The Proud Family

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...

Bobby, anybody who'd be interested in your demo...

I'll invest.

Wizard Kelly!

That's right, y'all.

Can y'all say, "record deal?"

Record deal?

My people will call your people and we can do this, y'all.

Yeowch!

Keep on looking, Papi.

They got to be around here somewhere.

If only I weren't.

Suga Mama, we're home.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

I'm sorry, sir.

But you must leave the wizard's office, now!

But Bobby, Penny, sticky...

You can't let them do this to me. No!

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Are you sure you don't want to come, Oscar?

I could use one more security person.

I'll team you with Papi.

Papi? That's not security.

More like social security.

Ow!

Make sure you tape my novellas.

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...

Yeah, bye, bye...

All right, we're about to cue up

the hottest song in the land...

LPDZ singing their debut hit, "best friends."

Go tight on her. Her, her!

She's the star.

Yes!

There's Penny.

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."

I'm just kidding.

It's the initials of me and my background singers.

Since when are we your background singers?

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.

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"?

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."