its about time
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No kidding! Definitely the funniest show on tv. I wish HBO would get their act together on some of these box sets (still waiting for Oz season 3...).
im suprised more people arent posting in praise of Curb DVD
Near the bottom:
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Damn, I thought this was about an American History X made for TV mini-series starring Joe Montania. But oh well....
I loved this show! When will it be on DVD?
Quote from: Walrus, KooKookajoobWhen will it be on DVD?
Quote from: MacGuffinNear the bottom:
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I don't think I could sit through consecutive episodes of Curb, even as much as I love the show.
Some shows just don't rerun well (Six Feet Under comes to mind - first view s fascinating, second view is torture). Watching an episode of Curb more than once (with the possible exception of the episode with the rap guy) would be like fingertails on a chalkboard.
Still a great show... Cheryl Hines is a cutie.
wow i have found they stay really funny but thats jus me. His name was
Crazy Eyed Killa
eyez
If you love Curb Your Enthusiasm, you must check out The Office. I am going to convert at least one person to this show, dammit! It's fabulous. :-D
Should I blind buy this DVD set ?
definetly!
Love this show.
And in the immortal words of Woody Allen, I lurv Cheryl Hines. Luff her. Seriously, how cool is she?! Most comedies, the wife just plays the straight character to the comedian star's goofball, but in this one she actually laughs along with him, even when she knows she should be pissed at him. Classic.
Everyone I know with any sense of humor is obsessed with this show.
I'm convinced then, this thursday I'm buying it and leaving comments.
I don't get the channel it airs on, thus the blind buy.
You can't go wrong, Pas!!!
I bb'd too, based on watching half of one episode. It's sooooooo worth it (and fairly cheap, too).
Quote from: Find Your MagaliIf you love Curb Your Enthusiasm, you must check out The Office. I am going to convert at least one person to this show, dammit! It's fabulous. :-D
I've never heard of it before the Globes. Is it really that good?
Quote from: Chest RockwellQuote from: Find Your MagaliIf you love Curb Your Enthusiasm, you must check out The Office. I am going to convert at least one person to this show, dammit! It's fabulous. :-D
I've never heard of it before the Globes. Is it really that good?
YES
From Warner Home Video: Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Second Season. This Emmy-winning Larry David hit will arrive in stores on June 15th and feature 4:3 full screen transfers, English, French and Spanish Dolby 2.0 stereo and subtitle tracks, and no extras. Retail will be $39.95.
yay!!!
I've never seen the show, but I heard a clip on Fresh Air yesterday where Larry David was arguing with Ben Stiller, and Ben Stiller calls him a big baby and Larry David says "are you calling me a man-child?" and I just about bust three nuts laughing.
Too bad I don't have HBO and can't afford to buy DVDs at the moment.
Put it in your list for when you can... its really the best show on TV right now
i miss it like a vanished lover..
they killed it in its infancy here.
sorry, p. it's not hard to download episodes though. not that i condone that.
i liked the season finale a lot. mel brooks and anne bancroft doing a little producers bit of their own. it was what my mom would call "cute." especially the end where he looks at his wife and smiles, indicating he has an hour left for the bet. it was sweet. made me wish i was married to somebody like cheryl. and then i cried.
I finally caught up on all the episdoes I missed, and goddamnit, this is still the funniest show on television. Soooooo many great bits, the prostitute episode (Larry stoned!) is an instant classic, and the Producers ending was nice touch to end the season on.
Other favorite moments:
- Colby from 'Survivor' and a Holocaust survivor arguing who had it worse.
- Larry w/ his heart monitor.
- Wandering Bear.
- Jeff suggesting that he and Larry watch 'Girls Gone Wild' together. "What, are we gonna do an 'Auto-Focus' thing here or something?"
Just remembered one of my favourite episodes, weak2ndact, reading your list. When Larry is accused of being a self-loathing jew for whistling Wagner in line at the cinema. And he gets Cheryl's string quartet to go play Wagner on the guys lawn at the end. Love it.
Ah, yes the 'Bald Asshole' incident.
"This is a hate crime!"
When he goes over to Jeff's new house
Larry: Nice house.
Susie: Yeah, come on. I'll give you a tour.
Larry: Naw, it's ok.
Susie: No, come on.
Larry: No, it's ok. I-I get it.
Susie: You get it?
Larry: Yeah, it's a house. It's new. I get it. It's nice.
Susie: You get it? Ok, you know what? Get the fuck out of my house, Larry.
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When he wants to get out of jury duty
Larry: Uh... well, your honor, I believe it would be hard to remain impartial seeing as the defendant is a negro.
Am I the only one who finds Curb Your Enthusiasm more disturbing than it is funny? I watched episodes 1-6 (the first disc) and I'm not sure that I laughed once. The show is so genius in concocting the most excruciatingly awkward situations, it's just so... stressful. Maybe it's a personal thing, but I don't know if I can bring myself to Netflix the second disc.
I love the show and I can admit that the first episodes are disturbing maybe sometimes... but the show got better and better in the 2nd and 3rd season... and its now amazing
Unfortunatelly you cant get the other seasons in DVD yet... but there are some very good episodes in Season 1... it may just give you a weird impression at first but if you watch the new seasons when the concept and all that is more defined, its definetly the best show on tv today
I'm not saying it's bad thing... in fact, I can't think of anything like it. It just works better as horror than comedy.
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanThe show is so genius in concocting the most excruciatingly awkward situations, it's just so... stressful.
and at the same time a huge relief, isn't it? i just downloaded season 3 so i'm finally catching up. it's a great release for stress and tension, precisely because it revels in it. and there's plenty of humor in it, cheryl herself laughs at the crap that happens to larry. larry david must be the happiest man alive.
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanAm I the only one who finds Curb Your Enthusiasm more disturbing than it is funny? I watched episodes 1-6 (the first disc) and I'm not sure that I laughed once. The show is so genius in concocting the most excruciatingly awkward situations, it's just so... stressful. Maybe it's a personal thing, but I don't know if I can bring myself to Netflix the second disc.
Agreed. Well, maybe I'll say equally funny and disturbing. Wait'll you get to the Affirmative Action episode. Man...
i also agree with the stress and awkwardness that comes from watching episodes of CYE, especially after buying the DVD and watching a few episodes back to back...it is almost too much. I can remeber a few instances when I was watching it on HBO and had to restrain myself from changing the channel because I felt so damn bad for the guy. The plot device of people wrongly accusing someone of doing something and then getting really angry at them about it is something that I can't stand in movies...I guess it is just a peeve of mine. But because CYE is so genius, and so funny, I can take it, although barely.
Quote from: Pubrickand at the same time a huge relief, isn't it?
Perhaps in moderation. I watched 6 episodes in 2 days... maybe that's my problem.
Curb your Entusiasm is easily the greatest show since Seinfeld. The Rated R Version. Watch it and revel in the absuridity.
With apologies:
When Larry gleefully uses the death of his mother as an excuse to get out of doing things.
And when he's standing on a corner, and mud splashes all over the other guy, but nothing on him, it's like a life changing miracle..!!
:lol:
Just a reminder to everyone:
Quote from: MacGuffinFrom Warner Home Video: Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Second Season. This Emmy-winning Larry David hit will arrive in stores on June 15th and feature 4:3 full screen transfers, English, French and Spanish Dolby 2.0 stereo and subtitle tracks, and no extras. Retail will be $39.95.
yes, yes, yes.
Quote from: Weak2ndAct
- Colby from 'Survivor' and a Holocaust survivor arguing who had it worse.
best comedy on tv.
I finished the 1st season this afternoon, with only the special and the interview left to watch. After the praise I heard from everyone I was afraid the show wouldn't live up to it, but damn, this is one funny show. Larry is always doing or saying something that goes against the social norms that everyone supposedly knows, or he says the wrong thing to the wrong person. It's so awkward, but you don't always feel sorry for him because sometimes its his own fault for saying something stupid. Coincidences abound and people Larry pisses off usually know another of Larry's friends and he meets people again at inopportune times. I love how the episodes aren't neatly wrapped up at the ends. Onto season 2!
Quote from: RaviOnto season 2!
just wait till season 3.. it reaches dizzying heights of brilliance in just these moments that are stretched and twisted into sumthing wholly transcendent.. bah u'll see.
it reminds me of a Bender quote:
Let's face it, Comedy is a dead art form. Now TRAGEDY, haha, that's funny.
Quote from: Pubrickjust wait till season 3.. it reaches dizzying heights of brilliance in just these moments that are stretched and twisted into sumthing wholly transcendent.. bah u'll see.
From the third, 'Krazee-Eyez Killa' and 'The nanny from hell' were a riot, also when this Hugh character appears and Larry says to him fuck hugh fuck hugh.
Have you seen the fourth? Just don't miss The Surrogate.
did i say 3?? i meant fourth!!
yeah that's when it can't get any better, the blind piano player is hilarious. the surrogate is good cos wanda sykes appearance is so random but my favourite is The Survivor., the whole argument about "forever" not being part of the deal, killed me. even Gershon was alrite.
about season 3 i wanted to say the funniest moment was this coversation in The Terrorist Attack, where Larry is trying to tell Cheryl how selfish it is for her to want him to stay in town. it's so great how they stretch everything right to the most perfect length.
i hope season 5 has more cheryl & Larry interaction, 4 was lacking a bit in that.
"I know my sources" is still way up there for me in the Larry/Cheryl department.
Sorry to just keep adding moments (but you know how it is with this show): Larry's application to the republican golf course - when he dangled his glasses from his mouth just killed me. The considered diction he uses when he tries to impress someone is just brilliant.
Quote from: Pubrickbut my favourite is The Survivor., the whole argument about "forever" not being part of the deal, killed me. even Gershon was alrite.
[Cheryl is reading a draft of her renewed wedding vows to Larry]
Cheryl: "We'll love each other throughout this lifetime, but after death through all eternity."
Larry: You mean this is... this is continuing into the afterlife?
Cheryl: Yeah, that's the idea. Do you have a problem with that?
Larry: Well, I... I thought this was over at death. I didn't know we went into eternity together. Isn't that what it said in..."'til death do us part," I thought it was...
Cheryl: Do you have a problem with eternity?
Larry: Well...
Cheryl: We finally found each other, Larry, and we're celebrating this for all eternity.
Larry: I guess I had a different plan for eternity. I thought... I thought I'd be single again.
A favorite of mine from the 1st season....
Richard: You'd better call me later on, alright? By sundown.
Larry: "By sundown"? What are you... what are you, Gary Cooper? "By sundown"? What's gonna happen?
Richard: That's funny. You know, I'm tryin' not to laugh, but that's funny.
Larry: Yeah, okay.
Richard: You better call me by sundown.
Larry: "By sundown"? Is the posse gonna come get me?
:rofl:
I just watched "The Group".... probably the most mindblowing episode I've seen yet. The compounding levels of irony are incredible. It must be one of the most complex episodes.
Plus, it has one of Larry's priceless "oh shit" faces...
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:lol:
Best Curb cover art yet (http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=6527&n=1&burl=)
August 30th
No news on Season 5 yet :yabbse-angry:
Curb is the only show that I can watch again and again and still laugh my ass off...
Is it true that the fifth season is going to be the last?
they never said anything about that... they renewed for a fifth season... they are working on it... after that maybe they will add a sixth... who knows
Quote from: DaliangIs it true that the fifth season is going to be the last?
no, ur confusing it with every other show that's having a fifth season.
Smallville has now its fifth and last season
Quote from: andykalSmallville has now its fifth and last season
But, it's no Curb.
Quote from: themodernage02Quote from: andykalSmallville has now its fifth and last season
But, it's no Curb.
I know...
Its Superman... and Superman = Seinfeld :)
My girlfriends acting teacher is set to appear in an episode of Curb in September, he said that his scene takes place in a bathroom line. The line is so huge that Larry decides to cut infront of everyone and enter the handicap stall. When he attempts to do so, everyone questions his disability. In response Larry says, "I'm a...I'm a...St-st-stutter."
and well, you can guess how people react to that.
LOL thats amazing
is it filming in September?
man its taking forever and there are no news on when it will come out
From what her teacher was telling her, they are shooting as we speak and the new season should start soon. That episode i was telling you about should air in september.
On a side note, apparently since the dialouge is improved before the scene the director tells the actors what they can and cannot do with Larry.
Then when Larry gets on the set he approaches each actor and says,
"Forget about what the director told you. Do whatever you want."
haha. That L.D! bro!
Oh Ok now I get it... last I knew they started filming season 5 on January... so it was about time for them to finish. But I havent seen any promos or anything about new episodes, and its weird because HBO usually starts promoting their shit a year in advance
I hope you are right and we get some new episodes in September... Im sick of re-watching old ones
I read some great, great CYE interviews just a few days ago on HBO's site:
http://www.hbo.com/larrydavid/interviews/weide1.html
http://www.hbo.com/larrydavid/interviews/weide2.html
Better yet are the interviews on Weide's personal site, where he talks about Curb:
http://www.duckprods.com/projects/cye/cye-sweetzerinterview.html
HBO: What do you think is the biggest misunderstanding about Larry David?
Weide: That you can reach him through e-mail or by leaving a message for him on the HBO web site. Larry doesn't have e-mail, doesn't own a computer and probably doesn't know what a web site is. He still writes in longhand.
Quote from: KALNo news on Season 5 yet :yabbse-angry:
HBO Unveils 'Extras,' 'Enthusiasm' in September.(Friday, July 15 10:13 AM)LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) A new season of the Emmy-winning comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will premiere on HBO in September.
The premium cable giant announced on Friday (July 15) that
the fifth season of "Enthusiasm" will launch on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 10 p.m. ET, following a new episode of the drama "Rome." The Larry David comedy will be followed by the series premiere of "Extras," the new series from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant of "The Office."
HBO has few hints about the new season of "Curb," which has earned three Emmy nominations for outstanding comedy series except to offer that like previous series, it will be limited to 10 episodes.
"Extras" features Gervais as Andy Millman, whose career is stuck in background extra parts. The series features cameos from a wide variety of industry heavyweights including Ben Stiller, Samuel L. Jackson and Kate Winslet. Be sure to savor "Extras," though, because the show's first series is only six episodes long.
Link (http://www.tv.com/tracking/viewer.html&ref_id=3720&tid=12307&ref_type=101)
GRRRRREAT!!!
HA! Now you fucks will take me serious! Afterall I was the one who told you all FIRST that the season would start in September.
You didnt say what year
CURSES!
Quote from: RaviHBO: What do you think is the biggest misunderstanding about Larry David?
Weide: That you can reach him through e-mail or by leaving a message for him on the HBO web site. Larry doesn't have e-mail, doesn't own a computer and probably doesn't know what a web site is. He still writes in longhand.
Larry David is definitely in my top 5 of people I want to meet.
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Larry David is definitely in my top 5 of people I want to meet.
Me too. The LAPD has already been contacted.
Okay fucko's the episode which has a cameo of my girlfriends acting teacher is set to be the second episode of the new season.
He'll be one of the people in the bathroom line questioning Larry David using the Handicap stall on account of his apparent "stuttering."
i had never seen this show before since i didn't used to have HBO but we got this ondemand thing so i watched the entire 3rd season in the last 24 hours. it was funny though i hate watching things out of order so now i will have to see the first 2 seasons ASAP. most of the storylines seemed so much like they could've been lost seinfeld plots, (which was good). as far as it being better than arrested, i guess i should see more before i make that call. on first glance though i'm inclinded to say that they're not really comparable because of the different styles (scripted vs. improv).
Quote from: modagei'm inclinded to say that they're not really comparable because of the different styles (scripted vs. improv).
haha, any excuse will do..
"oh one's jerky camera-moves seem natural and the other is trying way too hard."
"oh one's an ensemble which according to ron howard's marketing department means a larger demographic can relate, while the other has single characters with more dimensions and complexity than an entire ensemble."
"of course! one is scripted so u'd think they'd hav better dialogue/story/characters, while the other 'made up on the spot' one has almost too much genius per episode with lines that hav already entered the pop culture lexicon."
i agree, there is no comparison.
i just love how the show actually captures all of the awkwardness that arrested speaks to. i like this show as much as i liked seinfeld, but for different reasons. see P's last post in this thread.
i guess i would still prefer Seinfeld, The Office and Arrested Development to this, but like i said i have to see the other 3 seasons. more details later...
Tomorrow's the big day...
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I watched the fourth season over the weekend. Brilliant! I loved the story arcs of the 10th anniversary present and The Producers.
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I want a poster of this.
No Need to 'Curb Enthusiasm' for Larry
LOS ANGELES - Tell Larry David how much you enjoyed the first couple episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," back for its fifth season Sunday, and his response is immediate.
"Wait, you didn't get the third? You should have gotten three," he says.
Well, no, but the first two were a delight.
"Good. I never know how people will react," David replies.
Such anxiety is familiar to viewers who know the writer-comedian-actor through the HBO series in which his character, also called Larry David, frets, kvetches and crashes heedlessly through social convention.
That fictional Larry David is nothing like the original, according to the original himself.
"It's not my life. It has nothing to do with my life. Doesn't resemble my life in any way, shape or form," he said.
So the series about a successful writer-comedian-actor living and working in the Los Angeles area isn't about him at all?
"There are similarities, and I'm envious that he can say a lot of the things I want to say, but can't. That's one of the things why it's so much fun to do. You get to say these things you never say in life," David said.
In the new 10-episode season, debuting 10 p.m. EDT Sunday, his unfettered comments are directed at colleagues, children, blacks, lesbians and, in one wonderful scene of matrimonial danger, his lovely and patient wife, Cheryl David ( Cheryl Hines).
Larry David worries that giving away plot details will spoil the comedy for viewers. There's no surprise in finding him back in fine, self-obsessed form and surrounded by his band of friends and rivals, including Wanda Sykes, Richard Lewis and Jeff Garlin as Jeff Greene.
Guest stars this season include Ted Danson, Rosie O'Donnell, Mekhi Phifer, Shelley Berman, Paul Dooley, Bob Einstein and Kevin Nealon.
TV audiences became familiar with David's sensibility through "Seinfeld," the wildly successful NBC sitcom that starred Jerry Seinfeld as a man bemused by life's oddities and pitfalls. The guy in "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is ready and willing to be driven nuts by them.
David, co-creator of "Seinfeld," said he didn't make a point of pushing the envelop further this season in exploring his character's darker side, but concedes he may have.
"The more an audience becomes familiar with what you're doing and the more they start to like it, the more you can get away with," said David.
An episode he's just been editing offers a case in point.
"I really wouldn't want to give it away, but I just witnessed something I did that could be considered slightly sociopathic," David told The Associated Press.
In truth, he seems more eager to talk about his wife's activism than about his show or himself. Among other things, Laurie David is producing a program on global warming and started a "virtual march" with an online petition urging politicians to protect the environment.
The Stop Global Warming Virtual March on Washington, in conjunction with MTV's college network mtvU and continuing until Earth Day next April, also includes a sweepstakes in which the prize is David's hybrid car from "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Is he engaged in the cause as well?
"I'm engaged because she prevailed upon me to perform and write, that's how I'm engaged," he said. "And she donated my car without asking. My assistant told me about. She said, `What are you going to do for a new car?' I said, `What are you talking about?' She said, `Your wife donated your car to the contest to stop global warming.'
"I picked up the phone and said, `What the hell did you do to my car?"
Sounds just like Larry David, real, fictional or somewhere in between.
Quote from: BethieI want a poster of this.
Here's one. (http://cgi.ebay.com/HBO-Curb-Your-Enthusiasm-Poster-5th-Season-Mint_W0QQitemZ4771477504QQcategoryZ60382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)
EDIT: There are more of them starting at $5, but I expect them to go up :cry: :cry: :cry:
Could that wallpaper be the cover for the Season 5 DVD?
SEASON FIVE PREMIERE SPOILERS
The season 5 premiere was funny, but the season premieres of CYE generally are not nearly as funny as the other episodes in the season. Overall it was just okay, IMO. The sandwich thing seemed familiar to me. Has another show done something like it before?
There were some funny moments, like Larry grabbing the mints, "call me Mr. Tibbs," the synagogue scalper, and the ending, which is the most morbid (but predictable) ending for this show yet. I don't know if the adoption story line can compete with season 4's dual stories of The Producers and the anniversary present, but you never know.
i'm surprised there aren't more comments here...
SPOILERS
pretty good...better than last season's premiere, which, outside of the bowling conversation, was one of the least funny episodes yet. i thought some of the funnier stuff was larry's rant about interrupting intercourse, the conversation with ted danson about the sandwich, larry's reaction when that guy thought suzie was his wife.
i don't really know where this adoption storyline is going to go. the great thing about the anniversary gift storyline was that it gave larry a chance to use all the sex jokes that were too dirty for seinfeld. i don't know if the adoption story has that kind of potential, but it wouldn't surprise me if he pulled it off.
the latest show was = eh
Anyone see the last episode?
Who fuckin' told you all about it? Go back a few pages in this thread and you'll see!
Maybe next time you won't doubt my sources, fuckos.
Quote from: RaviQuote from: BethieI want a poster of this.
Here's one. (http://cgi.ebay.com/HBO-Curb-Your-Enthusiasm-Poster-5th-Season-Mint_W0QQitemZ4771477504QQcategoryZ60382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)
EDIT: There are more of them starting at $5, but I expect them to go up :cry: :cry: :cry:
well i won one of them, fuckos. and i might win another one too. :yabbse-thumbup:
Quote from: CinephileQuote from: RaviQuote from: BethieI want a poster of this.
Here's one. (http://cgi.ebay.com/HBO-Curb-Your-Enthusiasm-Poster-5th-Season-Mint_W0QQitemZ4771477504QQcategoryZ60382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)
EDIT: There are more of them starting at $5, but I expect them to go up :cry: :cry: :cry:
well i won one of them, fuckos. and i might win another one too. :yabbse-thumbup:
I was watching a few of them, and I'm not willing to pay $20 for it, however cool it is.
Am I the only who really can't stand Cheryl? Her character annoys me to no end, but maybe that's the intended affect. Also, anyone catch the MTV Curb partnership contest to win LD's Prius. Wasn't sure how popular Curb was with the MTV crowd.
Quote from: Reformed W.Am I the only who really can't stand Cheryl? Her character annoys me to no end, but maybe that's the intended affect. Also, anyone catch the MTV Curb partnership contest to win LD's Prius. Wasn't sure how popular Curb was with the MTV crowd.
I'm sure there are quite a few young people into Curb. I got my 12-year-old sister into it about a year ago when I got the DVDs. I liked Seinfeld in 5th or 6th grade.
Cheryl's job is mostly to react to Larry's fuck-ups and their embarassments. On that front she does a great job. Not that she isn't ever funny herself, but the show needs someone to get on Larry's case at times to balance things out.
Quote from: RaviQuote from: Reformed W.Am I the only who really can't stand Cheryl? Her character annoys me to no end, but maybe that's the intended affect. Also, anyone catch the MTV Curb partnership contest to win LD's Prius. Wasn't sure how popular Curb was with the MTV crowd.
I'm sure there are quite a few young people into Curb. I got my 12-year-old sister into it about a year ago when I got the DVDs. I liked Seinfeld in 5th or 6th grade.
Cheryl's job is mostly to react to Larry's fuck-ups and their embarassments. On that front she does a great job. Not that she isn't ever funny herself, but the show needs someone to get on Larry's case at times to balance things out.
I also liked Seinfeld about the same time. My dad got me into it though. Yeah I understand Cheryl's role is to be the person that nods her head in shame at Larry but just lately I've enjoyed her character less and less as the series continues.
i can't get enuff of cheryl. i always thought she was underused
Quote from: Reformed W.Am I the only who really can't stand Cheryl? Her character annoys me to no end, but maybe that's the intended affect. Also, anyone catch the MTV Curb partnership contest to win LD's Prius. Wasn't sure how popular Curb was with the MTV crowd.
Wait, in your opinion Cheryl's annoying?
Are you watching the show starring LARRY DAVID?!?!?! ?
Quote from: The Scat RevisionAm I the only who really can't stand Cheryl?
Cheryl's hot, dude.
Quote from: squintsQuote from: The Scat RevisionAm I the only who really can't stand Cheryl?
Cheryl's hot, dude.
Eh, not my taste. To me, she looks like she should have a guy sitting on a saddle riding her around.
Quote from: Free Form WeirdoEh, not my taste. To me, she looks like she should have a guy sitting on a saddle riding her around.
so the guy's on a horse, or mechanical bull, and she's riding with him? i don't understand..
tonight's episode was the best one so far this season.
It was good... but nowhere near last season, or seasons before... I dont think any of the episodes this season so far are the ones you always remember and talk about when you think of the show
I think I'll remember a chunky lesbo Blossom for some time.
i watched it again last night, and it's a pretty solid episode. the conversation about it being gay to worship jesus was good, and so was the tooth fairy discussion in the hallway at jeff's house. i thought the last five minutes were pretty memorable as well.
let me posit this...with all this season being very heavy on religion, i think larry is going to soon renounce his religion and become a muslim. you heard it here first.
Quote from: abuck1220let me posit this...with all this season being very heavy on religion, i think larry is going to soon renounce his religion and become a muslim. you heard it here first.
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How great was last nights episode of Curb?
BONZAI!!!!!!!!
at first i didn't think it was too great, but i watched it again, and it's pretty damn good. that's one of the best final scenes of the show.
SPOILERS...
though the miscommunication stemming from the chefs' chicken call to larry was about the most predictable thing i've ever seen on that show. i knew that was going to come up again before the kamikaze conversation started.
sucks that there's not another one for two weeks...
I'm the Chicken Teriyaki Boy
Quote from: Gosh Darn I'm a man?!?!?!BONZAI!!!!!!!!
fucking great show
great, great, great episode last night. that final freeze frame was outstanding.
tonight's episode...not so good.
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tonight's episode...not so good.
Jeff saying, "That's a big bowl of wrong" made the episode for me.
Classic.
my favorite part was the bit about how you should have a big friend because you can hit him and he doesn't feel it. and then larry gets cheryl in on the action.
otherwise a pretty lame, predictable story. and it followed such a great episode too...
Enthusiasm Curbed for "Curb"
Larry David left Seinfeld after six years. Five years into David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's viewers who are walking.
Sunday's latest look at Hollywood mis-manners was watched by 1.2 million HBO subscribers, per Nielsen Media Research, up a notch from the previous week's season low of 1.1 million.
Minus its Sex and the City lead in, which Curb enjoyed as recently as 2004, the show has struggled to put up numbers substantially bigger than that of Lisa Kudrow's The Comeback. Make that, Lisa Kudrow's recently canceled The Comeback.
HBO did not return a call Tuesday on the future of Curb Your Enthusiasm, now in its fifth season. The network has already renewed Rome, which brings in more viewers than Curb, and Extras, which doesn't. To date, it has been David, Curb's creative force and lead malcontent, who has made the call as to whether or not the show returns.
Even in its healthiest days, Curb was the weakest ratings link in a powerhouse lineup that included Sex and the City and The Sopranos. Now, it's more a symptom, than a leading cause, of HBO's overall sagging Sunday fortunes. Last month, Daily Variety reported that the pay cable network's viewership levels were down 58 percent on that night from 2004.
The devoted cult of Curb, meanwhile, seems less concerned with ratings, and more concerned with the show's creative direction. Consensus carping has it that something is not quite right in Larry David's neighborhood.
"Has anyone else been noticing how lousy the new episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm are?" Adam Buckman asked in the New York Post on Oct. 10.
Last week, Variety's Brian Lowry noted the show "has lurched out of the starting gate, sinking to its nadir with an episode in which the son of a Japanese kamikaze pilot (he survived; get it?) attempts suicide in response to Larry's insensitivity."
Even on the sports zone of CNNSI.com, columnist Pete McEntegart wondered aloud Tuesday if "Larry David is running out of ideas" and cited a few instances of old Seinfeld gags being recycled on the green-friendly Curb. (David cocreated Seinfeld.)
On JumptheShark.com, the definitive site on the subject of when and how TV shows stop being good, the majority opinion is that Curb actually jumped the shark during season four when David was cast in The Producers. Emmy voters didn't agree with that assessment. They nominated the show that year for eight awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series.
For now, Larry David is undeterred by the bad buzz--or, at least the TV version of Larry David is. Come Sunday, he'll lace up his sneakers, and head off to Seder. With a sex offender in tow.
this season almost seems like all the jokes from the entire season is the same amount as there would have been in an episode from a previous season. like he ran out of jokes so he's trying to spread a couple good ones over the entire season.
I personally agree that the episodes havent been so good. I liked them, especially the one about the lesbians, jesus, and all of them had their little funny parts. However, they are not as funny as the late episodes of Season 4, like the carpool lane, the 5 wood, etc.
Anyways, I think the main problem is that the show has been 'gone' for almost two years. Season 4 ended in Jan-Feb of 2004, and the problem is that people that were not very into it, forgot about it. And people who were really into it were expecting something so much better, and it didnt happen. It's what happens many times with sequels of movies, that are not necessarily bad, but cannot compete with the original.
Anyway, I hope they dont cancel the show, but I also hope they dont take forever if they decide to greenlight the 6th season. Also, I think DVD sales are probably doing pretty good for them.
I just saw the smoking jacket episode--why did all the playmates cover themselves up at the sight of Larry?
so who was stealing the paper?
the doctor.
what would jesus do?
great, great, great episode. best of the season, and one of the best ever.
minor spoilers, i suppose...
the clip for next week's season (?) finale shows larry on a plane. i hope he doesn't die in a plane crash (like the seinfeld gang almost did), ending the series. :ponder:
Television
Not long ago, Larry David was out of work. He left "Seinfeld," and was just bumming around, playing golf and counting his residuals. Then he was asked to do a special for HBO, which eventually evolved into a half-hour comedy called "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Believe it or not, that quirky, cringe-inducing sitcom, which is mostly improvised, has reached its 50th episode. In the finale of season five, Larry ventures into the wine country and comes back a changed man. I can't give any more away, other than to say Larry encounters conflict and frustration at every turn and is dumped on along the way. Enjoy while you can, because this show can't last much longer. No man can endure what Larry has put himself through lo these 50 episodes. (HBO, Sunday night, 10 p.m.) -msnbc
uh oh...
the season finale is titled...
'the end'
shit.
5 seasons is plenty. i havn't seen the new season yet but if it's like the others, he's already done enuff to enter the pantheon of seinfeld, prime simpsons, and futurama with 5 seasons of pure gold. worthy to redeem mankind, should the need arise.
and if there's another season comin, that's great too. let's not get greedy :yabbse-sad:.
from hbo...
QuoteOnly one episode left, don't miss the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm this Sunday December 4th at 10pm ET.
i was just looking at that on hbo now.. :(
This is disttressing. The possibility of Arrested and Curb going in the same month...I dunno what I'd do. I'm sure I'd figure something out but...I love those freakin' shows.
:yabbse-sad: yeah, that sucks :yabbse-sad:
Why didn't they announced from the start that it was the final season? :(
But...in hbo's main page it says 'Season Finale' not Series', then on the curb site says what abuck quoted, at least to me isn't that clear that the series is done other than the episode is named The End, that worries me.
Edit. At least the ep. is 1 hour long.
larry's going to die...just so he can do the stink eye staredown thing w/ st. peter.
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I thought it was going to be an hour... what the hell?
Didnt like it... it was funny first, then I was expecting Dustin Hoffman and the "Heaven" part to be hilarious and it wasnt at all. They could have really used those extra 15 minutes to make it end well.
Damnit I didnt like it and I hope its not the last episode in the series cause that sucks! At least I wanted a great ending.
spoilers
i liked it. there was a world of comedic possibilities in heaven, and i was a little disappointed it didn't go further (especially when i thought it was going to be an hour :yabbse-angry:). but i still thought it was good. hope it's not the end for the show...if it was, they should have just let him die.
the montage of him doing all that stuff in arizona was hilarious. if you had never seen the show, i'm guessing you'd find zero humor in it, but knowing his character...great stuff.
oh, and i thought we were going to see cheryl's tit for a second there.
and joe mayo was in it.
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Since recently I gain back my satellite privileges, well I obviously saw it.
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
I liked it, not the best ending mind you but I think the best part of it all is that there's a great possibility that this wasn't the final ep. ever.
As soon as I saw Hoffman I started to laugh but I agree that being in heaven it had much more comedic possibilities than what eventually happened there.
The LOL moment in this ep. for me was when Sussie wanted to approach Larry, she said very sweet Larr..and LD was like nah...like don't bother to say goodbye, hahaha that was a pure LD moment.
I only saw the last two ep. of this season so I have eight new to look forward. :yabbse-thumbup:
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Besides the fact that the show is great, I would be upset if that was the last episode for one reason. Until he came back, it would have been a great finale. I would have loved a cliffhanger: kill Larry off in the finale and if season 6 gets greenlit, bring him back. Let the fate of Larry David the character be bound to the fate of the show itself.
But no...
Other than that, I thought it was a good episode, and Sacha Baron Cohen's presence made me laugh more than Dustin Hoffman's.
Has Larry kicked it to the 'Curb'?
The 'Enthusiasm' star winds up Season 5, and possibly his series, with an outlandish episode.
Source: Los Angeles Times
*INCLUDES SPOILERS*
When Larry David came back to write the "Seinfeld" finale, he decided to leave his four characters to posterity in a jail cell — imprisoning them, finally, for being uncaring and self-involved, dangerous to the social order. This was David's closing argument, a twist that enabled the episode to act as a comment on all the celebrated, much-quoted behavior of nine seasons.
Sunday night, in what was officially the finale of the fifth season of David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" but felt, maybe, like a bigger kind of finale (the episode was called "The End"), Larry finds out he's actually the product of Gentile parents and converts from nettlesome Jew to beneficent Christian. He gives up his kidney to an ailing Richard Lewis, only to discover on the way to the operating room that the private investigator tracking down his birth parents has made an error. A near-death experience finds him on his way to the afterlife, where he's bounced back to Earth after an argument with a heavenly guide (Dustin Hoffman) over the proper system for storing DVDs.
The whole dying process is played as you might imagine Larry David playing it — the weightiest of occasions undermined by petty arguments. In heaven, Larry is berated by his mother, who is played by Bea Arthur ("Who goes around giving their kidney to people? Idiot!" she greets him), while around his deathbed his loved ones haggle over the Blue Book value of a Prius.
It was David throwing the petty fights in which his show has trafficked, the molehills made into mountains, into heightened relief. His whole conversion to the good in himself, followed by the inevitable going-down-with-the-ship of his innate personality, had that "Seinfeld" finale self-awareness to it, even if nobody was saying that this was the end of "Curb."
True, last season ended in grandiose fashion too, with David starring in a Broadway production of "The Producers," but visually and contextually this was a further reach — Larry on a horse in Arizona, Larry hurtling into the afterlife. It didn't entirely work. "Curb" has always been better going for smaller versions of comedic triumph. The show at its best can seem to be about watching David meander from deli to doctor's office to cocktail party, infecting the entire Westside of Los Angeles with his obsession and shame reflexes.
In this, "Curb" became influential, a show that not only lent a certain vogue to the idea of improvising dialogue but also tipped off other comic artists that exploring the obnoxious side of show business personality, in real-time, vérité style, was the way to go. And so you got Kirstie Alley in "Fat Actress" and Lisa Kudrow in "The Comeback," and both proved that what David did looked deceptively easy.
"Curb" has been criticized this season for having played itself out, although the show has essentially remained unchanged — David fantasizing into his id and producing moments, if not entire situations, pitched to articulate the paranoia and social phobias and comical asides that human beings don't otherwise express.
He's the outside voice where most of us would keep it inside, a fact reflected back at him by a strong ensemble cast that plays this well. Having had its debut during HBO's powerhouse Sunday night lineup, coming on after "Sex and the City," "Curb" seems more naked now as the network's fortunes on the night have changed.
Then too, the form of the series has become familiar to viewers, and the same thing that happened to George on the later seasons of "Seinfeld" has happened to David on "Curb Your Enthusiasm": The comedy of him comes across as louder and more obvious.
And yet, it can be hard to determine whether "Curb" has changed or the audience has changed around it. In Season 5, as in Season 1, the smaller predicament builds to the bigger one — like the "Curb" of a few weeks ago, in which Larry tries to curry favor with the head of a kidney transplant consortium and ends up stranded at episode's end on a ski lift with the guy's Orthodox Jewish daughter, who panics that she can't be with a man at sundown.
We know the show's biorhythms by now, so an episode like "The Ski Lift" doesn't play as memorably as, say, "The Doll" from Season 2, in which Larry cuts off the hair of a little girl's doll, causing unimagined repercussions. That life should be good but is fraught with tumult at every turn is the place from which each "Curb" starts.
David took this to a more symbolic place Sunday night; even when we're dying, the other kind of tsimmes doesn't abate. "Curb" was kind of an accident to begin with — an HBO special David did about returning to stand-up comedy post-"Seinfeld" that blossomed into a series — so it would not be out of context for the show to depart on parallel terms.
However far it has fallen off the cultural radar, there's still some kind of touchstone in its complaints.
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i have a system.
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Quote from: Pubrick on December 05, 2005, 12:35:30 AM
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i have a system.
you're gonna have my edit stain in your posts if you don't start using it.
pubrick did you watch the episode?
it was a joke...
Quote from: andyk on December 07, 2005, 01:15:13 AM
pubrick did you watch the episode?
it was a joke...
oh, nah the season hasn't shown in australia yet. regardless, he should use the edit button instead of posting consecutively only minutes apart.
I know... but a big part of the episode is Larry explaining "he has a system", and even if his system doesnt work he insists on it.
Thats why I guess he was joking... but he WILL use the button in the future.
:yabbse-thumbup:
the most awkward (and not in a good Curb way) interviews EVER are available as HBO podcasts on iTunes with Larry David and Jeff Garlin.
Larry David is going to be on Sit Down with David Steinberg tonight at 10pm (9pm Central Standard Time).
not really that good, though it's cool to see larry do any kind of interview.
too many damn commercials, and steinberg is just an awful, awful interviewer.
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not really that good, though it's cool to see larry do any kind of interview.
There was little in it I hadn't heard before. He even told the "tu/usted" joke.
Quotetoo many damn commercials, and steinberg is just an awful, awful interviewer.
I agree, Steinberg is pretty bad. I thought it would be a better interview, given that he's worked with Larry David on Curb.
The Ricky Gervais interview with Larry airs on Channel 4 over here, tomorrow night(Thursday) . I would expect it to make the torrent sites so look out for it. If not, what with the Curb/Extras connection I'm sure HBO would be interested.
I just saw "the grand opening", the season 3 finale with the restaurant and things. THAT WAS A GREAT ENDING. I got a bit teary.
Yeah, it's horrible to suggest this, but it would have almost been perfect to just have ended the series on that note. Not that I don't want all the more Curb, but still.... it was the most succinct summation of the humor of that show.
Also, "okay you fuckin' idiot, you fuckin' moron" still gets the BIGGEST laugh from me, ever, no matter how many times I rewind and watch it again.
Awesome episode.
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/curb-your-enthusiasm5.html
Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Starring: Larry David
Released: 1st August 2006
SRP: $39.98
Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced the fifth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm which stars Larry David, Cheryl Hines and Jeff Garlin. The two-disc set will be available to own from the 1st August, and should set you back around $39.98 in total. Each of the season five episodes will be presented in full frame, along with English 2.0 Stereo Surround tracks. The only extra material will be episodic previews, and a behind the scenes featurette. We've attached our first look at the official region one package artwork below:
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are the extras on the seinfeld dvds as shitty as this?
The Seinfeld sets have far more extras.
Including audio commentarys.
Jason Alexander: "Hoo boy, we were so out there!"
HBO can't count on 'Sopranos' or 'Curb'
James Gandolfini's injury delays final episodes while Larry David seeks his muse.
"Sopranos" fans are used to delays, so when word came down Wednesday that the series' final "bonus" episodes wouldn't arrive until March — well, it wasn't all that shocking. But fans of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" can be forgiven for wondering whether writer-star Larry David's cranky comedy is coming back at all. The network has been silent about that since the Emmy-nominated show wrapped its fifth season in December.
"We thought we'd have something to talk to you about today," HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht told reporters Wednesday at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena. "Larry was very unsure after last season.... He needed to be inspired."
But the network is "pretty close" to a deal, presumably for 10 more episodes, he added. "Hopefully we'll have a new 'Curb' in 2007." And will that be the end of David's critically acclaimed show? "Odds are probably yes, but who knows?" Albrecht said.
HBO could probably put some new "Curb" episodes to good use, because its series cupboard is looking a little bare. The final episodes of "The Sopranos" won't air until a couple of months later than expected, because star James Gandolfini injured his knee, delaying production, Albrecht said. The epic "Rome," meanwhile, probably won't last beyond its upcoming second season, because HBO's European partners signed on for a limited number of episodes. But again, Albrecht coyly played with the possibilities. "We may look at this and decide, 'You know, the food is good in Rome, so let's find a way to keep this going,' " he joked.
breaking news!
garlin was in the booth on wgn during the cubs game and he revealed (for the first time anywhere, according to him) that curb is set to start filming in october!
HBO plans more 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
Source: Hollywood Reporter
HBO is bringing back "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Larry David's Emmy-winning comedy series is finally on the books with the premium cable channel for a sixth season, which will begin production as early as September. All principal cast members including Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, and Susie Essman are expected to return for an airdate sometime in 2007. HBO confirmed "Curb" is returning, but did not indicate that the coming season is necessarily the last one. "Curb" last premiered in September 2005, and David has publicly waffled on whether he was interested in bringing the series back. Chris Albrecht, chairman and CEO of HBO, told reporters in July at the Television Critics Assn. press tour that he was close to re-signing David. "Larry was very unsure after last season," Albrecht had said. "He needed to be inspired." First introduced in 2000, "Curb" is produced by HBO Entertainment. The series earned five nominations at the upcoming Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series.
I just saw the episode with the opening night of the producers. dude that was a great episode. I've never seen the episode before. what a great moment of reversal. so great.
Yes, yes it was. Probably my favorite episode of all that I've seen. And the Shaq one.
David, "Curb" making room for Fox
By Nellie Andreeva Mon Dec 4, 5:47 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
Vivica A. Fox has joined the cast of
Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" for the HBO comedy's upcoming sixth season.
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She will be a member of a black family that moves into the Davids' house following a major natural disaster.
The story line, seemingly a take on the events following Hurricane Katrina, is sure to explore interracial relations, something "Curb" has done brilliantly with such classic episodes as "Krazee-Eyez Killa" and "The Carpool Lane."
The topic is in Hollywood's spotlight these days, following the racial outburst of
Michael Richards, co-star of the hit comedy "Seinfeld," which David created with
Jerry Seinfeld.
Fox recently starred in the Lifetime drama series "1-800-Missing" and did a multi-episode arc on the UPN comedy "All of Us," which has since migrated to the CW.
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Man with TV show alibi wins settlement from L.A.
He was cleared of murder because outtakes from 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' put him at a Dodgers game at the time of the crime.
By Patrick McGreevy, Times Staff Writer
March 8, 2007
The Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $320,000 to settle a lawsuit by a man who was cleared of murder when footage shot for the HBO comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm" showed him at a Dodgers game when the crime occurred.
Juan Catalan had filed a police misconduct suit against the city after spending nearly five months in jail for a crime he did not commit — a point his lawyer proved after producing outtakes from the television show.
In the scene, which ended up on the cutting room floor, Catalan could be seen eating a hot dog in the background.
Catalan, 28, was arrested in the May 2003 murder of Martha Puebla, 16, outside her Sun Valley home, even though he told detectives that he was innocent and had been at a Dodgers game with his 6-year-old daughter at the time of the crime.
Catalan's defense attorney, Todd Melnik, went through footage of crowd shots from the televised game between the Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves, but he did not find his client. Then he learned that the HBO comedy starring former "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David had been shooting at the ballpark that day.
HBO allowed Melnik to look through the footage, and he found a shot of Catalan with his 6-year-old daughter and two friends. The footage was time coded, confirming that Catalan was at the ballpark shortly before the time of the slaying 20 miles away in the San Fernando Valley.
"There he was in the outtakes," said Gary S. Casselman, the attorney handling Catalan's lawsuit. "He's glad it's over. It's terrible to be in jail, and he thought he would never see his daughters again."
Catalan, who worked at his family's machine-tool business in Sun Valley, became the focus of the police investigation into the slaying of Puebla because she had testified in a murder case in which Catalan's brother, Mario, was a co-defendant.
Someone else is now being prosecuted for the slaying, Casselman said.
Records of a cellphone call, made from Dodger Stadium, between Catalan and his girlfriend also helped persuade a judge to release him, but the footage from the comedy show cemented his alibi.
Catalan was not a fan of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" before his time in jail. "He is now," Casselman said.
On Wednesday, the City Council also agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit by Valentine Garcia Sr., alleging that the police used excessive force against his son, who was shot to death by two police officers at the Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles in July 2004. That incident was captured on videotape by surveillance cameras.
Council President Eric Garcetti said the two cases demonstrated that in a high-tech media age, actions by the police are subject to oversight by cameras.
"There is a real positive element to video," Garcetti said. "It's one of the reasons we are putting video cameras in police cars. It doesn't lie. It doesn't always tell the whole story, but it's a good way of ensuring that all of our officers are held accountable."
The bus station death of Erick Jerome Garcia, 36, was called a "problem shooting" by Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton because at the same time the fatal shots were fired, a third officer decided to use a less-than-lethal weapon, a stun gun, on the man. Later, the Police Department ruled that the shooting was within policy because Garcia was brandishing a 6-inch metal rod resembling a tent spike that he refused to drop.
Garcia was struck as he crawled through an opening for a baggage scale beneath a ticket counter. The surveillance cameras enabled investigating officers to view the shooting from five different angles. Parts of the videotape were shown to the City Council in a closed session Wednesday.
Larry David and activist wife split up
The enthusiasm is gone: Larry David and his activist wife, Laurie, have separated after 14 years of marriage. The split was "very amicable and ... they're going to continue to raise their two (daughters) together as friends," spokeswoman Heather Lylis said Tuesday.
No further details were provided.
David, 59, is the star and creator of the HBO hit comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm," which chronicles the always strange daily doings of its curmudgeonly centerpiece. The TV Larry David's much put-upon wife is played by Cheryl Hines.
David also co-created the NBC classic "Seinfeld."
Laurie David produced "An Inconvenient Truth," the global-warming movie that won the Oscar for best documentary. In April, she accompanied singer Sheryl Crow on a college tour to raise awareness about climate change.
I just saw MacGuffin on this show three seconds ago.
Laurie David has been spending a lot of time with Sherryl Crowe... and they call themselves activists but they have been behaving like retarded-groupies in some events. Too bad, cause they have a point.
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and they call themselves activists but they have been behaving like retarded-groupies in some events.
what have they been doing?
Karl Rove, Laurie David, and Sheryl Crow -- The Real Story [Byron York]
I just got an eyewitness account of the Karl Rove-Laurie David-Sheryl Crow encounter at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night, and it suggests that David and Crow were a bit more confrontational than they portrayed themselves in their own account of the incident, published in the Huffington Post. In their story, David and Crow write, "The 'highlight' of the evening had to be when we were introduced to Karl Rove. How excited were we to have our first opportunity ever to talk directly to the Bush Administration about global warming."
The eyewitness says the person who introduced David to Rove was the New York Times' Maureen Dowd. I want you to meet Laurie David, Dowd said to Rove. (These are all approximate recollections, so no quotation marks.) Dowd said David would like to say hello.
According to David and Crow, the encounter began with a polite request. "We asked Mr. Rove if he would consider taking a fresh look at the science of global warming," they write. "Much to our dismay, he immediately got combative. And it went downhill from there."
The eyewitness remembers it a bit differently. Immediately after Dowd's introduction, the witness says, David began lecturing Rove about global warming. This administration has done nothing on the issue, she told Rove. We face a crisis. The time to act is now. This administration has done nothing...
At that point, Rove broke in to say, Well, actually we have done something. Rove mentioned global climate research, at which point David broke in herself to say, You just don't understand. All these questions have been answered. That's worthless. That's useless.
In their account, David and Crow write, "We reminded the senior White House advisor that the U.S. leads the world in global warming pollution and we are doing the least about it. Anger flaring, Mr. Rove immediately regurgitated the official Administration position on global warming which is that the US spends more on researching the causes than any other country."
The eyewitness says Rove asked David if she had read the IPCC report, referring to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which, while confirming a human role in climate change, substantially undermines some of the most catastrophic charges made in Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," which David produced. David said she had read the report. "We felt compelled to remind him that the research is done and the results [the IPCC report] are in," David and Crow write. "Mr. Rove exploded with even more venom. Like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum, Mr. Rove launched into a series of illogical arguments regarding China not doing enough thus neither should we. (Since when do we follow China's lead?)"
In the eyewitness' version, again, David and Crow are a bit more aggressive than their own story suggests. The eyewitness says David told Rove, You need to bring in new people to tell you the truth. Rove mentioned Dr. John Marburger, the White House science advisor. At that point, according to the eyewitness, Crow began poking Rove's chest with her finger, demanding to know what corporations were underwriting Marburger's work. Rove said Marburger had been in academia most of his career.
With Crow jabbing him in the chest, Rove turned to take his seat. Then, the witness says, Crow grabbed his arm. A few more words were exchanged, and it was over. At the Huffington Post, David and Crow described the ending this way: "In his attempt to dismiss us, Mr. Rove turned to head toward his table, but as soon as he did so, Sheryl reached out to touch his arm. Karl swung around and spat, 'Don't touch me.' How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be touched by Sheryl Crow? Unfazed, Sheryl abruptly responded, 'You can't speak to us like that, you work for us.' Karl then quipped, 'I don't work for you, I work for the American people.' To which Sheryl promptly reminded him, 'We are the American people.'"
In light of the eyewitness' account, another way of saying it might be, How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be jabbed in the chest by Sheryl Crow?
Quote from: MacGuffin on June 06, 2007, 01:09:22 AM
Larry David and activist wife split up
who would have thought? hah.
I wonder if she gets his money. And how anyone could be married to Larry David for any extended period of time is beyond me. Maybe she deserves his money.
is it a separation or divorce? cos i don't think you get money for a separation (correct me if i'm wrong, kal).
Girls don't separate anymore. When was the last time you heard a girl say she was separated from her husband? 1992? Nowadays, they divorce right off the bat and run off with the money.
Not sure what they will do... but Larry David's net worth is somewhere around 500 million. She can buy everybody a fucking Prius if she wanted to.
whatever happened to season 6?
Quote from: Pedro the Alpaca on July 14, 2007, 01:58:34 PM
whatever happened to season 6?
Coming in September, I believe.
Plus more following, perhaps.
Saw some promos on HBO... September it is
A friend of mine bought me the Curb book for my bday and I see on Amazon they got it at big time bargain price.
$8 for the hardcover that is normally $30.
I suggest you all jump on this. It's an awesome thick book and will look great on your coffee table. Especially for $8.
http://www.amazon.com/Curb-Your-Enthusiasm-Deirdre-Dolan/dp/B000RWEL7Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-0084969-9059028?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184478681&sr=1-1
When Larry David Shows Up, the Joke's on Us
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Larry David, star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and legendary producer of "Seinfeld," is famous for not cooperating with the press. And, really, who can blame him?
"Curb," which returns to HBO on Sept. 9 for a sixth season after what seems like a decade, will do just fine without any special promotional push. Not that David seems to care much anyhow. Being superrich has a way of making everyday business concerns seem trivial.
So it was almost surprising that he appeared during the HBO portion of the TCA press tour. But there he was, seated onstage between his TV wife, Cheryl Hines, and his TV pal, Jeff Garlin.
But David wasn't there to answer the questions of TV critics as much as to amuse himself with his answers. You can do that when everyone thinks you're a genius and you are genuinely unconcerned about the dozens of stories that your appearance will generate.
Did you think of calling it quits after last season? "Every season I do is my last season," David replied. "That's the only way I can get through the season." After it was over, he went into his office, he said. "I was sitting at my desk. I went, 'Jesus, I don't have anything to do...I better do another season.'"
Do aggravating situations have an upside because they inspire ideas for the series? "If something happens (and) I'm angry, I'll use that," he said. "Does that answer your stupid question?"
How does being Jewish inform your comedy? "I don't know. I never think about it. I'm not one of those guys who go, 'Hey, I'm a Jew, I'm a Jew, I'm a Jew.'"
When someone commented about his wealth, he responded, "I've just been cut in half," referring to his wife, Laurie's, recent decision to file for divorce. OK, then, might there be a seventh season in which the Larry David of TV splits from his wife.
David did a take, then turned to Hines. "Too bad you're going to be off the show."
Of course, with "Curb's" production schedule, she might not find that out until 2010.
Divorcing Larry David
Larry David's marriage has officially been curbed.
The Seinfeld mastermind's wife Laurie filed for divorce last Friday, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason to end their 14-year union, according to the petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The Davids announced their separation in June, calling it "completely amicable." They have two children, 13-year-old Cazzie and 10-year-old Romy.
David has said that he's mulling over whether to mine the split for material but, ever the comedian, he's already been able to turn the news into an opportunity to poke fun at his wife's ultra-green tendencies.
"Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!" the Curb Your Enthusiasm star, whose onscreen wife played by Cheryl Hines is also a Prius-promoting environmentalist, told reporters last week at the Television Critics' Association press tour in Beverly Hills.
There's no word yet, however, on whether the impending divorce will be written into the sixth season of David's Golden Globe-winning HBO sitcom, which is supposed to premiere sometime this year.
What (or who) will be making an appearance on Curb Your Enthusiasm soon is Vivica A. Fox, who will have a recurring role; John McEnroe, who's scheduled to guest star; and possibly Ed O'Neill and Rebecca De Mornay, who are both currently part of the John from Cincinnati ensemble.
And, as previously reported on E! Online's TV blog, David seems to be open to doing even more seasons of Curb, despite the rampant speculation that last season's finale, in which Larry has a brush with death and is greeted in heaven by Sacha Baron Cohen and Dustin Hoffman, was actually a series finale.
"I say every season is my last," David said. "I would never do it if I thought I'd have to come back and do it again...When [last] season ended, I went back to my office and I was sitting at my desk and I thought, 'Hmmm, I have nothing to do...this is very uncomfortable'...We'll have to see what I'm thinking when I get back to my desk."
But if David returns to stand-up comedy, where he sharpened his trademark neuroticism and misanthropic tendencies before going on to create Seinfeld, "It would probably be about the divorce."
"If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?" he said at TCA.
Laurie David, meanwhile, is a frequent fixture on the Hollywood environmental fundraising circuit and she served as a producer on Al Gore's Oscar-winning global warming treatise An Inconvenient Truth.
Season 6 begins on the 9th and there's a preview up on the HBO site.
http://www.hbo.com/larrydavid/
SUNDAY.
This thread should ALWAYS be above Entourage.
fantastically hilarious :yabbse-smiley:
Has it fallen off yet? I always thought they should have stopped at season 5.
I'm dling the first episode of season 6 that aired tonight. I haven't seen it yet.
where are you getting the epi stefen? cos i'd love to check this and future episodes out and i don't have the television.
http://www.mininova.org/
Just search it. It's the first torrent site to put it up (It just aired an hour or so ago)
it was very funny... but i dont laugh hysterically like i used to with some old episodes... it was still pretty good.
the story arc with 'the blacks' will probably be great all season... and it was good that jeff, danson and lewis were in the episode... wanda was missing.
the penis cake was pretty funny
HILARIOUS!
This is going to be a great season.
good one!
Lovin' the LD!
This was one of the funniest episodes in a long time... Leon + Larry + Susie was amazing.
did anyone notice that the man in the yankees jersey was the doc from knocked up?
yeah, im guess this guy will be the running gag for this season... sweet!
Quote from: pete on September 17, 2007, 05:01:05 AM
did anyone notice that the man in the yankees jersey was the doc from knocked up?
i did.
great to see JB Smoove playing Leon.. Smoove is a former writer of SNL and did a lot of bit parts during monologues.. was also cast in a Good Times sketch when Janet Jackson hosted too.
it looks like LD did several takes of the last scene with him against the window.. his right hand is BEET RED.
The new season is funny so far, but I'm scared it might be for the wrong reasons. I expected the humor to come from the awkwardness of Larry David interacting with black people, but instead it's coming from how stereotypically loud and obnoxious the blacks are, which ends up just being racist. Someone convince me otherwise.
why do you find them loud and obnoxious?
because i'm a racist
larry david, more like paul haggis
this episode was beyond great... the season keeps getting better and better
nice finish.
easily the funniest part of the ep was marty calling larry his best friend then leaving in a huff while larry laughs and says "hes not my best friend."
This season so far has been all about Jeff for me. Between his nonchalance about the blanket and his "I am fucked" tirade this week... incredible.
Daddy, did you bring ice cream home for us, daddy??
i love this show.
Last nights episode was kind of awful. The "If a guy calls you a Faggot, you get up in that ass!" bit was funny, but overall, it was just bad. It was simple.
I hope this isn't a trend.
the exterminator (played by chris farley's brother kevin) was the best part of last night's episode.. especially the scene where he was acting like he was taking larry out on a date. hilarious.
Season 6 is the biggest mistake of all time. It should have been aborted instead of being allowed to live. While it was in pre-production they should have taken a hanger, singed the end of it with a lighter until it was red hot and just ended it all.
This whole season has been nothing more than Larry LOOKING for a reason to get into an argument and eventually be made to feel uncomfortable.
haha, this last episode was pretty funny. Hopefully the rest of the season continues getting better.
"sick sex"
(spoilers for those who haven't seen episode 6)
Leon's conversation with tim meadows was hysterical. i loved the look on his and larry's faces when they both realized what they had done yet refused to admit it
leon's saving this season for me.
you gotta give it to curb , it's the only show that can turn hardcore mundane situations and make them stellar.
my favorite bit from this season:
' she's always told the customer's right, and in fact , the customer is usually a moron and an asshole.
she was breaking the rules. she wasn't following the rules of society.
the unwritten rules that we have as we go about our day,
like at night, you tip toe. that's an unwritten rule. you tip toe, so you don't wake people up . you tip toe. there's no sign 'TIP TOE' , you just have to be smart enough and considerate enough to do it. '
Don't read if you haven't see ep.6:
the guy playin' the exterminator really reminded me of his brother chris when he was stomping on the rat-dog. i miss me some farley
wow, there is a plot now!
and lucy lawless is beautiful. who would've thought?
yeah i loved the last episode. i found it really sad for some reason. i hope it sticks because it offers up so many new avenues to explore and the only reason i feel like it would is because it really happened.
yeah, i thought it was pretty sad to.
i've been trying to give up on this show, but my roommate keeps watching it so i do too. i probably liked last night's episode the best so far. larry hanging up on his wife for farve was bad, but there were smaller jokes throughout the episode that made me laugh.
the scene when she comes home and tells him she's leaving is amazing, their whole conversation. its so funny and sad at the same time to see larry dealing with it. and his date goes well even long enough you are waiting for that to happen!
also, its great how everyone starts turning against larry... but he has the blacks there to support him. the whole thing wouldnt have been as great if they were not in the house with him now.
it really bothered me to see cheryl out with that guy. this is the type of show when nothing ever bothers you or pisses you off. you always laugh no matter what happens... but that thing pissed me off. he even had mints and tissues, poor larry!
spoilers
this episode was GREAT. i'm so glad he chose to tackle the divorce on the show. it offers so much potential for new stuff. he must do a 7th season.
son of a bitch. Cheryl does leave Larry on the show? I haven't been watching, cause I don't have any friends with HBO. My friend told me about it, and I said no way, so a bet was made. I'm no good at making bets because I never believe anything. son of a bitch.
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Larry David: No curbing his `Enthusiasm'
Larry David steals a glance at his wristwatch. It's about 11:50. He needs to check out of the hotel by noon. He pleasantly explains he's only got a few more minutes.
And no offense meant, by the way, when he looked at his watch.
"I wasn't bored or anything," he assures his interviewer.
Eureka! "There's a typical `TV Larry' thing," he says, unleashing a small rant: "In life, we can't look at a watch! It's anti-social to look at a watch. You can't be at a dinner party and look at a watch. It's rude! People think you want to go home.
"Maybe you just want to know what time it is! You're allowed to know what time it is, aren't you?"
He's put his finger on another of life's injustices. Didn't the first President Bush lose a re-election race just by looking at his watch during a debate?
"Exactly!" says David. "The guy lost the presidency 'cause he looked at his watch! Absolutely!"
This could be a scene straight from "Curb Your Enthusiasm," the sort of deconstruction site where TV Larry thrives.
"It's certainly something that he would be interested in," nods David — "this taboo about looking at a watch!"
Having already made TV history (and a bundle) as a creator-producer-writer of "Seinfeld," David had little to prove when he shot "Curb" as a comedy special for HBO in 1999, then turned it into a series a year later.
Now with "Curb" in a sixth hit season (airing 10 p.m. EDT Sundays), David has built on his "Seinfeld" legacy with a made-for-TV version of himself: TV Larry is a former "Seinfeld" producer who lives in Los Angeles and confronts random wrongnesses that fuel each episode, which is plotted by David, then improvised by him with his "Curb" co-stars (including Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman and Cheryl Hines as Larry's wife, Cheryl David).
Among the striking similarities between the two Larrys: Each has marital difficulties.
In June, real-life Larry and his real-life wife, Laurie David, separated after 14 years of marriage.
On "Curb" last week, Cheryl left Larry. She was fed up after he refused to take her phone call from an airplane flight she feared was going to crash. She had wanted to tell him goodbye. He told her to "call back in 10 minutes" because the cable repairman was at their house fixing the TiVo.
But there are also big differences. For one thing, David is busy channeling himself into a comedy series, whereas its hero, TV Larry, has far too much time on his hands. Instead, he lives a life of agitated leisure swollen with annoyances (slow toasters, underwear with no fly, anonymous philanthropy, indecisive people ahead of him in line), and he courts disaster by taking corrective action.
Is TV Larry just a self-involved provocateur?
"I think he's an idealist," says David unconvincingly.
Or maybe just bored?
"No," David insists. "He doesn't create messes out of boredom. No! In one episode he says, `I'm not an inventor. I'm an improver. I see things that are wrong, and I improve them.' He wants the world to be run the way that he feels it should be: the RIGHT way."
David — the 60-year-old spitting image of TV Larry, from his tennis shoes to his irredeemably bald head — says the show is a blast.
"I had such a good time this year, I think I'd probably like to do it again," he says. "My only issue is my face. I've got to edit this show and look at my face six to eight hours a day. Most people just look at their face when they're looking in the mirror. I've got to see it all day long."
Another year would be fun, except for "this big bald head," he sighs, shaking it. "It's big and it's bald. I gotta take that into consideration, too."
The head and the face have become widely recognized since "Curb" began. While "Seinfeld" made David a familiar name, he mostly stayed behind the scenes on that show. He says he likes being a public figure now.
"It's 95-5 on the good side," he figures. "The world's become a much friendlier place. Every now and then people will bother you when you don't really want to be bothered: a small price to pay. And I'm not dealing with everybody. Most of the people who know me are fans of the show."
And those fans, David adds with amusement, all wonder the same thing: "Am I that guy?" That friendly but intrusive guy, that calculating, never-lets-it-slide guy? "I think people really WANT me to be that guy. I think they're probably disappointed when I'm not."
Not yet, anyway. The distinction, always tenuous, between the two Larrys is steadily eroding, David reports.
"I feel like TV Larry is my role model," he says, "and I'm becoming a little more like him — just because I CAN be, because that's what people expect.
"Now it's easier for me to make what would be perceived as an anti-social comment: If I'm at someone's house for dinner and there's way too much butter in the mashed potatoes, I might say so now. Whereas before I would be tactful enough not to."
So his character has given him permission to speak his mind, not just occupy a character who does it for him.
"Absolutely," he says. "Gradually I'm encroaching on TV Larry's style."
It's a whole other benefit of doing "Curb"!
"You're not kidding," he grins, free to look at his watch. "It's fantastic!"
haha, i just caught up on the last few epis. love the moment when larry is in the restaurant talking to himself in epi 7.
Larry has been traumatized!(reminds me of Marnie at the end)....how in the world does he get all these beautiful women, he doesn't seem like that attractive of a guy. i mean charm can only go so far.
Quote from: idk on October 28, 2007, 09:54:22 PM
how in the world does he get all these beautiful women, he doesn't seem like that attractive of a guy. i mean charm can only go so far.
money.
introduce yourself (http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=2.720)
The scene where the blacks flip out on Larry is hilarious. I fuckin love this show
some episodes its just stupid... the whole thing with the blacks, and the doctor was funny... but the 'nigger' thing was too much... and he goes from getting in trouble to seem like an idiot who cannot explain... it seems he pushes it too far, kinda like steve carell at the office
Everything with the doctor made me laugh harder than anything else this season. It felt like classic Seinfeld. Angry Bald Jeff is one of the best things ever put on television. The big disappointment for me was that the racist guy didn't factor anywhere else in the episode. But it seems like it was a response to the Michael Richards thing.
I was saying that this should be the last season but if there are only 2 episodes left, he has to do at least a mini-season to wrap EVERYTHING up; I can't see it being done in another 60-90 minutes.
This season just keeps getting better and better. I went from "My goodness, kick this show off the air, it's a disgrace to all that is decent" to where I'm at now where it redeemed itself and is back on the mile high pedestal it belonged.
I agree that I hope they have a wrap up type thing after the 10th episode if this is indeed the last season. Tie up all the lose ends.
I found it hard to sympathize with Larry in this one, he just went so low
Me : This Show :: Larry : Cheryl
Quote from: pete on September 17, 2007, 05:01:05 AM
did anyone notice that the man in the yankees jersey was the doc from knocked up?
yep.
he also did an asian comedian thing a couple years ago called the Kims of Comedy.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pnwUJ-wG9NQ (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pnwUJ-wG9NQ)
Quote from: idk on November 04, 2007, 09:55:20 PM
I found it hard to sympathize with Larry in this one, he just went so low
He's just as sympathetic as he always was. He tries to do something good, is wronged as a result, and he schemes in order to right that wrong. The end always justifies the means to him because he's trying to do something right and gets unfairly blocked. This is just another one of those things. He'd be completely unsympathetic if he didn't obviously love Cheryl. Of course, what happened at the end is his own fault, but to see him doing this in the name of love is so unlike him that you still have to root for him.
What I found odd was that Steve Coogan, whom many Americans probably know only as the guy who helped drive Owen Wilson to a suicide attempt, is playing the world's worst therapist.
Quote from: IN SPAR_ROWS on November 05, 2007, 09:06:25 AM
Of course, what happened at the end is his own fault, but to see him doing this in the name of love is so unlike him that you still have to root for him.
yeah i think it's easier to sympathize with him now. like his anger at coogan, that was some of his most justifiable rage. even if it's obviously his own fault for taking the shitty advice. it also raises the stakes so much when his schemes fail. he's not just trying to get back at somebody for violating a rule of society or something, he's trying to get his wife back! i thought it was a great episode. i loved the whole argument about taking credit for the new larry.
I see what you guys are saying but still the whole idea is that he is supposed to be trying to prove to Cheryl that he isn't the same selfish person he was before, but instead he is acting as selfish as ever. The whole incident where he just lets his therapist be arrested showed such a dark side of Larry. I know he always acts in a less than righteous way but its usually warrented(for the most part) by what has been done to him. I want to root for Larry to get back with Cheryl but the way he acted in this episode validated Cheryl's decision to leave him. Hopefully he will redeem himself.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11052007/tv/neurotic_no_more_923379.htm
LARRY DAVID MULLS 2 MORE SEASONS
By DON KAPLAN
November 5, 2007 -- LARRY David - who never wanted to say from year to year whether he was going to keep doing his eccentric HBO comedy - is suddenly talking about doing "Curb Your Enthusiasm" for two, maybe three, more years.
David has typically agreed only to one-year deals - usually, a few months after telling the cast and crew that each season will be his last.
"It's become sort of a running joke," an industry source says.
No one has a clear answer why David has had an apparent change of heart.
But in recent weeks, David is telling friends he wants to keep doing "Curb" for several more seasons.
David made tens of millions as the co-creator of "Seinfeld," but the show's star Jerry Seinfeld is the one who achieved the most fame.
"'Seinfeld' got him the money, but 'Curb' has gotten him recognition," says an insider.
David announced last summer that he and his wife of 14 years, environmental activist Laurie David, were divorcing.
Since then, David has been making more public appearances and joked about starting to date again.
HBO declined to comment over the weekend but a network spokesman added: "Larry has a home at HBO as long as he likes."
"Curb" is a semi-fictional comedy on which curmudgeonly David plays a character based on himself. On both the show and in real life, David can be prickly and difficult to deal with and was the inspiration for "Seinfeld's" George Costanza character.
The success of "Curb," now in its sixth season, has kick-started a new type of reality-like TV comedies, in which star play themselves - more or less.
Others have in included, "Fat Actress" (Kirstie Ally) and "The Two Coreys" (Corey Haim and Cory Feldman).
But the technique is exceedingly hard to make work and "Curb" is the only one that has lasted.
I still like the show, but it's less brilliant than before now. I dunno, something's happened this year - the developing story is not as interesting, the scenerios seem more contrived/ convenient, and the whole thing is just less convincing. too much a leads to b leads to c these days.
Quote from: pete on November 06, 2007, 02:02:31 AM
I still like the show, but it's less brilliant than before now. I dunno, something's happened this year - the developing story is not as interesting, the scenerios seem more contrived/ convenient, and the whole thing is just less convincing. too much a leads to b leads to c these days.
Exactly my thoughts. Each season seemed to get bigger and the season plot problem larger. This season has just been downhill for me. It's had it's moments, but I've kept waiting for it to pick up but now after the 9th episode, I just don't see it being able to win me over in 1 last episode.
now everyone should watch Peep Show instead. :yabbse-grin:
You guys can't possibly think this is worse than season 5!
Quote from: Pedro the Alpaca on November 06, 2007, 12:39:35 PM
You guys can't possibly think this is worse than season 5!
I liked Season 5 more. The Lewis kidney storyline, the big vagina, Larry turning into a big time Jew, the car crash, and then the car crash again, Larry thinking he was gentile. I mean, Season 6 has had NONE of those kinds of memorable moments.
I don't even remember what happened in season 5. I remember not liking it too much and hoping it was the last season. But I know that I also liked it more than I like this season.
Quote from: Stefen on October 29, 2007, 10:36:50 AM
This season just keeps getting better and better.
Quote from: Stefen on November 06, 2007, 09:30:08 AM
This season has just been downhill for me.
What is wrong with you?
Are you high on jenkem or something?
or...
How many different people use your account?
lol
this past episode was excellent. he goes too far, but the whole new larry thing was one of the funniest things. "the larry that hated your sister"...
the best part of the latest episode was funkhauser talking about his father in law with Alzheimer's:
He runs around the house naked all day playing tag with himself
Every time he farts he calls the fire department
He screams at the cat for not voting
Quote from: squints on November 08, 2007, 11:42:39 PM
He runs around the house naked all day playing tag with himself
Every time he farts he calls the fire department
He screams at the cat for not voting
i havn't seen the episode, but that shit had me in stitches.
How awesome was the season finale? I trust Larry Charles with anything, shit.
spoilers:
vivaca fox telling off suzy at the end was probably my favorite moment of the entire season. cheryl would've just stood in the corner quietly embarassed as usual. that moment they had in the season premiere where she put out her cigarette in the penis cake was the only intimate moment they shared the entire season, and in hindsight almost seems like a tender memory.
It was a great ending... I was thinking a few days ago how little impact the Vivica Fox character had in comparison to others this season, and this was the perfect ending for it. I cant wait until the next season... hopefully sooner than 2009.
wow. without a doubt the best episode of the season. that was amazing. i was gonna list the highlights but there are just way too many. the ending was PERFECT, even for the entire series, but i'm still very very glad LD is doing another season.
"we'll get lunch together... everyday!! everyday!!"
that was fucking CRAZY.
what an exciting ending to the season.
It was a good last episode. The season was still a disappointment. If they make another season, I won't be pissed.
But still, Curb: It's no 30 Rock.
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SIXTH SEASON ON DVD: January 29, 2008
Season six on DVD this Tuesday.
SPOILERS...
Quote from: pete on November 06, 2007, 02:02:31 AM
I still like the show, but it's less brilliant than before now. I dunno, something's happened this year - the developing story is not as interesting, the scenerios seem more contrived/ convenient, and the whole thing is just less convincing. too much a leads to b leads to c these days.
I just finished watching season 6 and I agree with you, pete. There were funny moments and subplots, but those subplots were often accompanied by other, more contrived, and often predictable, subplots. Larry became more of a caricature of himself this season. The Blacks weren't fleshed out well or used all that interestingly, until the season finale. The mugging plot felt like something out of a mediocre sitcom. The episodes were funny but uneven, sort of like the last two seasons of Seinfeld. I bet David Mandel, Alec Berg, and Jeff Schaeffer are partly to blame, though ultimately it is Larry David's show. If he does another season I hope it is the last.
Cheryl leaving Larry was sad. It was the first serious moment on the show, like Susan's death on Seinfeld. We're not used to drama on this show so we're not sure how to react. I hated seeing Cheryl with that other guy. At least he wasn't characterized as an asshole, which would have made it easier to hate him. He seemed like a nice enough guy. But still I was rooting for Larry. The ending with Vivica Fox! That came out of left field. Loretta jumping to Larry's defense when Susie chewed him out was great.
Today at work a customer came to me and complained that one of my employees was in the handicap bathroom and she was upset b/c her friend is in a wheelchair and had to use the bathroom. I wanted to say soooooooo bad "you wait. YOU WAIT"
Quote from: Ravi on June 02, 2008, 03:51:36 AM
SPOILERS...
Cheryl leaving Larry was sad. It was the first serious moment on the show, like Susan's death on Seinfeld. We're not used to drama on this show so we're not sure how to react. I hated seeing Cheryl with that other guy. At least he wasn't characterized as an asshole, which would have made it easier to hate him. He seemed like a nice enough guy. But still I was rooting for Larry. The ending with Vivica Fox! That came out of left field. Loretta jumping to Larry's defense when Susie chewed him out was great.
I hated seeing Cheryl with the other guy too. Then I started to dislike HER. ha, ditto on the ending.
fuck cheryl.
season 6 is underrated.
Just finished season 6. Truly a magnificent ending! Glad to hear that there will be a season 7, although I would've been pleased if the whole show had ended this way.
Season 7 CONFIRMED - IT'S OFFICIAL!
Curb Your Enthusiasm fans will have a lot to celebrate, very probably enthusiastically, thanks to Larry David's announcement that he is bringing the show back for a seventh season. But it's not coming till next year, so curb your celebration.
HBO plans to air the new season beginning in early 2009. The sixth season ended in November of last year, meaning the show's fans will have lacked Enthusiasm for more than a year by the time the series returns.
Curb Your Enthusiasm was created by and stars Larry David (playing himself) as he winds awkwardly in and out of everyday encounters with his co-stars and guests. Largely unscripted, the actors instead receive scene outlines, making up the (often hilarious) dialog as they go. In the new season, recurring co-stars Cheryl Hines (as Larry's wife, Cheryl David) and Jeff Garlin (as Larry's manager, Jeff Greene) are expected to reprise their roles.
According to HBO West Coast president Michael Lombardo, David is "excited about it." Curb your excitement there, Larry, and get this show on the road. We'll be waiting.
In the meantime... watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBPfwNn6l70
'Curb' to resume production in Dec.
HBO comedy booked for 10 episodes in 2009
Source: Variety
HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will be back in production in December, with 10 season-seven episodes slated for next year, sources close to the series said.
The pay cabler has yet to release an airdate or exec producer lineup for season seven of the comedy skein created, exec produced and starring Larry David.
Half-hour's season-six finale aired in November of last year -- a lengthy break, but not as pronounced as the 21-month gap between seasons five and six.
Launched in October 2000, series is the longest running in the HBO lineup.
Winner of the 2003 comedy series Golden Globe, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" was nominated for four Emmys this year, including series, guest thesp (Shelley Berman), casting and editing.
Finale left off with Larry still separated from wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines) and hooking up with house guest Loretta Black (Vivica A. Fox), although it was left unclear as to whether that was a dream sequence.
'Seinfeld' alums guesting on HBO's 'Curb'
Foursome set for several episodes of Larry David series
Source: Hollywood Reporter
"The Seinfeld" Five are reuniting on Larry David's HBO comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
The four stars of the hit NBC comedy -- Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards -- will appear together, playing themselves, in a multi-episode arc alongside David.
The episodes are part of "Curb's" upcoming seventh season.
David co-created "Seinfeld" with Seinfeld and served as an exec producer on the show, which he left after the seventh season but returned for the season finale. He is credited as one of the strongest creative voices behind one of the biggest shows on television.
The news of the "Seinfeld" reunion was first reported by EW.com.
This is going to be awesome
holy christ. i'd been waiting for richards to show up. this is gonna be fucking incredible!
When Larry when?!! Curb is the only reason I even signed up for HBO.
Man......Great......I'm speachless....
I was a little disappointed in season 6 and kind of felt Larry should have ended it after season 5 because the first 5 seasons are perfect, but this news is awesome. I can't wait to find out what the story arc will be. I wonder if it involves them all trying to revive the show.
Quote from: Bethie on March 06, 2009, 01:45:31 AM
When Larry when?!! Curb is the only reason I even signed up for HBO.
hey Bethie, add this with malick and pj as anorther reason to live!! :yabbse-grin:
Or will they reference RIchards screw up in L.A.
Quote from: Fernando on March 06, 2009, 09:38:50 AM
Quote from: Bethie on March 06, 2009, 01:45:31 AM
When Larry when?!! Curb is the only reason I even signed up for HBO.
hey Bethie, add this with malick and pj as anorther reason to live!! :yabbse-grin:
And The 2009 Xixax Awards!!!
mac, stick to your day job. leave the suicide prevention to the professionals.
Quote from: MacGuffin on March 06, 2009, 11:11:56 AM
Quote from: Fernando on March 06, 2009, 09:38:50 AM
Quote from: Bethie on March 06, 2009, 01:45:31 AM
When Larry when?!! Curb is the only reason I even signed up for HBO.
hey Bethie, add this with malick and pj as anorther reason to live!! :yabbse-grin:
And The 2009 Xixax Awards!!!
HAHAHA! my friend saw Curb for the first time yesterday and said to me, "he's like the male version of you" i'm only larry sometimes.
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 06, 2009, 09:56:50 AM
Or will they reference RIchards screw up in L.A.
highly doubt it. thats old news and i dont think richards would OK something like that being rehashed..
Quote from: Cinephile on March 07, 2009, 12:55:45 AM
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 06, 2009, 09:56:50 AM
Or will they reference RIchards screw up in L.A.
highly doubt it. thats old news and i dont think richards would OK something like that being rehashed..
how can you get around referencing that? of course it will be referenced. it's the only notable thing that's happened to him since.
i dont know. i think Curb has covered that subject matter enough over six seasons.
Plus, based on the world they've established, they don't really have an obligation to address the whole Richards incident. Most people are playing themselves, but they are playing fictional versions of themselves with fake wive and, sometimes, filmographies and projects that don't exist in the real world.
Doing something on the Richards deal, while amusing, isn't at all necessary.
Really excited for this upcoming season,. This, along with Eastbound and Down, put HBO in the top tier of television comedy. I don't know what ever happened to the proposed Kanye West/Larry Charles show... but I imagine that couldn't have been to bad, either. Maybe.
No way will they bring up the Richards racist incident. This show is better than that. Larry will have some creative story arc planned for the reunion. The lazy way out would be referencing something easy like said incident. It'll probably be something out of left field like them all getting put in jail in some small town over a minor offense.
Quote from: Stefen on March 08, 2009, 01:38:33 AMThe lazy way out would be referencing something easy like said incident.
what's lazy about it? it's going to be a really tough reference. sure their reunion probably won't be built around it, but it'll be
such an elephant in the room if no one says anything.
i agree with picolas, although i disagreed with picolas when he said richards wasn't racist. i hope they reference it, HARD.
if i was richards or part of his management team, i would recognize that the guy hasn't gotten any work because of the racist thing and that it was easily the worst time of the guys life. so to play his next role as a guy who is reminding everyone and educating new people about what happened to him three years ago... again, i find it hard to believe that it needs to and will be referenced. it was done to death in the news back then and even jerry made a point to go out of his way to support richards on letterman and say that he's a good man and to all put it behind us.
Quote from: Cinephile on March 08, 2009, 10:42:50 PM
if i was richards or part of his management team, i would recognize that the guy hasn't gotten any work because of the racist thing
as far as i know richards had one very short-lived show post-seinfeld and that was it. he had been out of real work long before the rant. the letterman/seinfeld thing is a good point but this isn't seinfeld's show. i think if anyone can make that reference work somehow it'll be david. he'll succeed where gervais failed.
richards is gonna reference the fact that he hasn't gotten any work since the racist thing and cinephile's gonna feel right and wrong at the same time. :|
TCA Press Tour: 'Seinfeld' reunion comes together on new season of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
After years of saying no to the idea of a "Seinfeld" reunion, Larry David told reporters why he conceded and wrote a reunion into the upcoming season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm":
"I always said no. We would never do that, it's a lame idea. And then I thought it might be very funny to do that on 'Curb.' And I kept thinking about it, and started to think of different scenarios. I called Jerry, and Jerry was game. I called the others, and we did it."
But why would on-screen Larry do the reunion? one reporter asked.
"That's a very good question, and that will be answered in one of the episodes," David said. "That's a big thing, because I would never do that, so there was a compelling reason why I decided to do it."
"Seinfeld" shouldn't expect a full reunion episode, rather, viewers will see David and Seinfeld writing the episode, aspects of the read-through, parts of rehearsals and the show-within-the-show being filmed.
"You'll get an idea of what happened [to the characters] 11 years later," David said. "You won't see a show from beginning to end, but you'll see parts of it."
Audiences will also see the cast members playing themselves on "Curb," which raises the question, will the subject of the Michael Richard debacle make its way into the series?
"It's possible," David teased. The reunion show will play out in "Curb's" season finale, which could be expanded into a one-hour episode.
From the looks of footage screened for critics Thursday afternoon, David's on-screen wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), whom he separated from last season, will be back, as well as Loretta Black (Vivica A. Fox) and her family. "I don't want to say how many shows, but you'll be seeing her," he said. Also, Rosie O'Donnell will be back as a guest star -- and she and Larry will come to blows.
"She's hilarious," David said. And a force, too. "She's very formidable physically."
Asked whether "Curb" will keep going after this season, David, as he so often does, demurred. It's always about coming up with a new arc, he said. "It's a concern. [This season] is going to be tough to beat, I can tell you that."
The outlook could be good. David said that "Curb" has been good for his neuroses, after one journalist told him he looked happier than usual.
"I was talking to someone earlier, and I was saying that this Larry is kind of melding with "Curb" Larry. I love "Curb" Larry. Always hated this Larry," he said, gesturing to himself. "So yes, I am a little happier!
I can't wait!
Watch the preview video on HBO.com is not much but better than nothing
Did anyone watch that half hour preview they did? This season should be awesome. All signs point to them doing the Seinfeld reunion the right way i.e. in a Curb way.
do you have hbo or did you steal it?? all I could find were private torrents at mininova :yabbse-angry:
I watched it at a friends house. There's gotta be a torrent around....
ninjavideo.net has one!
Lame? "Seinfeld" stars reunite after 11 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pathetic. Desperate. Lame.
The "Seinfeld" reunion its creators swore would never happen for the aforementioned reasons finally takes place next month.
The four stars of the famed "show about nothing" will appear together in the new season of HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," 11 years after their characters were left to rot in jail.
But, as anyone with a passing knowledge of the "Seinfeld" anti-sentimental ethos could guess, there is none of the hugging and good times that often besmirch such TV reunions.
It's really an anti-reunion, with actors Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander playing versions of themselves as they prepare to shoot a one-off show despite some misgivings.
"Get together? ... Why don't we just have a nice dinner?" Seinfeld suggests when he's being pitched the idea.
But the season promises to be "spectacular," to use a "Seinfeld" catchphrase.
"Curb" creator/star Larry David, who also created "Seinfeld" with Seinfeld, corralled the gang for up to five of the 10 episodes of his HBO show. The seventh season premieres on Sunday, and the "Seinfeld" reunion arc kicks in for the third episode, which airs on October 4.
LARRY'S LATEST SCHEME
As is often the case with "Curb Your Enthusiasm," real-life blends with fiction. The premise is that David's character, also named Larry David, caves in to years of demands for a reunion show as a ruse to get back together with his estranged wife Cheryl (played by Cheryl Hines).
He envisages giving Cheryl a key co-starring role, as the ex-wife of George Costanza (Alexander), so that "she'll see me in this whole new light," his character says.
In reality, people have often asked about a "Seinfeld" reunion, and David did split with his wife, environmentalist Laurie David. But the verisimilitude seems to stop there. David declined in a teleconference on Monday to say whether he ever thought of using a "Seinfeld" reunion to win her back.
He did say that other "Seinfeld" alumni will appear, albeit in very brief cameos, including the portly postal employee Newman (Wayne Knight), George's long-suffering mother Estelle Costanza (Estelle Harris), and the unfunny standup comic Kenny Bania (Steve Hytner).
Other guest stars include Meg Ryan, Rosie O'Donnell, Christian Slater, Sharon Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue.
David said he was "thrilled" with how the reunion turned out. "But of course, I liked how the 'Seinfeld' finale turned out. So maybe you've got the wrong guy," he said, referring to the 1998 closer that underwhelmed many fans and critics.
Getting the four "Seinfeld" principals together was fairly easy, though they were dubious it would ever happen, David said. But once schedules were juggled and the old "Seinfeld" living-room set spruced up, it was like the good old days.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the reunion is the re-emergence of Richards, who played the wacky neighbor Cosmo Kramer. Richards, an intensely focused master of physical comedy, largely disappeared from public view after a bruising, race-baiting encounter with hecklers at a comedy club in 2006.
"Michael went through a very traumatic experience, really, and he's been quite chastened by it," David said. "It deeply affected him, personally."
As for the other stars, Louis-Dreyfus is about to begin the fifth season of her own sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine," while Alexander has returned to his theater roots, and Seinfeld collects Porsches.
David said it's "possible" that "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will be back on the air next year, after taking 2008 off, but he will think about it over the next few months.
He has a few ideas for story arcs, "but I don't think any of them are going to be as good as the 'Seinfeld' idea, though, It's going to be hard to top that, I have to admit."
That article has spoilers dude, come on. I know its Curb but its still fun to be a bit surprised on what goes on.
Quote from: MacGuffin on September 15, 2009, 01:02:07 AM
As for the other stars, Louis-Dreyfus is about to begin the fifth season of her own sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine," on a shitty sitcom that nobody watches, while Alexander has returned to his theater roots desperatley needs money and can't find work, and Seinfeld collects Porsches bangs supermodels on piles of cash.
Quote from: squints on September 15, 2009, 06:35:00 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin on September 15, 2009, 01:02:07 AM
As for the other stars, Louis-Dreyfus is about to begin the fifth season of her own sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine," on a shitty sitcom that nobody watches, while Alexander has returned to his theater roots desperatley needs money and can't find work, and Seinfeld collects Porsches bangs supermodels on piles of cash.
I hate to nitpick but a lot of people watch Julia's new show. Just no one here does. If you are a star or celebrity on a broadway show you can be paid really well, Trust me on this. Plus, Jason started out in theatre and he loves it. Seinfeld is happily married even though he could bang supermodels on heaps of cash.
The season premiere was amazing and Catheine o'hara was the stand out.
It was alright. Curb's season premiers always seem to underwhelm and it doesn't hit it's groove until it introduces it's storyline for the season.
Catherine O'Hara was indeed awesome.
Cheryl is looking hot.
Quote from: Stefen on September 20, 2009, 11:31:54 PM
Curb's season premiers always seem to underwhelm and it doesn't hit it's groove until it introduces it's storyline for the season.
seriously? they set it up that cheryl likes larry more when he was working and there was less larry around the house. so in a way, its like a new exploration of season 2, a maximum heightening to the nth degree. you're probably just underwhelmed cause you know whats coming...
but really, jeff fucks a crazy woman and larry is overacting because he WANTS his girlfriend to die and doesn't want it to show. what a great premiere.
loved the premier too, larry wanting to correct that bam bam isn't crazy not once but twice was priceless.
im also happy to see wanda back even if she was in it for 5 seconds, i hope we see her more often.
Quote from: Bethie on September 20, 2009, 11:32:52 PM
Cheryl is looking hot.
oh boy does she
I never thought I'd stop watching a curb show halfway. it's not convincing anymore - they just set up obvious conflicts so Larry can do his routine, which was never as funny as watching really good improv comedians arguing about something like that - now they have it backwards - the doctor and his partner were lightweights and it just seemed so desperate. the not telling people about the other party guests thing...who gives a fuck? I stopped watching it but it just seemed like bad acting and uninspired improv.
Quote from: Fernando on September 22, 2009, 11:56:29 AM
im also happy to see wanda back even if she was in it for 5 seconds
and not only that, but it was so funny to see wanda totally calm and supportive of him. and of course she's going to... too funny.
I thought it was a perfect comeback after such a long break. It had everything you expect, and everyone you want to see. Funkhouser for me is one of the best characters of the show, and his crazy sister may be even better. Both Wanda and Leon were there for a few seconds but I love them, and the whole setup for what is coming is also coming along great. Couldn't have asked for more on that.
The beginning and end of episode 2 was hilarious. I about died laughing. I hate vacuum packaging.
second episode was great.
Larry David on the 'Seinfeld' reunion and shaking hands
Creator of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' talks about his life and HBO comedy.
By Martin Miller; Los Angeles Times
Larry David didn't want to shake hands.
Nothing personal -- no hard feelings at work here. It was, in fact, a very pleasant, amiable lunch between the three of us -- me, and the two Larrys, the funny, neurotic, cranky, fictional star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and the funny, neurotic, less cranky, real-life man who created the celebrated HBO show, now a couple of episodes into its seventh season.
But what made the "no-shake" stance unusual was the introductory handshake. No hesitation there. Firm, direct. "Hi, I'm Larry David," said one of the Larrys who was dressed casually like the character -- blue long sleeve T-shirt, khaki pants, glasses.
Then, at a corner table inside the upscale Stefan's at L.A. Farm in Santa Monica, the famous 62-year-old recognizes some television executives. He wanders over, says hello, and quickly returns. "I just shook four hands," said Larry, grimacing. That tally includes mine. "You have any Purell?" he asks, looking for hand sanitizer.
Not on me. He politely excuses himself to wash his hands. "How could a guy like me not be carrying Purell?" he wondered aloud.
The moment is the stuff "Curb" (or "Seinfeld," Larry's other baby) is made of. It's like being forced into a double goodbye from a party, violating the 10 p.m. cutoff for phone calls or any of the hundreds of other mountain-out-of-mole-hill social situations that routinely play out on what is arguably the funniest show on television.
Larry, whose hypochondria functions as a critical plot device in Sunday's highly anticipated kickoff to "Curb's" so-called "Seinfeld" reunion story arc, has reasonably good intentions, but they're misconstrued. With the H1N1 virus lurking around every corner and whatever else lingers on the human hand, he's not being rude, simply being health conscious.
"He means well," said one of the Larrys, probably the real one. "He tries to do the right thing and gets in trouble for it."
Some "Curb" seasons, Larry doesn't do any press interviews. That's only one of the advantages to having a critically beloved hit show on a premium cable channel. It also doesn't hurt to have a small fortune -- even after a 2007 divorce from environmental activist ex-wife Laurie -- thanks to co-creating "Seinfeld." No offense intended, but speaking to a journalist isn't his idea of a fun afternoon.
"I don't like reading what I have to say, so I don't like other people reading what I have to say either," he said. "I'm not in control of it. I can't edit this conversation and if I could it would be a lot different than what you're going to do with it."
It would certainly be funnier.
But Larry wants to promote his show's end to the "Seinfeld" diaspora, after once famously swearing that he would never stage a reunion. While Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld have all been on previous "Curb" episodes as individuals, the "Seinfeld" gang has never appeared together on the show. Now, the foursome, including Michael Richards, returns as their reunion story line unfolds over five episodes.
Hence, Larry is willing to submit to some media torture over a lunch.
"I don't see any upside. I see all downside," he told me, raising his voice, then reining it back in. "I could say something and then I'll get phone calls, 'Why did you say that about me? I thought we were friends.' Who needs that?"
So, here we are talking about the non-reunion reunion on his almost entirely improvised comedy show. The conceit for Sunday night's episode is comically simple: Larry's desire to win back his (on-screen) ex-wife, Cheryl, now an actress, overrides his utter disdain for a "Seinfeld" network special. The reunion show will go on, after all, and he promises to cast his ex in it. Of course, problems ensue. Many, many problems.
Other than that, Larry remains mostly reticent on specific plot details. Are you going to handle Richards' 2006 racist comedy club tirade? "People are wondering how we're going to address it," he said. "Yeah, we address it."
No normal moments
As "Curb" viewers know, a good portion of Larry's life takes place in nice restaurants, which like any experience for him can be fraught with peril. When he walks into the main dining room, a couple of patrons exclaim, "Larry David! Larry David!" He admits he's gotten used to it with a shrug, but still finds the shout-outs annoying.
In person, he's as trim as he looks on television. That 10 pounds television is supposed to add hasn't in his case. And despite knockin' on senior citizenship's door, he appears not to have aged since "Curb" began in 2000.
I offer him my hypothesis regarding balding (a club of which I'm member). Bald guys pay up front in the age and appearance department. A bald 30-year-old can look 40, even 50. But once the hair is gone, you can be ageless for a few decades, or until you start looking like Yoda.
I figure he'd probably be sympathetic since male pattern baldness is a strong motif in the show. In one early "Curb" episode, Larry refuses candy to a sullen teenage trick-or-treater, who later vandalizes his house, spray-painting a bald-person epithet on his front door -- an act he decries to a police officer as a hate crime.
"Interesting theory," he said.
Time to order. He wants a salad. Meg Ryan of "When Harry Met Sally . . ." fame, who by the way is in Sunday night's episode, comes to mind.
"You may not like this," he starts with the waiter. "But is the egg chopped up? Or do you just put half an egg in there?"
Any way you'd like, answers the waiter.
"OK, do it with the egg whites, no bacon or ham. And very light on the blue cheese. That's the Larry David salad. And throw some cucumbers in there too. Tell the chef I apologize, but that's the only way I can eat."
Then, Larry explains he's a vegetarian -- most of the time.
"When I get bored and when I can't take it anymore, I'll eat chicken," he said. How long does it take to get bored? "Ten days. No, a week."
He adds that he can't eat hot food for lunch. It doesn't agree with his stomach. In fact, he advises, hot food is not good for you anyway.
How does he know that?
"When I go to the doctor's office, I read the magazines."
He knows he has issues. When asked about Dr. Phil's brief appearance on "Curb's" second episode this season, he declares: "I like him. I would definitely go to Dr. Phil if I could. You know what? I'm putting this out there right now that if he would take me, I'm going. Does he still have patients? I don't know if my problems are big enough for what he's used to."
A more immediate problem surfaces, and Dr. Phil is nowhere in sight. Larry spots something in his salad.
"Is that a scallion?" he frowns. "I've got a date tonight."
When informed he's probably one of the most eligible bachelors in town, he laughs.
"I wouldn't go that far," he said.
You're rich, you're famous -- you got a great sense of humor.
"Women don't like the humor when it's combined with inconsideration and insensitivity," he corrects.
In real life, to some, his actions may be taken for inconsideration and insensitivity, but in the world of "Curb" it's always hilarious and, to Larry, completely authentic.
"This show is the only chance that I have to be honest about anything," Larry said. "Your life generally is so dishonest. Your dealings with your fellow human beings are so dishonest, everything is so dishonest, to have this opportunity to be honest is very refreshing to me."
Later, in the parking lot, the farewells are said. No handshake.
"Yeah, this was fun," Larry said.
the past two episodes have been perfect. i have been talking to my tv more so than normal.
michael richards being distracted by the nudie paintings in the restaurant. brings the laughs.
it was great to see everyone back, but i thought they really rushed into the whole setup. too many things happened in that episode alone, not only with larry getting the idea of the reunion to get cheryl back, but meeting with everyone, the game, susie, etc... i dont know whats in store for the next few episodes so maybe there is a reason for it, but it was too much in little time.
yeah, that could have been a 2 hour episode.
i loved larry and jerry's natalie wood conversation.
Larry David. Hannah Montana. Together at last. This happened a couple years ago, and I remember hearing about it, but I just stumbled across the video today. Watch at your own discretion, because if Miley Cyrus' talentlessness doesn't make you want to kill yourself, the laugh track will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzrfLRmjlM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzrfLRmjlM)
This, ladies and gentlemen (primarily gentlemen), is a man who loves his daughters.
haha, fuck that.
i love that clip. he still gives exactly the same level of performance he would on curb. and it's a very basic curb-like situation. it's as though hannah montana is doing a cameo in a hellish alternate universe where curb was picked up by the disney channel.
bad again - but I get it now.
sometimes he gets uninspired.
:yabbse-thumbup: to phillip baker hall
This episode was pretty good. A lot better than the others this disappointing (so far) season. I do that shit all the time; enter handicap and disabled girls into my phone as their first name followed by their handicap for their last name.
Quote from: Stefen on October 18, 2009, 11:46:50 PM
A lot better than the others this disappointing (so far) season.
i think you're forgetting what we're building to. these eps have been good this season.. lets remind ourselves this last half is going to be explosive.
I liked the episode with the blowjobs a lot, and the meg ryan episodie. both seemed more like the usual larry david than the desperate one in the rest of the episodes. otherwise some of them felt very half-baked.
better than the last two. all the banter and reaction shots between seinfeld and larry are golden, as is the larry/richard lewis stuff. the flashback is great. the ending's too ridiculous not to get a kick out of.
Its fun but I think it sometimes gets way too ridiculous even for Larry.
Love the Jerry/Larry scenes. It's like the old Jerry/George scenes.
Is is like the old Larry/George scenes and I fucking loved it.
This was classic.
Tagline for Curb should be:
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David Pisses Jesus' Tears
thats what my gut looks like
Can't believe they went there! :yabbse-thumbup:
and last week's episode, classic LD!
....called it.
Such a classic episode.
Quote from: picolas on November 16, 2009, 12:09:09 AM
....called it.
Yup. I can't believe they did it. Didn't think they would.
Good episode. I could watch the Seinfeld cast members recite lines all day long.
J.B. Smoove is pretty much the best guy ever.
I didn't laugh outloud at much of it but the stuff that leon was making up was gold.
he lost his ability to multiply.
jerry's reaction to funkhauser's joke killed me.
i'm really saddened by the idea that that may very well have been the final episode.. i just don't see how it could end any other way. so perfect.
having said that, season 5 felt like the end too.
Man, what a great ending. I really wanted more.
I'm going to try and pretend season 6 and 7 didn't happen.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/larry_david_on_the_marriage_re.html
Larry David hints at more 'Enthusiasm'
He tells PaleyFest show is likely to return for eighth season
Source: Hollywood Reporter
PaleyFest first saluted the acerbic, irreverent and knee-bloodyingly funny "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in 2002. It's likely that back then, few in the room -- including its cast and creator -- figured the show would still be a factor in 2010. But 71 episodes later, it appears there will indeed be further adventures of Larry David and his cast of the put-upon.
The question of "Curb's" future was on most people's minds Sunday during the final night of the 27th annual TV festival. The answer was definitely probably.
Moderator Martin Miller of the Los Angeles Times began the session with an inquiry about more "Curb." But rather than quiz the group about a potential eighth season, he curiously asked whether there would be a big-screen version of the show, a la one-time fellow HBO comedy "Sex and the City." David's look was -- isn't it always? -- somewhere between puzzlement and incredulity.
"No plans for a movie," he said.
And no follow-up from Miller.
It wasn't until late in the session that the question of "Curb's" future came up again. Miller finally asked David, "Are we going to see an eighth season?"
David paused briefly. "I think there's a pretty good chance," he said, as the crowd burst into applause. "We're working on a couple of things."
So much for a definitive answer.
There was only one other reference to a potential continuation. When a crowd member asked whether viewers can expect to see more of Larry's Katrina-refugee roommate Leon -- uproariously played by JB Smoove -- David simply said, "I think so."
It seemed clear that David was uninterested in broaching the subject. He might as well have given the guy that patented Larry David staredown.
The Paley Center for Media's vp and executive director Craig Hitchcock introduced the "Curb" session as "a classic case of saving the best for last." The statement was obvious yet prescient as the six-person panel had the sellout crowd at the 80-year-old Saban Theatre laughing as if they were watching a "Curb" clips reel.
In fact, they did. Rather than the usual screening of a full episode of the evening's honored show, a greatest-hits montage from "Curb" served as the ideal opening act. Everyone has their favorite moments (What, nothing from the Tourette-addled opening night of the restaurant?!), but it was hard to argue with the quality of the selected scenes. Before that was another aperitif: a nugget from ABC's "SNL"-inspired sketch show "Fridays" in which Larry David -- sporting a sorta Art Garfunkel fading 'do -- plays the straight man to Mark Blankfield.
Miller's second question to the panel of David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Richard Lewis and Bob Einstein (whose character Marty Funkhouser is the only one among them whose first name is different from the actor) was what they thought about the "Seinfeld" reunion on "Curb" this season and whether there might be another one.
"We think it went very well," David said politely. But then he slipped into the Larry David we love to hate and hate to love. "There'll be no more 'Seinfeld' references on the show. That's all over."
Then he put the kibosh on making this a PaleyFest panel about nothing. "I think 'Seinfeld' questions at this point are no longer appropriate."
So the conversation quickly moved to how the various actors were cast on the show and its improvisational manner. Garlin, who plays Larry's obsequious but mischievous manager on "Curb" and also is an executive producer, noted that it began as a mockumentary about putting together an HBO comedy special. He said that on the first day of shooting, David told him, "Let's do this as a series."
He discussed the show's improv style, noting that though there is no scripted dialogue, there is an outline that describes story and action.
Said David, "People come to the set not knowing anything."
That setup suits Garlin fine. "I don't like rehearsal, I don't like memorizing lines," he said. "I just want to do it, just do it."
Hines, who plays Larry's recently back-in-the-picture wife, described the outlines as "a two-line description of a scene." She drew laughs when she said of her audition, "I met Larry, and I liked him immediately." She never expected to get the part because of a lack of experience; in fact, she was working as a personal assistant to Rob Reiner and his family at the time.
But it turned out that they wanted an "unknown" for the role. "It worked in my favor that I had nothing on my resume," Hines said.
Lewis, who recurs as Larry's mega-neurotic and ultrahigh-maintenance longtime friend, got a late start in the proceedings but took and ball and ran with it when he got a chance to speak. He said he got his start on "Curb" because he asked his old pal David if he "could be in two or three episodes of the first season" in 2000.
Throughout the evening, Lewis did his familiar shtick, often reminding the crowd that he's known David since they were 12 and how much he loves him. His manic rants were enjoyable as always, but he wasn't the star of the panel. Not by a long shot.
No, that would be Einstein, the veteran comic and TV personality who made his name as the inept daredevil Super Dave Osborne. True to his "Curb" character as David's superserious "best friend," Einstein's deadpan wit killed. He owned the room with expressionless gripes about how his character is mistreated and later rousted a couple of folks in the crowd during the Q&A session. In between, he had no reservations about delivering a pair of deep-blue jokes -- even though his co-panelists groaned, grimaced and rolled their eyes.
(For the record, both got booming laughs. But neither should even be paraphrased here.)
He also told one of the night's best anecdotes. He said David called to tell him his character's mother would die in the next season's first episode.
Einstein said, "I told him, 'That's true; my mother did just die.' "
After a pause, he said David replied, "I'm not changing the script."
Then Einstein addressed the other thing every fan of the show wants to know: Is the "Curb" Larry David like the real Larry David? "Larry won't like this," he said, "but he's a great guy ... a giving person, a decent person."
David harrumphed. Several panelists noted that he doesn't take compliments well, though he got them from everybody.
That includes Essman, who plays Jeff's profane, often hateful and always unflappable wife. She got a rise out of the crowd when the topic turned to how "Curb" fans react upon meeting her. "People come up to me anywhere -- in an airport in St. Louis -- and beg, BEG me to tell them to go fuck themselves."
The show's characters are famous for their bickering, sniping and general malice aforethought toward one another. Garlin recalled that a wardrobe woman once asked the cast, "Why can't everybody just get along?"
"People see us fighting on TV, but we get along off-camera," he said.
Einstein agreed. In a rare moment of semi-seriousness, he said: "We all genuinely like each other. You can't do improvisation if you're doing it with an asshole."
There were a few mock -- and maybe just a few not-quite-mock -- squabbles among the panelists as they seemed to slip into character, but most simply led to stories. Lewis groused about meeting David for dinner after they hadn't seen each other in months. He arrived early and told the waiter that he would be picking up the tab. David showed up and proceeded to order "about 30 entrees" -- then his cell phone rang.
It was Steve Martin, and it turns out that David had forgotten about poker night. Said Lewis, "He clicked the phone closed and was out of there after about 20 seconds. Never even said he was sorry."
David grinned a little. "Well, that's true," he said. "But when you play poker and don't have a sixth guy. ..."
After the laughs ebbed, he added, "Sorry, Richard."
I don't know if anything can redeem the disappointment that was the last season.
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' round-table in works
Susie Essman will host discussions of the HBO comedy
Source: Hollywood Reporter
TV Guide is launching a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" round-table discussion series that will air in conjunction with the show's syndicated run on the network.
"Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Discussion" will be hosted by series regular Susie Essman (Susie Greene) and will feature a panel of celebrities and pundits who will "debate the moral implications featured in each episode."
"Finally, thanks to the TV Guide Network, I'll get a chance to watch actual, intelligent people discuss and debate the issues addressed on 'Curb,' " creator Larry David said. "Now if only someone could tell me where this alleged 'network' is, I might even watch it."
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' renewed
Eighth season of HBO comedy will air in 2011
Source: Hollywood Reporter
HBO has ordered another season of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
The network renewed the series for its standard 10 episodes, which will debut next year.
"After much soul searching -- and by the way, it was nowhere to be found – I have decided to do another season of 'Curb,' " creator David said. "I look forward to the end of shooting, when I can once again resume the hunt for my elusive soul. I know it's here somewhere or perhaps in the rugged mountainous regions of Pakistan."
Adds HBO programming president Michael Lombardo: "Larry always loves to paint himself into a corner, and after the incredibly wonderful seventh season of 'Curb,' you have to ask, 'How does he ever top this?' But he always finds a way. We can't wait to see what he does in season eight."
With 70 episodes to date, "Curb" has become HBO's longest-running scripted series.
Quote from: MacGuffin on April 20, 2010, 04:27:08 PM
With 70 episodes to date, "Curb" has become HBO's longest-running scripted series.
What an appropriate show to set such a record.
Next Season of Curb will be in NY!!!
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/05/curb_your_enthusiasm_is_coming.html
Quote from: // w ø l r å s on April 22, 2010, 05:04:26 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin on April 20, 2010, 04:27:08 PM
With 70 episodes to date, "Curb" has become HBO's longest-running scripted series.
What an appropriate show to set such a record.
That's a misleading figure because though it's been on the air the longest techinically (with HUGE gaps in between seasons) Entourage has more episodes (with 85 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387199/) to date). That seems more indicative of HBO these days.
sopranos had 86 episodes. i'm sure curb will end up passing both but yea thats a wonky figure.
Quote from: ddiggler on May 19, 2010, 04:07:20 PM
sopranos had 86 episodes. i'm sure curb will end up passing both
probly not if this is the last season. (70+10=80)
but yeah mod's right, the article is not really inaccurate it's just stating two separate facts as if they are related.. journalism!
Ricky Gervais set to 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and more for HBO
Comedian quickly becoming a network staple
Published on Saturday, Jun 12, 2010 By HitFix Staff
Credit: AP PhotoRicky Gervais is getting serious about HBO. Sure, his BBC series "Extras" found its American home on the cable network. Yes, his animated "The Ricky Gervais Show" was just picked up for a second season. And, of course, we can't forget his stand up special on the network. However, its Gervais' appearance on the new season of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" that will perk the interest of many Sunday night viewers.
Gervais wouldn't provide many details to industry trade Variety except to announce he'd be playing himself and be featured in the 8th episode. It's unclear if he'll appear in more than one episode, but rival trade The Hollywood Reporter (who was scooped on the story) insists it's just that one. Last season, arguably the best in the show's history, the former cast of "Seinfield" and Rosie O'Donnell appeared as themselves in multiple episodes and different storylines. Production on season eight is expected to begin this summer for a 2011 return.
In other news, the British comedian confirmed he may also bring his latest BBC pilot, "Life's Too Short," to the cable network. Developed with longtime collaborator Stephen Merchant, "Short" stars Warwick Davis and centers on the hardships of being a dwarf in the entertainment industry. Both Gervais and Merchant will co-star in the series if it gets a green light.
And, most importantly, Gervais will return to host the 2011 Golden Globe Awards. A gig that was announced a staggering nine months early this past April. Of course, that's on NBC, but we gotta throw it in there for context.
Season 8 Trailer here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8iW4vr1EaU)
back in a week!
haiku review:
girl scouts are funny,
his soul is separated
from actual lives.
Episode 1 of season 8 sucked, but episode 2 was one of the funniest episodes of Curb I've ever seen. The boobs, Richard Lewis returning, Leon being ghetto, white women being white, everyone scared of being racist, it had everything. The Capo raising her fists to Larry was one of the funniest moments in Curb history.
last night's was the funniest episode in the series that comes to my mind. so irreverent and spot on. and jeff was so good. i think the thing about this show is that larry's probably too cocky to be likeable, but in this one he was just fine. LOL.
Quote from: cronopio 2 on July 25, 2011, 08:54:24 PM
last night's was the funniest episode in the series that comes to my mind.
Agreed. Too many great things in one episode. Funkhouser is pure gold this season. Jeff, Sammie, Susie, Palestineans, LOL, everything was perfect.
It was hilarious. The last two episodes have been some of my favorites of the series. I didn't think it could come back and be awesome, but it has.
Ricky Gervais killed on the last episode of Curb. This has been one of the best seasons.
It really has. Bringing on the extra writers has tightened up the stories. And I'm very excited to see what interactions Larry has with New Yorkers (if there is anything different about it, etc).
The Palestinian chicken episode was very very strong, but my favorite moment of the season thus far is Larry's interactions with the residents of the battered women shelter. (Michael Hitchcock's silent talking was amazing as well). For me, some of the best Curb happens when you can get behind Larry and his outrage(the pig parker, chat and cut, poop on the lawn, etc). But of course, what would the show be without his selfish and inconsiderate actions?
Very happy with this season.
ricky gervais proved to be a formidable opponent. he needs more ricky or more formidable opponents. an arch-nemesis, if you will.
good call, ricky would be a perfect arch-nemesis that pops up now and then.
Did anyone watch the finale? Probably my favorite season after 3 & 4. Definitely redeemed itself.
Leon telling Larry he couldn't fight Michael J. Fox because he would fuck him up and telling Larry he should fight him because it would be a fair fight had me dying. "People who shake, old ladies, children, those are all fair fights for you, Larry."
Yeah, great Leon moments last night (and this season in general). I love how they've taken what could, essentially, be the laziest, aggressively loud stereotype for David to play off of and made it something genuinely funny and occasionally affectionate.
Plus, he gets the most memorable lines:
"It's a Chalupa inside a burrito... wrapped the fuck up."