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  • >> Jimmy: HOW ARE YOU?

  • >> I'M GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?

  • >> Jimmy: I'M DOING WELL, THANK

  • YOU.

  • CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GOT MARRIED

  • SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE

  • HERE.

  • >> I KNOW, I'M A MARRIED LADY.

  • >> Jimmy: TELL ME YOUR HUSBAND'S

  • NAME.

  • SAY HIS NAME.

  • I DON'T THINK I CAN.

  • >> HIS FULL NAME IS JEAN LUC

  • PASSE DE PROPOSOLO.

  • ITALIANO.

  • >> Jimmy: POLISH NAME?

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • HE'S REALLY FROM ITALY?

  • >> YEAH, HE'S VENETIAN.

  • >> Jimmy: VENETIAN?

  • >> FROM THE VENICE REGION.

  • >> Jimmy: HE'S USED TO COMMUTING

  • LIKE THIS.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • >> THAT'S HOW I WAS WOOED.

  • ON A GONE DODOLA.

  • SINGING OPERA.

  • NO.

  • >> Jimmy: YOU WEREN'T.

  • HAVE YOU BEEN ON A GONDOLA?

  • >> YES, BUT THE FUNNY THING IS

  • HE'S NEVER BEEN ON A GONDOLA

  • UNTIL I TOOK HIM.

  • HE GREW UP THERE.

  • BABY, SO CHEESY, NO, NO.

  • WE WENT ON AND HE LOVED IT.

  • >> Jimmy: HE DID.

  • WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE, IT'S A

  • GONDOLA.

  • >> WE WENT BY CASANOVA'S HOUSE.

  • >> Jimmy: HE STILL LIVES THERE?

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • HOW OLD IS HE?

  • WOW, THAT'S ROMANTIC TO GO BY

  • CASANOVA'S HOUSE.

  • DO PEOPLE LIVE IN HIS HOUSE NOW?

  • >> I'M SURE THEY DO, YEAH.

  • I'M SURE THE GHOST OF CASANOVA

  • IS INSPIRING THEM.

  • >> Jimmy: PROBABLY, YES.

  • DID YOU SPENT THE HOLIDAYS IN

  • ITALY?

  • >> YES.

  • >> Jimmy: WITH HIS FAMILY?

  • >> A LITTLE SECRET.

  • I AM A LITTLE JET LAGGED.

  • I AM NINE HOURS AHEAD RIGHT NOW.

  • IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR

  • ME.

  • I WAS IN THE ALPS THE DAY BEFORE

  • YESTERDAY.

  • >> Jimmy: REALLY?

  • IN THE ITALIAN ALPS?

  • >> YEAH, IN CORE TINA.

  • WE WENT WITH MY FAMILY AND HIS

  • FAMILY FOR OUR VACATION.

  • >> Jimmy: YOU TOOK YOUR FAMILY

  • TO HIS FAMILY.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Jimmy: HOW DID THAT GO?

  • >> IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

  • BECAUSE MY FAMILY'S FROM

  • NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

  • AND HIS FAMILY'S OF COURSE FROM

  • BENETTO.

  • MY FAMILY DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH

  • AND --

  • >> Jimmy: YOUR FAMILY DOESN'T

  • SPEAK ENGLISH?

  • >> OH MY GOD, SEE, JET LAG.

  • >> Jimmy: YOU ARE JET LAGGED.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • WHAT LANGUAGE DO THEY SPEAK?

  • >> POLISH.

  • >> Jimmy: THEY HAVE THEIR OWN

  • LANGUAGE CALLED CHASTAIN.

  • >> EXACTLY.

  • CHASTAINESE.

  • >> Jimmy: THEY DON'T SPEAK

  • ITALIAN?

  • >> THEY DON'T SPEAK ITALIAN,

  • THANK YOU.

  • >> Jimmy: HIS FAMILY DOESN'T

  • SPEAK ENGLISH?

  • >> EXACTLY.

  • >> Jimmy: DOES HE SPEAK ENGLISH?

  • >> HE DOES.

  • >> Jimmy: HE TRANSLATES TO

  • EVERYBODY?

  • >> YES.

  • IT'S A VERY QUIET HOLIDAY.

  • BUT THERE'S A LOT OF POINTING

  • AND A LOT OF FOOD.

  • >> Jimmy: IS IT REALLY QUIET?

  • ITALIANS IN GENERAL, MY FAMILY'S

  • ITALIAN, THEY ARE NOT AT ALL

  • QUIET.

  • >> NO, THERE'S A LOT OF -- YOU

  • KNOW, YOU --

  • >> Jimmy: THAT MEANS YOU'RE

  • CHOKING, YOU KNOW.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • YOU'VE GOT TO GO BACK BEHIND

  • THEM AND GIVE THEM THE HEIMLICH.

  • >> DOES YOUR FAMILY DO ALL OF

  • THIS?

  • UGH!

  • MAMMA MIA!

  • THEY ACTUALLY SAY THAT.

  • >> Jimmy: NO, MINE IS

  • ITALIAN-AMERICANS.

  • UNLESS THEY'RE WATCHING MERYL

  • STREEP IN A MOVIE, NO ONE SAYS

  • MAMMA MIA IN MY HOUSE.

  • >> THEY'RE LIKE "THE SOPRANOS."

  • >> Jimmy: THEY'RE LIKE A GENTLER

  • VERSION, YEAH.

  • A LOT OF FOOD, A LOT OF FORCE

  • FEEDING THAT GOES ON.

  • DID YOU HAVE THAT?

  • >> OH, YES.

  • WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER ABOUT SIX

  • YEARS.

  • I USED TO GO AND -- YOU KNOW

  • AMERICANS, WE EAT IN ABOUT AN

  • HOUR.

  • MEAL STARTS, WE'RE DONE.

  • AND WHEN I WENT TO ITALY, I

  • DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MEALS LAST

  • LIKE THREE OR FOUR HOURS.

  • >> Jimmy: WHAT TIME DO THEY

  • START?

  • WHAT TIME WILL DINNER START IN

  • ITALY TYPICALLY?

  • >> DINNER IS 10:00 P.M.

  • I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT

  • ALSO TOO, LIKE SUNDAY BRUNCH

  • WILL GO FROM MAYBE 1:00 TO 5:00.

  • AND YOU EAT ONE COURSE, YOU

  • THINK IT WAS DELICIOUS, THANK

  • YOU SO MUCH.

  • THEN THE SECOND YOUR PLATE IS

  • DONE, HIS MOM IS PUTTING MORE

  • FOOD ON MY PLATE.

  • >> Jimmy: I SEE.

  • >> SO I HAVE A TRICK NOW THAT I

  • JUST PUSH THE FOOD AROUND THE

  • PLATE FOR FOUR HOURS.

  • BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WHEN I FIRST

  • STARTED WORKING -- WORKING

  • THERE?

  • OH MY GOD, I'M REALLY CRAZY.

  • SO JET LAGGED.

  • WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING

  • THERE, I WAS HAVING LIKE TEN

  • MEALS.

  • >> Jimmy: I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE

  • VERY VULNERABLE NOW, I COULD ASK

  • YOU ALMOST ANYTHING.

  • >> YOU COULD, I'M NOT GUARDED.

  • >> YOU THINK YOU'RE TRICKING HIS

  • MOTHER, WHICH YOU KNOW YOU'RE

  • NOT, SHE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON,

  • SHE'S PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT

  • YOU, HA, SHE DOESN'T EAT

  • ANYTHING, GOING UGH!

  • >> UGH, UGH!

  • BUT ALSO IN THE BEGINNING, YOU

  • KNOW, WHEN I WOULD SAY -- I'M

  • VEGAN.

  • >> Jimmy: RIGHT.

  • >> IT'S THE WORST THING.

  • I DON'T EAT TEN MEALS, AND I'M

  • VEGAN.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • IN THE VERY BEGINNING, JEAN LUC

  • WOULD TELL THEM, SORRY, CAN'T

  • EAT THAT.

  • SHE WOULD SAY, NO PROBLEM, WE

  • HAVE FISH!

  • >> Jimmy: RIGHT.

  • NO, FISH -- IT TOOK ME A LONG

  • TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

  • YOU FEEL LIKE FISH WOULD BE

  • OKAY.

  • BUT YOU DON'T EAT FISH?

  • >> I DON'T EAT CHEESE.

  • >> Jimmy: WOW, YOU DON'T EAT

  • ANYTHING.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • >> I EAT PASTA FAGIOLI, HAVE YOU

  • EVER HAD THAT?

  • >> Jimmy: I HAD IT THIS MORNING.

  • YEAH.

  • YOU'LL EAT BEANS, PASTA.

  • >> YEAH, I LOVE PASTA.

  • >> Jimmy: THERE CAN'T BE CHICKEN

  • BROUGHT?

  • >> NO I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THE

  • BROTTO IN ITALIAN.

  • >> Jimmy: DO YOU THINK THEY HATE

  • YOU?

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • DO YOU THINK THE FAMILY DOESN'T

  • LIKE YOU?

  • >> THEY HATE ME, THAT'S WHY IT'S

  • SO QUIET.

>> Jimmy: HOW ARE YOU?

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