Larry regrets getting Cha-Cha a job in his building when she monitors his bathroom habits, and runs into further problems with her when he has to make phone calls 'lefty'; the Blacks and Larry are fed up with Cheryl's environmentally conscious, but uncomfortable, toilet paper; a waiter objects to a doggie bag actually being prepared for a dog.
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Wins Above Replacement
“The Lefty Call” ranks #29 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 84.2 — Elite. The episode packs 38 scored jokes at 1.1 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.3 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
Leon: You pull their asshole open, step into their asshole, close the door behind you...
Leon Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Doctor · Larry: Come on, you fucking skinhead, you piece of shit, let's go! / He is not a skinhead. He just came out of chemotherapy. / Sorry.
Cha Cha: Twice so far, two minutes each time.
Cha Cha Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Nurse: He is not a skinhead. He just came out of chemotherapy.
Nurse Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: It's a little egotistical though, isn't it... to have so many of you? You want to bring so much more of you into the world.
Larry Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 38 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Cha Cha: Wow, that was quick.
Larry: You don't really need to comment on what's going on in terms of that or anything.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Larry: You put your foot on the gas.
Larry Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline Larry: It was like having a bathroom monitor.
Larry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: It's like going to the Port Authority or a whaling vessel.
Larry Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Is she supposed to use obscenities every other word, say 'fuck' and 'fuck this, cunt that' the whole time?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Larry: It's a little egotistical though, isn't it... to have so many of you? You want to bring so much more of you into the world.
Larry Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Why do you think they call it a goddamn doggy bag, huh?
Larry Observational Escalation Daviday: Restaurant policy: 'We do not give food that was prepared for people to animals.'
Daviday Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Cha Cha: Mm, that time again, huh?
Cha Cha Cringe/Discomfort Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Cha Cha · Larry: Cha Cha offering Larry fruit: 'It's the ripest cantaloupe.' Larry: 'I've had fruit. Fruit's fruit.'
Richard: she's told me that you go to the bathroom, like, 10 to 14 times a day.
Richard Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Richard: Someone's got to sit there. Would you rather have a klansman sitting there?
Richard: You drink more than a porpoise.
Larry: I got a beautiful colon. You wanna take a picture of my colon?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Larry: I'll have a colon contest with you any time you want.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Richard: What are you eating? A lot of grains and fruit and nuts like a Jew squirrel?
Richard Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Larry: I was trapped inside the stall
Larry Absurdist Physical/Slapstick Larry: You want me to talk lefty?
Larry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: It's like throwing lefty. I can't do it. I'm not myself. I feel different, strange, like I'm not me.
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Doctor: This isn't McDonald's, okay?
Doctor Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline Skinhead: What the fuck are you looking at, Jewboy? Fucking faggot.
Skinhead Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Callback Construction worker: Y'all got funny toilet paper here.
Leon: You pull their asshole open, step into their asshole, close the door behind you...
Leon Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: What are you wearing?
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection Larry · Cha Cha: What are you wearing? / You're making me uncomfortable, Larry.
Larry: anybody can play the bongos, come on. Do you have to be that skilled to bang on something?
Larry Observational Wordplay/Pun Larry: They do have nine kids.
Larry Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Larry's reaction to his quick haircut: 'You didn't take anything off.'
Larry Observational Deadpan/Understatement Jeff · Cheryl: We shall see.
Cha Cha: Twice so far, two minutes each time.
Cha Cha Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Cheryl: You liars, you were complaining about the toilet paper.
Cheryl Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: Those people would be killed in China.
Larry: I want a righty call.
Larry Callback Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Leon: You get in that ass.
Leon Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Doctor · Larry: Come on, you fucking skinhead, you piece of shit, let's go! / He is not a skinhead. He just came out of chemotherapy. / Sorry.
Nurse: He is not a skinhead. He just came out of chemotherapy.
Nurse Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm