Private Gaia 5: The Temptations of Clarisse Page #7

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- D That's what I want IJ

- JII That's what I want III

- D That's what I want IJ

- JII That's what I want III

Ha-ha. Too much.

Success brought much more

than any of us bargained for.

We were workin' nonstop--

rehearsing, recording, touring--

Not to mention radio promotions,

press interviews and photo sessions.

That's why we were happy to finally

relax at the annual Motown picnic.

Hey, hey, hey.

Lookee here.

Whoever said success makes you

the person you really are...

must've had David in mind,

Because he started to become

someone none of us recognized.

It's mighty funny how

he can show up here,

but miss out on rehearsals.

Who's that guy with him?

I don't know.

Must be his driver.

No. You mean his valet.

Well, welcome to the festivities.

Hey, David.

Hello, y'all.

Miss Terrell- Lookin' as fine as ever.

You too, baby.

Miss Terrell.

Tammi.

How you doin'?

What's up, little man?

Hey, Tammi.

How you doin'?

I'm gonna get somethin' to eat.

Do you want somethin '? I??? okay Don?

take too long, baby.

All right.

Hey, Tammi.

Are you gonna take Lamont over to

the sack races like you promised?

Sack races, like I promised.

Sack races!

Come on!

Okay.

All right.

Go do your family thing now.

Hope you win somethin'.

How you doin', man?

It's a pleasure to meet you.

I'm Flynn.

Flynn.

All right.

Nice to meet you. I'm Flynn.

Flynn who?

It's just Flynn.

Flynn's my man.

How are you?

Good. I'm enjoyin' this picnic.

Go get that b*tch.

All right.

How y'all doin'? Nice to meet you.

Hey-

- David wants to talk to you.

- Excuse me.

David, can we talk to you for a second?

Hey, hey, hey.

Yeah. About what?

About rehearsal and about Tammi.

Tammi?

Yeah.

What about Tammi?

Why don't you go

easy with Tammi?

What am I supposed to do? Let her

flirt with every man in the park?

You know how women are.

She just needs some attention.

Yo, I don't trust no woman.

Maybe the problem is, you need

to show her some respect-

Y'all is mama's boys,

And you don't know nothin'

about me and women.

Excuse me.

Whoa.

Hmm.

How you doin'?

What's up, David?

What's goin' on?

All right.

We cum here, okay'?

Where are we gain"?

Where are we gain'?

Come on.

We just got here, David.

You're tryin' to embarrass me in front of all

these people. I wish I hadn't married you-

Did you see that?

Yeah.

J1 I know you wanna leave me J1

J1 But I refuse to let you go J1

I1 If I have to beg and plead

for your sympathy J1

J1 I don't mind 'cause

it means that much to me J1

D Ain't too proud to beg

and you know it III

- They love it when I do that, don't they?

- Yeah, man-

Hey, fellas, how you doin'?

Treats, baby.

Flynn, or whatever your name is,

you need to go.

J1 But if I have to fight

to keep you J1

J1 I don't mind weepin' J1

Okay, Dave.

I'm gonna leave you boys

a little sunshine.

Why don't you take that little

sunshine along with you?

Ooh.

We're gonna be friends.

Good friends.

J1 Ain't too proud J1

Boy, Norman just kept

whippin' us and whippin' us...

The other day, huh?

I don't think I can

get any better, though.

That ain't the way I see it.

Oh, yeah?

Well, hit me up.

For one, you missed

a very important meeting.

Not to mention our last few sessions. I'm

not even gonna count the rehearsals.

And it's probably because of all this

crap you keep shovin' up your damn nose-

Well, maybe I don't need as much

rehearsal as some other folks.

David, this can't go on.

What you got to say, Blue?

"That's right, Otis.

Whatever you say, Otis. "

No, David.

It's like this.

Either you gonna straighten up...

or we're lettin' you go.

Blue, you all right with that?

I'll miss you, but not if

you're hurtin' the group.

Hurtin' the group? I'm the best thing

that ever happened to this damn group!

Nobody's bigger than the group.

Yeah, well, they ain't stupid.

I'm the one sellin' the records.

They cumin' to see me.

They comin' to see

The Temptations.

Ain't nobody comin'

to see you, Otis.

You wish you could

work it the way I do,

But you can't, 'cause there is

only one David Ruffin.

And without him, ha,

The Temps ain't nothin' but

a group in search of a David Ruffin.

As a matter of fact,

I've been thinkin'.

We should call the group...

David Ruffin and The Temptations.

Yeah.

That sound good to me.

Y'all beggin' me not to leave you.

J1 And I refuse to let you go J1

Yeah.

David Ruffin and The Temptations.

Hmm.

What do you say?

That ain't never gonna happen.

Then I'm gone.

Fellas.

Fellas, you know I'm

just kiddin', right?

Come on, you know

I always be kiddin'.

Yo, fellas, we successful now.

Lighten up.

You's too uptight.

Enjoy the fruits.

I'm gonna see you

at rehearsal.

I'm gonna be there on time. I'm

gonna be there before y'all-

Bye. Thanks for comin' over.

They tickle me.

They believed rne.

I am talking crossover, gentlemen.

Crossover- I'm talking about

broadening our scope,

Getting you out in front of the

mainstream white audience.

Now, I brought

somebody in from L. A.

They're gonna manage

both you and The Supremes.

Rebecca, send Shelly in, please.

Thank you.

So, what's he gonna do?

I'm gonna let him

tell you himself.

Gentlemen, say hello

to your new manager,

Shelly Berger.

- Otis.

- Shelly.

It's a pleasure.

Melvin.

How you doin'? It's a pleasure.

Paul.

Eddie.

I'm a huge fan, fellas.

David's feeling a bit under the weather.

Couldn't be here today-

Why don't you explain

the plan to the guys?

The plan, gentlemen, is to get you

on all the major television shows,

Your own specials,

theater in the round, Las Vegas...

- And the Copacabana.

- How are you gonna do that?

Mr. Gordy's approved a four-week

tour with The Supremes,

And then we cut a new album--

an album with standards.

- Standards? - Talkin' middle-of-the-road,

white bread america stuff-

Burt Bacharach,

"Man of la mancha, "

Henry Mancini.

What's this album supposed to do...

Besides piss off our fans?

It gets us to the Cope, Paul.

And that opens the door

to all the rest.

It all sounds like

great money to me.

Listen, guys.

This is a major step for you

and for Motown.

Look, look.

What's so wrong with what we're doin' now?

Hell, we're the biggest--

- Biggest black group in the business.

- What's wrong with that?

Nothin'.

We're talkin' about bein'

the biggest group, period.

The biggest group in the world.

So, what do you think?

Right now, I really don't think

it matters much what I think.

Gordy says he's gonna put

a lot of money in this project.

It ain't about the money.

I mean, look.

Our music, that's who we are.

Man, radio made us.

Do you really think that the jocks are

gonna get behind a bunch of sellouts?

Come on, man.

Come on.

Why don't you give it a chance?

The "Mellow Mood" album

did what it was supposed to do.

We made it to the Copa.

At least, most of us did.

Where the hell's Ruffin?

You tell me, because I don't know.

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