Larry navigates the complexities of requesting a new chauffeur, letting his roofer do his job, and imparting some constructive criticism to his chiropractor.
WAR
75.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Man Fights Tiny Woman” ranks #19 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 86.0 — Elite. The episode packs 55 scored jokes at 1.1 per minute, averaging 7.4 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
Dr. Jacobsen · Larry: I would love to tell you about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have pamphlets. Oh, fuck.
Larry · Seth Rogen: So you're a smart person who's trying to appear stupid so people will like you? Yeah, and you're a nice person appearing to be an asshole so no one likes you?
Larry · Miriam: Physical fight between Larry and tiny female driver over bags
Larry Miriam Physical/Slapstick Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Child · Larry: Look, Mommy. Mommy! That man is beating up that woman. No, she... She won't let me carry... They're my bags!
Larry · Dr. Jacobsen: Once the cotton detaches from the elastic, they gotta go. - And are your balls dangling? - They are. Once your balls are dangling, it's over.
All Jokes — 55 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Jeff: Yeah. They're all pretty good, with one notable exception. [pause] Maria Sofia.
Larry Jeff Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Larry · Miriam: Extended bag-carrying battle between Larry and tiny female driver Miriam
Larry Miriam Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: but I hurt my back because they sent this tiny woman driver, I was uncomfortable with her carrying my bags, and I schlepped those. Now I gotta go to a chiropractor.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Leon: You're being accommodating. If you're gonna do that shit, you might as well put her in the backseat and you fucking drive.
Larry: Although I do like to have sex with women. I don't know if that makes me a sexist. Does that... Does wanting to have sex with women make you a sexist?
Larry Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: I was once on the phone with a woman from Ticketmaster for half an hour, and I met her, and it was... It was ridiculous, it was crazy!
Larry Observational Cringe/Discomfort Leon · Larry: You gonna tap that? - Are you nuts? Tap what? - Come on, you hittin' that.
Leon: Motherfucker need a crane. You feel me?
Leon Character Comedy Observational Larry: Ah, the juicy tomato. Just because Tom Brady avoids them...
Larry Observational Character Comedy Dr. Jacobsen · Larry: If it were me, I wouldn't have done it. But that's because I lost chivalry, uh, after the divorce. - Why? What do you mean? - My wife cheated on me. - Really? - Yeah, three times.
Dr. Jacobsen · Larry: I lost chivalry, uh, after the divorce. Why? What do you mean? My wife cheated on me. Really? Yeah, three times.
Dr. Jacobsen · Larry: Oh, Harrison Ford is a patient? No, it was a hypothetical. If Harrison Ford were a patient, I would tell you he's incredibly lovely. Bit of a curmudgeon sometimes, but... - So he's a patient? - Nope, didn't say that.
Larry · Dr. Jacobsen: Well, you just told me. You just told me he's a patient. No, I didn't. I never said... I never said I've seen my patient, Harrison Ford, after his last plane crash.
Dr. Jacobsen: I know, as a Jew, I get a little rumbly in my tumbly. That's why I never became a basketball player.
Larry: And I get a glimpse of his underwear. It was completely frayed, like loose violin strings. And holes in it. It was like the underwear had been to war.
Larry Observational Visual Gag Jason: Oh, I'm a Jew for Jesus.
Jason Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: his parents are a big ball of Jewish. He's screaming Jew.
Larry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Jeff: The Gentiles are liking him. They'll put that one in the front. They're proud of that. - 'We took him in.' You know? - Yeah. Yeah, yeah. - 'We got one.' - We got one. - We got one. - We got one.
Larry Jeff Observational Escalation Running Gag ★ Rewatch Larry: You know, it's unbelievable, the contempt that people have for you when you order anchovies. It's like I'm a pornographer or something.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · Jeff: Hey, you're at 23 percent. I'm at two. Can I take over the charger? No. Why?
Waitress: I kind of feel like you and your friend have a strange dynamic that I'd rather not get involved with.
Larry: Listen, we're not at the bottom of the ocean sharing one tank of oxygen. That's suicide. We'll both die.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: Look, you're the reminder, I'm the remindee. Once the reminder takes on remindership, you own it.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Leon: Like if you saw a picture of a bearded lady in the circus without the beard, and she was really attractive. Would you try and date her and convince her to shave?
Leon Absurdist Character Comedy Leon: The fuck? I had one more left. Who the fuck ate my last fucking Haagen-Dazs popsicle?
Leon Escalation Character Comedy Larry: When food's missing, suspicions invariably turn to the heavyset.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Leon: That motherfucker is F-A-T positive. You know what I'm saying? If a hat was missing, I would blame a bald head motherfucker like you.
Leon Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Leon: You know what I'm saying? If a hat was missing, I would blame a bald head motherfucker like you.
Leon Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Eric: Send him up. You go up and you supervise from down here. I'm the roofer's helper. He goes up, I stay down here.
Jonas · Eric: I don't think he really wants to be a roofer. I'm looking into tattooing.
Leon: Yeah. Same shit that come out of a lady after she have a baby.
Leon Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Your underwear, it's threadbare beyond all normal usage. You gotta have some underwear awareness.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Callback Larry · Dr. Jacobsen: Once the cotton detaches from the elastic, they gotta go. - And are your balls dangling? - They are. Once your balls are dangling, it's over.
Larry · Dr. Jacobsen: Once the cotton detaches from the elastic, they gotta go. And are your balls dangling? They are. Once your balls are dangling, it's over.
Larry: A heroin addict doesn't keep the needles.
Larry Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: A heroin addict doesn't keep the needles.
Larry Dark/Subversive Observational Callback Seth Rogen: I am Bjorn, son of Bjorn, and we make fish. That is what my family does. I am the greatest fisherman in the whole sea.
Seth Rogen: I am Bjorn, son of Bjorn, and we make fish. I am the greatest fisherman in the whole sea.
Larry · Seth: I'm not... They don't want me to carry my bags. They said it's sexist. I had a whole conversation with them. Sure you did.
Larry Seth Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Oh, no. It's just, people get pregnant by God all the time.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive Larry: He went next door and he spoke to his friend, he said, 'She's... She's out of her fucking mind. I gotta get out of there.'
Larry Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Seth Rogen · Larry: You got a toddler carrying your shit around still? Yeah, that was, uh, slightly embarrassing. It's a bad look. I know that.
Larry · Seth: They may like an everyman, but most every man is kind of stupid. Exactly, that's how I come across. I portray myself as stupid so people relate to me more.
Larry · Seth Rogen: So you're a smart person who's trying to appear stupid so people will like you? Yeah, and you're a nice person appearing to be an asshole so no one likes you?
Seth · Larry: You don't want a man face to face, but you want a man to stick his finger up your fuckin' ass? You're gonna feel comfortable with a strange woman sticking her finger up your ass?
Seth Larry Escalation Observational Cringe/Discomfort Seth: A very bright, enterprising woman who wants to make dicks and butts better.
Seth Deadpan/Understatement Observational Larry: It was like ancient underwear. It was like rustic. It was like underwear that was from the Pilgrims or something.
Larry Escalation Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Miriam: Physical fight between Larry and tiny female driver over bags
Larry Miriam Physical/Slapstick Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Child · Larry: Look, Mommy. Mommy! That man is beating up that woman. No, she... She won't let me carry... They're my bags!
Miriam · Larry: Remind me never to drive you again. Oh, don't worry. I own that remindership. You will never ever have to think about that for the rest of your life. That's on me.
Leon · Jonas: Hey! Hey! Hey! Let it go, motherfucker. Let it go. - Come here, come here. - Let it go, you fat bitch.
Leon Jonas Physical/Slapstick Escalation Callback Larry: Oh my God! Holy fuck! That's not a good look. I'm not working with that guy.
Larry Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Dr. Jacobsen · Larry: Larry, they were so grateful that I upgraded the underwear. I'm so happy for you. And I can't thank you enough.
Dr. Jacobsen · Larry: I would love to tell you about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have pamphlets. Oh, fuck.
Dr. Jacobsen · Larry: I would love to tell you about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have pamphlets. Oh, fuck.
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