EPISODE 41

Laid up after having every vessel in his body probed, Fritzy assures Frank that everything will be alright--provided he walks delicately and avoids those damn itchy fish. And on the subject of seafood, Frank's gal Helen accuses him of sharing salmon with another woman. Note that while Fritzy describes his iodine allergy, there's a brief surge in the tape's volume--that's what the FBI gets for buying its equipment at Radio Shack. (5:22)

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FRITZY: Federico "Fritzy" Giovanelli
FRANK: Frank "Frankie California" Condo
UI: Unintelligible

Frank: Hello.

Fritzy: Hello.

Frank: Hey.

Fritzy: Hello.

Frank: Hiya, Freddie.

Fritzy: How are you?

Frank: Alright, how do you feel?

Fritzy: Alright.

Frank: What can I do for you?

Fritzy: I just want to call you, say "hello" to you.

Frank: You're calling me up?

Fritzy: Yeah, why not? You gotta call me up only?

Frank: How do ya feel, Freddie?

Fritzy: Well, you, when I was layin' there [In Italian, like I was dying], uh, I couldn't dial.

Frank: How do ya feel?

Fritzy: Yeah, alright, ya know. I got a little lump there where they went in on me, you know?

Frank: Yeah.

Fritzy: Yeah, now I gotta put hot compresses on it.

Frank: Did you get what he got? No, huh?

Fritzy: Yeah, of course I got what he got. Who do you, you know.

Frank: Did they go to the heart or to the...

Fritzy: Of course they went to the heart. They went to the heart, to the neck, to every vessel in my body, they went to.

Frank: Yeah?

Fritzy: Wherever there's a vessel that leads to the heart and up to the brain, they went to.

Frank: You kidding?

Fritzy: I'm not kidding.

Frank: I believe you.

Fritzy: What I gotta ma, I make stories, ya know? The only thing is I gotta, uh, uh, it started to lump up over there. Then I says, well, you know I called the doctor, he said, "Well, that's a little thrombosis there." He says, "You know, you just put heat pack on it, that's all."

Frank: Otherwise, you're alright, huh?

Fritzy: Otherwise, everything's fine, ya know.

Frank: Don't be going out, it's damp out.

Fritzy: Yeah, I know. I know, ah, but.

Frank: Take it easy, ya know.

Fritzy: Uh, I just got, I told 'em, I was, ya know, I wanted to [UI]. He says, "I don't want you to, just walk lightly, walk gently. No, uh." Otherwise, I says, "Maybe I could start running with you, doc." I was kidding around, ya know? He says, "You can't do no runnin' for a little while."

Frank: No runnin'. Just walk.

Fritzy: Yeah. He says, "You're walkin', that's it." So what are ya' doin' there?

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