'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Count Down...

With a little over a month to go before the July 10th premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's never too early to get ready for some Larry David.

Here's the latest Curb trailer, filled with familiar faces in comedy, both alternative and mainstream. Coming up this season are appearances by Paul F. Tompkins, Brett Gelman, Michaela Watkins, Michael J. Fox, Anna Gasteyer, Mad Men's Rich Sommer and legendary SNL writer Alan Zweibel.



The new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm premieres on HBO on July 10th at 10pm.

'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

Is any comedian more New York than Larry David? Don't answer that. Joan Rivers and Jerry Seinfeld could argue the case. Yet, no one embodies New York Jewish anxiety and angst better than David has for seven seasons on Curb Your Enthusiasm. So, it's about time this hilarious and insufferable schnook took the show to his hometown, as he did last summer, to shoot several episodes. With New York dwellers Ricky Gervais and Rosie O'Donnell adding vinegar, plus Susie Essman calling him a big four eyed fuck in the middle of rush hour in mid-town, this is going be an epic homecoming.

Season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm premieres on HBO July 10th. We might not have our summer of Mad Men, but we'll have Larry right where he belongs - in the midst of hot, sticky, angry New York.

Behind The Scenes of Season 8

Larry, You Four Eyed Fuck!

I've been laying low lately due to a death in the family. So it's been hard to sit and write at the moment; however, there are some wonderful waves of television comedy that have brighten a pretty dark time for me right now.

Curb Your Enthusiasm concluded it's seventh season last night with the actual Seinfeld reunion show. This was indeed phenomenal, and was brilliantly handled in such a way that it felt like these characters never left our lives. We picked up right where we left off.

And of course, there is Susie Essman, who is basically my television idol. There is not one fat fucko in this world who will escape her awesome, diabolical wrath.

Jezebel compiled 7 seasons of Susie into one video. I'm unable to embed it here, so here's the link. Check it out.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The beauty of the recent season of Curb is seeing David and Seinfeld together. They genuinely enjoy each others jokes, and it's a treat to see how they crack each other up while interacting.

What I had a problem with in last night's episode "Bare Midriff" was how some of the famous exasperating scenarios are becoming more staged to build up to a laugh. For instance, regarding the writer's assistant with the bare gut. First off, perhaps I'm just a kiss ass, but if I were in her shoes, I wouldn't be getting all pissy with Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. (And I wouldn't have that flabby tummy, much less show it. There is something to be said for core workouts). Second, in seasons past, I think that this would have been handled differently. The assistant would have taken the suggestion of covering up her big belly with a dose of hurt, but then go home and complain to someone. It would get around to Larry making him have to confront her and set everything straight, only to ruin it.

Also, I can't imagine the LAPD would actually take a call about stolen paper napkins seriously, so the basis of that reality kind of kills it for me. When Larry was pulled aside by the cop because of napkins, it felt like an obvious and easy way to make him miss that appointment with the assistant and her mother's co-signing at the bank.

Despite these criticisms (and who am I to do this, really? Larry David is a genius), this comedy is one of the best shows I hardly write about.