>> 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.