Good Times (1974–1979): Season 6, Episode 18 - J.J. and T.C. - full transcript

Bookman's assistant TC is interested in going out with JJ. He does not think much of TC because he sees her only as one of the guys. With a dance event coming up, this seems like a good time for them to get together.

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No, no. Now, Willona, you got
to watch one more time, hear?

Okay. You are gonna get this
Rock for the community center dance.

Now watch me. I'm gonna turn on
the radio, and we gonna dance. Okay.

All right. ♪♪ [Disco]

Now watch me.

Thelma... Thelma, I don't
think I want to do that.

Without music, you can get
arrested. Do you understand?

Oh, no, you can't.
Come on. I'll try.

Hips, hips. Wait, wait, wait.

That's it. That's it. That's
it. Oh, come on. It's nice.

Watch me now. All right!

Whoo-whee!



Ow! Swing it, Thelma!

All right! [Laughs] Whoo!

Whoo! Hey, Ms. Woods,
what you call that? The Rock.

The Rock? This is the Rock.

Bookman, when you do it,
it looks more like a landslide.

We got us some cookies.
♪♪ [Turns Off Radio]

Did y'all hear about the big
fight last night at the supermarket?

Uh-uh. "Boom Boom" Belinda
and J.J. had it out something awful.

- Ooh! What for?
- Over the dance Saturday.

"Boom Boom" said she's tired of
J.J. dressing fancier than she does.

So J.J. said... [Imitating
J.J.] Well, what can I say?

When it comes to fashion,
I'm a model from heaven.

In the clothes you
wear, you're a 747.

Yeah, but I'm surprised that J.J. broke up
with "Boom Boom" Belinda before the dance.

Hey! Hey, maybe this
is a chance for T.C.

Right on. Wait a minute. What's
my helper got to do with J.J.?

T.C.'s hot to trot for J.J.

Hot to trot? [Chuckles]

I think it's time for you to
do your homework. Come on.

Every time the good stuff comes
around, I gotta go study. Mm-hmm.

Don't worry about it. We can
play gin at your house later.

[Imitating Mae West] Come
on over to my place, big boy.

We'll finish the gin, and
after that we can play cards.

Penny! [Laughs]

Well, I guess I better get
ready to fix this sink for y'all.

Oh, can you imagine
that? A tub fixing a sink?

Bookman, we told you about that
leak three months ago, you know?

Yeah, but I didn't have
the things I needed to fix it.

Here's your helper
now, hamburger!

Hi, Willona. [Michael] Hi, T.C.

Hi, T.C.! Thelma.
Is, uh, J.J. here?

No. Oh.

Are y'all goin' to the dance
Saturday night? Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. We're gonna
go. I-Is J.J. going?

Well, T.C., J.J. just broke up with the
girl he was gonna take to the dance.

Really? Yeah.

Oh, that's too bad.

Okay, T.C., that's
enough of that chitchattin'.

You want to chase after
J.J., do it on your own time.

And another thing,
young lady. You don't see

me letting my love life
interfere with my work.

How could nothing
interfere with nothing?

T.C., get that sink fixed.

Oh, by the way, Ms. Woods, don't
you have a shower for me to fix?

No, no, no, no, no. That was five
months ago. Who needs hot water anyway?

I know what you mean. I've been taking cold
showers ever since the day I got married.

[Michael] Mm-hmm.

Hey, T.C., I thought J.J. was
going to take you to the dance.

Haven't y'all been goin'
out for a month now?

Yeah, Michael, but
it's only on weeknights.

We watch the hockey games, the
basketball games, the wrestling match.

I-I would like to be something
more than just one of the guys.

What's wrong with me?

Oh, T.C., it's not you.

You know, when it comes to women,
there's something you must know about J.J.

Oh, no! J.J.'s gay?

Whew. No, no, no. That's
not what I mean at all.

Well, see, his taste in women...

Well, how can I say this?
You know, well, it runs to...

Trash.

Well, let's say
"flash." I mean...

What she's trying to say is, his girls have
nicknames. He gives them all nicknames.

Like "Boom Boom"
Belinda. Mm-hmm.

Myrna... [Panting] the Burner.

And Nikki the Quickie.

Hey, everybody.
[Thelma] Hey, Keith.

How you doing? How you doing?

I told you I'd remember to
pick up my suit. Good, baby.

You were supposed to pick up my
dress at the cleaners. Where is it?

J.J.'s got your dress. Don't
worry. He'll be up in a minute.

He was just hustling the girl down at
the cleaners for a date to the dance.

J.J. is going to take a
perfect stranger to the dance?

She turned him down. But J.J.
wouldn't take no for an answer.

When I left, she was
pressing his shorts...

with him in 'em!

J.J., will you look at my
dress? What are you doin'?

It's got 50 creases in it!

Willona, I'm lucky
that I'm not creased.

You know, running through the
ghetto with a dress is not exactly easy.

I had a wino wink at me. I had a
construction worker whistle at me.

And some guy asked
me to go to a dance!

Why didn't you go? Yeah.

Hey, T.C., my main man.
What's happenin', brother?

Hi, J.J.

J.J., I heard you broke up with
"Boom Boom" Belinda last night.

Uh, it's not gonna be easy to
get another date for the dance.

[Scoffs] No big deal, Thelma.

All I got to do is pick up the
phone, make one quick call...

and with my reputation, girls'll break
down the door just to get a look at me.

[Chuckles] J.J., and when
they do get a look at you,

they'll break down the
walls to get away from you.

Oh, yeah? I'm gonna make
one girl real happy tonight.

Yeah?

Yeah, what I'm gonna do is
go get my little black book...

and let my fingers do the walking
through the yellow pages of L-U-V...

Love.

T.C., you better do something.

What? Take the initiative.
Ask him out for a date.

Well, I don't know.

Hey, look, this is the age
of the liberated woman.

I mean, I always enjoy it when
a girl comes on to me. [Chuckles]

Before you were married, right?

Yeah, yeah. Long time ago.

Girl, you better hurry
up before J.J. calls

some bimbo, and you'll
be out on the limbo.

Who is going to be the
lucky girl? [Chuckles]

So, J.J., this is your
little black book, huh?

That's only from "A" to "G," Keith. I
couldn't carry the rest of it out here.

Let me look at this
mess you got here.

I've got it all indexed
and everything, see.

I got it according to height, weight,
hair color, hair style, hair length.

Even got a little extra star
down there for experience.

J.J., did you go out
with a girl who's 38?

Uh, that's not her
age, Keith. [Chuckling]

That's her I.Q. [Chuckling]

[Laughs] Yeah, Keith.

I even got dates according to present
dates, current dates and future dates.

Mm-hmm. "Future
dates... Lola Falana,

"Donna Summer, Princess Grace"?

I like a little
challenge. [Laughs]

J.J., do you think
that, um, uh, [Dialing]

I wonder if you'd
like... "Chello?" Fifi?

Yeah, this is J.J. here.

Yeah, kiss, kiss
to you too, lover.

I know this is a little far in
advance to be callin' you,

but there's a dance
tomorrow night.

You think you can make
it? Oh, you gotta babysit.

Yeah, you gotta babysit for
little Timmy Johnson? Oh, oka...

Little Timmy Johnson? Wait a minute!
That dude's 22 years old! [Groans]

J.J., if you need a date for the
dance, you don't have to call those girls.

There's a sexy lady right
here in this living room...

who would love to go
to the dance with you!

Willona, don't you think
you're a little too old for me?

You want a slap across
your nose? [Mouthing Words]

Uh, J.J., I have something very
important to ask you. [Dialing]

Oh, yeah, I got something important
to ask you too, T.C. But you go first.

Oh, no, it can
wait. Y-You go first.

Well, you know, there's a
big dance Saturday night.

- Uh-huh.
- And you know, we been goin'
out a little bit lately...

Ya know, goin' to the football games,
basketball games, over at Hansen's, right?

Yeah, I have so much fun. I always
have a good time when I'm with you, J.J.

Yeah, yeah. We laugh.
[Laughing] [Laughing]

And we laugh.
[Laughing] [Laughing]

[Shrieks]

[Both Laughing]

Remember that waitress
who spilled the drink on you?

Oh! You mean that overdeveloped,
orange-haired hussy?

Yeah. Yeah. What was her name?

Oh, they called her Dottie...
"Dizzy" Dottie. Dottie! "Dizzy" Dottie!

What a name! Oh, my goodness.

[Laughing]

[Loud Laughing]

Hansen's Bar? Let
me speak to Dottie.

Yeah, Dottie? Yeah, this is J.J.

Yeah, I was down there about a week
ago. Yeah, you spilled a drink on us.

[Continues, Indistinct]

[Sniffling] I just
don't understand J.J.

I mean, even when the
cocktail waitress turns him down,

he goes to a singles
bar to try to hustle a date.

What's wrong with me anyway?

Hey T.C., you
finished in here yet?

Please, Buffalo Butt!

You might say
I'm finished, yeah.

Bookman, can't
you see she's upset?

She wanted J.J. to ask her
to the dance, and he didn't.

Oh, that's too bad, T.C.

I know how you feel.

There's nothing in the world
worse than being dumped.

You feel... You sorta
feel lower than dirt.

You just want to
crawl in a hole and die.

Booger, don't ever apply
for a job at Hallmark.

You know, T.C., one
way to get rid of a broken

heart is to just throw
yourself into your work.

Bookman, I'm a
plumber. I fix toilets.

I know that. But you'll get over
it, kid, 'cause you're a tough guy.

See what I mean?

I am tired of being one of
the guys. I am a woman!

Right on, T.C.! And, T.C.,
don't be ashamed to show it.

J.J.'s like every other man. If you wanna
cook his goose, you gotta catch his eye.

There ain't no shame
in shakin' before bakin'!

- What do you mean?
- Honey, you got to be feminine.

There's a definite feminine
walk, okay? Now watch.

Now, that would, uh, turn
the heads of most men.

Yeah!

And a few rhinos.

Gee, I just put one
foot in front of the other.

The girls that turn
J.J. on walk like that?

No. They walk like
this. ♪♪ [Scatting]

♪♪ [Continues]

Plop!

Well, there are other ways, T.C.

You see, a woman can say a
lot of things with just her eyes.

And her gestures. Watch.

[Laughs]

[Giggles]

I didn't know there was
anything between us, Ms. Woods.

There always is. Your stomach!

I'll see y'all later.

Hey, T.C., where are you goin'?

I gotta take care
of some business.

♪♪ [Disco]

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Hey, I beg your pardon.

Uh, I was just noticing that
you happen to be, uh, Aquarius.

Oh, you're an Aquarius too?
[Chuckles] Are you kidding?

[Chuckles] Whoo!

Right there.

Well, honey, you know, my
moon is in the seventh house.

[Chuckles] I know what
you're talking about.

We've been evicted a
couple of times ourselves.

Uh, are you into
E.S.P.? Well, of course.

[Chuckles] Well, then, uh,

would you happen to see us
spending the night together?

Hmm. Well, I have a vision.

Hmm? It's a moonlit night.

Mm-hmm?

And you and I are alone.

Mmm! Mmm!

Oh, and you lean over,
and you whisper. Mmm!

Oh, you whisper another
one of your lines, and... and I...

And I just smack you
upside your head, chump!

You're no Aquarius!

[Clears Throat]

Uh, good-bye there, mama.
I'll call you later. [Laughing]

Yeah, my polo
injury... my knee...

[Laughing] Yeah.

Hey, string bean,
you struck out, huh?

Me, strike out? What
gives you that impression?

Well, if that phony
smile of yours was any

wider, your ears would
be inside your mouth.

I mean, look, brother.
You cannot be phony.

Girls are too hip for that.

You got to be honest.
Honesty is the key.

I mean, you got
to be, like, yourself.

Yeah, honesty, huh? Guess you're
right. Honesty is the best policy.

J.J. Evans. Robert Redford here.

Listen... Listen, brother.
Let me tell you something.

You want some women?
I mean, just stick with me.

I have not slept alone in years.

Yeah, neither have
I, thanks to Michael.

Matter of fact, the
last time I slept alone,

I was in this incubator.

And the nurses was standing all
on the outside making eyes at me.

[Laughing]

You see, I got this big,
big problem with women.

I just cannot seem
to get rid of them.

Oh, yeah? Well, if you're
doin' so good with women,

what are ya doin' in a
spot like this... alone?

Well, you see, I just haven't, uh,
seen what I wanted yet, you know?

Ooh, until now.

Hey, that is one
hunk of woman there.

You know, I feel like I already
know her. Yeah, me too.

Ah, no.

No, no, no, no, brother.

That fox is gonna be displayed
in my trophy case tonight.

Hey, sugar, sugar, where
have you been hiding yourself?

[Chuckles] I didn't
know I was hiding.

Well, not that much.

T.C., I hardly recognize you.

Well, if it isn't
little J.J. Evans.

Say, uh, you know this dude?

[Scoffs] Only by reputation.

He's supposed to
be a real lady-killer.

[Chuckles] Him?

Well, you know, what can I say?

You could say
arrivederci, toothpick.

Wait a minute here. Hold on.
T.C., how about me and you...

goin' down and skippin' this
place and have a little hamburger?

[Laughing] Can you dig this?

The great lover here
wants to have a hamburger.

And I suppose Billy Dee is
gonna want a chocolate shake too.

Yeah, with two straws!

He probably has
to be home at 10:00.

J.J., listen. I
have a better idea.

I happen to know that there won't
be anyone home at your place tonight,

so why don't we just go back
there and have... dessert...

If you know what I mean.

[Chuckles] Yes, I do
know what you mean.

[Laughs] That would
be very, very nice.

Oh, uh, just an
average night for the kid.

Close your mouth there, bro.
You gonna let the flies in. [Laughs]

Well, we're finally alone.

J.J., why don't you fix
me a little something?

Why? Is a little
something broken?

- A drink.
- Oh, a drink. Yeah, a drink.

Uh, some Kool-Aid?
Some root beer?

Some ginger ale? Some
Fernet Blanca? Forget it, J.J.

Uh, let's not waste
any more time.

[Grunts]

Uh, T.C., are you sure
you wanna be here?

It was my idea,
wasn't it? Yeah, uh...

[Clears Throat]

Couldn't we, uh, turn on the radio
and get the final sports scores?

The only scoring I'm
interested in is right here.

[Groans] T.C., you know,
you really surprise me.

I-I always thought of you
as just one of the guys.

Oh? Do I still seem
like one of the guys?

Not any of the guys that I know.

You know, T.C., this
is really surprising.

I mean, you think you know a
guy... I mean, a woman... a Ms.

You go to the football game with them.
You go to the basketball game with them.

And then all of a sudden...
Well, you know, I never dreamed...

I never dreamed you
were this type of girl.

J.J., you're so nervous.

Is this your first time?

[Clears Throat] Are you kidding?

It's just that I was expecting a
changeup, and I got a Vida Blue fastball.

But, uh, I can't wait
to see your curve.

[Laughs] J.J., you're
so funny... and so cute.

Well, uh, let me go, uh,

take off my jacket here, and
get ready for the real action.

Yeah. [Clears Throat]

Where exactly, uh,

were we?

Now... J.J., I was...

Oh, J.J... J.J., please.

J.J. J.J., stop.

T.C., what's wrong? [Panting]

Look, J.J., I gotta
level with you.

This isn't me.

The hair isn't me. The dress
isn't me. This whole night isn't me.

Well, then who are you?

Don't you see,
J.J.? It's an act.

I did this because I really like you,
and I wanted to attract your attention.

You're too nice a guy, J.J.,
and I feel guilty about fooling you.

Uh, would you mind fooling
me just a little while longer?

Is that what you
really want, J.J.?

Uh, no, hold on, T.C.

Uh, I'm not sure what I
really want... at least from you.

But, uh, I think we should
take the time to find out.

How much time, J.J.?

Well, uh, as much
time as we need.

And we can start tomorrow by, uh, going
to the dance if you... if you want to.

I'd love to. That is, if you're
sure I won't spoil your reputation.

It's really not that
much reputation to spoil.

You mean, what they say about
you on the ladies' room wall isn't true?

Not only is it not true,
I'm sorry I ever wrote it.

[Chuckles]

♪ Keepin' your
head above water ♪

♪ Makin' a wave when you can ♪

♪ Temporary layoffs ♪
♪ Good times ♪

♪ Easy credit rip-offs ♪
♪ Good times ♪

♪ Ain't we lucky we got 'em ♪

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