The Davids take in a family whose life was destroyed by a hurricane; Larry comes up with a way to avoid going to parties he has no desire to attend
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Wins Above Replacement
“Meet The Blacks” ranks #112 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.2 — Solid. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 6.9 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: Maybe some family will adopt us.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Richard Lewis: Richard Lewis arriving and immediately using the same wrong-night excuse
Larry: That's a penis... Oh my God... Funkhouser-- he knowingly served us penis.
Larry Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry Deadpan/Understatement Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jeff · Susie: Jeff and Susie arriving with the same 'wrong night' excuse
All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry: You'll never have to experience me again.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry: It was a little boring, to be honest with you... well, it fucking was.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: You paid $150 for me to look like a fucking asshole?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Larry · Jeff: You're gonna use your child to get out of a party?... It's the best thing in the world... It's a great reason to have kids.
Larry Jeff Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: I'll just show up tonight and pretend I had the wrong night... Ding-dong-- 'where's the party?'
Larry Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Jeff · Larry: Have you ever seen Richard look in the mirror?... Is that really what I do?
Larry · Jeff: Cha cha... where did he get her from? Man, oh, man. She is so hot.
Larry Jeff Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Larry: I'm gonna dress like a little Dutch girl.
Larry Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Larry · Jeff: 'Cha cha.' 'Cha cha.' Discussion of Richard's hot girlfriend
Larry: Schmohawks. Did I ever tell you that?... 'Hey, schmohawk!'
Larry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: I would need a couple of months to mentally prepare for that. Tomorrow?
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Larry: What do I have? I don't know what's so-- what do I have? I like this sport jacket. I can't replace this.
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: I would need a couple of months to mentally prepare for that. Tomorrow?
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Funkhouser: Oh, they've been gone for about 24 hours. The party was last night.
Larry: This may be the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life-- well, we've ever done.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Larry: My mother would be horrified-- horrified if she knew that I was sitting in the living room the night after a big party just took place-- horrified.
Larry Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Larry · Ted: I left the car running... If you walk away from the car, it's on, and you got your car keys in your hand, it goes 'beep beep beep beep beep.'
Funkhouser: 1000 pick-up sticks... I go get the sticks, I throw them all over the room and we pick up the sticks.
Larry · Jeff: What are the odds?... Yeah, what are the odds?
Larry Jeff Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Jeff · Susie: Jeff and Susie arriving with the same 'wrong night' excuse
Larry: What the hell are you doing? You stole my wrong-night bit.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jeff: I'm sucking on it like a mint.
Jeff Character Comedy Absurdist Larry: My daughter is waiting for a puppet show... My dad has a virus. He's in bed with fever, with covers up to his neck.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy Jeff · Larry: Your dad always has a virus, okay? Fuck you, he doesn't always have a virus.
Funkhouser: We're going into the living room and we're gonna play 'The Newlywed Game.'
Funkhouser Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Funkhouser: If you could have sex with one of your friends' wives or girlfriends, who would it be?
Funkhouser Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Funkhouser: I've gotta go with my little poofer.
Funkhouser Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Cheryl: I had no idea you've been-- that you wanted to have sex with cha cha... Obviously, there's a fantasy going down.
Cheryl Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Susie: You love your wives. Fuck you and fuck you.
Susie Escalation Dark/Subversive Larry: Short of adopting this hurricane family.
Larry Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Ted · Larry: They thought the party was tonight... You're kidding... All right, it's good to see you.
Larry: I was raised not to intrude on people. My mother would be horrified-- horrified
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Larry's elaborate explanation about being raised not to intrude and his mother's horror
Larry Character Comedy Escalation Richard Lewis: Richard Lewis arriving and immediately using the same wrong-night excuse
Richard · Larry: What did you steal my thing for?... Showing-up-on-the-wrong-night thing... You're making a fool out of me.
Larry: Come on, schmohawk!
Larry Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Cheryl · Loretta Black · Family: Meeting the Black family at the airport with all their luggage
Larry: It's like if my last name was Jew, like Larry Jew-- 'cause I'm Jewish... And I'm Jewish.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Auntie Rae: Auntie Rae smoking in the house despite the no-smoking rule
Larry: We don't smoke in the house... cigarette... smoking...
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Larry: That's a penis... Oh my God... Funkhouser-- he knowingly served us penis.
Larry Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Marty: I told you it was a black log cake.
Marty Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Funkhouser · Larry: Why did you take the balls home?... I didn't know they were balls.
Larry: My friend Jeff did not know-- did not know that there was a penis in that box when he picked that up from the bakery.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Larry: To see a big penis like that-- what are you gonna do? She's a little girl.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Larry Deadpan/Understatement Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Maybe some family will adopt us.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Funkhouser · Larry: The party was yesterday... Oh, you're kidding me.
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