Larry is forced to embrace his feminine side; Cheryl competes for a Seinfeld role; a law officer has an unusual name.
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“Officer Krupke” ranks #13 of 120 Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 87.5 — Elite. The episode packs 40 scored jokes at 1.1 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.5 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 · Officer Krupke · Susie: Okay, fine. You don't have to do this here. I don't care. Okay, here. Oh my god! Jesus christ! Who are you? I'm larry david. I happen to enjoy wearing women's panties.
Larry: There's only two ways you can injure your neck. One is a car accident. The other's cunnilingus.
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Larry: Larry forced to remove the stolen pants in front of everyone, revealing women's panties
Larry Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Cheryl: Cheryl's entire audition performance as George's panicked ex-wife on the plane
Cheryl Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Jeff · Larry: I told her they were your panties. What do you mean they're my panties? No no, I told her that they're your panties, that you like wearing women's panties.
Jeff Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 40 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Susie · Jeff: What is this, jeff? Whose panties are these? What the fuck is this? It's your car. What are these doing in there? All right, pull the fuck over.
Susie Jeff Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Larry: But I left my pants in the dressing room. Jesus.
Larry · Officer Krupke: You're officer krupke. Familiar with 'west side story'?
Larry · Officer Krupke: By the way, they wanted to say 'fuck you.' But in the '50s on broadway, sondheim, he couldn't write 'fuck you.' So 'krup you' is a substitute for 'fuck you.'
Officer Krupke: Some guy told me to go fuck my face once. He went to jail.
Larry: Larry singing the entire West Side Story song to the confused officer
Larry Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jeff · Larry: I told her they were your panties. What do you mean they're my panties? No no, I told her that they're your panties, that you like wearing women's panties.
Jeff Larry Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jeff: Odd yet brilliant. Completely and utterly brilliant. My best one ever maybe.
Jeff Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Virginia · Larry: Larry, you have a security tag on your pants.
Larry · Susie · Virginia · Dennis: I really have a hard time with 'how we met' stories, okay? So I'm gonna... Well, I wanna hear it. We don't have to tell it. No, you can hear it. I find it cloying and annoying.
Larry · Kids: Are you kidding me? Oh my god. This is awful. I'm not even joking. Who made that? Us. It's beautiful. You made it? Give me my money back.
Larry Kids Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Girl Escalation Reaction Beat Larry · Jeff: What are you, self-conscious? No, you're looking me over. I was not looking you over, paranoid.
Larry Jeff Cringe/Discomfort Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Mother: I think they deserve an adult critique. If they're gonna charge a dollar and give you this much lemonade... I felt a little ripped off.
Mother · Larry: They're in that little kid bubble. They're buds, and you just... You know, just piss all over it. I didn't piss on the buds. No, I helped the buds. I'm helping the buds grow. I'm good for buds.
Virginia · Cheryl: Why would you have to audition? It's based on you.
Larry · Jerry · Mark: Why hold a hat when you could just put it on your head? Wear a hat. Yeah, exactly. But it's not a hat, it's a pair of pants with a security...
Cheryl: Cheryl's entire audition performance as George's panicked ex-wife on the plane
Cheryl Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Cheryl as Amanda · Mark as George: I just want you to know... It's just a TiVo guy.
Larry: That was insane, okay? I mean, that was... That was perfect. Perfect. Everything we want.
Larry Reaction Beat Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jerry: Well, a girl like that, if you can get her, it's like 'let's get on board the virginia sloan, toot toot. Next stop, comedy town.'
Jerry Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Larry · Clerk: There's a difference between lost and gone? Yes. Lost is different than gone. They're lost and gone. If they're lost, they'd be here in the lost and found. They're gone and that's the difference.
Larry · Clerk: Good for you. I got a sign at my house, okay? It says 'if somebody takes your pants, you take theirs.' That's my sign.
Larry Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Cheryl · Larry: Oh, you know, virginia went to the bathroom and he asked me if I was interested in a menage a trois.
Larry · Cheryl: If you're gonna have a menage a trois with anybody, it's gonna be with me, not with him. Why would I want to be in a menage a trois with you?
Larry · Dennis: Curious? Did you say curious?
Dennis · Larry: Just because cheryl is curious doesn't mean you have any right to get mad at me, okay? Curious? Did you say curious?
Larry · Susie: I have a little problem with my underwear. All of a sudden out of nowhere? What, do you have a new brand or something? Yeah, I do.
Larry Susie Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Jeff: I'm trying to play like slight transvestite. Slight transvestite? Yes. It's a comfort thing. Don't add a transvestite level to this.
Larry Jeff Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jeff · Larry: I got a call from virginia. She can't do the part. She's in a neck brace. Oh my god.
Larry: There's only two ways you can injure your neck. One is a car accident. The other's cunnilingus.
Larry Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Larry · Jeff: Nothing. Cheryl. Cunnilingus.
Larry Jeff Deadpan/Understatement Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Larry · Cheryl: And I submit she performed it on you in a threesome.
Larry Cheryl Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Larry: You know, I never saw michelangelo in a brace.
Larry Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Larry: ♪ gee, officer krupke, krup you. ♪
Larry Callback Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Jeff: She was driving dennis's car, asshole know-it-all. His car is all fucked up.
Jeff Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Jeff · Larry: She was driving dennis's car, asshole know-it-all. His car's... His car is all fucked up.
Larry · Officer Krupke · Susie: Okay, fine. You don't have to do this here. I don't care. Okay, here. Oh my god! Jesus christ! Who are you? I'm larry david. I happen to enjoy wearing women's panties.
Larry: Larry forced to remove the stolen pants in front of everyone, revealing women's panties
Larry Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Curb Your Enthusiasm