Larry David [played
by Larry David] [grinning]: “Even with the whole affirmative action
thing?”
[Prolonged, awkward silence, then…]
Dr. Grambs
[played by Gregg Daniel] [incredulously, glancing quizzically at
Richard, then back to Larry]: “I'm sorry. I beg your pardon, what?”
Richard: “Yeah, what do
you mean?”
Larry: “It was a joke.”
Dr. Grambs:
“What do you mean, ‘The whole affirmative action thing?’”
Larry [protesting
more insistently]: “No, no, no.”
Dr. Grambs
[to Richard]” “Who is this guy?”
Richard: “It was a joke.
He's like a buddy. I know him, he's a sweetheart.”
Dr. Grambs:
“The implication being that I wasn't good enough to be a dermatologist?”
Richard: “No, come on, it
was a joke. He's a liberal, he's like you and me.”
Dr. Grambs [to
Larry]: “So, if I wasn't black, you would have said the same
thing, or not?” [To Richard] “Do you see my point?”
Richard: “I see it in a
historical sense, but not in a nice-day sense.”
Dr. Grambs:
“You know, Richard, I've worked too hard and too long at this. I can't do it. I
don't know what his trip is, but I can't do it. “
Larry: “I don't have
any trip! No, it was a joke!”
[Dr. Grambs resumes jogging, waving them off.]
Richard [to
Larry]: “Holy s--t! What hit you?”
Larry: “It was a joke.”
Richard: “I know it's a
joke, but you sounded... Christ, like Pat Buchanan's gym partner.”
Larry: “I was just trying to be affable.”—Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 1, Episode 9, “Affirmative Action,” original air date Dec. 10, 2000, teleplay by Larry David, directed by Bryan Gordon
