EPISODE 39

The ravages of age are taking their toll on members of the Genovese crime family. Fritzy's struggling with his weight and blood pressure, but at least his neck doesn't jiggle. And Father Time has left Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo looking like a circus performer. Frank, however, believes the secret to youth lies in a tiny pill. Note that a break in the tape is marked by a short piano interlude. (5:53)

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

Fritzy: Hello?

Frank: Hello, I'm, it's about time you're home.

Fritzy: Yeah, whattya mean, it's about time I'm home? I've been home all the time.

Frank: [Aside to Helen, his gal] Ya hear 'em?

Fritzy: Whattya doin'? Where were you yesterday?

Frank: Puttin' up the berry trees now?

Fritzy: Yeah, well, no Tuesday.

Frank: All berries around, huh?

Fritzy: Yeah, that's right.

Frank: And when you walk you pick, huh?

Fritzy: Well, I, ya know, they'll get, they'll grow big and then I could climb a little bit.

Frank: Yeah?

Fritzy: Yeah. Then I could climb high.

Frank: [Aside] All berries around his house, they could eat.

Fritzy: Well, not yet. They, they're, the bloom won't come until the spring.

Frank: How do you feel, pal?

Fritzy: Very good.

Frank: I got back. I just missed ya.

Fritzy: I got a B-12 shot yesterday and...

Frank: Yeah?

Fritzy: ...it's startin' to pick me up. It gave me a nice boost.

Frank: No kiddin'?

Fritzy: Yeah. Gave me a big help.

Frank: [UI]

Fritzy: [UI] Yeah?

Frank: [Aside] Helen, give me my B-12 over there, by the way. Hurry up. That just remind me, I have a very small bottle there.

Fritzy: Yeah, but you, you're takin' a B-12 from the bottle. I got a syringe, I got.

Frank: I got the syringe here. Helen, tell 'em what I got. I got everything.

Fritzy: You got the syringe?

Frank: I got a B-12 over here.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Frank: It's 1000 milligrams.

Fritzy: Yeah, but that ain't enough.

Frank: It goes under the tongue.

Fritzy: Oh, yeah?

Frank: It's a, it's, it's a little midget.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Frank: It's very, very powerful.

Fritzy: Oh. Do you get a rise? I mean do you, ya feel yourself, the power come right away?

Frank: Power?

Fritzy: Yeah.

Frank: Whattya think this? [UI] power? I got my woman here, she's worn out. [UI] She knows it, too. She's too old for me.

Fritzy: Eh, marone a mi.

Frank: Watch, as soon as they hit, uh, 38, they're goin' up to 40...

Fritzy: Marone, get rid of 'em, huh?

Frank: Yeah, I gotta put this under my tongue now, see?

Fritzy: Yeah? Mamma mi. The powerhouse.

Frank: She knows.

Fritzy: Where were you yesterday? I was down there.

Frank: My mother's, I went.

Fritzy: Yeah, he said that. He said, "He musta went to see his mother." Ya know?

Frank: Yeah.

Fritzy: Eh, we were there for a few hours.

Frank: Yeah, I went to see her.

Fritzy: Yeah, how is she?

Frank: Alright.

Fritzy: She's good, she's, I mean she's bein' stabilized?

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