XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM

(humblebrag warning) I HATE THE NEW PANERA SIP CLUB CUPS!!!, was this episode a waste of Wanda Sykes??? 😡😡😡, and this shit was maybe the craziest collision of Xmas/Curb maxims yet

CAR PERISCOPE

Larry and Jeff weigh an investment opportunity; Wanda Sykes preempts Larry's training schedule.

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Xmastime answers Curb questions, OMG IS THIS A BEST XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM EPISODE EVER CANDIDATE I THINK SO!!! and a huge “Excuse me Larry David but You’re No George Costanza” moment

MEET THE BLACKS

Larry's trick to avoid a party backfires on him and Cheryl, infuriating her. To make amends, he agrees to take in the Black family who lost their home in Hurricane Edna. Cheryl plans her own party and Larry makes an unfortunate cake choice.

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Best Wegmans pizza ever?, I’m about the change the entire toast game as we know it YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!, and a fantastic ploy to make some romance pop.

THE RAT DOG

A faulty toaster makes life difficult for Loretta and Leon. Larry repeatedly offends a hearing impaired girl about the small dog she keeps with her. Larry and Leon get their phones mixed up, and Larry traumatizes the entire audience at Sammy's middle school production of Grease when he invites Jeff's exterminator to watch the show.

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I swear nobody else is living in my apartment building, wait why did I shit on this episode when it aired???

THE REUNION

Approaching the 10-year mark, Larry and Jeff finally agree to do a Seinfeld reunion show. However, after getting a bad set of tickets to a Lakers game, he tries to call the reunion off after offending the head of NBC. Meanwhile Larry hatches a scheme to win back Cheryl by casting her as George's ex-wife.

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IT'S HAPPENING, THIS IS IT: this season's live call-in show! Also, Curb questions answered by Xmastime! Is…is this the sneaky best XYE episode yet?????

THE BAPTISM

Cheryl and Larry head to Monterey to attend her sister Becky's wedding... to a Jewish man who's converting to Christianity. When Larry misplaces the plane tickets, he accuses other passengers of stealing them.

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A what-will-of-course-become-legendary episode switcheroo fuckup, announcing the next show will be live call-in show GET EXCITED!!!!, a romp thru Xmastime on That Day, and Frankenstein! 

THE DREAM SCHEME

An acquaintance from the club asks too much of Larry. Jeff & Freddy both use Larry's tactics to get out of unwanted obligations.

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Railing at how thin U2's Rattle and Hum is, introducing “Hideous & Hilarious” by Susie Green Fashions, and my first time going to a comedy club!

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

Larry tries to make better use of the time he spends in the bathroom. Susie starts a new business, and her advertising brings surprising results. Later, Larry gives acting advice to an A-List actress.

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OMG THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE 🤫🤫🤫🤫 shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! 🤫🤫🤫🤫

THE MORMON ADVANTAGE

With the city council vote rapidly approaching, Larry gives some unsolicited marriage advice and hosts an event for an American hero.

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Wegmans pizza is just unbelievable AND I have a new pepperoni cup thought??, we need to make the chess genius Botez sisters more famous than the Kardashians

KEN/KENDRA

A misunderstanding with Cheryl's masseuse threatens Larry's public image. The public's perception of Larry then sinks even lower when he gives the wrong person COVID.

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An incredible idea for a CURB spinoff, actually going outside of my apartment to go to a (sorta) REM show, and where the hell is Wanda Sykes????

IGOR, GREGOR, & TIMOR

Larry seizes an opportunity to avoid Irma as he's roped into Jeff's latest apology tour.

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Why was Vince Vaughn a Funkhauser?, could a crisis be waiting at the end of this podcast???, GREAT ADVICE FOR LARRY: just stay on the @#$%ing golf course!

VERTICAL DROP, HORIZONTAL TUG

Larry's improved golf game causes trouble with an acclaimed actor. Freddy helps his neighbours through a delicate issue.

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I agree with Larry's stance on popcorn movie lines, have I discovered a Chekov/Curb Connection (CCC)??, was this the worst lunch of all time?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

Larry fails to be suitably patriotic when meeting Jeff's future son-in-law; he also tries to reset his relationships with his mail carrier and security guard.

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My Panera Sip Club rewards has plummeted, my Winter of Gilmore Girls is over, how did Curb get so many great child actors?

NAMESTE

Larry angers a hot yoga teacher, has an auspicious first date, and seethes over a run-in with an unfair Uber driver.

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Are Susie’s horrendous outfits the new Cosby sweaters?, what the hell happened to Vince Vaughn? & very exciting - new random episode generator! 

THE WATERMELON

After agreeing to take Susie's new rabbi golfing, Larry then cashes in on her favor. Later, Larry's appeal to Woody Harrelson's animal rights activism comes with unexpected consequences.

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I hate Blogger & Divshare and it's too cold/panic time for my beloved Panera Sip Club.

THE LAWN JOCKEY

Still in Atlanta, Larry finds himself residing in a rental house with a questionable lawn jockey statuette in the front yard. Meanwhile Jeff pays the price for taking Larry's advice for Susie's birthday gift.

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I'm full of brilliant ideas for Hallmark Movies set at my Wegmans, has Jon Hamm worn off his welcome?, and dogs on elevators.

THE FIVE-FOOT FENCE

While his latest venture is threatened by forces outside his control, Larry attends an unprecedented event at Albert Brooks' house.

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LIVE CALL-IN SHOW!!! musuc featured: Marah “Valley Farm Song”, Mouse “Public Execution” 

THE LARRY DAVID SANDWICH

Larry is changed by a near-death experience, a revelation about his father, and a sandwich named after him.

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Amtrak train bullshit, taxicab etiquette, and some thoughts about a song from the film Almost Famous.

THE END

Larry learns who his real parents are and flies to Arizona to meet them. After a life-changing religious revelation, Larry decides to give Richard Lewis a kidney. Will Larry survive the operation - or is it the end?

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Can we consider TWO things in this episode to be Costanza-worthy????, Larry has the absolute perfect body for sitting anywhere on an airplane, and shouldn’t Larry be in jail?

THE ACCIDENTAL TEXT ON PURPOSE

Larry invents an ingenious ploy for getting his friends out of relationship jams; he also upsets Funkhouser's new girlfriend.

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I'm bummed to realize I've barely mentioned my beloved Wegmans/Panera all season, a Natalie Portman problem, and should we start a "Get the Fuck Outta Here with That Shit" award?

THE BLACK SWAN

Larry is forced to cover his tracks after he accidentally causes the death of a country club member and kills the club's mascot in an act of self defense.

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Wegmans Pizza is still incredible, a Panera Sip Club update, am I in trouble with Yoga ladies?? 😬😬 and “Small Talk WorkShop with Xmastime”

THE SPECIAL SECTION

Larry works in New York and returns to learn his mother died and was buried in an area for criminals because she had a tattoo. He plots to get his mother moved out of the "special section" and he uses the loss to decline unwanted invites.

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Can I get just ONE fat kid in my Kid Empire please????, my Apple of The Undead, and big fluffy towels.

THE BAT MITZVAH

The Blacks learn some good news: they get to go home. As Larry says goodbye, he once again offends the wrong person, who takes his revenge on Larry by spreading a nasty rumor involving him and a gerbil. But thankfully Jeff's daughter's bat mitzvah is coming up.

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My Panera Sip Club competition suuuuuuuuuuucks which makes me very happy.

THE SURROGATE

Larry inadvertently jeopardizes friends' adoption. He needs a clean bill of health for "The Producers" and has to wear a heart monitor. He uses it in bad situations; a bathroom indiscretion and a car accident. Wanda accuses him of racism.

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Nothing. Enjoy it.

PORNO GIL

A bizarre chain of events starts with Larry accidentally being invited to have dinner with a former porno star. Meanwhile, Jeff undergoes emergency surgery and asks Larry to go to his house and retrieve his porno collection so Suzie doesn't see it.

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A baby all alone in my hallway, a guy knocks on my neighbor’s door, my thoughts on the Nebraska movie before I bother seeing it.

MARY, JOSEPH AND LARRY

On Dec. 23, Larry eats some cookies in the kitchen. Turns out those cookies were a nativity scene that Cheryl's religious sister made. Since it's Christmas Eve, too late to get a replacement. Larry finds a live Nativity at a local church.

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Way too much drama at the Chik-fil A, calling out BS on the New York Times and an announcement! (Calm down, not a big one)

THE SURVIVOR

Generations collide at a dinner party when a contestant from the TV show "Survivor" and a Holocaust survivor clash and Larry is in the middle. Larry and Cheryl renew their vows but Larry struggles with them and his lines for The Producers.

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#XOTD, the Panera parking lot, slow walkers 😡😡😡😡, was I thrown off by last episode’s super-special guest?

VEHICULAR FELLATIO

Larry deliberately tries to annoy Loretta, against the advice of a renowned doctor. Later, Larry dooms Richard Lewis' new relationship, and ends up profiting from Leon's indiscretion with the wife of a depressed pal.

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EXTRA SUPER DUPER GUEST STAR! TOP SECRET! Plus an idea for more Beatles $$$, a brilliant missed joke opportunity and oh yeah EXTRA SUPER DUPER GUEST STAR! TOP SECRET!

THE BOWTIE

Wanda Sykes thinks Larry purposefully adopted a dog she deems "racist", Larry falls off his pedestal as a friend of the lesbian community, and Larry hires a private investigator to uncover some information about his past.

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Everything’s pretty okay, I'm hit pretty hard with loneliness at a fair, and Lou Reed’s "New York".

THE WIRE

Cheryl gives Larry an ultimatum - bury the wire in the backyard - or else! But the permit the city gives Larry requires six signatures from his neighbors, and that means having to be nice to them at all costs - or else.

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I talk about "The Family McMullen" and 1995 freaking me out, plus some bullshit Wegmans parking by my beloved Panera bench.

THE THERAPISTS

Larry devises an overly elaborate plan to win back Cheryl. He does so by trying to get on her therapist's good side. Meanwhile, Larry accuses Marty Funkhouser of taking charity money under false pretenses.

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Panera Points, The Paper, an Xmastime alltime favorite Without Feathers, a brilliant movie idea & more.

THE NANNY FROM HELL

A restaurant investor has a pool party but only Larry and Jeff show. Larry uses the house toilet and gets the nanny fired. Larry suggests her to Jeff and Susie. She snaps and Susie's life is threatened. Lewis wants in a quotation book.

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Oreo’s NEW PB & Reese's Take 1, I'm up to $1,000 Panera Sip Club points!, last Day as a Manny 😢 & more.

THE SEDER

A sex offender (Rob Corddry) moves into the neighborhood, and becomes friends with Larry. Larry also suspects that Dr. Mark is stealing his newspaper, after his neighbor Ethel claims she saw him take it. Tension mounts when all of these people are guests at Larry's Passover Seder.

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The weather is so nice it’s driving me insane & making me walk so I have a sneaking suspicion it's like I'm the puppy going upstate, fruit bowl depression, The Beatles Anthology 4 & more.

THE GROUP

Thanks to Larry's manager Jeff, Cheryl is up for a part in "The Vagina Monologues." Meanwhile, Larry runs into an ex who asks him to accompany her to her incest-survivors group to lend moral support while she deals with her past.

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Theodore's audition reel!! 🧸🤗🤣🤣🤣🤣

PALESTINIAN CHICKEN

Larry plays the ultimate "social assassin" at a dinner party, on the golf course, and at a Palestinian restaurant with phenomenal chicken.

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Lobby guy driving me nuts, kids & dogs, total surrender to Peacock & more. 

ARTIFICIAL FRUIT

Larry drops the ball when he gets the chance to make amends with his assistant Alice. Larry and Richard go to extreme lengths for their upcoming lunch date.

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Old man eyeballing me at Wegmans, The Office! Bring  it back! Great summer weather & more.

CLUB SODA AND SALT

Larry, Jeff and Ted seek a chef for the restaurant. Larry doesn't like Ted's idea. Larry searches and learns things: Cheryl has a new, male, tennis playing pal; wedding gifts a year late are rejected; club soda and salt removes all stains.

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Nothing. Literally.

BEN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Mel Brooks taps Ben Stiller to be Larry's co-star in The Producers. But when Larry accidentally punches Ben Stiller in the eye during a birthday party game gone wrong, Ben drops out of the production.

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The Summer of Scooter 🐶, goddaughter eyes evolution, toilet book frustration, Wegmans mayo pizza review & more.

THE BENADRYL BROWNIE

A drop in a phone call on a new phone is blamed for Richard Lewis' girlfriend being hit by peanut allergies a week before the Emmys. She is a Christian Scientist and refuses medicine. Larry and Richard plot to cook brownies with Benadryl.

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Awkward lobby guy experience, why not Have The Office just come back as a standalone service, Wegmans mayo pizza threat & more.

THE MASSAGE

Larry is busted by a restaurant owner for stealing forks. Julia Louis-Dreyfus becomes so frustrated by the incident that she drops out of the pilot, which ends Larry's quest to get it on TV. Meanwhile, Cheryl learns that Larry got a naughty massage and busts him for that.

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Xmastime talks about his prodigious Panera sip club $aving$, Rick Springfield & Bruce Springsteen, dead college kids who aren’t dead & more.

THE SAFE HOUSE

Larry becomes an unlikely role model for battered women; Richard Lewis's relationship with a burlesque performer is put to the test; Leon survives a case of mistaken identity.

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