Why Do Fools Fall In Love

FRANKIE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST

NATURALLY TALENTED PERFORMER

I'D EVER SEEN.

HE WAS...

ENERGETIC, DYNAMIC,

CHARISMATIC.

HE GOT ON THAT STAGE,

AND, BABY, HE WAS HUGE,

BIGGER THAN LIFE.

SEE, YOU ALL

GOT TO UNDERSTAND.

BY THE TIME I MET FRANKIE,

HE WAS A RECORD-DEAL-NEEDING,

BROKE-ASS,

SCAM-ON-HIS-MAMA-FOR-A-FIX

DRUGGIE.

HELL, THE BOY HAD

SO MANY NEEDLE MARKS ON HIM,

I THOUGHT HE WAS

A GODDAMN PINCUSHION.

HMPH. A CUTE PINCUSHION,

WHO COULD SING

HIS LITTLE ASS OFF.

FRANKIE WAS

A PERFECT GENTLEMAN.

WE HAD

A WONDERFUL COURTSHIP.

HE USED TO BRING ME FLOWERS

AND WRITE ME POETRY AND...

NOBODY COULD DO IT

LIKE FRANKIE LYMON.

HE WAS A JUNKIE

MOTHERFUCKER.

HE WAS THE LOVE

OF MY LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN

SAY ABOUT THIS NEXT ACT.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY

BUT "SENSATIONAL"

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

FRANKIE LYMON

AND THE TEENAGERS!

CUTE, HUH?

DIANA ROSS' NEW SONG.

MISS GIRL DON'T

CUT NOTHIN' BUT HITS.

WHERE YOU GOING?

LOOK, IT GOT TO

CALL MY LAWYER.

Guard: SINCE WHEN

YOU GOT A LAWYER?

SINCE JUST NOW.

INFORMATION? IS THERE SOME

KIND OF 5-5-5 NUMBER

FOR A L-A-Y-W-E-R?

A LAWYER.

COME ON,

THIS IS INFORMATION.

I NEED SOME INFORMATION

ABOUT A LAWYER.

Diana Ross:

YES?

PETER MARKOWITZ,

ATTORNEY FOR

ELIZABETH WATERS LYMON.

SIGN HERE, PLEASE.

HI.

ELIZABETH LYMON.

ELIZABETH LYMON.

OH, MRS. LYMON.

ELIZABETH, I'M--I'M

PETER MARKOWITZ.

ELIZABETH LYMON.

WHY THEY SEND YOU?

UH, LEGAL REFERRAL SENDS

WHOEVER'S AVAILABLE.

PLEASE.

UH, MY CONTACT SAID

THERE WAS A DISPUTE

OVER ROYALTIES.

IS THAT--

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

YOU LOOK KIND OF YOUNG.

I'M 30.

30? DAMN.

I SWEAR, IF YOU'RE

BROKE OR IN JAIL,

YOU GET THE KIDS

JUST STARTING OUT

ON THE BOTTOM RUNG

OUT FOR A BUCK.

I'M HARDLY BOTTOM RUNG,

MRS. LYMON,

OR SHOULD I SAY

MICKEY WATERS,

ALIAS ELIZABETH PHILLIPS,

ALIAS JOSEPHINE PHILLIPS--

OK, OK, SO YOU DID YOUR

HOMEWORK. WHOOP-DEE-DOO.

DON'T HAVE A COW,

ALL RIGHT?

WHAT ARE YOU IN FOR,

THIS TIME?

I RIPPED OFF SOME CLOTHES

AND SHIT, BUT LOOK...

I ONLY GOT 7 MONTHS LEFT,

SO LET'S JUST MOVE ON.

NOW, YOU KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT THE RECORD BUSINESS?

I KNOW I LIKE MUSIC.

YOU KNOW YOU LIKE MUSIC.

TCH.

LOOK, I WAS MARRIED

TO FRANKIE LYMON.

OK.

FRANKIE LYMON, SANG

WITH THE TEENAGERS,

REMEMBER THEM?

BEFORE YOUR TIME.

ANYWAY, LOOK, WHEN

FRANKIE WAS ALIVE,

HE WROTE A LOT OF TUNES,

AND ONE OF THEM WAS CALLED

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE.

THAT'S THE SONG

DIANA ROSS HAS OUT.

DIANA'S SINGING IT,

BUT FRANKIE WROTE IT.

SINCE HE DIED, THEY'VE

BEEN USING THAT SONG

IN THE FILM

AMERICAN GRAFFITI,

A GREETING CARD

COMMERCIAL,

AND NOW DIANA'S

TURNING IT GOLD AGAIN.

I'M HIS WIFE, SO I

SHOULD GET PAID, RIGHT?

IF FRANKIE WROTE THE SONG,

THEN HE MUST OWN

AT LEAST PART OF THE PUBLISHING

AND ITS COPYRIGHT,

THEREBY MAKING IT

PART OF HIS ESTATE,

SO, UH, YEAH, YOU'D

BE DUE THOSE EARNINGS.

OH, YES! ALL RIGHT!

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED

TO HEAR.

I'M GONNA GET PAID,

SISTER.

EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME.

MRS. LYMON,

WHAT LABEL WAS HE ON?

UH, ROULETTE RECORDS.

ROULETTE?

CALL THE OWNER.

MORRIS LEVY. ALL RIGHT?

BUT IF YOU DO,

SPRAY THE RECEIVER.

THE GUY'S SO SLIMY,

YOU MIGHT GET HEAD LICE

FROM THE PHONE.

HO HO HO.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

THANKS A LOT.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HEY, SANTA.

HERE YOU GO.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HA HA HA.

JINGLE ALL THE WAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, SISTER.

JINGLE BELLS.

JINGLE BELLS.

JINGLE ALL THE WAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.