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Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO

2000, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- The Group (Original Airdate Dec 17, 2000)
- Affirmative Action (Original Airdate Dec 10, 2000)
- Beloved Aunt (Original Airdate Dec 3, 2000)
- Aamco (Original Airdate Nov 26, 2000)
- The Wire (Original Airdate Nov 19, 2000)
- Interior Decorator (Original Airdate Nov 12, 2000)
- The Bracelet (Original Airdate Nov 5, 2000)
- Porno Gil (Original Airdate Oct 29, 2000)
- Ted and Mary (Original Airdate Oct 22, 2000)
- The Pant Tent (Original Airdate Oct 15, 2000)
2
- The Massage (Original Airdate Nov 25, 2001)
- Baptism (Original Airdate Nov 18, 2001)
- Shaq (Original Airdate Nov 11, 2001)
- The Doll (Original Airdate Nov 4, 2001)
- The Acupuncturist (Original Airdate Oct 28, 2001)
- The Shrimp Incident (Original Airdate Oct 21, 2001)
- The Thong (Original Airdate Oct 14, 2001)
- Trick or Treat (Original Airdate Sep 30, 2001)
- Thor (Original Airdate Sep 30, 2001)
- The Car Salesman (Original Airdate Sep 11, 2001)
3
- The Grand Opening (Original Airdate Nov 17, 2002)
- Mary, Joseph and Larry (Original Airdate Nov 10, 2002)
- Krazee-Eyez Killah (Original Airdate Nov 3, 2002)
- The Corpse-Sniffing Dog (Original Airdate Oct 27, 2002)
- The Special Section (Original Airdate Oct 20, 2002)
- The Terrorist Attack (Original Airdate Oct 13, 2002)
- The Nanny from Hell (Original Airdate Oct 6, 2002)
- Club Soda and Salt (Original Airdate Sep 29, 2002)
- The Benadryl Brownie (Original Airdate Sep 22, 2002)
- Chet's Shirt (Original Airdate Sep 15, 2002)
4
- Opening Night (Original Airdate Mar 14, 2004)
- The Survivor (Original Airdate Mar 7, 2004)
- Wandering Bear (Original Airdate Feb 29, 2004)
- The Surrogate (Original Airdate Feb 22, 2004)
- The Car Pool Lane (Original Airdate Feb 8, 2004)
- The 5 Wood (Original Airdate Feb 1, 2004)
- The Weatherman (Original Airdate Jan 25, 2004)
- The Blind Date (Original Airdate Jan 18, 2004)
- Ben's Birthday Party (Original Airdate Jan 11, 2004)
- Mel's Offer (Original Airdate Jan 4, 2004)
5
- The End (Original Airdate Dec 4, 2005)
- The Korean Bookie (Original Airdate Nov 27, 2005)
- The Ski Lift (Original Airdate Nov 20, 2005)
- The Seder (Original Airdate Nov 13, 2005)
- The Smoking Jacket (Original Airdate Nov 6, 2005)
- Lewis Needs a Kidney (Original Airdate Oct 30, 2005)
- Kamikaze Bingo (Original Airdate Oct 16, 2005)
- The Christ Nail (Original Airdate Oct 9, 2005)
- The Bowtie (Original Airdate Oct 2, 2005)
- The Larry David Sandwich (Original Airdate Sep 25, 2005)
6
- The Bat Mitzvah (Original Airdate Nov 11, 2007)
- The Therapists (Original Airdate Nov 5, 2007)
- The N Word (Original Airdate Oct 28, 2007)
- The TiVo Guy (Original Airdate Oct 21, 2007)
- The Rat Dog (Original Airdate Oct 14, 2007)
- The Freak Book (Original Airdate Oct 7, 2007)
- The Lefty Call (Original Airdate Sep 30, 2007)
- The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial (Original Airdate Sep 23, 2007)
- The Anonymous Donor (Original Airdate Sep 16, 2007)
- Meet the Blacks (Original Airdate Sep 9, 2007)
7
- Seinfeld (Original Airdate Nov 22, 2009)
- The Table Read (Original Airdate Nov 15, 2009)
- Officer Krupke (Original Airdate Nov 8, 2009)
- The Black Swan (Original Airdate Nov 1, 2009)
- The Bare Midriff (Original Airdate Oct 25, 2009)
- Denise Handicapped (Original Airdate Oct 18, 2009)
- The Hot Towel (Original Airdate Oct 11, 2009)
- The Reunion (Original Airdate Oct 4, 2009)
- Vehicular F. (Original Airdate Sep 27, 2009)
- Funkhouser's Crazy Sister (Original Airdate Sep 20, 2009)

Curb Your Enthusiasm Episode: "The Freak Book"

Season 6, Episode 5

Episode Synopsis: A limo driver's faux pas at Ted Danson's birthday party results in Larry driving John McEnroe to a Paul McCartney concert; Larry reconsiders his position in a cemetery plot with his wife and friends. Original Air Date: Oct 7, 2007

"The Freak Book"

Oct 8, 2007 03:20 AM ET
by leahfriedman

When I heard that this episode would feature a meeting of John McEnroe and Larry David, I was almost giddy with excitement. This was the highlight of the show, but unfortunately, the rest of the story just fell flat. Maybe I'm just scarred because that ride from the cemetery to the Staples Center gave me Vietnam-style flashbacks to a horrible Friedman family car ride, because of the screaming and the threats, but after a stellar four shows, many of the scenes this week just hit awkward notes.Larry's usually good for a decent party disruption, but bringing a "freak book" as a present and insisting on reading it with Jeff as Ted Danson continues opening gifts didn't strike me as the kind of hyperreal situation that Curb usually goes for. Instead, it felt like a setup, and this show has always been better than that. Even the should-have-been hilarious Susie scene didn't really go right. I can understand not wanting to be buried next to Larry David (who would?), but her excuse, "Even yo... read more

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Premiered: October 15, 2000, on HBO

Rating: TV-MA

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Premise: A neurotic TV writer copes with life in L.A. in a tart, hilarious and semi-improvised sitcom that follows him dealing with one cringe-inducing dilemma after another, sometimes in the company of mortified celebrity colleagues (who play themselves). If the premise sounds a bit like `George Costanza in Hollywood,' it's because the `Seinfeld' nebbish was based on `Curb' star Larry David, the co-creator of Jerry's classic sitcom.

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