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Seinfeld producer/creator Larry David has often claimed that the character of George Costanza, the abrasive, neurotic, spectacularly luckless Seinfeld supporting player so brilliantly played by Jason Alexander, was based on David himself. Small wonder, then, that most of the plotlines of the self-deprecating, reality-based sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm have a distinctly Costanzan flavor -- with Larry David, in the role of former standup comic-turned-TV executive Larry David, a dictionary definition of the phrase his own worst enemy. A spinoff of the 1999 HBO mockumentary special of the same name, the weekly 30-minute Curb Your Enthusiasm is filmed in cin ma v rit fashion, with much of dialogue ad-libbed (though the premise of each episode has been carefully worked out in advance). Larry David portrays himself as the archetypal Hollywood wheeler-dealer, forever promoting can't miss TV and film projects, and using (and sometimes abusing) his myriad of showbiz celebrity connections -- among them Richard Lewi

Posted: 3/16/2008 Price: Free Video Type: Clip