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A malfunctioning TV device puts Larry's marriage with Cheryl into a crisis mode.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 28, 2007 2:11 PM
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 28, 2007 9:07 AM
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My boner for Cheryl runs deep.
I care not about her role, it's meaning, etc.
She is so hot that she needs to be there to look pretty and make me think wonderful dirty thoughts.
She's the girl next door, if next door is the hot girl house place.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 27, 2007 6:05 PM
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I'm reading some of the posts on the first page writing a novel about how bad the episode is and how crazy larry david must be. I had to find a username to use just to log in and ask you guys a question. ARE YOU ALL FUCKING CRAZY??? ITS A TV SHOW!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP AND JUST WATCH IT YOU STUPID DOUCHEBAGS. Thank you and have the best day ever.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 27, 2007 11:38 AM
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That's why it's not "funny" anymore. His descent is sad. Most viewers don't realize what's happening. It's tragic, really.
All his so-called friends siding with Cheryl, while done in a humorous tone, is completely devastating to Larry. They are all cold & calculating and mirrors Hollywood.
Yes he is brutally honest but we all have learned from growing that that can be very, very bad. The "truth" will get you in trouble much more than lying.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 26, 2007 11:48 PM
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We have all known that the Larry on TV is insane. He suffers not just from paranoia-schizophrenia but is also disillusional. He is without any sort of social skills. He has diffeculties expressing his feelings to the people close to him. He is incapable of admitting his own faults. He is, in short, the most malfunctional fictional character in TV history! No one! Not even Homer Simpson, as a cartoon character, is more of an idiot (in the Dosteyevskian sense) than the fictional Larry David.
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He has, despite his lack of social skills, an inherent humanism which shines throughout all the seaons. He has always been the man to, if not help in a direct sense, then apply his understanding towards people in need. This is the key, as I see it, to appreciate Larry David that he is a person who is not so self-absorbed as the Hollywood that surrounds him.
He has an obsession with truth; very much like a kid. If someone does him or anyone else wrong, despite the situation, he will seek out the truth - he will bypass unwritten social rules to have the truth and that is what sets him apart from society. And in this, I believe, is his sense of humanity. Almost every episode has a situation where Larry goes out of his way to make someone else feel better, a stranger etc. and of course to cause a complete panic.
This season has been very, very different from all the others. I have tried to find the epic theme of it and I believed that it was helping the Blacks. But I believe now that it is more about forcing reality on Larry. He lives in his own world, where he can say whatever is on his mind, because he believes that he is assisting someone. Like in this episode where he asks, to make sure, that Cheryl's boyfriend has a tissue and a pen etc.
When Cheryl left Larry, I was really feeling sympathy for him because Cheryl is the one person that has kept him within society and without her he will "die". If not in the literal sense, then he will be dead to society - as we see when every one chooses Cheryl because she is a part of the community through her constructive and sane personality.
But Cheryl leaving Larry, is also a natural consequence of 'Curb your Enthuasism' as a series. I think that the relationship was no longer believeable. Larry has been acting even more insane this season and no woman would stand for it, epsecially as he is completely unable to change his ways. The relationship was simply no longer plausible to the viewer - remember how he tried to have sex with her when she was sick - this break-up was a long time coming! These last episodes have all been scrambling for a sense of direction and it is clear now that Larry's enounter with reality will put him into a major existential crisis. And yet, we know that he will avoid it by not paying attention to his emotions and be more concerned with all the rules and unwritten laws of social life. But it is important for the series' survival because it brings us closer to Larry and hopefully it will add depth to his character. If it does, then we may have a season 7 which will be even more serious and perhaps it will even evolve into something bordering on documentary. Who knows?
The character of Cheryl. I was really surprised to see her make such a decision. And yet, I knew that it was necessary because no woman would stay with a man so "out of focus" (to quote Woody Allen) in a community where he dosn't belong; where his nature is not applicable. This is what all his wealth has given him, but it never taught him to belong. But does Cheryl really love Larry? I believe that she does, but I think it fluctuates between being a caretaker (like you would take care of a stray dog) and whatever it is that made her choose him to begin with, which I think is his sense of compassion which he reveals on many occasions, though subtlely. And in this, they are united becuase Cheryl is also a compassionate person. She never chose him for the money; for that I am very certain. She is simply not the sort of person to do that.
But Cheryl will never return to Larry. It is definitely over. And I was just a little surprised not to see Larry shed a tear, but that would make 'Curb' into a dramatic series which would demand a lot from Larry David, the actor and creator. My guess is that the series will end with season 6. We will probably see Larry in a mental institution or maybe even dead. He will not be successful in the dating field and as a consequence, because he lacks a woman - a companion who can hurl him back into coherence, then he will stay disconnected from everything and that is where, I believe, that the series will end.
In my view, the more Larry is going to suffer this season, it will reveal more about society than him. And I believe that exactly this statement (Larry and 'phony' Hollywood as opposites) is the key to understanding this series in depth.
Andreas - Copenhagen, Denmark
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 26, 2007 3:39 PM
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I have been loving Curb this season!
Does anyone know who the artist of the picture in Larry David's bedroom is? They have shown the picture in the last couple episodes and I just love it.
Thanks.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 26, 2007 11:46 AM
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I've never liked Cheryl nor the actor playing her, so the split was welcomed, even if she initiated it. Hell, she married for money, never really cared about Larry, and just wanted social status. When she got all the goodies she wanted, it was time to leave.
I think the character of Larry should be single -- he has no social skills, and it would be hysterical to see him try to date and develop a relationship. His being married has always been a big negative to me - the way his character is written, no one would put up with him .... unless she wanted his money, which is what happened.
I have to admit that some of CYE does feel like Seinfeld -- is Larry getting tired of his own show? I fear this season that's beginning to show through.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 25, 2007 10:59 PM
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Remember priceless comedy has tragedy in it's roots. And we all find out that there's zero true friends in Hollywood. Everyone can turn on everyone in a minute.
Larry can be seen as a tragic figure. While laughing at recent episodes, there's nothing really funny about them. He has some mental illness and I feel sad for him that everyone is bailing out on him. I would think even Jeff would bail out in a heart beat. Larry looks confused and finally hurt as he winds up alone. He's also physically fighting more this season.
Larry has a good heart and I find it difficult to find any humor in another human being's mental and emotional illness. It's pretty obvious Larry is sinking and sinking fast. He could end up in a mental hospital. Of course, Beverly Hills and Hollywood are full of mental patients to begin wiith....
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 25, 2007 8:04 PM
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"You know what I have in my foyer? Pictures of all my dry cleaners." LOL!
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 25, 2007 1:25 PM
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>>the only thing that would have made it absolutely perfect would have been for Larry to visit his father, with his father coming to the door and saying, " I picked Cheryl", and Larry deadpanning the camera, at the end.<<
Or how about Jeff saying that he chose Larry, while Susie chose Cheryl? Or what about this: The lesbian community chooses Larry, and the environmentalists choose Cheryl. Or how about Brad from "Club Soda and Salt" coming back and getting into it with Cheryl's new boyfriend, claiming that he chose her first? It goes without saying that Oscar the dog will choose Cheryl. The possibilities are simply endless.
>>Do you always have to analyze every show and compare it to every previous episode of Curb with the name or a Seinfeld episode. Just enjoy the show for what it is.<<
Why yes, I do, so that you can then give me your completely unwanted sage advice. See what a sick, twisted relationship we have?
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 25, 2007 11:57 AM
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Another great episode... the only thing that would have made it absolutely perfect would have been for Larry to visit his father, with his father coming to the door and saying, " I picked Cheryl", and Larry deadpanning the camera, at the end. Otherwise, another classic.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 25, 2007 11:13 AM
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Hey RobOxnard
Do you always have to analyze every show and compare it to every previous episode of Curb with the name or a Seinfeld episode. Just enjoy the show for what it is. While, i do agree that there are some repeats from curb, that i have noticed as well, i think it was meant in a different context. Enjoy the show for what is worth. If you sit there and analyze everything and compare it this show or that show, you will never enjoy the show for the comedy that it brings!!!!!
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 25, 2007 10:30 AM
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>>Did anyone else find it sad when Larry was shown lying on Cheryl's side of the bed next to the picture of them, evidently unable to sleep? It was a pretty deep moment, for CYE!<<
What I find sad is how each episode is just a ripoff of another CYE or Seinfeld episode. The scenario with the plane crashing was straight from Seinfeld, Episode 179, "The Finale." The malfunctioning television is from CYE, Episode 22, "The Benadryl Brownie." The injured penis gag is from CYE, Episode 35, "The 5 Wood." Even the conversation between Cheryl and Larry is a rehash. Her complaint to Larry that he engages in normal chit-chat during sex was lifted from Seinfeld, Episode 63, "The Pilot." I guess it's not plagiarism if you copy from yourself. Heck, Michael Crichton's been doing it for years. Plus, there's the contrived nonsense with the continued presence of the Black family, which is stupid and unfunny beyond belief. You know what would have been funny? If Larry had gone over to Becky's and found the Black family living there, because they, too, had chosen Cheryl. You missed that one, Larry.
Too bad. I hate to see a once great show like CYE deteriorate into dreck. All of you CYE sycophants are so easily pleased.
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Re: Episode 57: The TiVo Guy
Oct 24, 2007 11:07 PM
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Enjoying this season so far. I liked seasons 1-4, did not care for 5. This happens, season slump and rebuild.
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Well the actress playing Cheryl is hot but no one can compare w/ Lucy OH MY GOD YES LUCY! 
