Car Wash Page #4

Synopsis: Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who looks like a thief by the way he is holding his bottle, but it is really his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. T.C's love life takes a turn for the better and the songs keep coming.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Michael Schultz
Production: Universal Studios
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
PG
Year:
1976
97 min
557 Views


Brother Rod McGrew on KGYS ...

Playin' the sounds you want to

hear on your Soul Support Station

in greater Los Angeles.

Let's rap.

lt's important that we rap.

Ray Hoenig almost choked on

a chicken sandwich when his son

decided to tell him he was gay.

He got a piece of chicken caught

right here. So please, talk later.

That's cool.

You're not homosexual?

- Not yet!

Can l help you, honey?

You haven't by chance seen a tall,

blonde black chick around here?

No.

Buck, look!

- Dh, sh*t!

Chuko, you think

it's the invisible man?

Look, look!

Hey, baby, how you doin'?

Good, l'm glad to hear that.

What happened to you, man?

Yeah?

That's some tough sh*t!

l'll tell you what l'm gonna do ...

- Watch out!

You almost got my hair wet, man! My

stuff ain't straight, it takes time.

Man, that brother don't know who he's

messin' with! - Forget it.

He's lucky. l'm the Fly. Let me go.

Cat's got that straight hair!

My hair takes time.

You know what l'm talkin' about?

What did he do to that cat anyway?

- He did something with Goody's ears.

That was nice and really smokin'.

Here's a new tune called ''Zigzag''.

Let's see

if it's hot enough for you.

You hungry, Harold?

You want Chinese

or ltalian?

ltalian.

Peace treaty, man.

l didn't know she was gonna do that.

Like that time with the wet towel.

- Yeah.

Hey, loan me some soda.

- Nothin' to it, my fellow American.

What was in that car, that ...?

Hello, Lonnie.

- What the hell are you doin' here?

lt's our policy, from time to time,

to visit our men at their workplace.

l report every month.

You don't got to keep checking on me.

lt's just part of my job.

- You think l'm lying?

You think l don't work here?

- Lonnie, please.

l ain't embarrassed. l served my time.

l check in every month. l keep my job,

washin' the goddamn cars.

Why the hell can't you leave me alone?

Like l said,

l'm just doin' my job.

Me too. And l can't afford to lose it.

So don't come around here no more.

lt's time

for Disco Dance!

Your lucky number is 555-KGYS.

Please, lady. This is an emergency!

l have to get in there!

My family is dying, they're choking,

and l'm the only one who can help.

Come on, lady. Don't ignore me!

l gotta make this call!

Lady, l'm just beggin',

just one minute, please!

Hello, is Joe there?

Joe.

You ain't got no Joe?

ls this 555-5330?

Well, this is the number he gave me.

No?

Dkay.

'Bye.

Don't they ever get sick of it?

You'd think just once,

just once, they'd wanna

hear Frank Sinatra or Perry Como.

lt's your place. Play what

you want. - You think so? Watch this.

See? Very funny.

Forget it, l'm not goin' to school.

- Please listen. - Whatcha mean?

l listened to you and my folks long

enough. What do l have to show for it?

l'm gonna get me a real job,

makin' me some real money.

Like the job that was offered to me.

Hey, listen,

we can get married, you know,

we can do all the things we wanted.

We don't have to do no more waitin'.

That's all l'm sayin'.

- l understand that, but ...

Hey, Justin!

l said l'm not goin' back to school!

- Then we're not getting' married.

Say what?

- No college, no marriage.

Now you're talkin' crazy.

- You're talkin' crazy!

l gotta work.

We'll talk later, DK?

Forget talkin', Sweetheart. Ever.

Goodbye, Justin.

What do you mean, ''goodbye''?

- You heard me. Goodbye.

Close the door, Hippo.

- DK.

Hey lrwin!

Come here. l got a bad stomach ache,

why don't you take my place,

while l go to the bathroom?

Appreciate it, Jack. - Sure.

That's what's meant by:

''A fall in a pit is a gain in wit.''

Who said that? - Mao Tse-Tung, the

head dude of all of Red China!

ls he kinda like Bruce Lee?

lt's real hot, ain't it?

Hot, hot ...

lf you wanna feel somethin' hot,

put your hand on this beer.

Marsha, will you stop?

This is a place of business!

l dropped my contact lens

in the cold cream.

My brother told me to go into

parking lots. l said he was crazy.

Now he can buy and sell me.

Enough!

l gotta win that radio contest!

With those tickets, l could take

Mona out. Boy, l'd be over!

She's so fine!

Man, l got down with her. Can you

believe that? Did l ever tell you?

Every day.

'' ... to overthrow the

ruling classes ...

Therefore impossible for the people

to win power.'' That's from lbid,

page 150. - lbid?

- Heavy rhetoric, little boss!

Duane,

l mean Abdullah, you know where

l'm comin' from. The revolution is ...

You wanna pick my brain?

- Go ahead.

That revolution you keep talkin'

about? When it happens, and it will,

then you're gonna be workin',

and not just playin'

and splashin' in the water.

We get a chance to run your white

ass, and you get a chance

to sing ''We shall overcome''

in Chinese!

That's not what l meant.

l'm sick and tired of you

runnin' off your mouth, honey!

Why don't you leave,

and be an assassin?

Dr is the only thing you're

good at shootin' off your big mouth?

Get outta my face,

you sorry f*ggot!

Who you callin' sorry?

Can't you see

that she ain't funny?

She's another example of how

the system is destroying our men.

Honey, l am more man

than you'll ever be,

and more woman

than you'll ever get!

KGYS news update:

Here in Los Angeles, the mysterious

Pop Bomber is still at large,

after exploding his latest bomb in

Anaheim. A police profile pictures

a short, eccentric,

middle-European man

with an unhappy childhood.

More on this story on the KGYS News.

Hi, Sir. Good morning! Can l interest

you in hot wax for your car?

We shampoo rugs, we even got ...

- Anything, anything.

Are you through with this?

Here, take care of the car.

There's been some

weird people in here today.

Pardon me, lady. Pardon me!

You didn't, by any chance, see a tall,

blonde black girl, did you?

T.C.! Come here!

l'm serious, man!

What is it, Hippo?

Damn.

What is it?

- See that cat down there?

Guess what he has in the bag?

l don't know.

A pop bottle.

- You called me over for that?

Wait! A pop bottle

with silver foil on top. - So what?

''So what?'' Take a look at this! Look!

PDP BDTTLE BDMBER

STRlKES AGAlN

Be cool, Hippo. Follow me!

You think he won't see you

up against the wall like that, man?

How you doin'?

l like your hair, man!

lt's him, Hippo! He got the bomb!

- He gonna blow us up!

T.C., what are we gonna do?

Quiet.

This is a job for the Fly.

You're worthless, man!

Stop, thief!

T.C., what's goin' on?

- Get him!

lt's a bomb!

- A what? - A bomb!

My bag!

Piss?

lt's piss.

He broke my bag!

l was takin' this sample to

the doctor. Took me 2 days to go.

See, l had this operation ...

l'll handle this.

l was takin' this sample to

the doctor. Took me two days.

See, l had this operation ...

- l'm sorry, Sir. l'd like to replace it.

l mean, l can't replace it, but this

should to take care of everything.

And the car wash is on the house.

- And what about my pants?

Mr. B, why don't you fill up

another one for the man?

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