Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Curb your Enthusiasm. I think it’s my favorite sitcom ever. However, this series has very difficult moments to watch, like in the Bat Mitzvah, Larry gives this speech about the tickle… I could name thousands of moments like that. I don’t know if this a popular opinion but man is this hard to watch sometimes, which it what makes this show so great, too

I came home yesterday and my girlfriend was reading a book in MY chair. I warned her about this in the past. I guess I’m a roper now.

I'm just watching the Lauren Graham one and he really messed that one up. Most of the other ones falter towards their end.

I have watched Curb more times than I can count. I just now put on the pilot, season 1 episode 1.

Now I can't tell if I am deluding myself and having false memories or what, but I could have sworn the first few seasons were shot in the old school 4:3 aspect ratio. I mean Curb was on so long that TV's were still square shaped when it premiered. But I was sure the last time I rewatched this on Max only a year or so ago that this original aspect ratio was preserved.

But now I'm watching it today and it's the widescreen aspect ratio. And since I'm 99.3% sure it wasn't filmed like that, it looks a little off. It's a little askew.

Am I imagining this or did some suit at HBO decide to fuck with the aspect ratio?

Friends,

I have a close family friend who has just been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and it doesn’t look great. Literally the first thing I thought of when I heard stage 4 was Larry’s discussion of the stage 4 wisdom when he was masterfully middling. Do I show him the episode? Or is that in bad taste? I do think he’d find it very funny but I also think that he would be watching it with some more square family members that may not get it. All advice welcome.

This subreddit has been invaded by pictures of RFK Jr. from his confirmation hearing despite the clear "no politics unless expressly discussed in the show" rule.

This subreddit is about Curb, not about Cheryl Hines' personal life and choices. If you want to talk politics there are a billion other subreddits where you can go do that.

For me, it comes down to four choices: Marty Funkhauser, Leon Black, Richard Lewis, and Jeff Greene. When Larry talks with these guys, usually it is comedy gold and you know it's going to be funny.

Marty is such a quirky guy ("This is me with an A on my shirt, A for apology"), and the fact that Larry doesn't like him that much but Marty considers Larry to be his best friend makes for some funny situations, such as how Marty continuously forgives Larry's craziness (stealing flowers from his mother's memorial, inadvertently getting his nephew killed, etc.). RIP Super Dave.

The fact that Leon's sister broke up with Larry and moved out, but Leon just sort of stayed with Larry and has lived with him ever since, never asking for permission, is awesome. Leon is always down for some scheme, and he is funny as hell ("my name is Chappie Johnson, and I can't get this pickle jar open!").

Richard Lewis is a bit of a neurotic freak like Larry about some things (always getting the best seat for lunch, always wearing black, that time he dressed in a cassock like a priest for a party he was hosting, etc.), which is funny, he never hesitates to give Larry shit for his behavior, and often times he gets the short end of the stick with Larry's schemes, so he fits the straight man role often. Also, I think hink Richard Lewis just seemed like a cool guy. RIP for him as well.

And Jeff Greene is the most seen of Larry's friends. His relationship with his wife is hilarious, his philandering is good for furthering the plot because it means he often gets Larry to bail him out. He's a laid back guy, but being Larry's agent, he tries to get Larry to succeed, which is a great character to have to move the plot forward.

For my number 1 slot, I'd say a young Richard Lewis (his age really started to show near the end of the series) or Funkhauser. It's a tie for me.

Someone posted that they had just finished watching all of the curb episodes. There was a comment about a similar show. It was something like “try…….. next, you’ll probably like it”

I remember it sounded like a good idea and I wanted to check it out. I can’t remember what show it was now and I can’t find the post.

Larry is an asshole, and he does some things that make him into a total Karen, but for the most part you can see where he is coming from. As in, he does usually operate off of some logic. And often times he meets ridiculous people that he calls out on their behavior, and when he ends up being seen as a jerk because of that, it is totally unjust.

But this scene just totally took me out of it. This makes absolutely no sense. This is not something a real person would actually do. This is not something Larry David, the character, would actually do. This, to me, is just poor writing. Because why in the hell would anyone think to deflate a blowup sex doll by straddling it and thrusting into it instead dog just, y'know, using your hands to press on it? They just wanted the moment of the housekeeper seeing him and her quitting, and Cheryl seeing him. You could have arrived at the same moment in a different way. This was was honestly just lazy,

Rewatching the latest season again this week, and made we wonder if anyone here has had a lifetime ban from a restaurant in real life? Love to hear the story.

“So you’re the Wendy’s of this motherfucker?”

Saw a familiar face on an old game show. I did not see Delicious, however.