The Proud Family (2001) s02e06 Episode Script

Okay, okay, everybody.
Away from the TV.
Tonight is the premier
of the first Proud Snax
television commercial.
But Daddy
No buts.
Oscar,
you don't understand.
No, you don't
understand.
We're watching
my commercial
which will be on the
season premier of Iesha and that's it.
You don't like it,
you can leave.
Well, aren't you guys
going to leave?
No, Daddy.
We're the IFC.
If you don't be quiet
you going to have to G-I-T.
No, Daddy, IFC
stands for Iesha Fan Club.
We want to watch Iesha, too.
Oh.
Well, how was I
supposed to know?
No truer words
have ever been spoken.
I love that Iesha.
She's the girl that ripped-off
my hairdo, you know.
And she has
that funny saying, uh
(All)
Oh, no, you didn't.
Yeah, that's it.
Oh, I just love
that little dancing monkey.
He ran away in
the season finale though.
Sugar Mama,
that wasn't a monkey.
That was Iesha's brother.
Whatever.
He sure can dance.
Quiet, everybody!
Iesha is coming on.
(Oscar laughing)
(Announcer)
Sorry, folks.
The show normally seen
at this time, Iesha,
has been canceled.
(All)
What?!
Stay tuned for our newest
reality show, Police Chase,
where contestants armed
with only a vehicle
and a full tank of gas
try to elude the police.
I can't believe they did this.
How could they cancel Iesha?
Look on the bright side.
At least, you get to still
see my commercial.
(Announcer) And now,
for a few words from our sponsors.
Shh-shh-shh!
Hold it. Here it comes.
Hi, I'm
(Announcer)
Late-breaking news
coming to you live from the
Wizard Kelly television studios.
This just in: the popular teen show Iesha
has been canceled.
Back to our program
already in progress.
Thank you.
(sputtering)
My commercial!
Where's my commercial?
(whimpering)
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 ♪
I love 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 ♪
(kids laughing and talking)
Order! Order!
Order!
(talking continues)
Quiet!
Okay, we've got a lot to do
if we want to get Iesha
back on the air.
And get my commercial
back on the air.
Anybody have any ideas?
Penny! Penny!
Right here!
Yoo-hoo! Over here!
Penny!
Okay, anybody else
but my daddy?
All right, Daddy, what's your idea?
(laughing)
I, uh forgot.
Come back to me.
Come on, guys.
Somebody has to have an idea.
We're kids.
What are we supposed to do?
Yeah, Proud.
Nobody will listen to us.
What are you talking about?
We are tweens.
We're a buying force
to be reckoned with.
We have 100% disposable income.
What does that mean?
It means we have power.
We are going to hit them
where it hurts.
In their pocketbooks.
(cheering)
We're going to boycott
their advertisers.
Yeah!
Uh, no!
Hey, baby girl I'm one of those
advertisers you're talking about.
Oh, you'll be okay, Mr. Proud.
We already don't eat
your snacks.
I've got a better idea.
Why don't we boycott the man
who takes money from advertisers
then doesn't even run
the commercials?
I say we boycott Wizard Kelly.
My daddy is right.
From now on, we're officially
boycotting Wizard Kelly.
(cheering)
(chanting)
Guys, louder!
All right, this is an unlawful assembly.
Please, disperse
or be prepared to get drenched.
You can't drench them.
They're just kids.
But you're not, little man.
(screaming)
(chanting) Give the Wiz no biz!
Give the Wiz no biz
(Officer)
Sorry, young people.
You're trespassing
on private property.
(barking)
Well, you can't sic those dogs
on those kids.
They're just kids.
But you're not baldy man.
(screaming)
(chanting) Give the Wiz no biz!
Give the Wiz no biz
Please, little people,
you are interfering with
the conduct of our business.
If you don't cease
this demonstration immediately
I will have to glaze you
with this hot confectionary.
Hot confectionary?
You can't
Mmm not bad.
I taste good.
Got any sprinkles?
I hope you run good.
Chopper, Jaws
time for desert.
-(screaming)
-(dogs barking)
Trudy!
Hey, everybody, it's The Wiz!
Hello, children.
The Wizard has
been watching you
from inside
his doughnut shoppe.
By the way, have one.
They hot, they hot!
Stop, stop!
That's not why we're here.
Yes, it is, girl.
The hot light is on!
And you know
what that means.
They're fresh, y'all.
-Watch out!
-(kids screaming)
Dijonay, looks like you're going
for a triple double.
Look, Wizard,
you can't just buy us off
with some hot fried bread.
Mmm good.
Now, children, I know
you may be a little upset
due to the recent
cancellation of Iesha.
But boycotting
my establishments
will not solve the problem.
But the show
is on your station.
Au contraire, Miss Proud.
It was on my station.
And unfortunately,
I don't have the power to bring it back.
You see, I'm nothing more than a tool,
a lackey to the man,
a mere pawn in the
topsy-turvy chess game
of moving pictures.
The Wizard's upset,
too, y'all.
-You are?
-Yes, I am.
That was the Wizard's favorite show.
Besides, I want to know what happened
to that dancing monkey.
Now, what y'all children need to do
is write letters to the UBC,
the United Broadcast Company
in Hollywood.
That sounds like
too much work.
Maybe we should find
a new show to watch.
I love that
My Momma and Me show.
Yeah, me and my mama
watch it all the time.
No. We can't give up.
We have to keep going
until they put Iesha back on the air
by any means necessary.
Well, whatever y'all do
don't do it in front of my establishment
because The Wizard is your friend.
Thanks, Wizard.
My pleasure, children.
Please escort them
off my property immediately.
(gasping)
(Oscar)
Trudy! Trudy!
What you want now, boy?
Not you. I said, "Trudy"
not "Howdy Doody."
(laughter)
-Ow!
-Oscar, what are you yelling about now?
(sobbing)
She hit me.
Well, he called me a puppet.
Will you two quit fighting?
Oscar, what did you want?
My commercial's coming back on.
-The Wizard said he would run it again.
-Oh, suck it up, boy! Be a man.
He is a man, Sugar Mama.
My man!
Oh, here it comes.
Everybody be quiet.
Hi
(Announcer)
We interrupt this program
to bring you this
WCOOD news flash.
This is Shaun Robinson
reporting live from WCOOD news.
We have a breaking story
in progress.
A disturbed young woman
has climbed atop the billboard
for the recently-canceled
teen television show Iesha.
What the?
They blow off my commercial
to show some kook on a billboard?
The young lady
is refusing to come down
until the network puts Iesha
back on the air.
Where in the world are her parents?
My baby!
-Come on, Oscar!
-I'll meet you.
I've gotta make sure
they show my commercial.
I said come on!
You see, I warned her
not to go up there
that she would get in trouble.
But she wouldn't listen.
I'd like to give a shout-out to
my little brothers and sisters.
Hey, Cayenne.
-Nutmeg, Paprika, Tabasco
-Uh
-Back to you in the studio, please.
-Worcestershire
Whoa.
Look at all these people.
I've got two words, Trudy:
free publicity.
Well, I've got four words
for you, Oscar:
Get my daughter down now.
That's five words.
I said now!
Okay, okay, I'm going.
Trudy, I should've mentioned it to you
but Oscar's scared of heights
water, soap and
toothpaste, his shadow
But I digress.
Oscar!
-Don't look down!
-What?!
Good googly whoa!
Wh-Wh
Daddy, what are you doing up here?
I came to save you, baby girl.
Daddy, whatever you're going to say
it's not going to make a difference.
I'm not going down until
Iesha is back on the air.
Okay, I tried.
Now put on this Proud Snax jacket
and cap before you get cold.
But it's not cold.
Look-a-here, put them on.
Look, baby girl, I believe
in what you're doing, okay?
You stay up here as long as it takes
no matter what
your mother says.
(thunder rumbling)
Here you go, Penny.
Now make sure the logo
faces the camera.
-(thunder cracks)
-(Oscar screams)
Someone is coming down.
Who is it?
Oscar or Penny?
(yelling)
Oscar.
(Robinson) Penny, you've been
up here for two weeks.
Tell our audience
what it is about Iesha
that makes you
want to do this.
Well Iesha's everything
I aspire to be.
She's bright, independent,
loyal, outgoing
and she has a heart of gold.
She's someone
I can learn from
any girl could learn from.
And in my heart
I have to believe there's a place on TV
for a smart, funny, meaningful
show for people like me.
Powerful words
from such a young mind.
Powerfully naive.
(cash register rings)
Get your Penny Proud Snax
right here.
(cash register rings)
(chuckles)
Get your Penny Proud Snax
right here.
Support the girl on the billboard
by supporting her daddy.
Oscar! Oscar!
You got to wait your
turn in line, Mama.
You better hope I never
get up to the front.
Oscar, this has
gone on long enough.
I want you to go up there
and get our baby down.
-(cash register rings)
-Trudy
you can't buy publicity
like this.
Our sales have quadrupled
since Penny's been up there.
Oscar.
Can I at least launch
the Proud Snax rocket?
We're celebrating
our recent surge in sales.
(growls)
Okay, I'll get her.
(grunting)
Daddy, what are you
doing up here?
(panting)
I
Hey, aren't you?
Yes, I'm Shaun Robinson
for WCOOD News.
I'm Oscar "Proud Snax" Proud.
Father of Penny Proud Snax.
Heir to the Proud Snax dynasty.
"One swalla will make
your taste buds holla."
Would you like to taste the
crunchy goodness of a Proud Snack?
Ew, no, thank you,
I'm trying to cut down.
This just in.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I've just received
incredible news.
Due to Penny Proud's strange
but heroic persistence,
UBC has renewed Iesha.
(applause)
(cheering)
Yeah!
I repeat:
UBC has renewed Iesha .
And, Penny, you, your family
and three of your closest friends
will receive an all-expense paid trip
to Hollywood
where you will meet your idol,
Sunny Stevens
and have a guest role
on the season premiere of Iesha.
Oh, we did it, Daddy!
We did it!
Yes, we did, baby girl.
Let's celebrate by shooting off
the Proud Snax rocket.
But-But, Daddy,
it's tied to your back.
Not to worry,
it's a back launcher.
I just lean over like this and
Oh, no, you didn't.
Welcome to the UBC Network
home of popular hit shows
such as Two For Two, Soul Sisters,
The Hughleys, My Momma And Me
and Iesha.
I can't believe it.
We're actually in Hollywood.
Yeah, and we're
going to meet Sunny Stevens.
I'm going to get her
to sign my Afro puff.
Speaking of Puff, where is he?
Oops, my bad.
Here we are, the set of Iesha.
Everybody out.
There he is.
The little dancing boy.
Come here, baby
and give me your autograph.
Little people, welcome.
Let me go get Sunny.
Wait right here.
(door clangs open)
This is Sunny Stevens.
(screaming)
Hello, everybody.
-Hello.
-Uh
And you are?
Uh uh
This is Penny Proud.
And, as you can see, she's the
spokesperson for your fan club.
Oh, so you're the busybody
who cut my vacation short.
But I thought you wanted
the show to come back.
Yeah, sure, I love
working 20-hour days.
Are we done with this?
Sunny, would you mind
if I get a group photo?
Excuse me.
How did you get on my stage?
I'm Penny Proud's dad.
Here you go, Sunny.
Hold this up.
I don't hold up
anything for free.
(shutter clicks)
Sorry, sir.
No photographs allowed.
-Says who?
-Says Sunny.
Please leave the stage
before I get physical.
I'm not scared
of you.
We can get physical,
we can get mental.
We can get
metaphysical.
Come on, Oscar.
Let's leave the girls here
and go on the studio tour.
Maybe you can get some other celebrity
to wear your T-shirt.
Okay, good idea.
I'll deal with you later,
Terminator.
Sunny. May I call you Sunny?
I've seen every episode of Iesha.
The stories are so good.
Girl, how do you do it?
It's called writers.
Aren't you going to go join your posse
or your homies, your clique
or whatever you call them?
No, girl, I got a
part in the show.
You do?
How did that happen?
I don't know.
People seem to think
I saved your show.
The one nobody asked you
to save?
-(bell rings)
-Yeah, I guess.
Places, everybody.
She doesn't seem very nice.
Prepare to experience the power
of our new disaster movie, Megaquake.
Experience a 9.5 roller-coaster ride.
Ooh, Oscar, you better sit down
and fasten your seatbelt.
What for?
If they could really pull a 9.5,
we'd all be dead.
Except for Sugar Mama.
She survived the Ice Age.
Okay, Bebe and Cece,
say bye-bye to Daddy.
(Both)
Bye-bye, Daddy.
(Oscar)
Oh, Daddy's not going anywhere.
(tour guide)
Everybody hold on.
It's time to shake, rattle and roll.
Megaquake.
(screams)
Sugar Mama! Help!
(shrieking)
(screams)
Mama!
(bell rings)
Can you believe we're actually standing
in Iesha's hangout, The Pen?
(all squeal)
Quiet on the set!
We've got a lot of work to do.
Take number one.
And action, Penny.
(screams)
(director)
Cut!
Ooh, I'm sorry.
My bad, Mr. Director. Sunny.
That's okay.
Let's do it again.
Take number two.
Relax, Penny.
And action.
Iesha, would you
like fr fr
-Ooh-ooh! Fries with that?
Cut!
I've had it!
How hard is it to say,
"Fries with that?"
I'm sure you said it
a hundred times at your job.
Well, either you
or one of your parents.
Oh, no, you didn't.
Sunny, give her a break.
Was I talking to you, Ramon?
You may play my daddy
but you are not my daddy.
Honey, if it weren't for me
you'd still be doing Soldier's Story
off, off, off, off Broadway
Without me, this show
wouldn't even be on.
Actually, if it wasn't for Penny
this show wouldn't be on.
-What did you say, hobbit?
Did I say something?
I didn't say anything.
I thought so. Look, I've had enough
of this. I'll be in my trailer.
Woody! Woody!
(door slams)
(guide) We're approaching the set
of our last year's blockbuster, Wildfire.
The true story of a fire gone wild.
Please stay inside the tram as
temperatures will reach 6,000 degrees
the same as the surface of the sun.
Oscar, will you please listen
to the man this time?
Come on, Trudy.
Do you really believe
this tram could survive
on the surface of the sun?
(scary voice)
Warning.
The flames you see
before you are real.
Those flames are not real.
Watch.
(Oscar screams)
See? Nothing happened.
Trudy, call the doctor.
-(sobbing)
-(knocking)
Go away!
I'm sorry.
Look, I got my line right.
"Iesha, would you like
some fries with that?"
I said go away.
Look, Sunny,
I promise to do better.
Sunny, are you okay?
No, I'm not okay!
And it's all because of you!
I learned the line.
No, it's not the line.
You made them bring
the show back.
I thought that
was a good thing.
(sarcastically)
Oh, yeah, it's great!
Yeah. Working 20-hour days
in a cold studio
taking classes with
my nine-year-old costar.
Supporting my parents
and my brother J.J.
Having no friends
because everyone thinks
you're too smart
or too pretty or too rich.
Did I say too pretty?
Uh, yeah.
Because they think you think
you're too good for them.
You said you wanted
to be like me.
Well, I want to be like you:
Go to school, hang out with friends,
(sobbing)
be plain-looking,
go get a burger
and McWizard's.
You have a McWizard's
out here?
Where have you been?
Who do you think
owns the network?
The Wizard said
The Man owns the studio.
Hello, Sunny. It is I, the big cheese,
the head honcho, The Man.
Now I understand
you're having a
The Wizard's unscrupulous
twin brother Lizard
who has never met you before,
Penny Proud,
will make an exit, stage left, y'all.
Look, Sunny, if you want
to be like me, be like me.
I mean, you don't have to do this,
if you don't want to.
Walk away.
But you spent weeks on a billboard
to bring back my show.
I can't let you down.
Hey, I'll get over it.
But you'll never get over
missing out on your fun years.
You got to go for it.
I'll find another show to watch
or maybe I'll read a book.
I've been watching too much TV,
anyway.
-(door opens)
-Hey, Penny, are you okay?
Yeah, because
we got your back.
Yeah, we've got your back.
There's no problem. I'm okay.
What do you say we blow this pop stand
find my parents, and go to the beach?
-Yeah!
-Let's go!
Hey, Sunny,
you want to come?
What about the show?
-What about it?
-You're right.
Let 'em hire Beyoncé.
Let's go get in my limo.
(All)
Oh, no, you didn't!
-(laughing)
-Oh, no, you didn't!
(Oscar) Trudy, Sugar Mama, Penny!
It's about to start.
What are you screaming about?
-What's better than a commercial?
-No commercial?
Product placement.
They put your product in the program.
To make up for that little girl
quitting the Iesha show,
the Wizard gave me
a product placement
on the hit show
My Momma And Me.
Here it comes now.
Katanga,
what's that you eating, fool?
Proud Snax, Momma.
Why don't you try one? Hey!
Mm-mm!
These Proud Snax sure is
(gasping)
Oh, no! My momma is choking
on Proud Snax! Uh-uh!
Well, that was good.
They said "Proud Snax" three times.
Oh, no, I'm ruined!
(theme music playing)