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Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 2 Episode 7

The Doll

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AIRED: 11/4/01

At the screening of a miniseries, the young daughter of a TV executive asks Larry to cut the hair off a beloved doll. When he complies, she becomes very upset. To remedy the situation, Larry and Jeff steal the head from Jeff's daughter's doll.

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By far has the best ending of any Curb episode to date.

9.2

By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Sep 28, 2011

By the time the little girl utters those hilarious final words at the end of the episode, you could've almost seen it coming. Nothing ever goes right for Larry David, and this episode is perhaps the best proof of that.

Larry finally gets another offer from ABC for his pilot with Julia and ends up getting invited to the screening of a two part miniseries ("What's the difference between Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman?"). It's here that he cuts the hair off of the ABC executive daughter's hair, not knowing that the daughter has no idea the hair doesn't grow back. So while he attempts to remedy this situation, he also has to deal with a broken lock in a bathroom.

There's some episodes that just don't tie up very well in the end.. better then most shows, but some just don't work out as well. The Doll was absolutely perfect in its execution.. as Larry put the water bottle in his pants, you can already see what's going to happen.

Definitely a classic episodes of Curb.moreless
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Wow what a laugh.

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By efc1991, Sep 28, 2011

Larry and Julia successfully pitch the show to ABC; Larry then traumatizes the executive's daughter by cutting her priceless doll's hair off. Note: "The Doll" was also the name of a Seinfeld episode. Ok so season one was great but it wasn't until season two that made this series one of my all time sitcoms, and I thought the best episode was The doll as many of you Curb your enthusism fans would agree, it was just laugh out load stuff all the way through this episode, I couldn't stop laughing when Larry and Jeff were in the room looking for the Judy doll and the ending was brill.moreless
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If you want to get into Curb Your Enthusiasm, this fantastic episode is a good place to start.

9.5

By Tristram_ZX81, Dec 17, 2010

This is one of the best examples of how acute and hilarious the writing of Larry David can be. While the amusing dialogue is down to the brilliant improvisation of Curb's cast, much of why this show is funny is, as was the case was Seinfeld, because of the way David intricately structures the plot so that no matter what his central character does to amend a bad situation he has already created for himself, it ultimately gets worse.

The effectiveness of this plotting technique is evident in this episode's final gag which is undoubtedly the 30 minute's most hilarious moment. Another reason for why this episode is great is because it is one of the few appearances of manager Jeff's wife Susie, played with hilarious venom by Susie Essman.

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Larry gets in trouble when he only meant well. Again. And he gets Jeff in trouble, embarrasses Cheryl, and freaks out a little girl multiple times.

9.8

By jkanter2587, Dec 17, 2010

This episode is insanely amazing. It contains numerous laugh-out-loud parts, which I feel do not come along in CYE as much as they do in most funny shows. Curb's appeal is usually the awkward-"Oh my gosh I can't believe that just happened"-funny, not necessarily the haha-funny. But "The Doll" combines both throughout.

Larry David rants about locks on doors, chest-freezes, people who make sure others are following the rules, and other social oddities. And in doing so, he once again turns what was once mundane and extracts every bit of humor found in it. The last scene is a perfect "Curb" moment, where the viewer feels so bad for him, but can't help but laugh hysterically.

Plus, Suzie yells and swears, Larry does his imitative voice, and the dialogue is natural and realistic, as it usually is. Sometimes, on CYE, the viewer laughs because a joke is made or because someone has said something funny. Those moments exist in "The Doll", but most of the time, the situation is just so awkwardly amusing, that you can't help but smile and laugh.moreless
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Larry David	Himself
Jeff Garlin	Jeff Greene
Cheryl Hines	Cheryl David

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Una Damon	ABC Executive	Guest Star
Jane Carr (II)	Fran Metzgar	Guest Star
Merrin Dungey	Amy	Guest Star
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Herself	Recurring Role
Susan "Susie" Essman	Susie Greene	Recurring Role
Ashly Holloway	Sammy Greene	Recurring Role

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- Susie: Stop scratching your balls and tell me where it is! Alright, just get me the fucking head, alright?! Get me the fucking head, alright!? Both of you, I've had it! You four-eyed fuck and you fat piece of shit, get me the head!
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- Larry: It's an olfactory nightmare in that men's room!
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- Larry: (imitating doctor) Where'd you get the rash? (as himself) Oh, I stuck a doll's head down my pants, doctor. It feels good to me.
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- Cheryl: There's no lock on that bathroom door.
  Larry: I know.
  Cheryl: That's crazy!
  Larry: I know... it's insane!
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- Larry: Have you heard of Switzerland? It's a country in Europe and they don't like to fight. They let everybody do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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- Tara: Mommy, Mommy, that bald man's in the bathroom, and there's something hard in his pants!!
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- The French episode title is "La Poupée", an exact translation.
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- There is also an episode called "The Doll" in season 7 of Seinfeld, Larry David's other show.
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- A scene from this episode is shown in the "Where's Johnny?" episode of The Sopranos. Uncle Junior, during one of his demented moments, confuses Larry and Jeff for himself and Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri, and wonders why they're on the TV.
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- This was one of four episodes submitted to Emmy voters.
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