‘Everybody Hates the Substitute’
Season 2, Episode 14 - Aired February 12, 2007
When Chris gets a Black substitute teacher, Mr. Newton (Orlando Jones), he is determined to get Chris to try harder in class. Meanwhile, Julius is fed up with Mr. Omar using his phone, and Tonya learns she can get her own way by accusing Drew of hitting her.
Quote from Ms. Morello
Ms. Morello: Chris, I love your shirt. What does it stand for?
Chris: B-.
Ms. Morello: Oh! B-. I love that Black street slang. So what else did I miss around here?
Greg: Well, we were supposed to have a practice test on the statewide exam today.
Ms. Morello: Oh, forget about that test. I want to show you the gifts I brought back.
Greg: Gifts?
Ms. Morello: For you, I brought back a shield and a spear.
Chris: What did you get me? What is that?
Ms. Morello: It's a bone. For your nose, silly. By the way, do you know a guy named Induku?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Actually, I did, but I didn't want to give her the satisfaction.
Quote from Ms. Morello
Chris: Ms. Morello?
Ms. Morello: Oh, Chris, you're still here. I was so afraid the system would have brought you down by now.
Greg: We thought you were in Africa.
Ms. Morello: I was, but there was a civil war.
Greg: A war?
Ms. Morello: Fortunately, they found a way for all the White people to get out.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Same thing happened in New Orleans.
Quote from Mr. Omar
Mr. Omar: [on the phone] He fell down the elevator shaft? Tragic.
Julius: Excuse me, Mr. Omar.
Mr. Omar: Hold on, Mr. Julius.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Oh, he wanted to hold on, all right.
[fantasy: Julius is strangling Mr. Omar with the telephone cord:]
Julius: Oh, I'm holding on now. Now, who you gonna call?
Mr. Omar: Let go. Tragic. Tragic.
[reality:]
Julius: I need to make a call.
Mr. Omar: I'm almost off.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] He better be, because it's almost on.
Mr. Omar: [chuckles] That's what he here for.
Quote from Monk
Monk: What's up with you, man? You been looking kind of tired lately.
Chris: Let me ask you a question. How do you get rid of somebody that's been giving you problems?
Monk: Now, when you say "get rid of," do you mean get "rid" of "rid of," or just rid of?
Chris: Just get rid of. He has a job, and I don't want him to have it.
Monk: Boy, you better watch what you're talking about! You make a mistake. You want to talk about this first, or what?!
Chris: I didn't touch you. It's my substitute teacher.
Monk: Oh. Oh. Well, then, in that case, what do you know about him?
Chris: Well, mostly just this.
Monk: What is this?
Chris: His resume.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] While the ghetto Rambo worked with me, the ghetto Gretzky worked on my ma.
Quote from Monk
Chris: "Corleone Junior High School letter of resignation." Do you think this will work?
Monk: Of course it'll work, or my name ain't Monk.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] His name's not Monk. His name was Jimmy.
Quote from Joey Caruso
Mr. Newton: Good morning. I'm Mr. Newton.
Joey Caruso: More like Mr. Tibbs.
Mr. Newton: What's your name?
Joey Caruso: Joey Caruso.
Mr. Newton: And you're making fun of me because I'm Black?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Yeah, you big dummy. He does it to me every day.
Joey Caruso: No, sir.
Mr. Newton: Sounds like it to me.
Joey Caruso: Sorry.
Mr. Newton: If you want to make fun of me, fine. But make fun of me for what I do, not how I look. You don't see me making fun of you because you look like a Brooklyn Beach Barney Rubble. [laughter]
Joey Caruso: No, sir.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] This Black sub is a bad mother...
Women: [v.o.] Shut your mouth!
Quote from Adult Chris
Mr. Newton: And the stock market crashed. It was unprecedented. I mean, can you imagine putting all your money in a piggy bank, and then one day it's gone?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] It was nice to have another Black person at school who wasn't asked to carry a mop.
Quote from Adult Chris
Joey Caruso: Oh, hey, I forgot my test.
Mr. Newton: C. Way to go. [chuckles]
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I guess that was his way of keeping the White man down.
Quote from Rochelle
Rochelle: What is going on in here?
Tonya: Drew hit me.
Rochelle: Did you hit your sister?
Drew: No, Ma, I was watching the hockey game and...
Rochelle: I don't care what game you were watching? I'm raising men in this house, and men do not hit women.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That meant you couldn't hit a girl even if you were supposed to hit her.
[fantasy: Drew is in the boxing ring with a girl opponent:]
Rochelle: You better not hit that girl.
Quote from Rochelle
Adult Chris: [v.o.] And with that, Tonya learned the magic words. She could do anything she wanted, as long as it was followed by "Drew hit me."
[fantasy: Drew is watching TV on the couch:]
Tonya: Ma!
Rochelle: What's going on in here?
Tonya: I'm trying to take Drew's sock and he hit me.
Rochelle: Boy, you better give her your sock.
[fantasy: Drew is eating at the table:]
Tonya: Ma!
Rochelle: What is going on in here?
Tonya: I was trying to take Drew's breakfast and he hit me.
Rochelle: Boy, you better give her your breakfast.
[fantasy: Tonya is pinning Drew down:]
Tonya: Ma!
Rochelle: What is going on in here?
Tonya: I'm trying to break Drew's arm and he hit me.
Rochelle: Boy, you better let her break your arm.