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No Hugging, No Learning

Tim Murphy and Ted Hallowell

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No Hugging, No Learning is the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. We finished that, so we've moved onto Curb Your Enthusiasm! After sitting down and watching every episode, hosts Tim Murphy and Ted Hallowell will talk about what bits still work, what worked back then, and things that are so cringe that they probably should never have been part of the show...at least from a modern day viewpoint. New episodes of No Hugging, No Learning drop every Sunday. Email us: noh ...
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"Larry brings an impromptu date to a destination wedding and finds himself in a sticky situation when he goes searching for a toothbrush.." -Original Air Date: 2/9/2020- This week we're talking about You're Not Going to Get Me to Say Anything Bad About Mickey, seeing photos on someone else's phone that you shouldn't have, a plot point that makes NO…
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"Larry gets the chance to clear the air with Alice and goes to extreme lengths for a lunch with Richard." -Original Air Date: 2/2/2020- This week we're talking about Artificial Fruit, being in other people's family photos, rich people stuff that we don't know about and Tim absolutely rocking Ted's world with a revelation. This is No Hugging, No Lea…
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"Larry's lawyer tries to settle the Alice situation. Larry gives Susie an extravagant gift." -Original Air Date: 1/26/2020- This week we're talking about Side Sitting, being poker dads, how good comedians can still be funny in a challenging climate and our HOTTEST take ever about an uncomfy scene. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one…
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This was recorded a few weeks prior to the death of Richard Lewis. Our condolences go out to his loved ones. "Larry makes a new enemy and gets into hot water at a cocktail party." -Original Air Date: 1/19/2020- This week we're talking about Happy New Year, super timely selfie stick jokes, e-scooters and MAGA hats. This is No Hugging, No Learning, t…
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"Season Nine Finale. Larry has a scheduling conflict, takes issue with some work associates, and hosts a pair of ungrateful house guests." -Original Air Date: 12/3/2017- This week we're talking about Fatwa!, making our own Lin Manuel-Miranda style rap, a great one-liner from someone we've never seen before and the last performance from someone we'l…
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"Larry is blackmailed by an employee and tormented by someone from his past. Jeff and Larry pitch a new creative venture." -Original Air Date: 11/26/2017- This week we're talking about The Shucker, The Chicago-verse, For Him Magazine (aka FHM) and its counterparts and how celebrities have GOT to have relationship NDAs, right? This is No Hugging, No…
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"Bridget asks Larry for a favor on behalf of her son. Larry earns unexpected gratitude in a buffet line." -Original Air Date: 11/19/2017- This week we're talking about Never Wait for Seconds!, an odd bit of continuity concerning Larry's sex life, going to brunch with friends and the unfortunate timing of Ted's upcoming desert getaway. This is No Hu…
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"Larry angers a hot-yoga teacher, has an auspicious first date, and seethes over a run-in with an unfair Uber driver." -Original Air Date: 11/12/2017- This week we're talking about Namaste, chiropractic care, the luxurious jobs of network censors and MADtv. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm fo…
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"Larry invents an ingenious ply for getting his friends out of relationship jams. Larry upsets Funkhouser's new girlfriend." -Original Air Date: 11/5/2017- This week we're talking about The Accidental Text on Purpose, our glass clink theory, the movie that SHOULD be and unnecessary deep dives. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thi…
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"Larry commits a faux pas with Sammi's fiancé, and tries to start over with his mail carrier and golf club security guard." -Original Air Date: 10/29/2017- This week we're talking about Thank You for Your Service, a plea to potential listener on Reddit, thanking essential workers "for their service" instead of paying them more and the most cinemati…
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Okay, we caved and recorded a special episode for you. Tim and Ted both got the same Christmas present, the brand new children's book "Seinfeld: The Day of Nothing"! We also recap our holidays, what and how we've been doing over our break. New episdoes will resume this coming Sunday, January 7th!By Tim Murphy and Ted Hallowell
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"Larry's therapist accuses him of overstepping, Susie grows suspicious of Jeff and Larry bribes an usher at a funeral." -Original Air Date: 10/22/2017- This week we're talking about Running with the Bulls, The Walking Dead, being gung ho on the show and a moment that wasn't handled incredibly well that could have been MUCH worse. This is No Hugging…
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"Larry turns to a writer for advice; searching for Susie's missing "little sister", he gets ticketed by an overzealous cop." -Original Air Date: 10/15/2017- This week we're talking about A Disturbance in the Kitchen, how Ted also had a minor traffic infraction against a cop, a tour for a meme artist who's going to fizzle out before the tour happens…
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"Larry reaches out to a familiar face, gives a hotel guest sartorial advice and looks to create a diversion to help a friend's nephew." -Original Air Date: 10/8/2017- This week we're talking about The Pickle Gambit, Community, beef sticks and how everyone thinks they can be "the one" that will open the pickle jar. This is No Hugging, No Learning, t…
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"Season 9 Premiere. Larry tries to rid himself of an inept assistant, offends Jeff's barber and gets into hot water over a new project." -Original Air Date: 10/1/2017- This week we're talking about Foisted!, what happened in our lives from 2011 to 2017 when Curb Your Enthusiasm was off the air, Leon making fun of one of Tim's most-frequently used w…
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"In the Season Eight finale, Larry accuses NY neighbor Michael J. Fox of harassment, and Jeff takes a bullet for Susie." -Original Air Date: 9/11/2011- This week we're talking about Larry vs. Michael J. Fox, parents going to kids birthday parties, the real battle of Rush Limbaugh vs. Michael J. Fox and comparing gifts to handling balls. This is No …
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"An ice-cream truck triggers a painful childhood memory for Larry that has a huge impact." -Original Air Date: 9/4/2011- This week we're talking about Mister Softee, the brand-specificity of their ice cream trucks, a possible origin for "pretty, pretty, pretty good" and the dark direction that Ted thought one of these scenes was going in. This is N…
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"Larry and Jeff weigh an investment opportunity, and Wanda Sykes preempts Larry's training schedule." -Original Air Date: 8/28/2011- We're back, baby! This week we're talking about The Car Periscope, the world of soap operas, Larry only being west coast racist and not east coast racist and Larry missing out on a profitable invention. This is No Hug…
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"Larry competes with Rosie O'Donnell for the same woman, explores the nuances of Japanese Bows, and refuses lunch with an L.A. acquaintance." -Original Air Date: 8/21/2011- This week we're talking about The Bi-Sexual, wasting food becasue it got a little soupy, Larry's sudden willingness to participate in team sports and a rough estimate of how lon…
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"Larry plays the hero in the sky and underground, and Jeff's courtship of Ricky Gervais is sabotaged by a nosy waiter." -Original Air Date: 8/14/2011- This week we're talking about The Hero, a good plus up to give a joke a very Simpson-y feel, Larry apparently being a Spaniard and a line that Tim is definitely going to steal. This is No Hugging, No…
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"A failed alibi has coastal consequences, and the Greenes' dog is denied a last meal. Larry confronts a buffet-line transgressor." -Original Air Date: 8/7/2011- This week we're talking about Vow of Silence, throwing going away parties for yourself, Brett Gelman and whether r not a confirmation of plans is necessary. This is No Hugging, No Learning,…
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"Larry vows to topple a sacred dating taboo, and regrets making concessions to his new office neighbor." -Original Air Date: 7/31/2011- This week we're talking about The Smiley Face, Big Dogs Clothing, appropriate reactions when someone has passed away and getting mad at emoticons in an era where people had already moved on to emojis! This is No Hu…
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"Larry plays 'social assassin' to the hilt at a dinner party, on the golf course and at a Palestinian restaurant with chicken to die for." -Original Air Date: 7/24/2011- This week we're talking about Palestinian Chicken, the intricacies of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, redevoting yourself to your faith and Scott Aukerman aka Hot Copperman! …
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"Larry becomes an unlikely role model for battered women, and Richard Lewis's relationship with a burlesque performer is put to the test." -Original Air Date: 7/17/2011- This week we're talking about The Safe House, crying adults, a great possibility for a new meme template and SO many guest stars! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about on…
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"Season Eight Premiere. Larry learns his divorce lawyer isn't kosher, and rescinds a cookie order from a girl scout." -Original Air Date: 7/10/2011- This week we're talking about The Divorce, Tim trying to translate a German book that he found in one of the scenes and, an update to Larry's n-word count and a world that doesn't report on major news …
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"In the Season Seven Finale, a returned favor costs Larry quality time with Cheryl." -Original Air Date: 11/22/2009- This week we're talking about Seinfeld...the episode. Not the show. But we do also talk about respecting wood, pamphlet-sized books and as close to we'll ever get to an actual Seinfeld reunion. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the sh…
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"Larry gets frustrated by a nine-year-old's emails, Leon poses as a dead man and Jerry befriends Funkhouser." -Original Air Date: 11/15/2009- This week we're talking about The Table Read, learning about how tv shows are filmed, the right age to get a phone for your kid and Pee Wee Herman. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...…
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"Jeff's indiscretion forces Larry to embrace his feminine side, and one of Jeff's clients competes with Cheryl for a 'Seinfeld' role" -Original Air Date: 11/8/2009- This week we're talking about Officer Krupke, Threads being Deads, Schmigadoon and we have a super uncomfy discussion trying to determine if Larry is problematic. This is No Hugging, No…
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"Larry twice encounters bad luck on the same golf hole." -Original Air Date: 10/25/2009- This week we're talking about The Black Swan, dues at private country clubs, leaving a paper trail and our new sponsor, subliminal messages from the dark lord! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the fir…
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"Larry and Jerry Seinfeld consider incorporating Larry's latest real-life experience into the reunion show." -Original Air Date: 10/25/2009- This week we're talking about The Bare Midriff, an inconsistent way for Larry David to go to the bathroom, the banned joke list from "Workaholics" and a supposed incredible feat of athleticism. This is No Hugg…
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"Larry learns to embrace the upside of disability without actually being disabled, and looks to disprove a rumor." -Original Air Date: 10/18/2009- This week we're talking about Denise Handicap, the disputed actual name of this episode, an odd uncharacteristic moment featuring a very generous Larry David and old trends of names we give people in our…
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"Larry rats out Christian Slater at Ted and Mary's anniversary party, but later gets his payback at a restaurant rendezvous" -Original Air Date: 10/11/2009- This week we're talking about The Hot Towel, a missed opportunity of not cataloging all of Larry's unwritten rules of society, rules of restaurant visits as gifts and a big mistake with this ep…
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"Larry resists Jeff's suggestion to do a Seinfeld reunion special - until he figures out a compelling personal reason to do so." -Original Air Date: 10/4/2009- This week we're talking about The Reunion, Ted's new TV fascination that he thought he'd never get into, men who wear thick, black-framed glasses and a great return to a classic Seinfeld bit…
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"Larry deliberately tries to annoy Loretta, against the advice of a renowned doctor, and dooms Richard Lewis' new relationship." -Original Air Date: 9/27/2009- This week we're talking about Vehicular Fellatio, standalone navigation systems that both of us owned that neither of us bought, hack jokes about 9/11 and the most egregious Larry interpreta…
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"In the Season Seven premiere, Larry attempts a preemptive break up with an ailing Loretta and learns a lesson." -Original Air Date: 9/20/2009- This week we're talking about Funkhouser's Crazy Sister, Larry David needing to comment on someone's homosexuality, one trick that doctors DON'T want you to know and planting the seeds for the season to com…
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"In the Season Six finale, a Bat Mitzvah provides Larry a chance to clear up his recent domestic travails." -Original Air Date: 11/11/2007- This week we're talking about The Bat Mitzvah, our favorite sketches from Season 3 of I Think You Should Leave, if Tim knows what songs are modern and popular and the worst possible re-watch that we could do fo…
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"Larry tries to curry favor with Cheryl by influencing her therapists." -Original Air Date: 11/4/2007- This week we're talking about The Therapists, a new side of Larry (?), how to mug someone and our troubles with the new MAX service. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want…
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"Larry tries to do Auntie Rae a favor, but ends up offending her. Jeff's hospital stay opens a door for Larry." -Original Air Date: 10/28/2007- This week we're talking about The N Word, the vibes being off early with Sheila, an unfortunate guest role for Jake Johnson and a theory on the real-life events that we think led to the writing of this epis…
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"A malfunctioning TV device puts Larry's marriage with Cheryl into a crisis mode." -Original Air Date: 10/21/2007- This week we're talking about The TiVo Guy, going over the fence vs. through the gate, the total overhaul of a radio station Tim auditioned for and Bluetooth technology circa 2007. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one th…
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"Larry tests the limits of sick sex; Loretta and Leon's job prospects are burned by a slow toaster." -Original Air Date: 10/14/2007- This week we're talking about The Rat Dog, Star Wars fans being the worst fans, Kevin Farley and Ted's Tim Meadows encounter. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm f…
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"A book about freaks, coupled with a chauffeur's incapacity, sets Larry up for a string of ejections." -Original Air Date: 10/7/2007- This week we're talking about The Freak Book, our plans for death and the afterlife, 2000's game show references and Larry's incredible(ly inconsistent) sense of direction. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show a…
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"Larry regrets getting Richard Lewis's girlfriend Cha Cha a job near the office bathroom." -Original Air Date: 9/30/2007- This week we're talking about The Lefty Call, toilet paper for dudes, being a little too real to waiters and a VERY large leap in logic (even by Curb standards). This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watchi…
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"Larry argues with Susie and Richard Lewis over condolences and is accused of pinching flowers by Marty Funkhouser." -Original Air Date: 9/23/2007- This week we're talking about The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial, age cutoffs for being an orphan, unwritten rules of society and the cost of a gold checkmark on Twitter! This is No Hugging, No Learni…
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"The Davids and the Blacks move into a new house and take in a guest; Larry alters a dry-cleaning rule." -Original Air Date: 9/16/2007- This week we're talking about The Anonymous Donor, not taking credit for things, a long, crusty walk for the audience and Leon Black! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your E…
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"In the Season Six premier, Cheryl talks Larry into adopting the Blacks, a family displaced by a hurricane." -Original Air Date: 9/9/2007- This week we're talking about Meet The Blacks, What South Park got right, Larry being the only one playing the game correctly and theories of why penis-shaped cake is the most delicious. We've also got our final…
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"In the Season Five finale, Larry is changed by a trip to Arizona." -Original Air Date: 12/4/2005- This week we're talking about The End, subtitles ruining jokes, Kelley Blue Book values of cars and how little effort Tim could have possibly put into getting to the beach at his old house. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...w…
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"Larry suspects his Korean bookie of kidnapping Jeff's dog." -Original Air Date: 11/27/2005- This week we're talking about The Korean Bookie, Bobby Lee and other MadTV alumni, making blind sports bets and Larry's out-of-nowhere racism. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time. Want…
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"Larry and Jeff befriend the head of a kidney-transplant consortium." -Original Air Date: 11/20/2005- This week we're talking about The Ski Lift, Larry not understanding what all men talk about, an incredible breakdown in logic and the return of "Two WASPy Guys Try To Understand The Intricacies Of Judaism: Orthodox Edition"! This is No Hugging, No …
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"Larry ruffles feathers by inviting a sex offender to a seder." -Original Air Date: 11/13/2005- This week we're talking about The Seder, a confusing hand gesture, how to not help your elderly neighbors and an unnecessarily convoluted ending. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for the first time…
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