Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
According to otis,david called a meeting in[66]and mentioned the name change and got shot down and otis says that he backed down...for a time!
The way Otis describes it, David and them had a meeting and was business like. I imagine this is how it went.

DAVID: Guys, I've been thinking. Since Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Martha Reeves got their names in front of the bill, I thought of renaming this one as David Ruffin and the Temptations. Change for me and change for y'all.
OTIS: Not on my watch.
MELVIN: You crazy.
PAUL: We were the Temptations before you showed up, Ruff.
EDDIE: We sing lead too. Not happening.
DAVID: OK then. [Laughing] Call me when it's time for rehearsal. [Walks out]

Instead, the film had David turning into "I'm David Ruffin, b***h" LOL