Larry's lawyer tries to resolve the situation with his assistant, Alice. Larry surprises Susie with an impressive birthday gift and comes one step closer to exacting revenge on Mocha Joe.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Side Sitting” ranks #77 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.8 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 7.1 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
Larry · Leon: Did he die? I don't know.
Larry Leon Escalation Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: With your permission, of course, I would like to take a video in order to document the evening. Just in case there are any discrepancies of the he-said, she-said variety.
Larry Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry: Hey, there! We have the best dental plan in all of Europe. Why, look at our bicorn hats and fancy brass buttons. How's that, sailors? Are you impressed by that?
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Jeff: if you do have cancer... I can't be your friend anymore. I-I'm not a cancer friend. I can't do the cancer friend.
Jeff Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Oh, dear God, please let me meet an old bald man, who will take me toilet-hopping, from toilet to toilet, throughout the town. Please, God. Please make that happen.
All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: I yanked at her... I cleaned my glasses. Her shirttail was sticking out. I cleaned my glasses.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: If she gets anything at all here, it would be a travesty. And I would, I would leave the country. I don't know where I'd go, but I would leave.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: Millions for defense. Not one cent for tribute. That's what we said when the British were impressing our seamen.
Larry Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Larry: Hey, there! We have the best dental plan in all of Europe. Why, look at our bicorn hats and fancy brass buttons. How's that, sailors? Are you impressed by that?
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Lawyer: In this office, we, uh, we try to use a holistic approach to compensation.
Lawyer Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Larry · Lawyer: an infinitely better bathroom than to send me to a public... Oh, it's nothing special. You'll be much happier down the hall.
Larry: I'm like a murderer going in there. I completely expunge all evidence that I was ever there.
Lawyer: Motion denied, as they say in the profession.
Lawyer Deadpan/Understatement Wordplay/Pun Larry: It's not about the money, okay? It's about having to go into your pants pocket, in a car when you're paying. Have you ever been in a car trying to get to your pocket?
Larry Observational Escalation Larry: This is why homeless people don't make a lot of money from people in cars, 'cause nobody wants to go into their pockets.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry: This is only for an hour. I was here for at least an hour-ten.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Dr. Bahn: I would like to test you for thyroid cancer.
Jeff: if you do have cancer... I can't be your friend anymore. I-I'm not a cancer friend. I can't do the cancer friend.
Jeff Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Richard: If you get cancer, I'll never speak to you again.
Leon: When I found out my daddy had cancer, I never spoke to that man again. I even stopped taking his calls.
Leon Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry · Leon: Did he die? I don't know.
Larry Leon Escalation Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: Let's make a little deal here, okay? A no-cancer friend reciprocity pact.
Larry: They're all over. It's an epidemic. I'm gonna end the wobbly table epidemic, in my coffee house.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: I think I'll do a little, uh, a little side-sitting.
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Cheryl: Well, it's, uh, very intimate. This is too far to talk to somebody. It feels a little close.
Cheryl Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Cheryl: It's my mailman. His name's Lionel... Something about that guy gives me the creeps.
Cheryl Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Cheryl: Can I introduce you to my friend, the elephant?
Larry: Hypothetically, suppose she told me I had... two years. Would that alter your thinking about us at all?
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Larry: I can get a nurse and complain to the nurse and leave you out of that part.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: Would you mind if I brought the nurse along?
Larry: I don't give a fuck.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Larry · Jeff: You think rich beats old and bald? You could have mutton chops and wear a cartoon tie of Felix the Cat... and wear an Abe Lincoln hat. You'll be fine.
Larry · Jeff: The other night at poker, that invitation, it, it didn't get lost. You made that whole thing up. Blame it on the mailman.
Larry Jeff Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Susie · Larry: You've never gotten me a birthday gift. I did this year!
Susie: From you, of all people, 'cause you're not a giver.
Susie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Susie: All is forgiven. Everything you've ever done, every horrible thing you've done to me is forgiven for this.
Susie Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry · Milos: I thought I told you a camera, a fucking camera. This is mahogany cream. You fucked me.
Lionel: So, I'm the mail. Yes. In this particular case... I'm the guy that is delivering the mail, so that is a stain on an otherwise perfect record.
Lionel Character Comedy Escalation Callback Larry: If you're gonna confront somebody and ask them to do something like this, it's better to do it with pants on.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · Lionel: How many pairs? What does that have to do with this?
Larry: Ah! Ha-ha-ha-ha! Oh, thank you. Thank you! Ah! Negative! Negative!
Larry Physical/Slapstick Escalation Larry: it's been two days since I found out, and not one of my friends has inquired as to how the test turned out, not one.
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Swindell · Larry: Did you use my bathroom? What? No. Absolutely not.
Larry: Beautiful view here. How long did it take you to take it for granted?
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry: It would take me about a day, maybe less, maybe a half an hour.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: Oh, dear God, please let me meet an old bald man, who will take me toilet-hopping, from toilet to toilet, throughout the town. Please, God. Please make that happen.
Leon: Somebody told me you were side-sitting Cheryl. The mailman.
Leon Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: If you ever see me sitting, you'll see me side-sitting.
Jeff · Larry: Why couldn't you get her a camera?! I should have given her the camera. Next time get her a camera! Believe me, there won't be a next time!
Larry · Jeff: I will never give anyone a gift again. What do you think about that? I think it's the best idea you've had all day! My birthday's coming up in a month! What are you gettin' me?! Nothin'!
Larry: You don't play, and you borrowed a piano?
Larry Observational Setup/Punchline Larry: I'd like to begin by taking my right hand and place it on your right shoulder. Would that be acceptable?
Larry: With your permission, of course, I would like to take a video in order to document the evening. Just in case there are any discrepancies of the he-said, she-said variety.
Larry Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry: I'm going to place it on your inner thigh, and slowly inch my way up, in a crab-like fashion
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: It seems we've reached a bit of an impasse. End session.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Escalation Larry: Three days now. I've gotten the results back from my cancer test. Not one of you bothered to call me and ask me if I got the results back.
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: What kind of friends are you? Seriously! What kind of friends are you? You can all go fuck yourself!
Larry Escalation Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Susie: You ruined my painting! You destroyed it!
Susie Escalation Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: I think this whole thing can be a blessing in disguise. I've never been entirely happy with this painting. He didn't really capture the luster of your skin.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Alice: You can't side-sit with me. Oh, my God. Let go! You don't get to grab me, at a banquette or side-sit!
Alice Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Swindell: Did you or did you not use my bathroom?!
Swindell Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: There's no other way to eat an apple but blithely. That's how apples are eaten.
Larry Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: You are like a president in the 18th century on the back of a train saying, 'And there will always be toast with eggs.'
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry · Leon: I think you can introduce me sort of as a renaissance man. A guy who speaks six languages. You wanna impress people with lies?
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