His father's smoking jacket and ""bathroom contamination"" cause grief for Larry.
WAR
37.8
Wins Above Replacement
“The Smoking Jacket” ranks #87 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.1 — Great. The episode packs 42 scored jokes at 1.3 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 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: What happens to the moustache in a coma?
Larry Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: If he sits here like a lox for a couple of weeks the organs aren't going to be worth it.
Larry Dark/Subversive Wordplay/Pun Larry · Unknown speaker: You wished that Louis Lewis would die, so you don't have to give up your own kidney to Richard.
Larry: I don't think you want to go bowling with me. Let's pretend to be ventriloquists, okay?
Larry Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: It's like the dog who pees on the rug. He knows he's getting sent to the doghouse, so on the way, he grabs some food off the kitchen table.
Larry Observational Callback ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 42 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Unknown speaker: You wished that Louis Lewis would die, so you don't have to give up your own kidney to Richard.
Larry: You think I would wish for somebody who's in a coma, who's practically a vegetable, to die, just so I wouldn't have to give up my own kidney?
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Larry · Jeff: It's good to have a big friend, you can really smack him around. You know, look at that! Doesn't hurt him, doesn't feel anything.
Larry · Gift giver: What? It's my present. Let go. Let go with the package.
Unknown: I have to confirm something before I give it to you.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Larry: Well, at least it's not his hip. Because once it's in the hip, then you're gone. They all... they say you're gone.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive Jeff: Come on. We'll be 'going to a movie' or something.
Jeff Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Larry: Did your parents ever mention anything to you about me being... adopted?
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: I hired a private investigator.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Larry: So... how long do you think he has?
Larry Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Larry: If you had to pick one. Take a shot.
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Larry: What happens to the moustache in a coma?
Larry Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: Seems a pity though, that... these people like they... languish like this when the soul is crying to...
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Wilson: You pull that plug and I'll tell.
Wilson Misdirection Setup/Punchline Larry: No, it fell. It fell on the floor. I'm picking it up.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Wilson: I want to see a naked woman.
Wilson Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Wilson: Take me to your place.
Wilson Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Larry: This is probably a birthday gift for me. I'll tell you why. 'Cause when we were younger, whenever it was my birthday my father would always send a gift to him so he wouldn't feel left out.
Larry: I had a phone number. A very important number written on it.
Larry Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Cheryl: Because he took it in the bathroom and contaminated it.
Cheryl Cringe/Discomfort Observational Larry: You fucking moron! Give me that jacket.
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Larry: It's a big bowl of wrong.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Jeff: You're already in the doghouse, you can't get in any more trouble, you might as well get your money's worth.
Jeff Observational Character Comedy Jeff: It's a 'double transgression' theory.
Jeff Wordplay/Pun Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: You want to go to the Playboy mansion? Give me the jacket.
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: I'm taking it to the drycleaner. Take it off.
Hugh Hefner: Well, it's an original. I have them imported from Italy. It's a Roselli. One of a kind.
Wilson: You ruined my wish. It could have been a coincidence. They ran away from you, Larry.
Wilson Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hugh Hefner: Well, it's not a Roselli but it's a great knock-off.
Larry: I don't think you want to go bowling with me. Let's pretend to be ventriloquists, okay?
Larry Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: There's no nude women. They covered all up when they saw me.
Cheryl: I have arranged for you to have lunch and play a round of golf with Gary Player.
Cheryl Setup/Punchline Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: So I figured, I might as well go to the mansion, so one apology would cover both of them.
Larry Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: It's like the dog who pees on the rug. He knows he's getting sent to the doghouse, so on the way, he grabs some food off the kitchen table.
Larry Observational Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Nat: My jacket is a Roselli jacket. Take a look at this thing. It's a shmata, man. It's not my... this is a knock-off of my jacket.
Nat Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Nat: Hugh Hefner has your jacket? Hugh Hefner took my jacket?
Larry: Who's waiting for you upstairs?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: If he sits here like a lox for a couple of weeks the organs aren't going to be worth it.
Larry Dark/Subversive Wordplay/Pun Wilson: My wish is for Hugh Hefner's smoking jacket. The red one with the black trim. The Roselli.
Wilson Escalation Callback Callback Wilson · Larry: Wilson discovering Larry's house and Larry's panicked reaction
Gary Player: That's exactly like the jacket they award you when you win the masters. Now there's a 1961 masters jacket.
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