While comforting a friend whose husband passed away, Larry and Cheryl comment on the husband's shirt. Larry then goes to the department store the next day to buy it. Meanwhile, Jeff talks Larry into investing in a trendy new celebrity restaurant. Larry also gets into trouble when he throws away some trash in a random garbage can.
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31.9
Wins Above Replacement
“Chets Shirt” ranks #118 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 68.5 — Mixed. The episode packs 56 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.4 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
Barbara Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: 'I saw a dead guy's picture.'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Barbara · Larry: 'My husband dropped dead.' 'Yeah, that was four months ago.'
Larry: 'I'll need a new dentist soon, there's no question about it.'
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: Is it 'cause of the shirt? 'Cause I wore the shirt? Because of the shirt?
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Callback All Jokes — 56 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Unknown: Larry giving up red meat with 'No reason' repeated multiple times despite being pressed
Larry · Unknown: So, I've given up red meat... No reason. - You got to have a reason. - No reason.
Larry · Neighbor: Neighbor's outrage over Larry throwing garbage in his garbage can
Neighbor: 'My garbage belongs in my garbage can. Your garbage belongs in your garbage can.'
Neighbor Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Larry: 'I'll give that message to the next guy.'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Larry · Barbara: 'How's everything going? Well, you know, horrible.'
Larry · Cheryl: 'You ask her about the picture frame? No. How can I?' followed by awkward silence
Larry · Barbara: Larry's obsession with Chet's shirt in the photo
Barbara: 'It's Caruso's. Yeah, it was Caruso's. On Wilshire Boulevard! Yes, of course!'
Larry · Barbara: Larry asking about the picture frame after five months
Larry: 'Cause it's kind of been like five months, you know?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Barbara · Larry: 'My husband dropped dead.' 'Yeah, that was four months ago.'
Larry: 'She'd be dancing around the Trevi Fountain in Rome...'
Larry Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Ted Danson: 'I once invested in a whorehouse. I made a fortune on that place.'
Larry · Ted · Jeff: The Wizard of Oz costume argument between Larry, Ted, and Jeff
Jeff: Him? I do an unbelievable Lion. Well, I got to do the Lion, though, seriously. Let me do the Lion. You will not regret it.
Jeff Character Comedy Escalation Jeff: 'I'll be the fat Tin Man that'll disappoint children.'
Larry: 'I saw a dead guy's picture.'
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael York: Why are you a kabobaphobe?
Larry: Just when you're putting them off the stick... I'm a little afraid of the stick, frankly.
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist Michael York: 'I'm so appalled by the idea that I'm struck dumb.'
Larry: 'I don't like talking to people I know, but strangers I have no problem with.'
Larry Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Larry · Cheryl: 'Cause you can't get sweet potatoes anywhere. Have you noticed that? - Everybody's noticed that.
Larry: He's my dentist. Why is he calling me for dinner?
Larry Character Comedy Observational Larry: Well, what are we gonna talk about, my teeth?
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry: 'I'll need a new dentist soon, there's no question about it.'
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: The whole world's got to get together.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry · Jeff: Larry wanting waiters to dress like him
Larry · Jeff: Larry buying multiple identical shirts and justifying it
Burt · Larry: Burt Bondy's mistaken identity guesses (spin class, AA)
Larry: No, I wish you did. it sounds like a nice place to hang out.
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jeff: They might think we have Scientologists for wait people.
Jeff Observational Character Comedy Larry · Jeff: The defective gift shirt argument
Jeff · Larry: Oh, gee, look at that. - A little rip there. - My God, I'm sorry.
Jeff: You gave me a defective shirt. It's got a hole in it. That's not a gift.
Jeff Observational Character Comedy Jeff: 'It's not a gift. It's supposed to be a gift, not a problem.'
Jeff Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jeff: The point is, if you give somebody a gift, it's supposed to be a gift, not a problem.
Jeff Observational Character Comedy Larry · Ted: Is it 'cause of the shirt? 'Cause I wore the shirt? Because of the shirt? No, don't be silly, Larry.
Larry Ted Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Is it 'cause of the shirt? 'Cause I wore the shirt? Because of the shirt?
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Callback Larry: Larry spelling 'A-S-S-H-O-L-E' in front of a five-year-old
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: 'She's five years old. She doesn't know how to spell.'
Larry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jeff · Larry: Jeff's terrible Lion impression and Larry's critique
Larry · Jeff: I don't do impressions. - Why say you can do the Lion? - I'm the Lion! I don't have to do the voice.
Larry · Dr. Blore: Larry's elaborate pear farm story to cover his lie
Larry: I was getting the runs up there after a while.
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry · Dr. Blore: Mixing up Bartlett and Bosc pears
Dr. Blore · Larry: Dr. Blore mentioning Burt Bondy was in this week
Larry: The oversized temporary teeth
Larry Visual Gag Escalation Larry: 'Temporaries aren't supposed to look like Chiclets'
Larry Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag Cheryl: 'If you just would've done the Tin Man, none of this would've happened.'
Cheryl Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Cheryl: If you just would've done the Tin Man, none of this would've happened.
Cheryl Irony/Sarcasm Observational Callback Larry: 'Maybe Jill did it on purpose too.'
Larry Dark/Subversive Escalation Larry: 'Not one Spanish person has figured out that the piñata is a sick fucking game?'
Larry Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: 'Five years old, she can spell asshole. That's pretty good.'
Larry Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Callback Ted · Larry: 'You got two shirts?' with Larry's awkward pause
Barbara Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm