05x18 - February 17, 1994

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "In Living Color". Aired: April 15, 1990 – May 19, 1994.*
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05x18 - February 17, 1994

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[Doorbell Rings]

I think that's
your new nanny, kids.

[Man Announcing] Move over, Mrs. Doubtfire.
There's a new brother in town...

and he's ready
to do some butt-kicking.

- What the problem is!
- It's Ike Turner in...

Mrs. Ikefire!

He's out of work, out of money
andjust plain out ofhis mind.!

You must be Mrs. Ikefire.
I'm Tina.

Oh, now, you must think
Mrs. Ikefire don't know who you is.

I mean, of course
I know who you is.

You used to sing with that handsome
Ike Turner fella, didn't you?

Yes, well,
that was a long time ago.

I've sung a lot of songs
since then.

Mm-hmm. And ain't
none of'em no good neither.

'Cause you ain't got
no stank on 'em, see?

Now, what you need to do
is go on back to that handsome devil.

Devil is right.
Mrs. Ikefire...

could you watch the children
while I go to the gym?

I need to keep my legs in shape.

Yeah, I bet Ike could work them thighs.
You eyeballin' me, boy?

You sure have a lot
of facial hair for a old woman.

Now, you watch your smart talk, son.
You think you can make a joke outta me?

I'm gonna teach you 'bout respect!

Wow, those knuckles look familiar.

Well, now, Mrs. Turner, I'm gonna
take that as a compliment. Thank you.

Smell like freebase.

Oh, my God!
You're on fire!

Don't you think
Mrs. Ikefire know that?

That what the problem is!
Help me! Help!

Mrs. Ikefire needs some help!
Help! You steppin' to me?

Don't be hittin' on Mrs. Ikefire, lady!
I'll teach you, Tina.

♪♪ [Singing]

Hello, Mrs. Ikefire.
This is my kitty cat, Cokie.

Coke? Who said
somethin' about coke?

- [Snorting]
- You snorted my kitty cat.

That was pure,
uncut kitty cat.

Mom!

[Snorts]
What the problem is!

[Grunts]
Y'all ain't doin' it right.

You got to scrub
like you mean it.

Deep down from your gut.
You got to put some stank on it.

[Announcer] Mrs. Ikefire.
Coming soon to a theater near you.

- [Laughing]
- ♪ In living color♪

♪ You can do what you wanna do ♪

♪ In living color♪

- ♪ In living color♪
- ♪ You can do what you wanna do ♪

♪ In living color♪

♪ In living color♪

♪ You can walk on the moon
Float like a balloon ♪

♪ You see, it's never too late
and it's never too soon ♪

- ♪ Take it from me, it's a'ight to be ♪
- Hi-yah!

♪ In living color♪

♪ And how would ya...
How would ya... How would ya f... ♪

♪ How would you feel knowing
prejudice was obsolete ♪

♪ And all mankind danced
to the exact b*at ♪

[Echoing] ♪ And at night it was safe
to walk down the street ♪

♪ You can do what you wanna do ♪

♪ In living color♪

♪ In living color♪

- ♪ You can do what you wan... wan... ♪
- ♪ In living color♪

- ♪ You can do what you wan... wan... wan... ♪
- ♪ In living color♪

- ♪ You can do what you wan... wan... ♪
- ♪ In living color♪

- ♪ You can do what you wan... wan... wan... ♪
- ♪ In living color♪

- [Turntable Scratching]
- ♪ In living color♪♪

[Laughing]

[Man Announcing]
Live from the inner city...

it's the East Hollywood Squares.

With Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones...

Bobby McFerrin, Rosie Perez...

Pam Grier, Diana Ross...

Martin Lawrence,
Martin Lawrence's bodyguard...

Willie Tyler without Lester.

And now the host
of East Hollywood Squares...

Peter Marshall.!

Well, thank you very much.

Hello and welcome to the
East Hollywood Squares. Hello, stars.

[All Shouting Greetings]

I want you to meet our players.
First, Sandy Wallace.

Sandy, you're a homemaker.
Is that right?

- Yes, I make homes.
- That's nice.

And Dennis Beery here.

He was one of the original engineers
on the Santa Monica Freeway. That's nice.

That's correct. We had a little trouble
recently, but we're workin' it out.

Oh, that's wonderful. You won the toss
backstage. That means you'll start.

But first let's show our home audience
the secret square.

Watch this.

All right.
Now pick a star.

All right, Peter, I would like
to start off with Oprah Winfrey.

- Hi, Oprah.
- Hi, Peter.

[Laughs] Here's your question, dear.
Listen carefully.

What are the ingredients...
the ingredients of a Cobb salad?

Hold on.

[Retching]

- Okay, Peter.
- Yeah?

I'll have to say, uh, lettuce...

- uh, bacon...
- Mm-hmm.

And, uh, blue cheese...

and, uh, hold on.

[Burps]

Avocado.

Sounds yummy. Well, Dennis,
do you agree or disagree?

- I would have to agree.
- Uh-huh.

- [Bell Dings]
- "X" gets the square.

All right, Sandy Wallace,
it's your, uh, turn to pick a star.

- I'd like to take Bobby McFerrin, please.
- All right. Bobby...

♪♪ [Singing Nonsense]

Would you do me a favor
and just shut up?

Who was the first person
to sign the U.S. Constitution?

♪♪ [Singing Nonsense]

Uh, Bobby says...
♪♪ [Singing Nonsense]

You heard the man.
Do you agree or disagree?

- Um, I think I disagree.
- Good for you.

- [Bell Dings]
- Circle gets the square. All righty.

Now, uh, over to you, Dennis.

I would like to try
thatJames EarlJones fella.

Say, uh, James Earl, I understand you've
added a new dimension to your résumé.

That is correct, Peter.
I have a new career...

as an impressionist,
and I'm taking my act to Vegas.

Oh, really? Could we hear a little
of what you're going to be doing?

Why, certainly.
First Tweety Bird.

[Clears Throat]

I "tought" I "taw" a "putty" cat.

That's terrific.
Can we hear something else?

And now... Lucille Ball.

- [Peter] Lucille Ball.
- [Clears Throat]

Ricky, I want to be
in your show. Waah.

Uh, Dennis, could you do us a favor
and pick somebody else?

All righty. I would like to go up
to the second tier...

and the beautiful Rosie Perez.

Rosie Perez. Okay, Rosie.

Rosie, in biology...
in biology, what is a bivalent?

How the... [Beeps] am I supposed
to know this... [Beeps] Peter?

What do I look like...
a... [Beeps] rocket scientist?

Is that what I look like?
Just because I got... [Beeps]

You think you can make me look
like a... [Beeps] idiot?

You little... [Beeps]

Uh, Rosie, I don't write them.
I just read them.

We're just looking for
the definition of a bivalent.

- A bivalent?
- Yes.

[Beeps] Okay, I'm gonna
say a bivalent is a pair...

of h*m* synapse chromosomes
associated together during meiosis.

- I disagree.
- [Buzzer Buzzes]

Terribly sorry.
No, no. Rosie was right.

[Beeps] You didn't trust me?
You stupid... [Beeps]

Sandy, your turn.
And pick a star.

I'll go with
Martin Lawrence to win.

[Bell Ringing]

Damn! I can't believe
I'm the secret square!

What's up?
Oh, my goodness.

Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.

[Blows Raspberry]
Excuse me.

Uh, can we hurry up with this?
'Cause I got someplace I got to be.

Right. What actor played
the title role in The Cosby Show?

The title role in The Cosby Show.

Damn! Damn. Oh, man.

Gina was talkin'
about that last night. Damn.

Oh, 'cause, you know, we got to respect
our black women. You know what I'm sayin'?

'Cause I be tellin' my b*tches
that all the time. Damn.

Uh, dude, what's up?
Oh, my goodness.

What's up?
Oh! Oh! Damn!

- [Peter] I need a name here. A name.
- Damn!

"Da-day-day."

Agree or disagree?

- I'm gonna have to agree.
- [Buzzer Buzzes]

No. Terribly sorry.
Okay, Dennis.

We can't give you the "X."
You'll have to earn that yourself.

I'm gonna go back to that
crazy Martin Lawrence for the win.

- [Peter] You got it.
- Hey, watch your mouth.

Name a stand-up comic... a stand-up
comic with a short man's complex...

ears open like car doors and three minutes
of his minutes of fame left.

Oh, damn!

Damn, you ain't right,
you know.

How you gonna dis a brother
like Will Smith like that? What's up?

- Well, Martin says Will Smith.
- I will, uh, disagree.

- [Siren Sounding]
- That's a good choice.
"X"gets the square and the game.

Thank you, stars.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

And join us next time here for more fun
on... the East Hollywood Squares.

Peter Marshall saying bye-bye.

Yo, I got big crew.

- So what you wanna do?
- What you wanna do?

♪♪ [Man Rapping]

♪♪ [Men Chanting]

♪♪ [Ends]

Hello. This is Shelly Miller reporting
live from Ft. Lauderdale for Fox News.

I'm joined today by
City Councilman Bill Davis.

Mr. Davis, how is this city
holding up during spring break?

Well, Shelly, the city
is doin'just fine.

This time of year is always
a little hectic down here in Florida...

especially the Ft. Lauderdale area.

But as always we are equipped
to handle the onslaught...

of tourists and college students
such as they are and will be soon.

How long does
the spring break season last?

Well, I wish I could tell you it goes on
all year. Course that's not the case.

A lot of the year
down here it's pretty dull...

and there's just a lot of people
stayin' indoors watchin' TV.

But this time of year is great. Not all the
colleges take their breaks at the same time.

I've noticed a trend
for the east coast colleges...

to have their spring breaks earlier than
the Midwestern schools do, such as they are.

What do you think motivates the east coast
schools to take their vacation time earlier?

Well, I don't know. I wouldn't have
any idea. I'm not a psychic.

- [Metal Detector Buzzing]
- But I do have a theory on the topic...

and that is that it's
a little colder out there...

therefore they like to
get rid of that cabin fever...

the sort that makes a man go crazy
and do wild things at his home...

earlier than, say, in the Midwest.

Because of all the bad weather, they're more
likely to get away from that cabin fever quicker...

and be away from the inclement
climate, so as it is.

This seems like an important time
for the economy here in Ft. Lauderdale.

How does it compare
to the rest of the year?

Well, any of these students
who have studied macroeconomics...

which I have not, but
I'm pretty sure that you have.

You're a very pretty lady.
Did I tell you that?

They know the free enterprise system
is based on supply and demand.

Most of the retail stores here...
Well, it's just like Christmastime down here.

This is our Christmas season,
you might say...

- except we don't have any red suits or jingle bells.
- Right.

But, uh, the next five weeks is gonna be a very
big shopping year, financially speaking...

for the people down here,
such as they are.

Uh, it surprises me to hear that college
students have millions of dollars to spend...

because I remember when I was in college,
I had very, very little spending money.

Well, I don't believe I said millions,
but perhaps they do.

I'll tell you what it is.
It works out like this.

Now, one college student on his own...
He'll come down here.

He'll maybe just have enough
for a six-pack and someJiffy Pop...

but you put ,
college students together...

That's a heck of a lot ofJiffy Pop,
if you know what I'm sayin'.

What are other ways that
the students help the economy?

Well, the students bring
a lot of sand into the area...

and the sand actually contributes
to the sand paths here.

They just track it in from other states.

That helps the whole economy.

Now, also there's companies that try to target
these students who are between and ...

and that translates into big dollars.

They just set their headquarters
up down here during the break...

- That's big money for a corporate person.
- I understand.

Well, Mr. Davis, I thank you
for your time and hospitality here.

Well, thank you. You're pretty
as a peach. Did I tell you that?

I like them earrings.
My gal has a pair just like 'em.

- Well, I bought 'em here in Ft. Lauderdale.
- Did you? That's good.

- They're probably made
by one of our local craftsmen.
- That's what they said.

- All righty. You take care now.
- Well, thank you, Mr. Davis.

And as you look around the beach,
you'll see a lot of fun and excitement.

I'm Shelly Miller here at Fox News.
Back to you.

Hey, kids!
Why the long faces?

- There's nothing to do!
- We're so bored!

[Chuckles]
Anybody up for a game?

- A game? What game?
- Not just any game, Johnny.

The Dirty Dozens Home Game!
[Laughing]

That's right, folks.

Now all the excitement
of America's most popular dis-fest...

can be yours at home
with the Dirty Dozens Home Edition.

Where talking trash
gets you play cash...

and you will all the money
if your mama smells funny.

All right!
I landed on the head!

That's right. Your category
is "Your mama's so stupid."

Your mama's so stupid...

she saw a sign that said "wet floor,"
so she peed on it.

[Laughs]
That's pretty good, Johnny.

All right, pumpkin, your turn.

There you go. All right.
Your category is "Your mama's so fat."

Your mama's so fat,
I played seesaw with her...

and I ended up
on the damn moon!

- Damn moon, Johnny.
- And if it's high-speed dissin' you're missin'...

try the Dozens Advanced Edition.

- All right, kids, go!
- [Bell Rings]

Your mama's so fat, she uses
the freeway for a Slip 'N Slide.

- [Bell Rings]
- Your mama's so nasty, you could
plant daisies in her butt cr*ck.

- Butt cr*ck! [Laughs]
- [Bell Rings]

Your mama's so fat, the ho's got a zit
in her butt named Mount St. Helens!

Bring the noise! Bring the noise!
Yeah! Good, Johnny!

- Hey, kids, what did I tell you?
- Oh, Mom!

Don't you be talkin'
about your mama...

unless you're talkin' about
the Dirty Dozens Home Game...

available where
all fine gifts are sold.

The Dirty Dozens Home Game.
Fun for all ages...

which is exactly what
they say... about your mama!

[Giggling]
I can't believe it!

Finally Mr. And Mrs. Dan Corwin.
I just can't believe it!

Baby, I thought that reception
was never gonna end.

I kept looking at you in that dress, and all
I could think of was getting you out of it.

- Mm, girl. Come here. Come here. Come here.
- Oooh, I can hardly wait.

- [Giggling]
- My passion's about to explode, girl!

Stop it!

Did somebody say..."explode"?

[Screaming]

Who the hell are you, man?

Fear not, young lovers.
I'm Fire Marshal Bill Burns...

and I noticed your bride was gettin'
a little warm south of the navel there, son.

What? This is our suite!
You get the hell out of here!

Keep your rocket
in your pocket, Mr. Spaceman.

You're not gettin' outta here
until you learn the meaning of safe sex.

Passion can lead to carelessness!

And if you're not careful, you'll be carrying
your new bride across the threshold...

of... pain.

Now, imagine if you will
the following gruesome scenario.

I should note that it contains intense scenes
that may disturb sensitive viewers.

Deal with it!

It's your wedding night.

You're chomping it a bit
to deflower your partner...

but your old friends
Tim and Jane Sullivan...

have sent up a bottle
of the finest champagne.

Aloha. The finest champagne, compliments
of your old and dear friends Tim and Jane Sullivan.

Call it a hunch.

Hey, what about my tip?

You want a tip, huh?

Never do this!

[Screams]

Doesn't that hurt?

[Whimpering]
No.

Perhaps I've been desensitized
by years of television v*olence.

[Screams]

- Now, you're ready to enjoy
a cold drink of bubbly.
- [Groans]

What you don't know is
our friendly porter type...

is distraught by the sudden cancellation
of The Chevy Chase Show.

Thus distracted, he has mistakenly
switched your champagne...

with highly unstable boric acid.

[Sighs, Belches]

[Stomach Churning]

[expl*sive Belch]

- [Whimpering]
- Oh, my God! That's horrible!

[Grunts]

I seem to be losing
my battle with gingivitis.

- [Yelps]
- Look, man, this is our wedding night.

If you don't leave,
I'm calling security.

Listen and learn, lover loins!

Or you'll be putting out your private parts
with the puny pillow patties...

that they stick on your bed
in the middle of the night!

Hey!

Now, let's say your wife decides
it's time to get this party started.

Suddenly the freak
inside her is released.

She's possessed by the spirit
of Carmen Miranda.

Suddenly and
without any good reason...

she decides to whip up
a performance-enhancing smoothie...

with this handy bedside juicer.

That's no juicer!
That's the Magic Fingers!

Don't get technical, buster.
[Laughing]

- It's out of control!
- Don't worry, folks.

Mommy, make it stop!

No lover eats Popsicles in hell.

- Honey, he's possessed!
- Don't worry. I'll protect you.

- [Gurgling, Grunts]
- [Screams]

This looks like a good place
for a Stick-Up.

Look, man, if you don't mind,
I'd like to be alone with my wife!

So would I, son...

but I've got bigger fish to fry.

Let me show you something!

Now that you're married, it's time
for complete and utter honesty...

so you decide to introduce
your wife to an old friend.

Honey, I'd like you
to meet... Nylona.

Now you're a little scared
about your wife's reaction...

because she's got a temper like
Lorena Bobbitt with menstrual cramps...

and you don't want to spend
the honeymoon...

describing your private parts
to the police artist.

So, like the loser that you are,
you totally freak out...

and accidentally inflate
your vinyl vixen with hydrogen!

- [Doorbell Rings]
- Who could this be?

Complimentary canister
of inert hydrogen.

- And after : too.
- Enjoy your compressed gas.

You know we will.

♪♪ [Humming]

I love a girl who gets
pumped up before sex.

Now, she's lookin' like the Madonna
balloon at the Macy's Day Parade.

You throw her on the bed.

You're shufflin' around the room
lookin' for your tire patching kit...

just in case of a puncture,
if you know what I mean.

[Laughing]

What you don't know is this carpet
is filled with a dangerous level...

of static electricity.

And your finger has now become
a digit of death!

- Oh, God, no!
- Oh, God, yes.

[Groaning]
Our honeymoon! Hawaii! Fire!

Everything's gonna be all right, honey.
I'll get you to the hospital.

Don't worry, baby.

I'm a fire marshal.
I know C.P.R.!

Don't go into the light.
Don't go into the light!

So ends another minutes
of total anarchy.

We'll see you next week...

or whenever else the hell
they wanna put this show on!

Good-bye!

♪♪ [Theme]

♪♪ [Continues]
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