LarryDavid-related stories
Posted Nov 9th 2009 9:33AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Curb Your Enthusiasm reruns are
coming to basic cable. First they will be shown on the TV Guide Channel next year (doesn't everybody get that channel? I thought it was just a guide to what's on television. They have shows?) and then TV Land in 2013. Any event that brings Larry David's sense of humor to the masses can only be a good thing (Who had the idea for the humor in awkward situations first, Larry or Ricky Gervais?).
Mind you, the show's language is somewhat racy for basic cable. There will be some bleeping here and there. At least there's no prevalent nudity in any episode that I recall. There is some adult subject matter, but nothing basic cable hasn't seen before. Hey, if
The Sopranos can make it to basic cable then Larry David should have no problem.
Given Susie Essman's vocabulary on the series, she may have every third word bleeped. That could possibly make her lines even funnier.
Posted Jul 30th 2009 9:59PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV Royalty, Celebrities, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
If the meta-ness of my headline confuses you, I apologize. It's the best way I could phrase it, because it's kind of mind-blowing in concept.
At today's HBO session at the TCAs, Larry David came on stage to talk about the upcoming season of
Curb Your Enthusiasm. In it, as we all know, he'll be
reuniting the Seinfeld cast on the show. And what will they be doing? They'll be working on... a
Seinfeld reunion episode.
"The context is that for years I've been asked about a
Seinfeld reunion," said David, "and i'd say no it's a lame idea. And then i thought it might be very funny to do that on
Curb, and I kept thinking about it and different scenarios of how to pull it off."
When he talked to Jerry Seinfeld and the cast about it, they were all game. "So doiung a
Seinfeld reunion show on
Curb we'll see writing read through rehersals show being filmed. You won't see the entire show, you'll see parts of the show get an idea of what happened eleven years later."
Continue reading The Seinfeld reunion on Curb will be about a Seinfeld reunion - TCA Report
Posted Jun 19th 2009 1:04PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
It's been a good long while since
Michael Richards has been on television. If you don't know the reason why, then you either don't watch TV or you've been frozen since 1952 and had your body reanimated to combat the deadly disease for which you've found a secret cure.
If it's the second option, then stop being so selfish and share your cure with the world. Stop being so cold, no pun intended.
2009 could mark the beginning of Richards' comeback, as he and the rest of his Seinfeld pals will make an appearance during the new season of
Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Continue reading The entire Seinfeld cast will appear on Curb Your Enthusiasm -- including Michael Richards
Posted Mar 5th 2009 6:04PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
What's a better place for a
Seinfeld reunion than on the other television show of its co-creator?
EW reports that the cast members of the
Seinfeld NBC television series will be
reuniting for a multi-episode arc on Larry David's
Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO.
Granted, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a career at the moment with
The New Adventures of Old Christine, but the others haven't really had a hit in a while. Jerry had his short-lived Microsoft commercials, Michael Richards had his on-stage racist blow-up and Jason Alexander is...somewhere, I'm sure.
Three of the cast members (Seinfeld, Dreyfus and Alexander) have appeared on
Curb before, but never together. I still catch
Seinfeld on re-runs time to time and at its best it still makes me laugh out loud.
I credit the excellent writing (and success) of
Seinfeld more to Larry David than Jerry itself. It's nice to see the cast come back to where I consider its excellence came from.
Posted Oct 23rd 2008 10:55AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
I don't know about you, but in these tough economic times, I've contemplated trimming my TV budget. You know, scaling back the premium channels to save a few bucks ... But there's at least one important reason to hold off on the budget cuts.
Larry David is getting back to work.
HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm resumes production in December and there will be 10 new episodes commencing in 2009. Our long national wait is over, people, Larry and Jeff and Richard and Loretta will live to kvetch and mock again.
Do you realize that the last new episodes of
Curb Your Enthusiasm was a year ago? A year! That's forever in TV, even when you factor in the Writer's Strike. Still, as
Curb fans we're used to waiting. Larry once took off nearly two years between seasons. We understand suffering for the jokes.
When we last saw Larry in action, he had had an epiphany -- or so it seemed. Was his embrace of a happy, family life with the Blacks the real thing? It looked like it, especially that Christmas scene.
Continue reading HBO's Curb getting back to work in December
Posted Jul 11th 2008 12:41PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Remember how
Curb Your Enthusiasm ended last season, with Larry posed in happy, jolly family pictures with the Blacks? Did it leave you laughing and dying to know what happens next -- or is this the end?
The answer is now known.
There's more Curb Your Enthusiasm on deck, because Larry David has said yes to another HBO season.
HBO announced a seventh season of
Curb. It will begin airing in early 2009, giving Larry plenty of time to write the 10 episodes planned. HBO's West Coast prez Michael Lombardo characterized Larry as "excited about it" when he presented at TCA.
That characterization is in line with comments by both Richard Lewis and Jeff Garlin, semi-regular and regular, respectively, in previous months.
And Susie Essman told the New York Post that she had auctioned off a walk-on role in season seven, so it would have been very embarrassing if she didn't know that they were all coming back.
Continue reading Larry David set for more Curb Your Enthusiasm
Posted Mar 7th 2008 11:22AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Celebrities
Remember last October when
Jerry Seinfeld was all over NBC promoting Bee Movie? Well, maybe there was more going on with Jerry and the Peacock people than just honey-related promos. PageSix.com is reporting today that
Jerry Seinfeld is in talks with NBC for a new series.
You have to assume that if there's truth to this, the network is probably bending over backwards to secure a new
Seinfeld. Heck, if Jerry wanted to do a series about a forensic scientist who also does comedy on the side, they'd greenlight that, too! Will they call it
Seinfeld Redux?
Seinfeld Squared?
Seinfeld Deux?
Continue reading Seinfeld ready for a new sitcom? (updated)
Posted Jun 6th 2007 10:33AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Celebrities
Anyone who knows, met or has ever worked with Larry David knows that his on-screen personality is very similar to his real personality.
I remember when I did a scene with him on Curb Your Enthusiasm, my friend Jeff Garlin showed up on the set early to warn me about Larry and not take anything personally. I was glad he did. While Larry wasn't the worst person I had ever worked with, he certainly wasn't pleasant. However, once the series aired, it was clear that he knew what he was doing.
Continue reading Larry David and wife Laurie decide to split up
Posted Aug 10th 2006 9:44AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, HBO, Programming, Curb Your Enthusiasm
It turns out it wasn't The End after all. At the end of last season,
Curb Your Enthusiasm looked like it was over with a season finale called The End, where Larry David donates a kidney to Richard Lewis and meets his guardian angel. Fans thought it was the final episode of the series since there weren't any plans for a sixth season. Now there's word that HBO and David have reached an agreement for at least one more season of
Curb. Filming for ten episodes begins in October but there's no definite air date set.
Is it time for Larry to throw in the towel or do you think he has one last good season in him?
Posted Jan 5th 2006 8:06PM by Martin Conaghan
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Talent, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Interviews, The Office
British comedian Ricky Gervais met
Seinfeld creator Larry David for a special interview on
Channel Four in the U.K.
tonight, setting an interview standard that could easily become a sitcom format in its own right.
The
normally interview-shy Larry David agreed to meet Gervais "because it'll only be shown in the U.K., and no-one who
knows me will be watching." That, and he also loves Ricky's work.
The two discussed the structure of
Larry's comedy writing and acting style, Jewish comedy, stand-up comedy and comedy in general, hilariously
deconstructing some of the methodology behind Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, The Office and Extras.
Larry
said if he had quit show business 20 years ago, he would have sold cars for a living.
It was that
all-too-rare thing: a genuine celebrity interview, with real ad-libbing and spontaneity, filmed like a documentary, but
acted out like a David/Gervais script mashup. And it was funny too.
Very funny.
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