Curb Your Enthusiasm - Table Read - 11/15/09

[Paperboy2003]

Wow...that was GOLD, Larry, gold!!

Very funny episode. From the rash on the *****, to Michael Richards making fun of himself, it was a very well done episode. Loved seeing the whole group back together again.

It's going to be sad when both CYE & Seinfeld are done next Sunday!

[VegasVic]

Great mix of Seinfeld stuff with Curb stuff. Good to see Newman back. I guess Jerry Stiller has stayed retired, I would have liked to see Frank back.

[scottjf8]

OMG that ending was just awesome.

[Idearat]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbicide

"According to Ben King, son of the inventor, Maurice named the solution Barbicide because "He hated barbers. Barbicide meant 'to kill the barber'. It was his secret joke.""

[Kablemodem]

I wonder if he hated dentists as well.

[Donbadabon]

He was an anti-dentite?

Great episode. I thought Michael Richards looked uncomfortable. But I did LOL when he said "It's been three years!" and "If only there was a word I could call you..."

[5thcrewman]

'PS- Your vagina's in the sink!'

[Shaunnick]

The look on Jerry's face when Larry asked Stacey about her daughter's ***** was so perfect. That is not a word that bothers me but I was horrified everytime Larry said it in reference to the girl.

[Paperboy2003]

'PS- Your vagina's in the sink!'

They made a big deal of that joke in the preview before the season started. It was ok, but not like they made it seem. I think Jerry's reaction was real....

[jilter]

So sad.....

finale is next week.

I LOVE this show.

[DeDondeEs]

Great show. I think this is an awesome way to do a Seinfeld reunion. I wonder if there was actually a full Seinfeld reunion script written, or if they just added bits and pieces for CYE.

[Magnolia88]

I thought all the Seinfeld stuff was funny. George was always weird about using public toilets so I laughed at the itoilet bit.

That is not a word that bothers me but I was horrified everytime Larry said it in reference to the girl.

It was even more ridiculous that a mother would use that word to talk about her 9yo daughter, especially to a male co-worker. I knew where they were going with it, but it made no sense and I didn't find it funny at all. It was just creepy that they were talking about a child that way.

[pdhenry]

I wonder if there was actually a full Seinfeld reunion script written, or if they just added bits and pieces for CYE.In Jerry's office it looks like there's a pretty full plot synposis (not really a storyboard) on the whiteboard. Some of what was on the whiteboard was included in the readthru. Maybe there's a script somewhere.

[5thcrewman]

Looks like someone has been buying food with their NewsRadio residuals.

[tem]

It was even more ridiculous that a mother would use that word to talk about her 9yo daughter, especially to a male co-worker. I knew where they were going with it, but it made no sense and I didn't find it funny at all. It was just creepy that they were talking about a child that way.

yeah ... that was the only part of the episode I didn't like. Larry is a sociopath but he's not a completely ignorant sociopath. There's no way that a mother would use that term or that an adult male would use it when discussing it w/ a doctor. Larry's mishaps are usually pretty harmless but the fact that the Dr. called the cops was just a little too much for me. If they had left it just at Jerry's reaction and perhaps him wanting to fire Vicki Lewis (who was the efficient secretary who George "gave a raise" while having sex with her) it would have been great, but they took it a little too far.

Otherwise, it was a great episode. LD's interaction w/ Jason Alexander was hilarious and Funkhauser's joke was gold, Jerry, gold.

[anom]

Looks like someone has been buying food with their Talk Radio residuals.
Yeah, Eric Bogosian really has let himself go.

[5thcrewman]

Yeah, Eric Bogosian really has let himself go.

Got me. Of course, I meant NewsRadio

[tem]

I dunno ... Vicki Lewis looks OK for 49. I'd hardly call it "letting oneself go".

[DeDondeEs]

It was even more ridiculous that a mother would use that word to talk about her 9yo daughter, especially to a male co-worker. I knew where they were going with it, but it made no sense and I didn't find it funny at all. It was just creepy that they were talking about a child that way.

For some reason I thought that she was referring to her daughter's cat having a rash, and that Larry picked up on it. Because some people use that word to describe a cat. Perhaps I thought this because I just couldn't realistically see someone going and describing it that way, especially hearing it and repeating it to a doctor....

[lordargent]

It was even more ridiculous that a mother would use that word to talk about her 9yo daughter.

Sounded like something Beth would say.

/someone already made the NewsRadio reference, so I need not qualify any further :D

[Idearat]

For some reason I thought that she was referring to her daughter's cat having a rash, and that Larry picked up on it. Because some people use that word to describe a cat. Perhaps I thought this because I just couldn't realistically see someone going and describing it that way, especially hearing it and repeating it to a doctor....

Hmm.. I'm going to have to re-watch tonight and substitute in the word "cat" each time and see if it fits.


Ok, checked. First mention is the little girl going to the doctor, not the vet, so don't think cat would sub.

[getreal]

So sad.....

finale is next week.

I LOVE this show.

Is it just the Season Finale, or the Series Finale next week?

[tem]

I've heard nothing about it being a series finale.

[Turtleboy]

Every year is the series finale until Larry decides to do another one.

[jilter]

Every year is the series finale until Larry decides to do another one.
This is my way of thinking.
You never really know.

[midas]

For some reason I thought that she was referring to her daughter's cat having a rash, and that Larry picked up on it. Because some people use that word to describe a cat. Perhaps I thought this because I just couldn't realistically see someone going and describing it that way, especially hearing it and repeating it to a doctor....

I don't think so. Didn't the original referral come after Larry asked why she was taking her daughter to the doctor?

[orangeboy]

yeah ... that was the only part of the episode I didn't like. Larry is a sociopath but he's not a completely ignorant sociopath. There's no way that a mother would use that term or that an adult male would use it when discussing it w/ a doctor. Larry's mishaps are usually pretty harmless but the fact that the Dr. called the cops was just a little too much for me. If they had left it just at Jerry's reaction and perhaps him wanting to fire Vicki Lewis (who was the efficient secretary who George "gave a raise" while having sex with her) it would have been great, but they took it a little too far.

I think that was the whole point though. Larry seemed appalled when Vicki Lewis first said it, and to me, Larry thought it was appropriate to repeat since the mother of the child apparently has no problem using that phrase to describe her child's condition. So yes, I do believe Larry is that much of an ignorant sociopath! Or his sense of entitlement got the best of him (she said it, therefore I can say it...)

Edit: I hope not to state the obvious, but I think the show like to take a social situation and escalate it to the point of absurdity. Would anyone really follow Larry's examples in most situations? Unlikely, but it is fun to see the consequences of what would happen if one did!

[midas]

I think that was the whole point though. Larry seemed appalled when Vicki Lewis first said it, and to me, Larry thought it was appropriate to repeat since the mother of the child apparently has no problem using that phrase to describe her child's condition. So yes, I do believe Larry is that much of an ignorant sociopath! Or his sense of entitlement got the best of him (she said it, therefore I can say it...)


And really, the actual wording is really irrelevant. The reactions of both Jerry and the doctor would have been the same regardless of the word used.

[NoThru22]

Every year is the series finale until Larry decides to do another one.
This is my way of thinking.
You never really know.
It's Larry's way of thinking too.

[BK89]

Wow great episode! So many great lines. Leon might just be my favorite character on television right now. I love how they wrote off the rest of the black family but have kept Leon on the show. "You gotta do your dizzle Larry". :D

[Havana Brown]

Every year is the series finale until Larry decides to do another one.

The last season finale was awesome with the closing of the show at Christmas and Larry with the Black family on their Christmas cards. I thought that made a great and funny ending.

[Havana Brown]

They made a big deal of that joke in the preview before the season started. It was ok, but not like they made it seem. I think Jerry's reaction was real....

That's one thing that bothered me about the Seinfeld Show was how Jerry always looked like he was about to crack up.