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Old 08-14-11 | 06:12 PM
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Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

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Larry's heroic side comes out in the air and underground; Jeff pursues a professional relationship with Ricky Gervais.


Episode 6 of 10

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Old 08-14-11 | 07:38 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

They're in New York now. This should be good. Can't wait.
Old 08-14-11 | 08:27 PM
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That annoying guy from that one original show! How kewl!
Old 08-14-11 | 09:08 PM
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Who was the actress playing the woman next to Larry on the plane? She looked familiar.
Old 08-14-11 | 10:18 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

Samantha Mathis
Old 08-15-11 | 12:35 AM
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At least Leon is finally back next week in Episode 7. Good grief, I think he's been gone since the second show of the season.

This one was certainly amusing but not hilarious.
Old 08-15-11 | 12:57 AM
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Yeah, I agree Throwing Cooper, aside from the first and last few minutes, it was fairly uneven. The Gervais stuff was a real letdown.
Old 08-15-11 | 01:08 AM
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Eh I liked it. Maybe not as strong as last week's episode but it still had some funny moments. I liked the Gervais stuff but it seems like they could do more which they hopefully will next week. I liked the ending scene with Larry attacking the purse snatcher with the bread . The beginning stuff was good too on the plane and Larry tripping into the drunk guy and "saving" the stewardess. The snoopy waiter was good too.
Old 08-15-11 | 10:18 AM
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I really liked it. I thought Gervais was great ("Seinfeld. Had that laugh track, to remind me when to laugh"). Also liked the dinner party, Dr. Spaceman from 30 Rock ("I don't even remember how to write in cursive anymore").
Old 08-15-11 | 11:12 AM
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Larry did this plot on Seinfeld in one of the early seasons. It was the Pez Dispenser Episode where Elaine was laughing because Jerry put a pez dispenser on her seat during George's girlfriends piano recital, and she never owned up to it. Finally, Georges girlfriend recognized Elaine's laugh and knew it was her who was laughing.
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

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Larry did this plot on Seinfeld in one of the early seasons. It was the Pez Dispenser Episode where Elaine was laughing because Jerry put a pez dispenser on her seat during George's girlfriends piano recital, and she never owned up to it. Finally, Georges girlfriend recognized Elaine's laugh and knew it was her who was laughing.
That was a great episode (laugh track & all). Never forget that Tweety Bird Pez.
Old 08-15-11 | 12:57 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

i remember reading in an earlier thread a few weeks ago people talking about nudity and how its never been shown on the show. i was watching season 2 the other day and larry was watching a porn and they showed tits. maybe it was brought up after i read the thread but i dont feel like searching for it.

also this episode was good, nothing special. its gonna be hard to top the first 3 amazing episodes of this season though. gervais had a few funny parts but i thought he would be better.
Old 08-15-11 | 04:08 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

Not the best of the season, but still very good. I would kill to watch the outtakes from the Ricky Gervais scenes. You know he and Larry must have had a blast.
Old 08-15-11 | 06:27 PM
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Pretty funny episode. I liked how this episode picked right up where last weeks ended with Larry still eating Pink Berry and offering some to the woman next to him. The Gervais stuff was good too.

Looking forward to seeing Leon return next week!
Old 08-15-11 | 06:30 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

Originally Posted by mcnabb
Larry did this plot on Seinfeld in one of the early seasons.
I thought of that episode right away as well. Although in this case it really was a very small part of the episode.
Old 08-15-11 | 06:43 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

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Samantha Mathis
Dang, where has she been all these years? Last I saw her was as Frank Castle's wife in the 2004 Punisher movie.
Old 08-15-11 | 10:27 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

Wow, barely recognized Samantha Mathis in this. Anyway, decent episode -- several laughs, but not one of the season's strongest.
Old 08-16-11 | 11:56 AM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

I expected more out of Gervais being on the show, kinda letdown.

The ending bread beatdown was awesome, though.
Old 08-16-11 | 05:59 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

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The snoopy waiter was good too.
He reminded me of "The Sidler" since I recently saw that episode of Seinfeld.
Old 08-16-11 | 07:24 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

This episode was alright, had some good chuckles. Gervais wasn't as funny as he normally is.
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I really enjoyed this episode, just behind Pal. Chicken in terms of hilarious. I liked how Susie was Susie constantly busting Larry's balls about the seating arrangement, saving the stewardess, gloating over Gervais's "star power" and his show was better than Seinfeld to his face. Ricky was his smug superior self to Larry (as expected). I also like how Larry was so sly about bringing bread instead of wine to dinner parties like it's "his" thing to do, and of course Susie harped on him about it anyway (no good deed...). A-

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Old 08-16-11 | 08:19 PM
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Re: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- "The Hero" -- 8/14/11

Originally Posted by uteotw
I really liked it. I thought Gervais was great ("Seinfeld. Had that laugh track, to remind me when to laugh"). Also liked the dinner party, Dr. Spaceman from 30 Rock ("I don't even remember how to write in cursive anymore").
While you're correct, I always associate Parnell with "Merv The Perv" Watson from his SNL days.
Old 08-16-11 | 09:27 PM
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Can't believe there are only 4 eps left.
Old 08-16-11 | 09:45 PM
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You make it sound like Larry announced that this is the end of Curb
Old 08-16-11 | 10:22 PM
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