XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM & scores each...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM & scores each & every Larry David transgression in the Asshole win/loss column, keeping score throu...

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? XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM &a...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENT...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmast...

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...

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. Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR E...

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. Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM &...

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...

#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. Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHU...

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. Xmastime picks...

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....

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. Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM & scores each & every Larry David transgression in the Assh...

My Panera Sip Club competition s uuuuuuuuuuu cks 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. Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM &...

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. Xmastime...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB...

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 an...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIA...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM & scores each & every Larry David transgression in the Asshole win/lo...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM & scores each & every Larry David transgression in the Asshole...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime picks an episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM & scores each & every Larry David transgression in the Asshole win/loss column, keeping score through every...

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-survivor...

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&apo...

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. XMAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM Xmastime...