the frank and fritzy show

EPISODE 38

A lousy investment leads fiscally conservative Fritzy and associate Harry Dickran to conclude that their money is better served in more legitimate rackets than the stock market. Also, Harry talks about having to can an ungrateful brother-in-law whom he pity-hired at his wife's urging. (5:17)

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FRITZY: Federico "Fritzy" Giovanelli
HARRY: Harry Dickran
UI: Unintelligible

Fritzy: How'd the stocks do?

Harry: About the same. Ya know, there, there's no big, radical movement.

Fritzy: No, huh?

Harry: Nah.

Fritzy: I thought there was some big, major change.

Harry: I thought so, too, with those two articles...

Fritzy: Yeah, right.

Harry: I figured that at least those two would, like, start...

Fritzy: Well, ya know, lemme tell ya about these, they lay and wait, they don't jump on it right away. They wait. The money guys go out and investigate it. They wait, they look, they say, "You know what? It's true. Okay, let's start." Ya know?

Harry: But these articles should've helped. Those articles were good articles.

Fritzy: When did your stock first drop?

Harry: When?

Fritzy: Yeah, the very first time?

Harry: Oh, the day, I guess, the first day that they got all...

Fritzy: What was that in May? When the hell did they get hit?

Harry: Yeah, yeah about May, ya know, May 10th.

Fritzy: Alright, listen to me. You guys have to look to sell out around May 10th or before. Way before, maybe April.

Harry: Oh, yeah.

Fritzy: Ya know why?

Harry: If we knew.

Fritzy: No, 'cause they'll boost, no, I'm talkin' about this comin' up. They'll boost it now, boost it, and around, you'll be told, "Keep it, hold it, hold it..."

Harry: Nah, no more.

Fritzy: "...Keep it." Listen to me. April, we'll make a D-Day, we all go in...

Harry: You know what I did? You know what I had our accountant do?

Fritzy: Wha?

Harry: I had our accountant take a, take a, list of all the stocks, on all, everybody. Pensions, personal...

Fritzy: Yeah.

Harry: ...the whole thing. "What was the average price that we bought at?" 'Cause, ya know, some we bought at three...

Fritzy: Yeah.

Harry: ... some we bought at nine.

Fritzy: Yeah.

Harry: Ya know, so we averaged it out, uh, "You bought it at six."

Fritzy: Yeah.

Harry: So I told him, "Now, the minute this goes, like six and a half, seven. Out."

Fritzy: Yeah.

Harry: Ya know, and then the next start. Soon as it comes to that, "Out."

Fritzy: Yeah.

Harry: Until we get our money back and that's it.

Fritzy: Yeah.

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