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EPISODE 43 Fritzy's uncle from the Old Country is visiting soon, and it seems the pensioner is quite the Italian Stallion. Later Fritzy treats Frank to a fractured, though funny, re-telling of a joke he heard on television--you know, the one about the talking gravestone. (7:22)
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FRITZY: Federico "Fritzy" Giovanelli Frank: How's N'Annin [Italian for Anna, Fritzy's mother], alright? Fritzy: Ya know I didn't go all week long? Frank: Uh-huh. Fritzy: I been suffering, Frankie. I haven't been there all week. Frank: Uh-huh. Fritzy: I call every day, ya know. All week long. Tomorrow I'll be there all, uh, all afternoon. Frank: Uh-huh. Fritzy: No, late in the afternoon I'll be there. Frank: That's my aunt's name, Na, N'Annin. Fritzy: N'Annin, eh? Frank: Yeah. Fritzy: Yeah? Frank: Yeah. Fritzy: Well [In Italian, Aunt, Aunt Anna], everybody used to call her, [In Italian, Aunt Anna, Aunt Anna.] Frank: You bringing her the broccoli rabe? Fritzy: I got 'em here. Frank: You bringin' 'em to her? Fritzy: Nah, Buddy, I made Buddy bring 'em every, uh, whenever she wants, every other day. Frank: Yeah? Fritzy: Yeah. She loves broccoli rabe. Frank: Uh-huh. Fritzy: She loves 'em. So she makes 'em and, I'm gonna have it today. Frank: Your uncle'll be comin' soon, huh? Fritzy: I told her. She said, [Italian]. "But why, ma?" Frank: Yeah. Fritzy: "Nah, [Italian]...I says, [Italian]...comes back...[Italian]...whatever he does. What is the difference?" [UI] Frank: Well, he's older now. He ain't, whattya think he's gonna... Fritzy: Oh, he's a horny bastard. Frank: Huh? Fritzy: He's horny. He goes out all the time. Frank: Yeah? Fritzy: Yeah, he a driller. Frank: No kiddin'. Fritzy: Oh, yeah. He had about four, five girlfriends he was over here. Frank: He's like Romolo? Fritzy: Nah. Romolo, no, no. Romolo... Frank: I mean how does he look, on his type? Is he big as him, or bigger or shorter? Fritzy: No, no. He's smaller than me, he's smaller. Frank: Yeah? Fritzy: But nice lookin' man. Frank: Yeah? Fritzy: Yeah, good lookin' man. Frank: Uh-huh. Fritzy: Yeah, that's why he was, uh, very romantic. Frank: Like Mastroianni there. Fritzy: Yeah, yeah. He's one of them. Frank: With the, with the hat and the, with the cane, huh? Fritzy: No, no. None of that. He's got a lotta nice hair. He's got hair, he don't wear a hat. Frank: Uh-huh. Fritzy: He don't wear a hat, ya know? Frank: But he's 65 now. Fritzy: Yeah, but he still looks good. Frank: Yeah? Fritzy: Yeah, yeah. He still, uh, he's got a little Parkinson, ya know? He was here treated for Parkinson's disease. Frank: He wants to come here, though? Fritzy: Yeah. Frank: He does wanna come. | |
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