No Hugging, No Learning

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Another year of No Hugging, No Learning has come and gone, and along with it another year of our lives! This Christmas, we sat down with The Downvoter Aaron Mook to talk about A Christmas Story Christmas, retconning the masterpiece known as A Christmas Story 2, a tangent about David Lynch films and how Ralph, an aspiring writer, has no idea how long a book shoul...

"A surreptitious video purchase endangers Larry's relationship with his assistant, Antoinette." -Original Air Date: 2/29/2004- This week we're talking about Wandering Bear, a follow up about the term "latinx", watching Girls Gone Wild with your bros and Larry being able to do the most difficult thing like its incredibly common in putting a condom on inside out. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the...

"Larry's decision to buy a surrogate mother a baby-shower gift backfires...as do his efforts to pass a routine physical." -Original Air Date: 2/22/2004- This week we're talking about The Surrogate, people that we're not sure if we're supposed to know who they are, the boomer trait of never wanting to learn new words and terms and searching for new golf tips like you're searching for crack. This is...

"Larry finds an innovative way to use the HOV lane to get to a Dodgers game." -Original Air Date: 2/8/2004- This week we're talking about The Car Pool Lane, Similarities between a scene and a Whitest Kids U'Know sketch, an unrealistic amount of traffic and a real-life man getting out of a murder charge because of this episode. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Cu...

"Larry's working relationship with David Schwimmer and his golf-club membership are threatened." -Original Air Date: 2/1/2004- This week we're talking about The 5 Wood, the Broken Lizard filmography, defiling a corpse and stats about LA neighborhoods. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want more NHNL? Next week's episode dr...

"Larry inadvertently traumatizes the Greenes' daughter and has a problem with the local weatherman." -Original Air Date: 1/25/2004- This week we're talking about The Weatherman, Ted's million-dollar social media idea, Susie making a VERY odd leap in logic and the very first appearance of Marty Funkhouser! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for...

"Larry mends fences with Michael by setting him up on a blind date." -Original Air Date: 1/18/2004- This week we're talking about The Blind Date, things being played for laughs that shouldn't be, the connection between adult films and professional wrestling and speech-to-text trying to downplay islamophobia. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm...

"Larry reconnects with Michael, his blind tormentor, with bad results." -Original Air Date: 1/11/2004- This week we're talking about Ben's Birthday Party, Spanish-language pronunciations, a meta reason why we're set in a new house and Larry's love of tits. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want more NHNL? Next week's episo...

"In the Season Four premiere, Larry reminds Cheryl of a 10th-anniversary 'present' she promised him when they got engaged." -Original Air Date: 1/4/2004- This week we're talking about Mel's Offer, instantly recognizable logos, tech issues that don't translate well to 2022 and the theatrical releases of The Producers. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your En...

"In the Season Three finale, Larry figures out a way to fire a chef and alienate an important restaurant critic." -Original Air Date: 11/17/2002- This week we're talking about The Grand Opening, OG Taco Bell Architecture, English to French translations of swear words and a beautiful character-specific medley of cussing. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your...

"Larry proves to be an incompetent Christmas tipper and a lousy liar." -Original Air Date: 11/10/2002- This week we're talking about Mary, Joseph and Larry, whether or not we even LIKE U2, wads of money and another ending that falls on its face. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want more NHNL? Next week's episode is alrea...

"Larry is accused of betraying the confidence of Wanda's rapper boyfriend." -Original Air Date: 11/03/2002- This week we're talking about Krazee-Eyez Killa, the most chaotic way to pop bubble wrap, violent rap lyrics and white men saying the n-word (NOT US). This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want more NHNL? Next week's epi...

"At dinner with the Braudy's, Larry ponders a ridiculous question - with predictable results." -Original Air Date: 10/27/2002- The boys are back for an EARLY-MORNING recorded episode talking about The Corpse-Sniffing Dog, the delegation of "thank you's" when you're a parent, the cost of daycare in Los Angeles and how sometimes when we get what we want...we don't want it. This is No Hugging, No Lea...

"Larry receives bad news, but it offers him an excuse to turn down some unappealing invitations." -Original Air Date: 10/20/2002- This week we're talking about The Special Section, seeing people when you're the ones traveling, laws that aren't actually laws and pronouncing fancy words like charcuterie and crudité. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthu...

"A rumored terrorist threat overshadows a benefit performance by Alanis Morissette." -Original Air Date: 10/13/2002- This week we're talking about The Terrorist Attack, skipping over what would be MAJOR plot points of other shows, the ballsack brassiere and Primetime Glick with Jiminy Glick. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first tim...

"Larry, Cheryl, Jeff and Susie encounter a 'nanny from hell,' while Larry commits a faux pas at a pool party." -Original Air Date: 10/6/2002- This week we're talking about The Nanny, if Ted was left to "play the field" instead of being married, where you're supposed to store 12 sponge cakes when you live in a mansion and a very deflating ending. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one...

"Larry, Jeff and Ted scramble to find a new chef when Randy quits following the peanut incident." -Original Air Date: 9/29/2002- This week we're talking about Club Soda And Salt, taking too much Benadryl for one person, really wanting to test out the namesake cleaning method and the good old things you can make out in the show now that it's in high definition. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the...

"Larry finally enters the world of cell phones, but poor reception leads to a big-time mix-up." -Original Air Date: 9/22/2002- This week we're talking about The Benadryl Brownie, standing contracts with tech repairmen, Christian Scientists and lying to try and drug people. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want more NHNL?...

"In the Season Three premiere, Larry and Jeff invest in a restaurant with Ted Danson." -Original Air Date: 9/15/2002- This week we're kicking off Season 3 by talking about Chet's Shirt, bad ideas for new restaurants, Halloween costume-esque makeup and the beginnings of Larry David vs. Ted Danson. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the firs...

"In the Season Two finale of this comedy series, Larry lands in hot water when Cheryl's psychic busts him for a naughty massage." -Original Air Date: 11/25/2001- This week we're talking about The Massage, Jeff's incredible travelling office getting greenlit without saying "greenlight" and a parade of everyone from season two. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Cur...

"Larry is shocked when he discovers that the Jewish man who is marrying Cheryl's sister is converting to Christianity." -Original Air Date: 11/18/2001- This week we're talking about The Baptism, getting ROASTED by an absolute stranger, mistaking California for Mexico and the exact water amount requirement when getting baptized. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching C...

"Larry's villianized for accidentally tripping Shaquille O'Neal at a Lakers game." -Original Air Date: 11/11/2001- This week we're talking about Shaq, Irish Goodbyes and Goodnights, Shaq having the only way to watch Seinfeld pre-DVD release and awful LA doctors. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want more NHNL? Next week's...

"The daughter of a TV exec gets Larry to cut the hair off her beloved doll - and then throws a fit." -Original Air Date: 11/4/2001- This week we're talking about The Doll, people inflating their importance to their bosses, a very uncharacteristic trait from Larry and going to the bathroom without a lock on the door. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Ent...

"An acupuncturist agrees to waive his $5,000 fee if he can't cure Larry's back problems." -Original Air Date: 10/28/2001- This week we're talking about The Acupuncturist, Texas grocery store HEB, how people say what their address is when they've got five or more numbers and boomer homophobia. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first ti...

"Larry's suspicion that an HBO executive has lifted some shrimp out of his Chinese food following a take-out mix-up leads him to be labeled a misogynist." -Original Air Date: 10/14/2001- This week we're talking about The Shrimp Incident, Ted realizing what's been happening the last few episodes as to why he hasn't been feeling them, a very vulgar stretch talking about other words Larry could have...