By Matthew Wood

Why does everybody have to be so sensitive? We’ve talked about how Larry David can be a pretty obnoxious guy on CURB, but sometimes it’s not all his fault. And, unfortunately, the overreactions of others don’t necessarily translate into laughs.

This week was a perfect example. Larry offends a deaf parent at Keisha’s school by saying her dog looks like a rat – which it does. He claims she can’t understand the tone in his voice, and was therefore not offensive. Then he offends her husband by accidentally making an obscene gesture in the bathroom – really, who knew there really was a sign-language term for “cocksucker”?

Come on, people. You know he’s not really calling you a cocksucker. Just chill out. That type of humor through overreaction has totally gotten old on this show. It’s such a reach to think that someone would really freak out like that, and has been done so many times before that it’s become redundant.

In other misunderstandings, Larry and Leon accidentally switch cell phones, leading Larry to tell off a potential employer for Leon and Leon to return the favor by speaking jive to the husband (of the deaf woman) and offending him even more. If that’s not enough, he invites an exterminator to the school play who -- can you guess where this is going? – sees the dog running around and “exterminates” it with his shoe. Well, that takes care of that one.


In one bit I did like, Larry and Jeff talk about “sick sex,” where they’re turned on by being sick – or their wives being sick. Larry tries to act on it when Cheryl comes down with a cold, but with poor results. Then, when he gets the bug, he makes another pass, only to be rebuffed yet again. Hey, I feel for the guy. When I got the ol’ lady down on the sick bed, I’m all about going in for the kill as well. It never seems to work out for me either, but you can’t blame a guy for trying.