Larry wonders how a Japanese WWII veteran can call himself a kamikaze, and feels a nursing home bingo game may not be on the up-and-up.
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“Kamikaze Bingo” ranks #12 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 87.5 — Elite. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 1.5 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.3 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
Larry: Larry's final 'Banzaii!' kamikaze battle cry as he's dragged away
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Cofey: Is that your name? Cofey? - Yeah. - Have you ever been to that Japanese restaurant across the street? - Oh yeah, eat there all the time. - So Cofey was there. - You could say that.
Larry: We thought of it between hands.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Yoshi's friend · Larry: A kamikaze pilot. - Wow. [beat] Wouldn't he be dead?
Larry: Larry's desperate explanation: 'I was saying die, die!' while yelling to help his deaf father
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: I love that bow. I am nuts about that bow. It humbles you. And we've got so many cocky people in this country. They need the humility of the bow here.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · Cheryl: We're looking for a big penis... With some big balls...
Larry: 'Cofey was here'. What kind of moron is this Cofey, carving his nick... Takes a knife out and carves into the table?
Larry Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Yoshi's friend · Larry: A kamikaze pilot. - Wow. [beat] Wouldn't he be dead?
Larry: Was he coming down, all of a sudden, he said, 'Jesus, this kamikaze business might not be for me'. 'I think maybe I'll... go back to base'?
Yoshi: Yoshi's defeated 'I'm uncertain' response to Larry's kamikaze interrogation
Yoshi Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: Abrupt topic change to discussing rainbow roll sushi immediately after kamikaze awkwardness
Larry Awkward Silence Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: Bingo is the only thing in the world that I feel any sense of optimism about. When I play I actually think I'm gonna win. Isn't that insane?
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · poker players: Well, you know, we're here. I had to really finagle to get out tonight. I'm kinda happy to be anywhere. And you know, we can't leave the house. We don't have keys. And a pizza is coming.
Larry: And he tried, he didn't actually kill himself, he just tried. That's a very good distinction. Because if he said he tried to... That means he didn't, which means he's alive.
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Mayuki · Larry · poker players: Mayuki's fury at finding them still playing poker when she returns from hospital
poker player · Mayuki: I was up about $400. - Out! - Can we settle up? - Out! Pizza was coming, it would have been rude to leave a pizza guy...
Larry · Cheryl: How do you know? - He sent me a suicide email. - A suicide email?!
Larry: Larry's outrage at being excluded from the suicide email cc list
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: When you get married, you not only get the sex, but you get all the other stuff too. All the information from the wife who doesn't hold any secrets.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · Lenore: Bingo scene with Larry's confident 'Bingo!' followed by immediate rejection
bingo caller · Larry: G-41. - Not in my purview. Not in my purview.
Larry · Lenore: Cheat. - You called I-17. Let me see that pad. - No, you're not gonna see this pad. - Why? Let me take a look at it!
bingo caller · Ruthie: Ruthie gets a dollar! - Ha-ha, I won a dollar! I won, everybody! I won!
Ruth · Larry: Ruth winning immediately after Larry's disputed game, proving his conspiracy theory
Larry: I had bingo. You all know I had bingo. And I won your dollar.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: We thought of it between hands.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Larry · Mayuki: I'm curious about how you can be a kamikaze pilot and still be alive. There's a lot of kamikaze pilots that are still alive. You say that, and I say to you, they are not kamikaze pilots.
Larry: 'He grazed the ship'. That sounds to me like 'I think I might head home. This is fucking insane'.
Larry Callback Escalation Callback Larry: I didn't call him chicken, I ordered chicken! Here's the difference: 'You're a chicken'. 'I'll have some chicken'. 'You're a chicken'. 'I'd like a piece of chicken'.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Yoshi · Larry: You're eating pistachio nuts while you're apologizing to me? - Yes, so? - You can't be sincere about apologizing and then snack on pistachio nuts!
Larry: I've snacked and apologized many times in the past and everyone's always accepted it quite graciously.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: She called my number. I listen, I pay attention. I'm a good bingo player.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: I think Lenore... is either in cahoots with Ruth or maybe even a few other people. I don't even know.
Dr. Skadden: You want me to go undercover to play bingo? Is that what you're saying?
Larry · Pharmacist: Doctor vs Pharmacist standoff over medication preference
Larry: I'll go with the pharmacist. I'm going with the pharmacist.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry · Nat: Larry walking in on his father watching loud pornography
Larry · Nat: You... I can hear it in the lobby, this thing! - So what? I can't hear, you know? - It's too loud! - It's very hard for me. I can't hear.
Nat · Ruthie: the Japanese guy, his son tried to kill himself. But he's home from the hospital, he didn't die. - Oh yeah, good guy... - No no, 'die'. - Lie? - No, 'die'. Die, die, die!
Larry · Cofey: Is that your name? Cofey? - Yeah. - Have you ever been to that Japanese restaurant across the street? - Oh yeah, eat there all the time. - So Cofey was there. - You could say that.
Larry: You know what, Cofey? I think I'll go with the doctor.
Larry Callback Character Comedy Callback Larry · Cheryl: Larry's BlackBerry obsession complaint while Cheryl is on her BlackBerry
Restaurant staff: Restaurant staff chanting 'Chicken teriyaki boy!' as Larry leaves
Larry: I'm chicken teriyaki boy. That's my nickname, 'cause I always order chicken teriyaki. So whenever I go in, they go, 'oh, chicken teriyaki boy'! And they call you that. - Yes, that's my name.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Callback Larry · Mayuki: Let's go double or nothing. Bingo. - You wanna take me on in bingo? - Tomorrow, the nursing home, 2:00.
Larry · Mayuki: Double or nothing bingo challenge between Larry and Mayuki
Larry: Oh no! Suicide blackberry.
Larry Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Larry: 'Suicide blackberry' - Cheryl's phone reveals bad news
Larry Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive Larry · Mayuki: Nobody beats me at bingo. Nobody! - Really? I haven't read about that.
elderly residents · Larry: That's him. He's the one that tried to kill Ruthie. - Yes. - What? What?
Larry: Larry's desperate explanation: 'I was saying die, die!' while yelling to help his deaf father
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Larry's final 'Banzaii!' kamikaze battle cry as he's dragged away
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm