EPISODE 23

Frank claims that his girlfriend Helen (who is audible during much of this conversation) may be cheating on him. He also thinks Fritzy's wife, who's recently returned to the working world, may be doing the same to his pal. But Fritzy is confident that his new svelte look--coupled with that smooth Giovanelli complexion--will keep Carol from straying. (5:04)

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

Frank: In the meantime, my girl she's gettin' more beautiful over here.

Fritzy: What a lucky guy you are.

Frank: I know it.

Fritzy: You're a lucky man.

Frank: She's, she's gettin' old, my little chicken, though.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Frank: Yeah. She'll be 40. [Aside to his girlfriend, Helen] You'll be 40 soon?

Helen: No. Not for another two years.

Frank: Oh, another two years, she says.

Fritzy: A baby yet.

Frank: She's a baby.

Helen: [UI] not a baby.

Frank: Freddie?

Fritzy: Wha? She's gettin' fat, but.

Frank: Huh?

Fritzy: She's gettin' heavy.

Frank: Yeah, huh?

Fritzy: I saw her, she looked a little bigger.

Frank: Yeah, she put a little weight on.

Fritzy: She's eatin' good, eh?

Frank: She ain't goin' to the gym no more, she...

Fritzy: No? What happened to the Pineapple (a Manhattan health club)?

Helen: I didn't put on any weight since I stopped the gym.

Frank: She says she didn't put no weight on.

Fritzy: No?

Helen: I put on weight when I quit smoking the first time.

Frank: She was fatter before, she's trimmin' down a little.

Fritzy: Yeah?

Frank: Yeah.

Fritzy: Yeah, that's, uh, she looks good, but, uh, the weight becomes her, she's better off with the weight. The other way she looks like she was dyin'.

Frank: Yeah.

Fritzy: Too thin, with her, she looks better.

Frank: Where's the breadwinner, she come home yet?

Fritzy: The breadwinner?

Frank: Huh?

Fritzy: Who's that?

Frank: The breadwinner, Carol.

Fritzy: Yeah. She's here. She made, it costs us, we, we figured it out, after all expenses, everything is done, by travel.

Frank: Yeah.

Fritzy: Lunch, everything, she makes fifteen dollars for the week.

Frank: Fifteen?

Fritzy: Yeah. In other words.

Frank: [UI]

Fritzy: She clears, after everything is over with, fifteen dollars.

Frank: [Italian] listen to this.

Fritzy: Yeah.

Frank: That's a tonic for her.

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