Paul F Tompkins on Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry is upset when he finds out his lawyer isn't Jewish.

[@JeansWebbTv]

I love how Larry is happy when the metaphor is changed to his liking, without any changes in the actual settlement.

[@magnuscroify]

I like how his day planner in the background is presented like a Torah

[@LoopHoleLeeRoy]

Hahaha good catch 😂

[@TheMAJArmor]

Good eye!

[@daresoner]

Soo funny

[@SaintOrCinema]

"I've got a Swede lawyer?! She's gonna get EVERYTHING" 😂😂😂

[@Adam-hs4de]

@Jay Bannon and when Larry gets the Jew lawyer, he got an awful deal and Cheryl got everything. I like how they played that.

[@BAHARBINSON000]

SaintOrCinema he sounds like he’s prejudiced against Swedish people

[@naraposthumus8478]

😂😂

[@rovhalt6650]

@@Kigoz4Life It's not "extremely" socialist. It's extremely "lagom".

[@georgevarughese4886]

This was a little racist 😕

[@RaineSim]

The 'let's call it a happy accident' line is killer🤣😂🤣😂🤣💀

[@playstationskate345]

ok but that lawyer is a phenomenal actor lmao. it feels like a real life conversation between a lawyer and his client, like he's not even acting. guess he read jason alexander's book

[@mikestroud9489]

Having said that, you can really appreciate how well he's acting here.

[@regalsurvivor3418]

Best clip of the series

[@debracongram2109]

It is a fantastic exchange. Perfect timing, inflection, camera work, conversation.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

PFT is a flipping genius at what he does. Listen to him do improv sometime. Mind is lightening quick.

[@syedaleemuddin6804]

The masterpiece book Acting without Acting by Jason Alexander is phenomenal bestseller today it is followed by top actors like Dinero and Al Pacino

[@bertlee3470]

Paul is legit. Naturally funny

[@georgevarughese4886]

Yes sir 👏

[@santyclos1302]

He went with the Jewish lawyer but then he lost everything lol

[@spencer_jackson542]

The moral of the story is not to discriminate based on ethnicity or religion. Lol

[@Andy-km1xp]

@@spencer_jackson542 Curb isn’t exactly about morals, but one message seemed to be positive stereotypes can lead to false expectations and be wrong in the real world

[@spencer_jackson542]

@@Andy-km1xp valid point. another moral could be don't mess with the Swedes.

[@Andy-km1xp]

@@spencer_jackson542 I’m watching through Curb the first time actually and just saw this episode last night, and I definitely agree lol

[@spencer_jackson542]

@@Andy-km1xp what I wanna know is, what is a Swede doing a catholic school?!

[@davidm5662]

That’s why I use Saul Goodman a highly respected Jewish lawyer.

[@aleksander-white]

For the homeboys

[@melquizedec]

the guy from the awful tv ads?

[@darkwitness2718]

Saul is really Porno Gil.

[@blakerackley8874]

A real member of the tribe!

[@ronoccc]

pipe hitting member of the tribe so to speak

[@DjmMik]

“It’s a shanda Larry” 😂

[@vincentadultman8527]

When he says "Hey, look who's here?" he's so Mr. PeanutButter.

[@ReddoFreddo]

Larry's rant about the Dutch apple pie is so hilariously relatable.

[@Sankrityayan07]

Fun fact- Curb Your Enthusiasm's initial title was 'What does Larry David know? Does he know things? Let's find out.'

[@-James-A]

What is this, a crossover episode?

[@surfwriter8461]

Fun critique: I never cared much for the title, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me. What does it have to do with the show's themes or Larry's personality? If anything, Larry is an overly demonstrative or performative guy, but no one is really telling him to curb that.

[@richiewarren547]

@@surfwriter8461 I hope this is a joke ?

[@yerajoker3524]

Yeah - just like Tolstoy's "War and Peace" was originally named "War - what is it good for?"

[@c.nelson3747]

@@surfwriter8461 "Larry David has explained the show's name in TV interviews as reflecting his perception that many people seem to live their lives projecting false enthusiasm, which he believes is used to imply that "they are better than you". This conflicts with his dry style. The title also urges the audience not to expect too much from the show; at the time of the premiere, David wanted to lower expectations after his earlier success in the entertainment industry"

[@TheLongWind]

The brown crumbly stuff. Larry David is hilarious.

[@Mikee22ification]

Paul F Tompkins timing is like a pro

[@vantheman1238]

Love how Larry wants the crumbly stuff on top 😂

[@melodiefrances3898]

It IS the best part lol

[@3_16CanOfWhoopAss]

Lol. That's the part he ended up getting.

[@IAmAdamIAm]

"Well, I'm Swedish." Ho MAN! I can relate to this situation.

[@IAmAdamIAm]

People assume I'm Jewish because of my surname, which ends in 'berg'. But my surname is Swedish in origin.

[@IAmAdamIAm]

It comes up quite a lot! :) I don't speak too much Swedish, although my cousins from Kalmar keep encouraging me to learn.

[@eleo_b]

A lot of non-Jewish people in the Netherlands and Germany also have -berg names. They're not exclusively Jewish. It's just that a lot of Germans Jewish people went to the US.

[@iii-ei5cv]

Oy!

[@MMAoracle]

Also the Adam

[@fuffoon]

'A happy accident'! Wonderful expression.

[@andrewsmactips]

Funniest bit in that episode was when Larry told Jeff he saw the lawyer on a motorbike. Jeff replies, “No. How can that be? Jews don’t ride motorbikes.”

[@DPRX99]

Perpetuate is such a good word. I’m going to start using it more often.

[@YouAreIgnorant]

Soooo good!! Now that I'm aware who Paul F. Tompkins is (& have seen some of his stand up) I enjoy it so much more!!

[@Allergic2StupidAchoo]

Do yourself a favor, search for paul f tompkins on the comedy bang bang podcast. Dude is an improv genius.

[@snakeplissken44]

He's so good!!

[@rserserserse]

He's also amazing in Bojack Horseman as one of the main characters (Mr. Peanutbutter)

[@NoellaScott]

I never realized how much Larry thinks about going under desks, in this and Costanza forms.

[@kvps27]

As much as I love Larry’s idiosyncrasies that are so relatable, I love how he get’s totally fucked on this matter 😂

[@rhythmfield]

The ironies and the twists and I find myself saying OY! And I’m not even Jewish! A true New Yorker I am, yes, like Larry, but he reels us all in with this wonderful craziness.j

[@bencausey]

Really, really good acting. Perfect timing with his reactions.

[@BigKev87]

Of all the poor choices Larry has made for dumb reasons, this stands as possibly the poorest and dumbest. 🤣

[@alanduncan1980]

The Jewish lawyer that he got was even worse. Hiram Katz was his name. I just remember that name because it's the most Jewish name I've ever heard.

[@David99356]

@@alanduncan1980 I guess you haven’t met too many Jews. Katz is indeed a Jewish name, but Hiram????

[@andrejohnson6731]

"I got a Swede lawyer; she’s gonna get everything!"

[@cbrreezzyy69]

Hand me a schtickle of fluoride

[@resaboutb.9566]

THIS!

[@yodhin79]

Wasn’t Berg better than the Jewish lawyer he traded for ?

[@myaccount4699]

Yes

[@resaboutb.9566]

Irony at its finest.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Yes. Larry went with a Jewish lawyer and Cheryl hired Berg. Larry got taken to the cleaners

[@willkoestner4159]

P.F. is a guy I can't picture without a mustache. But when I see him without one I don't really notice 😅

[@Chris-kf8mx]

Let’s call it a happy accident.

[@JeansWebbTv]

Berg's slogan is "Top of the pie - to you!".

[@maartenvandam344]

My grandfather was once in the opposite position. His last name, same as mine, before 1941, gave you a 50-50 chance of being Jewish. In Amsterdam, those numbers were more like 80-20, Amsterdam was almost a quarter Jewish, before ww2. He was stopped during a raid, showed his papers, the policeman thought he was Jewish. Because of our name, van Dam, which, in pre war Amsterdam, would have been a good guess. My grandfather wasn't Jewish, and eventually had to prove that by dropping his pants to show he wasn't circumcised. There was a time., in Europe, when people would do pretty much anything to not be mistaken for a Jew, because being a Jew meant certain death. People would go much further with bullshit to prove they were not Jewish, more than any of us can imagine.

[@tommythecat4961]

My grandfather's family name was Sadun, which in Italy is the equivalent of being called Jewy McJewish. Thing is, IDs were written by hand back then, so with a couple dots the name became Sadini, which is as Italian as it gets, and they managed to elude quite a few controls because of that stroke of genius.

[@drewdonahue123]

it's the pie minister

[@martinandersson2478]

He is just fantastic.

[@jimmyblues59m76]

Larry is truly one of a kind.. 😀

[@ApathyBM]

Berg bringing up the fact he has a mezuzah on his own is perfect comedic writing

[@kent266]

There is no writing on Curb. It's completely ad libbed.

[@misterknite]

@@kent266 That makes sense considering Paul's one of the best improvisors to ever do it

[@rovhalt6650]

lol. we've got Sandberg, Kjellberg, Wiberg, Rosenberg, Blomberg, Ekberg, Dahlberg, Lundberg etc etc it goes on and on. I guess we really could "swede" the jewish community if we really wanted to. Even have our own swedish menorah too. Even "Oy" is a common swedish expression which means pretty much "Oh dear".

[@LeeA3865]

that's just wonderful

[@silverstar4289]

Larry realizes the second conversation is billable time?

[@TheBehm08]

Should’ve called Saul

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

A true pipe-hitting member of the tribe

[@enriquemedina3631]

This is may be based on Seinfeld writer/Curb director Alec Berg who is Swedish despite all his peers being Jewish, which led to misconception.

[@sirob1193]

At least give a chance to a lawyer that’s Trying to be Jewish 😂

[@bb.and.b]

PFT nailed it… as usual.

[@Slowdwood]

Why doesn't Paul F Thompkins have one of the highest rated talk shows by now?

[@scottgreenberg1596]

Because Lorne runs NBC.

[@kevinb1317]

the networks don't like Swedes

[@da8675]

I agree. Paul is so effin talented he should be even more recognized than he already is.

[@eureekasprings]

Slowdwood I would watch that show.

[@GermanConquistador08]

Because Genius is hated in the modern world

[@klondike69none85]

Im not Jewish, Im "Jew-ish" -This guy and George Santos

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

And Saul Goodman

[@Polo22546]

A happy accident. LOL!

[@yhp99]

"oye" had me rolling LMAO

[@johnsrabe]

The first scene was so-so, but the second was fantastic. When he picks up the shofar.

[@awnaur0no919]

"WAT IS THIS THING?! A SHOFAR!!!!! WHYS THIS ON UR DESK?!?!"

[@johnsrabe]

@@awnaur0no919 Shofar, so good.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Im surprised he didnt say it was a drinking horn. I have one that looks pretty much like that but with a cork in the small end

[@eviljoel]

Pre-mustache Paul looks so weird.

[@fashioncorpse]

BugPope seeing retsupurae screengrabs on other videos loos so weird.

[@smaakjeks]

I just appreciate that the lawyer switches up the analogy to make his point, because the point is that Larry is getting what he wants. I guess I'm too accustomed to people not getting analogies.

[@bongwaterbear]

That last thing he said “it’s a shanda Larry” Shanda means shame

[@anthonykelly1649]

Thanks for the translation, my Google is not working

[@bongwaterbear]

@@anthonykelly1649 fix your Google please

[@-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___]

Lmao she's gonna get everything!

[@Kruppt808]

She did get everything because he switched to the horrible Jewish lawyer instead the excellent Swede

[@jackedkerouac4414]

Love the variation on the Tim Whatley story.

[@TheStuport]

I Got Sweded......Too Funny!

[@andreasu.3546]

He must have watched Be Kind Rewind.

[@TheStuport]

@@andreasu.3546 LOLOL

[@frisco21]

The subtext in the scene is that Berg allows his clients to think he's a Jew to curry favor with wealthy Jewish clients. It's a great setup for a classic scene.

[@MajesticSkywhale]

funny thing is Saul Goodman in breaking bad and his own show does the same thing, in BB he says "the real name's McGill, i just do the jew thing for the homeboys; they all want a pipe-hitting member of the tribe, so to speak" lol

[@shirantal2263]

Well it's also that but mainly Jews are considered successful, so being a Jewish lawyer would be appealing for none Jews clientele as well

[@nunchucktaylor3488]

Are we all just deconstructing the basic concept of a joke? Is this a comedy writing 101 class?

[@coomtoon3050]

@@nunchucktaylor3488 its such an obvious joke aswell, im so confused at how its so upvoted

[@L1ama]

@@nunchucktaylor3488 see, here's the thing: you laugh because your expectations are subverted! upvotes to the left thanks

[@jonathanpatch5281]

That's funny. I made a very similar joke about Paul F Tompkins a couple years back: Allison Brie, who voiced Diane Nguyen on Bojack Horseman (her husband on the show being a Labrador Retriever voiced by Tompkins) had expressed regret over taking a role that should have gone to a Vietnamese actress. I responded that I did feel kind of betrayed when I learned that Paul F Tompkins was actually an Australian Shepard.

[@TroubleToby3040]

😂🤣😂

[@shers338]

Did you work on the show?

[@bobsacamano3924]

It's my favorite part of the pie too

When they show you the list of lawyers and you have to pick one out everyone goes for the Jew.

[@MajesticSkywhale]

"so sir, we've got two choices for you here, you can go with number 1, Mr. Anthony Parker, or number 2, Mr. Schmuli Schmecklinsteinowitzsilverberg" "uh...the second one" *parker walks away head down to charlie brown music*

[@ifounburg]

I really love how he don't really care he is divorcing

[@dr613]

Paul F Tomkins has a famous pie vs cake bit so that makes this so much funnier

[@hamnchee]

Larry pressured him to into switching a perfectly reasonable pie metaphor because of a literal top of pie preference.

[@JeansWebbTv]

Exactly! The metaphor is more important than the actual outcome for Lar.

[@Jb-du5xt]

cake boss cake boss, cake boss, cake boss?

[@jamiedetwiler7261]

cake boss. cake boss!

[@shazzbutter]

"I got Sweded."

[@panama-canada]

Yeah happy accident indeed. And I like both the crust and the feeling and I’m getting them both!

[@rapbattlefan2008]

If you close your eyes, you can hear Mr. Peanutbutter

[@aroundandround]

He practices Swedism, one of the early Abrahamic offshoots from before Christ.

[@roccoz2231]

Fun Fact: I always thought director Stephen Soderbergh was Jewish. But nope! He's a Swede, just like PFT in this clip.

[@subg8858]

Hows that fun

[@MaxPower-11]

Well, here’s one for you… Acclaimed director Norman Jewison, who, of all movies, directed Fiddler on the Roof, is not Jewish.

[@farmbrough]

People can be both.

[@FLESKFIST]

Fun fact, berg is actually a common start or end of swedish lastnames, because it means "mountain". It's also common to just be called "Berg". There's a famouns artis named "Björn Berg" which literally translates to "Bear Mountain". Not to mention famous tennis player Björn Borg, which means "Bear Castle".

[@dalenemoore]

And the mezuzah that’s on the door😂😂😂😂

[@antoniomarine1567]

That is hysterical! Lol!

[@geoffdearth8575]

He is so fucking funny. I hear some of his bits on Sirius XM.

[@markkennedy9767]

That guy is a great actor

[@euangrant6548]

Everything goes back to pie with PFT

[@haydentilton3770]

Mr Peanut Butter irl

[@subg8858]

I probably go straight for the shofar if i were Larry here.

[@bengrimm1222]

Paul F. is the best

[@jameseglavin4]

Goddamn PFT is just consistently amazing

[@aaron_argueta]

The mezuzah on the door😂

[@dustyb58]

the only 3 minutes of this show i will ever watch

[@bigadz0r]

What are you anyway..? haha loaded question

[@bzsbzs350]

He was great on Mr. show. He is very good at dry comedy.

[@daveinindy]

Improv royalty.

[@tehf00n]

This guy introduced Tenacious D in the Master Exploder video.

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

The mezuzah on the door.

[@moneymakerbanditsports8423]

I got Sweded.. Funny Stuff!

[@johnninocovers]

Mr Peanutbutter is still handling business, I see.

[@JeffreyGillespie]

A Swede lawyer 😂😂😂😂 jesus

[@icemochaj]

I like how he gives the name of the school instead of the name of the friend he went to school with.

[@slackdude1]

Incurable

[@Chrisbajs]

"Oy!" again, see!!?

[@CesarGarcia-ru8hr]

Anti-scandite

[@Constitution1789]

Good actor. He makes me hate lawyers even more.

[@anthonykelly1649]

He knows the game is over at 1:58

[@ryanschatzberg4651]

Doggy doggy what now?!?!

[@BFD1989]

What are you by the way !? Always my go-to question in any circumstance

[@MarijuanaSmoothies]

wow it's sir andrew lloyd webber

[@nevermindshort3]

"I got Sweden" lol

[@iiwi758]

Sweded*.

[@danielrichter2452]

That's a sweet conversation compared to what real lawyers go through with our clients. Try getting a nebulous instruction premised on fuzzy logic. Then when you try to get clarification you're told you are the dumbest lawyer who ever practiced because you are incapable of following a simple instruction lol.

[@johanstinson]

yeah, nobody is going to have sympathy for a lawyer and his sob story.

[@Bapuji42]

@stirange Sure, and every professional is someone else's client and a member of the public, and a reasonable percentage are real crazies. I've run into some lawyers who were doozies.

[@miami4253]

Larry refused to get Sweded.

[@danielwesterlund1905]

Pretending to be Jewish, that's the most Swedish trick in the book.

[@pholkhero2145]

That lawyer needs a mustache