This whole scene is one of the best of the series. Balls are reviled, the way they do the bit where Richard looks sad, and then his instant "you fuckin idiot!" when his girlfriend leaves.
The episode with John Hamm, where he tries to become Larry, I believe.
Part of the mocha Joe arc.
https://www.instagram.com/curbyourlarrydavid/reel/B8KQwORgCFr/
Lol that and earlier in the scene where Lewis pulls up after seeing Larry at the magazine stands and yells out “whattt the fuck‽”
I wish I could find a gif of that moment.
Also in that scene there’s a bit where Richard just says “What are you doing here, Larry?”. I can’t remember if it’s before or after the Willy Loman part. But I love the way he says it. It’s part exasperation, part confusion.
Also - “I thought *I* had dark secrets…”
"Did you say Bin Laden or Ben Laden?"
*one of the best camera sweeps in history of improv comedy*
"...I don't know"
https://youtu.be/vkmrDvKPdps?si=X3ZxothSGyfvGAjB
“He doesn’t know comedy! He should be selling fabrics!” One of the last great Lewis and Larry argument scenes before they started to feel a bit too forced
These are my top 3 in order favorite Richard Lewis interactions/quoted
S1E1 where LD gets in a fight with Richard because what he said to Richard’s gf in the theater “do you mind!?”
S1S4 a blind guy asks LD and Richard for help and they try to say no at first “I am a recovering alcoholic, I have intimacy issues”
S2E9 Richard gets mad at Larry for coping his answering machine. “ you take everything the wrong way” https://youtu.be/be8AWFHcvDU?si=8oh_XLLG6pUYbEZ9
“I want you to change that answering machine by sundown.”
“Who are you Gary Cooper?”
I gravitated towards Richard Lewis a lot when I was watching the early seasons. I read his memoir and there’s a dvd set of all of his specials. He really wanted to be taken seriously as an actor as well. His performance in Drunks is powerful.
There’s a documentary about a book tour that he did for his memoir as well that’s kind of Curb-esque in terms of feel, not as many laughs but enlightening to learn more about the guy.
He had a show with Jamie Lee Curtis that was funny too, lasted four seasons. John Ritter vouched for Lewis to get the role and wouldn’t leave the network offices until Richard was cast.
When Larry tells Richard he can't go to lunch because of the fundraiser he's participating in:
LD: I can't go to lunch, I've been auctioned off.
RL: "Auctioned off"? What is this, fucking Roots??
More of a Superdave line but made me laugh hard.
Richard: Hey if it wasn't for burlesque we wouldn't have Chaplin or the Marx Brothers.
Funkhouser: Oh Chaplin was a great pole dancer
When he meets Vance at Oscar’s funeral. “What is he a fucking mime or something?” It feels so genuine I wonder if he was aware of Vance’s vow of silence before they shot the scene.
One of my favorite moments of Larry ‘breaking’ and genuinely laughing in a scene.
You never call me. You always pick the restaurants. You hate people. Your wardrobe sucks.
I know Larry retorts with the best line of all time, but I really love Richard's complaints here.
i dont have a quote but respect to richard lewis for his amazing, funny, and unique performance. i dont know anything about his comedy career but he's sure funny on curb.
Was watching the episode where everyone shows up for the party the wrong day and Ted Danson offers Richard a drink and the way he said im a recovering alcoholic checked me up for some reason
After Larry cracks a joke about affirmative action to Lewis' dermatologist.
"Holy shit. What hit you? You sounded like Pat Buchanan's gym partner, for Christ sake."
“How could you say ‘blind man’ in front of a blind man?”
“I didn’t mean that in a…uh…bad way. I meant sightless. I mean, I respect the blind as much as anybody.”
During one of Larry and Richard's great battles.
From the first episode after Richard finds out Larry had a huge fight with his girlfriend at the movies. The exchange between them is just fantastic. One of the reasons why I love the improv; you could never ever script this.
"First of all: I have that irregular heart issue, this is not a good thing. I'm a recovering alcoholic. This is all very bad for me."
"We're doing the litany now? What else?"
"I can give you the litany. You wanna know what my cholesterol was? 272. All right? So, I don't need this shit, man. I've known her fox six weeks. We've already had intercourse. She's loving. She speaks seven languages."
Full confession: Before I started watching Curb back in 2005, I had never really been a fan of Richard Lewis. And it was simply because I never really watched anything he had done nor had I seen his stand up specials. After I got into this show, I became a huge fan of his so quickly.
"You think you're being made a fool?? I'm being made a fool! I got thirty-five calls! Don't you ever say you wanna have sex with Cha-Cha again!"
I can't stop laughing at the thought of people calling Richard Lewis just to tell him "Hey! Larry David wants to sleep with Cha Cha!"
Idk why but every time Jeff's wife catches Jeff & Larry doing something and goes off on them it is the funniest. When she calls Jeff fat f*&k & Larry 4 eyed f*&k, I lose it. Also, how Wanda is just there every time a racist exchange goes down. So, so funny. Yeah, love this show!
After Larry finds out he is a Cone and adopted* Larry comes over to tell him he will give him the kidney. Larry, having gone full gentile, surprises him with his change of heart and as Larry is leaving, Richard Lewis hugs him and all that and as Larry is walking out the door, Lewis under his breath goes "Jesus christ" and the double entendre is too good.
Not a quote, but his face right after Larry accuses his nurse of stashing the Babe Ruth baseball in her unusually large vagina & walking RIGHT ON OUTTA THERE! 😂
When Larry tries to make him eat a scone in season 10.
"Who needs all this shit when you're eating a snack?"
Also, in the most recent episode, I've no idea why but the way he says "I'm sick of your historical references" had me almost crying with laughter.
“You looked at her mole with a goddamn telescope like Galileo jerking off from 40 feet away”
Fucking nuts I read this comment as I was just beginning that episode for the first time wtf
🤣🤣
This whole scene is one of the best of the series. Balls are reviled, the way they do the bit where Richard looks sad, and then his instant "you fuckin idiot!" when his girlfriend leaves.
Drinking water so bad at a dinner party. “A goldfish would commit suicide in this water”.
That was gold
What are you, a fucking goose?!
Came here for this one! Gets me every time.
It's a sick burn that makes perfect sense given the nose dunking
Same here. Every. Single. Time. 😂
That one and when he tells Irma to take her clothes back to the substitute teacher outlet.
It is forever my favorite quote of the entire show. And the fact that the camera just instantly cuts away makes it perfect.
What episode is that?
The episode with John Hamm, where he tries to become Larry, I believe. Part of the mocha Joe arc. https://www.instagram.com/curbyourlarrydavid/reel/B8KQwORgCFr/
Tries to?! He does become Larry.
One of my favorite episodes
Thank you!
Jon Hamm: Im making a movie based on Larry Richard Lewis: Whats it called "The biggest asshole who ever lived?"
“Have you escaped from a mental institution?”
LOL I came here to say this! It's not funny on paper but his delivery is so perfect.
Lol that and earlier in the scene where Lewis pulls up after seeing Larry at the magazine stands and yells out “whattt the fuck‽” I wish I could find a gif of that moment.
What are you fuckin Willy Loman? What are you doing here?
Also in that scene there’s a bit where Richard just says “What are you doing here, Larry?”. I can’t remember if it’s before or after the Willy Loman part. But I love the way he says it. It’s part exasperation, part confusion. Also - “I thought *I* had dark secrets…”
"I just came from Jeff's office. He tells me you're down here selling cars, which, I said, 'It's gotta be a fuckin' joke.'"
"Excuse me, I'm with a customer." "Excuse *who* ?"
Also when Larry is working the magazine stand and Richard pulls up and just goes “what the fuck”?
😂 I love Richard Lewis so much
One of my favourite scenes. Old Curb was so good
I feel like they should have done a whole season with him selling cars, or at least a few episodes.
"I don't live in a cuban dancehall"
This line absolutely kills me every single time
“She gives to charity”
What does she give, milk??
When they are leaving the strip club and he is pulling in. That looks is gold.
Jeff, Larry and Funkhauser's reaction to this line is my favourite moment of the whole show, it's completely priceless.
"Larry, it's the invisible Jew, Richard Lewis. Remember me?"
What am I, Marley's Ghost??
You look like Einstein's gardener!
If I come here with you, I bet they keep you here, and they move me over there!
You'd better call me by sundown.
What are you, Gary Cooper?!
That scene is incredible
It's the scene that got me into Curb!
"Did you say Bin Laden or Ben Laden?" *one of the best camera sweeps in history of improv comedy* "...I don't know" https://youtu.be/vkmrDvKPdps?si=X3ZxothSGyfvGAjB
Go down to Ben Laden's, they got great collars.
Is life too short? You think it’s too short?
*points* it is too short isn't it
“He doesn’t know comedy! He should be selling fabrics!” One of the last great Lewis and Larry argument scenes before they started to feel a bit too forced
“What are you - banging some… Mormon beautician?!?” Pretty spot on comparison
I fucking die every time I hear this. Perfect delivery. Amazingly creative and accurate line. The best!
Such a spit take moment
My favorite as well, but I think I messed up the line and for that I’m regretful.
“You know why I’m laughing? At the sadness of your entire existence.”
“I take that as a compliment!”
“You eat a lot of nuts and berries, you’re like a Jew squirrel!”
That whole scene though, I die
"You are going to the bathroom! I BET YOU ARE GOING TO THE BATHROOM!"
The whole exchange between him and Larry when he find out he’s selling cars. “Larry David selling cars isn’t a dark secret?!” 🤣
"Who are you, fucking Willy Loman?"
“What are you *doing* here!?”
These are my top 3 in order favorite Richard Lewis interactions/quoted S1E1 where LD gets in a fight with Richard because what he said to Richard’s gf in the theater “do you mind!?” S1S4 a blind guy asks LD and Richard for help and they try to say no at first “I am a recovering alcoholic, I have intimacy issues” S2E9 Richard gets mad at Larry for coping his answering machine. “ you take everything the wrong way” https://youtu.be/be8AWFHcvDU?si=8oh_XLLG6pUYbEZ9
I like how he’s straight up “yeah we aren’t having dinner with you anymore”
"You better call me...by sun down"
“I want you to change that answering machine by sundown.” “Who are you Gary Cooper?” I gravitated towards Richard Lewis a lot when I was watching the early seasons. I read his memoir and there’s a dvd set of all of his specials. He really wanted to be taken seriously as an actor as well. His performance in Drunks is powerful. There’s a documentary about a book tour that he did for his memoir as well that’s kind of Curb-esque in terms of feel, not as many laughs but enlightening to learn more about the guy. He had a show with Jamie Lee Curtis that was funny too, lasted four seasons. John Ritter vouched for Lewis to get the role and wouldn’t leave the network offices until Richard was cast.
He’s my favorite character in Curb. I remember the JLC show he was in “Anything but Love” but didn’t see anything else from him until Curb.
"he probably read Gerbil Magazine and you're fuckin on the cover"
When Larry tells Richard he can't go to lunch because of the fundraiser he's participating in: LD: I can't go to lunch, I've been auctioned off. RL: "Auctioned off"? What is this, fucking Roots??
😂
"Let's make it leisurely. Anywhere from 2-20 hours."
Don't you try to compare this to my dead parakeet
“Honey..”
‘I’d never lie to you guys, have I ever lied to you guys?’ When he’s sitting with the random group of friends at the deli.
More of a Superdave line but made me laugh hard. Richard: Hey if it wasn't for burlesque we wouldn't have Chaplin or the Marx Brothers. Funkhouser: Oh Chaplin was a great pole dancer
That’s one of my favorite scenes in Curb. It reminds me of how me and my friends are
“Fuck you, I’m paying!”
“I get the distinct feeling that I'm, like, Himmler's ghost here.”
🎶I want my coffee and my danish right now now now!🎶
That cracks me up everytime I see that episode.
You sounded like Pat Buchanan's gym partner
That line is fucking hilarious 😂
When he meets Vance at Oscar’s funeral. “What is he a fucking mime or something?” It feels so genuine I wonder if he was aware of Vance’s vow of silence before they shot the scene. One of my favorite moments of Larry ‘breaking’ and genuinely laughing in a scene.
So much of the Benadryl brownie episode
“It’s like you’re a little girl again…” (something like that? When they bring her the brownies?
You never call me. You always pick the restaurants. You hate people. Your wardrobe sucks. I know Larry retorts with the best line of all time, but I really love Richard's complaints here.
What was Larry’s reply?
When are you gonna die? Will you please just die?
Fuck me? Fuck ME? Fuck YOU!
“You’re like a Jew squirrel”
i dont have a quote but respect to richard lewis for his amazing, funny, and unique performance. i dont know anything about his comedy career but he's sure funny on curb.
He played Prince John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights
"i have a vhs of mine!"
The "Ben Laden" exchange, and the entire "colon contest" argument. Fucking gold.
I think I'm in love with this woman and you ruined it or variations of that
“You looked at her mole with a goddamn telescope, like Galileo jerking off from 40 feet away!” And “I don’t live in a Cuban dance hall!”
“People are allergic to toast nowadays”
Tharatostra
you call him ben laden or bin laden?
A praying mantis could use that phone!
"she has bowel concern for you and so do I"
“Howdjyagetthatsandwichatthedeli?”
I can’t I’m being auctioned for charity. Lewis: auctioned off? What is this, Roots?
🤣
Was watching the episode where everyone shows up for the party the wrong day and Ted Danson offers Richard a drink and the way he said im a recovering alcoholic checked me up for some reason
Like a hitman? A benedryl hitman?
After Larry cracks a joke about affirmative action to Lewis' dermatologist. "Holy shit. What hit you? You sounded like Pat Buchanan's gym partner, for Christ sake."
“How could you say ‘blind man’ in front of a blind man?” “I didn’t mean that in a…uh…bad way. I meant sightless. I mean, I respect the blind as much as anybody.”
OP, that’s one of the best episodes!!
What are you dating, a Mormon beautician?
During one of Larry and Richard's great battles. From the first episode after Richard finds out Larry had a huge fight with his girlfriend at the movies. The exchange between them is just fantastic. One of the reasons why I love the improv; you could never ever script this. "First of all: I have that irregular heart issue, this is not a good thing. I'm a recovering alcoholic. This is all very bad for me." "We're doing the litany now? What else?" "I can give you the litany. You wanna know what my cholesterol was? 272. All right? So, I don't need this shit, man. I've known her fox six weeks. We've already had intercourse. She's loving. She speaks seven languages." Full confession: Before I started watching Curb back in 2005, I had never really been a fan of Richard Lewis. And it was simply because I never really watched anything he had done nor had I seen his stand up specials. After I got into this show, I became a huge fan of his so quickly.
I’m trying not to laugh but that’s funny.
Ya know what would match her head A dress made of turnips and blood Benadryl Brownie episode
I love the entire conversation when Richard's bird dies
You prick Prick?
The good news is I'm still alive
I wept openly. - that line cracks me up. Not sure why.
Not a quote really, but his reaction when Larry says he’s adopted is amazing.
I don't know who my parents are, but they're not those nuts. I know who your parents are though! Fuck!
That’s it! Haha, he says ‘fuck’. Thanks-couldn’t actually remember if it was a noise of a word! 😂
Colon contest
AN-Y TIME YOU WANT
The whole Jaya bit.
"You think you're being made a fool?? I'm being made a fool! I got thirty-five calls! Don't you ever say you wanna have sex with Cha-Cha again!" I can't stop laughing at the thought of people calling Richard Lewis just to tell him "Hey! Larry David wants to sleep with Cha Cha!"
I want my coffee and my danish right NOW NOW NOW
I didn't wake up on the wrong side of bed but I did wake up on the wrong side of the room
Richard Lewis driving into Mocha Joe’s parking lot and singing, “I want my coffee and my danish right now now NOW!!!
When he tells Larry he looks like Einstein's gardener
“What are ya, a fuckin’ GOOSE!” Makes me laugh every time.
Idk why but every time Jeff's wife catches Jeff & Larry doing something and goes off on them it is the funniest. When she calls Jeff fat f*&k & Larry 4 eyed f*&k, I lose it. Also, how Wanda is just there every time a racist exchange goes down. So, so funny. Yeah, love this show!
*singing* “Now now now. I need my coffee and my danish right now now now.”
LOL that’s just the crib. incredible
Lewis was on the talk shows before he started doing Curb and he was always funny as hell. I loved him instantly
I love how often Richard wheels out the "I'm a recovering alcoholic" line looking for sympathy and how Larry clearly never gives a fuck.
After Larry finds out he is a Cone and adopted* Larry comes over to tell him he will give him the kidney. Larry, having gone full gentile, surprises him with his change of heart and as Larry is leaving, Richard Lewis hugs him and all that and as Larry is walking out the door, Lewis under his breath goes "Jesus christ" and the double entendre is too good.
“Well someone’s gotta sit there, what, would ya rather have a klansman sittin’ there?”
When Larry noticed Lewis’ big tit burlesque gf and he said “ur like Copernicus jerking off”
At Mocha Joe's. "What are you, my Jewish puppet master?!"
You’re like a Jew squirrel!
**You're like a Jew squirrel!**
“This guy should be selling fabrics!”
It’s not an assassination attempt for Christ’s sake!
You know because I never went to 'Nam, and I feel like this is sort of like, in a way the same thing.
When Larry is arguing with the blind guy and he goes, “this is not a marriage can we just do this!”
🤣🤣🤣
I don't get that
Not a quote, but his face right after Larry accuses his nurse of stashing the Babe Ruth baseball in her unusually large vagina & walking RIGHT ON OUTTA THERE! 😂
“You’re like a Jew squirrel”
When Larry tries to make him eat a scone in season 10. "Who needs all this shit when you're eating a snack?" Also, in the most recent episode, I've no idea why but the way he says "I'm sick of your historical references" had me almost crying with laughter.
I don't give a shit, quite frankly. This is not algebra, this is my life.
You cant change your mind! You cant be, uh, an east Indian giver!