Larry and Cheryl's fun-filled bowling date with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen ends with Larry's shoes missing.
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“Ted And Mary” ranks #84 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.8 — Great. The episode packs 37 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 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
Larry: A lie is a gesture, it's a courtesy. It's a little respect. This is very disrespectful.
Larry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: It must be hell living with Ted Danson. That's got to be hard.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Barneys Salesperson: I am not a shoe whore.
Larry: You know, it's kind of half-jacket, half-shirt, half-man, half-beast.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: Nothing gives me more pleasure than cracking an egg. Nothing. I'll make you some omelets. I will flip you out.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 37 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Ted: You gonna do that little wiggle step again? That was cute.
Ted Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Larry Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Larry: I don't know if I can spend another evening with these people.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Bowling Alley Employee: Those aren't mine. No, they gotta be. They're not my shoes.
Larry · Bowling Alley Employee: What kind of guy would take somebody else's shoes? A guy that has these shoes.
Larry: Everything's heaven with him. The piece of gum he had, 'Oh, this is heaven.' Had to taste a chocolate bar. 'I'm in heaven.' The parking space is 'heaven.' It's all 'heaven.'
Larry Observational Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: He asked lots of questions about my personal hygiene, too. I'm not gonna even tell you what they were... but really personal.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: It must be hell living with Ted Danson. That's got to be hard.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Cheryl: Why couldn't you be friends with her? Because she's a woman.
Larry: If we're gonna be making friends with them... I'd just as soon be friends with her. You can be friends with him. And you could get the personal hygiene questions, okay?
Larry Callback Character Comedy Callback Larry: Heaven, it was heaven.
Larry Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Mary's Mother: I don't think.... They don't let me into certain states, actually. Why not? I'm incorrigible.
Salesperson: Barneys salespeople, they're practically psychic.
Mary Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Nothing gives me more pleasure than cracking an egg. Nothing. I'll make you some omelets. I will flip you out.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Mary · Larry: That is so sexy. Mary! I'm sorry. We're friends, I can say that. No big deal. I know, I'm sorry. I'm just very old-fashioned about that kind of.... No, Larry, honey, that's my water.
Mary Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Cheryl · Larry: That's bizarre, don't you think? Why? I've never been able to get you to go shopping before.
Ted: So, a shopping spree with the girls, Larry?
Ted Character Comedy Observational Larry: Maybe you just figured wrong.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Ted: Call Mary first, figure out what to wear.
Ted Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry · Shoe Thief: How can they be your shoes? How can they be? Because that guy gave them to you by mistake the other day.
Larry: What's weird is that you'd take shoes that don't belong to you and put them on.
Larry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Shoe Thief · Larry: That would be, that'd be kind of weird. No, that's gonna be weird for you now, after I get the shoes back.
Larry: Or even weirder that you left without even your shoes.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Shoe Cleaner: I used desalter liquid with a scrub brush... and then I used a deodorizer spray. They smell like new shoes.
Barneys Salesperson: You asked me to waive the deposit and I did that for you. You looked like an honest person and I trusted your face.
Barneys Salesperson: I am not a shoe whore.
Larry: A lie is a gesture, it's a courtesy. It's a little respect. This is very disrespectful.
Larry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: And I went.... Like that.
Larry Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Cheryl: I can't believe you're even acting like you don't know why we're not invited.
Cheryl Reaction Beat Character Comedy Cheryl: I can't believe you're even acting like you don't know why we're not invited.
Cheryl Reaction Beat Character Comedy Larry: You know, it's kind of half-jacket, half-shirt, half-man, half-beast.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: You know, it's kind of half-jacket, half-shirt, half-man, half-beast.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Barneys Salesperson: I know your little game, and I'm not playing it.
Larry · Mary: Sunday night? We thought it was last night. No, we went last night. He's playing three nights, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Concert Usher: Bill and Hillary flew in this morning... and this evening was the only time they could all get together.
Larry · Mary's Mother: I guess it's you and me, huh? Guess so.
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