Larry sets off a bizarre chain of events (as he always seems to do) in which he is forced to attend a party at the home of a porno businessman.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Porno Gil” ranks #89 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.8 — Great. The episode packs 40 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 6.8 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
Gil: It doesn't affect you, does it, the glass on the floor? Because you're wearing your fucking shoes in my house!
Gil Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Hi. That's a friend of mine. Gil Thilander. I had dinner at his house... yesterday. You like that?
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Golf Range Guy: Maybe next time you'll remember to pick up the fucking golf ball.
Larry: What if I get in an accident on the way home? The porn flies everywhere, strewn all over the car, all over my bleeding body.
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: I don't wanna do a double-goodbye. I've already said goodbye under the worst circumstances. You want me to go and do the double-goodbye?
Larry Character Comedy Observational All Jokes — 40 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: The cowboy hat with that bolo string, what is that?
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry: I see certain items, and I recoil in horror.
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Cheryl · Larry: He might have to have bypass surgery. - Really? Can you believe that? - No.
Larry · Gil: How are you, Gil? You sounded like my friend John.
Larry · Cheryl: He used to be a porno actor like 15 years ago. No, I don't wanna go to a porn party.
Jeff: I need you to get them out of there... if something happens to me
Jeff Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Larry: That's your own deal, Repression Jones.
Larry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Larry: What if I get in an accident on the way home? The porn flies everywhere, strewn all over the car, all over my bleeding body.
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry · Jeff: Try not to die. Thank you.
Larry Jeff Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Cheryl · Larry: Then why did you get it? I don't know. I wanted to get everything. I wanted to have all the loaded things.
Cheryl · Larry: When were you gonna learn? I don't know. I thought somebody would teach me.
Stranger · Larry: You're lost? I wasn't lost then. You didn't know where you were going. In my book, that's lost.
Larry · Stranger: There's no hostility, there's no anger. Can I just have the paper back? Please! You snap!
Stranger: I hope you stay lost!
Larry: I've always wanted to drive around in this area for hours. It's quite scenic, don't you think? And they have some very colorful characters. I enjoyed Baby Jane a lot, didn't you?
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Golf Range Guy · Larry: You wouldn't help me with the ball. The ball? The range ball. It fell and you wouldn't help me out.
Golf Range Guy: Maybe next time you'll remember to pick up the fucking golf ball.
Larry: Jake's Way is not marked, there's no sign for it. You may have included that in the directions.
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Gil · Larry: If you would take your shoes off... Really? Just take them off. It's just a custom my wife started in the house.
Gil Larry Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: I'll leave mine on, is that okay? They're completely clean. Look, see?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Cheryl · Larry: Did he tell you this was a dinner party, Larry? No, he said 'party.' I wouldn't go to a dinner party.
Gil: Great place, my wife jokingly refers to it as 'the house that cum built.' 'Cause of my porns.
Gil Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Gil · Larry: That's a collection of small bottles, and I like them. It's very interesting. They're not as big as normal.
Larry · Melanie: We were so hungry, that we had a bag of potato chips in the car... Potato chips on the way to a dinner party? What's that?
Gil: You know what Tabasco's good for? Keep you hard. Really? Only you gotta stick it up your ass.
Gil Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Gil: He runs over to the craft service table, he comes back, his finger is red. Sticks it up my ass. Tabasco sauce!
Gil Setup/Punchline Escalation Gil: I wasn't the biggest, all right? But I could stay hard the longest.
Gil Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: Maybe we can stop and pick up some Tabasco.
Larry Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Larry: My back. Oh, shit! I'm so sorry! Everyone sit down. There's glass on the floor. No one move.
Larry Physical/Slapstick Escalation Callback Gil: It doesn't affect you, does it, the glass on the floor? Because you're wearing your fucking shoes in my house!
Gil Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: My feet have a tendency to get a little chilly when I take my...
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry · Cheryl: What's the level of anger here? What am I dealing with? I'd say... at least an 8.7.
Cheryl · Larry: Then you broke that lamp... and that crazy woman screamed at you, and it got you some pity points. Pity points? Fabulous! I love pity points.
Larry: I don't wanna do a double-goodbye. I've already said goodbye under the worst circumstances. You want me to go and do the double-goodbye?
Larry Character Comedy Observational Larry: I gotta take my shoes off now.
Larry Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Cheryl · Larry: Is that a barn? Think it was too small for a barn. It looked more like a stable.
Jeff (voiceover): Go up to my bedroom. To the left of the TV, there's a cabinet by the bookcase there. Open it up, move the linens, move 'em to the side, push on the back door. Inside there, I have my porn collection.
Susie · Hotel security: Who is it? - Hotel security, ma'am, open up.
Susie: There's a prowler outside. I'm really scared. I can hear noises.
Susie Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry: Hi. That's a friend of mine. Gil Thilander. I had dinner at his house... yesterday. You like that?
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm