Curb Your Enthusiasm

Dear Light,

Haven't seen that final episode yet but indeed am looking forward to it. It's truely something from Nothing.

Does Jerry Seinfeld act like Larry David or does Larry David act like Jerry Seinfeld to confuse us ? Maybe Larry has a bet with Seinfeld that he can successfully take his schtick and make it his own or vice versa. Whatever, It's good inside schtick no ?

That was great, wasn't it? I thought the beginning part when he fired the original chef was a scream.

Absolute beauty. The show kills me. Less is more, indeed.

Curb Your Enthusiasm is in TONIGHT!

was he the guy that co-wrote Seinfeld Chronicles?

This program doesn't do it for me.

I like most eveything else HBO does--Sopranos, SFU, Sex in the City--but I find Larry David too anal-retentive to be funny.

Certainly see where George Costanza came from!

Isn't Jeff's wife the worst bitch!! She cracks me up!

I just love the way one misstep snowballs into a huge situation.

There is a "shaggy dog story" element in the development of each episode. Tell me nobody knows an anal retentive associate which Larry is emulating to the hilt. But he isn't all bad. He bumbles through life with lots of clues but only picks up on the unimportant ones. Those who don't find it funny perhaps should look at themselves?

It has some of the too tense effect that "Fawlty Towers" had on me - you know how he gets himself in worse and worse situations and there is no resolution and you are left sort of all wound up...

You guys are way ahead of us with the episodes, so I have no idea what restaurant thing you are talking about - just a general observation.

I loved Wanda, and the episode about her engagement to the rap star Killah something...

"Are you my caucasian? You my caucasian?"

He's perfected the Seinfeld Snowball.

Good to see Richard Lewis, too.

Crazy Eyes Killah! That was a classic!

The chef that Larry hires for the restaurant has cussing fits including the "f" work. They are very apprehensive at opening night because the kitchen has an open window to the main restaurant area. I won't spoil the outrageously funny result, a perfect topper to the season. I also love the episode with the necklace that Richard Lewis and Larry were fighting over and the connecting episode where they helped a blind man arrange his furniture. This is situation comedy where the situations are real life -- however, I doubt that any of us handle it with quite the plodding, inept charm of Larry...

Larry David, trying to find Krazy Eyes Killah in the phone book:

"Would it be under C for Crazy,...or E for Eyes. I mean, would Eyes be considered his last name? Do you know if he spells Crazy with a C or a K. You know, they always purposefully misspell their names, rap stars..."

I thought it was funny when he ate Baby Jesus cookie. His Christian in-laws were horrified. He makes Christmas funny.

The Christmas bonus episode was cleverly funny. I also love the stolen restaurant silverware episode when Larry insists on taking food out to their driver.

Wiz, I loved that jewelry episode, too. There is something about grown men (actually 50-somethings) wrestling over anything that is just so outrageously ridiculous! I also loved the episode where Larry and Cheryl go to her friend's house, whose husband had died, and he asks her why she hasn't finished framing the artwork they left with her. She says, "Larry my husband died." Larry says, "It's been four months."

Somebody help.
Didn't Larry's dad not call him when his mother died? I was in and out of the room that night. Something about not wanting to trouble him????

Larry is inappropriate, and none too empathetic with the death issue.

<Just like me> I did a diagram at work, showing how many grandparents we all had, and the possible scenario for funeral flower cost over the next two quarters. They were taking up money for everything. I was pissed. One girl had surgery, two dead grandparents, a divorce and secretary's day all in one year. Plus, she hit me up for her kid's school fundraising project. I didn't want the damned wrapping paper.My cost: $125. for that one blithering woman--
And, she was a shitty secretary.

I feel Larry's pain.

Well Sophia, at least when that magazine salesmen trying to get to Disneyland shows up at your door, you can say "I gave at the office".

Sofia, Your memory is correct. Larry's mom died when he was in New York filming a Martin Scorsese movie. (This is the aforementioned Krazy Eyes Killah episode.) His dad didn't want too bother him, so they had the funeral and buried her before Larry got back.