No Hugging, No Learning

"In the Season Six premier, Cheryl talks Larry into adopting the Blacks, a family displaced by a hurricane." -Original Air Date: 9/9/2007- This week we're talking about Meet The Blacks, What South Park got right, Larry being the only one playing the game correctly and theories of why penis-shaped cake is the most delicious. We've also got our final check-in with THE BOOK and maybe our final episod...

"In the Season Five finale, Larry is changed by a trip to Arizona." -Original Air Date: 12/4/2005- This week we're talking about The End, subtitles ruining jokes, Kelley Blue Book values of cars and how little effort Tim could have possibly put into getting to the beach at his old house. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. W...

"Larry suspects his Korean bookie of kidnapping Jeff's dog." -Original Air Date: 11/27/2005- This week we're talking about The Korean Bookie, Bobby Lee and other MadTV alumni, making blind sports bets and Larry's out-of-nowhere racism. 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 drops early on Pat...

"Larry and Jeff befriend the head of a kidney-transplant consortium." -Original Air Date: 11/20/2005- This week we're talking about The Ski Lift, Larry not understanding what all men talk about, an incredible breakdown in logic and the return of "Two WASPy Guys Try To Understand The Intricacies Of Judaism: Orthodox Edition"! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb...

"Larry ruffles feathers by inviting a sex offender to a seder." -Original Air Date: 11/13/2005- This week we're talking about The Seder, a confusing hand gesture, how to not help your elderly neighbors and an unnecessarily convoluted ending. 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 drops early...

"Larry is blackmailed into making two wishes come true, and swaps smoking jackets with an icon." -Original Air Date: 11/6/2005- This week we're talking about The Smoking Jacket, an inconceivable thing for your cousin to think, the unexplained fleeing of naked women at the sight of Larry David and comparisons between this episode and Fight Club. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one t...

"Larry and Jeff debate how far they're willing to go to help out a friend in need." -Original Air Date: 10/30/2005- This week we're talking about Lewis Needs a Kidney, relating to Larry in the Jack in the Box drive-thru, nostalgia through Sonic and how you should always clarify the specifics of Rock, Paper, Scissors. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your En...

"Larry dishonors an art dealer at a Japanese restaurant and accuses a nursing-home resident of a Bingo fix." -Original Air Date: 10/16/2005- This week we're talking about Kamikaze Bingo, insufferable inconsistencies in Larry David's behavior, iPhones vs. iPhone Killers and the most explicit Curb bit yet. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for...

"Larry buys his housekeeper a bra, and is saved from the wrath of her vengeful husband by orthotics and a special nail." -Original Air Date: 10/9/2005- This week we're talking about The Christ Nail, fake sponsor reads, Tim doing whatever he can to not ruin the Tooth Fairy for his daughter and having a real Passion for fashion. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Cu...

"Larry hires a private investigator to uncover a personal secret and adopt a 'racist' dog." -Original Air Date: 10/2/2005- This week we're talking about The Bowtie, ANOTHER new house for the David's, a line that Wanda should have said but didn't and another societal rule that somehow everyone knows. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the f...

"In the Season Five premiere, Larry is changed by a near-death experience, a revelation and a sandwich." -Original Air Date: 9/25/2005- This week we're talking about The Larry David Sandwich, Ted's explosive New Year's Eve, cops with kids as bosses and whether or not it's appropriate to answer the phone during sex. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enth...

"In the Season Four finale, Larry opens in 'The Producers' on Broadway." -Original Air Date: 3/14/2004- This week we're talking about Opening Night, lying about having OCD, an imperceptible cameo (except to Ted) and a possible lack of closure on a season-long storyline. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want more NHNL? Nex...

"Larry contemplates a tempting offer from his Hasidic dry cleaner." -Original Air Date: 3/7/2004- This week we're talking about The Survivor, aftermath of being an early reality television celebrity, a time when anti-Semites weren't saying the quiet part out loud and the phrase "Let's Roll" following 9/11. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm fo...

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...