"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000) TV series 2000-????

Creator:

Larry David

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

15 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Deep inside you know you're him.

Plot:

He's got it all: a loving wife, good friends, a successful career, a great home..what could possibly go wrong for Larry David...

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | Actor Playing Himself | Vulgarity | Handheld Camera | Cult Favorite

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 62 nominations

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 4 of 107)

Larry David	...	Himself (70 episodes, 2000-2009)
Cheryl Hines	...	Cheryl David (68 episodes, 2000-2009)
Jeff Garlin	...	Jeff Greene (67 episodes, 2000-2009)
Susie Essman	...	Susie Greene (43 episodes, 2000-2009)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | USA:Not Rated (DVD Rating - Seasons 1-3) | USA:TV-MA | Netherlands:AL | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | UK:18 (some episodes) | UK:PG (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Byzantine Greek Restaurant - 208 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, California, USA

Company:

HBO Films

Trivia:

Larry David and Richard Lewis, who has a recurring role as himself, went to summer camp together at the age of 13, lost contact and reconnected on the New York comedy club circuit nearly 15 years later.

Goofs:

Continuity: In season five Richard Lewis has a set of golf clubs that he's so attached to that he won't loan them out, even to Larry who has just agreed to give him a life saving kidney transplant. In season six Larry and Jeff take Richard golfing and he knows nothing about the game.

Quotes:

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?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: Chick Cancer (#5.7)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Sur Les Bateaux Mouche

Some People Just Aren't Getting It...

I think too many people are looking to this show as a Seinfeld spin-off. The truth is, it's not, and you have to take the show for what it truly is. Larry David, in his great comedic brilliance, is not trying to glorify himself with this show, you can tell that just from watching one episode. Instead, he is really utilizing a caricature of a rich, whipped, neurotic yuppie to skewer the image of life at the top. His character (even though he is essentially playing himself), bumbles, complains, talks himself into painful situations, and is ultimately served devilishly funny comeuppance from episode to episode. This self-deprecating humor wouldn't work for anybody else, but for a guy like Larry David, this material works perfectly, because he seems so easy to laugh at (and I have a feeling this is hardly accidental, which is why his comedy is truly brilliant.) I really have to marvel at the idea of anyone NOT being able to laugh at this show. It's the greatest comedic take on life and the human condition that has ever been captured on film. All other television comedies of this era pale in comparison. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is possibly the salvation of true comedy TV, in an age when good television comedies are few and far between.