Product Description

Deep inside you know you're him. Curb Your Enthusiasm - it's the HBO hit comedy series starring Larry David as...Larry David! Each half-hour episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm features verit?-style footage of David (playing himself) at home at work and around town as he gets into predicaments with fictional and real-life personalities.Running Time: 300 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 883929001361 Manufacturer No: 1000035640

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #402 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2008-01-29
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 300 minutes

Amazon.com
Throughout Curb Your Enthusiasm's fifth season, HBO's master of passive-aggression went in search of his roots. In the sixth, Larry returns to his old tricks--to the relief of fans who felt the show was losing its way. As usual, most scenarios revolve around problems unique to neurotic millionaires. Larry's voice of reason, wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), continues to save him from himself (when she can). This time, the 10-episode arc turns to Roots when the Davids take in the Blacks, a family of African-American hurricane evacuees, including Loretta (Vivica A. Fox) and her brother, Leon (an uproariously profane J.B. Smoove). Naturally, "L.D." offends other groups along the way, like an Asian gentleman ("The Anonymous Donor"), a chemotherapy patient ("The Lefty Call"), a deaf woman ("The Rat Dog"), and tennis-player-turned-comedian John McEnroe, a group unto himself ("The Freak Book"). During the year, Larry also tangles with an X-rated dessert, an unsympathetic senator (Rep. Barbara Boxer as herself), an inebriated chauffeur (Toby Huss), the infinite superiority of Ted Danson, and the usual games of one-upmanship with Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin), Richard Lewis (himself) and Marty Funkhouser (Bob "Super Dave" Einstein, brother of director Albert Brooks).

Since Curb Your Enthusiasm takes its inspiration from David's real life, the big news arrives when Cheryl, a character based on environmental activist Laurie David, walks out on him. Then their friends pick sides. Thereafter, things really start to go downhill, resulting in some of Larry's funniest faux pas ever--until R&B vocalist John Legend steps in to save the day. Not literally, but his soulful singing sets the scene for the surprisingly sweet finale. Extra features include a live conversation between David and Susie Essman, a sixth year featurette ("On the Set"), and a gag reel. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews

If you are warped and liked The Far Side, this is for you.
David explores the minefield that political correctness has planted for us. He is honest and likes to cut corners that seem reasonable at the time. Jeff's wife is the best. Since women's liberation, the out-of-control-flaming-bitch has slipped out of favor. David gets scorched like a marshmallow regularly.

The best season since Season 3
Although I have enjoyed every season of CYE, like most fans, I believed the series hit an apex with its Season 3 finale. Seasons 4 and 5 were good, but they lacked the originality and freshness of their predecessors. Well, with Season 6, CYE is back on track!

The introduction of new central characters so late in a series's life is typically evidence of "jumping the shark." But this is not the case with the introduction of an African-American family, the Blacks, whom Cheryl and Larry take in as hurricane refugees. Particularly, it is Leon (played by J.B. Smoove) who stands out. When he and Larry share screen time together, virtually every second is hilarious.

The real-life Larry David went through a divorce prior to Season 6, and thus, CYE offers a new take on Cheryl, who is largely based on real-life Larry's environmentalist wife, Laurie. Thus far, CYE-Larry has been seen as inconsiderate and bumbling in marital relations, but Cheryl's actions in Season 6 give a new perspective on all of his previous foibles. Ultimately, the season ends with a finale that rivals that of Season 3 -- and Susie Green is, for once, put in her place! I sincerely hope there is a seventh season, but if there isn't, CYE was certainly wrapped up with much more style and grace than Larry David's other show, Seinfeld.

As good as the best of the past
The 6th season is one that I didn't watch on HBO - I saw one or two episodes and wasn't that impressed (I had been a big fan of LD/Curb.. until that point). A friend convinced me that I was wrong on the 6th season not being as good as 1 thru 5 and I so when I saw the DVD for sale on Amazon, I bought it. I gotta admit its every bit as good as previous series. If you liked 1 thru 5, you'll enjoy this - if you didn't this is the same sense of humor, so beware of trying to convert to LDish with this one.