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Julia Child didn’t succeed till she was 49.

Hey, Paul.

Here, have a lollipop.

Oh, yeah, thanks.

Thanks, man.

There you are.

No hard feelings, right?

Just friends.

Just friends goofing on each other.

All right.

Goodbye, Paul.

Come to Terry.

Gotcha!

Thought you could cheat the universe?

Well, you thought wrong.

I’m the accountant, and I’m here to bring you in.

You’re not Joe Gardner.

My mistake.

We’ll just get you back into your meat suit.

There you go.

No harm, no foul.

Oh, boy.

Look, uh, fella,

I’m thinking there’s no reason we can’t keep this little

incident between us, eh?

Mistakes happen.

And, uh, it’s not your time.

Unless you keep eating

those processed foods,

am I right?

But seriously, stay away

from those processed foods.

You know what,

you did all right back there.

How did you know how to deal with Paul?

I didn’t.

I just let out the me.

Hey, like you said about jazz.

I was jazzing.

First of all, “jazzing” is not a word.

And second, music and life

operate by very different rules.

It says take one.

Don’t.

Or do.

Okay.

Fine.

“Man with a van”.

I got a few in case we need a lot of vans.

Now, let’s get back to the plan.

We go to The Half Note

and wait there for Moonwind.

It’s around 4:00 p.m. now.

You know what?

You are really getting good

at using those legs.

Why don’t you try runnin’?

I made a song.

I’m jazzing.

Okay, enough of the jazzing

and everything like that.

We need to get somewhere.

Now, I.

That tickles.

Uh, what are you doing?

I got it.

Would you hurry up?

Okay.

You were right.

These pants are loosening.

Oh, no, no, no.

Don’t let people see your butt!

It’s your butt.

It doesn’t matter whose butt.

Take off the jacket.

Tie it around your waist.

Quick!

Cover the butt!

What are we gonna do?

I can’t find a tailor this late.

Oh, no.

We’re gonna have to go to Mom’s.

Okay.

No, no, no, you don’t understand.

Mom doesn’t know about this gig.

And she’s not gonna like it.

Okay.

We don’t have any other choice.

Okay.

She’s the only one that can fix this.

Okay.

Stop saying “okay”!

We gotta catch the subway across town.

Come on.

Okay.

Got it.

My mom doesn’t know anything about the gig,

and I wanna keep it that way, okay?

Right, because she thinks you’re a failure.

What?

I didn’t say that.

You did.

Up here.

Uh, look, my mom has her own

definition of what success is,

and being a professional musician isn’t it.

So, let me see, I need the suit fixed

for a, uh, school band recital.

I’m not looking forward to this,

but there’s no reason she needs to know.

I don’t know.

All the times I’ve been

so close to getting to my dreams, something always gets in the way.

You know what I mean?

He’s good.

And I’ve heard music before,

but I’ve never felt like this inside.

Of course, you love music now,

because you’re me.

Let’s go.

Let’s go.

Hey, take it easy, eh?

I’m sorry.

Don’t worry about it.

It’s the subway.

It does that to some people.

Does what?

It wears you down.

It stinks.

It’s hot.

It’s crowded.

Every day the same thing, day in and day out.

But once I get on the stage tonight,

all my troubles are going to be fixed.

You’re gonna see a brand-new Joe Gardner.

Where’d you get that?

Under the seat.

Can you believe it?

It’s still half-full.

All right, remember,

I need the suit fixed for a band recital.

Got it?

Joey!

Oh, baby boy.

Joey!

Oh, I’m so proud of you.

we heard the news.

Oh, crap.

She knows.

Your momma’s in the back.

You gotta go in there.

No, I don’t want to.

You have to.

We need the suit fixed.

So much for being done chasing after gigs, huh?

I hope that cat isn’t supposed to be

some kind of peace offering.

Come.

Come on.

Just say you rescued it.

no.

It’s mine.

I rescued it.

Too bad you can’t rescue your career.

Just ask her nicely if she can fix my suit.

So, Mom, is there any way you can fix this?

I don’t need to see that.

I know.

Embarrassing, right?

So, you’ll fix it?

No.

What?

How long are you going to keep doing this, Joey?

You tell me you’re going to accept the full-time position.

Here it comes.

and instead, I hear you’ve taken another gig.

Tell her that this one is different.

This one’s different!

Does this gig have a pension?

Health insurance?

No?

Then it’s the same as the other ones.

It’s like you can’t even be truthful with me anymore.

Fine, we’ll get the suit

off the rack somewhere.

My mom has never understood

what I’m trying to do with my life.

Fine, we’ll get the suit

off the rack somewhere.

My mom has never understood

what I’m trying to do with my life.

What did you just say?

Can I run away now,

like you usually do?

No.

Not this time.

Repeat after me.

Mom, I know we’ve had some rough times,

but you’re right,

I can’t be truthful with you.

Because it seems like

no matter what I do, you disapprove.

Look, I know you love playing.

Then how come except for church,

you’re the happiest when I don’t?

I finally land the gig of my life

and you’re upset.

You didn’t see how tough

being a musician was on your father.

I don’t want to see you struggle like that.

So Dad could pursue his dreams, and I can’t?

Your father had me.

Most times,

this shop is what paid the bills.

So when I’m gone, who’s gonna pay yours?

Music is all I think about.

From the moment I wake up in the morning

to the moment I fall asleep at night.

You can’t eat dreams for breakfast, Joey.

Then I don’t want to eat.

This isn’t about my career, Mom.

It’s my reason for living.

And I know Dad felt the same way.

I’m just afraid that if I died today,

that my life would’ve amounted to nothing.

Joey.

Let’s make this work instead.

That’s my dad’s suit.

Lulu.

Melba.

Bring your good scissors in here.

We got work to do.

This feels really nice.

You look marvellous.

It fits perfectly.

You see how I did that?

That is one fine wool suit,

if I do say so myself.

Can I try on that?

Of course you can.

Just handsome.

Thank you, uh, Mom.

Ray would have been so proud of you, baby like I’ve always been.

You heard me, right?

The suit is wool, not polyester.

So, don’t go putting that cat on your shoulders again.

Yes, ma’am!

Thanks, Mom.

Oh, that was amazin’.

You know what that felt like?

It felt like jazz.

Yeah, you were jazzing.

Okay, jazzing.

I’m telling you, Joe.

You really should call Lisa again.

I don’t really have time for a relationship right now, 22.

Oh, busy right now?

Wanna wait till you die a second time?

Cool, cool, cool.

I can’t believe

I’m getting romantic advice from an unborn soul.

I can think of worse.

There it is.

We made it!

This is going to work.

I can’t believe how good I look.

The suit, the cut.

Just look at me.

Ooh, just turn a little bit right there.

Like this?

Angle the shoulders, and.

Oh, hey, who’s that?

And from this side.

That’s it.

What?

Who’s back here?

Still me.

That’s a winner.

Right?

This can’t be happenin Now, I’m not gonna believe this.

The Half Note.

He made you pay for dinner?

Yeah.