Season 6 getting positive reviews
Verne Gay from Newsday.com is very positive in his article reviewing the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. He particularly makes mention of episode 3, The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial as a “series high-watermark”. If you don’t want to read any spoilers for the first episode, Meet the Blacks, stay away from reading the full article. I will tell you that it features Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, as well as Bob Einstein as Marty Funkhouser who is set to have a bigger (and funnier) role this season. Verne tells us “he has scenes and lines that will make you weep with laughter”. He finishes his article with the reassuring description of the series we loyal Larry David fans have been expecting:
Magnificent. As always.
IGN also have an advance review of episode one:
“Meet the Blacks” is a very funny episode of the show. This is a series that has raised the bar extremely high for itself, and while this isn’t among the best installments Curb has offered, it still offers a ton of laughs throughout its half hour. David and Cheryl Hines are a great onscreen duo at this point, and no one plays exasperated better than Hines, as she has to deal with Larry doing one annoying thing after another. Danson and Steenburgen again seem to be having a great time playing themselves, and the entire cast, including Jeff Garlin, Lewis, and Susie Essman continue to deliver some of the most impressive improvised comedy television has ever offered.
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SPOILER WARNING
Season 6 Episode 1: Meet The Blacks
- The David’s take in an African-American family who lost their home in a hurricane, with one family member played by Vivica A. Fox.
- She gets Larry to get her kids enrolled in a fancy private school.
- Larry has to go to two parties in a row so devises a scheme to get out of one, that is showing up to a party one day late.
- Larry tries to deal with a broken smoke alarm that will not stop beeping.