Cheryl puts on a Passover Seder, which Larry promptly finds numerous ways to ruin.
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“The Seder” ranks #46 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.2 — Elite. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 1.5 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
Larry: Oh, and I forgot to mention it's that sex offender.
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Mark: Okay, gently. Gently, guys. Let's put her here on the bed.
Mark Physical/Slapstick Escalation Cheryl · Larry: What would Jesus do? Cheryl, Cheryl. Cheryl, he's a jew. He's a jew!
Larry: I know, as long as he's gonna be a sex offender I wish he had a full head of hair.
Larry Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: This guy completely changed my life. I'm telling you. I can't believe the way I hit the ball now on account of him.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Neighbor: You never see people drinking grape juice. It's delicious, you'd love it. I think it's a very underrated juice.
Larry: Yeah, he's a bald guy, too. It's very bad for the bald community.
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: I know, as long as he's gonna be a sex offender I wish he had a full head of hair.
Larry Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Neighbor: A guy in a suit is taking my paper? A suit's a good cover if a guy's gonna steal a paper.
Larry: Guy in a suit's gotta be able to afford a paper.
Larry Observational Setup/Punchline Larry: I've got the touch. Watch watch watch watch. I just know how to do it. I know this machine.
Larry Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Larry: I'm not an artist, you know?
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Rick: Probably the biggest 'Seinfeld' fan ever... 'Puffy shirt' is my favorite episode.
Rick Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Cheryl: Oh, boy, look at the jew girl. I am so jewish right now.
Cheryl Character Comedy Observational Larry: I wish my mother were alive to hear you say that word out loud.
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Cheryl · Larry: 'You people' I dunno if I like that so much. You jews, is that better? That's better, yeah.
Larry: I'll bet you Mark is the guy who's taking the paper.
Larry Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Yeah, but not if he's upset with somebody who promised him a gift for Christmas and never followed through on it.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry: You don't understand because you're not jewish, okay? But it's a jewish thing. Invite the cranky neighbors who... well, if jews don't have any place to go for seder, you're supposed to invite them.
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist Rick: Yeah, and I eat and I breathe. In that order.
Rick Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Rick Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: Oh, and I forgot to mention it's that sex offender.
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Cheryl: You invited a sex offender over for seder? Are you out of your mind?
Cheryl · Larry: What would Jesus do? Cheryl, Cheryl. Cheryl, he's a jew. He's a jew!
Jake: Washington and then you go 77 years, Lincoln. 77 years there's... what's that guy's name? Theodore Roosevelt? F.D.R. And then another 77 years, you got W.
Jake Absurdist Character Comedy Larry: You couldn't cut it in your single life there? Couldn't get any dates, so you went back?
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Larry: You ever get aroused?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: Have you been stealing my newspaper?
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Okay, so that's two inappropriate questions.
Larry Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Rick: Somebody order latkes?
Rick Callback Cringe/Discomfort Callback Larry: This guy completely changed my life. I'm telling you. I can't believe the way I hit the ball now on account of him.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Rick: Somebody drop a cute bomb in here?
Rick Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jeff · Larry: What the hell are you trying to pull, Larry? He had nowhere to go, what do you want me to do? I don't give a shit where he goes.
Jeff: Jeff's horror reaction when he realizes who Rick is
Jeff Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Take a look around this room here, okay, and just see if there's anybody who you recognize.
Larry Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Mark: Okay, gently. Gently, guys. Let's put her here on the bed.
Mark Physical/Slapstick Escalation Larry · Mark: A couple of hours?! What, are you kidding? Just a... you know, she'll sleep it off, then she'll be fine.
Larry: You know what's in here? Matzah. And I'm gonna hide this, and you've got to go find it and whoever finds the matzah is gonna get a dollar.
Larry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Larry: I mean, a really good look. If she ever sees him again, she'll recognize him. She'll know that face. She never forgets a face.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Mark: Excuse me, uh, no. Just some gefilte fish.
Mark Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Mark: Oh, my foot fell asleep so I was kind of jumping up and down to get the blood circulating again. I hate when that happens, right?
Mark Misdirection Character Comedy Mark · Larry: I've been paged by the hospital. It must be an emergency. I didn't hear anything, doctor. I keep my pager on vibrate... for medical emergencies, yes.
Larry · Mark: Aren't you a cosmetic surgeon? Yes, we have emergencies in that field as well.
Larry: Emergency boob job, no doubt.
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Larry: You're lucky that old lady fainted.
Larry · Mark: You took that paper. I know you did. I'm a doctor, you idiot! Good yontif.
Larry Mark Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Rick: Well, I saw Mr. Dunkle whisper in his son's ear and then the boy went right over and found the matzah.
Larry: My friend told me, that's how I know! He saw you whisper in your son's ear and then watched as he ran to the bookcase and got the matzah.
Larry Escalation Callback Callback Jake: Oh, your friend the convicted sex offender!
Jake Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Rick Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm