Curb Your Enthusiasm - C or D?

i placed it immediately because he was using his Triumph voice

amazing ep

this and the first new york episode were good

fred melamed as the analyst was brilliant

Great episode! It's amazing that they managed to fit in so many great subplots.

awaiting british reaction to this episode btw

― J0rdan S., Monday, September 5, 2011 8:23 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

I liked it a lot, and it was the first time I've heard of any of the niche North American sport stars it feautured.

Laughed a lot a episode 9, best of this season, especially Susie in the car. Leon was on form too.

Kinda missing Funkhouser & Richard a little though.

Yeah Leon was great in this ep, he's been great all season though. Bit disappointed by Jeff and Susie so far - Jeff needs to do more conspiring and sneaking around and Susie needs to unleash the fury more often.

Supporting characters were absolutely A++++ in this ep. The softball mechanic dude was hilarious, see also Larry's shrink. If I could laugh and stare in openmouthed horror at the same time I would have been doing that during the "director, let's say he directed Star Wars, he liked to visit prostitutes" scene.

Kinda missing Funkhouser & Richard a little though.

Cosign. Few things make me happier than watching Richard berate Larry over some miniscule point of principle.

awaiting british reaction to this episode btw

― J0rdan S., Monday, September 5, 2011 8:23 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

I liked it a lot, and it was the first time I've heard of any of the niche North American sport stars it feautured.

― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, September 7, 2011 6:20 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

Yeah, I had no idea who any of the people were but it wasn't difficult to get it. I wonder if George Lucas is as good a sport as Buckner? What was mystifying was seeing the late Clement Freud playing Larry's therapist.

And the bonus Jonathan Ames appearance was nice.

What was mystifying was seeing the late Clement Freud playing Larry's therapist.

Ha, yeah.

amazing ep

― https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Monday, September 5, 2011 1:29 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

also the clement freud guy is great in a serious man

Still laughing at "don't let the door go between your legs on the way out!"

George Lucas is a prostitute himself.
ratmpro 2 days ago

so, will the kid be gay?
and is it just a Parkinson's?

serious questions to consider till the next season start.

great episode.

I was disappointed by this episode. To me it looked like they'll be back in LA next season without any continuity with what happened at the end of this season.

The pillow sham was amazing.

Michael J killed it in this. I also found the really fake Paris pretty funny.

watched 1-9 w/hangover on saturday and ep 10 last night

classic series imo, top 3

Michael J Fox stuff felt really obvious and half-arsed, but it was worth it for Leon's "he gives you a cock, shakes that cock up, get sperm all up in your face". Leon has been absolutely classic this series. Jeff and Susie not so much.

The stuff with the kid was really funny though - "get a life, Jews!" Loved the fake Paris as well.

Curiously uninvolved by the second half of this series really. It's been okay, it's definitely had its moments (Palestinian Chicken etc), overall it's been one of the worst series (I don't have much love for S4 but that at least has the amazing Car Pool Lane episode).

dunno if i could pick the worst curb series, even when this show is on autopilot i still enjoy it more than pretty much anything else on tv

The worst season was S5, hands down. I loved S4 at the time, but it's been years since I've seen any of the episodes and I'm not sure how well they hold up. S7 is a grower. S8 may have been the best of them all but I should re-watch the early seasons at some point.

I've seen every episode and I have no idea which show was in which season

Watched the one with the car periscope last night. Was dying. Season's pretty good imo.

"this show is on autopilot i still enjoy it more than pretty much anything else on tv"

otm

Missed Palestinian Chicken on More4 last night and OnDemand is lame - anyone got a link?

[illegal download link removed]

Sidereel still has some links up.

obama is visiting australia today - i watched the curb ep with larry and leon mixing up their phones the other day, all i can think is "I'M THE PRESIDENT OF HITTIN DAT ASS" every time i hear the visit mentioned on the radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfl5U8LRd6I

obama is visiting australia today - i watched the curb ep with larry and leon mixing up their phones the other day, all i can think is "I'M THE PRESIDENT OF HITTIN DAT ASS" every time i hear the visit mentioned on the radio.

Ha, yeah, I think of Leon saying "Barack Obama, motherfucker!" with some regularity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQt0eZKqgqM

finally caught up on season 7 and 8, I'm thrilled with how well this show has rebounded.

"Mister Softee" was one of those that was like a great Seinfeld episode where you look back and wonder how the hell they managed to cram so many plots into one episode. Is a Series 9 coming soon?

that film that was just out on hbo is just a long (good) episode of curb. recommended. weirdly underpromoted though, so much so i can't even remember what it's called.

something like 5 laughs in 100 minutes is not considered as "good for me

more like a mediocre and overlong episode

ive only watched the chicago bit and was pretty underwhelmed

It's called Clear History. And LD is being non-committal about when/if CYE is coming back.

i thought they were filming the next season of CYE more than a year ago

nah, it's not up there with the killer episodes of curb but it's decent enough. full disclosure: i've been trying to fill the LD void with louis ck's weak shit so maybe i'm giving this new film too much leeway

I was down for a whole day with stomach stuff and watched Clear History in a sleep-deprived haze, but really enjoyed it. It's totally throwaway, not as funny as Curb, but it had some fun people in it and was just very...fluffy and amiable. It reminded me of some of the recent Woody Allen caper-ish movies like Small Time Crooks. I think any fan of Larry who has seen all of Curb would find something to like in it, but otherwise it's not going to convert anyone. I was certainly glad of it that day and now plan to visit Martha's Vineyard when I have a chance.

Also had no idea that was Kate Hudson until the credits rolled!

admrl's assesment of Clear History is right on the money. I recommend it!!

my gf had never seen curb your enthusiasm before, so a few nights i excitedly cued up season 1, episode 1. i remembered it as being really funny (it's the tent pants episode), but man, i didn't realize how painfully terrible the acting was in the early episodes! it was a little hard to watch - i suppose they hadn't gotten their characters down yet, or the whole improvising off of an outline thing. i skipped ahead to an episode from season 4 and it was like watching a totally different show.

You skipped directly to Season Four, of all seasons? 2-3 are a cut above everything else IMO, there's loads of great stuff throughout but those two are majestic.

oh, it was a skip ahead just for a single episode. it was more of a plea, like, "no i swear the acting isn't normally this bad, it's actually quite good, here check out any episode that is not one of the first few!"

I think the later seasons have considerably less improvisation in them as well.

Clear History is appalling. It's definitely reminiscent of latter-day Woody Allen in that it's a load of ostensibly funny people in a completely humourless movie

I did not know that was Kate Hudson either