Marty Funkhouser is outraged when flowers from his mother's memorial are stolen; Larry complains about "sample abusers" in stores; Jeff and Susie find knowing Larry to be a liability when trying to get Sammy into an exclusive private school.
WAR
50.4
Wins Above Replacement
“The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial” ranks #63 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.6 — Elite. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 1.3 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 7.2 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 · Funkhouser: You could be 70 and be an orphan? You could be 100 and be an orphan! You can't be 100 and be an orphan. Yeah, you can! Okay. Little Orphan Funkhouser.
Larry · Funkhouser: They wouldn't take the 50 at the flower store! How could you do that?! Why? There are so many of them. So many of them?! They're not there to pick!
Funkhouser · Larry: I'm an orphan. You're a what? I'm an orphan. Orphan? Yeah, an orphan! You're a little too old to be an orphan.
Funkhouser · Larry: If you weren't my best friend, I would take my bare hands and pop your head off your neck. He's not my best friend.
Larry · Dean: they call me daddy. Oh, really? Yeah, it's really sweet. That's nice. That's very nice. I really love being called daddy. I don't particularly like children, that's why I don't really have any. But I like being called daddy.
Larry Dean Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Cheryl: You know what? He owes me $50 from golf. That's $50 you're never gonna see. Never! Never gonna see that 50. Never ever ever ever. You can't ask a mourner for $50.
Larry · Jeff: I am so much closer with Marty than you are. I've known him so much longer. However long you've known him is irrelevant in this equation.
Susie · Larry: Well, that's great, Larry, but I wouldn't take so much credit, because it's not your DNA.
Larry · Jeff: Really? Oh, yeah, I'll be nice the whole day. And then we'll have sex. And then I'll just go back to being the way I am.
Larry Jeff Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: I love these people that come here, they get 10 samples, you know? And it's not right for the woman working back there. She's got better things to do than just scooping out samples for them.
Larry Observational Setup/Punchline Larry · Dean: You know, you're like a sample abuser. That's what you are. You're abusing your sampling privileges.
Larry: Vanilla! She winds up with vanilla. You got to be kidding me.
Larry Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch Funkhouser · Larry: I'm an orphan. You're a what? I'm an orphan. Orphan? Yeah, an orphan! You're a little too old to be an orphan.
Larry · Funkhouser: You could be 70 and be an orphan? You could be 100 and be an orphan! You can't be 100 and be an orphan. Yeah, you can! Okay. Little Orphan Funkhouser.
Larry · Funkhouser: Look, there's a little drip. Get it! Oh, another drip! Got it!
Funkhouser · Larry: Taking off my shoe. What?! I got money in the shoe.
Funkhouser · Larry: Take the $50! No, I don't want it. I'd really rather not. I don't want that 50 from your sweaty disgusting sock and sneaker.
Larry: Fold it-- that's it, okay. Put it in my pocket. Yeah, okay. Put it in there.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Physical/Slapstick Loretta · Larry: You just brought some ice cream just for Cheryl? You didn't bring none to share with us?
Larry: See the difference? Sin of commission, omission. That's a sin of omission, much better than the commission.
Larry Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Cheryl · Loretta: This woman that he's talking about is the Dean of Admissions at Dryden School. That nice school we was trying to get the kids in? Yeah. Now, there's a problem with their application.
Larry: Like at night, you tiptoe. That's an unwritten rule. You tiptoe so you don't wake people up. You tiptoe. There's no sign, 'Tiptoe.'
Larry Observational Escalation Larry: I'm a great rectifier. That's what I do. I break down, I rectify.
Larry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Larry: I've been apologizing to people since I'm six years old on a daily basis. I pretty much have it down.
Larry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Larry · Painter: So I'm kinda be charged for what, like a half hour of your toilet time?
Painter · Larry: No, I just don't know where you dragged that thing out of. I mean, you know, that's...
Larry: Hey, Funkhouser. Call me back. No one's taking this 50. I can't get rid of it. I'll be home in an hour.
Larry Running Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Dean: As you know, my wife and I took in a homeless family who were victims of Hurricane Edna.
Larry Dean Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Dean: they call me daddy. Oh, really? Yeah, it's really sweet. That's nice. That's very nice. I really love being called daddy. I don't particularly like children, that's why I don't really have any. But I like being called daddy.
Larry Dean Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dean · Larry: It's just really refreshing. It's really rare. Saying all that, I am a pretty good person. I did take in a homeless family.
Larry · Dean: Fabric samples. They're so beautiful. What are you doing with the fabrics? Oh, I'm gonna redo this couch. Is this the one I chose? Uh, no, actually. Wasn't that the one that you wanted? Oh, yes, but now I want this.
Larry · Cheryl: Come on upstairs. Go upstairs? Come on. Let me put it in some water. Yeah, that can wait just one second.
Funkhouser: Someone stole flowers that were marking the spot where my mother was hit in her wheelchair.
Funkhouser: I keep track of it. I drive by there 10 times a day.
Funkhouser · Larry: There they are. I knew it! Where'd you get the flowers? Where'd you get those?
Larry · Funkhouser: They wouldn't take the 50 at the flower store! How could you do that?! Why? There are so many of them. So many of them?! They're not there to pick!
Larry · Cheryl: How many flowers does she need? Are these from a graveyard? Not a graveyard. It's a roadside memorial. It's not such a-- come on!
Funkhouser: I am missing one! Where's the third bunch? There were three bouquets.
Funkhouser · Larry: If you weren't my best friend, I would take my bare hands and pop your head off your neck. He's not my best friend.
Cheryl · Larry: I do like that perfume Belle Fille. Belle Fille. That would make me happy.
Larry: You know? You can't sample everything in the world. It's just impossible. We'd all like to try everything. Even though I'd love to, just can't. There's people in line, people got to go places.
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: I'd like to be with a lot of women, I can't sample every woman. You know what I'm talking about?
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Clerk · Woman · Larry: Sorry, I think that's the last one. I was on line ahead of him. I was ahead of him. Yeah, well, you shouldn't have changed lines.
Larry: You know, there's a way to fix that too. Like they do in Disneyland, you know, how the line snakes around. Go into a deli, you take a number.
Larry Observational Escalation Jeff · Larry: This is fucking great, Larry! Now Sammy's kicked out too. Just knowing you is a liability.
Jeff · Funkhouser: You want the flowers? Take the fucking flowers!
Funkhouser · Larry: They should all stand up. That's what flowers do when they're healthy. Stop picking up the petals, okay?
Larry: God, look at these vultures going for that food! These-- these people, they don't even chew. You know, I bet if you threw a quarter down, there'd be a stampede.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Mourners: Do you smell something? Yes, what is that? That's Mom's perfume. You're right. It's so strong. It's like she's here with us.
Mourners Irony/Sarcasm Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Unknown mourner: Hey, somebody dropped a 50!
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