the frank and fritzy show

EPISODE 10

A series of misfortunes vex poor Frank. He's the victim of a clumsy waiter. He's worn out by one of boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante's nocturnal jaunts. His lady is freezing him to death. And, like his pal Fritzy, he's getting old and frail. Not to worry, though. If you believe Frank's goumada, the men's chosen profession should keep them kicking for a long, long time. (5:25)

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

Fritzy: What'd you eat last night?

Frank: Last night?

Fritzy: Yeah?

Frank: I had a nice big plate of, uh, [UI] macaroni with a fresh sauce, with basil.

Fritzy: What kind of sauce?

Frank: Fresh. Tomato.

Fritzy: Fresh tomato?

Frank: That's all.

Fritzy: Where'd youse make it?

Frank: And insalata. We went in a restaurant and eat.

Fritzy: Where'd youse go?

Frank: Mike's.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Frank: Yeah. He took me with, me and Helen and him and, uh, his girl.

Fritzy: Uh-huh.

Frank: He went over there and made a fresh sauce. And the waiter spilt it. He spilt two bottles of fuckin'...it went right down my fuckin' ear and in my neck and everything.

Fritzy: Where's that?

Frank: I got up, and the fuckin' dopey waiter was there with the tray of water and the whole thing went on top of my head. It's all over me. A fuckin' waiter you never saw in all your life. He put down a glass, he goes, he lays it down and then he stays there. I says, "Hey, leave it there." What a fuckin' waiter. Marone.

Fritzy: Was he a little gay?

Frank: A nut. He was a nut.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Frank: [UI] probably say he's crazy, this guy. All the fuckin' water, all over my clothes. Good thing it was water, ya know?

Fritzy: The fuckin' macaroni, macaroni, macaroni. Ya know something?

Frank: What?

Fritzy: The doctor told me, "You gotta stay away from starch."

Frank: Yeah, starch is no good for you.

Fritzy: He says, "Ya gotta eat protein." He says, "Ya gotta eat greens."

Frank: Right.

Fritzy: "That's gonna build your muscles and your heart. That's gonna to build all around," he says.

Frank: I got my bananas out there.

Fritzy: He says, "Ya gotta forget about fuckin' starch." Alright?

Frank: I'm gonna have it with my bran flakes.

Fritzy: Alright.

Frank: No preservatives. And my, my, brown rice. The brown rice and, the uh, the bran flakes and the banana and I'm gonna have after. And then after I'll have a nice soft-boiled egg with a slice of whole wheat toast. That'll be a nice big heavy breakfast.

Fritzy: Uh, for you, see, you, ya know...But tonight...

Frank: I'm gonna work out for an hour now.

Fritzy: That's good. That's what I never done.

Frank: I'm gonna go and work for one hour now.

Fritzy: That's what I shoulda been doin'.

Frank: I'm gonna exercise now.

Fritzy: Good for you. But don't lift no weights.

Frank: Nah, I got the weights. I put 'em on my feet.

Fritzy: Do calisthenics.

Frank: I put 'em on my feet.

Fritzy: Do calisthenics, Frank.

Frank: That's what I do. Calisthenics.

Fritzy: That's all you...back and forth, up and down, side to side, side to side.

Frank: I need a young maiden here, now.

Fritzy: Tell you what. What?

Frank: A young maiden, I gotta get.

Fritzy: Eh.

Frank: Mmm.

Fritzy: Please, oh, don't remind me. Don't...don't remind me.

Frank: Please.

Fritzy: Don't remind me.

Frank: Marone a mi.

Fritzy: So, ah, the other guy told me. Ya hear what the guy was yellin' there that night? You heard him? "You gotta get rid of this and get rid of that and you gotta this and you got..."

Frank: How 'bout him?

Fritzy: Who? How 'bout him?

Frank: How 'bout himself? Huh? He gives everybody advice. In the meantime he had two heart attacks.

Fritzy: Yeah. I got one.

Frank: He had two heart attacks, didn't he?

Fritzy: I got one, tell him.

Frank: They had to rush him to the hospital twice. He's in intensive care.

Fritzy: Uh-huh.

Frank: Hah? He's up in the bughouse. He's had this here infection now in his heart. He's got everything wrong with him. He told people, "You gotta do this, you gotta do that, watch this, watch that."

Fritzy: He's...I'll tell you something. He really's gotta watch himself. Because, you know why? He went right back to the same game...

Frank: If you saw him, the way he looked last night. Forget about it.

Fritzy: The same thing.

Frank: He looked like a dishrag last night.

Fritzy: I don't know what the hell is in his head. What does he want? But, ya know? It's very tough for him. Even if he wanted, he can't. Which, what, what direction does he go?

Frank: What direction does he go?

Fritzy: You understand what I'm...

Frank: When he comes back, go to sleep.

Fritzy: No, no. You understand what I'm...

Frank: Yes, I know. Go to sleep.

Fritzy: Go to sleep?

Frank: Why ain't go to sleep when he comes back? What the fuck, you can't sleep?

Fritzy: In other words...

Frank: Go sit in the house and watch television. He rides around in the car five o'clock in the morning. [UI] he wanted me to go, I went home.

Fritzy: Dracula.

Frank: I'm fuckin' dead. The fuckin', that, that weather, the weather at night, damp and everything. As you get older, you feel it, you know. You know, I'm sleeping with a fuckin' blanket here?

Fritzy: Good thing you're strong.

Frank: I had a blanket! In my fuckin' house.

Fritzy: Good thing you got a salute [Italian for good health], you're strong, that's what I'm saying. I, I was thinking of you. I says, "This guy...he got this, he had that, he had..." I says, "He's, he's healthier than everybody over there." God bless ya, I tell ya.

Frank: Here comes our goumada now.

Fritzy: You better tell...

Frank: My honey just...

Fritzy: See Pasquale? You know what you better tell...

Helen (Frank's gal): [UI] I was gonna go buy food, it's a good thing I didn't. I said, "Lemme go up and..."

Frank: Whattya want, over here she comes.

Helen: Oh, it's hot, put some air conditioning on.

Frank: Get out, I'm freezing in here. Get out. I'll air conditioner you.

Fritzy: I could hear her.

Frank: She wants to put the air conditioner on, it's hot.

Fritzy: Yeah? You say you need a blanket.

Frank: [UI] I'm old! Whattya think? My bones are [UI]. She thinks I'm young.

Fritzy: You're old?

Frank: Yeah, I'm old. The bones, you know. You gotta watch it.

Helen: You're not old. Shut up.

Frank: She gets mad when I say that.

Helen: You're not old.

Frank: I'm gonna die soon. You won't have nobody.

Helen: Don't say that.

Fritzy: Marone, you hear. Don't say that.

Helen: Only the good die young. You ain't dying for a long time.

Fritzy: Ya hear?

Frank: Only the good die young.