![]() I Steal Forks From Restaurants Toddler and Youth Kids Tee Shirt in 5 Colors Based on the classic season ender where Larry is forced to wear a sandwich board with the saying on it. ![]() Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Sixth Season $39.98 Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 01/29/2008 Run time: 300 minutes Rating: Nr ![]() Curb Your Enthusiasm 27 x 40 (approx.) Poster $19.99 This 27 x 40 (approx.) poster is from Curb Your Enthusiasm (2003) ![]() Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete First Season $39.98 Like its fellow HBO series Sex and the City, this half-hour comedy broke some TV rules and went from critics' darling to an award-winning series in three years. Curb is the brainchild of star-creator Larry David who co-created Seinfeld and was the basis for the easily rattled George Costanza (who was played by Jason Alexander). Like George, David has a tendency to speak too much, blow things out of proportion, and, most often, fail in the end (and often liking it that way). David's new show is also like his predecessor: it's about "nothing" except following the day-to-day ramblings of a sometime writer and comic (this time in L.A.). Eternal questions stemming from universal daily dilemmas are honed to perfect comedic absurdity. A notable exception is the show is only scripted by plot; much of the action is improvised. The first season starts with a one-hour mockumentary following David's return to stand-up for the first time in years; the other 10 episodes follow a more traditional sit-com setup. David plays "himself" (as does his friend, Richard Lewis) although his manager and wife are played by comedians Jeff Garlin and Cheryl Hines. Although this first season is a comedic gem, one can't take more than an episode or two at a time--it's acidic, biting comedy. The episodes are often built like a house of cards, which the irritable David will surely collapse by the end. Like another caustic TV character, Dabney Colman's Buffalo Bill (1983-84), Larry David is not for everybody. --Doug Thomas |
|