Larry gets the chance to clear the air with Alice and goes to extreme lengths for a lunch with Richard.
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“Artificial Fruit” ranks #30 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 84.2 — Elite. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 1.0 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.3 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: It's like looking at confederate war monument. It's a history that's very hurtful for me.
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: No, she has a cold!
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: What? Oh, my god. You want the Heimlich?
Larry Physical/Slapstick Escalation ★ Rewatch Lawyer: What the fuck? Oh, my god!
Lawyer Physical/Slapstick Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Lawyer: Those aren't even apples for eating anyway. They're decorative.
Lawyer Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Chulu: A spite-store. Right.
Larry Chulu Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Chulu: Nasty motherfucker.
Chulu Reaction Beat Character Comedy Larry: Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
Larry Running Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Side-sitting. Can't believe what it did to me.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: There's no other way to eat an apple but blithely.
Larry Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Lawyer: My dad ate angry apples all the time.
Lawyer Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: I've never heard anybody using real fruit as for decoration purposes.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Lawyer: Those aren't even apples for eating anyway. They're decorative.
Lawyer Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: You have fruit that's not for eating. You have garbage not for garbage. And you have a bathroom that nobody can use.
Larry Escalation Observational ★ Rewatch Jeff: It's artificial fruit.
Jeff Misdirection Visual Gag Larry: They didn't make them like that in the old days. This is a whole new technology.
Larry Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: You don't? Who cares what you like? You have such pedestrian taste anyway.
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry: It's like looking at confederate war monument. It's a history that's very hurtful for me.
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Susie: It's like a buttermilk biscuit without the butter in it.
Susie Observational Setup/Punchline Larry: It's like a fireplace cardigan is what it is.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Richard: We throw our trash in the pantry.
Richard Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Richard: Who needs all this shit when you're eating a snack?
Richard Observational Character Comedy Richard: Castilian, it's a dialect of Spanish. And they pronounce their z's as th's.
Richard Observational Setup/Punchline Richard: Fuck you, I'm paying and I'll see you tomorrow! You fucking idiot!
Server Running Gag Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Server: By the way, your friend Ted Danson came yesterday with a very attractive blonde. Cheryl!
Server Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Francisco: Can we talk about this another time, please?
Francisco Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry · Richard: Just give me that! Give it! Give it! Give it!
Larry: It's like you're saying roast beef is chicken. Roast beef is not chicken.
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry Escalation Reaction Beat Jeff: Oh, my tongue! I can't believe you did that like that!
Jeff Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Leon: You know how many times I put milk and Mountain Dew together? And I mean, I could have my own, my own fucking drink, Leon Black.
Leon Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Leon: You motherfuckers will accept all kind of stupid shit in your mouth. Escargots and fucking wheatgrass.
Leon Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Leon: Touché, motherfucker.
Leon Callback Character Comedy Leon: What the fuck? That's artificial fruit!
Leon Physical/Slapstick Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Leon: Don't put the thing on the table in the fucking kitchen! What the fuck I'm supposed to do with it?
Leon Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Richard: You are like a president in the 18th century on the back of a train, saying, 'And there will always be toast with eggs! And two turkeys in every garage!'
Richard Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Server: Francisco's not here. He's mourning the death of his aunt, Concepción Zarzal.
Server Running Gag Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: I think you can introduce me sort of as a renaissance man. You know, a guy who speaks six languages.
Larry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Larry: No, I only speak one language. Yeah. I know a little bit of Yiddish.
Larry Misdirection Character Comedy Larry: Well, how else do you impress them?
Larry Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: Can you donate a penis to a person who's transitioning?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Observational Larry: Could a white transitioner get a black penis?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Cassie: It could be a rollercoaster. It could be a shoe. It could be a large intestine. You gotta think a little bit!
Cassie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: It's what you find in a large intestine. It's a piece of shit.
Larry Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Christine: It smacks of kind of a white male privilege. You know, that you don't have to put any effort into anything.
Larry: No, she has a cold!
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Lawyer: What the fuck? Oh, my god!
Lawyer Physical/Slapstick Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry Running Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Francisco: It's not Tharthal, it's Zarzal.
Francisco Running Gag Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Don't throw me in the garbage can!
Larry Physical/Slapstick Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: She was really attractive.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Alice: So dry. I can't breathe.
Alice Physical/Slapstick Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: What? Oh, my god. You want the Heimlich?
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