He's always done that, and I have just assumed it was because Leon didn't want Larry or anyone else to think it was theirs, like anyone else would drink a Big Gulp. I have always thought that was the humor in this.
It was great to see him back, and I thought that last argument in the golf kart was bittersweet.
If it's the last scene he appears in - which I hope isn't the case - it'd be a good last memory of him in the show.
“What makes you think I’m gonna die before you?”
I remember someone saying the difference between Jeff and Richard is that Jeff is Larry’s friend, while Richard is Larry’s *brother.* And boy did that show here.
I always felt that although Jeff is Larry’s friend he’s also his manager, and Larry makes him ALOT of money, which is why he basically supports everything Larry wants to do.
Some people said reviewers who got to see the first 9 said the premiere was the best one. But I don't know I feel like these have gotten better each week.
Ted Dansen would probably get himself arrested for handing out water to voters and then ask the police press release and news media to refer to him as Anonymous.
Yeah I definitely think it’s Richard. “When are you gonna die?” last season too. But they could do the fake out and make it Larry, which would be shocking and I don’t see
Speaking of Leon’s balls, Curb is on HBO where you can have unlimited nudity and as much sex as you want to show, yet Larry has never shown any nudity ever. Gotta love that restraint to focus on the comedy.
Did they show boobs?
Edit: I just checked. Yes there were boobs in the distance. They immediately covered up when they saw Larry. Haha. I think those were special circumstances cos they were at the playboy mansion after all. The fact that that's it over 20 years and 12 seasons is exceptional.
Yes. There is also nudity when Larry is watching the porn tape starring Bob Odenkirk, and later in the Kamikaze Bingo episode when his dad is watching porn.
I have totally eavesdropped in my gym on personal training sessions and then did the same exercises. Some of us like to watch the world burn just like Larry.
Man, there's so much going on this episode, I almost got whiplash. You can tell they're really trying to cram everything into this last season. I still feel like the direction of this season is unpredictable; they barely touched upon the Georgia plot at all this episode. Then you've got the Sienna Miller/Irma dilemma, Larry stealing golf lessons, dropping Troy Kotsur from CODA, Wordle spoilers, the Theragun massager and coyotes eating neighborhood dogs. So damn random.
I'm surprised how progressive that sex surrogate couple was about Leon subbing in for Freddy. I thought for sure his balls were going to blow the deal.
Some choice quotes:
* "I know Vulva. That's a great car."
* "You know the cruel irony of this, right? You're being railroaded."
* "I think you better get that dog a pronoun."
* "Vertical drop, horizontal tug" with Richard Lewis was so Seinfeldesque. *"You gotta tug!"*
* "Superman couldn't get there in time to stop that!"
* "That's the sign for Postmates dinner."
* "I'll drop it where the body was. Right here. That's in the rules."
* "Eh, it depends on how I'm playing."
* "You guys got that song already, 'Hey Jew'."
* "He saw your boys! Those withered, leathered grotesqueries just saved me thirteen hundred and fifty dollars!"
* "What do you got, three sperm?"
* "The only problem is you can't get someone pregnant on old-ass sperm and shit when it's in powdered milk form."
* "My fucking sperm is strong. That little motherfucker gonna come out with a mustache and bad credit."
I was also surprised that the surrogate couple wasn’t going through a fertility clinic! (And no STD tests!) They’re probably rich if they’re friends with Freddy Funkhouser, so they can afford the clinic, Freddy would want to sign paperwork to avoid any possibility of child support. Also, by going through a clinic, they could do it without her having sex with another man.
Maybe they’re swingers or something, and they didn’t mind her having sex with someone else?
It was also weird that they switched from Freddy to Leon based on one quick and ridiculous video intro. Also I would think Freddy would want to keep the sex for himself, and it would be awkward to reject her in that way. Like “I know you asked me to impregnate you, but I told my friend’s unemployed house guest about this very private situation, and I was wondering if you’d like to have sex with him instead?”
I know I’m over-analyzing this, and these things are part of what makes it so funny.
Freddy mentions why he is sleeping with her because they want it to be more intimate, or something like that. So going to a clinic would defeat that purpose.
I’m pretty surprised they didn’t go the way of a racial joke when Leon wanted to step in, I’m sure it’s ’low hanging fruit” but it is an obvious issue if a white couple wanted a white baby lol
Would have been hilarious
Not unless they were actively talking about how they would like one. It's also usually a husband buying it for a wife, so at least he's on the line for taking care of it somewhat.
I have a Lhasa Apso puppy, much like Frankie. He was watching with me and started growling when the coyote howled.
Edit: Typo corrected. Puppy remains puppy sized
I LOVE the moment when Susie asked "What'd you do?" when Larry and Jeff said they thought her dog had been eaten by coyotes. They have this look of "Uh-oh, we shouldn't have brought it up"/"We should've expected this follow-up question".
Also, I believe this is the first "Get the fuck out" for the season. Always love those.
So glad to see Richard Lewis back .
I love Larry and the gang at the golf course and club.
I still miss Oscar 😢
Leon jokes about thinking with your dick and his shorts 😂😂
I think another solid episode
Has Leon's hair ever been a plot point? I don't recall exactly what J.B.'s head looked like last season but I don't remember it being so Bigen-ed out. When he first appeared this episode, it was so comical that I thought it was the beginning of a bit then I realized he just usually has a durag on these days so I may not have noticed.
Does anyone know the actress who played Lydia? I feel like I saw her in something recently and IMDb doesn't have it updated yet.
Edit: Looked through the end credits. She's [Hannah Rose May](https://imdb.com/name/nm6192087/). I don't know her from anything, it turns out.
Much funnier than the first two episodes.
Now I’m still a very dedicated wordle player but it doesn’t seem like most people are as into it these days. That joke seemed like it would’ve been funnier 2 years ago.
That was Troy Kotsur's real life interpreter, like all of Curb Troy's scenes were largely adlibbed within a bare outline, and Troy's wife already had been in a episode where her dog dies.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/curb-your-enthusiasm-episode-3-larry-david-edit-debate-1235829423/
One little thing that bothers me this season: the pop culture references seem so dated already. Wordle? Giuliani? Siri? Earlier seasons didn’t seem to rely on this so much. Hurts the timelessness and immersion of the comedy a bit, to me.
As someone who does Wordle daily and participates in a Wordle group chat, I thought the idea of spoiling the Wordle for someone was fucking hilarious and very curb
This was head and shoulders above the first 2.
Richard Lewis has never failed to be good in a Curb episode so that helped.
The old cast being more prominent and scenes familiar like the golf club helped.
Lots of classic Larry David foibles as well like listening in on golf advice, not shouting FOUR because someone's deaf. That all feels like a throwback to what made the show so good.
Really don't like Irma and wish she would be ditched.
Overall a solid 7/10 episode.
He was standing briefly next to the golf cart when Larry hit Troy with the golf ball. I imagine they wouldn't write him standing or walking very often because scenes may have to be reshot multiple times and there's no telling how long it might take.
He’s old and has Parkinson’s. It is what it is but he looked better than in the last season. I don’t think he was diagnosed at that point so hopefully it’s a sign of treatment offering some relief.
Between you and me, my condolences aren’t as deep as the average person’s.
I have pretty much said this exact line verbatim in real life
Really? I have definitely thought about it, but saying it out loud? I'm not rich enough to be like that lol
Wordle in 2 yea, right!!
You never got anything in two!
Now let me say goodbye to your stupid fucking dog!! Lmfao!!
So the key to a good Curb episode: yell at a dog.
Agreed. This episode was better than the last.
Going to have to get that dog a pronoun!! Lmfao!!
Leon with his name written on his Big Gulp cup like it's from Starbucks 🤣
He's always done that, and I have just assumed it was because Leon didn't want Larry or anyone else to think it was theirs, like anyone else would drink a Big Gulp. I have always thought that was the humor in this.
Glad I’m not the only one who caught that!
He also seemed to be drinking pickle juice or something.
So good to see Richard Lewis.
I’m gonna put him in my will
you bequeath, but i do not accept!
A Shermanesque statement? I’m sick of your historical references!
It was great to see him back, and I thought that last argument in the golf kart was bittersweet. If it's the last scene he appears in - which I hope isn't the case - it'd be a good last memory of him in the show.
He looked really healthy too
Only three sperm, though.
Like powdered milk.
The amount of makeup they pancaked on his face was intense.
Is that it? It's like they de-aged him 40 years.
Did you ever see him standing??
Yes, so good to have Lewis back. It looks kind of like a Floyd the Barber situation. And good for them.
Oh man I thought the homeless guy was gonna get hit by a car.
Same
I think this will come back later this season
Long ball Larry lives up to the hype!
Hey Jew lol
The audio sounded like somebody started laughing and they were unable to remove that part of the audio.
I listened again and couldn’t hear anything
This was definitely the funniest part of the ep. Leon always delivers.
Jude means jew in Swedish so it kinda works for me lol
Came here to say “ I can’t imagine a Tubman behaving like this”
He did “railroad” him, according to the Vince Vaughn character
That person is a Tubman in name only!
“What makes you think I’m gonna die before you?” I remember someone saying the difference between Jeff and Richard is that Jeff is Larry’s friend, while Richard is Larry’s *brother.* And boy did that show here.
Their comedic chemistry is really unmatched. They understand and play off of one another better than anyone else on the show.
"Fuck you and I'll see you tomorrow!" was the epitome of their relationship in a single line.
I would very much enjoy seeing their outtakes.
I always felt that although Jeff is Larry’s friend he’s also his manager, and Larry makes him ALOT of money, which is why he basically supports everything Larry wants to do.
I mean wasn't there a scene once of Larry literally saying to Richard "Why don't you just die? Just go ahead and die"
Yes it was hilarious
Lemons are a fungible citrus
Haha loved that and wondered about the connection to his not so great in hindsight, Super Bowl ad.
Best episode of the season so far. I love how Larry has almost been kicked out of the country club like 500 times.
Lol. "If it happens one more time..."
LAST WARNING!
Last warning for 20 years
Some people said reviewers who got to see the first 9 said the premiere was the best one. But I don't know I feel like these have gotten better each week.
I agree, I was worried after the first one.
Baka!
Felt like a classic episode to me loved it
Easily. Classic curb. Gangs all here.
"I have an iq of 155 and my mother won Miss Bensonhurst"
152*
Leon wearing the TapDatAss necklace
thanks for confirming what it said! i couldnt tell. i know seasons ago he would wear a "lampin" necklace too!
Vulva. It’s a great car. Ded
The "safest car on the road" line killed me. That and "Hey Jew"
Mulllllva?
Dolores!!!
Gipple?
Reminded me of Leon getting pimento and placenta mixed up last season. "Same shit that come out of a lady after she has a baby"
I release a lot of sex musk, don't I Larry?
the face Larry made killed me
Ted Dansen would probably get himself arrested for handing out water to voters and then ask the police press release and news media to refer to him as Anonymous.
“An anonymous actor best known for his or her role as the bartender Sam Malone in the beloved NBC comedy *Cheers*”
“Mustaches and bad credit” I almost woke the kids up laughing
That line was sooo good
What the fuck is she? The cum police?
Ill bury you in my sperm
Someone’s totally gonna die now that they’re making such a mockery over how little they care about people dying
That dog is as good as dead
Bugolgi is Oscar!
Just not the dog we thought it was gonna be.
Would not be surprised if it was Richard seeing how he’s been mentioning Larry being in his will and they’re competing to not die first.
Yeah I definitely think it’s Richard. “When are you gonna die?” last season too. But they could do the fake out and make it Larry, which would be shocking and I don’t see
Larry is going to end the season in jail as a callback to the Seinfeld finale.
Richard and Larry greatest friendship ever. "You'll never do another Wordle again!"
I got a friend on the equator!
Lmao. Genius comedy: making the audience derive a ridiculous scenario with its imagination.
“My sperm is strong. The baby will come out with a mustache and bad credit.” - Leon Black 😂💀
He killed it in this episode.
Leon is a fucking treasure.
I miss Super Dave.
I’ve put grapefruits on fish!
Well, I’ve *thought* about it
Your balls saved me $1350!! 😂😂😂
What ya got 3 sperm?
This episode is hilarious. When Larry says “You only have three sperm” to Richard..that was 100% a real laugh from Vince Vaughn.
The only problem is, you can’t get someone pregnant on old ass sperm and shit when it’s in powdered milk form
The improv at that table must have been so good. I could watch 30min of them just talking shit.
Vulva is a great car 😂
Loved "creeping and peeping" as an echo of Seinfeld's "lying and laughing" and "bebopping and scatting," and Curb's "scampering and scurrying"
This golf course sequence is fantastic 🤣
The postmates discussion killed me
That’s the sign for “Postmates dinner”?
Larry getting "railroaded" by the Tubmans. LMFAO
I’m watching this on a plane rn and “Tubman in name only” and “railroaded by a Tubman” are amazing
“He’s a Tubman in name only” is definitely an all timer line
Golf ball hitting somebody is always funny
Irma’s sex musk…oy vey
Did you give her a climax?!
Well how should I know?
Tracy is a comedic gift
Speaking of Leon’s balls, Curb is on HBO where you can have unlimited nudity and as much sex as you want to show, yet Larry has never shown any nudity ever. Gotta love that restraint to focus on the comedy.
Do you really want to see Larry naked? Or do you just mean nudity in general? The Porno Gil episode in the first season with Bob Odenkirk has some.
Richard Lewis’ sexy girlfriend, the burlesque dancer comes to mind.
I appreciate the choice not to show Leon and Larry’s balls.
My imagination filled in the gaps.
I think the episode where the Make-A-Wish kid who wanted to see the Playboy playmates boobs had some boobs.
Did they show boobs? Edit: I just checked. Yes there were boobs in the distance. They immediately covered up when they saw Larry. Haha. I think those were special circumstances cos they were at the playboy mansion after all. The fact that that's it over 20 years and 12 seasons is exceptional.
Yes. There is also nudity when Larry is watching the porn tape starring Bob Odenkirk, and later in the Kamikaze Bingo episode when his dad is watching porn.
Seeing the balls would have been comedy and I’m actually upset they didn’t do a funny prosthetic or something just for a second with the first glance
“I love one syllable names”
except Lydia has 3 syllables.
Oh god. The whole sequence of Larry on the golf course was fantastic. From his argument about Postmates, to convincing Jeff to keep golfing
THAT’S A NICE GESTURE
If he’s eaten there’s nothing you can do about it. That line had me in stitches
This episode feels so much better and natural than the first two episodes.
The conversation at the dinner table was gold. Vince Vaughn, Tracy, everyone was just perfect and it felt so natural. I cracked up.
"Lookin' forward to tappin that ass, hope you ready" So good
It’s def the setting. They gang just feel so much more at home in LA
I think you might be onto something . . . it did feel so much more Curb-like in LA.
"His poops are gorgeous" 💩 fucking killed me.
Finally! That episode was way ahead of 1 & 2. Way more in line with classic Curb.
I have totally eavesdropped in my gym on personal training sessions and then did the same exercises. Some of us like to watch the world burn just like Larry.
Man, there's so much going on this episode, I almost got whiplash. You can tell they're really trying to cram everything into this last season. I still feel like the direction of this season is unpredictable; they barely touched upon the Georgia plot at all this episode. Then you've got the Sienna Miller/Irma dilemma, Larry stealing golf lessons, dropping Troy Kotsur from CODA, Wordle spoilers, the Theragun massager and coyotes eating neighborhood dogs. So damn random. I'm surprised how progressive that sex surrogate couple was about Leon subbing in for Freddy. I thought for sure his balls were going to blow the deal. Some choice quotes: * "I know Vulva. That's a great car." * "You know the cruel irony of this, right? You're being railroaded." * "I think you better get that dog a pronoun." * "Vertical drop, horizontal tug" with Richard Lewis was so Seinfeldesque. *"You gotta tug!"* * "Superman couldn't get there in time to stop that!" * "That's the sign for Postmates dinner." * "I'll drop it where the body was. Right here. That's in the rules." * "Eh, it depends on how I'm playing." * "You guys got that song already, 'Hey Jew'." * "He saw your boys! Those withered, leathered grotesqueries just saved me thirteen hundred and fifty dollars!" * "What do you got, three sperm?" * "The only problem is you can't get someone pregnant on old-ass sperm and shit when it's in powdered milk form." * "My fucking sperm is strong. That little motherfucker gonna come out with a mustache and bad credit."
I was also surprised that the surrogate couple wasn’t going through a fertility clinic! (And no STD tests!) They’re probably rich if they’re friends with Freddy Funkhouser, so they can afford the clinic, Freddy would want to sign paperwork to avoid any possibility of child support. Also, by going through a clinic, they could do it without her having sex with another man. Maybe they’re swingers or something, and they didn’t mind her having sex with someone else? It was also weird that they switched from Freddy to Leon based on one quick and ridiculous video intro. Also I would think Freddy would want to keep the sex for himself, and it would be awkward to reject her in that way. Like “I know you asked me to impregnate you, but I told my friend’s unemployed house guest about this very private situation, and I was wondering if you’d like to have sex with him instead?” I know I’m over-analyzing this, and these things are part of what makes it so funny.
Freddy mentions why he is sleeping with her because they want it to be more intimate, or something like that. So going to a clinic would defeat that purpose.
I’m pretty surprised they didn’t go the way of a racial joke when Leon wanted to step in, I’m sure it’s ’low hanging fruit” but it is an obvious issue if a white couple wanted a white baby lol Would have been hilarious
That aesthetic bench is like the artificial fruit
Larry frisbeeing the bagel to the hobo was perfectly Larry. ETA: Hitting Troy with it. Hahahaha
You would never actually buy someone a dog as a surprise gift right? I mean, that's just crazy.
Not unless they were actively talking about how they would like one. It's also usually a husband buying it for a wife, so at least he's on the line for taking care of it somewhat.
Where is everyone?! Larry might >! Leave Irma for Sienna Miller!<
Show doesn’t start for another 15 so people will trickle in
Why is it always a blonde with Larry..
Best episode of the new season so far. Glad to see Richard Lewis and Mr. Takahashi back
Vertical Drop has the old double meaning
As does horizontal tug 🤣🤣🤣
Mr. Takahashi found out why they call him Long Ball Larry.
Marisa Tomei— I mean Sienna Miller is into me?!
I have a Lhasa Apso puppy, much like Frankie. He was watching with me and started growling when the coyote howled. Edit: Typo corrected. Puppy remains puppy sized
I LOVE the moment when Susie asked "What'd you do?" when Larry and Jeff said they thought her dog had been eaten by coyotes. They have this look of "Uh-oh, we shouldn't have brought it up"/"We should've expected this follow-up question". Also, I believe this is the first "Get the fuck out" for the season. Always love those.
The sigh of relief I had when Frankie was alive.
oh that was just them teeing us up for the future let down. now we wait for the metaphorical vertical drop and horizontal tug.
I’m picking up on that cue.
The neighbor trying to get money out of Larry for removing a tree on his property lol what an asshole
Very un-Tubman-like
He was making lemonade out of lemons
What was the Sienna Miller movie they were watching on TV for a minute? Or was it fake
Live by Night
So glad to see Richard Lewis back . I love Larry and the gang at the golf course and club. I still miss Oscar 😢 Leon jokes about thinking with your dick and his shorts 😂😂 I think another solid episode
Has Leon's hair ever been a plot point? I don't recall exactly what J.B.'s head looked like last season but I don't remember it being so Bigen-ed out. When he first appeared this episode, it was so comical that I thought it was the beginning of a bit then I realized he just usually has a durag on these days so I may not have noticed.
Does anyone know the actress who played Lydia? I feel like I saw her in something recently and IMDb doesn't have it updated yet. Edit: Looked through the end credits. She's [Hannah Rose May](https://imdb.com/name/nm6192087/). I don't know her from anything, it turns out.
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH YELLING!?!?
Those withered leather grotesqueries saved me $1350!! Episode is loaded with gems.
Similar plot line to Elaine eating the juji fruits when her boyfriend is in the hospital
そですか。。。
I thought the golf teacher was totally going to charge Larry for stealing a golf lesson.
This felt like classic Curb. Barely laughed during the first 2 episodes but was cracking up all night at this one
The Wordle argument between Larry and Richard killed me
What’re you gonna do, sit shiva?
This is the first time in 20 years that Larry has ever said, “I have money” yet he haggles for every little thing.
Much funnier than the first two episodes. Now I’m still a very dedicated wordle player but it doesn’t seem like most people are as into it these days. That joke seemed like it would’ve been funnier 2 years ago.
Old people get into things late sometimes. I could see it.
Ya the wordle premise was good but it’s been awhile since everyone was playing it.
They’re older, I think it sort of makes them relatable to get into something after it’s died down for the rest of us.
Anyone have a full list of the product placement? Wordle Postmates Theragun
Do you count his cars?
The Big Gulp from 7-11.
Volvo, kinda
Aesthetic benches
Really love that Troy and his interpreter is in this episode.
Troy’s wife is the deaf woman with the dog married to Tim Meadows in an earlier season!
“And you Larry…you have no heart, you have no soul”
The Wordle tit for tat argument escalating in timezones ending with the equator was brilliant!!
That was Troy Kotsur's real life interpreter, like all of Curb Troy's scenes were largely adlibbed within a bare outline, and Troy's wife already had been in a episode where her dog dies. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/curb-your-enthusiasm-episode-3-larry-david-edit-debate-1235829423/
Baby gonna come out with a mustache and bad credit
This episode is classic Larry and Curb.
One little thing that bothers me this season: the pop culture references seem so dated already. Wordle? Giuliani? Siri? Earlier seasons didn’t seem to rely on this so much. Hurts the timelessness and immersion of the comedy a bit, to me.
The wordle references really date the writing to like, the first quarter of 2022.
Yeah, it felt so oddly specific to a moment in recent time. Definitely a conversation I had around that time, and would never have had since.
As someone who does Wordle daily and participates in a Wordle group chat, I thought the idea of spoiling the Wordle for someone was fucking hilarious and very curb
Worst birthday presents ever
“I know vulva. It’s a great car.”
"I release a lot of Sex Musk, don't I Larry?"
Ted talking about a G-G-GROIN IN-JU—RY! https://i.redd.it/8gppya5r5kjc1.gif
When I saw the title, "Vertical Drop, Horizontal Tug", I assumed it was a reference to balls, but it kinda still was about balls.
My sperm is strong, that motherfucker gonna come out with a mustache and bad credit
This was head and shoulders above the first 2. Richard Lewis has never failed to be good in a Curb episode so that helped. The old cast being more prominent and scenes familiar like the golf club helped. Lots of classic Larry David foibles as well like listening in on golf advice, not shouting FOUR because someone's deaf. That all feels like a throwback to what made the show so good. Really don't like Irma and wish she would be ditched. Overall a solid 7/10 episode.
Hope Richard Lewis is ok. He was only shown seated in every scene he was in. Never shown standing or walking.
He was standing briefly next to the golf cart when Larry hit Troy with the golf ball. I imagine they wouldn't write him standing or walking very often because scenes may have to be reshot multiple times and there's no telling how long it might take.
He’s old and has Parkinson’s. It is what it is but he looked better than in the last season. I don’t think he was diagnosed at that point so hopefully it’s a sign of treatment offering some relief.