Curb Your Enthusiasm
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TV Movie. Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
First aired: 10/17/1999This was a "mockumentary" about Larry David considering a return to stand-up comedy. The situations were acted (most not scripted), just like the series is. This was a great set up for the forthcoming sitcom.
Guest star: Suzy Nakamura (HBO Production Designer) , Allan Wasserman (HBO Executive), Suzy Soro (Herself), Mike Reynolds (Himself), Don Lake (HBO Director), Donna Cooper (HBO Receptionist), Rick Newman (Himself), Julie Claire (HBO Production Team), Judy Toll (HBO Executive), Stefanie Singer (HBO Receptionist), Allan Havey (Himself), Michael Patrick King (HBO Publicist), Jason Alexander (Himself), Carol Leifer (Carol Leifer), Mark Beltzman (Mourner), Larry Thigpen (HBO Production Team), Caroline Rhea (Herself), Susan Marque (HBO Assistant), Eric Scott Gould (Jeff Yerkes), Glenn Padnick ((Himself)), Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld), Linda Bates (HBO Production Team), Larry Charles (Larry Charles), Richard Lewis (Richard Lewis), Losmir Marin (Hotel Clerk)
1. The Pants Tent
First aired: 10/15/2000 Production Code: 1Larry goes to the movies with one of Cheryl's friends and his pants have an unusual bulge in them, making him look like he's having an erection.
Director: Robert B. Weide
Guest star: Richard Lewis (Himself), Susie Essman (Susie Greene), Antoinette Spolar (Jennifer), Mina Kolb (Jeff's Mother), Louis Nye (Jeff's Father) , Kathy Griffin (Herself), Robin Ruzan (Nancy), Sofia Milos (Sofia), Tucker Smallwood (Mama's Boy), Laurel Moglen (Hostess)
2. Ted and Mary
First aired: 10/22/2000 Production Code: 2Larry goes shopping with Mary Steenburgen and her mother, but things take a turn when Larry takes a drink out of Mary's mother's glass of water. When he realizes whose water it is, he stops... then gags!
Director: David Steinberg
Guest star: Antoinette Spolar (Jennifer), Ted Danson (Himself) , Candy Ford (Saleswoman), Joe Liss (Shoe Thief), Louis Mustillo (Guy at Counter), Tim Bagley (Shoe Salesman), Anne Haney (Mary's Mother), Mary Steenburgen (Herself)
3. Porno Gil
First aired: 10/29/2000 Production Code: 3Larry and Cheryl attend the party of a former porn star. Jeff, fearful of his wife finding his hidden pornography should he die during an upcoming surgery, asks Larry to move his stash.
Director: Robert B. Weide
Guest star: Louis Nye (Jeff Greene's Dad), Mina Kolb (Jeff Greene's Mom) , Nan Martin (Woman on Road), Brian Palermo (Brian), Pete Steinfeld (Dinner Guest), Paul Greenberg (Dinner Guest), Sandy Brown (Dinner Guest), Melanie Hoopes (Gil's Wife), Bob Odenkirk (Gil), Jackie Harris (Dinner Guest)
4. The Bracelet
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
After offending his wife, Larry decides to purchase a present to smooth things over. However, his shabby appearance thwarts his plans and leads to an interesting afternoon with a blind man.
Director: Robert B. Weide
Guest star: Richard Lewis (Himself), Antoinette Spolar (Larry's Receptionist) , Patrick Kerr (Blind Man), Perry Anzilotti (Restaurant Captain), Clement E. Blake (Homeless Man), Laura Fairchild (Restaurant Manager), Robert B. Weide (Man with Cellphone)
5. Interior Decorator
First aired: 11/12/2000 Production Code: 5Larry has some medical problems involving a certain bracelet. No biggy. Then larger problems arise when Larry finds out he shares the same interior decorator as Diane Keaton.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Diane Keaton (Herself), Kris Mcgaha (Diane Keaton's assistant), Rose Abdoo (Interior Decorator), Jack Gallagher (Doctor), Karen Maruyama (Female Parking Attendant), Oscar Nunez (Male Parking Lot Attendant), Lisa Ann Walter (Nurse), Marissa Jaret Winokur (Woman in Elevator), Nia Vardalos (Lawyer)
6. The Wire
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
Needing to get their neighbors' approval to bury a wire hanging across their yard, Larry and Cheryl come across one couple with a non-negotiable demand: a meet-and-greet with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. But when the lawyer husband has to do last minute work for Jeff, things quickly fall apart.
Director: Larry Charles
Guest star: Susie Essman (Susie Greene) , Courtney Cronin (Jeff Greene's Assistant), Lucy Webb (Phyliss Weinstock), Wayne Federman (Dean Weinstock), Brad Hall (Himself), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Herself)
7. AAMCO
Community Score
| 8.6 Great |
Jeff gets a new car, and when Larry takes it for a spin, a commercial comes on the radio for AAMCO, with a noise sounding much like a car horn from behind. Upon hearing this, Larry curses the man behind him, prompting the man to rear-end Jeff's brand new car. Also, Larry and Cheryl hold a dinner party.
Director: Robert B. Weide
Guest star: Pat Collins (II) (Couple #1), Maggie Baird (Couple #1), Clement E. Blake (Homeless Man), Kevin Ruf (Couple #1), Allison Heartfinger (Couple #2), Deborah Theaker (Stealing Caterer), Julie Welch (Kyla), Michael G. Hagerty (Mike Duffy)
8. Beloved Aunt
First aired: 12/3/2000 Production Code: 8When Cheryl's aunt dies, Larry is left in charge of the obituary. But when the newspaper makes an unfortunate typographical error, things take an expected turn for the worse.
Director: Robert B. Weide
Guest star: Julie Payne (Cheryl's Mother), Kaitlin Olson (Cheryl's Sister), Susie Essman (Susie Greene), Mina Kolb (Jeff's Mom), Paul Dooley (Cheryl's Dad), Louis Nye (Jeff's Dad) , Karen Gordon (Female Hotel Clerk), Paul Goebel (Gas Station Attendant), Julie Claire (Sunglasses Saleswoman), Scott Butler (Man at Gas Station), Regan Burns (Security Guard), Craig Anton (Craig)
9. Affirmative Action
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
Larry gets himself in trouble when he makes a rude racial comment to Richard's black dermatologist friend. Larry later loses Cheryl's prescription, which causes him to really regret his earlier comment.
Director: Bryan Gordon
Guest star: Richard Lewis (Himself) , Ted Harbert (Ted), Sofia Milos (Richard's Girlfriend), Karen Bankhead (Line Producer), Kevin Brewerton (Party Guest), Robert Cesario (Maitre d'), Robert E. Collier (Party Guest), Donna Cooper (Dr. Grambs' Wife), Gina Jackson (Party Guest), Monica McKinley (Party Guest), William Mesnik (Pharmacist), Tyrone Alonzo Rouege (Party Guest), Rachel Smith (Party Guest), Kenneth W. Watts (Party Guest)
10. The Group
First aired: 12/17/2000 Production Code: 10Larry runs into his old girlfriend, and she asks him to escort her to an incest-survivors meeting. Cheryl is asked to co-star in The Vagina Monologues when one of the actresses is sick.
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