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The third season of HBO's comedy sensation offers more of the same. "Not that there's anything wrong with that," to quote Larry David's other television series, a certain little sitcom called Seinfeld. Consequently, Curb Your Enthusiasm's junior year means more Larry (Larry David) and more of his hilariously embarrassing mishaps. It also means more of his patient spouse Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), avuncular manager Jeff (Jeff Garlin), Jeff’s foul-mouthed wife Susie (Susie Essman), and assorted celebrity pals, including Richard Lewis, Ted Danson, Wanda Sykes, Paul Reiser, and Martin Short, all playing themselves (or, like Larry, versions thereof).
The theme that (loosely) ties these 10 episodes together is Larry's involvement in upscale eatery Bobo's, in which Danson and Michael York (yes, that Michael York) are co-investors. As expected, the restaurant will serve to complicate Larry's life in every conceivable way--and vice versa. But the funniest (and most profane) episode must surely be "Krazee-Eyez Killa," starring Chris Williams (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) as the fidelity-impaired gangster rapper to whom Wanda has become engaged. This riotous installment, which sends up Jewish, Italian, and African American gangsters alike, won an Emmy for Robert B. Weide's direction and features that old master-of-direction himself, Martin Scorsese, who first appeared in "The Special Section" (in which Larry bribes a gravedigger to relocate his mother’s gravesite). It's also the episode in which Larry gets a hair stuck in his throat. That hair, which once belonged to someone rather close to him, will remain lodged there for the next several episodes, until a "divine intervention" in "Mary, Joseph and Larry" dislodges it once and for all--along with the last of Larry's dignity. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Larry David - comic genius,
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This review is from: Curb Your Enthusiasm: Complete HBO Season 3 [DVD] (DVD)
Larry David, simply has created a comedy series that is even better than Seinfeld. The scenarios created tend to be fairly obvious and one can generally (after watching a couple of episodes) see where the plot direction is going, generally Larry will end up in quite possibly the most cringe inducing scene you can imagine (think the dance scene in The Office and double it). Every tale is great, my favourite, The Corpse Sniffing Dog, a woman with an insane potty mouth, a drunken toddler, a lack of manners, Ted Danson and Michael (so out of place, it hurts) York, you'll be in stitches. American comedy when they get it right is superb. I've just finished watching the 30th episode of CYE and undoubtedly the best comedic series ever, if of course you like slapstick and profanity in equal measure. Wonderful, give Mr.David more of your hard earned cash, (like he needs it).
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very, very, very funny,
By j dugoses "j dugoses" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Curb Your Enthusiasm: Complete HBO Season 3 [DVD] (DVD)
I bought this because I'm a big Seinfeld fan, and it's brilliant. I agree with a lot of the stuff written in reviews of series 1 and 2, you can sometimes see whats coming, but it's no less funny for that. I felt Larry looked a little pleased with himself as well, but if a lot of it's improvised he's most likely trying to keep a straight face. The show deals with common day social scenarios, although there is a theme running through the whole series. Larry's attitude and behavioural traits shape his response in these situations, and the plots build up a la Seinfeld into hilarious farcical endings. I particularly like the blow-up rows and gratuitous insults which are traded in certain episodes as things come to a head, but that's probably just me. There's plenty more here besides that. Just buy it.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just Gets Better And Better...,
By Gulley Jimson (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Curb Your Enthusiasm: Complete HBO Season 3 [DVD] (DVD)
Larry David continues to find more and more ways of putting his foot in his mouth in this, the 3rd season of his painfully funny HBO sit-com. Watch, with opened mouth amazement, as Larry spikes some brownies, recommends a deranged nanny, thwarts an Alanis Morissette concert, robs a grave and gets a child drunk. The undoubted highlight, however, is episode 8, in which Larry befriends a gangsta rapper called Krazee-Eyez Killa; it's probably the greatest half-hour of TV comedy that I've ever witnessed.
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