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Episode Recap: "The Anonymous Donor"
Not even Joe Klein had so much trouble being anonymous. Then again, no one ever accused Mr. Klein of using a teddy bear as an aphrodisiac. Episodes like this make you wonder whether Larry David really ever thinks about anything but being master of his domain.
Not that we should complain, because even if it is his main concern, we get to hear Susie say stuff like this: "You what? You jerked off in their house? That is sick! You have wrought your semen outside of our home, Jeff? That’s adultery!" Then there was her husband’s explanation that he had had too much Manischewitz at Passover and as such it was excusable, considering, "It’s not Yom Kippur, I would never do it on the high holidays." The Greenes make me swoon, but I pity their poor daughter, Sammy. That little girl is in for a lifetime of serious therapy.
We also got the triumphant return of Gina Gershon’s Anna, the Orthodox Jewish dry cleaner. Thank god someone explained the "Law of the Dry Cleaner’s" to me. (I’m going to have to invest in that Dryell stuff, because I only really have three pairs of good work pants, and I can’t afford to lose them.) I could totally understand the look on Larry’s face when he found out that Senator Boxer was, "part of the problem." If we can’t trust our government, who can we trust? Maybe he should have sent Leon after her. Of course, Larry’s incredulity that more than one Pepitone jersey could possibly exist was baffling in and of itself. But good for him and his new buddy, Leon, ending up with a "matching set."
In the end, even if Larry ended up getting the ever-loving crap beat out of him due to his status as a dry-cleaning vigilante, at least he’s won the latest battle in his cold war with Ted Danson. To the greater public, they’re both anonymous, but thanks to his flirtatious taps with Cheryl, Ted is now considered to be the greater of two perverts by Susie.
Greatest throwaway moment of the night? Auntie Rae tackling Larry for chasing the kids around in a white sheet, then saying, "Ghost is not the first thing you think about. You think about KKK." Second greatest? Larry calling Ted Danson a "little yenta."
Until next week, put the following on your agendas: Write your congressman regarding what I’m calling Larry’s Law, and for god’s sake, stay away from the Manischewitz.
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Sep 16, 2007 11:51 PM
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Slight Error in your recap: Jeff's family is Greene, not Garlin, in CYE. Don't ask why.
Not as good as the pilot (not surprising, as the pilot was too awesome), but still a respectful episode.
Now, the $64,000 question: Who had fun with the Teddy Bear? Jeff or Larry?
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Sep 17, 2007 12:29 AM
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Anyone else notice the nice little montage of HBO shows on the wall at the dry cleaner?
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Sep 17, 2007 4:27 AM
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I saw it, andytseng!
I think it was Jeff and the Teddy Bear. Larry was so freaked out and such a control freak that I doubt he would pleasure himself anywhere outside of his home!
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Sep 20, 2007 3:27 PM
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