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The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial

Episode Number: 53    Season Num: 6    First Aired: Sunday September 23, 2007    Prod Code: n/a
Marty Funkhouser is outraged when flowers from his mother's memorial are stolen; Larry complains about "sample abusers" in stores; Jeff and Susie find knowing Larry to be a liability when trying to get Sammy into an exclusive private school

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Larry David
Director: David Mandel
Star: Cheryl Hines (Cheryl David),  Jeff Garlin (Jeff Greene),  Larry David (Himself)
Recurring Role: Carla Jeffery (Keysha Black),  Bob Einstein (Marty Funkhouser),  Richard Lewis (Himself),  Susie Essman (Susie Greene),  Ann Ryerson (Nan Funkhouser),  Vivica A. Fox (Loretta Black),  Nick Nervies (Daryl Black)
Guest Star: Mayim Bialik (Jodi Funkhouser),  Ken Campbell (Painter),  Lisa Darr (Woman in Perfume Store),  Michelle Maika (Florist),  Lilly McDowell (Dean's Assistant),  Ann Rollins (Salesperson),  Charles C. Stevenson Jr. (Elderly Man in Perfume Store),  Robin Bartlett (Dean)

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Robin Bartlett is erroneously credited as Robin Barlett in the credits. (edit)

Quotes

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Larry: On the days I want sex I'm a lot nicer.
Jeff: Oh, really?
Larry: Oh, yeah. I'll be nice the whole day. And then we'll have sex and then I'll just go back to being the way I am. (edit)
Jeff: I shouldn't be eating ice cream.
Larry: No, you shouldn't. (edit)
Marty: I'm an orphan, okay?
Larry: You're a what?
Marty: I'm an orphan.
Larry: Orphan?
Marty: Yeah, an orphan.
Larry: You're a little too old to be an orphan.
Marty: No, if you don't have parents you're an orphan.
Larry: Oh, you could be 70 and be an orphan?
Marty: You can be 100 and be an orphan! (edit)
Marty: Jogging's the best thing for me.
Larry: So mourners exercise? I didn't know that.
Marty: I don't know if mourners exercise, it's just good for me. (edit)
Larry: (on confronting a sample abuser) Don't abuse your sampling privileges. She abused the sampling privilege. And you know what else?
Cheryl: What?
Larry: I was also looking out for the counterperson, as well.
Cheryl: If she had a problem with that woman, don't you think she would have said, "Excuse me, ma'am"?
Larry: No, no, 'cause she's always told 'the customer is right,' and in fact, the customer is usually a moron and an asshole. (edit)

Trivia

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In this episode, Marty Funkhouser's mother dies. However, at the dinner for his father in the season four episode "The Weatherman," Marty says his mom died ten years ago. (edit)

Allusions

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Larry jokingly refers to Marty as "Little Orphan Funkhouser", playing off of Harold Gray's comic creation Little Orphan Annie. (edit)
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The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial
"Painful to watch"
It was good...
Continue » Posted Feb 5, 2008 8:15 am PST

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The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial
"Another great installment"
fantastic show well acted and very humourous
Continue » Posted Sep 27, 2007 9:59 am PST
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