Curb Your Enthusiasm

Cling Bak

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We got any fans on here of Curb? Possibly my favourite TV show of all time. Everything about it is spot on: the writing, the casting, the scenarios, the twists in each episode - it's just superb.

A few of my favourite quotes:

Man: You know what you are? You're a self-loathing Jew.
Larry: Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish.

Larry: He insulted me. He implied that I was lying about my stepfather!
Jeff: You don't have a stepfather.
Larry: I know, but I didn't like the implication!

[Larry is a car salesman for the day]
Man: Now, I see this car is a GT, but in the brochure it says you also have a GTS… What’s the difference?
Larry: Well, erm, let's see... The GTS is: ‘Guaranteed Tremendous Safety’.
Man: So, without the ‘S’ it’s just ‘Guaranteed Tremendous’?
Larry: Yes.

"[to president of ABC] Here's a question for "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"- what kind of an idiot is running ABC?"


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Have you seen all of season 6? It's arguably the best yet, some of the shit Larry gets himself into is unbelievable.

Season 7 is due but has been delayed due to the cast having other filming committments.
 
it is one of my favorite TV comedies ever - larry david is a fecking genius

i dont understand why they only show this on random Freeview channel or late at night - this stuff should be primetime !
 
Cling Bak said:
Have you seen all of season 6? It's arguably the best yet, some of the shit Larry gets himself into is unbelievable.

Season 7 is due but has been delayed due to the cast having other filming committments.
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I've seen all episodes. Personally didnt think 6 was the funniest but it was still brilliant as usual.

7 should be interesting considering the way 6 ended.
 
I agree. It's mostly on More 4, but in fairness I think I've only ever watched 1 episode when it's been on television, I've always bought them on DVD. Or originally in season 6's case, downloaded it after it was on in US.

Anyone got a favourite episode? Krazee Eyez Killa is up there for me.
 
my fave is the one where Larry has a near death experience and ends up in heaven but they send him back - one of his guardian angels is Ali G - classic
 
Great show, reminds me abit of Victor Meldrew in the sense he can't do a fecking thing right.
 
Cling Bak said:
Have you seen all of season 6? It's arguably the best yet, some of the shit Larry gets himself into is unbelievable.

Season 7 is due but has been delayed due to the cast having other filming committments.
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That's just wrong. 6 was no where close to being the funniest.
 
I love Curb your Enthusiasm, haven't seen Season 6 yet though. Was going to buy it the other day but it was like $60 ffs.

I thought Season 5 was a bit rubbish at first, but I watched it again a few months later and I thought a lot better of it

My favourite episode's the one where Larry gets his penis bitten by the dog so everyone thinks he's some kind of pervert :lol:
 
UBERScholes said:
I love Curb your Enthusiasm, haven't seen Season 6 yet though. Was going to buy it the other day but it was like $60 ffs.

I thought Season 5 was a bit rubbish at first, but I watched it again a few months later and I thought a lot better of it

My favourite episode's the one where Larry gets his penis bitten by the dog so everyone thinks he's some kind of pervert :lol:
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Yes, I was on the floor for 5 mins laughing when he comes out and shots that the dog bit his penis.

Brilliant.
 
I was crying when they're in the hospital and Jeff's telling Cheryl about how the Dog gave Larry a boner. Look on Larry's face is priceless :lol:
 
crappycraperson said:
That's just wrong. 6 was no where close to being the funniest.
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I thought it was hilarious. The stuff he does is amazing, from the memorial service to the freak book to his therapist and the Black family are sensational. I realise every series is class, but for me 6 is right up there.

UBERScholes said:
I love Curb your Enthusiasm, haven't seen Season 6 yet though. Was going to buy it the other day but it was like $60 ffs.
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Play.com has it for £16.
 
Series 1, 2 and 3 were brilliant. The opening of the restaurant was the funniest bit of TV comedy I've seen since Brass Eye's 'Cake' episode.

Series 4 was patchy, and series 5 pretty disappointing. Haven't seen 6 yet.

Curb's at its best when it's realistic. Departing from realism ruins it... the whole Producers shtick and the 'death' episode being cases in point.

It's a great show, but there's something missing from it, which means for me it'll never be quite up there with the likes of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers. It's hard to say what it is, but possibly it's missing a bit of soul. There's nothing wrong with having a bit of a twat as a main character - as in those shows I just mentioned. But virtually everyone in Curb (as in Seinfeld) is totally selfish and mean-spirited. In some odd way that leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, despite its undeniable brilliance.

Cockbiscuit

Cling Bak said:
Man: You know what you are? You're a self-loathing Jew.
Larry: Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish.
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That's a great line but it was also lifted almost word for word - if probably unconsciously - off Woody Allen
 
Plechazunga said:
Series 1, 2 and 3 were brilliant. The opening of the restaurant was the funniest bit of TV comedy I've seen since Brass Eye's 'Cake' episode.

Series 4 was patchy, and series 5 pretty disappointing. Haven't seen 6 yet.

Curb's at its best when it's realistic. Departing from realism ruins it... the whole Producers shtick and the 'death' episode being cases in point.

It's a great show, but there's something missing from it, which means for me it'll never be quite up there with the likes of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers. It's hard to say what it is, but possibly it's missing a bit of soul. There's nothing wrong with having a bit of a twat as a main character - as in those shows I just mentioned. But virtually everyone in Curb (as in Seinfeld) is totally selfish and mean-spirited. In some odd way that leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, despite its undeniable brilliance.

Cockbiscuit



That's a great line but it was also lifted almost word for word - if probably unconsciously - off Woody Allen
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Brass Eye, another discussion could unfold there I feel! Just to say that Cake episode is something else...

I really enjoyed Series 5. I think the whole storyline with Richard Lewis needing a kidney is very funny and you also have the Seder, Korean Bookie & Ski Lift episodes, which would also be up there for me as my favourites. I agree about his death, that did dip into some sort of Scrubs type scenario which I wasn't hot on. But I did love the montage's of all the stuff he'd done over 5 seasons.

Whilst it's "a show about nothing", there does need to be something to it, the fact that everyone is mean-spirited and usually a complete idiot kind of makes that possible. Otherwise it's nothing.

Why do I always (and I mean always) find myself agreeing with Larry? No matter what the situation. That is then backed up by Jeff who also always agrees. That for me is a very clever piece of writing and comedy because sometimes you even realise what's happening is wrong, yet you still agree with him.
 
i absolutely love curb

i thought season 6 was pretty good, the brother from the black family was great 'you got some long-ass balls larry' and i thought steve coogan was good as the therapist in the episodes he was in

one of my fave episodes was from season 2 (i think) where he goes to a barbeque and notices a kid has a big penis so he compliments the boys dad on it! 'your kids got some penis' :lol:

and when cheryl asks why he said that his answer is 'i took a risk'. Brilliant

can't wait for season 7
 
Red_Aaron said:
one of my fave episodes was from season 2 (i think) where he goes to a barbeque and notices a kid has a big penis so he compliments the boys dad on it! 'your kids got some penis' :lol:
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:lol: feck Hugh
 
Cling Bak said:
Whilst it's "a show about nothing",
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That was Seinfeld.

The series with the restaurant opening is curb at it's peak imo. Like seinfeld, the way that the stories all come together at the end is genius.

One of my favourite scenes is when he takes a hooker to a baseball game, Larry's reaction when she threatens to flash was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
 
Red_Aaron said:
i absolutely love curb

i thought season 6 was pretty good, the brother from the black family was great 'you got some long-ass balls larry' and i thought steve coogan was good as the therapist in the episodes he was in
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I watched the therapist episode last night, so funny. When they're discussing the mugging plan to Leon and he keeps telling Larry "Ok, so I come along, Larry jumps me, I feck you up, then you look like a hero", Larry's reaction to being told he has to get fecked up by Leon is hilarious.

I_live_cement said:
That was Seinfeld.
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It was and whilst Seinfeld is famed for the line "a show about nothing", Curb is exactly the same.
 
Just watched the last few episodes in Season 5, they were great, when Larry goes to hang out with his 'real' parents hahaha and he totally changes hilarious
 
Plechazunga said:
...something missing from it, which means for me it'll never be quite up there with the likes of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers. It's hard to say what it is, but possibly it's missing a bit of soul......In some odd way that leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, despite its undeniable brilliance.
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Personally I think I need that sort of nastiness to find things funny anymore. Curb is the funniest thing I've seen in years. Last thing I can remember that was even in the ballpark was Larry Sanders.

Hey now.
 
Chris H said:
Personally I think I need that sort of nastiness to find things funny anymore. Curb is the funniest thing I've seen in years. Last thing I can remember that was even in the ballpark was Larry Sanders.

Hey now.
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Curb very much reminds me of Seinfeld, which isnt surprising one bit
 
This is one of my favourites, I have seen all the episodes and Larry David is a genius.

"The Rat Dog" is my favourite recent episode I think. Or any scene which involves dialogue between Larry and Leon.

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Alex said:
Curb very much reminds me of Seinfeld, which isnt surprising one bit
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Watching it, it seems that Larry is the inspiration for both George and Jerry, they both seem to be different parts of him. Or at least, of the character he plays on the show, whom I suspect does have a lot in common with the real Larry David.

Christ what a fecking funny show. Really looking forward to the next season.
 
Yeah hopefully it is better than last season, which wasnt near its best imo; Yeah Larry is a five parts Jerry, four parts George, and one part Kramer
 
Larry: Do you want to come to a dinner party tonight with Jeff, Susie, Lewis and his new girlfriend?
Loretta: Are any black people gon' be there?
Larry: No.
Loretta: Then uh, why would I wan' go?
Larry: Maybe someone with cancer will be there.
 
was watching some old curb the other day, love this quote:

Larry: He insulted me. He implied that I was lying about my stepfather!
Jeff Greene: You don't have a stepfather.
Larry: I know, but I didn't like the implication!

and Leon is pure gold 'you got long balls Larry, some long ass balls change your drawers'
 
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