DTF St. Louis

The... there were events that began at...

After the cyclone where Floyd and I met,

about a week after the cyclone, would... Floyd and I had bonded.

He threw a cornhole celebration.

You know where the Jamba Juice is on Center Street?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's... It's right near the station.

That's right near my office.

It's right behind the Jamba Juice, Purina Corporate.

- Cool. - Yeah.

You know, that... That's my Jamba Juice, too. Central.

- Okay. Well, wow, me too. - I'm in there all the time.

Like, the... The Go Getter is my energy lift, you know?

It used to be coffee, but I was drinking,

like, way, you know... it was like, "Hang on here, what?"

You know?

Yeah.

Nice. Yeah, Go Getter. It's me too. Wow. Okay.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

It's the healthiest one, more or less. Don't you think?

Floyd gets the PB Chocolate Love.

- PB Chocolate Love. - Yeah.

- That's nice. - I mean, it's pretty much a milkshake.

What about the girls? What do they like to do?

Oh, well, let's see. Lately, they're into crafting.

- Dance. - Dance. You guys have a dance school?

No, we just... we just started looking, actually.

Dance with Miss Ashley Dance Academy on Campbell.

- Yeah, that's a good one, huh? - Good? No, it's great.

We signed Richard up there for the... He, you know,

he has some things.

He doesn't like sports...

- Oh, okay. - so we've had to

- try some other things. - Yeah.

Hey, hey! Hey, Richard!

Show Eimy some of your dance moves.

I don't have any dance moves.

Yeah, that's right. Okay, right answer. Awesome.

Does he... he hasn't learned anything yet?

- Or he's just being bad, or... - No, that's what I'm saying.

We bought, like, a three-month dance pack, and then he didn't even go.

Like, not even once.

But I didn't want it to be a thing where he felt like he had disappointed us

because we paid all that money, so I went.

I'm a... I sign.

I do the big stage at the 314 Fest every summer.

The big, like, R&B, hip-hop stage.

And, you know, they just want me to sign the lyrics,

but I... I wanted to give the deaf audience,

like, a richer experience.

So I wanted to link the lyrics to, like, a rhythm and groove.

And I got, you know, really into it.

- Wow. - And then I renewed the pack.

- For you? - Fuck yeah.

Wow.

So, you do the weather?

Yeah, I do. Yeah, yeah.

Clark Forrest. My favorite, actually.

Total favorite.

Thank you so much.

- That's... - Total favorite local weather.

Channel 10.

That's very...

I...

You know, I do... It's not the only...

I have a... I have a deep-sea demolition company

off the coast of Canada...

- Wow. Wow. - that I founded.

And I... And I still...

I go...

I oversee and I engineer, the... the... the big demo.

So, yeah, I... I do that.

- I... - What?

I'm the...

They call me

the Bang Master, actually.

Or Big Bang, sometimes.

So, anyway, I'm up there. I'm doing that.

I'm overseeing, you know, really the whole, you know,

fucking company. Everything dangerous.

So I, you know, I do that in addition to the weather.

You know, I gotta mix it up a little bit.

- Wow. - Yeah.

Okay.

Bang Master.

The Big Bang.

Three, four. Right, left.

Right, left. Two, three.

Crisscross.

Clap your hands. Good job!

Jump. Jump. Two, three. To the right.

To the left. Now we go around the world. Oh, here we go!

Come on.

Beginner hip-hop, five minutes.

What class are you in?

- Intermediate hip-hop. - All right.

Yeah, it's a good workout. You know, I'm trying to lose a few.

Well, it's good for the heart rate. It's good for my curve, too.

- For your what? - Peyronie's.

- Oh, yeah. - Yeah.

Usually caused by trauma. Blunt trauma.

Mine was.

What... what ha... what happened? Do you mind me asking?

No, I'll tell you.

I went on this job interview in Chicago.

I had an interview to maybe start equity trading.

Carol's idea. It was a good idea.

You look great.

I was selling printer toner, which nobody was really buying anymore.

Okay.

The Chicago job would have been pretty good money,

like a big deal for the family.

So, I headed downtown for this thing.

She made me get there really early.

So I'd be early.

And so, I'm there crossing LaSalle, busy street,

sun's coming up, and I witnessed this thing.

This kid is in the middle of, like,

- five lanes, six lanes. I don't know. - Hey, hey, hey! Yeah!

Walking back and forth. He has mental health issues.

And there he is.

Like, that's where he wants to be, like, in that danger.

Whiz, man. Like, cars just, like, flying right next to him. Whiz!

Like, he's almost getting killed,

but he keeps smiling and, like, spinning around,

almost dying the whole time.

- You... So, what, like... - So, I... I go get him.

And I get him. And I get him into a firm embrace.

And then we, like, Frogger back over to safety.

We made it. We made it.

And then what happened? Did you get hit in the penis by a car?

No, no. I got on the news.

I'm here with Floyd Smernitch, who just hours ago

risked his life to save a troubled young man

from real danger on LaSalle this morning. Floyd, do you consider yourself a hero?

You... I... No, I don't think that's... I don't think that's important.

I think... I think what's important...

So, I bolt across this busy downtown street

'cause I'm late, and Carol really wants to get this job.

Yeah. But tell me what happened with the...

Okay, beginner hip-hop.

- That happened later. - Yeah?

Yeah. Hey! Hey, first day?

- Yeah. - Yeah. Are you excited?

All right, cool. Well, I want you to have a good time

and, you know, dance your best.

But remember, you don't have to dance better

- than anybody else... - That's right.

because it's not a sport. It's a form of expression.

And here we go! And feel it.

Yes! Looking great!

- All right! - Hey, Clark, can I get a jump?

- Yes. - A jump?

All right. Looking good!

Yeah, sorry, man.

Yeah, this car is 14 years young, but I guess that means she's old.

- Hey, sweetheart. - Hey.

Yeah, it's dead. Way. So, I'm gonna have to get it towed.

I gotta wait till my next paycheck, I guess.

- Okay. - I'm just gonna go and tell Miss Ashley

that we're gonna abandon the car here, for a little bit.

Okay.

Tried to get her going again with my jumpers.

You could probably just touch it, with your hand.

It would probably just start right up.

She's cool with it!

Okay.

- She's cool with it. - Okay.

- Later, man! - Later, man.

Oh, hey. Thank you.

One-car household.

I mean, even if I wasn't taking the R&B dance class,

we still wouldn't have enough for another good car,

just so you know.

I don't want you to blame it on the R&B dance lessons.

Okay.

- It's weird. - What?

Taking the bus.

You're not taking the bus. I'm taking the bus.

You're taking the one car

because I work on the street, the bus goes down,

and you work in weird, faraway places.

I don't even know why you're still sitting here at the bus stop.

You have to take Richard to school.

I wanted to say that it's weird that you're taking the bus

while I'm taking the car.

I wanted to say that before I got in the car.

- Okay, thank you. - Okay.

- I love you. - I love you too.

Okay.

- I love you. - What?

I love you.

I love you.

Okay, I can't hear... I can't hear you over our one car.

What are you saying?

- I love you. - I love you too.

- Okay, bye, see ya. - See ya.

Fuck.

Come on, come on.

Oh, nice. Okay.

- All right, see you. - Bye.