The season finale had the Seinfeld icons finally putting on the reunion. Jerry was the best part with comments about the "wood detective", "C for coffee", "No-con", and the way he quickly said "You're welcome, Mocha Joe". His stand-up bit opening the faux-reunion was well-delivered. The Larry-Jerry stare-down was hilarious as was Larry impersonating George Costanza.
Having said that (!), the episode was disappointing. Not using coasters for drinks, jealousy, and favors is not really great comedic material. And this was the 4th episode this season (out of 10) that had a bit about tipping. The elongated running time (45 minutes instead of 30) made the uncomfortableness of the situations a little bit unbearable. And the way the multiple storylines came together is what every Curb episode does, but didn't work as well here. Probably because nobody was yelling at Larry. They didn't really screw up the first Seinfeld finale, but it's funny that they keep commenting on it. This finale was very funny, but a letdown after all the terrific episodes that preceded it. B
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Seinfeld
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A- for me. I like everything about it - I actually think the ringstain and tipping stuff was good to keep the finale rooted in its normal subject matter.
Jerry was awesome, seeing him makes me miss that show very badly. He needs to do a show at least once a year.
The Larry/Jerry staredown was epic, and I like their discussion of Jason's book "cut the crap".
Weird that we had equal and opposite reactions to the last 2 episodes. I think there was too much Cheryl and not enough Leon in the last one for me. Could have had Susie yell at some more people, too. Can always use more of that.
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