03x35 - The Four Aces

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You know what?

I think these senior citizens

are really going to
appreciate us helping out.

Why can't we do
this at the mall?

I mean, I'll volunteer
to try on some shoes.

Hey. How can I
help you young folks?

Oh, I'm looking
for a Lee Jenkins.

Well, you found one.

Oh, ok. Well, I'm Eddie Thomas.

I'll be visiting here with
you every day after school.

Oh. Now, who are you
young ladies looking for?

Gertrude Grossman?

Aha! Hey, gert!

Your volunteer's
here. Shake a leg.

Hi, Mrs. Grossman. I'm Chelsea.

Oh, please call me gertie.

Do you like to arm wrestle?

Ok, gertie.

Oh, good.

I'll go easy on you.

Ok.

She's so precious.

But I think I can take her.

All right. Let's
get this over with.

Rhonnie wilcox?!

Going once... Going twice...

Going to the mall.

She cannot hear you.

Oh, she's a little
hard of hearing? Ok.

Rhonnie wilcox!

She cannot hear you!

Why?

Because she is in her room.

My bad.

Let's go.

♪ If you could gaze
into the future ♪

♪ future, future ♪

♪ you might think life
would be a breeze ♪

♪ life is a breeze ♪

♪ seeing trouble
from a distance ♪

♪ yeah ♪ go, Rae!

♪ But it's not that easy ♪
♪ oh, no ♪

♪ I try to save the situation ♪

♪ then I end up misbehavin' ♪

♪ ohh, whoa, oh ♪

♪ hey, now, say now ♪

♪ 'bout to put it down, yeah ♪

♪ come on and
ride with Rae now ♪

♪ and the future
looks great now ♪

♪ and everything's
gonna change now ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's the future I can see ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's so mysterious to me ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's the future I can see ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's so mysterious
to me, yeah ♪

yep, that's me.

Ahem.

Ms. Wilcox!

Go away!

No, no, Ms. Wilcox.
I'm Raven Baxter.

Your volunteer?

Well, why didn't you
say so in the first place?

Go away.

Ms. Wilcox.

Look, ok, when I
volunteer for something,

I stick to it.

And I can stand here all day.

I can be just as
stubborn as you.

Ms. Wilcox, please
let me in! My feet hurt!

My feet hurt, Ms. Wilcox!
Please, let me...

If I let you in, will
that shut you up?

Come on in.

So, uh... We have a
whole hour together.

What do you want to do?

I want you to sit
down and be quiet

while I read my book.

Do you mind?

Sorry.

Is this you singing?

Yes.

And this is me reading.

I am just trying to be
a friendly volunteer.

You know, I didn't think

anything could be more annoying

than the sound of your voice,

but there it is.

I am just doing my nails.

I could do your nails
if you want me to.

If I let you do that,
will that shut you up?

It might.

I don't believe it,
but let's give it a sh*t.

Ahh!

Raven's nail salon
is open for business.

So you gonna walk me
home again today, Cory?

I can't drive, so I
guess that's the plan.

Uh, Cindy?

I forgot something.

I'll meet you outside.

Ok. All right.

Madison. Madison.

Can I ask you something?

Yes, you are a big dummy.

Seriously.

I need your help.

It's my 3-month
anniversary with Cindy.

You remembered.

Score one for the big dummy.

Thanks.

Anyway, look, I got her a gift

and I want to know
what you think of it.

Ok?

It's a battery-operated
head massager.

You just turn it on and...

Ahh.

She's gonna love it, right?

Wrong.

You don't know
anything about romance.

Oh, man.

I got to talk to the guy
who sold me this thing.

I told you. All sales are final.

It says it on the receipt.

Look, man, you didn't
give me a receipt.

You should always get
a receipt, my brother.

Look, my brother,

you said Cindy would love it.

I may have said that.

sh**t, I say a lot of things.

Look, man,

seriously, this is my


Ok? I need something,
you know, romantic?

You mean like a


Yes.that would be perfect.

Let me check my inventory.

Hey, bro, I said let
me check my inventory.

All right. All right.

Let's see.

One-month...


I do happen to have
these 2 matching rings.

One for you... And
one for your lady.

Take it for a spin.

Ok.

Oh, that's tight right
there. What's up?

Oh, that's 30 bucks
right there. What's up?

Man, gertie, how'd
you get so strong?

Pullin' the brake lever.

I was one of the first
female cable car operators

in San Francisco.

Wow, gertie, you're
such an inspiration...

But you're still goin' down!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

How y'all doin'?

Hey, Rae.

I have to go see Ms. Wilcox.

What? Hey, gertie.

You hear that?

Rhonnie lettin' her in again.

Again?

I can't believe she
let you in the first time.

Ooooh!

Do you even know I'm here?

Oh, sorry, sweetheart.

Ugh!

I saw some old
pictures in her room.

Was Ms. Wilcox a famous singer?

You never heard
of rhonnie wilcox?

Rhonnie wilcox performed
jazz all over the world.

Checkmate.

Well, does she still sing?

No, not since she
lost her husband.

Now she barely talks.

She talked to me.

Well, you must be
something special.

Rhonnie can be a
tough nut to cr*ck.

Who you callin' a nut?

Oh, great day in the mornin'!

You lookin' good... Rhonnie!

Ow!

Look at Mr. J.,
y'all. He's still got it.

Well, Raven did
fix me up yesterday.

And I just didn't want to sit in my room
and let all this pretty go to waste.

Well, why don't we go
spread that pretty around?

Let's go out to lunch.

Out?

I don't know.

Oh, come on. It'll be fun.

Hey, we can go to
my dad's restaurant.

Your dad's got a restaurant?

Sure does.

It's called the chill
grill. Great food.

Or...

We can stay here
and go to the cafeteria

like you do every day.

What is it, creamed corn day?

So long, suckers.

I can't believe you
performed in Paris,

Rome, Tokyo.

Wait a sec.

How did they understand you?

Sweetheart, back then
everybody spoke jazz.

Hey, Rae.

Who's your friend?

Oh. This is Ms. Rhonnie wilcox.

She is a famous jazz singer.

Ohh, you're rhonnie wilcox.

We used to listen to
your music all the time.

My parents had all your albums.

Well, that's very nice, but
that was a long time ago.

I used to love it
when you would scat.

Whoo! Ooh, dad, this
is a no scat zone for you.

Oh, right.

It's not every day
we have a jazz legend

here at the chill grill.

Order anything you like.

Thank you.

Anything? Whoa, my
dad has never said that.

I am gettin' the lobster.

No, wait a second.
I'm gettin' the steak.

Wait a second.

I can get the lobster and
the steak 'cause it's free.

Whoo! Ok.

So you need to look at the menu

so we can do it so my
daddy won't change his mind.

You know, there's
something about this place.

Yes, the food is great!

And it's free if you hurry so...

Entrees.

What's the address here?

Uh, it's 1413 hill street.

But I really think we need to
order extra desserts, 'cause he...

I'm leaving.

What?

I never should've left my room.

I'm going home.

Ok, wait. I'll help you.

Alone.

I don't know why
Ms. Wilcox left the chill grill.

I mean, I thought we were
having such a good time.

What are you doing?

Gotta get pumped.

Rematch with gertie.

Don't you wrestle
with your right arm?

Aww, man!

Hey! It's not funny, ok?

You kids don't
know what fashion is!

Well, maybe if you
took off that goofy hat,

they'd stop laughing
so you could tell them.

Look, for your information,

Mr. Jenkins hooked
me up with this. Ok?

He's got a whole
warehouse full of this stuff.

See, back in the days, y'all,
all the cool fellas wore this.

Ooh. Ok, well,
you're in the present.

It's kind of the opposite.

Excuse me.

Can we stop worrying
about his silly-lookin' hat

and see what we're
gonna do about Ms. Wilcox?

And now the four
aces is proud to present

Ms. Rhonnie wilcox!

Now that was strange.

Why, Rae? What did you see?

I think for the first time,

I had a vision from the past.

I saw Ms. Wilcox being introduced
at a place called the four aces.

Never heard of it.

Hey, Mr. B., you
ever heard of a place

called the four aces?

Of course.

Way before the chill
grill was the chill grill,

it was a famous jazz
club called the four aces.

I can't believe I never
told you about that.

Wow.

The chill grill used
to be the four aces?

What is the problem, man?

I was in the tub.

What's the problem?

Look, man, this is the problem.

Your cheap ring
turned my finger green.

There's no way I'm givin'
the other one to Cindy.

Relax. Relax.

I've got just the thing for you.

Bam!

"Ring remover"?



But given the state
of your emergency,

that's gonna be 40 bucks.

Ms. Wilcox...

Um, I know the chill grill
used to be the four aces,

but I didn't know that
when I took you there,

so I'm really sorry if it brought
back any bad memories or...

You're wrong.

It brought back
wonderful memories.

It did?

Yeah.

You want to go inside

or you want to stand out
here and talk in the hall?

Have a seat.

My father used to
own the four aces.

He did?

Yeah. And I saw
all the greats there.

I saw Ella there.

I saw Duke there.

I saw count... Dracula?

Basie!

I knew that.

So why did you
run out yesterday?

Well, being in your
daddy's place reminded me

I never got a chance to
sing in my daddy's place.

I was still a little girl when
they had to sell the club.

I have sung all over the world,

but I never got a chance to sing
in the place I always dreamed of.

Oh, no, no, I saw you.

I saw you. You were
being introduced.

What are you talking about?

I saw it in my...

Research.

If it wasn't the
past, then it...

You know, for a young woman,

you talk to yourself
an awful lot.

Ms. Wilcox, would you be
willing to get all dressed up

and come on a
little trip with me?

Is this gonna put
me in a bad mood?

'Cause I'm not
usually this pleasant.

Trust me.

You're gonna love it.

Mmm. Hmm!

I can't believe you
got me all dressed up

to bring me back
to the chill grill.

We are not even
at the chill grill.

Now, I may be old, but I do remember
being here a couple of days ago.

We are going so much
farther back than that.

What in the world...

Good evening, ladies.

Ms. Wilcox,

welcome back to the four aces.

My goodness!
How did you do this?

It looks just like it did
when I was a little girl.

Well, you said this was
the happiest time of your life,

so we made a few phone
calls, pulled a few strings,

and I talked to the owner.

Ms. Wilcox, your part of
the history of this place,

and we just wanted
to celebrate it.

Now let's stop the chattin'

and let's start scattin'.

Yep, dad, you promised. Not you.

Ok, fine. I'll just go
scat in the Kitchen.

So... what do you think?

I'm stunned.

You did all this for me?

Oh, don't even worry about it.

But I want you to check
out the band leader.

He really knows how to swing.

Hey, now we're
cookin' with some gas.

Hey, my man looking
good in that zoot suit.

Lee, you knew about this?

Now who you think supplied
all these sharp clothes?

And may I say
it's nice seeing you

looking all dolled up?

Don't you sweet talk
me, you old player.

Oh! Let me escort
you to your seat.

Well, ok, then.

Hello. Hey, hey.

Rhonnie, you look
like a million bucks.

Thank you.

Oh, yeah. You look beautiful.

Thank you.

Could you excuse
us for a second?

Of course.

Ok, thanks!

Chelsea, have you
been working out?

You tell me!

Work harder, sweetheart.

Look here. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I'm swinging Eddie

and this is the swinging
Eddie orchestra.

Now, everybody,
it's time to cut a rug.

Let's jitterbug!

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Stanley, that's so sweet.

Cindy, whatever he's
selling don't buy. Uh-huh.

Cory, Stanley
was just telling me

that you don't have an
anniversary gift for me.

Did he also tell you
how he hustled me?

Ha ha!

He said it was easy
because he knew

how badly you wanted
to give me a great gift.

I told you don't
listen to this little...

Oh, man. You said that?

I may have said that.

I say a lot of things.

He also says that he
feels really bad about it.

Thanks, Stanley.

So, uh, I can get my money back?

Hey, I don't feel that bad.

Ok.

Hey, dad, it's time.

Eddie, cut the music.

Ahem.

And now, the four
aces is proud to present

Ms. Rhonnie wilcox.

Chels, this was my vision.

Oh, I made it come true.

She is so gonna love this.

♪ Doo-ah ♪

Um, Ms. Rhonnie wilcox

will now honor us with a song.

No, she won't.

Whoo. Kind of a
let-down, huh, Rae?

Eddie, keep playing.

Chels, keep
doo-wopping. Excuse me!

Ms. Wilcox, this
is the big surprise.

I don't know, Raven.

This has always been your dream.

You finally get to sing
here at the four aces.

But it's been so long
since I performed.

If you sing, that'll shut me up.

Well, if you'll get it started,

we'll get this joint jumping.

All right!

Ladies and gentlemen,

the four aces is
proud to present

Ms. Rhonnie wilcox.

♪ Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ it don't mean a thing ♪

♪ if it ain't got
that swing, yeah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ it don't mean a thing,
all you got to do is sing ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ it makes no difference
if it's sweet or hot ♪

♪ sweet or hot ♪

♪ just give that rhythm
everything you've got ♪

♪ give it all you've got ♪

♪ give it everything
you've got ♪

♪ oh, it don't... ♪

♪ It don't mean a thing ♪

♪ if it ain't got that swing ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ it don't mean a thing ♪

♪ all you've got to do is sing ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

♪ doo-ah, doo-ah,
doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah ♪

Oh! Having fun?

Thank you, Raven.

I never thought I'd
see the four aces again.

Thank you so much
for knocking on my door.

And you know, you're
a very sweet girl,

even though you
do talk to yourself.

Oh.