The Proud Family (2001) s02e01 Episode Script

I feel the same everyday ♪
That’s why we’re successful ♪
Because we’ve
stuck together ♪
Through it all and ♪
There’s nothing
like a smiling face ♪
Never have to pretend ♪
Because I know
you are my best friends ♪
We are ♪
We are best friends ♪
Till the end of time ♪
I just want you
to know that ♪
We are
We are best friends ♪
(applause and cheering)
Yay, girls!
You guys were wonderful.
Weren’t they, Oscar?
For a couple of tweens
and a has-been
they’re OK.
What do you say, bro?
You want to invest
in our demo?
’Cause in a couple
of weeks
We’re going to be ridin’
in limos, ooh ♪
Bobby, anybody who’d
be interested in your demo
Must be simple, ow ♪
(man)
I’ll invest.
(Penny)
Wizard Kelly!
That’s right, y’all.
Can y’all say,
"record deal?"
(all)
Record deal?
My people will call your people
and we can do this, y’all.
The Proud Family ♪
What? You and me
will always be tight ♪
Family, every single day
and night ♪
Even when you start
acting like a fool ♪
You know I’m loving
every single thing you do ♪
I know that I can
always be myself ♪
Around you
more than anybody else ♪
And every day
as I’m heading off to school ♪
You know there’s no one
I love as much as you ♪
Family, a family ♪
Proud Family ♪
They’ll make you scream ♪
-(doorbell rings)
-They’ll make you want to sing ♪
It’s a family thing,
a family ♪
Proud, Proud Family ♪
The Proud Family ♪
They’ll push your buttons ♪
And make you want
to hug them ♪
Family, a family,
Proud, Proud Family ♪
Yeowch!
(Suga Mama)
Keep on looking, Papi.
They got to be
around here somewhere.
(speaking Spanish)
If only I weren't.
(cackles)
Suga Mama, we’re home.
(Oscar groans)
Mama, have you no shame?
Oh, shut up, boy,
and help me find my teeth.
I think I found them,
Suga Mama.
Looks like the toddlers’
teeth have come in.
And you’re going
to go broke ♪
I say broke, paying
the tooth fairy ♪
Ooh-hoo, ooh ♪
So, Bobby, how did it go
with your little song?
Ooh, Suga Mama, you won’t
believe what happened.
We won the talent contest
and Wizard Kelly offered us
a recording contract.
I’m not surprised.
Everything my successful son,
Bobby, touches turns to gold.
Successful son, ha!
He still lives at home
and you still give him money
for the ice cream truck.
Oh, don’t hate,
little bro, celebrate ♪
I want you to be
the group’s business manager ♪
Right, and I want
to be marrying Halle Berry.
Ow, I mean, I mean,
Marion Barry.
The point is, no way the Wizard
is going to do business
with the likes of you.
Oh, see, that’s where
you’re wrong, man ♪
’Cause Wizard Kelly is
Bobby Proud’s biggest f-a-a-n ♪
F-a-a-a-n ♪
(Wizard) Bobby, my man,
I can’t believe you’re here.
I’m your biggest fan.
Would you mind signing
this eight-track tape
and this ambiguously-worded
contract?
Not so fast, Wizard, old boy.
As the group’s business manager
I need to take a look at this.
I want to make sure
there’s no hanky-panky.
Sorry, baby brother ♪
We already have
a business manager ♪
What who?
Sorry I’m late. I was taking care
of some last-minute group business.
Felix is your business manager?
When did that happen?
While you were hatin’
Felix and I were negotiatin’ ♪
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
One of these business
managers has to go.
I guess that’s you, bro.
Hit the door.
You can’t put me out of here.
Nope, but he can.
(man)
I’m sorry, sir.
But you must leave
the Wizard’s office, now!
(Oscar)
But Bobby, Penny, Sticky
you can’t let them
do this to me. No!
(loud crash)
Anybody got a problem
with this?
Hey, nothing
but dead weight.
Speaking of dead weight,
there are six children in this group.
The Wizard’s lucky number
just happens to be four.
I guess that means
two of you children must go.
(Michael) Hold on! They need me!
I’m the group’s choreographer.
Not really, son.
I hired Miss Debbie Allen.
Hey, hey, after all
we’ve been through together
you gonna let him
do this to us?
Security, please
remove the dead weight.
Ow, don’t do that!
Let me go!
Congratulations, ladies!
You are officially
on the Wizard’s team.
High five, y’all.
Skip the high fives.
When do we get the real fives?
(Wizard)
Slow your roll, tootsie.
First, you must tour across the country
to all the Wizard’s many restaurants,
theaters, and amusement parks.
You do that, you won’t have to ask,
"Where’s the money?"
The money will ask,
"Where are you?"
I think this is
a good time for a photo op.
Everybody say,
"Tour, y’all."
Tour, y’all.
(man on TV)
On today’s cooking show
the All-American hot dog
Daddy, are you sure
you don’t want to come with us?
It’ll be fun.
Yeah, OK, whatever.
OK, honey. We’ll see you
in about a week or two.
Who’s gonna keep the kids?
-You are.
-Me? What about Suga Mama?
I’m going on tour.
I’m what you call a roadie.
You look more like a toady.
Ow! What
And don’t forget
to tape my wrestling.
(girls)
Penny!
Hey, Mr. Proud!
Hey, buddy,
I understand how you feel.
If you want, I’ll stay here
with the little tots
and let you go on tour
with the group.
Are you serious?
No.
(laughing)
Are you sure you don’t
want to come, Oscar?
I could use one more
security person.
I’ll team you with Papi.
(Oscar) Papi?
That’s not security.
More like Social Security.
(chuckles)
Ow!
(speaking Spanish)
Make sure you tape my novellas.
(cackles wildly)
The bus is here ♪
And the driver’s ready
to haul y’all ♪
(blowing horn)
Yes, he is ♪
(blowing horn)
Can you believe this is actually
happening to us?
We’re going to have
the best times of our lives.
And you know this,
because
We are
We are best friends ♪
Till the end of time ♪
I just want you
to know that ♪
We are ♪
Yeah, bye, bye
(kids screaming)
I just want you to know ♪
There’s nothing like family ♪
To get you through
the bad times ♪
(D.J. on radio)
All right, we’re about to cue up
the hottest song in the land
LPDZ singing
their debut hit, "Best Friends."
(screaming)
♪ love you ♪
I feel the same every day ♪
That’s why we’re successful ♪
Because we’ve
stuck together ♪
Go tight on her.
Her, her!
She’s the star.
Nothing like
a smiling face ♪
Yes!
Because I know
you are my best friends ♪
There’s Penny.
(screaming)
Big Boy up in here.
Hip Hop Helicopter is going down.
We got LPDZ up in here now.
Penny, what does
LPDZ stand for?
It stands for "Love, Penny,
With Devotion and Zeal."
(applause)
I’m just kidding.
It’s the initials of me
and my background singers.
(Dijonay) Since when are we
your background singers?
(Penny) Duh, ever since you’ve been
standing in the background.
You think you’re all that,
don’t you, Proud?
All that. I’ve been carrying this group
for the last two weeks.
What do you mean,
you’ve been carrying us?
The only thing you’ve been carrying
is that big head on your shoulders.
Now, now, now,
hold it down, girls.
I’m trying to get
some sleep here.
So how are
my little moneymakers?
Does Wizard sense
a bit of tension?
She started it!
-Yeah, she’s not a team player.
-Yeah, she’s a real wiatch.
(all talking at once)
(whistle blowing)
Ladies, ladies!
It’s like when the Wizard
was a rookie.
I went from the bench
to a championship ring
because the Wizard had talent.
And just like the Wizard,
Penny’s talent has taken her
to the forefront
of this group.
Why don’t you drop the LDZ
and call the group "P"?
-(bell ringing)
-You reading the Wizard’s mind.
LDZ, you’ve been benched.
Benched?
But that means we still get paid, right?
Uh, let me rephrase that.
You’ve been cut, waived,
released.
In other words, you fired.
You can’t fire us.
We have a contract.
Not anymore.
Penny, do something.
I thought we were best friends.
We have never been
best friends, LaCienega.
Aren’t you being
a bit cold, Penny?
Actually, it’s
pronounced "Penné."
Like the spaghetti, y’all.
It’s all part of that
"going solo" thing.
Penny I mean, Penné
Come on, girl. We’ve been
best friends forever.
I can’t believe you gon’ do this.
If we were such good friends
you wouldn’t be hating so hard.
-(snapping)
-(gasping)
Sorry, ladies,
you have to leave.
(girls screaming)
Penny, just remember,
success means nothing
if you don’t have friends
to share it with.
(Wizard)
Don’t listen to her, Penné.
She’s young.
When you’re successful,
you got new friends.
Like Benjamin, Ulysses, Andrew,
and my favorite, Woodrow.
Because when you’re really rich
it’s not about the Benjamins,
it’s about the Woodrows, baby.
Well, according to my watch,
it’s picture-taking time.
Everybody say "Penné"
’cause it rhymes with "money."
(both)
Penné.
(man on PA) You are now tuned
in to the world famous
Hip-hop Helicopter.
All right, y’all, y’all got to give it up
for the number one artist in the country
singing her new smash hit,
"It’s All About Me."
Let’s give a big Hip-hop Helicopter
welcome for my favorite pasta Penné.
(cheers and applause)
It’s all about me ♪
Y’all, don’t let me start ♪
’Cause I won’t mind ♪
To get to this point
in my life ♪
I’m going up, so don’t hate ♪
Just congratulate ♪
The whole world
revolves around me ♪
Penné ♪
I’m a princess, a diva
and it’s all about me ♪
Me, it’s all about me ♪
All about
It’s all about me ♪
All about
It’s all about me ♪
It’s all about me ♪
Can’t you see
It’s all about me ♪
It’s all about ♪
(mumbling angrily)
Limousines ♪
Ooh, I can’t stand her.
I have many things ♪
Y’all don’t understand
what great is ♪
(Dijonay)
Penné!
Penné, over here!
Hey, Penné, it’s us, girl.
On three we get her.
One, two
And now it’s all about me ♪
Pero, Papi, it’s me.
Your nieta.
(laughing)
It’s all about me ♪
And the Whizzy for
best new artist goes out to
soon as I get envelope cracking
there’s the after party.
I can’t wait.
My dawg, WK Records label mate,
Penné. Uh-huh.
-(applause)
-About me me, me, me ♪
(audience cheers)
I can’t
I can’t believe this.
There is so many people
I have to thank.
I would like to thank my mother
my Suga Mama,
head of my record label,
Wizard Kelly, go ahead.
And most of all, the man
who has been like a father to me,
Uncle Bobby.
Bobby?
(cameras clicking)
(discordant music playing)
Stop, stop, stop.
Cece, if you can’t keep up
you can be replaced.
Ask Bobby Brown.
(crying)
(playing discordant notes)
Now, Oscar, are you sure
you don’t want to move in
to Penné’s new house with us?
No, I’m staying right here
in my house.
The one Proud Snacks bought.
Proud Snacks may have paid
a power bill or two,
but let’s not get crazy.
Get out. I don’t need you.
I don’t need any of you.
I’m smarter than Bobby.
I know I’m smarter
than the Wizard.
My day will come.
My day will come!
Fine. Come on, babies.
Let’s get in the new car
Penné bought Mommy.
Huh, that’s OK.
I’ll be a one-man band.
I’ll show all of you.
Watch, I’ll play keyboards
with my toes.
Whoa!
Mama!
Great serve, Penné.
You win again.
Would you like to beat me
at pool now?
What’s your name?
Don’t you remember?
You named me Taylor.
May I do anything
else for you, madam?
Well, my bunions
could use a little TLC.
(speaking Spanish)
They could also use a B-A-T-H.
-(laughing)
-Mama?
What’s wrong, precious?
I want to play with my old friends,
not these fake ones the Wizard hired.
They do everything I say.
Then tell them not to do
everything you say.
Mama?!
Penny, why don’t you
call your old friends up, baby?
I had my assistant call them
but they won’t talk to me.
They hate me.
Good.
You don’t need them anyway.
Especially that little Dijon girl.
She’s faker than your fake friends.
Uh, uh a little more
to the left, Boris.
Mmm that’s good.
If your friends are really
that important to you, Penny
you should make peace with them.
Why should I
make peace with them?
I’m the star, OK?
(Bobby)
Oh ♪
Let’s go get a groove on ♪
So we can get our movie done ♪
-(phone rings)
-It’s time to get to the set ♪
It’s up to you, Penny.
You can be a lonely star, or
Madame Trudy, it’s your husband.
What now?
Just take a message.
Tell him I stepped out
or something.
Now, what were we
talking about, baby?
Nothing. I got to go.
(kids laughing and talking)
-(stomach growling)
-Feed me!
(gasps)
But, Penné, I thought
we were best friends.
I was never your compadre,
Pico.
But we been best friends
forever.
Well, forever ends today,
Mustard.
The Sorcerer says
it’s all about me.
Isn’t that right, Uncle Robby?
Yes, it is, Penny.
Oh, that Denzel is good.
He got me down pat. Oh ♪
-Cut! cut! I cannot do this.
-(bell rings)
What’s wrong, Penné?
I can’t play this part.
Who would treat their friends
like this?
My fans will hate me.
Who made this stuff up?
But, Penné, this isn’t fiction.
Glimmer is the story of your life.
-My life?
-See, I wrote the script.
But you were the inspiration ♪
The sole motivation ♪
The reason for
my determination, child ♪
Penné, where are you going?
I’m off to see the Wizard.
Penné!
(whimpers)
Penné, I wish you would
reconsider, child ♪
-Mr. Wizard, I want out.
-Why, Penné?
I’ve done everything
you’ve asked.
Don’t get me wrong, Wizard,
I really appreciate
everything you’ve done for me
but I’ve had enough.
Enough traveling,
enough interviews,
enough of those friends
you hired for me.
Did those kids
forget to let you win?
Note to self: Wizard? Huh?
Hire a new crop of friends
for Penné.
Mr. Wizard, I don’t want
any new friends.
I want my old friends
and my old life back. I quit.
Self? Wizard? Huh?
Cancel that memo.
Oh, she doesn’t
mean that, oh, no ♪
I think she does, Bobby.
You know, the Wizard
doesn’t like to break contracts
but in your case,
I’ll make an exception.
Thank you so much, Mr. Wizard.
Now I’ll take the money
you owe me and I’ll be out.
Time out, Penné.
We got some figuring to do.
Let’s see. After I deduct
the cost of the music video, travel
hair stylist, makeup person
wardrobe, limousines,
nannies
and the cost of shutting down
a moving picture.
Well, you made out
better than I thought.
I did?
Ten dollars?
No, nine.
That’s ten percent ♪
And that’s my
management fee ♪
(announcer on radio) And this just in.
Wizard Records announced moments ago
that award-winning recording
artist Penné
has been dropped
from their label.
(sighs)
(dog howling)
(laughing)
Hey, guys.
Um, did y’all hear something?
No. We don’t see
anything, either.
You guys, I’m sorry.
It’s just like Zoey said,
success is nothing if you don’t have
friends to share it with.
So, I gave it all up because
I wanted my friends back.
You gave it all up for us?
-Yeah.
-The limo?
-Yeah.
-The makeup and wardrobe people?
-Yep.
-Even the money?
Yeah.
I gave it all up
for you guys.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, right.
We’re supposed to believe that.
I say, "too bad."
There’s really no reason
to hang out with you now.
(laughing)
I guess I deserve that.
See you guys around.
Well, she did it.
Penny gave up her fame and her name
just to be with you,
her friends.
You know, I’m really happy
for you not!
Now I’ve got to rub my own feet.
Come on, Puff. Time to teach
an old dog a new trick.
(whimpers)
Wow, she wasn’t lying.
-Hey, Penny?
-Huh?
Why don’t we go get
some ice cream?
What for?
Yeah, let’s get some
ice cream, Proud.
-Really?
-Yeah, girl.
It’s like the song says,
"Through thick and thin
we’ll be best friends to the end."
Oh, I missed you guys.
(all)
Missed you, too.
(Dijonay)
I got to say, girl.
If it was me with all that
fame and money,
I would have never given it up.
(all laughing)
You know me.
Oonga-moonga, oonga-moonga,
oonga-moonga ♪
(elephant wailing)
I don’t need all those things
Trudy used to do for me.
Like cooking and paying bills
and making sure I take a shower.
I’m happy.
I’m hungry, but I’m happy.
Back so soon?
Ha! I knew it wouldn’t last.
-What happened?
-She quit.
Then your bone-headed brother
and that guy from across the street
that calls himself a business manager
didn’t read the fine print
on the contract.
So, Penny ended up
with nothing. Nil, nada, zip
Suga Mama.
Suga Mama,
I think we get the point.
The bottom line is
Penny missed her old life
her old friends,
her old house
and her old man.
She did?
Yeah, and I missed him, too.
(loud smooch)
(laughing)