In case there was any question as to whether The League is a show to watch with your mother-in-law, or your conservative aunt, this week’s episode is a reminder that it is definitely not. ”Ol’ Smoke Crotch” raises the bar on the toilet humor (there’s room in here somewhere for a pun, like, “it raises the seat,” or something. I don’t like puns though), with many of the jokes being hit or miss. Overall the episodes pretty good though.

The opening bit sees Ruxin taking care of Baby Jeffrey while his wife is away now that his au pair has taken up fornicating with Pete. This scene sets the tone for the rest of the episode as Ruxin is forced to take Jeffrey into the bathroom with him and the kid proceeds to eat ice out of a urinal. This, being one of the more mild bits. Ashley the au pair then catches Ruxin in a compromising position, in turn blackmailing him to let her live at his house, take naps, and have sex with his best friend while she does nothing even close to looking after Baby Jeffrey.

In the same way that you would bring in a cat to get rid of a mouse (especially if you hate cats, or are allergic to them), Ruxin invites his brother-in-law, Rafi, to come stay at his house in hopes of forcing Ashley out. Once Rafi enters the crude humor increases exponentially — and it’s great. “Well, you should absolutely court her,” Ruxin suggests. “Yeah, I’m gonna court martial her…vagina…with my weiner,” Rafi establishes. Rafi delivers most of the good lines in this episode, later saying, “I don’t lock doors — it’s rude!” when Ruxin walks in on him in the bathroom.

The weaker lines, on the other hand, come during Kevin’s B plot about getting a white pubic hair and feeling embarrassed. There’s one awesome scene where he and Andre go to a spa, beginning with Andre consoling Kevin by saying, ”We all have our little secrets. For example, I’m losing my hair.” That was the only part of that story I found worthwhile, with most of the jokes being flat and the entire plot culminating with Kevin actually lighting his crotch on fire in another instance of over-exaggerated slapstick. I actually liked the beginning of his plot better, in which he thinks he has brown hair and everyone else insists it’s red, not that here was anywhere for that to go.

“Ol’ Smoke Crotch” has its good moments and its bad, with Ruxin delivering a particularly good performance. The episode is more in line with “The Sukkah” from two weeks ago, with its shticky B plot and overly-crude humor. In this episode the crudeness works, though, for the most part. As an aside, isn’t this a show about football? There has been such little discussion regarding the fantasy league I’m beginning to question if I’m watching the right show. Also, is Jenny a main character or not? Because she is barely in this show at all. That’s it. Pretty good ep. Don’t watch with your mother, unless she likes that type of stuff.

- Elbows