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Season 5  "Purple Rain"  5x4

Aired 6 years ago - Nov 13, 2018

The family is shocked to learn that Jack and Diane are not familiar with the iconic music of Prince. One by one, each member of the family works to explain Prince’s tremendous impact on their lives through his music.

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Yes, child formerly known as Three.
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loved a man who wore heels and ass-less pants?
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You guys are getting the Prince lesson.
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You are comparing the greatest musician of all time
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He was short, pale, and pretty.
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to become the first black man to survive a Minnesota winter.
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Oh, it's happening.
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But you can't do this to Prince.
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- They don't like Prince. - Ohhh.
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Yeah.
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She broke her shoe.
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♪ You don't need experience ♪
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♪ You don't have to be rich to be my girl ♪
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I kissed a girl
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- Excuse me? - Mm-hmm.
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Oh.
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♪ That would want to be my wife ♪
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Okay, Prince's music had substance.
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- Yeah, sign of the times! - ♪ In September... ♪
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♪ Why all the cosmic talk? ♪
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This feels right to you?
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- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.
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they'd like you to work overtime but didn't want to pay you.
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Wait, Pops. I can't believe you quit your job.
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Sure did. And that spoke to me.
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♪ Alone in a world that's so cold ♪
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And it's what helped me get my kids out of Compton.
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Because I'm a beautiful, brilliant influencer?
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Yeah. Dude was dark.
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♪ Purple rain, purple rain ♪
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[Guitar riff]
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♪ In the purple rain ♪
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there's lots of music you like that Jack doesn't like.
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You know, I just wanted to pass that legacy on to Jack.
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- Like, do they have faith? - Mm.
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Calm down, you're not gonna blow it.
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