Larry runs into his old girlfriend, and she asks him to escort her to an incest-survivors meeting. Cheryl is asked to co-star in ""The Vagina Monologues"" when one of the actresses is sick.
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“The Group” ranks #76 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.8 — Elite. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 1.7 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Larry landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Wendy · Uncle Nathan: The osteopath? Yeah. How'd you know? Get out of here. What? Get out of here, you fucking piece of shit! Get out, you filthy animal!
Larry: She's got a bad attitude, doesn't take part in lesbian scenes... very hard to get along with. She's like a prima donna.
Larry Absurdist Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Larry: Lucy made 'a brief appearance and said goodbye' in Larry's fantasy
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: 'I've never actually seen the vagina with my glasses on'
Larry Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Lucy: Look at you, getting some gray hair. lnside, l'm corroding.
Lucy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Cheryl: You know what l was gargling there? Was it Yankee Doodle Dandy? Yes. That was a good one.
Larry: Yeah, that way we can get rid of him.
Larry Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Larry: 'I'm a malingerer and he's a lingerer'
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: 'He's leaving show business? That would be good news.'
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry: 'Although I don't think he'd bill it as that'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Observational Larry · Cheryl: Long awkward silence after Cheryl asks why she always initiates sex
Larry: 'I got a cramp in my foot' as excuse for not responding about sex initiation
Larry Misdirection Character Comedy Larry: Just assume that l want it all the time... so whenever you want it, just tap me on the shoulder.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: 'I will treat your breasts as if they're mine'
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: That's how l'll walk around. You know, l need borders, l need boundaries.
Larry Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Jeff: 'She's bringing The Vagina Monologues...' - Jeff's awkward phrasing
Jeff Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Cheryl: Cheryl's extended speechlessness at the opportunity
Cheryl Reaction Beat Character Comedy Larry: 'I've never actually seen the vagina with my glasses on'
Larry Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Larry · Cheryl: Johnny Goldberg. Johnny Walker?
Larry: 'Inside, I'm corroding' response to looking good
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Lucy: Look at you, getting some gray hair. lnside, l'm corroding.
Lucy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Lucy · Larry: Look at you, getting some gray hair. -lnside, l'm corroding.
Lucy: Lucy's casual admission about being a drug addict
Lucy Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Lucy: Lucy's agent 'dropping the ball' on Vagina Monologues audition
Lucy Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Lucy: 'When he stopped actually being fun, I stopped actually liking him'
Lucy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Larry: 'We don't have a child, do we?' - Larry's paternity panic
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: Larry literally tapping Cheryl on the shoulder for sex
Larry Callback Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: 'I'm kind of tapped out' - Larry's masturbation confession
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Larry: Lucy made 'a brief appearance and said goodbye' in Larry's fantasy
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry's protective attitude toward Cheryl not being 'defiled' in his fantasies
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry: l can degrade and defile her.
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Larry: She's got a bad attitude, doesn't take part in lesbian scenes... very hard to get along with. She's like a prima donna.
Larry Absurdist Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Larry: 'I'm gonna bring back the young Sophia Loren'
Larry Character Comedy Callback Callback Jeff: That's one of those things you go.... Wow! Blue Label!
Jeff Character Comedy Observational Jeff: Asteroid, hurricane, same thing.
Jeff Observational Character Comedy Jeff: 'You're just a big bowl of wrong'
Jeff Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Larry: l didn't know there was a prom. l had no idea that a prom even existed.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Lucy: 'I'm not gonna bring him' - referring to the stepfather perpetrator
Lucy Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Larry · Lucy: Are you sure that you qualify with your stepfather? ls that considered incest? No, if it's your stepfather, Larry, it's considered a date.
Larry Lucy Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: 'Sometimes when we're not together, I go to restaurants'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Observational Lucy: 'We need our time alone' - awkward boundary setting
Lucy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Gwendolyn: and he would make a 'Z' on my tummy with a feather... and then later, with his sword.
Gwendolyn: Uncles arguing during abuse about positions and technique
Gwendolyn · Cynthia: lt was my stepbrother. Does a stepbrother count? lt's not really a blood relative. So, does it count? Step counts. Remember that everybody: Step counts.
Gwendolyn: This means that today l don't have to cut myself or put cigarettes out....
Larry: Larry's defensive response about breaking up with Lucy
Larry: Right, yes, l know that's impossible... for an idiot like me to ever break up with a woman.
Larry: World without pillows philosophical tangent
Larry Absurdist Observational Larry · Director: Newsstand Dog Fancy magazine cover story
Cheryl: Cheryl's surprise at Larry's gambling problem
Cheryl Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Director: Jeff Greene as Lucy's manager revelation
Director Callback Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Uncle Nathan: Uncle Nathan's car accident story with fat man and jazzy woman
Uncle Nathan: Big fat guy, and a woman, a real jazzy number. Both of them obviously drunk out of their minds.
Larry · Cheryl: Larry and Cheryl realizing Jeff was in the accident
Larry: You only have to talk about it. Not show it.
Larry Observational Cringe/Discomfort Wendy · Uncle Nathan: The osteopath? Yeah. How'd you know? Get out of here. What? Get out of here, you fucking piece of shit! Get out, you filthy animal!
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