Larry offends two uncostumed trick-or-treaters by not giving them candy, so they show him the "trick" side of Halloween. He also alienates Cheryl's screenwriter friend Cliff and a Jewish neighbor AND spoils his romantic anniversary gift when Jeff arrives to play a round of golf.
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“Trick Or Treat” ranks #65 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.5 — Elite. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.1 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
Walter · Larry: You're a self-loathing Jew. - Am I? - Yes! I do hate myself, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish.
Larry: we don't consider you part of the bald community. With all due respect.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Callback Larry · Officer Byrd: Sir, I'm bald, I'm not offended. - With all due respect, Officer Byrd, you are not bald. You have chosen to shave your hair.
Larry: That's a hate crime. We're a set, we're a group. You can't call us bald assholes.
Larry: You wanna check my penis? Is that what you wanna do?
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: It seems silly to put a napkin on an old pair of pants.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · Waiter: Cobb salad ordering sequence with extensive substitutions
Larry · Cliff: I'm getting a David salad. Yeah, it is a David salad.
Larry · Waiter: And I'll get agitation, if you can.
Cliff: I'm the 'Cobb' of Cobb salad.
Cliff Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Larry: This is a nice little bullshit story.
Larry Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: You know, my grandfather's name was Harold Bingo. He invented Bingo. Are you aware of that?
Larry Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Shelley: We should have sex sometime. - Yes, we should.
Walter Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Larry: You wanna check my penis? Is that what you wanna do?
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Walter · Larry: You're a self-loathing Jew. - Am I? - Yes! I do hate myself, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish.
Walter: Where's your Judaism? Judaism? Where are you? Where are you, Judaism?
Larry: They should put a muzzle on you. You're foaming at the mouth.
Larry Reaction Beat Character Comedy Unknown · Larry: Can you keep it down? Hey, I'm allowed to eat popcorn.
Larry · Unknown: Is it smoke? What comes out of your mouth in cold water? - It's breath. - But looks like smoke.
Larry · Donald: Tomorrow, I'm sitting around. I'm not doing anything. Sitting around?
Larry: I wasn't bored. I was yawning because... Can't somebody be tired and yawn? I mean it's a biological function.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: If I was handicapped, I'd want people to tell me that they're sitting around.
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry · Assistant: Thank you. I don't tuck in that much. Golf makes me tuck in. - You look good tucked in. - I'm rarely tucked in.
kids · Larry: Trick or treat. - Happy Halloween. - Festive?
kids Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Oh, my God. Shelley, no. That was... No, that was just a joke because they were talking so much.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Callback Larry: My friend Cliff Cobb lied to me about the Cobb salad! His grandfather didn't invent it. Bob Cobb did!
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Teenagers: I don't think so. - You kidding? - It's Halloween. Yeah, I know. Doesn't mean you're entitled to go around to people's homes and bilk them out of candy.
Larry · teenage girls: Where's your costumes? - I'm being my sister. - I'm a teacher. - Wow, I would like to get my seat in your class.
Teenagers: Asshole! Fuck you!
Larry: Doesn't mean you're entitled to go around to people's homes and bilk them out of candy.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: I didn't know that it was gonna be 'felony or treat.'
Larry Wordplay/Pun Escalation Larry: Trick-or-treating at 40? Free candy, I'm 40 years old, I want free candy!
Larry · Police Officer: It was sort of Elvira-ish. She looked like Elvira. - So she was kind of in a little bit of costume there. The Elvira thing. - No, that wasn't a costume.
Larry: That's a hate crime. We're a set, we're a group. You can't call us bald assholes.
Larry · Officer Byrd: Sir, I'm bald, I'm not offended. - With all due respect, Officer Byrd, you are not bald. You have chosen to shave your hair.
Larry: we don't consider you part of the bald community. With all due respect.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Callback Police Officer: It's kind of a social contract you enter when you open that door.
Larry: I will not be intimidated. Even on Halloween.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Donald: How old is she, 5 or 6 years old?
Donald Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Donald · Larry: You're sick. - You can wear clothes, these clothes don't... - Stop it.
Donald: 'I don't play golf.' Look at that shirt.
Donald Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Cliff: I'm talking about the little knee game with Shelley. I'm talking about the arm over the neck. You're busted.
Cliff Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Cliff: Let me ask his wife to screw me. That's how you joke around?
Cliff Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Callback Larry · Cliff: my grandfather invented the Cobb salad! - That's me who does that?
Larry: The Cobb salad, my friend, was invented in 1937 by Bob Cobb at the Brown Derby!
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Cliff: That son of a bitch stole that salad from my grandfather.
Cliff Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Cliff: You're dead, you son of a bitch!
Larry · Girl: Hey, Elvira. - Some fucking weirdo is trying to talk to me.
Walter · Larry: Larry David! What brings you to our Jewish home? - Well, well, now it all makes perfect sense.
Walter: What a shanda Larry David is. Not only are you a lousy Jew, but you're a lousy human being!
Walter Escalation Character Comedy Callback Walter: He screws the wife of a man in a wheelchair!
Walter Escalation Absurdist Callback Larry: Maybe you should have given me some candy!
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: That woman didn't give me the bracelet, so I had to come up with something.
Larry Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Donald Character Comedy Escalation Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm