Curb Your Enthusiasm
Summary
cut back Your Enthusiasmchanged forever with the introduction of Leon Black , and he ended up headline some of the show ’s best episode . At the beginning of season 6 , Cheryl convinced Larry to open up their house to a family who were left homeless by a massive storm called Hurricane Edna ( a satiric tie-up - in for Katrina).Loretta Black , Auntie Rae , and Loretta ’s child pronto aviate out to Los Angeles to move in . A dyad of days later , Loretta ’s motormouth brother Leon point up and begin occupy a guest bedroom ( despite already living in L.A. , far from the hurricane ’s path of wipeout ) .
Leon stop up stay with Larry for the rest of the series . Even after his family moved out , Leon continued to take up a way in Larry ’s house . The longer Leon stayed with Larry , the funnier it got . The cast ofCurb Your Enthusiasmis full of outstanding improvisers , but J.B. Smoove just might be the show ’s best improviser – he ’s in a conference of his own . From his Danny Duberstein impersonation in “ The Table Read ” to his brief stint as Larry ’s assistant in “ Foisted ! , ” these are the good Leon instalment fromCurb Your Enthusiasm ’s entire run .
From " The Doll " to " Palestinian Chicken , " Curb Your Enthusiasm has delivered plenty of classic episode throughout its two decades on the air .
10The Rat Dog
Season 6, Episode 6
When Leon and Larry get their earpiece mix up , Leon unwittingly offends Larry ’s supporter
Larry ends up go to a middle - schooling production ofGreasewith Jeff ’s eradicator in season 6 ’s “ The Rat Dog . ” There are a gross ton of authoritative Leon moments in this sequence . When the eradicator arrives to pick up Larry , Leon sizes him up like a nosy , overprotective father interrogating his daughter ’s promenade date . When Leon and Larry get their phones amalgamate up , Leon unwittingly hurt Larry ’s friend , who thinks that Leon is Larry doing a anti-Semite effect of a grim man .
J.B. Smoove once again testify what a everlasting enhancer he is for Larry David as they get a few minutes ’ worth of comedy gold out of a discourse about pledge : “ If I put this toast back in that toaster , it ’s gon na recede its essence ! ” On the whole,“The Rat Dog ” is n’t a particularly strongCurbepisode . But it is a great showcase for Leon .
9Vertical Drop, Horizontal Tug
Season 12, Episode 3
Leon ’s entire storyline sees his testicles repeatedly popping out of his shorts
In season 12 ’s “ Vertical Drop , Horizontal Tug , ” Leon ’s intact storyline sees his testicles repeatedly popping out of his shorts . Larry pull in that people will cut a conversation short when they see Leon ’s clod hanging out of his shorts , so he decides to use that proficiency to his advantage . When Mr. Takahashi wants to have a word with Larry in his office , Larry point up in a distich of little short pants . This is a bang-up example of Leon being an innovator in a wildly unconventional way .
This episode has one ofLeon ’s all - time most hilarious line . After Leon ’s exposed testicles get Larry out of yet another muddle , Larry thanks Leon , then thank his balls . Leon quips , “ My ball said , ‘ You ’re welcome . ’ ” This attractively absurd J.B. Smoove ad - lib was one of the biggest laughs inCurb ’s final season .
Curb Your Enthusiasm is a Comedy television show created by Larry David, the same creative mind behind the wildly popular sitcom, Seinfeld. Starring Larry David himself, along with Cheryl Hines, and Jeff Garlin, the show acts as a semi-fictionalized look at Larry’s every day life and the people he would come in contact with.
8Foisted!
Season 9, Episode 1
This instalment finally leads to Larry getting a end sentence
In the time of year 9 premiere , “ Foisted ! , ” Larry is dismayed to find that Jimmy Kimmel has “ foisted ” his terrible assistant onto him . Kimmel urge an awful assistant to Larry to get her off his hands . This sequence eventually leads to Larry getting a death sentence from the Ayatollah after announcing a musical comedy about Salman Rushdie ’s fatwa , but the assistant subplot lead to one of Leon ’s funniest B - story .
While Larry is searching for a replacement , Leon temporarily becomes his assistant . The obvious fault with this plan becomes apparent within seconds when Larry ’s headphone rings and Leon answer with the profane greeting , “ Larry David ’s berth , what the f * * * is up?”Larry ’s last sentence is ultimately Leon ’s fault , because he forgot to take place on a substance from Jeff not to make fun of the Ayatollah on late - night video .
7The Bisexual
Season 8, Episode 7
Midway through Larry ’s risky venture in New York , Leon shows up outside his apartment building with Larry ’s beaten - up Prius , which he drive across the country with a train of hitchhikers . Larry is baffled to see a babe seat in the back of the automobile , indicate Leon picked up a infant at some point during his road trip . Immediately upon his arrival in the Big Apple , Leon starts “ living large , ” as he eats a croissant “ filled with motherf***in ’ bubbly ! ”
The episode ’s A - patch sees Larry and Rosie O’Donnell enchant in a dear trigon vying for the philia of a bisexual woman . Leon offer a convoluted but hilarious analogy about how “ squash racket and ball execute the f***in ’ mankind ! ” and gives Larry performance - enhancing drugs to give him the edge over Rosie . Naturally , this outline finish up mess up up in Larry ’s face .
6The Watermelon
Season 11, Episode 4
Larry and Leon nobly defy stereotypes in time of year 11 ’s “ The Watermelon . ” Leon is ashamed of his affinity for watermelon vine , because of the stereotype , so Larry wants to serve him offend the taboo and choose him to a supermarket . Leon proudly grease one’s palms a watermelon vine and Larry proudly buy a jolt of gefilte fish . “The Watermelon ” is a prime example ofCurb ’s unambiguously taboo - bust style of comedy .
This taboo - break extends to the rest of the episode , as Larry befriends a Klansman and take responsibility for his wry cleaning . Larry spills coffee on the Klansman ’s robe and forebode to get it clean , but sputter to find a dry cleansing agent that will take it . He get Susie to make the Klansman a new gown , but she run up a Star of David onto it , which precede to a relentless licking . This episode prove once again that there was no lineCurbwouldn’t cross .
From protesting a piece of Proto-Indo European to debate the origin of an extroverted message , Larry got into some really petty arguments in Curb Your Enthusiasm .
5The Lefty Call
Season 6, Episode 4
Larry is threatened by a ashen supremacist
time of year 6 ’s “ The Lefty Call ” in the main revolves around Larry damaging his hearing with a loud toilet flush and being veto from make right - handed phone yell for a few weeks . He circumstantially offends a couple that just suffered a miscarriage and unknowingly gets Richard Lewis ’ lady friend fired from the jobhe recommended her for . Leon plays a minimal part in the story , but he steals the show with arguably the funniest moment in the installment .
During one of his visits to the Dr. ’s government agency , Larry is peril by a white supremacist . He postulate Leon how to deal with bigots and Smoove goes off on one of his greatestCurbmonologuesas he tells Larry to “ get in that a * * ! ” This vista solidified Leon as an invaluable addition to theCurb Your Enthusiasmcast ; it ’s a masterclass in improvised absurdity .
4The Therapists
Season 6, Episode 9
While Larry is trying to win Cheryl back in time of year 6 ’s “ The Therapists , ” he see that Cheryl wo n’t do anything unless her healer recommends it . So , Larry starts hatch a scheme to make the therapist see him in a novel visible radiation , and decide to stage a mugging where he ’ll swoop in and save herfrom a nefarious criminal trying to steal her handbag . His first option for the character of the mugger is Leon .
Before his sister and aunt put a stopover to it , Leon is all in on the plan . But he does n’t want to appear weak , so his programme for the fake mugging involve “ f***ing Larry up . ” Larry trying to convert Leon not to “ f * * * him up , ” and Leon argue in party favour of it , is one of this classic comedy duo ’s funniest scenes together .
3Vehicular Fellatio
Season 7, Episode 2
Leon has a friend who ’s a bigSeinfeldfan and needs to be cheer up , so he asks Larry to give this friend [ … ] a call
Leon has a unique agency of getting Larry to share his problems . In season 7 ’s “ Vehicular Fellatio , ” Leon has a friend who ’s a bigSeinfeldfan and needs to be hearten up , so he asks Larry to give this friend – who , he mentions in pass , has a beautiful wife – a call . Larry telephone Leon ’s champion and ends up mentioning that Leon sound out his married woman is beautiful , which leads him to suspect that Leon and his wife are having an function .
This problem would be well fixable if Leon was n’t log Z’s with his supporter ’s married woman – but , Leon being Leon , he is . Larry does n’t think he has any culpability in the matter , but Leon inform him that , as far as his friend is concerned , both Leon and Larry are at error : “ WE f***ed her ! ” This is a classic instance of Leon landing Larry in a world of trouble over nothing .
2The Anonymous Donor
Season 6, Episode 2
After Leon ’s first nighttime in the house , Cheryl receive a mysterious stain on his bed
Leon ’s first everCurb Your Enthusiasmepisodestill holds up as one of his funniest appearances . In season 6 ’s “ The Anonymous Donor , ” Leon arrives to move into Larry ’s house with the rest of his family unit – except he was n’t preempt by a hurricane ; he already lived in Los Angeles . After Leon ’s first nighttime in the theatre , Cheryl finds a mysterious stigma on his bottom .
From the present moment that Larry first confront Leon about the blot , J.B. Smoove instantly prove himself as the best new addition to the form since Bob Einstein . He goes from trying to identify the stain to mispronouncing the Word of God “ ejaculate ” to pondering what pornographic material he could find on basic cablegram in the blank space of a couple of minutes . This episode also sees Leon stealing thymine - shirts off hoi polloi ’s backs and admitting that Susie ’s “ smart - a * * mouth ” turns him on .
1The Table Read
Season 7, Episode 10
Smoove has so much fun with this scenario , make up all variety of unwarranted details about Danny Duberstein ’s battle with Groat ’s
Larry’sSeinfeldreunion drive close and closer to a reality in the penultimate instalment of season 7 , “ The Table Read , ” but the show is threatened when Michael Richards gets some tough medical newsworthiness . He witness out he might have Groat ’s disease and occupy he ca n’t be funny if his thinker is preoccupied with this illness , so Larry offers to introduce him to a friend of his , Danny Duberstein , who had Groat ’s and survive . There ’s just one problem : Danny Duberstein is beat .
So , Larry inscribe Leon to pretend to be an Ethiopian orphan who got take in by a lovely Jewish distich . Smoove has so much fun with this scenario , making up all kind of wild details about Danny Duberstein ’s battle with Groat ’s ( and his sex life ) . There were wad of majuscule Leon - centrical episode inCurb Your Enthusiasm ’s run , but the Danny Duberstein Riffian in “ The Table Read ” is arguably his okay moment .
One of the funniest parts of Curb Your Enthusiasm was the installment ' wry twist close with the theme music playing the last scene into the credits .
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control Your Enthusiasm is a Comedy boob tube show created by Larry David , the same creative mind behind the wildly pop situation comedy , Seinfeld . star Larry David himself , along with Cheryl Hines , and Jeff Garlin , the show acts as a semi - fictionalized smell at Larry ’s every day lifespan and the people he would come in contact with .
