Hi, I'm JoeJackson.
You know me as the father of theJackson Five, being a tightwad...
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like swell up when you whup 'em.
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String her up by her funky weave.
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Hey, Tito? You wanna go a few rounds?
- You gonna knock my block off again, Dad? - You got that right, boy.
I'm gonna hit you so hard, by the time you stop rolling...
yourJheri curl's gonna be back in style.
Compared to you, Woody Allen's father of the year.
[Laughs] Good shot, Son.
Too bad you can't knock the talent into somebody.
Oh, I tried. Lord knows, I tried.
Well, I got you this time. That's for scaring Michael...
- and that's for cheating on Mom. - Oh, watch out, Son.
And most of all, that's for naming me Tito.
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Doctor, do you have anything else, uh, to add?
The information I've provided for you is just the tip of the iceberg.
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that boxing not only causes great physical damage...
but neurological damage as well.
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All right, send in the next expert witness, please.
Hey, what's up?
Yeah, it's good to be back in Caesar's Palace.
I feel that the fight will go at least seven rounds...
but, you know, he had me running, back on my heels.
Sir, can you state your name, please?
Oh, oh, s-s-straight up. Straight up.
Uh, Carl "the Tooth" Williams.
'Cause the Tooth will set you free.
That's what I'm sayin'.
Mr. Williams, you fought some of the world's greatest fighters.
- That's right. - Uh, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali...
and so on.
What would you say they all have in common?
Uh, they all kicked my ass.
Basically, that's... that's what happened.
You know, they... they all had kicked my ass.
But, you know, that ain't the thing though. I want me some...
I want me some Tyson. That's what I want, understand?
But he trying to hide from me, you know...
but I'm gonna find him, 'cause I want some Tyson.
- Uh, Mr. Williams, regarding your health... - Yes.
Uh, do you feel that boxing, uh...
has in any way affected your sex life?
Well, she ain't with me no more, but...
I don't think that really has anything to do with, you know, my boxing.
You know, I don't know who told you about all that, but, you know...
it ain't like I can't still, you know...
swing it when I get inside the bed, you know.
Mr. Williams, wouldn't you agree that...
boxers who have taken as many blows to their head as...
as you have, shall we say, lost something upstairs.
Uh, basically.
Basically they have, and, uh...
But, you know, it's nothing to do with boxing.
See, what it is, it's a ploy and a plan for this senate and everybody here...
to try and keep me away from Tyson, and I got to have some Tyson.
I mean, according to our file, you've sustained multiple injuries...
to your... your jaw, your head.
Yeah, yeah. You look like that fellow on Star Trek.
Don't he? Straight up, cuz. You look just like him.
But anyway, I take... I'll take "exemptions" to that because, you know...
even in the ring, you know, I keep my tooth polished...
you know what I'm saying?
And I'm selling these for 5.99 at the crib and stuff.
If y'all want to come by and get you some, you can.
- [Man] Uh, Mr. Williams? - Yeah?
Over your career, how many blows to the head would you say you have taken?
I took all of'em to the head.
But that's the best way to take it. Take it to the head.
You know what I'm saying? Come on down here, and let me show you.
Uh, just let him do it, Senator. Go ahead.
Now... Now, what you want to do... Come at me, now.
Come out with your best shot. Come on. With your best shot. Come on!
Uh, he caught me with one. It was a rabbit punch.
I think... Don't stop the fight, though.
Don't stop the fight. Don't stop it, man! I can go on!
Don't stop it, man! Don't throw the towel in, man!
Y'all want a Coke or Sprite or something?
'Cause it's a two-drink minimum if you're sitting in these chairs.
- Mr. Williams. - I gotta see some I.D. From y'all.
I don't think you're helping your cause by demonstrating this kind of...
Oh, you're trying to... You're trying to dog me. You're trying to dog me.
- Mr. Williams... - Well, come on, Marcia Brady.
Come on.
Well, basically, the reason that I didn't hit her...
is 'cause I respect women and, you know...
the whole boxing got my head dizzy, and she caught me off guard.
Mr. Williams, you claim that boxing's been very good to you.
Yeah, in a sense. In a sense.
But I hardly think that your report...
let alone your record, supports your claim.
Oh, yeah, I do have a record out.
It's called, uh, Carl "The Tooth"in the House.
And it's like...
♪ Got to cake your icing Gonna get me some Tyson ♪
Your testimony's been very helpful and very enlightening.
Thank you for your time, and you'll get our decision later.
No, there ain't gonna be no decision. No, I got to have mine.
That's how they took my last fight from me. It ain't gonna be no decision.
What are you talking about? You sitting there all bourgeois...
Uh, Charlie, please.
Sitting over there, all bourgeois... Hey, man!
Get up off me, man! Get up off... My head is dizzy.
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