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  • Actors: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Maggie Baird, Clement Blake
  • Directors: Andy Ackerman, Bryan Gordon, David Steinberg, Larry Charles, Robert B. Weide
  • Writers: Larry David
  • Producers: Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Arabic, Danish, Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 17 May 2004
  • Run Time: 300 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001KZN8I
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,673 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Curb Your Enthusiasm is the brainchild of star-creator Larry David, who cocreated Seinfeld and was the basis for the easily rattled George Costanza. Like George, David has a tendency to speak too much, blow things out of proportion, and, most often, fail in the end (and often liking it that way). David's new show is also like its predecessor; it's about "nothing" except following the day-to-day ramblings of a sometime writer and comic (this time in LA). Eternal questions stemming from universal daily dilemmas are honed to perfect comedic absurdity. A notable exception is that the show is only scripted by plot; much of the action is improvised. The first season starts with a one-hour mockumentary following David's return to stand-up for the first time in years. The other 10 episodes follow a more traditional sit-com setup.

David plays "himself" (as does his friend, Richard Lewis) although his manager and wife are played by comedians Jeff Garlin and Cheryl Hines. Although this first season is a comedic gem, one can't take more than an episode or two at a time--it's caustic, biting comedy. The episodes are often built like a house of cards, which the irritable David will surely collapse by the end. --Doug Thomas

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Surely one of the most outspoken comedy characters ever, 4 Jul 2007
By Lando Malak "Dok" (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews
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Seeing as Seinfeld is and always will be one of my favourite sitcoms of all time it was impossible for me to ignore this. I always get the feeling that Larry David is one of those rare people that only wants to be part of something if he is 100% sure that it will go down in history as something special and he has definitely succeeded again with this.

Like Seinfeld I only saw the odd episode of this when it was first shown on BBC2 but kept on missing it and wanted to watch it from the beginning in the correct order so I waited for the DVD releases. It was a gamble because I didn't know for sure how funny it was at the time and I only knew Larry David because of Seinfeld, but the gamble paid off big time. One of the things I have always liked about this programme is that I am never sure if Larry is going to come out of each episode smiling or not, it keeps me guessing till the very end. Another great thing is I have mixed feelings about his outspoken opinions as in most of the time I agree with what he says and sympathise with him in awkward situations that he gets himself into and then he will get into another awkward situation where I think he only has himself to blame. Either way it is laugh out loud funny. The only bad thing I can say is that there is only ten episodes a series, but quality will always be better than quantity and when you add them all up there will be at least fifty to laugh at over and over again.

So if you have still not seen this wonderful programme yet and you are not easily offended (as a lot of bad language and difficult subject matters), then you are extremely spoilt as you can watch all five series (if you can afford to buy them or borrow them) all at once, you lucky people.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Season 1 of the best comedy on television., 30 Jul 2005
By Ted Maul "Ted Maul" (Cowsick) - See all my reviews
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This two-disc set contains the first ten episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm along with the pilot episode and an interview with Larry David.This series concerns the life of Larry David,an obscenely rich writer who was the co-creator of Seinfeld,in which he somehow manages to get himself in ever more farcical situations of his own making which normally involve him getting in trouble for innocuous comments or simple misunderstandings.The highlights of the first season include the worst typo imaginable (in a newspaper obituary for his wife's aunt),the stupendously distasteful episode where Larry ends up going to an incest survivors meeting (where he has to make up his own story) and his numerous scrapes with his manager Jeff's parents.This series at it's best rivals all the greatest comedy of all time-the format of this programme makes it seem like a superior I'm Alan Partridge/The Office-style sitcom.File Larry David next to Peter Cook,Chris Morris,Spike Milligan...
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56 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest sitcom in the world?, 16 Mar 2004
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If you caught CYE on BBC2 or 3 you'll already be a huge fan, if you didn't then without doubt you need to buy this DVD.

The 'character' Larry David, played by the co-creator and writer of Seinfield, Larry David, is a great comic creation. He is irritable, bad tempered, painfully honest and impatient to the nth degree and in every episode is the grand architect of his own downfall...but played with such skill by the real Larry David that you can't help but root for him.

He insults and offends people where ever he goes - random people in the street...shop workers...waiters...basically anyone he bumps into - not because he sets out to do so but because he can't seem to stop himself. He always starts out with the best of intentions but the situations that follow descend into anarchy...always hilarious. His desperate chase to get to the front of the queue at the doctor's, wrestling some poor woman to the ground in the process is the funniest thing I've seen in years.

CYE is total, improvised brilliance, with an excellent cast, fab cameos, totally bizarre and politically incorrect scenarios (Incest Survivors group anyone?) and the best few hours you could possibly spend in front of the TV screen.

I dare anyone not to love this show...the US are already on series four so there is plenty to look forward to. It's simply the best thing on TV right now.

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Larry David, co-creator of the hugely successful TV show `Seinfeld', writes and stars as himself in this curiously quirky faux-reality show, based around his supposed day-to-day... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Binro The Heretic

1.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly the biggest heap of crud ever broadcast...
This series has to be the biggest joke ever pulled on an audience. It is insincere and a shameless con from somebody who trades on a little Seinfeld credit to raise his profile... Read more
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This is the worst show ever produced - taking advantage of Seinfeld fans misguided loyalty, and the wrongful thought, that since this is made by Larry Davis, it has to be good... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars plastic and unfunny
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Published 10 months ago by Mr. Cleon W. White

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Published 15 months ago by Brendan O. Clarke

5.0 out of 5 stars ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha bonk
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The funniest stuff I've ever seen.
My wife said he was very funny, but she won't watch it because Larry is offensive and shouts argues... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Comedic Genius
I watched a couple of shows of curb your enthusiasm on e4 a few years back, but couldn't really be bothered remembering what day it came on. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Larry David - Comic Genius!!
Curb you enthusiasm is absolutely fantastic, the best thing I have ever watched ever!!! It took me a few episodes to get into it as the format is very different from anything else... Read more
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Basil Fawlty, Alan Partridge, Larry David - what do all 3 have in common? Loud, boorish, socially inept and prone to digging themselves into big holes. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2007 by Bianca White

5.0 out of 5 stars Unable to curb my enthusiasm........
Larry David has taken comedy to a new level with Curb Your Enthusiasm. If you like the cringe-making humour in Extras, you'll love this, and in fact you'll spot many elements that... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2007 by Tealady2000

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