After an incident at temple, Larry asks friends to vouch for his character – while also trying to help name a baby and worrying about a fish.
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“Fish Stuck” ranks #95 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.4 — Great. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 0.9 per minute, averaging 7.0 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
Freddy · Irma: Freddy's fake Groat's disease performance with graphic symptoms
Freddy Irma Escalation Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Richard Lewis: Well, there was a sad old lady who opened for me, but she only did ten minutes.
Freddy · Irma: You like it? Listen. Please, take it. Please, it's the least I can do. - Oh, please, no. - No, please. It's the least... - What? Really?
Freddy Irma Callback Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: The only problem is you're doing your act, but nobody's drinking. Imagine if they were drinking. The roof would be blown off.
Larry Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Freddy: Tinkerbell flies her little ass in there. She put her little booty out, with that little booty tooch. And bling!
Freddy Absurdist Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Christopher: So, I needed a new lawyer, and Susie was going on and on about what a great lawyer you are. And then, the coup de grâce, she told me your last name. - Oh. - Mantle. Christopher Mantle.
Larry: I mean, Mickey Mantle, he was my idol growing up. I don't follow baseball, but I know who Mickey Mantle is.
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry · Christopher: We're both being dragged. - Look at that.
Larry · Christopher: Mr. Mantle. - Yeah. All... You... You just hit a home run. - You know? - That's fantastic.
Larry · Christopher: She took an IQ test? - I mean, you don't wanna get a moron, right?
Larry: You're going with Zeckelman over Mantle?
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry · Christopher: I don't know any Zeckelmans who hit 536 home runs. - Yet.
Freddy: Tinkerbell flies her little ass in there. She put her little booty out, with that little booty tooch. And bling!
Freddy Absurdist Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Larry: It speaks of a very unusual perversion. A man attracted to a thimble-sized fairy.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Freddy: I'll put her in my motherfucking pocket. You hear me? And I'll just walk around knowing she home.
Freddy Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry · Waiter: Fish stuck. - Fish sick. - Fish stuck. - Fish sick.
Larry · Waiter: Fish don't sneeze. - No, fish sneeze.
Freddy: At least that motherfucker can't drown.
Freddy Dark/Subversive Observational Larry: Tell ya what, you alcoholics, you know your way around a good donut.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Observational Cyrus: You know, a lot of people find it funny, but he works so blue. I heard the word 'hell' like... Three times.
Cyrus Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Richard Lewis · Cyrus: What the hell are you doing, man? Hell away from me. - He hates being hugged.
Larry David: There's no touching here. No touching.
Larry: I thought you were supposed to share here. It sounds like you're doing stand-up.
Larry Meta/Self-Referential Observational Richard Lewis: Well, there was a sad old lady who opened for me, but she only did ten minutes.
Larry: The only problem is you're doing your act, but nobody's drinking. Imagine if they were drinking. The roof would be blown off.
Larry Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Richard Lewis · Larry: The AA special. This is the hook I've been looking for. Why not talk about being sober but get a special with HBO?
Larry: First of all, I hate asking for favors almost as much as I hate doing favors.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Freddy: Where did you find her? Point to the planet. There's no more. There's no more of 'em.
Freddy Character Comedy Escalation Larry: I assume it's your semen, right? 'Cause that's how you got Zeckelman?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: Zeckelman needs a cool first name!
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Christopher · Larry: Doc Zeckelman is a joke. - Ace. - Ace Zeckelman? That's not a great name?
Larry David: Dewey, Duncan, Deegan. Deegan. After the Major Deegan Expressway.
Larry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Larry David: There's nothing in the Old Testament about defamatory bricks? You think if Isaac chiseled something defamatory about Jedediah, you think it wouldn't be taken down?
Larry David: You're joining the team? Are you prepared to complain a lot?
Christopher: Can't deal with the alternative.
Christopher · Larry: I gotta schmeitz. - You what? - Schmeitz. - What's that one? - Gotta go. - That's a new one to me.
Jenna: I'm a greeter, and I talk to the guests. I put on a costume, like, a princess, like. Snow White or Elsa or Ariel or Lilo or Stitch. My favorite is Mickey's favorite. Minnie Mouse.
Jenna Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection ★ Rewatch Freddy Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Larry · Freddy: I'm so superficial, I'd probably break up. - You would? Right away? - Yeah. I'm not gonna date Minnie Mouse.
Freddy: Oh, yeah, I'm gonna listen to the notes from Minnie Mouse!
Jenna: Oh, my God, oh, my God. We're coming out with a new line of Little Mermaid sleepwear, and I get a discount, so if you text me your sizes, I can hook you up.
Jenna Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Jenna · Dana: Jenna giving detailed, helpful script notes despite her actual job
Jenna Dana Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Freddy: It's the 'I like it' gambit. All you gotta do is compliment people on what the fuck they're wearing, next thing you know, they gonna give you one.
Freddy Observational Character Comedy Callback Larry · Cheryl: Larry David is disrespectful to women. Come on, Cheryl. I love women. Who loves women more than me? I love having sex with them.
Larry · Ted: You bought a brick, huh? - Yes. - What does your brick say, Ted? - Nothing. We left it blank.
Larry: All right, so just for argument's sake, is there anything nice you could say about me that's not on a brick?
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: Any woman who Larry David impregnated, he not only paid for the abortion, but accompanied her to the procedure.
Larry Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Waiter: Fish sad, so we changed new location. Change of scenery make much happy fish. - So, you moved the fish? - Fish living best life in downtown.
Waiter Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Larry David · Restaurant Staff: Stuck, dead! Stuck, dead! - Sick, gone! Sick, gone!
Larry: I will not forget fish.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Callback Larry · Freddy: Tell me you got something good. - Oh, I got the goods. Got something that's gonna get us out of this mess that we're both in.
Freddy: It's called, uh, Groat's disease. I have Groat's disease. It affects the nervous system and eventually I become incontinent, and you can't even sit.
Freddy · Irma: Freddy's fake Groat's disease performance with graphic symptoms
Freddy Irma Escalation Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Freddy · Irma: And you'll have to hold my penis when I pee. - Ay, gevalt.
Freddy · Irma: You like it? Listen. Please, take it. Please, it's the least I can do. - Oh, please, no. - No, please. It's the least... - What? Really?
Freddy Irma Callback Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Freddy Escalation Character Comedy Jenna · Dana: Larry fucking David. Those fucking pricks.
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