Fritzy: Hello? Hello?
Frank: Fritz the Cat.
Fritzy: Yes. How are you?
Frank: Another death.
Fritzy: Who?
Frank: Pasquale's, uh, father-in-law.
Fritzy: Awww.
Frank: His wife's, uh, mother's, uh, husband.
Fritzy: Awww.
Frank: Jack.
Fritzy: I'm sorry.
Frank: Big Jack kicked the bucket.
Fritzy: Jesus Christ. That's, uh, his wife's, uh, father?
Frank: His, his, his wife's, uh, his wife's mother's husband. Ricky's husband, uh, Ricky's mother's husband.
Fritzy: I see.
Frank: That's her, uh, like her stepfather.
Fritzy: I see. Where's it at?
Frank: Up on Arthur Avenue.
Fritzy: Uh, lemme take this down. When are they gonna...when's the burial?
Frank: It's gonna be a short one, I think. They're gonna bury him Saturday.
Fritzy: So, in other words, tomorrow.
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: Tomorrow. Alright, during the day, I'll take, uh, Stevie. I'll take a ride up there. Arthur Avenue, you gonna give me directions, I gotta...give me the funeral home, I'll call, directions. Wait a minute, hang on.
Fritzy: Frankie?
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: Uh, they taking [In Italian, gifts] or what?
Frank: I don't know, I don't think so.
Fritzy: Well, it's the, it's the father to the mother. I'll send her the flower then, tomorrow. Alright.
Frank: The name is Joe Botti. The undertaker.
Fritzy: Oh, oh yeah. Botti.
Frank: B-O-T-T-I. You...
Fritzy: Yeah, yeah...
Frank: Eh, you heard of it, huh?
Fritzy: Yeah.
Frank: 605.
Fritzy: 605.
Frank: East 188th Street.
Fritzy: East 188th.
Frank: Corner of Arthur Avenue.
Fritzy: Arthur Avenue. Uh, famous Arthur Avenue.
Frank: The, the phone number's 584-4000.
Fritzy: Five. Eight. Four?
Frank: Four thousand.
Fritzy: Four thousand. You home yet?
Frank: Yeah, I'm home now.
Fritzy: Mannaggia.
Frank: I'm going out.
Fritzy: He just called ya?
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: Alright.
Frank: The, the, the guy's name is Jack.
Fritzy: Jack what?
Frank: H-E-G.
Fritzy: H-E-G.
Frank: E-D-U-S.
Fritzy: E-D. Hegedus?
Frank: Hegedus.
Fritzy: What is he [UI]?
Frank: I guess so, yeah. H-E-G...
Fritzy: Yeah, Jack. Alright.
Frank: H-E-G-E-D-U-S.
Fritzy: Yeah, but that ain't close family over here, ya' know...
Frank: Huh?
Fritzy: This ain't, uh, close close.
Frank: Yeah, but still, you know, I knew, I knew them you know.
Fritzy: Yeah, I, well, for Pasquale, he, he goes everywhere.
Frank: Pasquale, you know, he's a...
Fritzy: He goes everywhere, Pasquale. I'll go for him, he's...povero [In Italian, for poor] Pasquale. [UI] rich Pasquale.
Frank: Huh?
Fritzy: When he came here he was povero Pasquale, now he's rich Pasquale.
Frank: I think he's still poor. He ain't that rich.
Fritzy: Eh?
Frank: He ain't that...
Fritzy: He lives pretty nice, ya know, he's good. God bless him.
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: That fuck. That's the only way.
Frank: You goin' tomorrow?
Fritzy: I'll take a, I'll make, I'll go...I'll try to go in the afternoon.
Frank: I think they're gonna bury him Saturday. They're gonna lay him out, uh, tomorrow...
Fritzy: [UI] what, three hours they're laying him out?
Frank: They're laying him out tomorrow and I think it's gonna be open all night.
Fritzy: They're just gonna show him for a second, then they're gonna put him away.
Frank: This guy had the liver cancer, you know.
Fritzy: Yeah?
Frank: In other words, uh, cirrhosis, I think.
Fritzy: You sure he didn't have AIDS, or what?
Frank: Nah, no, he's uh...
Fritzy: Nah, I'm only...
Frank: Listen.
Fritzy: What?
Frank: You sending him a flower?
Fritzy: Yeah.
Frank: Why don't you send one for me too, huh?
Fritzy: Yeah?
Frank: That would be nice.
Fritzy: That would be nice?
Frank: Yeah, you...'cause I got no flower guy. I called the guy...
Fritzy: You got a flower guy. What happened to your flower guy?
Frank: He don't deliver to the Bronx.
Fritzy: My flower guy sends, uh, flowers with birds.
Frank: I know it.
Fritzy: And you keep robbing my birds. Alright, I'll take care of it tomorrow.
Frank: "Helen and Frankie."
Fritzy: "Helen and Frankie." Okay. How much you wanna spend?
Frank: About six hundred.
Fritzy: Don't give me that fuck, how much you wanna spend?
Frank: [UI]
Fritzy: [In Italian, says $100.]
Frank: Two hundred, like that, you know?
Fritzy: You want...yeah?
Frank: A hundred and fifty.
Fritzy: A hundred fifty, alright, a hundred fifty's enough.
Frank: Don't make it look better than yours, I know that.
Fritzy: I'll keep it the same. Alright...two $150 flowers.
Frank: That what you sent, that what they cost you?
Fritzy: No. The one I sent you cost me three hundred.
Frank: No kiddin'?
Fritzy: Sure, the one with the birds.
Frank: That's beautiful, huh?
Fritzy: Sure, what's the matter with you?
Frank: Right.
Fritzy: He ain't getting, this guy ain't getting no $300 flower.
Frank: No.
Fritzy: [UI] I think we go for a hundred apiece.
Frank: You're fuckin' funny.
Fritzy: [UI]
Frank: We give our money like there's, uh, no tomorrow.
Fritzy: I'm only kiddin' you, right away, you get, uh, touchy. Right?
Frank: Now listen, I'm gonna be up there probably about five o'clock...
Fritzy: I don't know if I'll be there, I may be gone. I'll try to stay because it's Friday.
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: I got a tough situation.
Frank: Alright, Freddie.
Fritzy: So long. Okay.
Frank: Thank you, Freddie.
Fritzy: Bye-bye. I love you. Take care.