Larry David Urinates on Jesus Painting; Catholics Not Enthused

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 28th 2009 01:26PM

Catholic advocates are more than a little peeved with Larry David, whose HBO show 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' featured a segment this week that involved Jesus, out-of-control urine and mocking of the Christian belief in miracles.

If you're a fan and still haven't seen the episode, stop reading now.

In the episode, which aired Sunday, the comedian accidentally splatters while relieving himself near a portrait of Jesus, and opts not to wipe it off. His pious assistant and her mother see the picture and whole-heartedly believe their bathroom has been touched by God.

"Was Larry David always this crude?" Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said in a statement released Monday. "Would he think it comedic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother?"

Donohue noted that while he believes 'Seinfeld' (created by David) was "brilliant," the same can't be said about 'Curb.'

"David's best years are behind him" Donohue said, adding "he ought to quit while he's ahead."

The Catholic booster sees a pattern with the network. "This might be fun to watch, but since HBO only likes to dump on Catholics (it was just a couple of weeks ago that Sarah Silverman insulted Catholics on 'Real Time with Bill Maher'), and David is Jewish, we'll never know."

Deal Hudson, of InsideCatholic.com, expressed similar outrage in comments to FoxNews.com: "Why is it that people are allowed to publicly show that level of disrespect for Christian symbols? If the same thing was done to a symbol of any other religions -- Jewish or Muslim -- there'd be a huge outcry. It's simply not a level playing field."

In a statement to Fox, HBO tried to calm the controversy by reminding people who they're angry with.

"Anyone who follows 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' knows that the show is full of parody and satire," the network said. "Larry David makes fun of everyone, most especially himself. The humor is always playful and certainly never malicious."

The controversial episode, titled 'The Bare Midriff,' was actually more centered on David's paunchy assistant and her penchant for wearing tiny shirts. Larry has started taking a "new pill" to help increase his urine flow, which leads to the splashing. Later, he gets some on his assistant.

Tags: Bill Donohue, BillDonohue, curb your enthusiasm, CurbYourEnthusiasm, larry david, LarryDavid

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Wednesday 28 October

By AJA

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You throw this around lightly until you have a radical Islamic Jihadist in your face telling you to convert to Islam - or die, threatening to blow your face off...

By Dave

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I have yet to hear an appology for the crucifiction.

By smithsn

If I am not mistaken, the people who performed the crucifixion have died many years ago. I do not believe that you will be getting an apology from them any time soon.

By Lola Lloyd

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I'm still waiting too!! Putos!!

By Lisa

If you can't spell it, don't complain about it. Idiot.

By marty

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the romans never apologised

Indeed, may this gross satire serve to remind us that we often fall short and remind us of this: "How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?" (Heb. 10:29) The same grace demonstrated by God which allows this man to urinate on an object of imagined holiness without being struck by lightning, is also of the same God who is long- suffering, and to me this is a comedic camera shot of the struggle that people face in their spiritual walk to walk imperfectly after the perfect God.

By Bud

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Well, the Romans are long gone, so from whom would the apology come--the Italians?

By Connell Wild

People are looking in to this way to much. But why just apologise for Jesus? The Romans used crucifixion as a torture and killing method on many people. Why appologise for just one person, and why treat the cross, a symbol of torture back then, as a holy item.

Thursday 29 October

By Sam

What do Larry David, Seinfield and Letterman and just about every celebrity producer ,director, comedian and actor have in common , That's right their Jewish background. Oh yeah and a professed disdain for Jesus> About time to quit enriching these idiots and turn them off.

By Master Shake

I DID HEAR AN APOLOGY! I once asked an Italian neighbor if it was true that his ancestors nailed Jesus to a cross. He said, "Yeah. Sorry about that." Happy now?

By Mikey!!

because of the grace that happened at the cross, I say "thank you" to the Romans, Pharasies, etc. It was all part of a perfect plan

By Colleen

It is just not Catholics....all Christians are upset about this. Everytime something comes out about religious groups it is only the Catholics who are mentioned. What BS.

By Kate

Nice muffin top lol fatty

By Gina

All you people complaining should just shut up, you know what!???? JESUS WOULD FORGIVE LARRY DAVID FOR THIS, and if you "love" Jesus so much, then follow him and DO THE SAME!!!

By carolyn harrison

that is the most stupid remark i've heard in a long time. are you ignorant or what?

By tomtime

This "humor" is not playful. It is simply disrespectful. Very poor taste.

By trotoff

That sad sick old fool, will undoubtedly have his grave urinated on many times, in honor of his ignorance. bye HBO

By melanie

I have never been impressed with Larry David's acting or humor. I certainly think now he is a lousy POS who will someday pay for his disrespect one way or another.

By mammothman

It's not like he peed on the picture to degrade it. It specifically shows that it was an accident. Rememeber this is supposed to be situation comedy.

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