Curb Your Enthusiasm: Bad Middling

[@Xdsamsa]

Larry and Susie on the same team ? Unholy alliance

[@tariqmohamed]

it truly is

[@mohammadaminelahimoghadam3312]

UNSTOPPABLE

[@Resist_Oppression]

When I saw those 2 together I lost it!🤯

[@jeepz669]

Sounds satanic

[@jac1111]

Susie values a social assassin when one is needed!

[@e70_x5_guy4]

“Do you like fishing Cheryl?” “No.”

[@phinsupwinsy5359]

Lol

[@mikegaudry]

Fishin

[@nemomilo333]

Conversational KO

[@TheMt45]

I love how Andy gamely accepts his fate, and then later requests that Larry be the middle at his dinner party.

[@saikrishnasunkam4344]

Cassie's (Cousin Andy's wife) actor is so good at portraying that annoying pretentious suburban woman

[@josetheman239]

@@saikrishnasunkam4344 I kind of like her though. Her and Andy are lowkey hilarious in the show. 😂😂😂

[@exdoode]

Andy's lovely

[@jameshaggerty8348]

@@saikrishnasunkam4344 yes I couldn’t stand her in the past, but she’s kind of growing on me, I guess because she sees Larry’s value as being a social assassin.

[@ryanadams2277]

@@saikrishnasunkam4344 It would be a tough request for a performer. "I need you two to improv a very boring conversation. Not so caricatured that it's actually funny. Legitimately boring, and let the situation be funny." They did a great job of it.

[@douglasakosah2127]

Sit where ever you want, Jeff I want you there

[@jasonhurd4379]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johnyepthomi892]

😅😅😅

[@TheBehm08]

To her Jeff isn’t a person lol

[@YesImJoeKing]

​@@TheBehm08Jeff is her pet who she has complete control over.

[@HIOP0]

WHY ON EARTH DO ALL OF YOU F00L5, GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION TO QUOTE FROM THE CLIP THAT THE REST OF US ALREADY UNDERSTAND? IF WE FIND IT FUNNY, WE LAUGH, IF NOT, WE DON'T. DO YOU PERCIEVE THAT THE REST OF US WILL SUDDENLY FIND YOU THE MOST INSIGHTFUL, PERCEPTIVE AND OBSERVANT OF BEINGS, ON THIS PLANET?

[@MedalionDS9]

This was the most intruiging premise in a long time... that it gets Susie and Larry to team up to resolve an awkward social issue.

[@KatiesArabVision]

So brilliant. This is the show that never stops giving.

[@davidr4523]

I am a big Curb fan but you are very easily entertained. Sitting in the middle of a dinner party is not funny and shows how desperate the writers were to get another story line approved before their deadline.

[@itsnotatoober]

@@davidr4523 Youre mad because you're obviously not a middler

[@nickdickerson3784]

@@davidr4523 you haven't been to enough dinner parties

[@xw33b36]

@@davidr4523 mans never middled in his life and it shows

[@derekgleeson1353]

"Middling".....I didn't know it was a thing until I saw this, but it so fucking is.

[@kylesampson3197]

Me neither I’m glad I wasn’t the only one

[@manifestgtr]

The greatest thing about curb is how preposterously the characters handle social awkwardness. Normal people would’ve mingled elsewhere, start side conversations or tried their damnedest to engage…nope. Susie and Larry have a sidebar and it’s addressed openly and *immediately* lol

[@marvincool3744]

Jews lol

[@mollusckscramp4124]

@@marvincool3744 The best dinner parties are jewish haha

[@coldarcticoasis]

That's normal to you. It sounds like you are fake. These are east coast people.

[@JoshMarshain]

They made the entire party better instead of having to compromise, they're right, address problems openly, honestly and without any kind of genuine malice

[@ownpetard8379]

No. There are no "middler" attributes. It is a typical L David absurdity that fuels - like kindling - his plots. Normal people aren't offended (an example) like the Curb people. Real people don't act / react like Curb (or Seinfeld) characters. Specifically, there was no social awkwardness based on reality. There is no taking turns at conversation at a dinner party. People talk and listen to whom they please.

[@vahidshahadi9817]

"Hello, I see you, I acknowledge you, I connect with you", love the interaction between these 2 friends 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamescrumbs]

Hello I see your comment, I acknowledge your comment and connect with your comment.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Like a fuckin human “live laugh love” sign

[@sethiddings7293]

I like how they just switch without arguing. They know what they've done -____- terrible middlers

[@SweetSeraph93]

😂

[@jameshaggerty8348]

Love how Susie is thinking to herself. “Desperate times call for desperate measures”.

[@danielstack4158]

Patton Oswalt and Vince Vaughn do a great job of looking bored out of their minds from the bad middling. It literally looks like they're at a funeral for someone they didn't know that well.

[@nicholaswoollhead6830]

Huh, funny you should say that. I was at funeral like that today

[@LondonSambaDancerBellydancer]

Vince Vaughn is the best

[@ctdieselnut]

You're right. Plus I just like patton for his stand up. Particularly his old stuff.

[@ryleighloughty3307]

Oswalt is a hole.

[@uhh_p]

@@ryleighloughty3307 uh hole

[@murraywestenskow2896]

Larry is providing a Public Service to the world. We now have a reference point for bad middlers - and how to handle them. Frank and bold. Love that Susie sees Larry as the deadly assassin who can solve her problem. It's a new season and a new détente.

[@ContentWizard]

Well, I'm fairly (actually, fairly highly) literate, however, I had never heard of the word "détente" until your comment. Looked it up. Good word.

[@murraywestenskow2896]

@@ContentWizard - Would you say then - that I'm hyper-literate? I was a spelling champion in middle school - and love to turn a phrase in a discordant manner.

[@ContentWizard]

@@murraywestenskow2896 indubitably!

[@ownpetard8379]

"Middler" was invented by L David for this show. It's what he does. Made him $millions.

[@allys744]

“I see you, I acknowledge you, I connect with you” 🤣✋

[@gutsfinky]

Jeff and Larry doing it on their own is hilarious

[@alecblatt9154]

"Sit wherever you want, Jeff I want you there" underrated line lmao

[@AN-ed8qq]

I thought that was great too.

[@vonteflon]

“YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE MIDDLE!” - Col Larry R Jessop Had never heard of “middling” before but it’s undoubtedly true - I’ve even observed it at kids birthday parties, you’ve got to get the charismatic kids sat next to or opposite the birthday boy/girl, otherwise the whole thing goes down like a lead balloon.

[@imgn8r715]

Middlers should not only be great conversationalists but also good, strong passers. They should have the ability to lift up the food dishes with one hand and pass them around on either side upon request. Also they need to have a keen awareness of cultural expectations and sensibilities. When an American sitting on one end requests the middler to fill the plate with a spoonful of rice, you do just that. When an Indian person requests half a spoon they really mean two or three but are too shy to say so.

[@dljve]

Underrated comment

[@sanketraval7201]

You deserve to be young Larry.

[@shyamsundarrajan2469]

That's why you have the incredible Susan

[@leobrussel9471]

A very Larry dissection. And all-good and bad-that the designation signifies.

[@ishtar0077]

@@shyamsundarrajan2469 Omg that got me 😆 🤣 not lazy susan

[@ktothec24]

These people attend more dinner parties than the characters of Clue

[@daris_p]

suzie : how we can save this? larry : i'll take care of this suzie : thank you larry 🤗🤗🤗

[@baburao87]

So wholesome, right?

[@TheBehm08]

A rare moment ❤️

[@michaelaramis1210]

this i wasn’t expecting today lol

[@HIOP0]

WHY ON EARTH DO ALL OF YOU F00L5, GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION TO QUOTE FROM THE CLIP THAT THE REST OF US ALREADY UNDERSTAND? IF WE FIND IT FUNNY, WE LAUGH, IF NOT, WE DON'T. DO YOU PERCIEVE THAT THE REST OF US WILL SUDDENLY FIND YOU THE MOST INSIGHTFUL, PERCEPTIVE AND OBSERVANT OF BEINGS, ON THIS PLANET?

[@alexanderlyon]

I like right at the end @4:00 Andy says “I have told these stories before and I’ve gotten laughs.”

[@charliepanayiotou4305]

I felt kind of bad for him there lol

[@danielstack4158]

@@charliepanayiotou4305 Richard Kind is so great in Curb.

[@alsdyall]

Thanks. I just realized how genius that is. The fact that he actually thinks they're funny...somehow.

[@jedrinck]

Some people will follow just about any story with their mouths already open ready to laugh. I've gone as far as to test them with deliberate duds and they'll reliably laugh as you stop talking. Andy must have encountered someone like that.

[@ronoccc]

hilariously funny that to be fair

[@josetheman239]

I love how Andy and Cassie are both so invested in their conversation 🤣🤣🤣

[@Chief24914]

Middling is an art form. A bad middle will ruin an evening. Now me and my colleague always talk strategy when going out to a business dinner. We arrive early to monopolize the seating since we know we’re a very formidable middling duo. If you’re not a natural middler, don’t hide from it. Nothing is more embarrassing than someone who thinks they can middle but can’t. Leave it to the professionals.

[@leaninheavy]

How do you get better at middling?

[@jonathanskinner6310]

@@leaninheavy you can't. Either you got it or you don't. I actually find comfort in the ends of a table, you can make snide comments about people in the middle with other enders.

[@davepodolske5646]

The "point guard distributing the ball" analogy is everything 😅

[@spencerj4677]

How does Larry still come up with all of these brilliant social commentaries 😂

[@whodidit99]

"I have told these stories before and have gotten laughs..." A throw-away line at the end but the best line of the scene.

[@glennarcher6]

It's not the same if Larry isn't being thrown out

[@ashokthapa5180]

honestly, i don’t mind.

[@chrischickering1959]

I'm storming out ! Lol

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

The ambidextrous Susan :)

[@24KinfO]

C'mon, let them like eachother for once lol.

[@ryanadams2277]

It's nice to see Larry shine once in a while, if only so we can see why people invite him over at all.

[@drexlspivey5828]

2:18 Larry looks 120 years old *puts glasses back on* Looks the same age as in the first episode of Curb

[@nerdwhitenerd]

Round tables: The middlers worst nightmare. EVERYONE IS A MIDDLER!

[@annamelanie5151]

And yet nobody is a middle. My most fun dinner events happened at round tables.

[@skullsaintdead]

​@@annamelanie5151 Agree, round tables ftw. You get to swap convos with someone more interesting without it seeming obvious or obnoxious. I'm kind of a middle, but only if I'm not tired and have bothered to do some research before hand (which I do anyway, but its really hard to get 4 hours of convo without anyone else's input, you're forced to come up with too many talking points with some shy, unbalanced groups of people), but round tables allow for flexibility.

[@joblessbum7]

Can you imagine being told your not interesting enough to sit in the middle. Oh dam, I hope that is not why I'm always seated in the far corner. A funny just turned into a sigh.....

[@txmoney]

Only Larry David can take the most mundane social interactions and lift it to comedy gold. Just a minute into this clip and I recognized this excruciating real world experience from my own life. Just brilliant.

[@jwells1914]

This is so real, you can’t just let anyone sit in the middle at a dinner party.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

You also can't put all the fun people on one side and all the boring people on the other

[@MikeMeehan]

My favourite part of this scene is at the end, when Richard Kind fully understands and appreciates the value of a Middler

[@robertciechon3903]

The dude who takes a sip of his wine two handed! 😂😂

[@Dr-Stu]

I'd never thought about this before but I do remember being at gatherings where some dull fucker is getting way too much air time and I remember thinking, "How is *this* guy leading the dance?" and looking back it's because they were in the middle.

[@shreyansdoshi]

Love how Jeff's always game to shit on his wife along with Larry as long as they're not making her too mad.

[@CubeBizz]

bros before hos

[@SilverWalker84]

"The important thing is... you found it...and now you're reading it and that's great" 😂

[@skullsaintdead]

Lol I know right, I hate people that are socially conservative, you can't say anything even remotely opinionated around them. The point could of been made, that she's a woman and women face sexism and are known by their first name, not their last, which gives less respect than men - cue discussion about how women's roles have changed dramatically in the past 100 years, interesting content etc. But nope. "Well, it could of been a mistake, a new employee". Ugh I've encountered too many people like this at parties and they are joy killers.

[@imalwaysright1408]

@@skullsaintdead yes keep going, let it alllll out I can’t imagine how difficult that must’ve been for you🙏

[@skullsaintdead]

@@imalwaysright1408 Does it please you being so repulsive?

[@chrisdawson1776]

@@skullsaintdead "Everything wrong that happens is because of sexism."

[@HIOP0]

WHY ON EARTH DO ALL OF YOU F00L5, GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION TO QUOTE FROM THE CLIP THAT THE REST OF US ALREADY UNDERSTAND? IF WE FIND IT FUNNY, WE LAUGH, IF NOT, WE DON'T. DO YOU PERCIEVE THAT THE REST OF US WILL SUDDENLY FIND YOU THE MOST INSIGHTFUL, PERCEPTIVE AND OBSERVANT OF BEINGS, ON THIS PLANET?

[@ChaossX77]

I love Larry's and Suzzie's relationship throughout this entire series.

[@mud6866]

ya know what- why this show is top fkn notch- because holy fuck so what we argue sometimes, I had a friend like that hahah people say we quibble like an elderly couple but at the end of the day we love it😅 best friendss

[@marvelharris9540]

" I have told these stories before and got a laugh" classic

[@TheCmascagni]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cynthiaabbott1945]

I miss Richard Lewis.

[@amanadhav8156]

Did he die?

[@zachwerner7157]

@@amanadhav8156 He missed most of the filming of Season 11 due to multiple surgeries but he will return in one episode

[@ots1634]

oh fuck :( this season is a write off then

[@zyrrhos]

@@ots1634 The show survived the death of Bob Einstein. It'll muddle on without Lewis.

[@keymaster430]

@@zyrrhos NO! We want Richard! We NEED Richard!

[@snowyyzoe]

This unironically made my family consider our seating order this thanksgiving

[@emess3237]

You can tell at 0:39 that Larry's trying not to burst out laughing as Susie's asking him to look him in the eye and toast

[@molmer2380]

Good catch...the blurry side view of Larry. Hahaha

[@TheCalvarez109]

Haven’t even started watching Curb yet but, this has got to be one of my favorite scenes so far! The fact that Larry says he’ll take care of it as if there’s a way to be subtle about resolving the situation but, he just goes out and tells Andy & Cassie directly lol and then he caps it off with “it’s very presumptuous of you to even be sitting here!” and you go back to how Larry saw Andy pushing his way to the middle chair! Lmao damn I love this kind of humor!

[@straightnobraker4677]

Hahahah totally

[@RockNRolla1212]

It's been a year I hope you've seen it by now ... Multiple times!

[@pratik92]

Patton Oswalt is so naturally a Curb character.

[@ashfordnkosi2011]

Ok. Leon should have been there and secondly trust Larry to be blunt about his feelings. Damn i love this show

[@danielstack4158]

Leon could middle from literally any seat on the table. So much energy.

[@pbiddy5]

Ahhhh i used to sit in the middle but as years have gone by im being pushed to the edge😄

[@johnspence8141]

There comes a time in every middlers life where he has to step down. Middlers need to plan for the future

[@nickjerrat]

@@johnspence8141 very funny

[@pbiddy5]

@@johnspence8141 that's good material....pretty pretty pretty good

[@sjf1981]

"They don't know the dewy decimal system anymore" Who ever mentions the dewy decimal system is a demon let alone at a dinner party

[@mohilxavier]

Social Assassin does it again!

[@toddmastrianna1780]

Andy`s boring story adlibbing, and his girlfriend`s follow ups are so top notch, absolutely perfect for this unique scene. Total A game!

[@robkunkel8833]

“ I have told these stories before … and got laughs.” Precious

[@igotasemi6104]

The fact that she thinks Larry can fix something still is hilarious

[@HeatherQuinlan]

"Hello! I see you, I acknowledge you, I connect with you"

[@sangtengkorak1954]

People, this is how got Social Assassin title.

[@epiphany55]

So wholesome when Larry and Susie are on the same page.

[@keymaster430]

Larry and Susie are like Jerry and Newman. Sometimes they have to team up to solve a problem, despite their angst towards each other.

[@harmonyexists2834]

"It's very presumptuous for you to even be sitting there!" 😆😆

[@abodzaytoun]

This is the first time of the history of party's where Larry make it till the end without being kicked out 🤣🤣🍾🍾

[@fisky911]

A beautiful moment, Larry to the rescue

[@MetsnVettes]

This scene along with a thousand others in this series tells me this - Larry and Suzie love/hate one another. They hate each other as people but do they wish they weren't in their lives? No. They want a challenger, they want someone who will see their social faux pas and tell them. That's why Suzie knows Larry knows what's wrong with this dinner party.

[@whodidit99]

I'm back at the kids table now.

[@poindexterflex3528]

Well, you did it.

[@mchoffner8497]

I always would rather be at the kid's table than the insufferable adult's table blathering on about nothing.

[@matthewmorgan4765]

0:06 "sit wherever you want" - immediately tells people where to sit

[@RTM950]

This show makes so much out of normal life circumstances. Truly genius.

[@Corduroy0]

“ I have told these stories before and gotten laughs” 😂😂😂

[@tonysandoval3799]

It's awesome after all the dynamic Susie and Larry have, she calls on the master to save the dinner conversation

[@ashokthapa5180]

the face Larry and Jeff made at the end of this sense is priceless.

[@willisknapick4405]

Larry and Susie....enemies, confidantes, friends....a psychologists nightmare 😂😂

[@Thigrandil]

"it's very presumptuous of you to even be sitting here" WHAT A LINE HAHAHAHA

[@adriamaral300]

There’s an unspoken skill to Seating Arrangements. At a birthday party, you seat the person or people the birthday person is most at ease with (their choice- not yours) closest to them. If you seat a fake friend or an annoying person next to them- they will get up and move. Hosts on the ends across from eachother. Reason: the hosts can overlook anything needed from their end to the middle and the other host on the other end can do the same. At the Corners, the quieter people that prefer to observe and eat quietly rather than engage in extrovert conversations. Middle- the ones capable of serving. Know how to serve a plate, carve a roast, pair a wine, include others in conversations. The diplomats that won’t start a feud at dinner with topics best left for before or after dinner. Larry is an enigma. An extrovert at the wrong time and an introvert also at the wrong times.., not sure where I would sit Larry at the table…. Perhaps on a chair with wheels so he can be free to roam around?

[@coryf6460]

The key is to sit on the end. Be way funny but only with the other end people so middle people ask you what's so funny and you say nothing so they feel left out.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

You're a horrible guest

[@vaporz109]

Hahahaha that’s hilarious. Can’t believe people are criticizing you for an obvious joke lol

[@veejonesify]

'Cheryl, do you like fishing?"' "NO.'

[@HIOP0]

WHY ON EARTH DO ALL OF YOU F00L5, GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION TO QUOTE FROM THE CLIP THAT THE REST OF US ALREADY UNDERSTAND? IF WE FIND IT FUNNY, WE LAUGH, IF NOT, WE DON'T. DO YOU PERCIEVE THAT THE REST OF US WILL SUDDENLY FIND YOU THE MOST INSIGHTFUL, PERCEPTIVE AND OBSERVANT OF BEINGS, ON THIS PLANET?

[@michaelkelly3221]

Everyone always comes to Larry when there's dirty work to be done.

[@edwardjones4572]

This is one of the best scenes ever.

[@SpaceCowboy-D]

Larry and Suzie are more like siblings than enemies.

[@keykrazy]

Love how the scene starts off with Susie's "Sit wherever you want... Jeff, I want you there."

[@EternalGullet]

"WE'RE CONNECTING AND HAVING SOME INTIMACY." Her delivery is amazing. :-D

[@herbertcumberbatch7323]

She keeps pulling Cheryl into those boring ass conversations. Cheryl's just like "🙄... No..."

[@RAYGUNKNEESHURT]

They would be better off calling Bette Middler. I’m liking this episode so far.

[@archiex02]

This scene always stays on my mind even when I'm eating alone 😂😂😂

[@Jide-bq9yf]

I’m never going to get all these succeeding 4 minute bytes of this genius sitcom out of my feed . The algorithms have got me where they want me now , and all I can see into the distance , is Curb, Curb, Curb .

[@nathanadler6991]

Hope cousin Andy's story gets finished in another episode, what a cliffhanger!

[@danzam40]

It’s a good thing there wasn’t a Lazy Suzan on the table.

[@joescarcella5957]

Is this a thing ? Damn it.. I'm shooting for the middle next time and I'm gonna great too !!

[@johnspence8141]

Joe I don’t know how to tell you. There’s a reason you haven’t been in the middle before

[@one.2622]

@@johnspence8141 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@notmwangi]

"sit wherever you want" "Jeff I want you there" poor guy 😂

[@phitur]

True the middle should have the ability to carry a conversation left and right

[@catbangs276]

"Look you in the eye? Towards what end?" I need to remember that line for future consideration.

[@iaconof]

@2:47 patton oswalt double fisting the cup lol...what a move....underated deserves more!

[@davidortiz8705]

3:17 "Can we save this?" "I'll take care of it." 🤣🤣🤣 Who else thought Larry had more up his sleeve than just blurting out "This dinner is not going well. And the reason it's not going well is because the wrong people are in the middle." 🤣🤣🤣 So messed up. He pretty much said "Get up you're both boring".

[@tassieschnappi]

I respect wood

[@wdmfan]

Ending was brilliant, wow larry is so much ahead of the curve!

[@consman22]

Great acting from Vaughn you can feel the boredom

[@IslandCrystal]

its very presumptuous of you to even be sitting here!! 😆

[@Riverandsun]

I see you I acknowledge you I connect with you

[@robertengstrand4314]

3:58 "I have told these stories before and got laughs" made me crack up real good.

[@robertengstrand4314]

@Falcon-um7vo 😂

[@edwardwong654]

You need a good point guard, a good quarterback, a good center. What was she thinking?

[@tothepointreviews9675]

1:03 you can totally see that this show isn’t scripted if you look at Jeff. What a great show

[@outdoorfanatics4596]

Oh man ikr...I love that chemistry between em, diagnosing bullshit together simultaneously

[@zop57]

He’s effectively telling Andy and his wife that they are idiots lol

[@FPOAK]

I’m not usually a Cheryl fan but I find her so relatable in this scene

[@5634TY]

“Do you like fishing, Cheryl?” “…No” 🤣🤣

[@MrAschiff]

Nice to see Susie and Larry working together

[@ronaldbeasley7384]

The fact that this is improved makes it so much funnier.

[@harrodsongs]

"Richard Kind in the Middle" is a show I'd watch.

[@billsteeves2974]

Ugh! Love these short clips, then oswalt appears.