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The first two episodes (the pilot especially) aren't really enough to judge show on. It gets better as it goes on and pretty much peaked with the last or latest season at which point Larry is purestrain George Costanza. All of season 7 is built around a one-off Seinfeld reunion show which at the very least is amazing if you're a Seinfeld fan.
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Stare-Out posted:The first two episodes (the pilot especially) aren't really enough to judge show on. It gets better as it goes on and pretty much peaked with the last or latest season at which point Larry is purestrain George Costanza. All of season 7 is built around a one-off Seinfeld reunion show which at the very least is amazing if you're a Seinfeld fan. Judging the first two episodes of Curb are like judging Seinfeld off of it's first two episodes. Much like Seinfeld the show improves dramatically after season 1.
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Feb 11, 2014 02:38
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Feb 11, 2014 02:54
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CaptainHollywood posted:Judging the first two episodes of Curb are like judging Seinfeld off of it's first two episodes. Much like Seinfeld the show improves dramatically after season 1. I happened to have enjoyed Seinfeld from the first episode. Not necessarily the storyline, but at least the characters were fun and interesting. Larry and his wife and agent all just seem annoying and petty and huge human pushovers. I'll check out some of season 7 and then make my way back near season 2 if it catches my fancy. I've just heard so many good things about it that I want to give it a fair shake before I decide to disregard it completely.
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Feb 11, 2014 03:07
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Drifter posted:Larry and his wife and agent all just seem annoying and petty and huge human pushovers. Do they? 
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Say what you will about MadTV but their parodies were spot-on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmSYZJnp2AE When watching Curb, keep a few things in mind: 1. The show is generally unscripted with only the 'general scene idea' outlined. They know how a scene will end, but most of the dialogue is ad-libbed. 2. Larry David is a crotchety George- and was based off of him. 3. Much like Seinfeld, the show mainly deals with social faux pas/customs. -- here's a few examples of the show's humour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHSIYGP0l_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbIlmYEzlYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twnEWSfDjFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxadhjsy1UI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foghjPNshM4 Every episode is essentially, "Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?" CaptainHollywood fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Feb 11, 2014 |
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Feb 11, 2014 03:47
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I think one of my favorite ever Larry moments is in season 7 when he has to stop and really, really think and consider the pros/cons for awhile before going back and telling that NBC executive information that will literally save his life. He was actually actively considering letting a man die just because the guy had slightly annoyed him a little earlier.
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Feb 11, 2014 03:55
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Gyshall posted:Do they? What does this mean? I don't know what the 'q' thing is. CaptHollywood, I wasn't aware it's mostly unscripted like that, I think that's whatadds to my botherment a lot of the time, everything just seems so...awkward or extended, but in a forced way. And that MadTV skit really hit the mark as far as my experience was concerned - just not as racist. Eh, I'll give it a pass unless someone physically forces me to watch it, I suppose.  vvv - I'll check that one out, thanks. Drifter fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Feb 11, 2014 |
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Feb 11, 2014 04:05
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Drifter posted:I happened to have enjoyed Seinfeld from the first episode. Not necessarily the storyline, but at least the characters were fun and interesting. I love Curb, but I never watch season one, it's just not nearly as funny as the later seasons that have a season long storyline. Check out the episode "The Benadryl Brownie" to see a really fantastic episode.
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Feb 11, 2014 04:05
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I only watched the Seinfeld season of Curb, but it kind of bothered me that Larry always went out of his way to be a total rear end to everyone else, in a way that George never did. Is it one of those shows where you're supposed to hate the main character?
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Feb 11, 2014 04:30
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Larry is inherently pretty unlikeable and an rear end in a top hat, but everyone around him tends to be even worse of an rear end in a top hat, and more often than not, even when Larry does or says something kind of horrible, deep down you know he's right. It's also a really funny show.
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Feb 11, 2014 04:47
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Stare-Out posted:when Larry does or says something kind of horrible, deep down you know he's right. It's also a really funny show. This is what it all comes down to. Larry will sacrifice his own dignity in order to prove a point.
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Feb 11, 2014 04:49
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I was given an HBO sampler DVD once that featured the pilot episode of Flight of the Conchords and "The Doll" from season 2 of Curb Your Enthusiasm (7th episode of the season). It's an episode that stands on its own, represents the series as a whole pretty well, and is really really funny. Try that one.
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CaptainHollywood posted:This is what it all comes down to. Larry will sacrifice his own dignity in order to prove a point. gently caress me, Jew bastard? I just watched "Palestinian Chicken" for the nth time, that really is one of the most perfect half hours of television ever made.
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This thread made me go watch some episodes of S7 of Curb again and I really think if there's one scene that defines Larry's character, it's when Larry is in a position to give a guy he dislikes lifesaving information about a disease he has and considers the outcomes of whether or not he should do it, one of the outcomes being him at the guy's funeral and smugly shrugging at his corpse like "well, what are you gonna do?" He ultimately flips a coin and ends up saving the guy's life. Amazing.
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Feb 12, 2014 01:18
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This was posted in TRP's football pics/vids thread but I thought it belonged here as well. Argentinian club Boca Juniors introduced their new manager and welp,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHuXEbsngGk
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Feb 12, 2014 17:17
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Drifter posted:I happened to have enjoyed Seinfeld from the first episode. Not necessarily the storyline, but at least the characters were fun and interesting. For the record, I skipped to season 7 of Curb after the first two episodes of season 1, and absolutely loved it. It's glorious TV, even the non-reunion stuff. Definitely gonna make my way back through the rest.
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Feb 12, 2014 17:58
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Another reason to love Curb Your Enthusiasm is that it helped save an innocent man from a murder charge. http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/larry.david/
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Feb 12, 2014 18:19
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DrBouvenstein posted:Another reason to love Curb Your Enthusiasm is that it helped save an innocent man from a murder charge. Related: "Carpool Lane" is a great one-off episode of the show to watch.
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Instead of a Seinfeld thread, you're beboppin' and scattin', and I'm losing it!!! 
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Red posted:Instead of a Seinfeld thread, you're beboppin' and scattin', and I'm losing it!!! Am I happy the thread got hi-jacked with Curb chat? Of course not. Do I hope to pick up the pieces and move on? Absolutely.
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T. Finninho posted:This was posted in TRP's football pics/vids thread but I thought it belonged here as well. Argentinian club Boca Juniors introduced their new manager and welp, holy poo poo lol
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Supreme Allah posted:Am I happy the thread got hi-jacked with Curb chat? Of course not. I feel like an out of work porn star.
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Supreme Allah posted:Am I happy the thread got hi-jacked with Curb chat? Of course not. Feel free to go back to posting one-liners from Seinfeld anytime you want.
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Drifter posted:Feel free to go back to posting one-liners from Seinfeld anytime you want. He just did, thanks.
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Feb 12, 2014 20:54
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T. Finninho posted:He just did, thanks. I gotta get on that internet!
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T. Finninho posted:He just did, thanks.  Good to know. 
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T. Finninho posted:This was posted in TRP's football pics/vids thread but I thought it belonged here as well. Argentinian club Boca Juniors introduced their new manager and welp,
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esperantinc posted:I gotta get on that internet! Oh it's a scene man
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Feb 12, 2014 23:01
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Can anyone give me the episode and exact quote where George is being friendly with the waitress and tells Jerry something like "I like to show I can relate to the common folk"
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regulargonzalez posted:Can anyone give me the episode and exact quote where George is being friendly with the waitress and tells Jerry something like "I like to show I can relate to the common folk" "The Fix-Up" Season 3, Episode 16. George: I keep wracking my brain to try and figure out what I did. I was smart, I was funny, I made great small talk with the waitress so she could see I could relate to the commoners, you know, I'm a man of the people.
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The Fix-Up, with Cynthia. "I made great small talk with the waitress so she could see I could relate to the commoners, you know, I'm a man of the people." edit: drat youuuuu 
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Y'all are impressive. Also scary. But mostly impressive.
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Feb 13, 2014 00:59
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T. Finninho posted:He just did, thanks. 
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T. Finninho posted:This was posted in TRP's football pics/vids thread but I thought it belonged here as well. Argentinian club Boca Juniors introduced their new manager and welp, This is incredible, and replaces a confused Uncle Junior on The Sopranos thinking he is Larry David as one of my favorite non-Curb Curb moments.
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Jerusalem posted:This is incredible, and replaces a confused Uncle Junior on The Sopranos thinking he is Larry David as one of my favorite non-Curb Curb moments. Hey, you can't tell that story now. It belongs to Peterman. You signed the release.
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Drifter posted:I just watched the first two episodes from the first season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I did not like it at all. Watch "Thor" from season 2, and maybe "Trick or Treat"
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Capt. Sticl posted:Hey, you can't tell that story now. It belongs to Peterman. You signed the release. The very pants I was returning!
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Did they make a conscious decision to change Kramer from the...weird creepy neighbor guy who is only sort of a friend to an eccentric full member of the group? Was it just an evolution of Michael Richards' acting? It seems like it was maybe after season 1 (or maybe after season 2) that it changed.
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You have a collect call from: HEYBUDDYDONTSAYNO!
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