EPISODE 44
Fritzy rigs up a crazy chiropractic device that involves gravity, suspension, and leg weights. The first time he uses it, Fritzy's back goes "bump-a-crack." But now he swears by it. Frank then advises his pal to continue on the path to good health by ditching the wheels and hitting the bricks. (5:35)
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FRITZY: Federico "Fritzy" Giovanelli
FRANK: Frank "Frankie California" Condo
UI: Unintelligible
Frank: Hello.
Fritzy: How are ya?
Frank: Hey, my man, I was just thinkin' about you.
Fritzy: You just gettin' up?
Frank: Ah, I'm up a while.
Fritzy: Yeah, how ya feel?
Frank: Not too bad.
Fritzy: They told me you spittin' blood?
Frank: Huh?
Fritzy: You spit blood?
Frank: Ah, about a month ago.
Fritzy: Ah, well that's a month ago. But you didn't, you didn't spit no more blood?
Frank: No.
Fritzy: Aha, well maybe it was in, just in your throat or somethin'. See 'cause...
Frank: [UI] I forgot to ask that woman what time I gotta go there.
Fritzy: Just call up.
Frank: Yeah, I call up and ask him.
Fritzy: Call now. I mean, ah, you got an appointment for Wednesday.
Frank: How do you feel?
Fritzy: What?
Frank: How do you feel?
Fritzy: I'm gonna tell you somethin' what I done. And you won't, you won't believe this here. But I'm gonna tell ya, and maybe I, I, don't know like, a, different people that have the problem if it's the same problem. But let me just tell you what I done. You know these gravity shoes, the ones where you hang on the pipe?
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: Okay, now I got that whole, my son has got that whole plank where ya, where ya hang on top and then you dangle, ya know?
Frank: That's good for ya.
Fritzy: Okay, wait'll I tell ya.
Frank: [UI]
Fritzy: Okay, but let me tell ya what I done. I tried it about four, five times. Nothin' worked, ya know, I hung [UI]. I hurt, I laid down. Nothin' really fuckin' worked. So what I did, then I had gotten sick, ya know my fuckin' [UI], I don't know, one thing on top of the other was goin'. Now, I told my wife, "Look," 'cause after Jerry the Rubber was tellin' me about they got a new thing, a harness, like they put instead of you turnin' upside down they put your body in a harness and you hang, like, uh, just in midair.
Frank: Hmm.
Fritzy: I says, "But that don't sound right." I says, "What's gonna pull the fuckin' weight?" [UI] when you put weight legs. Ya know, legs on your weight. I mean, uh, weights on your legs. I, I, says ya know what? I got the treadmill downstairs, ya know, and the big, big bar comes on top where you hang on, where you put your hands in front of you when you're walkin', ya know? I said I'm gonna get the gravity shoes, and I'm gonna, like, put it on that bar and then sit on the floor instead of hangin' all the way down. Least me head is level and my feet like I'm in, I'm in traction. So now I put the, my two feet up, I got two of the bars that I, I could pull on. I put, like I really, like I'm puttin' force to stretch my legs. The way you would crack your fingers in a knuckle, ya know?
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: And I'm pushin', all of a sudden I hear "bump-a-crack."
Frank: Yeah.
Fritzy: I [UI] and on the side where I got the trouble. I says, "Don't tell me." I says, "I hope maybe I put this fuckin' thing in place?"
Frank: Hmm.
Fritzy: And I, so I kept, ya know, the pressure on for about ten minutes, 15 minutes. I told my wife 'cause she was there when she heard the crack 'cause she, she hooked me up. I got off. Not a fuckin' pain, Frank.
Frank: Uh-huh.
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