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Curb Your Enthusiasm stories: 12 news summaries

 'Kramer' Parodies Racist Rant 

Curb episode jokes about comedian's tirade

Nov 17, 09 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Richards makes fun of the racist fit that derailed his standup career on the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show has a black character deceive Richards—playing himself—as part of a ruse by Larry David. Richards corners the character and begins to scream: "If only... More »

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Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • comedy • racism • Michael Richards

 Catholics 
 Rip Larry for 
 Whizzing 
 on Jesus 

Urine taken for 'miraculous tears' by Curb characters

Oct 30, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Catholic League has complained about an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that shows Larry David accidentally urinating on a painting of Jesus hanging in a bathroom. Other characters then think the painting is miraculously crying. "Was Larry David always this crude?" asked angry league president Bill Donahue.... More »

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parody • satire • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • comedy • Catholic League • Catholic • Jesus Christ

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 'Pathetic' Seinfeld 
 Reunion Invades Curb 

HBO show resuscitates Larry David's other brainchild 10 years later

Oct 4, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tonight's episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm will go farther than usual to satisfy your Seinfeld craving, but it's hardly the real thing—nor is it meant to be. The eagerly awaited reunion arc kicks off with Jerry Seinfeld himself deeming the very idea "desperate" and "pathetic,"... More »

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entertainment • television • cable TV • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • network television • sitcoms • Jason Alexander • improvisation

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld wasn’t worried that reuniting with George, Elaine, and Kramer might be considered double-dipping, Entertainment Weekly reports. “There was a little part of me that said, ‘Do we really want to tamper?’” he says, emphasizing that the Seinfeld cast's upcoming appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm... More »

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entertainment • television • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • reunion • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

(Newser) - So what are Kramer, George, Jerry, and Elaine up to 11 years after Seinfeld went off the air? Larry David says fans can get an idea of how the characters turned out on the seventh season of his Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO, reports the Star-Ledger. He shed more details... More »

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HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

 Seinfeld Cast Together Again  


Mar 5, 09 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - It's not quite a reunion of the Beatles, but maybe the TV equivalent. The Seinfeld stars—Jerry, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards—will appear together in a series of episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm this fall, reports Entertainment Weekly'. If you're rusty on Seinfeld trivia, remember... More »

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television • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld

 Wanda: 'I'm Gay—and Married' 

Star reveals secret at gay marriage rally

Nov 17, 08 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Comedian Wanda Sykes has revealed she is gay—and married her girlfriend days before passage of Proposition 8 banned gay marriage in California. The 44-year-old co-star of The New Adventures of Old Christine and Curb Your Enthusiasm spoke emotionally to a cheering crowd at a rally supporting gay marriage... More »

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gay marriage • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Ricki Lake • Proposition 8 • Wanda Sykes • New Adventures of Old Christine • Alec Mappa • Lucy Lawless • Matt Lucas • Daryl Stephens • Peter Paige • Patricia Heaton

 Curb Cranks Up for New Season 

HBO plans 10 episodes of the Emmy-nominated sitcom in 2009

Oct 23, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Curb Your Enthusiasm, the longest-running show in HBO’s lineup, is returning for a seventh season next year, Variety reports. Ten episodes of the half-hour sitcom are set to begin production in December, a source says; the executive producers and air dates are still under wraps. The show, created by... More »

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television • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • sitcom

 Larry David, Curb Returning

Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm coming to HBO early next year

Jul 11, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Irascible Larry David will be bringing Curb Your Enthusiasm back for a seventh series, reports Reuters. New episodes of the edgy comedy are expected to air early next year, more than a year after last year's series ended in November 2007. HBO bosses says the Seinfeld creator is—you guessed... More »

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television • HBO • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • sitcom

Mental Patients Benefit From Larry David Therapy

TV's finest imbodiment of social dysfunction helps cure the mentally unwell

Oct 24, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - However difficult Larry David might be, don’t call him unhelpful. The comic misfit's cringe-worthy gaffes turn out to be just the tonic for schizophrenics suffering from paralyzing social anxieties. A University of North Carolina grad student noticed his stubbornly  uncommunicative patients respond well to sitcoms, especially “Curb Your... More »

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television • mental health • schizophrenia • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld

Blast of Reality in 'Curb' Split

Oct 23, 07 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans who tuned in to this week's episode of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" got an odd dose of real-life synchronicity when the writer-actor's TV wife left him, mirroring his own actual divorce. "This was all written before any of my marriage problems, but I knew when we... More »

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Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry and
Laurie Curb Their Marriage

Enthusiasm star, environmental activist split after 14 years

Jun 6, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crotchety Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David has split with wife Laurie, a global warming activist, after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was "very amicable," a spokeswoman said today. More »

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climate change • television • divorce • HBO • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Laurie David • An Inconvenient Truth

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