Larry finds himself in Takahashi's crosshairs after a note is found in the men's locker room. Tensions mount when Larry and Irma's couple's counselor crosses a professional line.
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“Disgruntled” ranks #92 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.8 — Great. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 1.2 per minute, averaging 6.9 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
Multiple club members: You are in big trouble, because you are Disgruntled! I'm Disgruntled! What, you? Yes. I'm Disgruntled. I'm Disgruntled. I'm Disgruntled. I'm Disgruntled, too. I'm Disgruntled. Baka!
Larry: I am not Disgruntled. I mean, I'm disgruntled, but I'm not Disgruntled.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: I am most certainly not Disgruntled with a capital D. I'm disgruntled with a small D, Willie.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Leon: You ain't no piss doctor! You a ass doctor! ... You don't do that shit to people, man!
Leon Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Larry: You tacked that thing up like you were Martin Luther.
Larry Observational Character Comedy All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown reader: The formal complaint letter signed 'Disgruntled' being read aloud with its petty grievances
Takahashi: Who is Disgruntled?
Larry: I am not Disgruntled. I mean, I'm disgruntled, but I'm not Disgruntled.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Waitress · Larry · Jeff · Irma: The breakfast menu cutoff at exactly 11:00 AM
Larry: It's like a Broadway play where they have to put in a new set. And so now they're putting in the lunch set.
Larry Observational Absurdist Larry · Server: Larry's 'breakfast loophole' - deconstructing Cobb salad for breakfast components
Waitress: You're looking for a breakfast loophole. It's not gonna work. And you're not the first person to try.
Jeff: It was Five Easy Pieces, remember? With Jack Nicholson.
Jeff Callback Meta/Self-Referential Larry · Waitress: Larry bringing his own organic eggs to the restaurant
Irma: And then it gives men breasts. You know, Larry could grow breasts.
Irma Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: I'd be pretty cute. Pretty, pretty, pretty cute.
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: No, it's a horrible idea. It's a terrible idea... Because it's a wa... It's a... It doesn't do anything. It's a waste of time.
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry · Irma · Jeff: Larry's violent objection to couples therapy contrasted with Irma's recovery needs
Various diners · Waitress: The breakfast chaos after Larry breaks the 11 AM rule
Jeff · Susie: What the fuck? Much healthier. Thank you.
Jeff: I'm Disgruntled. It's me. I'm Disgruntled.
Jeff Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: You tacked that thing up like you were Martin Luther.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · Jeff: It's the best thing you've ever done in your life. Have I done any other good things? No. So this is the only one? This is the only decent thing. I've ever done? You've ever done.
Larry: That should be on your tombstone, 'I'm Disgruntled.'
Larry Callback Dark/Subversive Larry: Liberal darling. Get the hell out of here.
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Willie · Larry: Who? Who called me an asshole? ... Although one person did call you an asshole.
Larry: But it's a universal fact that everybody is called an asshole! I'm sure Mother Teresa was called an asshole by someone.
Larry Observational Absurdist Larry: Oh, look at Miss Perfect helping the lepers.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: It was Troy. The Deaf actor at the club... I hit him with a golf ball because I couldn't yell 'fore.'
Larry Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Willie: What, do you think he signed to me that you're an asshole?
Willie Wordplay/Pun Observational Larry: I am most certainly not Disgruntled with a capital D. I'm disgruntled with a small D, Willie.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Irma: The J.G. Wentworth commercial singing between Larry and Irma
Larry · Melanie: I didn't know I was seeing you. Oh! I thought I was seeing Melanie Stainback.
Irma: He has a thing about phallic-shaped vegetables... I see him just stroking, stroking an eggplant.
Irma Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Irma · Larry · Melanie: Irma's graphic description of Larry stroking phallic vegetables
Larry: Yeah, I'd eat a cucumber if it was square. I don't care that it's phallic shaped.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Melanie: Does your husband have a very low-hanging scrotal sac? A lot of guys do.
Melanie: Does your husband have a very low-hanging scrotal sac? ... When he goes to the bathroom in the night... I hear them slapping on his thighs.
Melanie: It sounds like, you know... A flip-flop in a Mexican resort.
Susie: He's never fucking home... But the issue is, he hates the fucking place.
Susie Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Larry: What's going on over there? You guys hear the sneeze?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Larry: He's the guy in the next office! He's best friends with Takahashi. He heard everything we said.
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Leon · Larry: I got one question. What's a urologist? ... It's nothing. You pee in a cup.
Leon: I love peeing in cups. You know what I'm saying? I like peeing in big-ass bowls, but I'll pee in a cup.
Leon Character Comedy Absurdist Leon: The man that makes corn chips on the cob is gonna be a fucking billionaire.
Leon Absurdist Observational Irma: I walked into the council chamber naked, and all I remember is the air on my nipples and the looks of admiration and horror.
Irma Cringe/Discomfort Absurdist Hobie · Larry: That's why they call him Long Ball Larry. Just kidding, Larry. That's a good one. That's gonna stick. Long Ball Larry.
Hobie Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Melanie · Larry: I should've gotten the eggs. I was rushed into pancakes. You rushed me into pancakes. You did.
Irma: I should've gotten the eggs. I was rushed into pancakes.
Irma Callback Character Comedy Callback Larry · Waitress: Something's amiss with the eggs... I know that you were a little upset the other day when I got breakfast after 11:00. Maybe you got a little breakfast grudge?
Takahashi · Larry: Are you Disgruntled? No, I am not Disgruntled... Yeah, that's you. Yeah. I do scowl. And I will admit to muttering.
Willie: This is 21 dollars at Supercuts.
Willie Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Larry · Willie: This one's caramel colored, and this one has an almond sheen. A sheen? I don't see a sheen on this. There's a sheen. Yeah. Eggs don't even have a sheen. Eggs have a sheen. No sheen here. There's a sheen, Willie!
Leon: Sometimes I pee right in the condom, and I'll just take it off, tie a little knot in that motherfucker and throw it in the trash, and keep on fucking.
Leon Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Leon: You ain't no piss doctor! You a ass doctor! ... You don't do that shit to people, man!
Leon Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Larry: My whole life, I hated strawberries... And then one day, I had a fresh strawberry right from the ground... Changed my life... It's like people, Willie. You don't really know them until you taste them.
Larry Observational Absurdist Willie: There's a lot of fruit out there, and I think we're bumping up against our time, and I kind of see us going all the way down the produce aisle, so I'm gonna stop you there.
Willie Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat Multiple club members: You are in big trouble, because you are Disgruntled! I'm Disgruntled! What, you? Yes. I'm Disgruntled. I'm Disgruntled. I'm Disgruntled. I'm Disgruntled, too. I'm Disgruntled. Baka!
Melanie: The chef at the club is eating all of Larry's organic fucking eggs? I knew it!
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