I signed up through WB Word of Mouth Marketing to be an ambassador for the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm, because I love the show! It’s one of the ones that Chris and I watch together and try to not miss any episodes. Do you watch it?
Emmy®-winning writer/producer/comedian Larry David created and stars in the Emmy®- and Golden Globe®-winning comedy series, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, one of the funniest and most original programs on television. Having evolved from the 1999 HBO special of the same name, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM stars Seinfeld co-creator Larry David…as Larry David…in an unsparing but tongue-in-cheek depiction of his life – at home, at work and around Los Angeles, as he gets into predicaments with fictional and real-life personalities, including Richard Lewis, Wanda Sykes, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Kathy Griffin, Martin Short and Martin Scorsese to name a few. Shot in a verité style and featuring celebrities playing themselves, the episodes are improvised by the actors from an outline created by David. The series also stars Cheryl Hines as David’s wife Cheryl, Jeff Garlin as David’s manager Jeff and Susie Essman as Jeff’s wife Susie.
One the things that makes Curb Your Enthusiasm so funny is the things that come out of Larry David’s mouth. He has these moments where he says something and Chris and I look at each other and go “He did NOT just say that”. It’s known as a “Larry David Moment”. I haven’t had any I can think of where I really put my foot in my mouth the way Larry does, but I did have two moments at BlogHer ’10 that made me cringe – and both had to do with my inability to remember people’s names, and my tendency to just blurt out the first name I can think of.
The first was right when I got to the hotel, and I was walking to the elevator, and saw someone I thought I recognized. So I said “Hi, I’m Elizabeth from Table for Five. You’re (name of blogger I thought she was), right?” And she said “No, I’m (her actual name, not even CLOSE to the person I thought she was).” I was so embarrassed! I should have just not said anything and looked at her nametag!
And then it happened AGAIN later that same day, again when I was walking to the elevator behind two very beautiful ladies, and from the back, I was sure one of them was Isabel Kallman from AlphaMom. So I YELLED “Isabel!” But she didn’t turn around, so I yelled it again! “ISABEL!” And her friend turned around, it was Lena from Cheeky Lotus, and she said to her friend, “Oh, she thought you were Isabel!” The friend turned around, and it was Lindsay from Suburban Turmoil! She was very nice about it, I think she said something like “No, I’m Lindsay, from Suburban Turmoil?” Well, DUH, Elizabeth. I KNOW Lindsay. I’ve MET Lindsay. I was mortified.
The next day I was standing in the hallway and she was nearby, I was talking to someone else about how I was on the wait list for the CheeseburgHer party and wasn’t sure I’d get in, and my friend said “well, let’s go ask Lindsay”. So we walked over and I said “um, Lindsay? I’m hoping I’ll see you at the CheeseburgHer party. You know, if you aren’t mad at me for thinking you were Isabel.” And she was so nice about it, she said something like “oh, right, like I’d be insulted that you thought I was the extremely beautiful Isabel!”
EXACTLY. My foot came out of my mouth at that point.
Watch “Curb Your Enthusiasm” five nights a week! Check your local listings here: http://www.curbweeknights.com/, and new Season 8 episodes will be airing on HBO in 2011. The show is moving to New York City for Season 8, so you know that’s going to be good!
disclosure: I have been hired by Warner Bros WBWord division to raise awareness for ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.
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I like this show according to your description, I’ll watch it and I hope I’ll like it:) Thank you so much for sharing!