELL ME?
MY DEAR, EVERYONE HAS
THEIR OWN STYLE.
OBVIOUSLY,
YOURS IS FREE-FOR-ALL.
SHOULD I GET A BULLHORN?
IT MIGHT BE MORE EFFECTIVE
THAN STANDING BY
WHILE PEOPLE CALL EACH OTHER
"PEANUT HEAD."
SO YOU THINK IT'S EASY
TO RUN A DORM?
I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.
WELL, I'VE HAD A FULL DAY.
GOOD NIGHT.
OHHH!
WELL, SWEET DREAMS TO YOU.
THAT WOMAN
HAS SOME NERVE.
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
SHE'S NOT GOING
TO BE MY DORM DIRECTOR.
SHE'S A CONTINENTAL
PAIN IN THE PATOOT.
INDEED!
SHE'LL BE FAR WORSE
THAN JALEESA EVER WAS.
OH, I DID NOT
MEAN TO SAY THAT.
CAN'T WE GIVE
HER A CHANCE?
NO.
NO.
IF SHE STICKS AROUND,
IT WILL BE BLEAK.
SHE TOLD ME
I'M INDECISIVE.
I'M NOT INDECISIVE, AM I?
YOU KNOW,
SHE THINKS IT'S BAD NOW.
SHE AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET.
YOU THINKING
WHAT I'M THINKING?
MM-HMM.
EXACTLY.
SHE'LL WISH SHE WAS BACK
IN NEW MEXICO WITH THE COYOTES.
HAVE YOU SEEN
THE REMOTE?
NO.
THEN GO
TURN IT ON.
WHO DIED AND
LEFT YOU BOSS?
YOU'RE CLOSER.
YOU NEED THE EXERCISE,
MISS THING.
TODAY'S A PERFECT DAY
TO DO LAUNDRY.
BUT IT'S SUCH
A NICE DAY OUTSIDE...
BUT YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT OFF
FOR TOMORROW
WHAT YOU COULD DO TODAY.
BUT YOU SHOULD STOP
AND SMELL THE ROSES.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, LETTIE.
LADIES, GOOD AFTERNOON.
MILLIE, MAY I HAVE
AN "E," PLEASE?
ANYTHING
YOU SAY.
YOUR WISH
IS MY COMMAND.
( "E" sharp )
£ ME-ME-ME-E-E-E-E £
( "E" flat )
£ MA-ME-MI-MO-MU-U-U £
I'M IN EXCELLENT VOICE TODAY.
BUT THEN AGAIN,
I ALWAYS AM.
I JUST LOVE
THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.
I LOVE IT, TOO.
SINCE WHEN DO YOU
LIKE CHEESE CORN?
SINCE I'M HUNGRY!
WHY DON'T YOU
TIE THE BAG TO YOUR FACE?
Everybody, freeze!
You, stop that!
You, shut up!
You, move!
WHICH WAY?
BRAVO, LADIES.
WHO SAID
VAUDEVILLE WAS DEAD?
( toot )
HI, GUYS.
( laughing )
SHE WON'T FLY--
SHE'LL RUN BACK
TO NEW MEXICO.
WE WERE TERRIBLY
JUVENILE.
AND IT
WORKED.
JALEESA, IF I MUST SAY SO,
YOUR TIMING WAS PERFECT.
WHITLEY, IF I MAY SAY SO,
YOUR SINGING WAS AWFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS UP TO?
JUST A LITTLE VAUDEVILLE.
JUST BEING
OURSELVES.
ONLY MORE SO.
YOU THINK ACTING LIKE FOOLS
WILL GET HER TO LEAVE?
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
SO SHE WAS A LITTLE ROUGH...
"A LITTLE ROUGH"?
SHE WAS HARSH,
BUT MAYBE WE DESERVED IT.
I'M GLAD BROOMHILDA'S GONE.
I PROPOSE A TOAST.
TO OUR ONCE
AND FUTURE DORM DIRECTOR
JALEESA VINSON.
HERE, CATCH!
I THINK THAT WAS
A LITTLE TOO MUCH SPINE.
( gasp! )
WELL, GOOD EVENING, LADIES.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR
THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS.
I, UM...
UH, DEAN...
GIRLS, THERE'S NO NEED
TO COVER FOR ME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, QUENTIN,
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
I STILL HAVEN'T LOST
MY KNUCKLEBALL.
DON'T WORRY, MILLIE.
YOU COULDN'T
HAVE CAUGHT IT.
LETTIE, I'D LOVE FOR YOU
TO SHOW ME YOUR KNUCKLEBALL...
BUT NOT INDOORS.
I'LL PAY FOR THE TV,
BUT YOU'RE STILL BUYING DINNER.
OKAY, SEEMS FAIR.
GOOD NIGHT, LADIES.
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
AHEM!
DON'T GIVE ME THAT LOOK.
THAT "YOU-DID-IT-THIS-TIME,
IT'S-YOUR-FAULT-'CAUSE-YOU-
PLANNED-THE STUPID-THING" LOOK.
YOU'RE NOT
THE ONLY ONE.
WE HELPED.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
YEAH.
ALL I DID WAS SING.
LETTIE, HI.
MAY I SPEAK TO YOU, PLEASE?
WITHOUT YOUR BULLHORN, I HOPE.
I AM REALLY SORRY.
THAT WAS ALL
MY FAULT.
THE ENTIRE ACT
WAS MY IDEA.
YOU HAVE QUITE
AN IMAGINATION.
BUT IF YOU
WANTED ME TO LEAVE
WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN
EASIER TO SAY SO?
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RUDE.
OH, I SEE.
PLEASE.
I GUESS
I RESENTED YOU.
I LIKED
BEING IN CHARGE.
I THOUGHT I WAS
DOING A GOOD JOB
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW,
I'M OUT AND YOU'RE IN.
IT WASN'T FAIR
TO TAKE IT OUT ON YOU.
I BET THAT BULLHORN FELT GOOD.
YES, IT DID.
LETTIE, WE WOULD REALLY
LIKE FOR YOU TO STAY.
WHO SAID I WAS GOING?
WE WERE AWFUL.
YES, BUT I WAS A BIT OF
A BULLDOZER AT THAT MEETING.
BUT THAT'S ME.
I'M TOO OLD TO CHANGE.
LUCKILY, YOU'RE NOT.
SO DOES THAT MEAN
YOU'RE GOING TO STAY?
IF I CAN GET YOU TO SHOW
THIS MUCH IMAGINATION IN ONE DAY
THINK WHAT I CAN DO
IN A SEMESTER.
BESIDES, YOU PEOPLE
MAKE ME LAUGH.
Denise:
SHE'S STAYING!
Maggie:
OH, LETTIE.
THANKS FOR TAKING
THE RAP FOR US.
I THINK WHITLEY HAS
SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, DON'T PUSH ME.
LETTIE, WE THE OCCUPANTS
OF GILBERT HALL FEEL THAT
BECAUSE OF YOUR IMPROMPTU ACT...
LAND YOUR PLANE, MY DEAR.
THIS WILL PAY
FOR THE TELEVISION.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY
FOR IT YOURSELF.
THANK YOU.
I DIDN'T INTEND TO.
I TOLD YOU SHE WASN'T
GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
ABOUT THIS
BATHROOM QUESTION.
I DON'T MEAN TO HARP...
YOU CAN'T HELP IT.
IT'S IN YOUR NATURE.
WELL, WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO?
I'VE TAKEN
CARE OF IT.
ARE THEY GOING TO
STAND GUARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR?
PATIENCE, MY DEAR.
IT'S FINISHED.
IT'S THE BEST THING
WE'VE EVER DONE.
IT'S ALSO THE FIRST.
IT'S A REVERSIBLE SIGN
FOR THE BATHROOM DOOR.
BEHOLD.
MEN...
WOMEN!
Captioning made possible by
WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT CHEWING GUM
and NBC.
Captioned by
The Caption Center
WGBH Educational Foundation
£ STAND BEHIND ME
COME WHAT MAY £
£ I KNOW NOW THAT I'M READY £
£ BECAUSE I FINALLY
HEARD THEM SAY £
£ IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD £
£ FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM £
£ HERE'S A CHANCE TO MAKE IT £
£ IF WE FOCUS ON OUR GOAL £
£ IF YOU DISH IT,
WE CAN TAKE IT £
£ JUST REMEMBER
YOU'VE BEEN TOLD £
£ IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD £
£ FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM £
£ IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD £
£ FROM WHERE YOU COME FROM £
( muttering )
EXCUSE ME.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
WE WERE HAVING
A LIP-SYNCING CONTEST.
WE NEEDED A MICROPHONE.
STEVIE DIDN'T LEAVE
TO GET MARRIED.
SHE LEFT BECAUSE
YOU ALL ARE CRAZY
AND I WAS EVEN CRAZIER
TO FILL IN FOR HER.
TA-DA!
THE LAST TWO.
YOU GUYS ARE COMING, AREN'T YOU?
"WATCHING HISTORY
FROM A SIDEWALK CAFE:
AN AFTERNOON
WITH LETTIE BOSTIC."
WHO'S LETTIE BOSTIC?
ONE OF THE GREAT WOMEN
OF OUR CENTURY.
YES, SHE'S DROPPED OUT
OF HILLMAN
TO GO TO PARIS AND DANCE
ON THE TABLES WITH PICASSO.
WELL, KEEP HER OFF THIS TABLE.
( scream )
GET OUT OF HERE!
I'M SORRY!
I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYBODY WAS IN THERE!
USE YOUR OWN BATHROOM.
I AM SICK AND TIRED
OF EVERY TOM, DICK AND HARRY
USING OUR BATHROOM.
YOU BETTER CALM DOWN, WHITLEY.
YOU'RE GOING TO
CRACK YOUR FACE.
JALEESA, YOU ARE TEMPORARY
RESIDENT DIRECTOR.
I WISH YOU'D DO SOMETHING MORE
THAN JUST RESIDE.
I'M VERY SORRY, WHITLEY
BUT HE BRIBED ME
FOR A GLIMPSE OF YOU
IN ALL YOUR MORNING SPLENDOR.
JUST REMEMBER THAT A SOCIETY
STARTS TO UNRAVEL
WHEN GENDERS BECOME BLURRED.
UNISEX BATHROOMS
LED TO
THE FALL OF ROME.
THAT'S A FACT.
I HEARD THERE WAS A MAN
IN THE BATHROOM.
WAS HE CUTE?
"UNISEX BATHROOMS LED
TO THE FALL OF ROME."
THE GIRL'S REALLY UNWRAPPED.
WHITLEY IS A SAD,
CONFUSED CHILD
BUT SHE HAD
A GOOD POINT.
MANY OTHER FACTORS
LED TO THE FALL OF ROME.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT MEN
IN OUR BATHROOMS, MAGGIE.
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
YOU LIKE WALKING IN THERE
PIMPLE CREAM
ALL OVER YOUR FACE
JUST TO HEAR, "YO, BABY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING?"
RON, IF Da VINCI HAD SEEN
THIS COLLECTION OF FINENESS
HE WOULD HAVE SAID:
"YO, MONA L.,
STOP POSING.
CLEAN THESE BRUSHES
OR SOMETHING."
IT'S LIKE
A PAINTING BY MANET:
"LUNCH AT THE PIT."
YOU ALWAYS
GO TOO FAR.
IMAGINE THIS IN THE MORNING
HANDING YOU A TOWEL.
JALEESA,
HOLD THAT POSE.
LET ME DO
A QUICK STUDY.
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?
RON AND I ARE IN
THE FINE ARTS CLASS.
ART APPRECIATION
AND LIFE DRAWING.
WE'RE ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR MODELS.
KEEP LOOKING.
SINCE YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN ART
COME HEAR
LETTIE BOSTIC SPEAK.
LETTIE WHO?
SHE'S THE WOMAN
WHO LEFT HILLMAN
TO WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
OF PARIS.
FROM NOW ON, I'M GOING
TO HAVE TO LEAVE YOU HOME.
AND THEN, IN THE FALL OF 1940,
FRANCE WAS UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION
AND THE GREAT JOSEPHINE BAKER
WAS PERFORMING IN LISBON
AND SPYING ON BEHALF
OF THE RESISTANCE.
SOME FRIENDS PERSUADED ME
TO USE MY AMERICAN PASSPORT
TO SMUGGLE INFORMATION
BACK TO PARIS.
SO TO ESCAPE NOTICE,
I POSED AS A MUSIC STUDENT.
BUT WHEN THE GESTAPO
SPOTTED MY HUGE CELLO CASE
THEY PULLED ME OFF THE TRAIN
AND DEMANDED THAT
I OPEN THE CASE.
MUCH TO THEIR SURPRISE,
INSIDE THE CASE WAS A CELLO.
I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE CLEAR
UNTIL THE GESTAPO CAPTAIN,
A MUSIC LOVER
ASKED ME TO SERENADE HIM.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO PLAY A NOTE
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME.
I PLAYED THEM ALL.
AND AT THE END
OF MY IMPROMPTU CONCERT
THE CAPTAIN BEGAN
WALKING TOWARDS ME, APPLAUDING.
( clap )
I SAT THERE FROZEN.
STARING STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES,
HE SAID:
"MADEMOISELLE..."
"GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR STUDIES"
AND HANDED ME BACK
MY PASSPORT.
EXCUSE ME.
WHERE WAS ALL
THE SECRET INFO?
IT WAS WRITTEN
ON THE SHEET MUSIC
IN INVISIBLE INK.
GO AHEAD,
MATA HARI.
BUT ENOUGH OF MY BORING STORIES.
QUESTIONS.
MADAME BOSTIC, YOU KNEW
SO MANY HISTORICAL FIGURES--
PICASSO, HEMINGWAY, de GAULLE.
DID YOU EVER MEET
THE GREAT COCO CHANEL?
I NEVER HAD THE HONOR,
BUT I DO LOVE HER PERFUME.
I PREFER #22.
MY BIRTHDAY IS NOVEMBER 17.
DID YOU EVER MEET
PRINCE MATCHABELLI?
YOU'RE OUT
OF CONTROL, MAN.
MS. BOSTIC, MA'AM
MY COLLEAGUE, RON JOHNSON,
AND I STUDY ART...
AND WE'VE OBSERVED THAT
ALL THE OLD MASTERS--
RUBENS, TITIAN,
REMBRANDT--
GOT TO PAINT
A LOT OF NAKED BABES.
BUT AFTER
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
ALL YOU SAW WAS A LOT OF WOMEN
WHO LOOKED LIKE CLOCKS.
WOMEN GOT LIBERATED,
WENT TO WORK
AND KEPT
THEIR CLOTHES ON.
GUYS LIKE PICASSO STARTED
PAINTING THESE WACKED-OUT SHAPES
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
FIND A WOMAN TO POSE.
WE CALL IT
"FIND-ME-A-WOMAN ART."
IT'S A FASCINATING THEORY,
BUT BELIEVE ME
PICASSO DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE
FINDING HIM A BABE
NAKED OR OTHERWISE.
WELL, IT'S TIME TO SAY
"AU REVOIR" TO MISS BOSTIC.
LET'S GIVE HER
OUR THANKS.
THANKS A BUNCH.
YOU COME HERE,
THRILL THESE PEOPLE.
YOU'VE RUINED IT FOR
EVERY PROFESSOR ON THIS CAMPUS.
I'M SORRY, QUENTIN.
YOU ARE NOT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I'M GLAD I CAME.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE
IN REGRETTING ANYTHING
BUT IF I DID
IT WOULD BE THAT I DIDN'T
STAY HERE AND GET MY DEGREE.
I IMAGINE YOU'RE ANXIOUS
TO GET BACK TO NEW MEXICO--
THE CACTI, THE TUMBLEWEEDS,
THE GILA MONSTERS.
UH-HUH.
THE DESERT IS MAGNIFICENT,
PEACEFUL.
I HAVE ALL THE TIME
IN THE WORLD.
IT'S BORING THE SOCKS OFF OF ME.
COME BACK HERE
AND GET THAT DEGREE.
I'D LOVE TO,
BUT MY GRADES--
DO THEY STILL FROWN
ON "INCOMPLETES"?
WELL, WE COULD GIVE YOU CREDIT
FOR LIFE EXPERIENCE.
OF COURSE, I NEED YOU TO DO
SOMETHING FOR ME IN RETURN.
WHAT?
WE NEED A RESIDENT
DIRECTOR AT GILBERT.
THIS IS BLACKMAIL.
'SHO IS.
OH, LETTIE, COME ON.
YOU'RE GREAT
WITH THESE GIRLS.
THEY LOVED YOU.
OF COURSE, FOR AN HOUR
BEHIND THE PODIUM.
BELIEVE ME, IF I WERE
TO LIVE AMONG THEM
THE LOVE AFFAIR
WOULD BE BRIEF.
EXCUSE ME.
MISS BOSTIC, WOULD YOU
SIGN MY FLIER?
CERTAINLY.
WHEN YOU WERE GIVING
YOUR SPEECH TODAY
I FELT AS THOUGH I WERE THERE
EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENED
SO LONG AGO--
BEFORE I WAS
EVEN BORN.
NOT THAT YOU'RE OLD OR ANYTHING.
I AM OLD, AND
I'M NOT ASHAMED OF IT.
NOW LET'S DROP THE SUBJECT.
THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY
THAT POOR CHILD
TO DO THAT?
$5,000, AND IF YOU STAY,
IT WILL BE WORTH IT.
QUENTIN, I HAVE NO PATIENCE
AND LESS TACT.
AND AT THIS STAGE
OF MY LIFE
I'M NOT GOING
TO CULTIVATE EITHER.
THESE CHILDREN DON'T
WANT TO LIVE WITH ME.
I WOULDN'T WANT
TO LIVE WITH ME.
SO YOU'LL THINK IT OVER?
YES.
YOU GUYS, I GOT
SOME AMAZING NEWS.
GUESS WHO OUR NEW
DORM DIRECTOR IS GOING TO BE?
NEW DORM DIRECTOR?
YEAH, LETTIE BOSTIC.
NO.
YES.
NO!
SHE SAID YES.
IT WAS NICE OF THEM TO TELL ME.
THEY WOULD HAVE
TOLD YOU EVENTUALLY.
AND GIVEN ME
A GOLD WATCH.
OF COURSE, MADAME BOSTIC
IS A COLORFUL LECTURER
BUT DO WE REALLY WANT A WOMAN
WHO SPENT HER NIGHTS
CAROUSING IN CAFES
DANCING THE HOOCHIE-COOCHIE
WITH ANYTHING IN A BERET?
DEFINITELY.
I GUESS THIS DASHES ALL HOPES OF
US KEEPING MEN IN THEIR PLACE--
DOWNSTAIRS.
HERE SHE IS.
Denise:
LETTIE.
UM...
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US,
WELCOME HOME.
THANK YOU.
GILBERT HALL.
I BROKE A LOT
OF RULES HERE.
YOU LIVED HERE?
NO, IT WAS A MEN'S DORM.
MY, MY, MY.
SEE WHAT I MEAN?
PAR-TAY.
PARDON ME?
YOU SAID YOURSELF,
"GO OUT AND GRAB LIFE."
GO OUT AND GRAB IT
ALL YOU WANT
BUT DON'T BRING IT
BACK HERE.
YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?
WHEN I'M JOKING,
YOU'LL KNOW.
( bad French accent: )
MADAME, YOUR ROOM AWAITS YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO WORK ON YOUR FRENCH.
QUELLE SURPRISE.
I GUESS SHE'S HOOCHIED
HER LAST COOCHIE.
LADIES, WE ALL KNOW
THE NATURAL LOOK TAKES
45 MINUTES TO ACHIEVE.
IF WE ALLOW MEN
INTO THE BATHROOMS
THEY MAY SUSPECT THAT
THAT ROSY GLOW
WAS A GIFT WITH PURCHASE.
WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
THE POINT IS...
MEN SHOULD BE BANISHED
ENTIRELY FROM THE SECOND FLOOR!
UH-UH.
NO WAY, NO HOW.
HAVEN'T WE ALL USED
THE BATHROOM IN THE MEN'S DORM?
NOT IN THIS LIFETIME.
I'M TIRED OF
PUTTING ON MAKEUP
JUST TO WASH
MY FACE.
GOOD POINT.
IT'S SEXIST TO BAN MEN--
ESPECIALLY THE FINE ONES.
GOOD POINT, TOO.
MEN HAVE RIGHTS.
YOU'D DO ANYTHING
TO GET A DATE.
AT LEAST
I GET DATES.
IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU CALL THEM.
LADIES...
LADIES,
A SOLUTION.
KEEP MEN OUT OF THE BATHROOM
IN THE MORNING
WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING
TO CREATE THAT NATURAL LOOK.
I LIKE IT.
I HATE IT.
I NEED TO LOOK
GOOD AT NIGHT.
FOR WHO?
FOR ANYBODY
I WANT, FOOL.
IN YOUR DREAMS,
SHIPWRECK.
GET OUT OF MY FACE,
PEANUT HEAD.
OKAY, HOW ABOUT
A REVERSIBLE SIGN
FOR THE BATHROOM DOOR?
THAT WOULD HELP.
IF ANYBODY FORGETS
TO TURN IT AROUND
IT WILL BE NOAH'S ARK IN THERE.
YOU'RE JUST EVIL
BECAUSE NO MAN WOULD VISIT YOU
ON THIS OR ANY OTHER FLOOR.
THAT'S A LIE!
THAT'S ENOUGH.
OH, SURE,
SQUELCH DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.
I WOULDN'T EXACTLY
CALL THIS DEMOCRACY.
OKAY, SINCE EVERYBODY'S
SO EAGER TO SHARE
WHY DON'T WE HAVE OPEN HOUSE
AND THEN SERVE REFRESHMENTS?
YOU COULD JUST POST
A GUARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR--
EVEN USE A PASSWORD.
LETTIE, YOU'RE SUCH A CARD.
WHITLEY, YOU COULD BE
THE FIRST TO STAND WATCH
TOMORROW MORNING, 6:00 A.M.
MILLIE.
NO, NOT MILLIE
THOUGH I'M SURE
SHE'D OBLIGE.
MY DEAR, I KNOW THERE'S
A SPINE IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
LETTIE, AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE
THE PITH YOU HAVE BROUGHT
TO THESE PROCEEDINGS
COULD I MAKE MY POINT?
AND ALSO HEAR YOURSELF TALK?
YOU'VE HAD
A LIFE-LONG LOVE AFFAIR
WITH YOUR
OWN VOICE.
SHE READ YOU
LIKE A BOOK.
COVER TO COVER.
AND IT SEEMS YOU TWO
TAKE THE MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA
APPROACH TO DEBATE.
YOU JUST YAP AT THE ANKLES
OF WHOEVER'S SPEAKING.
ON ONE HAND, I SEE WHAT
WHITLEY AND ALLISON ARE SAYING
BUT DENISE AND GLORIA...
MAGGIE, YOU HAVE MORE HANDS
THAN SHIVA
THE GODDESS OF INDECISION.
LETTIE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST NIGHT
IN THE DORM.
MAYBE I SHOULD HANDLE THIS.
BY ALL MEANS.
IF BY ANY CHANCE
YOU SHOULD REACH A DECISION
LET ME KNOW.
EXCUSE ME.
LETTIE?
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY
I RUN A MEETING
WHY DON'T YOU
JUST TELL ME?
MY DEAR, EVERYONE HAS
THEIR OWN STYLE.
OBVIOUSLY,
YOURS IS FREE-FOR-ALL.
SHOULD I GET A BULLHORN?
IT MIGHT BE MORE EFFECTIVE
THAN STANDING BY
WHILE PEOPLE CALL EACH OTHER
"PEANUT HEAD."
SO YOU THINK IT'S EASY
TO RUN A DORM?
I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.
WELL, I'VE HAD A FULL DAY.
GOOD NIGHT.
OHHH!
WELL, SWEET DREAMS TO YOU.
THAT WOMAN
HAS SOME NERVE.
WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?
SHE'S NOT GOING
TO BE MY DORM DIRECTOR.
SHE'S A CONTINENTAL
PAIN IN THE PATOOT.
INDEED!
SHE'LL BE FAR WORSE
THAN JALEESA EVER WAS.
OH, I DID NOT
MEAN TO SAY THAT.
CAN'T WE GIVE
HER A CHANCE?
NO.
NO.
IF SHE STICKS AROUND,
IT WILL BE BLEAK.
SHE TOLD ME
I'M INDECISIVE.
I'M NOT INDECISIVE, AM I?
YOU KNOW,
SHE THINKS IT'S BAD NOW.
SHE AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET.
YOU THINKING
WHAT I'M THINKING?
MM-HMM.
EXACTLY.
SHE'LL WISH SHE WAS BACK
IN NEW MEXICO WITH THE COYOTES.
HAVE YOU SEEN
THE REMOTE?
NO.
THEN GO
TURN IT ON.
WHO DIED AND
LEFT YOU BOSS?
YOU'RE CLOSER.
YOU NEED THE EXERCISE,
MISS THING.
TODAY'S A PERFECT DAY
TO DO LAUNDRY.
BUT IT'S SUCH
A NICE DAY OUTSIDE...
BUT YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT OFF
FOR TOMORROW
WHAT YOU COULD DO TODAY.
BUT YOU SHOULD STOP
AND SMELL THE ROSES.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, LETTIE.
LADIES, GOOD AFTERNOON.
MILLIE, MAY I HAVE
AN "E," PLEASE?
ANYTHING
YOU SAY.
YOUR WISH
IS MY COMMAND.
( "E" sharp )
£ ME-ME-ME-E-E-E-E £
( "E" flat )
£ MA-ME-MI-MO-MU-U-U £
I'M IN EXCELLENT VOICE TODAY.
BUT THEN AGAIN,
I ALWAYS AM.
I JUST LOVE
THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.
I LOVE IT, TOO.
SINCE WHEN DO YOU
LIKE CHEESE CORN?
SINCE I'M HUNGRY!
WHY DON'T YOU
TIE THE BAG TO YOUR FACE?
Everybody, freeze!
You, stop that!
You, shut up!
You, move!
WHICH WAY?
BRAVO, LADIES.
WHO SAID
VAUDEVILLE WAS DEAD?
( toot )
HI, GUYS.
( laughing )
SHE WON'T FLY--
SHE'LL RUN BACK
TO NEW MEXICO.
WE WERE TERRIBLY
JUVENILE.
AND IT
WORKED.
JALEESA, IF I MUST SAY SO,
YOUR TIMING WAS PERFECT.
WHITLEY, IF I MAY SAY SO,
YOUR SINGING WAS AWFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT ARE YOU
GUYS UP TO?
JUST A LITTLE VAUDEVILLE.
JUST BEING
OURSELVES.
ONLY MORE SO.
YOU THINK ACTING LIKE FOOLS
WILL GET HER TO LEAVE?
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
SO SHE WAS A LITTLE ROUGH...
"A LITTLE ROUGH"?
SHE WAS HARSH,
BUT MAYBE WE DESERVED IT.
I'M GLAD BROOMHILDA'S GONE.
I PROPOSE A TOAST.
TO OUR ONCE
AND FUTURE DORM DIRECTOR
JALEESA VINSON.
HERE, CATCH!
I THINK THAT WAS
A LITTLE TOO MUCH SPINE.
( gasp! )
WELL, GOOD EVENING, LADIES.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR
THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS.
I, UM...
UH, DEAN...
GIRLS, THERE'S NO NEED
TO COVER FOR ME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, QUENTIN,
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
I STILL HAVEN'T LOST
MY KNUCKLEBALL.
DON'T WORRY, MILLIE.
YOU COULDN'T
HAVE CAUGHT IT.
LETTIE, I'D LOVE FOR YOU
TO SHOW ME YOUR KNUCKLEBALL...
BUT NOT INDOORS.
I'LL PAY FOR THE TV,
BUT YOU'RE STILL BUYING DINNER.
OKAY, SEEMS FAIR.
GOOD NIGHT, LADIES.
GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.
AHEM!
DON'T GIVE ME THAT LOOK.
THAT "YOU-DID-IT-THIS-TIME,
IT'S-YOUR-FAULT-'CAUSE-YOU-
PLANNED-THE STUPID-THING" LOOK.
YOU'RE NOT
THE ONLY ONE.
WE HELPED.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
YEAH.
ALL I DID WAS SING.
LETTIE, HI.
MAY I SPEAK TO YOU, PLEASE?
WITHOUT YOUR BULLHORN, I HOPE.
I AM REALLY SORRY.
THAT WAS ALL
MY FAULT.
THE ENTIRE ACT
WAS MY IDEA.
YOU HAVE QUITE
AN IMAGINATION.
BUT IF YOU
WANTED ME TO LEAVE
WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN
EASIER TO SAY SO?
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RUDE.
OH, I SEE.
PLEASE.
I GUESS
I RESENTED YOU.
I LIKED
BEING IN CHARGE.
I THOUGHT I WAS
DOING A GOOD JOB
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW,
I'M OUT AND YOU'RE IN.
IT WASN'T FAIR
TO TAKE IT OUT ON YOU.
I BET THAT BULLHORN FELT GOOD.
YES, IT DID.
LETTIE, WE WOULD REALLY
LIKE FOR YOU TO STAY.
WHO SAID I WAS GOING?
WE WERE AWFUL.
YES, BUT I WAS A BIT OF
A BULLDOZER AT THAT MEETING.
BUT THAT'S ME.
I'M TOO OLD TO CHANGE.
LUCKILY, YOU'RE NOT.
SO DOES THAT MEAN
YOU'RE GOING TO STAY?
IF I CAN GET YOU TO SHOW
THIS MUCH IMAGINATION IN ONE DAY
THINK WHAT I CAN DO
IN A SEMESTER.
BESIDES, YOU PEOPLE
MAKE ME LAUGH.
Denise:
SHE'S STAYING!
Maggie:
OH, LETTIE.
THANKS FOR TAKING
THE RAP FOR US.
I THINK WHITLEY HAS
SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT, DON'T PUSH ME.
LETTIE, WE THE OCCUPANTS
OF GILBERT HALL FEEL THAT
BECAUSE OF YOUR IMPROMPTU ACT...
LAND YOUR PLANE, MY DEAR.
THIS WILL PAY
FOR THE TELEVISION.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY
FOR IT YOURSELF.
THANK YOU.
I DIDN'T INTEND TO.
I TOLD YOU SHE WASN'T
GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
ABOUT THIS
BATHROOM QUESTION.
I DON'T MEAN TO HARP...
YOU CAN'T HELP IT.
IT'S IN YOUR NATURE.
WELL, WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO?
I'VE TAKEN
CARE OF IT.
ARE THEY GOING TO
STAND GUARD OUTSIDE THE DOOR?
PATIENCE, MY DEAR.
IT'S FINISHED.
IT'S THE BEST THING
WE'VE EVER DONE.
IT'S ALSO THE FIRST.
IT'S A REVERSIBLE SIGN
FOR THE BATHROOM DOOR.
BEHOLD.
MEN...
WOMEN!
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