Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Grand Opening

Season 3, Episode 10, Aired 11/17/02

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With the restaurant's opening at hand, Larry decides now is the time to fire the chef and aggrieve a popular restaurant critic. As Susie and Cheryl clash over misunderstandings and missed lunch dates, Larry finds a replacement chef with a colorful vocabulary.

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Andy Portico, the guy couldn't get dates and he takes it out on the rest of the world; He's got some tude this guy huh? Encountering a "Bald face" liar led to a form of solidarity.moreless

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By TMFMM2022AD, Feb 27, 2011 Report Abuse

Sometimes people have a proclivity to lean toward people who are like them. Jeff pointed out that Larry has a lot of bald people working for him, more than the average person. So when Larry found out that Ian Gomez the Bald Chef was wearing a wig we knew he would get upset. Larry said he misrepresented himself and that he didn't trust him because if it. And I might not have trusted him either, but this guy was doing what he had to get a job, then he wasn't honest with Larry, Tough break for both of them, Larry had a chance to right his actions when he didn't fire the other chef because he was not a survivor. Larry is not a survivor, so it's not exactly the same thing, but he did get to help him out. The Chef says that there is one thing that he wanted them to know at the restaurant; he doesn't cook anything with salmon. He didn't even mention the Tourette syndrome, maybe the chef doesn't feel it's a disability or know he has Tourett's. Larry wanted to know how come he didn't cuss in French; I would like to know that same question too. Why is he only cussing in English, it seen that French is his native language and wouldn't he be cussing in that language at least some of the time. I could learn more about Tourette syndrome to find out. Well put together this episode where at the end they all come together to support the chef. Then Cheryl and Susie don't meet with each other and it looks like Cheryl was trying to get Susie back for standing her up and she comes in while she was cussing and Susie just snaps with the pent up anger she had, a similar anger Larry had toward Andy Portico when he broke his thumbs. Breaking Andy's thumbs saved them from having to go through the review process with him and got them another chef. Did you see the way Andy treated his secretary? Why is he like that? What is the reason, what is her side of the story? Is it him or her? Another good one.moreless

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Classic episode, and has an ending that you can watch over and over again.

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By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Oct 14, 2009 Report Abuse

Looking back on some old Curb episodes, it's funny how this is one of the episodes that stays in my head the most. And it's mostly all due to the end scene, which is one of the best pieces of comedy I've ever seen.

Larry and co. prepare to open the restaurant for business, but find that the chef referred to them as Tourettes.. and they can't fire him because he appears to be a Holocaust survivor. Meanwhile, Cheryl and Susie struggle to find the time to hang out with one another. Two simple plots like this build up until the final three minutes, where the chef bursts right in the middle of the busiest hours.. and what happens next is something you have to see for yourself.

Unlike most Curb episodes, this one allowed Larry to redeem himself in the end instead of being made out to be a fool or a jerk. He actually did some good, even if it was filthy, dirty good. By far one of the best episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm.moreless

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Larry's personal best.

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By enthusiasm, Jul 23, 2006 Report Abuse

This is without a doubt one of my favorite episodes of the series. The humor is classic Larry David, whether it be just tearing that chef to shreds because he wears a toupee, or being publically embarrassed while buying "Colon Cleanser".

One of the problems with the series is that, because Larry manages to make anything and everything go wrong possible, the conflicts get predictable. But with this episode, I didn't see any of that, especially during the ending, which made me laugh so hard I literally fell off the couch and had to pause the television (I tivo'd the episode.)

Bravo larry, for an excellent finish to your third season!moreless

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- In the scene where Larry chases the bald chef out the store, he is carrying the container of colon cleanse while standing in line at the register. The next moment he runs out the store and the container is gone from his hand. Edit
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- The French episode title is "L'Inauguration". Edit
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- Jeff: You have far more bald professionals than the average person. Edit
- Cheryl: (to no one in particular) You Goddamn fucking son of a bitch! Susie: (thinking she's being addressed) Fuck you, you car wash cunt. I had a dental appointment! Edit
- Larry: You know how bookstores make you feel stupid? Jeff: Yeah. Larry: Well health food stores make me feel really unhealthy. Edit
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