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How are you?

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Hello.

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It\"s $1.99!

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Buy one, but that one,

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and the next one is free!

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I was, in this city,

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at one time,
I was the best store

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in the city.

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I was a trendsetter.

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Although, we\"re going through

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rough times right now.

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What\"s up, Doc?

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When you coming?

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All right!

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You got that right.

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You know what time it is.

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Buy one, get one free!

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(door bell)

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(phone rings)

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This is Willie at Men\"s Fashion
in Washington.

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I need to see you.

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I need some tie sets, man.

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I need some ties real bad.

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I need ties
like I need air to breathe.

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All right,
I\"ll see you tomorrow afternoon.

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I need some ties.

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Bye-bye.

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Be here tomorrow.

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I was in service,
I was on leave.

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I was on leave for 90 days.

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And I saw they had
a sign out there.

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\"Help wanted.\"

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So MG told me, he said,

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\"Okay, Mr. Carswell,
I\"ll see you Friday

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at one o \"clock.\"

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So, I came back Friday
at one o\"clock.

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I got a bucket, a brush,

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went into the bathroom
and got some water.

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I went outside
and I washed those windows

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at 1:30.

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The same day I got this job.

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(instrumental music)

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♪

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Forty-some years later,
I\"m still washing

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those same windows.

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My first tie
my grandmother taught me

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how to tie.

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When I went into
the military in \"63,

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after high school,
they taught me different.

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And my wife,
she passed five years ago,

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she used to say my calling
was to dress men...

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To make men look better
when they go to church.

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So, I took that to heart
and I still do that today.

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I have two nice suits over there

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that would look good
with the white shoes

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you got on your feet.

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I got a suit already.

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No, sir,
not like what I got to offer.

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I got a sale going on, buy one,

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get one free.

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Nice bowtie come with it.

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Nice headband for
your white hat.

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That\"s not bad,
that is pretty nice.

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That\"s the thing
for the Spring now.

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Thanks, man.

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You have a good day
and a blessed one, man.

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Thank you, sir.

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I drank up the steps,
down the steps,

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the bathroom, the basement.

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I drank all over
this whole building.

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I\"ve always had a clean uniform,
I always stayed stocked to nines

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and pressed, but I\"ve always had

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a bottle in my pocket somewhere.

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I just celebrated 30 years
of sobriety.

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And I am really,
really, truthfully,

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grateful for this job
in more ways than one.

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I love Men\"s Fashion,
I breathe Men\"s Fashion.

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This is me.

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This is me.

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My life is here.

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I do but I still owe you
a little bit of money

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and I haven\"t paid that one yet,

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so I gotta hold on
maybe another week,

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ten days.

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Thanks, bye-bye.

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Bye-bye.

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This year,
Men\"s Fashion is struggling

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real bad.

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Real, real bad.

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I\"m not used to coming
to an empty building.

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I\"m not used to coming
to a store where

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there\"s no customers.

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It\"s hard to come
in this building

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knowing how successful we were,
now we gotta fight

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for every little sale we make.

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Doug Hill,
it\"s breezy out there.

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Overturned dump truck.

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We have a heavy duty crane
working to upright it.

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The right side should be
out of the lane.

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Bills, bills, bills.

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This place, it\"s always been

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something to me \"cause,
you know,

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it \"s my father\" s legacy
that he left to me.

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My father came to this country
when he was, like,

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19 years old.

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He was an immigrant from Poland.

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He was having trouble, like,

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finding work
being of the Jewish faith.

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His older brother purchased
this little tailor shop

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and they opened up
as a surplus used clothes...

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And this is 1952...
Which was actually

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the year I was born.

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Put \"em in the book.

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Huh?

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Your dress pants for your group.

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I wasn\"t here yesterday.

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That was me!

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If business doesn\"t
pick up in the next year or so,

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I might have to give up.

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I used to be a customer here.

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You know, I used to shop here.

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Jerry \"s father, Jerry\" s uncle,

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was my teachers.

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Willie was my biggest teacher.

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My son passed, and, you know,

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he had a brain aneurysm.

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And when he passed,
I went to North Carolina

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and I left DC,
and I wound up homeless.

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Me, looking at a train track
50 feet in Greenville,

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North Carolina,
yeah, I thought about it.

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And I didn\"t do it
and I called Willie

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the next day.

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And I said,
\"Willie, I\"m gonna end it.\"

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He was like,
\"No man, don\" t do it, man,

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don\"t do it.

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Don \"t you do that.\"

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He said, \"Man, get your\"...

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Excuse my French...
\"Get your ass back to DC!

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I will help you.\"

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Used to walk down the street,
Charles, back in the \"80s

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with my big boombox
playing white music.

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They were like,
\"You crazy!\"

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On top of his shoulders,
Charles.

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Yeah, that was back in the day.

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This is the only place I know,

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and Willie can say
that\"s for him.

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You come to work hurt,
sick, beat up, anything,

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but you love coming back here.

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Charles go there every day.

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You heard it from me
first, okay?

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We was the two cleanest
persons at McDonald\"s

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on 17th Street.

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I mean, we had yellow and white.

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I mean, man,
we were looking good.

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Yeah...

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Charles is my best buddy
in the world.

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So one day,
when they closed up the KFC,

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and first thing Charles said,
\"Oh, my gosh, Steve,

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what I\"m gonna do?

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Ain\"t nobody gonna
let me do anything.\"

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I said,
\"Well, this man can help us.\"

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Anybody on the street
has somebody we call

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\"The Helper.\"

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Charles,
come get this one, please.

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I heard people say,
\"Oh, he\" s slow,

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he will pee himself,\"
but that\"s my friend,

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regardless.

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♪

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MG took sick.

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They found a cyst in his leg,

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I believe it was.

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And it was cancerous.

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He died in \"95.

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The day he died,
Jerry called me.

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Jerry said,
\"Willie?\"

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I said,
\"Yes?\"

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He said,
\"Dad is gone.\"

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He said,
\"What you wanna do?\"

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I said,
\"I worked for your father

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for so long, I\"ll work with you.

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I have no problem
working with you.\"

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He said, \"Okay, well be to work

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at nine o \"clock.\"

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When he got here,
I was standing out front.

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He pulled his father\"s keys
out, he said,

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\"These are yours,
these are my Dad\"s.

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Here, you take them,
you run the store.\"

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And what do you call this, 2011?

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That \"s what you call\" em.

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Yeah, it\"s 2011.

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I\"m looking for 2012.

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It\"s the book we use
more than any book.

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Yes, sir.

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And you shouldn\"t have to...

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To the people that work here,
I mean,

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it\"s like a second home to them.

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Can you get me size 30 to 34
black pants?

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I need two each.

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\"Cause you got a lot
of people coming in

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for black pants.

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They really love this place
and that\"s one

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of the main reasons
I\"m doing my best

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to keep us afloat.

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See, you\"re not gonna find
no 30 waist pant.

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It\"s hard to find 30 waist pant.

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Give me Vince.

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I hear gloom and doom
of people closing down

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and shutting their shops
and stuff.

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Okay, what time she call?

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And I told Jerry I\"ll be damned

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if he\"s gonna let this go.

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He may talk,
\"Oh, I got bills.\"

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No, that\"s fine and dandy.

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He ain\"t gonna let this
go under.

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♪

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Back in the \"50s
and up to the riots in 1968,

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you could get anything
you wanted on this street.

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This was a predominately
African-American middle

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to lower income area.

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♪

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The riots came in 1968,
after Dr. King was assassinated.

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I still remember my father
just sitting at home,

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watching all the developments
on TV.

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You know, the National Guard

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was down here, fires, looting.

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This whole side
of the street was untouched,

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where across the street,
was completely leveled.

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A lot of the merchants
never came back.

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The best days is in the \"80s.

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We made so much money,
oh, my God,

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you know.

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I had a young kid\"s mind
because I was buying TVs

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and VCRs and game systems.

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\"95,
I think we did a million bucks.

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Ninety-four,
I did all those.

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Ninety or ninety-five thousand.

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People had money.

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Everybody was just
spending money.

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The neighborhood is changing.

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♪

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We\"ve always catered
to the gentleman,

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going to church fella.

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That customer has kind of
left the neighborhood.

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There\"s not many stores
out here anymore.

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There\"s a lot more clubs
and restaurants.

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H Street
used to be a business district.

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♪

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Right on the corner of 10th...

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1001 Eighth Street,
George\"s Place

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just went out of business
after about 40-something years.

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It bothers me.

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Hey, next day, it could be me.

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(drums)

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♪

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(punk rock music)

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♪

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♪ Let us ride! ♪

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♪

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(electronica music)

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♪

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I love Black, White,
Jewish, Italian, Chinese,

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everybody.

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I\"m-a take your money,
I don\"t care who you are.

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There you go.

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You know, green is green.

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Thanks so much.

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But I like the diversity.

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This is a world
of different cultures

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and different races,
and it looks much better

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than it used to.

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(Willie singing)

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♪

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♪ ...sweet Jesus ♪

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♪ And tomorrow may never
be mine... ♪

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(vacuum)

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Well, Willie had this plan
about three years ago

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that every Saturday
we\"ll dress up.

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Willie will wear
bolder colors than I will,

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but I would tone it down.

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But I would, you know,
I would never wear

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a yellow shirt, but I said,

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\"Let me put on a yellow shirt,

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you know,
little handkerchief to match,

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you know, coordinate,
you know.\"

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But see, I\"ve never ran a sale

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like this before
this long before,

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so this is my first experience
running it for the whole month.

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Normally, I would do it ten days

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before Easter.

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You try new things
to get money to come in

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and tilt.

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But I am expecting customers.

00:14:17.792 --> 00:14:19.833
Yes, I do.

00:14:19.834 --> 00:14:22.625
Yes, I do.

00:14:22.626 --> 00:14:24.000
(door bell)

00:14:27.584 --> 00:14:28.998
What\"s up there, young man?

00:14:28.999 --> 00:14:31.583
Good to see you, thank you.

00:14:31.584 --> 00:14:34.583
How are ya, sir?

00:14:34.584 --> 00:14:35.998
You need a long,
that\"s a regular.

00:14:35.999 --> 00:14:37.791
Yeah, that\"s regular,
I just wanna know.

00:14:37.792 --> 00:14:39.999
Fit to fold.

00:14:42.417 --> 00:14:44.999
$233.19.

00:14:47.334 --> 00:14:47.999
Now you\"re good.

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:49.208
Now turn the other way,
go the other way,

00:14:49.209 --> 00:14:51.998
go the other way.

00:14:51.999 --> 00:14:53.998
So that\"s how you do it, huh?

00:14:53.999 --> 00:14:54.999
Mm-hmm.

00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:57.791
I might have to fix it
a little better than that.

00:14:57.792 --> 00:14:58.998
Uh-oh, shoot.

00:14:58.999 --> 00:15:03.750
There you go, you see the eyes?

00:15:03.751 --> 00:15:04.667
Just a reminder.

00:15:04.668 --> 00:15:05.791
This is how it\"s supposed to be.

00:15:05.792 --> 00:15:07.666
Turn to the side,
turn to the side.

00:15:07.667 --> 00:15:08.998
There you go!

00:15:08.999 --> 00:15:10.124
I just love suits.

00:15:10.125 --> 00:15:11.998
(laughs)

00:15:11.999 --> 00:15:13.998
He doesn\"t have to have
a special occasion

00:15:13.999 --> 00:15:15.998
to buy a suit.

00:15:15.999 --> 00:15:18.998
Just love suits.

00:15:18.999 --> 00:15:20.166
When I first saw that suit,

00:15:20.167 --> 00:15:20.999
I was like, \"meh.\"

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:23.875
\"Cause I really don\" t
like stripes on him.

00:15:23.876 --> 00:15:24.209
I don\"t.

00:15:24.210 --> 00:15:25.750
And so I said,
\"Well, that\"s okay,\"

00:15:25.751 --> 00:15:29.998
but then when he hooked it up
with the hat,

00:15:29.999 --> 00:15:31.416
and he tried the whole thing,

00:15:31.417 --> 00:15:32.292
it was like, man.

00:15:32.292 --> 00:15:33.167
It was much different.

00:15:33.168 --> 00:15:34.374
It was much different.

00:15:34.375 --> 00:15:35.583
So, you know, you have to put

00:15:35.584 --> 00:15:37.875
the whole package together.

00:15:37.876 --> 00:15:38.998
That\"s the way you do it.

00:15:38.999 --> 00:15:40.958
He buy a lot of suits.

00:15:40.959 --> 00:15:43.583
I think he buy about 25 a year.

00:15:43.584 --> 00:15:45.998
Seriously, 25, about 25.

00:15:45.999 --> 00:15:47.166
I love suits.

00:15:47.167 --> 00:15:49.667
Mm-hmm.

00:15:51.417 --> 00:15:52.583
Yeah, he\"ll be back.

00:15:52.584 --> 00:15:53.833
All right, thank you.

00:15:53.834 --> 00:15:54.998
You\"ll be back, too.

00:15:54.999 --> 00:15:55.999
He\"ll be back.

00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:57.750
You know my word.

00:15:57.751 --> 00:15:59.166
All righty, have a blessed one.

00:15:59.167 --> 00:16:03.166
Thanks a lot!

00:16:03.167 --> 00:16:04.958
Next rush.

00:16:04.959 --> 00:16:07.291
That was a nice little rush.

00:16:07.292 --> 00:16:08.374
Next one.

00:16:08.375 --> 00:16:12.291
All right,
it \"s 12 o\" clock almost.

00:16:12.292 --> 00:16:14.208
Today to me, it\"s not bad.

00:16:14.209 --> 00:16:15.750
Not bad at all.

00:16:15.751 --> 00:16:16.998
I mean, it\"s good today,

00:16:16.999 --> 00:16:17.999
let me rephrase that.

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.998
Go back and rephrase that.

00:16:19.999 --> 00:16:20.751
Ask him again.

00:16:20.751 --> 00:16:21.751
Okay, it\"s good today.

00:16:21.752 --> 00:16:22.833
Ask him again, please.

00:16:22.834 --> 00:16:23.417
Okay.

00:16:23.417 --> 00:16:24.000
It\"s good today.

00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.999
How is business today?

00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:26.000
Business is good today.

00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.999
Thank you.

00:16:26.999 --> 00:16:27.999
It\"s better than
I thought it would be,

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:31.041
because I thought it would
be dead today.

00:16:31.042 --> 00:16:32.791
But we\"ve done a little
business,

00:16:32.792 --> 00:16:33.998
thank the Lord.

00:16:33.999 --> 00:16:35.998
They\"re still out there
looking and coming.

00:16:35.999 --> 00:16:37.041
So hopefully, they\"ll hurry up

00:16:37.042 --> 00:16:38.998
and get here.

00:16:38.999 --> 00:16:40.998
Yeah.

00:16:40.999 --> 00:16:42.417
Yep.

00:16:43.999 --> 00:16:46.667
(street noise)

00:16:50.334 --> 00:16:50.999
Mm-hmm.

00:16:50.999 --> 00:16:51.584
Pants?

00:16:51.584 --> 00:16:51.999
Mm-hmm.

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.666
I think we just
filled in some pants

00:16:53.667 --> 00:16:54.998
while you were gone.

00:16:54.999 --> 00:16:56.291
Oh, okay.

00:16:56.292 --> 00:16:59.333
Keep it up front.

00:16:59.334 --> 00:17:01.958
We\"ve bought from them before.

00:17:01.959 --> 00:17:02.998
Oh yeah?

00:17:02.999 --> 00:17:05.041
Where your bag of money, Todd?

00:17:05.042 --> 00:17:07.374
Oh man, dang.

00:17:07.375 --> 00:17:10.541
Oh, you\"re gonna wait
till you put your KFC outfit on,

00:17:10.542 --> 00:17:11.625
okay.

00:17:11.626 --> 00:17:13.998
I have a question, sir,
and I hope I don\"t get

00:17:13.999 --> 00:17:16.333
the cash register thrown at me.

00:17:16.334 --> 00:17:18.791
Are we gonna do anything
for Father\"s Day?

00:17:18.792 --> 00:17:19.209
Yes or no?

00:17:19.210 --> 00:17:20.374
I\"m not gonna be able
to buy one,

00:17:20.375 --> 00:17:24.124
get one free
because I\"m not gonna

00:17:24.125 --> 00:17:26.998
special order suits
that they get for free.

00:17:26.999 --> 00:17:28.374
That\"s ridiculous.

00:17:28.375 --> 00:17:30.998
But we can do, you know,

00:17:30.999 --> 00:17:32.998
we\"re gonna do
a fifty dollar off.

00:17:32.999 --> 00:17:37.875
Forget it, forget it.

00:17:37.876 --> 00:17:38.998
I don\"t mind doing special order

00:17:38.999 --> 00:17:40.458
if they pay full price for it,

00:17:40.459 --> 00:17:41.417
but I\"m not gonna buy one,

00:17:41.418 --> 00:17:44.541
get one free
if we don\"t have it in stock.

00:17:44.542 --> 00:17:46.541
(instrumental music)

00:17:46.542 --> 00:17:54.542
♪

00:18:14.999 --> 00:18:16.998
Just incurring too much debt,

00:18:16.999 --> 00:18:19.998
you know, no profit at all.

00:18:19.999 --> 00:18:24.291
So, that\"s how, you know,

00:18:24.292 --> 00:18:27.333
it\"s been brewing
for several years,

00:18:27.334 --> 00:18:31.291
but it\"s just,
we\"re like the Titanic

00:18:31.292 --> 00:18:32.998
getting ready to sink.

00:18:32.999 --> 00:18:40.999
♪

00:18:51.167 --> 00:18:52.999
Okay, yeah.

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.584
See ya in 16 years.

00:19:02.751 --> 00:19:04.166
Man, I\"m so upset.

00:19:04.167 --> 00:19:06.208
Dag, man, my whole life...

00:19:06.209 --> 00:19:09.333
Half of my life I spent here.

00:19:09.334 --> 00:19:10.374
I can\"t believe it.

00:19:10.375 --> 00:19:11.833
I don\"t believe it either.

00:19:11.834 --> 00:19:12.542
Half of my life.

00:19:12.543 --> 00:19:16.333
I was a 20-year-old man
came in here,

00:19:16.334 --> 00:19:19.541
20 years old, now I\"m 48.

00:19:19.542 --> 00:19:23.625
It felt like a family member
telling you really bad news.

00:19:23.626 --> 00:19:26.999
That\"s what it felt like.

00:19:33.999 --> 00:19:38.375
(truck drives off)

00:19:53.667 --> 00:19:56.416
It\"s half,
it\"s half off the price,

00:19:56.417 --> 00:19:57.998
okay?

00:19:57.999 --> 00:19:58.999
Get that for me.

00:19:58.999 --> 00:19:59.999
Go up right in the shoulders.

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:05.998
No problem, man,
no problem at all.

00:20:05.999 --> 00:20:08.374
Sixty-five...

00:20:08.375 --> 00:20:09.583
Man, I\"m good.

00:20:09.584 --> 00:20:10.998
I\"m good.

00:20:10.999 --> 00:20:11.999
Let me, hold on.

00:20:11.999 --> 00:20:12.959
When do you need this by?

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:14.998
\"Cause I got other colors, too.

00:20:14.999 --> 00:20:16.666
Thirty and a half, okay.

00:20:16.667 --> 00:20:17.375
And then we\"ll...

00:20:17.376 --> 00:20:18.750
Do you like this one?

00:20:18.751 --> 00:20:20.333
It might be hard to find
a shirt to match it.

00:20:20.334 --> 00:20:23.998
Oh, nah,
it ain\"t gonna be that hard.

00:20:23.999 --> 00:20:27.998
Retail is in my blood,
I will still do it.

00:20:27.999 --> 00:20:31.416
And when Men\"s Fashion
closes the doors,

00:20:31.417 --> 00:20:32.958
I will still go back
and do retail,

00:20:32.959 --> 00:20:35.998
\"cause that\"s all
I\"ve been doing all my life

00:20:35.999 --> 00:20:37.998
is retail.

00:20:37.999 --> 00:20:39.998
People walk in the door
every day,

00:20:39.999 --> 00:20:42.541
\"Ah, Steven, whatcha gonna do?

00:20:42.542 --> 00:20:43.998
Open up a store.

00:20:43.999 --> 00:20:46.166
You \"ve got a good customer.\"

00:20:46.167 --> 00:20:48.791
You know, so, my pastor say,

00:20:48.792 --> 00:20:51.333
\"Get a building,
the people will come.\"

00:20:51.334 --> 00:20:51.999
They will come, but see,

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.333
there\"s more to it
than just getting the building.

00:20:54.334 --> 00:20:54.999
Yeah, but...

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.998
You got the overhead,
you got the expenses,

00:20:56.999 --> 00:21:00.998
you got the facility
of the building.

00:21:00.999 --> 00:21:01.999
We\"ve got enough customers...

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:04.416
You got the building
you gotta get.

00:21:04.417 --> 00:21:06.998
And we step like this,
step out there

00:21:06.999 --> 00:21:08.124
in the middle
of the Atlantic Ocean

00:21:08.125 --> 00:21:10.998
without a paddle,
you gonna sink.

00:21:10.999 --> 00:21:13.998
We got enough customers
and enough resources

00:21:13.999 --> 00:21:17.999
and enough...
And Georgetown guilt to do it.

00:21:25.334 --> 00:21:26.998
(R&B music)

00:21:26.999 --> 00:21:34.999
♪

00:21:35.292 --> 00:21:37.375
(door bell)

00:21:38.876 --> 00:21:42.666
Gosh, there\"s that nice
sign outside.

00:21:42.667 --> 00:21:44.459
Who put up the sign?

00:21:48.999 --> 00:21:50.374
Hey, baby!

00:21:50.375 --> 00:21:51.998
We got more today.

00:21:51.999 --> 00:21:52.542
How are ya?

00:21:52.543 --> 00:21:54.958
- Good to see you.
- Likewise!

00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:55.998
- You behaving yourself?
- Yeah.

00:21:55.999 --> 00:21:57.416
- Been a long time.
- Couple of hours.

00:21:57.417 --> 00:21:59.750
It ain\"t been long,
couple of hours.

00:21:59.751 --> 00:22:00.998
Thank you, Debbie.

00:22:00.999 --> 00:22:01.751
♪ Happy... ♪

00:22:01.752 --> 00:22:04.998
Oh Lord, have mercy.

00:22:04.999 --> 00:22:06.998
James, you\"re getting old, man.

00:22:06.999 --> 00:22:09.875
Look, you got a beard, ooh!

00:22:09.876 --> 00:22:13.998
♪ Happy birthday to you... ♪

00:22:13.999 --> 00:22:16.291
What\"s going on, young man?

00:22:16.292 --> 00:22:18.998
You see my grandson?

00:22:18.999 --> 00:22:21.374
Murray Goldkind Junior, Senior,

00:22:21.375 --> 00:22:22.042
get outta that chair.

00:22:22.043 --> 00:22:23.999
Come on, let\"s go to work.

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.416
I\"ve got work for you to do.

00:22:25.417 --> 00:22:27.998
I\"ve got plenty of work
for you to do.

00:22:27.999 --> 00:22:28.999
She is precious.

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.625
She was born on
Granddaddy\"s birthday.

00:22:32.626 --> 00:22:33.998
She is just precious.

00:22:33.999 --> 00:22:34.999
Don\"t take hers.

00:22:34.999 --> 00:22:35.999
We\"re not gonna take her cake.

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.625
We\"ll get you some.

00:22:37.626 --> 00:22:39.458
Come on, you\"ll see her...

00:22:39.459 --> 00:22:43.166
Gotta catch that moment
right there.

00:22:43.167 --> 00:22:44.998
This is my daughter.

00:22:44.999 --> 00:22:45.417
Hi.

00:22:45.418 --> 00:22:47.208
This is my son-in-law.

00:22:47.209 --> 00:22:49.041
And this is my day.

00:22:49.042 --> 00:22:51.124
My kids surprised me
and came in.

00:22:51.125 --> 00:22:55.998
So, my wife did
a nice surprise for me.

00:22:55.999 --> 00:22:58.998
Oh, my goodness.

00:22:58.999 --> 00:22:59.834
Oh, my gosh.

00:22:59.834 --> 00:23:00.667
No drinking.

00:23:00.668 --> 00:23:01.998
There you go.

00:23:01.999 --> 00:23:04.416
Beautiful.

00:23:04.417 --> 00:23:05.958
That\"s for the ladies.

00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:08.875
Y\"all gonna toast that
today for me.

00:23:08.876 --> 00:23:11.166
Y\"all gonna toast that for me.

00:23:11.167 --> 00:23:11.999
Thank you.

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.626
You\"re welcome.

00:23:17.042 --> 00:23:18.791
From the bottom of my heart,

00:23:18.792 --> 00:23:21.998
I want to thank you guys
for everything you\"ve done

00:23:21.999 --> 00:23:23.791
for Men\"s Fashion.

00:23:23.792 --> 00:23:26.998
You guys are Men\"s Fashion.

00:23:26.999 --> 00:23:29.998
With a heavy heart,
sorry we have to go.

00:23:29.999 --> 00:23:32.998
And I just want to thank you
guys for everyone here,

00:23:32.999 --> 00:23:36.458
good people,
and God bless everybody.

00:23:36.459 --> 00:23:37.998
God bless you, too.

00:23:37.999 --> 00:23:39.374
Happy birthday, Daddy!

00:23:39.375 --> 00:23:41.583
You know...

00:23:41.584 --> 00:23:41.999
Uh-oh.

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.583
It has been a wonderful,
wonderful career.

00:23:44.584 --> 00:23:46.998
Most of all, Jerry,
we grew up together.

00:23:46.999 --> 00:23:47.626
Yes.

00:23:47.627 --> 00:23:51.208
And wherever you go,
I\"ll go with you.

00:23:51.209 --> 00:23:51.999
Thank you.

00:23:51.999 --> 00:23:52.999
Whatever you have to do,
I\"ll do with you

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:56.833
because this is us, we\"re one.

00:23:56.834 --> 00:23:58.998
And as for me,
I thank God for everybody

00:23:58.999 --> 00:24:00.791
that came here together.

00:24:00.792 --> 00:24:02.958
Jerry, you know I love you,
okay?

00:24:02.959 --> 00:24:06.998
We fuss and we fight,
we fuss and we fight,

00:24:06.999 --> 00:24:11.374
for many years,
but I have the utmost respect

00:24:11.375 --> 00:24:11.999
for you.

00:24:11.999 --> 00:24:12.999
I have the utmost respect...

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.875
Because I had grew up
as a man here

00:24:14.876 --> 00:24:16.208
at Men\"s Fashion.

00:24:16.209 --> 00:24:18.124
And we love our customers.

00:24:18.125 --> 00:24:20.998
You know...

00:24:20.999 --> 00:24:23.998
All right,
let\"s make some money now.

00:24:23.999 --> 00:24:25.998
All right, all right,

00:24:25.999 --> 00:24:26.999
spend money.

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.291
Fifty percent...

00:24:28.292 --> 00:24:29.998
You guys can come here, too.

00:24:29.999 --> 00:24:31.998
Come on over here.

00:24:31.999 --> 00:24:33.750
Hey man, everybody okay?

00:24:33.751 --> 00:24:36.416
How you doing, man?

00:24:36.417 --> 00:24:37.292
This is terrible.

00:24:37.292 --> 00:24:37.999
I gave him a break.

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.998
You going to college
gave him a break.

00:24:39.999 --> 00:24:40.667
Why?

00:24:40.668 --> 00:24:42.791
Because you\"re going to college.

00:24:42.792 --> 00:24:46.625
♪

00:24:46.626 --> 00:24:48.124
You want that check, don\"t you?

00:24:48.125 --> 00:24:50.998
Hell yeah.

00:24:50.999 --> 00:24:53.124
We are closing today.

00:24:53.125 --> 00:24:54.750
We\"re closing today.

00:24:54.751 --> 00:24:56.750
Yes sir, we are closing today.

00:24:56.751 --> 00:25:00.998
Today is our last day.

00:25:00.999 --> 00:25:08.999
♪

00:25:20.999 --> 00:25:23.333
I lived a good, productive life.

00:25:23.334 --> 00:25:28.625
The Lord has blessed me,
and I realized that today.

00:25:28.626 --> 00:25:30.998
You know what you\"re gonna do,

00:25:30.999 --> 00:25:32.791
like you always said, retire?

00:25:32.792 --> 00:25:36.999
I can\"t right yet,
I got a couple years yet to do.

00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:43.959
This job has really,
really turned my life around.

00:25:45.417 --> 00:25:46.791
It\"s been good.

00:25:46.792 --> 00:25:48.374
It\"s been 22 years for me.

00:25:48.375 --> 00:25:49.583
I know that.

00:25:49.584 --> 00:25:51.458
Feeling all right?

00:25:51.459 --> 00:25:52.998
Good, good.

00:25:52.999 --> 00:26:00.541
All right, Steve,
open the front door.

00:26:00.542 --> 00:26:01.998
Anyone need a hug?

00:26:01.999 --> 00:26:03.291
I ain\"t hugging you.

00:26:03.292 --> 00:26:03.999
Ohhh.

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.998
Yeah, I don\"t want
your hug today,

00:26:05.999 --> 00:26:07.666
\"cause it ain\" t over with.

00:26:07.667 --> 00:26:10.998
I don\"t believe in that.

00:26:10.999 --> 00:26:12.998
How you guys doing?

00:26:12.999 --> 00:26:20.999
♪

00:26:41.959 --> 00:26:46.999
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