Larry has his jacket borrowed without permission, but he manages to end up the bad guy. Meanwhile, his investigation into what happened to Jeff's missing dog, Oscar, leads him to suspect his Korean bookie.
WAR
21.9
Wins Above Replacement
“The Korean Bookie” ranks #117 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 69.5 — Mixed. The episode packs 35 scored jokes at 1.1 per minute, averaging 6.7 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
Larry: Oscar! Hey, pulgoki's Oscar! You're eating a do-oooog! You're eating a dog!
Larry Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: The pig also didn't come home to find some other fucking pig living in his house while he was locked out.
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Marla: It's my money. I can do whatever I want with it, no? No, that was my money I gave to you to replace the soiled jacket.
Larry: You paid for those giant fake titties.
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: You know the story of the three little pigs, the one who built his house with bricks? That's me. I build my house with bricks. I'm the third pig.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 35 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: You know the story of the three little pigs, the one who built his house with bricks? That's me. I build my house with bricks. I'm the third pig.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Why don't you just burn everything you eat to a cinder? Why stop at the marshmallow?
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry: I'm just saying it's idiotic what you're doing.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry · Cheryl: My jacket's not in the car. That's really strange... That's bizarre...
Larry: That's my jacket. Marla's wearing my jacket. She took my jacket from the car?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Larry: I was taking the coat and Cheryl was mocking me for wearing a coat, 'cause it's freezing, you know. I'm not gonna take a coat... what, am I nuts? I had the foresight to bring the coat.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Marla: Larry, do you want the jacket back?
Marla Cringe/Discomfort Awkward Silence Larry · Marla: Wow! Wowie. What the hell is this? It might have been... I was eating a s'more... but it'll wash out, it's fleece.
Larry: And I should be rewarded for that foresight, not punished.
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist Larry: The pig also didn't come home to find some other fucking pig living in his house while he was locked out.
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Sung: Pig? The pig... 'the three little pigs,' you don't know that story? What pig? I don't know what pig is. When did it happen? In the news? No, this is a fairy tale. Not real?
Larry: Can you believe I bet the Clippers? What kind of moron am I? Have I ever won on the Clippers, huh? Never, never.
Larry · Susie: Boy, what are you feeding this animal? He's as fat as a house. My god, look at the size of him. Like he knows what I'm talking about. You go around calling Jeff a fat fuck. Jeff is a fat fuck. Oscar is just big boned.
Larry: I don't get the whole dog thing anyway. It's like having a bum living in your house.
Larry Observational Character Comedy Larry · Heineman: May I ask why? Considering it's none of your business, I had better use for the money. Are these pickles? They're mine!
Larry · Susie: I told you you're feeding that dog too much. I don't feed him oreos!
Larry · Nurse: Oh, the Knicks? Oh, that was a great game. Went into overtime. Yeah, they lost by four.
Larry: Sometimes you rip up these checks, it screws up the books. It can really screw up the books, these things.
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Larry: Most people aren't like you, Larry. Most people are not like you. You're special.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Larry: The poor dog is fighting for his life, you know, I love that dog. I mean... If anything ever happened to him, I-I don't know... I don't know what I'd do, but... I'm sure I'd figure something out.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Am I detecting a little... daytime sex here? Is that what this is about? I love daytime sex. Then you can just go on with the rest of the day as if nothing happen...
Larry Observational Cringe/Discomfort Larry: Well, you know it's not a myth, they do eat dogs. Some Koreans eat dogs.
Larry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Sung: I know where you live.
Sung Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Sung: Sung eating mysterious 'fresh meat... quite delectable... the best kind. Only the best for Sung.'
Sung Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: You look like you should be pulling a rickshaw.
Larry: Boy, I tell you something, this is one hell of a titty festival. They're all over the place. Big bosoms everywhere you look.
Larry Observational Cringe/Discomfort Larry: You paid for those giant fake titties.
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Less is more. I think you went a little... too big on it. It's just my opinion.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort Larry: They-they're festive, man. That's a festival if I ever saw one.
Larry Wordplay/Pun Escalation Mark: It's not about subtlety, Larry, it's about excellence and confidence.
Mark Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Wedding Guest: Celtics lost by three.
Marla: You have got to be kidding me.
Marla Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Larry · Marla: It's my money. I can do whatever I want with it, no? No, that was my money I gave to you to replace the soiled jacket.
Larry · Wedding Guest: What is this dish? It's pulgoki. The korean florist brought it. It's delicious.
Larry: Oscar! Hey, pulgoki's Oscar! You're eating a do-oooog! You're eating a dog!
Larry Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm