EPISODE 27

In the conclusion of Fritzy's sad holiday saga, our favorite wiseguy is on the horn with Genovese associate Zookie Esposito (no relation to Meade Esposito) talking about meatballs and mistaken identities. Zookie, who also keeps a girl on the side, tells a great story about thinking he had overslept at his goumada's, only to realize that he was actually in his own bed--with his pissed wife next to him. And Fritzy's probably still wondering how that turkey and stuffing tasted. (8:34)

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FRITZY: Federico "Fritzy" Giovanelli
ZOOKIE: "Zookie" Esposito
UI: Unintelligible

Fritzy: If I woulda been, went over there, I'd a been lookin' at her, I'd a been fuckin' knottin' up and knottin' up. Who the fuck needed that? So I stood home. I was better off stayin' home today. So they all went and ate and I'm thinking of that fuckin' turkey. I'm going, "I wonder how the gravy was. I wonder how the fucking stuffing," you know? [UI] my turkey. You know what gets me mad? It's my fuckin' turkey.

Zookie: You shoulda went anyway.

Fritzy: Nah. I know what woulda happened.

Zookie: You shoulda told her, "You're crazy. He never said that."

Fritzy: What are you kiddin' me? I just spent six weeks not talkin' to her. I just made up last week.

Zookie: Ah, for Christ's sake.

Fritzy: Six fuckin' weeks of not talkin'.

Zookie: What a sin.

Fritzy: Back to back. Marone a mi. [UI] I'm being punished. Alright, let's talk about you. How are you?

Zookie: Alright. You know.

Fritzy: Everything alright?

Zookie: Yeah, the same.

Fritzy: That's good.

Zookie: Yeah.

Fritzy: That's good. Maria's alright?

Zookie: Yeah.

Fritzy: The kids?

Zookie: [UI]

Fritzy: What's your son doin'? The graduate.

Zookie: Ah, he's doin' alright. He's supposed to be workin'...

Fritzy: Where's he workin'?

Zookie: ...with the City.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Zookie: Yeah. He gets a hundred fifty dollars a day, so he's happy.

Fritzy: No kiddin'.

Zookie: Yeah. He wind up on a good job.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Zookie: Yeah.

Fritzy: What kind of...

Zookie: He got it all on his own merit.

Fritzy: Yeah, but what kind of work does he do?

Zookie: Uh, he's a, he, he checks, you know when you go for the fire department? He gives you the test.

Fritzy: Yeah, huh?

Zookie: Yeah.

Fritzy: Oh, boy, ain't that somethin'.

Zookie: Yeah.

Fritzy: That's great.

Zookie: Yeah. And, and ya know, he's doin' good.

Fritzy: Oh, that's great.

Zookie: Yeah.

Fritzy: [UI] you'd be surprised. These kids sometimes, they don't need nobody.

Zookie: I know. He got it all by himself, ya know. He come home, he says he would wind up with a job there. "Well, how'd you get it?" "I put the application. I went 'bup' and, and they called me."

Fritzy: That's wonderful. Jesus Christ, ah, look, ya see? Sometimes, uh, [UI] ya know?

Zookie: I know.

Fritzy: You worry about them. You figure you gotta do this, do that. Before you know it, they're doin' it themselves.

Zookie: I spoke to your daughter last week.

Fritzy: Yeah.

Zookie: And, uh, everything seemed to be good.

Fritzy: So, um, anyway. Freddie I got him with my goombata Meade, with, uh, the insurance company, ya know.

Zookie: Good.

Fritzy: He's going to be an insurance broker.

Zookie: Fantastic.

Fritzy: So, you know. Down the line, he'll be alright.

Zookie: Fantastic.

Fritzy: That's all. Uh, a little bit at a time.

Zookie: What kind of insurance?

Fritzy: All kind.

Zookie: Fantastic.

Fritzy: Uh, bonding for construction. You name it.

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