Posted: 12/15/2007 8:47:00 PM EDT
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Was George really the main character? Many shows revolved around him and he had some of the best one-liners on TV. "The sea was angry that day, like an old man trying to return soup at the deli." |
Curb Your Enthusiasm is funny as hell . |
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Larry David (also known from the HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm") was one of the co-creators and writers on the show, George's character was based on him, and a lot of the things that George did were drawn from things that had happened in his life. ETA: Beat to the punch. |
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Jerry had some funny scenes too www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zePQavforA |
Jerry had some very funny scenes however I still think that George was #1 on the show... |
| All of the characters on the show could act, whereas Jerry was a pure stand-up comic who was marginally acting in his own show. Much to his benefit, it seemed he was more than willing to step aside in most scenes and let the rest of the cast carry the show, and Alexander more than the rest. |
That's just the way I saw the show too. Jerry really wasn't all that funny and if it weren't for the supporting cast the show would have flopped. |
Probably, but then Larry David seems like the type who enjoys rubbing one off in front of his mother. That assclown acts like he was toilet trained at gunpoint. |
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Seinfeld was mainly about Jerry and George aka Larry David on their path to getting their own TV sitcom. But if you watch "Curb your Enthusiasm" the George character is a little over the top compared to the real Larry David but they are both "lovable" jerks. Larry is realy more of a Shleprock that has a constant rain cloud hanging over his head rather than a highly animated screaming manic depressive. I can't stop laughing at the Seinfeld episode where they are casting for Jerry's NBC pilot and Jeremy Piven comes in to read for the George character. The first thing that he says is "So, this guy is a total loser right?" and George Costanza gets all pissed off, "NOOOOOOO!!!"  I can only imagine that it was really Jason Alexander that said that during rehearsals. 
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Similiar, but not really close, IMO. Seinfield pushed the comedy boundries MUCH better than Newhart ever thought about or could, IMO. For example, can you imagine Newhart's shows doing any of the following: 1) Master of your domain. 2) I'm not gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that! 3) I've "yadda yadda yadda'd" sex before. |
How about where he started seeing that girl but didn't know her name only that it rhymed with a female sexual organ???? Deeeelooooris!!!!! |
I was talking about playing the straight man. Newhart was also sharp enough to not have to do dick jokes to get a laugh. |
Larry's ex-wife is a douche, but all in all I don't think Larry is that far out. He's left, but IMO most of his leftist BS came from his cunt of a wife. |
