At the screening of a miniseries, the young daughter of a TV executive asks Larry to cut the hair off a beloved doll. When he complies, she becomes very upset. To remedy the situation, Larry and Jeff steal the head from Jeff's daughter's doll.
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“The Doll” ranks #107 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.0 — Great. The episode packs 65 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.6 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
Tara: Mommy, that bum is in the bathroom and there's something hard in his pants!
Tara Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Jeff: Who doesn't know that when you cut a doll's hair... it doesn't grow back? She should know better.
Larry Jeff Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Anne · Tara · Larry: And did you happen to tell her that maybe it wouldn't grow back? He didn't tell her. I thought it was understood.
Larry: Where's her body? It didn't come with a body.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry · Tara: I guess I missed a strand there. I got a Swiss Army-- It's ugly, mommy! Let me get it. I got a Swiss Army Knife. I could get that.
Larry Tara Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 65 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: In fact the series could be called Aren't you Evelyn? Or I'm Not Evelyn. Something like that.
Larry Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential Network executive · Larry: What's with you and the water? Doctor's orders. I'm dehydrated or something... and I've got to drink 8 of these a day. Constantly running to the bathroom.
Larry · Network executive: We split up. I'm living in a hotel. I'm sorry to hear that. Don't be! It's great.
Network executive: The only thing is that my older kid has a pinkeye, so.... I mean, it's not contagious, but....
Larry: What's the difference between Harriet Beecher Stowe... and Harriet Tubman?
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Larry · Cheryl: I think we might be due for some sex tonight. You think? I do, yeah. Did you pencil that in and didn't tell me?
Larry: So, I'm gonna go in over there. I'm not here. I haven't seen you. Have not seen me.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry · Theater employee: Really? I got a condition. I really need to have this.
Larry: I mean, what if I have a really bad kidney thing? I'm not-- Maybe you should finish it outside. Yeah, maybe I should.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: Is that the same woman who just told me to get rid of the water?
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational Larry: I don't see how it was your concern. You don't work here.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: We're all dying of thirst. What are you, the hallway monitor here?
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Woman · Larry: Who are you that the rules don't apply? I'm applying the golden rule. Are you?
Larry: But that doesn't supersede the golden rule. That's the big one.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: Excuse me, Mrs. Cantor, we've got homework. You forgot to give us homework.
Larry Callback Character Comedy Callback Larry David · Cheryl: She's talking to Anne Michaelson, Lane Michaelson's wife. -That's who she's talking to. -That's Lane Michaelson's wife?
Larry: We don't have plans, we don't wanna go to dinner with you.
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: I actually wanna go 'cause she showed a lot of cleavage for that time.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry · Cheryl: Cold! Chest freeze! Put your tongue to the top of your.... No, your tongue to the roof of your mouth.
Larry: I have to thank your producer, director... whoever, because they didn't reveal that much bosom in that day....
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Larry · Little girl: Is that a bathroom? Yeah, why? Do you have to go potty?
Larry · Little girl: What's her name? Judy. 'Judy! Judy! Judy!'
Larry: It's called a Swiss Army Knife. You heard of Switzerland? It's a country in Europe, and they don't like to fight. They let everybody do their fighting for them... while they ski and eat chocolate.
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: You wanna give it a little, kind of, Dorothy Hamill thing?
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry: Can I tell you something? It's a very French look. It's very French.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Larry · Jeff: There's no lock on that bathroom door. I know. That's crazy. That's your top priority in a house. In the bathroom.
Tara · Anne: Mommy, mommy! Look at my doll's hair. Why did you cut her hair? I didn't cut it! He did!
Anne · Tara · Larry: And did you happen to tell her that maybe it wouldn't grow back? He didn't tell her. I thought it was understood.
Anne: How could you not understand... that a little girl has a vivid imagination? She's extremely gifted.
Anne Escalation Character Comedy Anne: You can replace it? This is like Liberty, the Beanie Baby. Out Of Production, OOP, okay? Not coming back.
Anne Escalation Observational Larry · Tara: I guess I missed a strand there. I got a Swiss Army-- It's ugly, mommy! Let me get it. I got a Swiss Army Knife. I could get that.
Larry Tara Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Jeff: Who doesn't know that when you cut a doll's hair... it doesn't grow back? She should know better.
Larry Jeff Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jeff: My daughter has a huge doll collection. Her room is filled with dolls. I think she might have that Judy doll.
Jeff Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: Honestly, I have never been so humiliated in my life, really. I fucked up.
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry · Cheryl: Like, imagine the worst moment a person can walk in on somebody. I got it. You think you're alone, and you're in the bathroom.
Jeff: Are you out of your mind? You wanna end the deal because of this?
Jeff Escalation Character Comedy Larry · Cheryl: Divorce? Is it a divorce? Yeah, it's a divorce. So start packing up 'cause you're moving out.
Cheryl: I wish you wouldn't talk anymore tonight. I wish you wouldn't say one more thing to me.
Cheryl Character Comedy Escalation Jeff: Here we are in Doll World. So, there's dolls here, look at all these. You have no idea how much money I've spent on dolls.
Jeff Observational Character Comedy Larry · Jeff: She looks Swiss. She looks like Judy. She looks Swiss? All right.
Larry · Jeff: 'Suite: Judy Brown Eyes,' I said it in my head. You said, 'Suite: Judy Brown Eyes'? I know the song is Suite: Judy Blue Eyes... and she has brown eyes. It's brown eyes.
Larry Jeff Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Some of these dolls are scary. A bunch of bald ones up here.
Larry Observational Visual Gag Jeff · Larry: Susie's here. Shit. Come on. Stick it in your jacket. It's too big. Where do I put it?
Susie: What the fuck are you doing here? You're supposed to call first!
Susie Character Comedy Escalation Jeff: Listen, and I'll tell you. Sammy's shelf has been on my mind. I've always thought this shelf was loose.
Jeff Misdirection Character Comedy Susie · Jeff · Larry: You put the shelves up.... I find that hard to believe. He knows a lot about shelving. I put them all up-- Mr. California Closets over here all of a sudden?
Susie: Fat fuck, trying to hide, like you're Mr. Inconspicuous.
Susie Character Comedy Escalation Callback Larry: Boy, that's starting to itch me down there.
Larry Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Sammy: Mommy, somebody cut off Judy's head!
Sammy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Where's her body? It didn't come with a body.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: If she does, you should enroll her at some kind of school for gifted children.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Susie: I know you took the doll's head. Where is it?
Susie Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Susie: The kid is home hysterical... because her doll, Judy, has been decapitated... 'cause you 2 sickos... took the head for God knows what reason... some voodoo shit you're doing. Where is it?
Susie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Susie: Stop scratching your balls and tell me where it is! Just get me the fucking head, all right? Both of you, 'cause I've had it, you four-eyed fuck and you fat piece of shit!
Susie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Maybe she's got the short-haired version. We can get the short-haired Judy back.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy Callback Jeff: You put that doll head down there... and who knows what the hair is made out of? You've got an allergic reaction, I'm telling you.
Jeff Observational Cringe/Discomfort Callback Larry: I have to go to the doctor now? That's gonna be a lot of fun. 'Where did you get the rash?' 'I stuck a doll's head down my pants, Doctor. It feels good to me.'
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Anne: Why would you want that short-haired Judy head?
Anne Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: I just like it, you know.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: The short-hair, it's very becoming I think, you know?
Larry Callback Character Comedy Callback Susie · Jeff: Something's not right here. This is not the head. There's something wrong. Sure, it's the head, that's the head.
Larry · Jeff: Is your assistant going out with anybody? You're not going out with my assistant, okay?
Network executive: Honestly, I can't even look at that guy now. It makes me sick to my stomach.
Larry · Cheryl: It's an olfactory nightmare in that men's room. Is anybody in here? Coast is clear. Great, 2 minutes.
Tara: Mommy, that bum is in the bathroom and there's something hard in his pants!
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