D.B. Woodside credited as playing...
Melvin Franklin
- [Melvin is in the hospital after being shot by a carjacker who stole his car]
- Melvin Franklin: He shot me, then he recognized me, and then he kicked my butt out of MY car.
- Otis Williams: Was it Ruffin?
- [they both laugh]
- Melvin Franklin: No, Ruffin would've killed me.
- [During a concert break, Paul rushes off stage into the bathroom, coughs and throws up]
- Shelly Berger: That was a disaster.
- Melvin Franklin: Yeah, Shelly, we know. All right?
- Shelly Berger: The next set's in 45 minutes. There's no way he'll be ready.
- Eddie Kendricks: He'll be ready.
- Shelly Berger: Falling down drunk doesn't get better in 45 minutes, Eddie. You know what we have to do, Otis...
- Eddie Kendricks: No! If Paul's not on that stage, I'm not on that stage.
- Shelly Berger: The Temptations are known for precision, Eddie. I don't know what that was, but that wasn't it.
- Eddie Kendricks: What's it to you, Shelley? You ain't up there.
- Shelly Berger: I might as well be. Mr. Gordy holds me responsible for everything that goes on out there.
- Eddie Kendricks: I'm responsible for Paul.
- Shelly Berger: Oh, yeah? Then where were you when he was getting plastered?
- Eddie Kendricks: I said it. I'm not going on without Paul
- Eddie Kendricks: Makin' a big mistake, Otis.
- Melvin Franklin: [to Eddie] Ain't no one man bigger than this group. Now, you remember that.
- David Ruffin: I'm back! I quit all that stuff, O.
- Eddie Kendricks: I told you he was clean.
- Otis Williams: I don't care!
- David Ruffin: [takes off his glasses] Look, I'm straight, man. Can't you see I'm straight?
- Eddie Kendricks: He's straight. Listen to him.
- David Ruffin: I'm back in the group, O. Tell me I'm back in the group.
- Otis Williams: You ain't in this group. Don't you get it? You blew it!
- Eddie Kendricks: The crowd went wild when he jumped on stage.
- Otis Williams: He's the one who blew it, Corn!
- David Ruffin: Paul... Corn... Blue, baby, all I'm asking y'all is for another chance. Come on now!
- Melvin Franklin: David, I'm sorry, but you got to go.
- Otis Williams: Get out or get carried out.
- David Ruffin: I ain't goin' nowhere! You said I was a Temp for life. How 'bout that promise, huh O?
- Otis Williams: You ain't no Temptation no more!
- [Otis tries to beat up David, but Melvin holds him back]