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Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American sitcom starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David. Since its 2000 series debut, the HBO show has enjoyed wide critical acclaim and a steadily growing, dedicated audience that has helped it emerge from its early cult status. Through 2004, it has been nominated for twenty Emmy Awards (winning one) and has won a Golden Globe for best television comedy (2003). The series was inspired by a 1999 one-hour mockumentary titled Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, which David and HBO had originally envisioned as a one-time project.
Set in Los Angeles and loosely based on David's life as a semi-retired multi-millionaire in the world after Seinfeld, the series is often described as a more subversive take on that hit program's "show about nothing" motif.
Shot on location with hand-held cameras, Curb Your Enthusiasm is produced unconventionally, eschewing traditional scripts in favor of detailed scene outlines from which actors improvise dialogue retroscripting. Curb Your Enthusiasm develops ongoing story lines and in-jokes set around David's interaction with his patient but put-upon wife (played by Cheryl Hines). Larry's loyal manager Jeff Greene (played by Jeff Garlin) is always by his side through thick and thin. Jeff's outburst-prone wife Susie (played by Susie Essman) has a tendency to see right through Larry and Jeff's plans.
The show is punctuated between scenes with music orchestrated by Wendall J. Yuponce (first season), and from a music library company called Killer Tracks (seasons two to five). The bouncy opening and closing theme song (not mentioned in the credits) is "Frolic" by Luciano Michelini.
Though many scenarios are drawn from his own experiences, the real-life David has downplayed the notion that he is like the character portrayed onscreen. In a Bob Costas interview, he said that the Larry David of the show was the one he can't be in real life due to his sensitivity to others and to social conventions.
Production on the show's fifth season began in January 2005, with the season premiering on September 25 of that year. According to HBO Chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht, David was asked to make the episodes run less than thirty minutes. Upon receiving the first two new shows, Albrecht discovered that David had turned in episodes clocking in at 29 minutes, 59 seconds with credits.
Curb Your Enthusiasm Episodes
Curb Your Enthusiasm Special
S- 1 17 Oct 99 Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 1
1. 1- 1 1 15 Oct 00 The Pants Tent
2. 1- 2 2 22 Oct 00 Ted and Mary
3. 1- 3 3 29 Oct 00 Porno Gil
4. 1- 4 4 5 Nov 00 The Bracelet
5. 1- 5 5 12 Nov 00 Interior Decorator
6. 1- 6 6 19 Nov 00 The Wire
7. 1- 7 7 26 Nov 00 AAMCO
8. 1- 8 8 3 Dec 00 Beloved Aunt
9. 1- 9 9 10 Dec 00 Affirmative Action
10. 1-10 10 17 Dec 00 The Group
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 2
11. 2- 1 201 23 Sep 01 The Car Salesman
12. 2- 2 2-02 30 Sep 01 Thor
13. 2- 3 2-03 7 Oct 01 Trick or Treat
14. 2- 4 2-04 14 Oct 01 The Shrimp Incident
15. 2- 5 2-05 21 Oct 01 The Thong
16. 2- 6 2-06 28 Oct 01 The Acupuncturist
17. 2- 7 2-07 4 Nov 01 The Doll
18. 2- 8 2-08 11 Nov 01 Shaq
19. 2- 9 2-09 18 Nov 01 The Baptism
20. 2-10 2-10 25 Nov 01 The Massage
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 3
21. 3- 1 3-01 15 Sep 02 Chet's Shirt
22. 3- 2 3-02 22 Sep 02 The Benadryl Brownie
23. 3- 3 3-03 29 Sep 02 Club Soda and Salt
24. 3- 4 3-04 6 Oct 02 The Nanny from Hell
25. 3- 5 3-05 13 Oct 02 The Terrorist Attack
26. 3- 6 3-06 20 Oct 02 The Special Section
27. 3- 7 3-07 27 Oct 02 The Corpse-Sniffing Dog
28. 3- 8 3-08 3 Nov 02 Krazee-Eyez Killa
29. 3- 9 3-09 10 Nov 02 Mary, Joseph and Larry
30. 3-10 3-10 17 Nov 02 The Grand Opening
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 4
31. 4- 1 31 4 Jan 04 Mel's Offer
32. 4- 2 32 11 Jan 04 Ben's Birthday Party
33. 4- 3 33 18 Jan 04 The Blind Date
34. 4- 4 34 25 Jan 04 The Weatherman
35. 4- 5 35 1 Feb 04 The 5 Wood
36. 4- 6 4-06 8 Feb 04 The Car Pool Lane
37. 4- 7 4-07 22 Feb 04 The Surrogate
38. 4- 8 4-08 29 Feb 04 Wandering Bear
39. 4- 9 4-09 7 Mar 04 The Survivor
40. 4-10 4-10 14 Mar 04 Opening Night
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 5
41. 5- 1 25 Sep 05 The Larry David Sandwich
42. 5- 2 2 Oct 05 The Bowtie
43. 5- 3 9 Oct 05 The Christ Nail
44. 5- 4 16 Oct 05 Kamikaze Bingo
45. 5- 5 30 Oct 05 Lewis Needs A Kidney
46. 5- 6 6 Nov 05 The Smoking Jacket
47. 5- 7 13 Nov 05 The Seder
48. 5- 8 20 Nov 05 The Ski Lift
49. 5- 9 27 Nov 05 The Korean Bookie
50. 5-10 4 Dec 05 The End
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