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Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Sixth Season | 
 enlarge | Actor: Larry David
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 1350
Format: Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 300
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: HBOD35640D
UPC: 883929001361
EAN: 0883929001361
ASIN: B000VXK6Z0
Theatrical Release Date: September 2007
Release Date: January 29, 2008
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 01/29/2008 Run time: 300 minutes Rating: Nr
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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
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 Never Curb Your Enthusiasm January 8, 2009
Larry David, multimillionaire TV producer turned master social philosopher, and occasional a/hole, grants us no mercy. He continues to "plumb the depths" of sophisticated situational comedy. Further nooks and crannies of obscure, unwritten social law are explored in painstaking detail. This sixth season tops even the flawless fifth season.
Of course, our antagonising protagonist is assisted in his questionable explorations by his unscrupulous agent and co-conspirator, Jeff Green (Jeff Garlin). In tireless opposition to the duo's antics stand Larry's wife Cheryl, Jeff's wife Susie, friends Marty Funkhouser, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, and a vast array of quirky guest characters.
Chief among the guest characters in this season are a family of survivors of Hurricane Katrina who, at Cheryl's charitable insistence, come to stay with the Davids at their LA mansion. While Larry is initially hesitant about the idea, he grows fond of his new housemates, especially Leon, the 30-something unemployed layabout, thug-for-hire, and self-confessed babe-magnet. Leon and Larry have chemistry to burn.
I turn now to Larry's best friend and, when it comes to arguments, his most deadly nemesis, Richard Lewis. I should point out that Richard's screen time in this series is limited. Space and time have been compressed, however, because the few choice sequences in which Richard does appear are so funny that you'll cry your eyes out. No one drives Larry nuts like Richard. This man can send Larry into a flaming rage without batting an eyelid.
Further highlights include:
Larry's pathetic attempt to get out of a close friend's house party - a scheme which is imitated in turn by Jeff and then Richard;
An admission by Jeff that he fornicated with himself in one of Larry's spare rooms during a dinner party;
Several continued assaults on the peculiarities of doctors; and
A scheme Larry cooks up with his loony psychiatrist (played by special guest star Steve Coogan) in a desperate attempt to reconcile with a loved-one.
The last episode restores a newfound equilibrium to Larry's personal life, which by the end of the series is greatly transformed. But is it really a new beginning or will the show reset next season?
Either way, I will never curb my enthusiasm for this show.
 Need to Laugh January 6, 2009
I've been and still am a Seinfeld fan and discovered the Larry David show a couple of years ago. Since I don't subscribe to HBO, I have to wait for the DVD's of this show to come out.
The first few shows of the sixth season were entertaining but not hilariously funny as I was getting a little tired of Larry David's annoying habits. But, the second disc of this set was much better and proved once again the quality of the writing and quality of Larry David's humor.
Very entertaining and very funny.
Due to the strong language, I would not recommend to anyone younger than 17 or 18 years of age.
How does Larry do it? October 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
How does Larry David do it? This is the sixth season of the increasingly remarkable Curb Your Enthusiasm. One would think that by this time, the series would start to show wear and tear, but it doesn't. Larry manages to make it even better this time around.
The first addition here is a family that loses their house in a hurricane, and on the prodding (or nagging) of Cheryl, the Davids adopt the family. It's a black family called the Blacks, which Larry has a lot of fun poking at. At first, the addition seems a bit contrived, but by the season's end, they are fully integrated into the series and fit in perfectly. The shows are as hilarious as anything Larry's done, with special kudos going to The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial (where Larry steals flowers from his friend's mother's memorial), The Therapists (with a wonderful comic turn by Steve Coogan), The N Word (where Jeff Garlin accidentally gets his head shaved because of Larry, and Garlin actually got his head shaven for the show and sports a crewcut for the rest of the series), and the anonymous donor, where Larry gets in Ted Danson's face about being "anonymous". It's also funny to see Larry use the Blacks' bathroom with their "real" toilet paper, as opposed to the scarring, environmentally friendly one. Larry divorced his wife, Laurie, and he complained in an interview how she was pyscho about her environmentalism, and she forced him to use said toilet paper. Larry's rear end is now much more pleasant, as he has divorced Laurie and enjoys the benefits of singledom and soft toilet paper.
Many of the usual suspects appear here, and new ones do too (the above Black family, Michael McKean, Steve Coogan, Tia Carrere). It all seems to work so well for Larry. Brilliant stuff.
Larry David is a comedic genius!! August 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First off, Season Six is ok. why?! Cause Larry David doesn't have to add more characters in his show!! More characters adds more comedic problems.
But beside that, some episodes were really funny. If you like Seinfeld you'll love this show.
 Jumps the shark August 14, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the series that jumps the shark. At least twice.
The New Orleans family living in Larry's house. A transparent attempt to add some new regular characters to the format.
A John McEnroe cameo.
The Larry Eye stare "are you sure?" contest has got old too as as the "Prrrretttty Good" shtick.
It's still laugh aloud funny in places but the series has peaked.
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