but when you want to hit a home run, i am the reggie jackson of the lavatory. oh, i see. you're the reggie jackson of the lavatory. [ knocking on door ] willona, huh? oh, thelma, my love. i'm so excited. i can't wait to get your brilliant play up on its feet, as we say in the theater. um, what happened to mr. nicholson? isn't he coming? oh, dear, he was held up at the last minute. oh, perhaps later, dear, perhaps later. now, shall we start the play? hey, folks, can shorty use the phone? yeah, i want to call my old lady. hey, how come you didn't call her before you came from work? man, are you kidding? my wife would kill me. now, when we start the play, our heroine, yvonne, has left chicago, following her creole boyfriend, eugene, i'm gonna have a tough time acting that part. now, unknown to yvonne, madame lafitte... oh, that's me? yes. starring role? yes. ...has her eye on eugene. eye on eugene. got that one covered. now, nobody knows about this except loretta, a dance hall girl in madame lafitte's sleazy bar. now, as the play starts, where jeffrey, the jamaican bartender