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Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 4 Episode 2

Ben's Birthday Party

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AIRED: 1/11/04

Ben Stiller gets upset when Larry refuses to sing "Happy Birthday" to him. Larry then hits him in the eye with a toothpick.

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By thefanof, Jun 25, 2011

This is the kind of episode that really shows what Curb Your Enthusiasm is all about. Inappropriate dialogue, awkward situations and just the kind of laughs that have been absent from television since Seinfeld signed off for the last time in May of 1998.

The episode had a number of great scenes including Larry David hitting Ben in the face with a stick, and then his corresponding, uncaring reaction, to Larry attempting to dance. Season 4 was not my favorite season, but this was definitely a strong episode of television, no matter how harsh of a critic you might be.moreless
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Larry David	Himself
Jeff Garlin	Jeff Greene
Cheryl Hines	Cheryl David

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Ben Stiller	Himself	Guest Star
Jackie Hoffman	Rhonda	Guest Star
Patrick Bristow	Steve the Choreographer	Guest Star
Susan "Susie" Essman	Susie Greene	Recurring Role
Ashly Holloway	Sammy Greene	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (1)
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- Larry sees a rodent scurring along his floor and calls it a 'Titmouse'. A titmouse is not a rodent, it's a type of bird.
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QUOTES (8)
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- Larry: (on Susie's sweatshirts) Not quite my cup of tea, but, you know, it's nice.
  Susie: Fuck you, and fuck your tea!
  Larry: What?
  Susie: Whoever said you had taste, Mr. Hushpuppy-rumpled-suit look?
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- Ben: You don't even shake my hand the first time I see you.
  Larry: You had snot on your hand. You'd just sneezed.
  Ben: That was a dry sneeze, Larry.
  Larry: I can't asume dry. I gotta assume wet.
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- Kim: An hour. In and out. Done. Boobs. Genius!
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- Larry: I'd like to tell my wife I look like Brad Pitt, but unfortunately, she can see.
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- Larry: (on his dancing) It looks more effortless, maybe.
  Ben: It does look like less effort.
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- Richard: (sarcastic) For the first time in a ¼ century, tell me something that's really bugging you.
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- Larry: Anna Nicole Smith. She's got some pair of knockers on her, huh?
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- Larry: He said "no gifts."
  Susie: Nobody means that. You took that seriously?
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- The French episode title is "L'Anniversaire de Ben", meaning "Ben's Birthday".
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- The two songs Michael sings on stage during his performance are "Corner of the Sky" from the musical Pippin and "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from the musical Gypsy.
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- Patric Bristow, also played The Wigmaster in a Seinfeld episode of the same name.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- Larry claims you would have to be The Flash to dance at actual production speed. The Flash is a DC comic book (and CBS television show) about "The Fastest Man Alive."
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