I have not written much here about my distaste for this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Most of the first eight episodes of Seven had me convinced that David should have stopped with Six.
But there were many delicious moments in last night's extra-long episode. The eponymous run-through of the Seinfeld reunion show made me so so nostalgic for that classic show's unrivaled humor. (George has made a fortune developing an app called "IToilet" and losing all his wealth investing with Bernie Madoff!!! and Kennny Bania was there, and Estelle Costanza, and NEWMAN!) Leon, pretending to be a Groat's Disease survivor, talking down a newly-diagnosed Michael Richards. Richards' send-up of his racist rant from a few years back. Larry and Jason Alexander's clash over an orificed borrowed pen. Funkhauser telling the filthiest joke since The Artistocrats.
It wasn't a complete success (David has gone to the tip-well at least a dozen times too often), but it was easily the highlight of this season.
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