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00:00I'm Chewy. Can I get y'all started with some margaritas?
00:11Oh, God, yes. Margarita me.
00:1416 ounces or 24?
00:16You know, I just spent one of those weeks at work.
00:18I'll take a 24.
00:19Oh, turn up.
00:22Just make mine skinny.
00:25Um, I'll have a Coke and the car keys.
00:30Hey, guys, this round's on me.
00:32Daphne is officially enrolled in daycare,
00:35and that means that Marty's paternity leave is finally over.
00:40Aw, I think it's sweet how you miss working with your baby boy.
00:44What I miss is leaving at 3 o'clock.
00:48Well, good for you, Calvin, but, you know, we have reason to celebrate, too.
00:52Oh.
00:53Our little amigo, Grovercito, got an A on his Spanish paper.
00:58What?
00:58Oh, good, Grover.
01:00Oh, no, no.
01:02Okay, four margaritas and a skinny for the gentleman.
01:05Ah, gracias.
01:07Uh, can I interest you all in some appetizers?
01:09Oh, yes.
01:10Oh, you know what, Grover, why don't you use some of that grade-A Spanish to order us some starters?
01:15Yeah.
01:16Okay.
01:16I can do that.
01:18Hola, Chewy.
01:20Whoa!
01:20It's a hero!
01:22He's going.
01:23He's going.
01:23All right!
01:24Right!
01:32Okay, uh, you ordered nachos in the library with an orange jacket.
01:37I don't think so.
01:40He's just getting warmed up, right?
01:42Yeah.
01:43Quizás quieres guacamole.
01:44Um, zapatos con queso.
01:46And that'll be for the whole table.
01:49Brover, you just ordered cheese shoes for the table.
01:53Hey, you know what?
01:54I'm just good with anything.
01:55Um, I've got to use el pollo.
01:57Even I know the boy just said he's going to use the chicken.
02:05Welcome to the block, welcome to the neighborhood, welcome to the hood.
02:14I can't.
02:16I can't do it.
02:17I can't send Daphne to a place like this.
02:21Look at these Yelp reviews for Miss Sandra's daycare.
02:25Well, didn't you pick this place because of the reviews?
02:29Yes, yes, but look at this.
02:30All five stars?
02:32Huh.
02:32There's no way that's legit.
02:35Look, so, see, the place you want is one that has four and a half stars.
02:39Marty, you had her enrolled in the place with four and a half stars,
02:42and you canceled it because it wasn't good enough.
02:45No, no, no.
02:45That's because I visited it, Dad.
02:47That place had monkey bars.
02:49Monkey bars!
02:52What's wrong with monkey bars?
02:53Nothing.
02:54If you like dislocated baby shoulders.
02:57I'm sorry.
02:58I'm sorry, Rebecca, square one.
02:59Monday is out.
03:00Okay.
03:00Marty, you've canceled on five different places.
03:03This could go on forever.
03:05No daycare's going to be good enough.
03:06That's just such a leap of faith, Dad.
03:08Leaving my baby with strangers?
03:10You know, I agree, Marty.
03:11Who could leave this precious little angel?
03:14Oh, look at those little boogie boogies in your nosy-rosy.
03:17You know, you guys make a good point.
03:26I just wish there was somebody that Daphne knew who could spend time with her during the day,
03:33beat her, play games with her, read her a book.
03:38Take her to the zoo, clean that little nosy-rosy.
03:43You know what?
03:46I've got a crazy idea.
03:48Oh, really?
03:49Why don't I watch Daphne?
03:50What?
03:51Now, that is crazy right there.
03:58I mean, even though I can't think of a better idea, that's the thing about it.
04:02I can't think about it.
04:04Mom, Mom, that would be so great.
04:07But your job, what will you tell Gemma?
04:09Ain't nobody think about no damn Gemma.
04:13I'm sorry.
04:14I just get very passionate when I'm talking about my family.
04:19I mean, it wouldn't be forever.
04:21She's just so little right now.
04:23Yes, she is.
04:24Yes, she is.
04:27See you at work Monday, son.
04:32Hey, hey, hey.
04:33Hey, Malcolm.
04:34Somebody's in a good mood.
04:36Who, me?
04:37I ain't no big deal, Mama.
04:39I'm just a published author.
04:41Oh, that's nice.
04:42Oh, somebody spit up.
04:46Yeah, I just, uh, I wrote a story in my creative writing class.
04:50His wife.
04:52Anyway, as I was saying, the professor, she liked it so much, she suggested I submit it to the USC literary quarterly, the Trojan Horse.
05:00Do you have the unsensitive ones?
05:02I hate these.
05:02The Trojan Horse, I said, and they published it.
05:08You know, I remember the last time he was in the Trojan Horse.
05:11He had hit that walk-off against Oregon State.
05:13Oh, no, no, that was the Daily Trojan, Pop.
05:16You know, I knew it was the Trojan something.
05:19Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
05:20Oh, no, no.
05:20Oh, no.
05:21That was a school newspaper, Pop.
05:23This is creative writing.
05:24Shh.
05:25You're too loud.
05:26She might cry.
05:28Man, I'm just saying, I'm finally starting to get some recognition.
05:31Oh, my God.
05:32Thank you, Marty.
05:33Did y'all go to that New Mexican restaurant without me?
05:35Hey, oh, man, it was fantastic.
05:38We gonna go back there Thursday.
05:39Yeah, anyway, I'm just gonna, uh, leave a copy here,
05:42and y'all can read it if you want to or don't.
05:45It's considered to be very prestigious.
05:50But no big deal, you know?
05:52Big deal.
05:53Oh, wait!
05:54Yes.
05:55Did y'all try the mole enchiladas?
05:57Oh!
05:58The mole enchiladas!
06:03When Grover got that A in Spanish, I was so excited.
06:07But then when he tried to speak it?
06:09Let me guess.
06:10No bueno?
06:13I just have to ask, you didn't give him that A
06:15because, you know, I'm your boss?
06:18No.
06:19I mean, that paper was perfect.
06:21But speaking the language?
06:23Yikes.
06:26His accent is so bad,
06:27it actually offends me.
06:29And I'm Filipino.
06:32I wish you'd told me my son was struggling.
06:35Well, I wish you'd approved me to teach summer school last year
06:37so I wouldn't have had to drive Uber for two months.
06:43I'd keep that Uber account if I were you.
06:47Hey.
06:48Oh, hey, Tina, what's up?
06:49Well, I have got some great news.
06:51I'm going to be spending more time with my grandbaby.
06:54Oh, good.
06:55Mm-hmm.
06:56Were you talking weekends?
06:57No, weekdays.
06:58Weekday nights?
07:00No.
07:01I'm running out of day parts here.
07:03Okay.
07:04I'm so sorry, Gemma, but I'm going to have to take a little sabbatical so Marty can get back to work.
07:10Oh, no, but Tina, you know I don't have anyone to replace you.
07:12I know, but it just made more sense that, you know, I watched Daphne, and Calvin, you know,
07:18he made all of these really great points.
07:21And now Calvin gets Marty back full-time?
07:23Yep.
07:24Win-win.
07:27You do see how that's not a win for me.
07:29That's why I only did two wins.
07:32Look, thank you for understanding, Gemma.
07:35Of course.
07:36Mm, you're the best.
07:38Oh.
07:40Have a good day.
07:42Well played, Calvin Butler.
07:47Well played.
07:55Tina is one of my best teachers.
07:57Oh!
07:58Calvin can be so self-centered.
08:00It's not my fault Marty had a baby, and now he doesn't want the baby in daycare, so Calvin tricked
08:04Tina into watching the baby.
08:05Nobody is thinking about me.
08:07Okay.
08:08Gemma, just take a deep breath, okay?
08:11You and I are going in.
08:12If you say meditate, you are a dead man.
08:18I'm sorry.
08:19It has just been a really tough day.
08:21You know, last night wasn't a fluke?
08:24Grover can't speak Spanish in class either.
08:26Oh no?
08:27Maybe he freezes under pressure.
08:32Do you think he has anxiety issues?
08:33Does he need therapy?
08:35Okay.
08:36Gemma, let's not jump in.
08:37Is it because of the time he walked in on us?
08:38I told him we were wrestling, but I don't know if he bought it.
08:41Gemma, please, please stop.
08:47I think there may be a different answer here.
08:51Grover may have done well on his homework because I helped him with it.
08:59You did.
09:00Mm-hmm.
09:01How much help?
09:02Just a little.
09:03I tweaked the beginning and the end, and, well, you know, the middle was just sitting
09:08there.
09:09Dave!
09:10Look, I'm sorry, okay?
09:12I didn't mean to.
09:14It's just that Grover doesn't have that killer instinct, and he's got to keep his grades up
09:17if he wants to get into a good high school.
09:19So you did the work?
09:21I mean, he chimed in with stuff like, are you done, and can I go?
09:29My intentions were good.
09:31Dave, we have to let Grover sink or swim on his own.
09:34Ooh.
09:35He's gonna sink.
09:38Like a rock.
09:40Hey, Pop, what's going on?
09:45Hey, what up, Bobby?
09:47Hey, uh, mm, I'm just asking, you know, no big deal, but did you happen to check out
09:53my piece in the T.H.?
09:56Trojan horse pie.
09:57Oh, oh, oh, oh, yes.
10:00Blown away.
10:01What?
10:02Blown away.
10:03Really?
10:04Okay, well, which part blew you away?
10:08You know, it was the, um, the part about the cracks in the sidewalk being
10:17scars of a lost generation.
10:20Amazing.
10:22Yeah.
10:23That was the third sentence in the prologue.
10:26And I was blown away.
10:28I mean, I was blown away.
10:30I had to take a break after that.
10:32So you could watch the Laker game.
10:33Oh, come on.
10:34I mean, you get it.
10:35Yeah.
10:36But now, look.
10:37Here's the thing.
10:38If the rest of it is anything like that scar stuff, I smell grammar.
10:44Grammys out for music, Pop.
10:49I mean, they give them out for audiobooks.
10:52It's open.
10:57Hey.
10:58Oh, hey, Gemma.
10:59What's up?
11:00Nothing.
11:01I just got the sudden urge to snuggle that sweet little baby of yours.
11:05May I?
11:06Oh, please.
11:07Enjoy.
11:08Hi.
11:09Oh.
11:10She is getting so big.
11:13Oh.
11:14It goes so fast, doesn't it?
11:15You blink and they're off to college.
11:17That'd be more like a coma than a blink, but yeah.
11:21Oh.
11:22Don't let a minute of this pass you by because...
11:25Oh.
11:26Oh.
11:27Oh.
11:28I shouldn't have said that.
11:29I just realized you're about to go back to work full time.
11:31Yeah, but my mom's gonna be taking care of Daphne.
11:34I know.
11:35And that's great.
11:37At least someone will be there to savor all the golden moments.
11:40The ones you'll be missing.
11:42Oh.
11:43Like the first time she sees a butterfly.
11:46Oh, or takes her first steps.
11:48Oh, or eats her first ice cream cone where she gets that little blah blah vanilla on her
11:51nose and it just drips and drips.
11:54Well, yeah, but some of those moments will happen over the weekend.
11:58Probably not.
12:01But hey, what are you gonna do?
12:02Your boss needs you back at work.
12:04Okay, my dad is not my boss.
12:06We are equal partners.
12:07Oh.
12:08That's right.
12:09I forgot.
12:10Probably because of the way he bosses you around.
12:16Oh, hey, buddy.
12:17You working on your espanol?
12:19Uh, my what?
12:24You're Spanish.
12:25Oh, yeah.
12:26You're killing it.
12:27Heh, great.
12:29Cause you know, I will not be helping you anymore.
12:33Okay, I don't need it.
12:35Okay, good.
12:41Are you sure about that answer?
12:44Oh, the...
12:46The word for door isn't Dorito, is it?
12:48No.
12:51Okay, buddy, listen.
12:52I'm not gonna help you.
12:53I'm just gonna erase the things that need to be redone.
12:55No.
12:58What are you doing?
12:59I'm not writing Spanish.
13:00I'm just erasing it.
13:03Robert, can you give us a minute?
13:05Yeah, no problem.
13:06Uh, Dad, take all the time you need.
13:12Dave, what is going on?
13:13You have to let our son make his own mistake.
13:16I know.
13:17I know.
13:20Dave!
13:21I got it.
13:22I got it.
13:25Hey, man.
13:26We need to talk.
13:27Man to man.
13:30Boss to boss.
13:33If-if that's okay with you, Daddy.
13:37What's on your mind?
13:39Look, man, I am co-owner of the Fuse Box,
13:42and I decide when it's time for me to return to work full-time,
13:45and now is not that time.
13:47What are you talking about, Marty?
13:49Your paternity leave is over.
13:51Yeah, but there's still so many milestones I'd miss.
13:53Like, what if I miss her first words?
13:55First words are overrated.
13:57Your first words was doo-doo.
14:01Wait, Mama said my first word was rocket.
14:03How would I know? I was at work.
14:05Look, where's all this coming from, Marty?
14:08Gemma came over and made me realize how precious this time is.
14:12Gemma came over?
14:13Yeah, she really opened my eyes, Dad.
14:15She did, did she?
14:17Well, how helpful.
14:19Okay. All right!
14:21Thank you for getting it, man.
14:22Okay.
14:23All right, thanks, Daddy.
14:24All right.
14:26Well played, Gemma Johnson.
14:30Well played.
14:37Hi, Malcolm. Whoa!
14:42What you doing?
14:43Dave, why are you just sitting in your car like that?
14:46Just making sure that Grover fails Spanish.
14:51Okay, well, I'm gonna leave you to that then.
14:52Well, hold on.
14:54Were you putting a book in my library?
14:56No, no, it's not a book exactly.
14:59It's a, uh, a literary journal.
15:01Oh, yeah.
15:02The Trojan Horse.
15:03I didn't know a new issue was out.
15:05Well, it is.
15:06Hot off the presses.
15:08There's a bookmark in it.
15:09Is there?
15:10Let me get that up out of here.
15:11Hold on, hold on.
15:13A Rock in a Soft Place by...
15:16By Malcolm L. Butler.
15:18Whoa.
15:19Well, I just thought some of our neighbors might get a kick out of it, you know?
15:22It's not that big a deal.
15:23Not a big deal.
15:24Malcolm, this is huge.
15:26Your family must be so proud of you.
15:28Oh, they are.
15:29Yeah, yeah.
15:30My pops has already gotten through most of the first paragraph.
15:34Which is a paragraph more than my mama has read.
15:39What?
15:40Malcolm, this is unacceptable.
15:42I, for one, am honored to have the opportunity to gaze into your soul.
15:50Thank you?
15:56Jimma?
16:01What are you doing?
16:02Thought we should talk.
16:04You know, clear the air.
16:06Fine.
16:12Start talking.
16:14I understand you got a situation at your school.
16:17And I feel for you.
16:19But you're messing with my business.
16:22Well, the school is my business.
16:25And if I have to play dirty to keep my best music teacher, well then,
16:29I'm gonna do what I gotta do.
16:31You playing with fire, Jimma.
16:36Oh!
16:37Oh!
16:38If you think you can bully me, you got the wrong Johnson.
16:41Oh, that's right.
16:42Hey guys, what's up?
16:43Nothing.
16:44I'm just getting your girl, Jimma, straight.
16:46Oh, really, Calvin?
16:47We're really doing this right here, right now?
16:48Oh, right here and right now?
16:49Right here at this moment.
16:50Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a minute!
16:54What is going on here?
16:56Jimma convinced Marty to stay on paternity leave
16:58just so she can keep you at her school.
17:01She manipulated him.
17:02Uh, me?
17:04You manipulated Tina.
17:06You used Daphne as bait
17:07just so you could get her to quit her job
17:09and babysit
17:10just so you could have Marty back at your silly little fuse box.
17:16Did you just call the fuse box silly?
17:18Did I stutter?
17:19Oh, okay.
17:20Wait, no, no.
17:21Did I?
17:22Get your girl.
17:23Get your girl.
17:24Wait a minute.
17:25Now, let me get this straight.
17:26You two have been acting like selfish little brats
17:29who only care about what benefits you.
17:31Well, he was.
17:34Okay, listen.
17:35I only care about one thing.
17:37The school.
17:38The fuse box, right?
17:41Daphne.
17:43Yeah, of course.
17:44Yeah, right.
17:45That's a lot of stuff.
17:47And the best thing for her
17:48is to spend as much time as possible
17:50with the people who love her the most.
17:53Her parents.
17:55Oh.
17:56Baby, you know, I agree with you.
17:58Okay.
17:59But Marty and Courtney both have full-time jobs.
18:02I mean, what do you expect them to do?
18:04Bring the baby into the fuse box?
18:08Calvin.
18:09No.
18:11Calvin!
18:12No, no, no, no, no!
18:18Oh, damn.
18:22Oh, I bet you do that mean...
18:24Is that my wallet?
18:25Give me my wallet.
18:27Marty.
18:28Where's Mrs. Dick?
18:29You're not on the phone.
18:30You get in here.
18:33Okay.
18:34They throwing sippy cups.
18:35Let's get in there.
18:36I have margarita.
18:38Ah, yes.
18:39You'll be my amigo.
18:40If I may, a toast to my son Grover
18:42for earning a gentleman's C on his Spanish paper.
18:43A paper he wrote sin ayuda.
18:45Mmm.
18:46And without any help.
18:49That's what I just said, but...
18:50Anywho.
18:52To you, I raise a blended strawberry mango.
18:54To you, I raise a blended strawberry mango.
18:56You're welcome.
18:57You're welcome.
18:58You're welcome.
18:59You're welcome.
19:00You're welcome.
19:01You're welcome.
19:02You're welcome.
19:03You're welcome.
19:04To you, I raise a blended strawberry mango margarita.
19:06All right.
19:07Now to Grover and Dave.
19:09I'm proud of you both.
19:10Gracias, mi amor.
19:14He does love you.
19:15It's progress.
19:16Drink up.
19:17Hey.
19:18Well, and that is not all.
19:19I would be remiss if I did not point out
19:21that I am not the only parent at this table
19:23whose son has something to be proud of.
19:25Oh, Dave, please don't.
19:26No, no, no.
19:27Malcolm.
19:28Malcolm.
19:29Malcolm has written a story
19:31that will make you laugh, think,
19:33and cry.
19:34Oh, yeah.
19:35Aw.
19:36Okay, let's sit on down.
19:37No, no, no.
19:38Malcolm.
19:39This is an accomplishment
19:40and it should be celebrated
19:41by the people who love you the most.
19:43And if you're too embarrassed to toot your own horn,
19:45I have a few amikos who will do it for you.
19:48Guillermo, Esteban, Nessar, Jaime!
19:50Woo!
19:51Oh, come on, Dave.
19:53Why do you have to embarrass the man like that?
19:55You know he doesn't want to make a big deal out of it.
19:58Actually, Mama, Pop, I think I kind of do.
20:02Look, if I'm being honest, I just...
20:04Okay, hey, can y'all give us one second, please?
20:08Gracias, muchachos.
20:10Yes.
20:11Yeah.
20:12Look, I know you guys should see me as an athlete,
20:15and if I'm being honest,
20:17I was embarrassed to put myself out there like this,
20:19but getting published makes me think I can be a writer.
20:21I know I'm grown, but I still want y'all to be proud of me.
20:24Oh, son.
20:25So, Mama, Pop, my sweet brother Marty,
20:29read the damn 11 pages.
20:31Okay.
20:32All right.
20:33You know I started it already.
20:35I mean, that first paragraph, wow.
20:38Wow.
20:40Malcolm, we are so proud of you.
20:42Dave, come on, hand over the book.
20:44I brought copies for everyone.
20:46Oh.
20:47Guillermo, otra ocasión.
20:49Oh, my God.
20:50Oh, my God.
20:51Oh, my God.
20:52Oh, my God.
20:53Oh, my God.
20:54Oh, my God.
20:55Oh, my God.
20:56Oh, my God.
20:57Oh, my God.
20:58Oh, my God.
20:59Oh, my God.
21:00Oh, my God.
21:01Oh, my God.
21:02Oh, my God.
21:03Oh, my God.
21:04Oh, my God.
21:05Oh, my God.
21:06Oh, my God.
21:07Oh, my God.
21:08Oh, my God.
21:09Oh, my God.
21:10Oh, my God.
21:11Oh, my God.
21:12Oh, my God.
21:13Oh, my God.
21:14Oh, my God.
21:15Oh, my God.
21:16Oh, my God.
21:17Oh, my God.
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