When Larry and Jerry Seinfeld get together to write the reunion show, they consider including Larry's latest experience, which involves a crying Jesus and a bare-midriff assistant.
WAR
44.4
Wins Above Replacement
“The Bare Midriff” ranks #90 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.8 — Great. The episode packs 47 scored jokes at 1.3 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.9 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: You can flaunt 2/3 of the day outside of the office. And then you got 1/3 non-flaunt. Do you have to flaunt 24 hours? Why not take a break in the flaunt?
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Maureen · Larry: Larry! You sprayed on jesus! What can I do? I'm taking this medication and it's getting all over the place! I can't control it!
Maureen's Mother: Tom! Ohhh!
Larry: I think every erection is a miracle.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jerry: The mayonnaise is as personal to the chef as her flabby stomach is to her.
Jerry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 47 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Larry · Jerry: What, do you got seabiscuit in there with you? That was crazy. I never heard a... A stream like that.
Larry: Yeah, I'm taking this new pill. That is, like, not human, that sound. It's got some backsplash too. I gotta be careful.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Observational ★ Rewatch Larry · Jerry: You think nixon could have been nixon in 'frost/nixon'? Nixon's not an actor. Neither is cheryl.
Larry Jerry Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Maureen: It smells like a rattlesnake is in there.
Larry · Jerry: I can't take it anymore. How can she walk around like that? Every day. Every day, every day.
Larry Jerry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jerry: This is not a call for eloquence. This is a call for charm, for, you know, lightness and breeziness. That's you.
Jerry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jerry: I'm white glove. White gloves, larry. I don't do those things.
Jerry Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Jerry: The mayonnaise is as personal to the chef as her flabby stomach is to her.
Jerry Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Jeff: Odds even. One takes. I got evens. Okay. One two three... Shoot! I win. Do it.
Larry · Maureen: Even if it was a man, I wouldn't want to see that. 'That'? What is 'that,' larry? Well, that. You know.
Larry: Not a burka, but something in-between this and a burka.
Larry Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: You can flaunt 2/3 of the day outside of the office. And then you got 1/3 non-flaunt. Do you have to flaunt 24 hours? Why not take a break in the flaunt?
Larry Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Maureen · Larry: I'm not gonna go buy your socks for you anymore. Yeah, I'll buy my own socks. That's fucking ridiculous.
Jerry: I thought, 'this bulvan will walk in there and in two minutes she'll be out in a huff.' That's what I thought.
Jerry Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angry Driver: You got something you want to say to me, cuntface?
Larry · Richard: Honking's very dangerous. Yeah. I try never to honk. Only in dire emergencies.
Richard · Larry: The gentle honk. Yeah. The throat clear. The most I could do is a gentle honk. Exactly. 'Hello, excuse me.' Do you have that technique?
Richard: You should bring a bath towel to eat. That's what you should bring.
Larry: I know him longer so he should sit over there, because I'm actually gonna be talking to him more than you so I should have eye contact with him as opposed to turning around and straining my neck.
Larry Character Comedy Observational Larry · Jerry: Of course I want the luxury suite. You want the luxury suite too. Yes, I do. But you...
Jerry · Larry · Richard: Hey, where'd he go? Oh my god. What the hell? I'm fucking angry at you.
Larry: It's like winning an election but waiting to get sworn in. So the audition is the swearing in. It's nothing.
Larry Observational Misdirection ★ Rewatch Cheryl · Larry: It is sexist! It's completely sexist. We would have said that to a man if... If there was man flab.
Larry · Jerry: Yeah, what about the guy we didn't like because he was veiny? Yeah, there was the veiny guy.
Larry · Jerry: That first a.d. From 'evening shade' had foamy mouth. We didn't hire him. He was bubbly. I can't work with somebody who's bubbly.
Larry: You know, the protuberance and the whole... All of it.
Larry Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry: Perfect world? Maybe an inch further down, cover up the belly button. That's all. Perfect world, perfect world!
Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Maureen's mother: You are the spitting image of my deceased husband tom. Oh my god. Oh, I'm having a hot flash.
Maureen's Mother · Larry: Oh, it happened so fast. You know, he was murdered, and... Murdered?! Yes! It was 1962. It was our wedding day.
Larry as Tom · Maureen · Road rage driver: What a schmohawk. You bastard! Go ahead, pull over. Just keep going. Please, don't get in a fight.
Larry: and all he did was honk! He honked! That's unbelievable. You can't honk anymore! You cannot honk.
Larry Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Richard: I'll tell you what else you can't do... You can't shush. No honking, no shushing. That sound... Shh-shh, you know. It is offensive. It's startling.
Maureen: All bald people do not look alike.
Maureen Deadpan/Understatement Observational Richard: Larry, it's the invisible jew. Richard lewis, remember me?
Richard Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Maureen · Mother: Mom! You've got to see this. Come here, come here! Oh oh! Oh my god. Look at jesus! I know!
Larry: I think every erection is a miracle.
Larry Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Larry: I think every erection is a miracle.
Larry Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Larry · Jerry: You got it! Don't even think about it. That's nothing. Larry 'how can I help' david.
Jerry · Larry: You splashed him, didn't you? I splashed him.
Enzo: Only two. I put two in the bag. That's plenty. I had a handicapped kid in here yesterday... Know how many napkins he got? Two!
Enzo Absurdist Dark/Subversive Callback Witness: I just can't tell. Don't know which one it is? I'm confused. I just see bald.
Witness Observational Visual Gag Callback Police lineup witness: I just can't tell. Don't know which one it is? I'm confused. I just see bald. I... I don't know.
Maureen's Mother: Tom! Ohhh!
Jeff · Larry: Maybe tomorrow we'll dress up like kaufman and hart... Put on coats and ties, tweed jackets. Yeah, that's a good idea. Smoke some cigarettes. Maybe we'll have a good writing day. Yeah, then maybe wrestle naked like oliver reed and alan bates.
Maureen · Larry: Larry! You sprayed on jesus! What can I do? I'm taking this medication and it's getting all over the place! I can't control it!
Maureen · Larry: Larry, you sprayed on jesus! What can I do? I'm taking this medication and it's getting all over the place! I can't control it!
Larry · Maureen: Oh, christ. Let's go... Go get her. Oh no! Please... Larry. Oh, larry! Hang on, larry. Hang on! Larry. Hold on. Ahhhh.
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