It’s difficult to not be enthusiastic while waiting for the seventh and final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” I find myself scouring discussion boards for hints on what to expect; but no dice. It’s been kept so top secret that Shelby Woo would need to team up with Harriet the Spy to find out some sort of plot line for this season.
However, when I was about to call it quits and just wait for the season to begin like every other loyal HBO subscriber, I stumbled upon something amazing. It’s something that’s kept me awake night after night thinking about the hilarious possibilities that could ensue. Entertainment Weekly reported that the “Seinfeld” cast–Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards–will be featured in a multiple-episode story arc on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” this fall.” The cameos will mark the first time that all four actors have appeared together in a TV show since “Seinfeld” went off the air almost 11 years ago. After I found out the news I called my dad who’s also an avid lover of the show;
“Dad you won’t believe it! The entire Seinfeld cast is going to be on the new Curb!”
“David, I’ve known that for a week.”
“A week? What? Why wouldn’t you tell me this?”
“Because I didn’t want you to know that I’ve been reading Entertainment Weekly.”
Throughout the past 6 seasons of Curb, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has appeared in 4 episodes and Jason Alexander has appeared in 2. Jerry Seinfeld even appeared very briefly in the season 4 finale, but had no dialogue. Michael Richards has not been on the show. Richards’ appearance on Curb will be his first on screen performance since his 7 episode flop, “The Michael Richards Show” in 2000. I’m curious to see how people react to him after his controversial outburst at The Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
Combining the “Seinfeld” cast with “Curb Your Enthusiasm” cast is like combining the best peanut butter in the world with the best jelly in the world. It’s like Palmer vs. Nicklaus at Augusta. And I’m assuming it’s what graduating from Harvard med feels like. Mark my words; this will be comedy at its finest. Forget “The Office” (unless it’s the British one), forget “Scrubs” (which shouldn’t be hard to do), and forget the once promising “Flight of the Conchords,” because television comedy relies solely on two words; Larry David.
He’s the genius behind both “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” He made about 200 million dollars alone when he sold the syndication rights to “Seinfeld.” If you don’t watch Curb, the show is basically about Larry David’s life post-“Seinfeld.” He plays himself, alongside a tremendous cast including Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Richard Lewis, Ted Danson, Susie Essman and Wanda Sykes. If you aren’t a big fan of “Seinfeld” don’t fret. This show is shot very different. There is no laugh track, and most incredibly, no script. The show is almost all improvisation. David writes a loose story line that sets up the plot, and then when the red light goes on, he just wings it. What it creates is 30 minutes of hilarity.
Granted, it will be difficult to top 6 incredible seasons, but if there’s anyone that can do it, it’s David. So keep your ears and eyes open for the new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” to air, probably sometime this fall.