06x17 - Not Everybody Loves the Blues

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06x17 - Not Everybody Loves the Blues

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Hey.

Hey, What's Up?

Sorry I'm Late.

Justine Called
Long Distance.

We Hadn't Talked
In A Couple Days.

Tailpipe Willie Should Be On
Any Minute Now.

Are You Ready?

You Are Going To Hear
Some Authenticblues.

I Don't Think I'll Enjoy
Much Of Anything Tonight.

Why Not?

Justine's Decided
To Go To Graduate School.

Yeah? That's Great.

Don't You Get It?

She'll Probably Go Away
To Graduate School.

I Could Lose Her.

Elvin...

When You Started Dating

How Did You Know
You Would Marry Sondra?

I Knew The First Time
I Laid Eyes On Her.

I Feel That Way
About Justine.

Yeah?
Congratulations.

But I Also Feel
Other Things.

Like I'm Too Young.

There Are Tons Of Women
I Have Yet To Meet.

Ah, But There's
Only One Justine.

And If She's Really
The One For You

You Won't Care About
Those Other Women.

Ladies And Gentlemen,
Can I Have Your Attention?

Due To Circumstances
Beyond Our Control

Tailpipe Willie Will Not
Appear This Evening.

(Crowd Groaning)

What!

You're Kidding Me.

I Can't Believe This.

No Tailpipe Willie?

We Came Here To See
Tailpipe Willie!

We Will Give You
Your Money Back

If You Don't Find
This Replacement Acceptable.

You Are About To Hear

The King Of The Blues.

Mr. Riley Jackson!

(Crowd Cheering)

Riley Jackson!

I Can't Believe It.

Whooh!

All Right.

Whooh!

♪ Three Days Of Snow ♪

♪ In Birmingham ♪

♪ Thought You'd Wanna Know ♪

♪ Just Where I Am ♪

♪ Ring My Number ♪

♪ All Night Long ♪

♪ No Comfort On ♪

♪ The Telephone ♪

♪ Went Out And Caught Me ♪

♪ A Midnight Flight ♪

♪ Thought A Little
Lovin', Baby ♪

♪ Would Make Everything
All Right ♪

♪ But The Landlord Said ♪

♪ You Moved Away ♪

♪ Left Me With All Your ♪

♪ Bills To Pay ♪

♪ You're Bad, Baby... ♪

(Crowd Cheering)

Isn't He Great?

Great?

He's Been
Reading My Mail!

(Humming)

Mom? Dad?

Glad You Guys Are Home.

Money, Food
Or Laundry?

Food, Buti Brought A Gift.

Come Sit Down,
I Want You To Hear This.

I Know
You Guys

Are Already Into
The Blues...

But I Heard Some Blues
Last Night At This Club...

Unbelievable.

Who?

Must Be The Greatest
Blues Singer Ever.

Who?

Riley Jackson.

Riley?

Yo!

I'm Buggin'.

I'm Buggin'.

Riley, I Want You To Meet
Our Son, Theo.

Riley Jackson's
In My House

I'm Buggin'.

You Certainly Are Bugging
'Cause This Is Not Your House.

Mr. Jackson, I Saw You

At The Steel Dog Cafe
Last Night

You Were Fantastic!

How Come You Didn't Say
You Knew Riley Jackson?

Riley Is An Old Friend
Of Your Grandad's.

They Used To Play
The Clubs Together.

They Have A Agreement,
Whenever He's In Town

He Calls Anna And Russell
For A Hot Meal.

Since They're Away,
He Called Us.

A Hot Meal Is
A Beautiful Thing To Me

I've Been On The Road
For Three Months.

Playing Stadiums,
Small Clubs, State Fairs

I Can Appreciate Missing
A Good Home-Cooked Meal, Too.

Neither One Of You
Looks Like You're Starving.

You Want A Good Seat Tonight,
You Better Be Nice.

Okay, Okay.

You're Going To See
Riley Jackson, Can I Come?

Of Course.

We'll Take The Whole Family
Down To See Mr. Jackson.

And Everybody Will
Have A Good Time

And Listen To Mr. Jackson
Sing About Hard Times

And Heartbreak.

I Know About
Heartbreak.

When I Was
In The Service

I Made Up Some Of My Own Songs.

That's How Heartbroken I Was.

I Was Singing The Blues, Too.

Were You Really?

I Was Singing

"What Am I To Do

"Surrounded By All These Men.

"My Sailor Man Is At Sea.

Now, What's His Name Again?"

A Woman Singing
The Blues Like That

Will Give You The Blues.

And Speaking Of Singing, Sir.

I Think We Fed You
Very, Very Well

And It Might Be Nice If You
Repaid Us With A Song.

I Can't Help You There.

I Think You Can
"Help Me There."

I Think I Saw You
Carry Your Guitar In, Didn't I?

Yes, I Didn't Want
To Leave It In The Car.

My Amplifier's Down At The Club.

I Got An Old Amp That Belongs
To Him In The Attic.

I'll Go Get It.

All Right.

If It Works, So Will I.

I'll Get The Others.

I Thought You'd
Never Say Anything.

Riley's Going To Sing.

Come Into
The Living Room.

All Right,
The Blues!

I'm Ready.

Little One, It's Time
To Get You Ready For Bed.

I Can't Stay Down Here?

Oh, Man,
Now I'mgetting The Blues.

Come On.

Vanessa, Aren't You Coming?

No, Mom, I'm Not In The Mood.

Oh, What's Wrong?

My Personal Life Is In Shambles.

Again?

Yes.

I Don't Understand It.

Last Week, Four Guys
Were After Me.

One Guy Kept
Following Me Down The Hall

Another Guy Kept Calling

And One Guy Was At
My Locker Every Day

With Fresh Flowers.

That Sounds Pretty Good.

But Then
It All Stopped, Suddenly.

I Haven't Even Gotten
A Phone Call This Week.

I'm Sorry You're Down And Out

But That's Another Reason
You Should Come Inside.

The Blues, Honey.

The Blues Can Cleanse You
Of These Feelings.

Mom, How Is Some Whiny Music
Going To Make Me Feel Better?

Whiny Music?

♪ My Man Left Me ♪

♪ My Woman Left Me ♪

♪ My Dog Left Me ♪

♪ I Have No Money, No Job ♪

♪ And All I Can Do
Is Whine The Blues. ♪

Come On, Mom...

When I Hear A Song Like That,
I Feel Like Yelling

"Get A Grip, Snap Out Of It."

All Right,
You Stay Here

And Feel Sorry
For Yourself.

I Will.

It's Just I Don't Get It.

Why Are Boys Like This?

Am I Asking
Too Much Out Of Life

Just One Lousy Boyfriend.

You Have Got It, Honey.

You Have Got The Blues.

You Are In This Here,
Crying The Blues.

Mom, You're Not Listening.

♪ Da-Da-Da-Da-Dum ♪

♪ Mom, You're Not Listening. ♪

I Don't Deserve This.

♪ I Don't Deserve This. ♪

All I Want Is A Boyfriend.

♪ All I Want Is A Boyfriend. ♪

I'm Going Upstairs.

♪ I'm Going Upstairs ♪

♪ 'Cause I Can't Take No More ♪

♪ Of This Whiny Child Blues. ♪

This Thing Is
Older Than Me.

Not Quite.

Dad Wouldn't
Buy A New One.

He Figured
I Wouldn't Stick

With The Guitar.

Well, Let's See
What She'll Do.

When Did You Start Playing
And Singing, Mr. Jackson?

In Church, When I Was
A Small Boy

Back In Mississippi.

We Used To Play Hymns
In The Church.

Something Like This..

♪ I'm Working On The Building ♪

♪ True Foundation ♪

♪ I'm Lifting Up
A Bloodstained ♪

♪ Banner For The Lord ♪

♪ When I Get Through Working ♪

♪ On This Old Building ♪

♪ I'm Going Up To Heaven ♪

♪ To Get My Reward. ♪

After Church We'd Sneak Over
To Muddy Waters' House.

We Used To Play
Tunes Like This...

♪ You Act Like
You Don't Want To Listen ♪

♪ When I'm Talking To You ♪

♪ You Think
You Ought To Do, Baby ♪

♪ Anything You Want To Do ♪

♪ You Got To Be Crazy, Baby ♪

♪ Just Got To Be
Out Of Your Mind ♪

♪ Long As I'm Paying The Bills ♪

♪ I'm Paying The Cost
Of Being The Boss. ♪

What Other Blues Singers
Influenced You?

I'd Say T-Bone Walker.

You Knew
T-Bone Walker?

Not Really.

But I Knew All Of His Songs.

When I First Started Out,
I Used To Play All Of His Tunes.

I Used To Play This Little Place

About The Size
Of This Table...

I Know What You Mean.

One Night, In Walked
T-Bone Walker.

My Big Chance To Show Him
Some Of My Tunes.

Guess What Happened?

I Fainted.

Yes, I Did.

What Happened Then?

T-Bone Walker
Was Playing My Song.

What Was
He Playing?

♪ Nobody Loves Me
But My Mother ♪

♪ And She Could Be
Jivin' Too. ♪

(Doorbell Rings)

Oh, That Must Be Kenny.

He Didn't Believe

That Mr. Riley Jackson
Was Over Here.

Hey, Kenny.

Martin:
Hey, Kenny.

Theo:
What's Up, Man?

Clair:
Hello, Kenny.

Kenny, This Is
Mr. Riley Jackson

Mr. Riley Jackson,
This Is Kenny.

Hello, Mr. Jackson.

My Brother Says Guitars
Make You Lucky With Women.

Does He Play Guitar?

No, And He Doesn't Have
Any Women, Either.

Mr. Jackson

I Was Born To Sing The Blues.

Yeah?

♪ I Gave You
A Brand New Car ♪

♪ But You Said
You Want A Cadillac ♪

♪ I Bought You
A $ Dinner ♪

♪ And She Said,
"Thanks For The Snack" ♪

♪ I Let You Live
In My Penthouse ♪

♪ And You Said It Was Shack ♪

♪ 'Cause I Gave You
Seven Children ♪

♪ Now You Want
To Give Them Back ♪

♪ I've Been
Downhearted Baby ♪

♪ Ever Since The Day We Met ♪

Go Ahead.

♪ Our Love Is Nothing
But The Blues ♪

♪ Baby, How Blue Can You Get? ♪

Here You Go,
Mr. Jackson.

Thanks, My Pipes
Are A Little Dry.

Can I Ask
A Question?

Fire Away.

Are You Married?

Years
To The Same Beautiful Lady.

Well, That's A Long Time.

That's What My Wife
Keeps Telling Me.

When Did You Know

She Was The One
You Would Marry?

The Very First Moment
I Laid Eyes On Her.

You, Too?

Mm-Hmm.

My Brother-In-Law
Said He Knew

The First Time
He Saw My Sister.

Dad Said He Knew
The First Time He Saw Mom.

Martin Said He Knew
When He Saw Denise.

I've Been With
My Girlfriend Two Years

And I Still Don't Know.

All I Know Is

When I Saw Her

I Knew I Wanted
To See Her Again.

Well, Cupid Has A Lot Of Arrows

And He Dips Them In
A Lot Of Different Stuff.

One Arrow Hits
And Knock You Over.

The Others Are Delayed.

I Think I Know What You Mean.

I'll See A Beautiful
Woman And Say

"Ooh, I'd Love
To Go Out With Her."

But My Mind Takes Me
Back To Justine.

And I Keep Thinking
She's The Only One For Me.

Then I End Up All Mixed Up.

I Don't Know Which Way To Turn.

I'm Kind Of Like
A Pig In A Trap.

Pig In A Trap.

That Sounds Like
A Good Blues Song.

♪ Baby, I'm Caught ♪

♪ Like A Pig In A Trap ♪

♪ My Heart Is Filled ♪

♪ With A Time-Release Cold Cap ♪

♪ I Got A Good Woman ♪

♪ That Fills Me With Pride ♪

♪ And That's Why I Know ♪

♪ I Can't Have
That Bacon On The Side. ♪

You Said It!

Make That
Guitar Talk!

Play It
Again, Whoa!

(Squealing)

♪ Baby, You Done Lost
Your Good Thing Now... ♪

Ow, Yes!

♪ Ohhhhh ♪

♪ Baby, You Done Lost
Your Good Thing Now ♪

♪ The Way I Used
To Love You, Baby ♪

♪ Baby, That's The Way
I Hate You Now ♪

Yes! Yes!

♪ You Used To Say
That You Loved Me ♪

♪ But Now I Believe
You've Changed Your Mind ♪

♪ You Used To Say
That You Loved Me, Baby ♪

♪ But Now I Believe
You've Changed Your Mind ♪

♪ But I Don't
Blame You, Baby ♪

♪ Because You Ain't
What You Used To Be. ♪

Whoa!

Whoa, Yes!

Oh!

Thank You.

Justine And I
Don't Want Any Ice Cream.

I Got To Get Her
Back To The Dorm.

Well, Good, There'll
Be More For Us.

You Will Be Getting
The Same Amount.

Oh Ho.

Did Riley Cook Tonight
Or What?

And Did You Cook
And Have Big Fun

When Justine Showed Up.

♪ Justine, Justine... ♪

See You Guys Later.

All Right, Home.

Guys, You Might
As Well Know.

I'm Experiencing

Some Emotional Torment
Over Justine.

On One Hand,
I'm Really In Love With Her.

But On The Other Hand,
I'm Just Too Young To Go.

Go Where?

Down The Aisle.

Who Is Going
Down The Aisle?

I'm Sure Justine Wants To.

What Makes You Think
Justine Wants To Get Married?

And What Makes You Think
She Wants To Marry You?

Well, Justine Gets Very Jealous

Whenever She Sees Me
With Another Girl.

And You Know What?

Whenever We're Away
From Each Other

She Calls Me And Says

How Much
She Misses Me.

What's So Funny?

Did Justine Ask
To Be Your Wife?

Has Justine Said

That She Wants
To Have Children

And Live Together
Married!

Well, No.

Has Justine Even Said
That She Wants To Be Engaged?

Well, Then, Son...

Whispering:
What Makes You Think
Justine Wants To Get Married?

I'll Tell You What
This Is All About.

Theo Is Afraid.

Afraid, I Say

That What He Thinks
Justine Thinks

Is What Hereally Wants.

Oh, No Way, Uh-Uh.

Ohhh...
Ohhh...

Whoa.

Justine?

Yes?

Justine?

What?

Never Mind.

♪ I'm Goin' Down
For The Last Time ♪

Heh-Heh.

♪ And I Don't Know Why ♪

Well...

♪ Said I'm Goin' Down
For The Last Time ♪

♪ I Don't Know Why. ♪

Well...

♪ I Gave You Seven Children ♪

Stop It!

♪ And Now You Want
To Give Them Back. ♪

Whoa, Lord, Have Mercy!
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