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Summary: FUNNIEST SHOW ON TV
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Larry David has it made. He's got mega millions from cocreating "Seinfeld," he has free time, a beautiful long-suffering wife, a fabulous home and famous friends. So what's the problem? For answers, check out the funniest show on TV.
In 10 laugh out loud episodes, see Larry deal with the details of his sigular every day life as he processes his words and often actions via his slightly neurotic brain.
Lovably acerbic, accident prone and inadvertently alienating, this season revolves around Larry and manager Jeff investing in and running a trendy restaurant. Along the way he endorses a nutty nanny, screws up an Alanis Morissette concert, becomes a grave robber among other mishaps. The "Krazee-Eyez Killa" episode is an instant classic. There's an OK hour of extras with the Comedy Arts Festival.
If you don't have HBO, this is a bargain if you want guaranteed laughs. Start with Season One and work your way through the interconnected (but stand alone) episodes. No need to thank me. Happy to be of service.
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Summary: Sooo funny!
Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm is so funny, Larry David is one of the most original comedians of the past decade.
This DVD set is hours of humor.
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Summary: The difinative season of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm
-Season three episode guide:301- Chet's Shirt (9/15/02) 302- The Benadryl Brownie (9/22/02) 303- Club Soda and Salt (9/27/02) 304- The Nanny (10/6/02) 305- The Terrorist Attack (10/13/02) 306- The Special Section (10/20/02) 307- The Corpse-Sniffing Dog (10/27/02) 308- Crazy-Eyez Killah (11/3/02) 309- Mary, Joseph, and Larry (11/10/02) 310- The Grand Opening (11/17/02) The first season of Curb Lacks the kind of overall plot connecting the episodes that the most recent three seasons have had. The second season steered Curb in a very "Seinfeld" direction as Larry begins to pitch a TV series (Starring, initially, Jason Alexander, and later Julia Louis-Dreyfus) to several networks, very similar to Seinfeld's fourth season. Finally, it seems, Curb Your Enthusiasm "found itself", so to speak, with its third season. The third season's plot finds Larry investing in a resturaunt along with several other celebrities. So finally, after a hectic albeit funny first and second season, the show settled down and focused on connecting and inter-weaving the episodes in really interesting and unique ways while still leaving each open-ended enough to be enjoyed alone. The time Curb saved slimming down non-plot-essential information went into a good deal of critically needed character development. Remarkably, the deepest character in the first two seasons is Larry's manager, Jeff. Luckily, Larry and Cheryl are at the core of almost every aspect of the third season. Their family lives are fleshed-out in much greater detail, making both seem infinitely more human. And this character-development allowed Curb Your Enthusiasm, in my opinion, to become truly great. -Colin George
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Summary: Great TV time !
Review: CYE has matured to move away from the single, self-enclosed episode format to offer an overarching storyline. The first episode kicks off the main theme of Larry investing in a restaurant with celebrities Ted Danson and Michael York. The restaurant story wonderfully ties together the 10 miniplots, each dealing with several different themes. Season 3 covers the threat of a terrorist attack, piñatas, tipping, a corpse-sniffing dog, affinity between bald men, house tours, pubic hairs, pet allergies, accusations of stalking, marital jealousy, gossip, Bartlett pears and more. Is it okay to ask a mourning widow where her late husband bought the shirt he's wearing in a photo? Can you throw trash in someone else's trash can? Can you turn down a house tour? Is it okay to congratulate someone on his kid's big penis? Nothing is holy, nothing off limits, especially not religion. David tackles Christian Science's aversion to medicine, Jews with tattoos, and spreads his own brand of Christmas cheer when he ruins a manger scene by eating Baby Jesus.
Of all three seasons so far, Season 3 is not only the most quotable, it's also the most uplifting. Larry still gets into heaps of trouble and you'll be cringing at the masterful derailments and degeneration into total chaos, but in the end, Larry actually emerges with his head held high. You'll start to understand the man. You'll know that he doesn't hate people. He just hates the ones he knows.
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Summary: Awesome show, disappointing DVD
Review: Don't let the 3 stars fool you as CYE is an awesome ground breaking show, but this should be pointed out: HBO has a 3 MINUTE into when you insert the disk. I've already spent my dough on a disk, and I don't need any freakin' ads when I go to watch it.
2nd, c'mon Larry, let's get some commentary. You really disappoint me in this regard.
3rd, yet again terrible packaging. This gimmicky pull out needs to go.
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Summary: Worth more seasons than Seinfeld...
Review: First off, don't get me wrong, I love the Seinfeld show. Although Seinfeld gets my good rating, Curb Your Enthusiasm gets my great rating. To me, the Seinfeld show didn't really get worth not missing, till probably halfway through the series. However, Curb Your Enthusiasm has already reached this point of interest in my mind.
For Seinfeld fans who always wondered what the show would be like a little more uncensored, Curb Your Enthusiasm is definitely worth checking out. For fans of comedy blended brilliantly with irony, buy this series. I have to admit that the third season is really when the show begins to keep you on watch detail. Though the seasons always seem to be taking place around the same time. This season is when it really becomes more satisfying to see each episode back to back.
To fans of both shows, I can't recommend this purchase more. Also, to fans of obviously, long-thought out comedy writing and very clever and sometimes precise comedic timing, this show is worth investing attention. For me, buying this series on dvd was a worthwhile investment. I personally can watch any episode of any season and be more entertained than channel surfing.
Finally, I must admit, that I hope this show goes on as long as Seinfeld, if not, longer. I think first time watchers of this show can like it just as much as myself, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: "The absolute best season yet"
Review: HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm really takes off into overdrive in the 3rd season for this series. I am finally glad to see this series get some recognition. This has to be, by far, the funniest thing on television. And this, the 3rd season, is my very favorite, with several of my favorite episodes from the entire series, particulary "Chet's Shirt", "The Corpse-Sniffing Dog", "Crazy-Eyez Killah", and "The Grand Opening".
For the first time, a central theme is loosely followed from the beginning of the season to the end, where Larry along with several celebrity (and non-celebrity) business partners decide to invest in a restaurant. The season finale ends with the grand opening of the restuarant, and it is the most hilarious season finale a comedy show has ever had, in my opinion.
Very Highly Recommended!
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Summary: My enthusiasm will not curb
Review: I am rarely into T.V. shows, but I was told CYE was one of the funniest shows on T.V. Since I don't get HBO, I proceeded to rent the first two seasons on DVD a couple of months ago. Let's just say I had Season 3 pre ordered ASAP. This truly is deserving of the many claims it has received as one of the funniest shows on television. It certainly is the funniest thing I have seen in recent memory.
CYE Season 3 keeps up the hilarity of the previous seasons, and makes the series seem a bit more seamless, although each episode can still be plenty enjoyed as a stand alone. By now, if you are considering purchasing this set, you must have already seen the first two seasons (and if not, what are you waiting for? Go!), and this season is in the same vein as the prior two.
However, this show is not for everyone and the faint of heart. Yes there are awkward situations and sexual references, yes there is vulgarity, and if that is all you can see (or if you can't handle it), then this show is certainly not for you. If you are a person who is easily offended by some dirty humor, you'll want to stay far, far away from Curb. But there is genuine comic genius in just about every episode of this show, and if you can deal with the wanton attitude and coarse nature of the show, then you're in for a real treat. Once again, if you've already seen the first two seasons already, you'll know what you're in for.
If Seinfeld was a show about nothing, CYE is a show about nothing that quickly turns into something. In case you haven't already seen the show, seemingly trivial and minor incidents that occur to Larry David early on always become magnified and return to play a role of huge consequence later in the episode. If you think you're having a bad day, just wait until you see some of the exploits of Larry David. The man must have the worst luck around! If you appreciate the style of humor the show has, you will surely burst out laughing at least once every episode. Larry David may come off as a direspectful, ignorant, snob to some, but I'm sure most people can relate to him at least in some small degree. Highly Reccomended.
And now, I'll be not so patiently sitting around waiting for the next season of CYE to hit dvd...
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Summary: I cannot curb my enthusiasm
Review: I cannot curb my enthusiasm.
Larry David is simply too funny.
I am extremely enthusiastic about this 3rd Season release.
I simply cannot curb my enthusiasm.
I will not curb my enthusiam.
My enthusiasm is uncurbed.
When can I buy Season 4?
and Season 5?
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Summary: CURB'S THIRD SEASON: More Great Laughs!
Review: I've already said that Larry David and Curb Your Enthusiasm are keeping me going (laughing) in an otherwise troubled world. (That this terrific show has come about largely in the Bush years is either by some magical design or merely a lucky break for guys like me.) Each episode is like a well-oiled machine and with a structure that is worthy of study in any film class. All the touches are there: terrific performers who nail their characters; recurring musical themes that subtly underscore the action; plot lines that bring together seemingly loose threads which, by the end, render a perfect piece of cloth; crisp editing to capture the very best of the largely-improvised moments. Season Three is as fresh and enjoyable as the first two seasons, and includes several classic moments: Larry inadvertently eating the nativity cookies his wife and inlaws bake in celebration of Christmas, and, classically, his failed attempt to redeem himself by hiring live performers to recreate the nativity scene on his front lawn; Larry's interaction with a rapper named Krazee-Eyez Killa, in which two very different worlds collide; the Looney Tunes nanny who ends up giving a purpose to sponge cake; and on and on. I can't wait until season four is available. I want them all in my collection. You will, too.
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