After enlisting both Jeff and Freddy’s help for the occasion, Larry’s hot date quickly goes south.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Irasshaimase” ranks #54 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.6 — Elite. The episode packs 61 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 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: Larry's big secret: 'I have a fantastic shortcut to the valley.'
Larry Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry's proof that prayers don't work: 'Because I'm bald.'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Freddy: He would've given you his favorite shirt back.
Freddy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Larry putting himself in God's shoes: 'Oh, there's the son! Oh, the son's praying! Eh... I need more than that... Oh! Oh, there... Ah, Larry David! Oh! Okay, I'll save him!'
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Freddy: Larry's revelation: 'I didn't know soap stains.' Freddy: 'Soap stains.' Larry: 'Who makes a cleaning product that stains? That's like a Band-Aid that cuts!'
All Jokes — 61 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Jeff: Jeff's non-response when asked if Larry talked during the putt, followed by Larry's 'That's everything! He just said everything!'
Larry Jeff Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry quotes Dante about the hottest places in hell being for those who retain neutrality in times of crisis - over a golf putt
Larry Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Jeff · unnamed golfer: The revelation that Hal slept with his mother-in-law, delivered as club gossip
Larry · Jeff: Larry's direct question: 'Did you fuck your mother-in-law at any point? 'Cause I ain't setting you up if you did.'
Larry Jeff Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: Did you fuck your mother-in-law at any point? 'Cause I ain't setting you up if you did.
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry · Saul · Hal: The heart attack scene with Larry coaching: 'Squeeze as hard as hard as you can! Okay...' followed by awkward singing
Jeff: Jeff's comment about T-shirt exposure: 'You can't have more than three-quarters of an inch of T-shirt showing.'
Jeff Observational Character Comedy Freddy · Larry: Freddy burning himself and Larry's response: 'Oh, Jesus. I just burned the shit out of my hand.' 'What? Oh, jeez.' 'Because I just found something pretty hot.'
Larry · hostess: Larry's confusion about the weather: 'I thought it was gonna rain. What happened?' 'They said rain.' 'I'm not crazy.'
Restaurant Host: Ohitorisama goraiten desu! Irasshaimase!
Larry · restaurant staff: The enthusiastic 'Irasshaimase!' greeting and Larry's reaction: 'Oh! Well. Thank you, thank you. I love that greeting.'
Gabby: Gabby's claim: 'Oh, yeah. I speak six languages, including Guamish. That's what they speak in Guam.'
Gabby Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Chef · Larry · Gabby: The chef's correction: 'Could you please not say "irasshaimase"?' followed by the explanation about sushi chefs vs. guests
Larry: Larry's indignant response: 'I have been here 100 times. I've never been reprimanded by the host.'
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Gabby · Larry: Jeff's dating advice about Larry: 'Worst thing that happens, it doesn't work out, he's a great person to break up with.'
Gabby Larry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry's breakup process: 'All you gotta do is say, "Hey, I don't wanna see you anymore." And I go, "Ah! Okay." Not another thought.'
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Gabby · Larry: Gabby's assessment: 'That's almost, um... like a sociopath, but... borderline.' Larry: 'You know what? That's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me.'
Gabby: Gabby's secret: 'When I was younger, I was a teacher in high school... and I slept with one of my students.'
Gabby Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry's follow-up questions: 'Did you go to the prom?' 'Did you go to the games? Did he give you a little wink when he was playing?'
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry's big secret: 'I have a fantastic shortcut to the valley.'
Larry Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Gabby: Gabby's reaction: 'I told you... that I slept with a student. Your secret is Waze.'
Gabby Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry's defense: 'My secret improves your quality of life. Your secret's just interesting.'
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry · Gabby: Larry wanting to write down the shortcut and Gabby's refusal: 'You lose it, somebody finds it. No good.'
Larry · Jeff: Larry's inability to keep Gabby's secret, immediately telling Jeff she 'fucked one of her students'
Larry Jeff Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Jeff: Larry's defense: 'I didn't directly tell him, I indirectly...' 'But you did!'
Larry · Jeff: The discussion about which high school teachers were attractive, ending with 'Miss Rogers was not the cause of any tumescence among the young men in my school'
Larry Jeff Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Larry: Description of Miss Rogers: 'She was on death's door. Veins popping out all over her body.'
Larry Character Comedy Visual Gag Leon: Every time I had a tummy ache, I tapped that ass.
Leon Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Larry: Larry's polite dismissal: 'Thank you... Thank you for your contribution. He's got a wild imagination.'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jeff: Jeff's logic: 'If I tell you the shortcut, then it's no longer a shortcut.'
Jeff Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Freddy: The shirt stain revelation and Larry's description: 'Looks like you were a part of a home birth or something.'
Larry · Freddy: Larry's revelation: 'I didn't know soap stains.' Freddy: 'Soap stains.' Larry: 'Who makes a cleaning product that stains? That's like a Band-Aid that cuts!'
Larry: How do you even do it? Do you get on your knees? Do you put your hands together?
Larry Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry putting himself in God's shoes: 'Oh, there's the son! Oh, the son's praying! Eh... I need more than that... Oh! Oh, there... Ah, Larry David! Oh! Okay, I'll save him!'
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry's proof that prayers don't work: 'Because I'm bald.'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hal: Hal's cryptic warning: 'What goes around comes around.'
Hal Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Freddy: The question of lending favorite items: 'Why would you loan me your favorite shirt?' 'Because I'm a friend, and you were uncomfortable going on the date.' 'Still, you don't give out your favorite shirt. Everybody knows that.'
Freddy · Larry: Freddy's biblical justice demand: 'I think the thing that would... Would mean something to me would be you actually... giving me your favorite shirt.' Larry: 'That's really biblical, real eye-for-eye stuff.'
Larry · Freddy: Larry's refusal and Freddy's counter: 'You're not getting my blue and gray two-tone, okay? You don't give up a two-tone. That's my favorite shirt.'
Mr. Takahashi: That's because when you say it, it sound redneck.
Mr. Takahashi: Mr. Takahashi's pronunciation critique: 'That's because when you say it, it sound redneck.' 'You know terrible? That's you.'
Mr. Takahashi: Only plastic surgeon here.
Larry · Mr. Takahashi: The observation about the country club: 'It's interesting because you would think that having a heart attack at a country club like this, there'd be doctors around.' 'Only plastic surgeon here.'
Larry · Restaurant manager: The umbrella standoff: 'Should I return it to you or Dallas Omni Hotel?' followed by the escalating argument about ownership and honor
Larry · Restaurant manager: The honor battle: 'No, it's my honor!' 'My honor!' escalating to 'My honor! I want that umbrella! That's my umbrella!'
Restaurant manager: The manager's comeback: 'A bald man steal umbrella! Yes, let's report!'
Larry: Larry's final irasshaimase rant: 'I'll irasshaimase any time I want! I like irasshaimaseing! It's very welcoming! It feels very good to irasshaimase, and I'll continue to irasshaimase!'
Larry Escalation Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Larry's defense: 'I was here literally, but not figuratively.'
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Cheryl: Cheryl's comeback: 'Oh! No shit, Sherlock! Just get the fucking dress, okay?'
Cheryl Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Larry's traffic philosophy: 'I'm too smart. I'm not like these people. You have to have done something stupid to be in traffic. I don't belong here.'
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Freddy: Freddy's funeral speech calling out Larry: 'Larry David, uh, couldn't make it here today. He got stuck in traffic, and he turned around and went home.'
Freddy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Freddy: The shirt metaphor in the eulogy: 'Saul was the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back, even if it was his favorite one... And if he was the one to stain that shirt? Guess what. He would've given you his favorite shirt back.'
Freddy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Freddy: He would've given you his favorite shirt back.
Freddy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Jeff: Larry's deduction about Gabby and Hal: 'She must've asked for a secret on their date... then told everybody about the mother-in-law.'
Larry Jeff Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: She must've asked for a secret on their date... then told everybody about the mother-in-law.
Larry Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Mr. Takahashi: Larry's umbrella defense: 'It holds up in gale-force winds. It never goes inside out. It's the best umbrella I ever had.' 'No umbrella like that.' 'This umbrella is like that.'
Larry · Mr. Takahashi: Larry's tuxedo philosophy: 'It's not the dressing up part that's disturbing to me, it's where you go after you're dressed up... Like, if I just sat in the house with a tuxedo on, that would be okay.'
Larry · Gabby: Larry's conditional romance: 'You know what? Even though... you gabbed and gave away a precious secret... I'm still considering having sex with you. I'm not taking it off the table.'
Larry Gabby Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Restaurant staff: The final restaurant reveal: 'He steal umbrella from Dallas Omni Hotel! She slept with student! He ask her to prom! He was captain of basketball team! She blew him in car!'
Larry: The final shot of Larry's umbrella in the trash with 'Dallas Omni Hotel' visible
Larry Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm