Curb Your Frustration	Friday, February 28, 2003

I've had the opportunity in the last few weeks to watch the HBO original TV series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show stars Larry David, which some of you may know as the co-creator of Seinfeld. The Seinfeld trivia-competent among you may also know that the George Costanza character was based upon the actual life character of Larry David.

After only five minutes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, this character basis is quite evident. Larry David is a selfish, cheap, bald man who like George, is a horrible liar. Each episode follows Larry around where ever he goes, whether it be lunch with his friend Richard Lewis, or a meeting with Diane Keaton. Larry's personality gets him into trouble all over town, and the situations in which he constantly finds himself are difficult (at best) to watch.

Now don't get me wrong -- Curb Your Enthusiam is a great show. And really quite funny. But just watching the way this guy deals with various situations (much like George Costanza) gets me all riled up. In fairness to Larry, some -- and by "some" I mean one or two -- of these situations aren't his fault. But nevertheless, it is still a difficult show to watch. I find that I can really only handle one episode at a time.

For those of you in Canada with Showcase, you can judge for yourself every Wednesday night at 11:00 and 11:40 (or 23:00 and 23:40 for you 24-hour folk like me). Give it a watch and let me know what you think...

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Comments It's brilliant, this Curb Your Enthusiasm, a strange conflux of subtlety and over the top behavior. I like to hear though that you get riled about it my friend... - kerry, Monday, March 3, 2003 Man...you said it! I have such a hard time watching this terrific show that it is starting to drive my wife crazy... - jelimen7, Monday, May 12, 2003 I like watching curb your enthusiasm on both nights. I am a Richard Lewis fan he,s so cool. I have his photos up in my room. good show - Heather Gideon, Saturday, June 14, 2003

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