It may be one of the most hilarious and culturally relevant shows of our era, but Larry David is still baffled as to why Curb Your Enthusiasm hasn’t been canned yet.
In what we could only imagine was like enacting a scene straight out of the iconic comedy, Larry reflected on the show’s success with Robert B. Weide, a former executive producer and principal director of Curb, who asked the 74-year old comedian how he gets away with a show that pokes fun of – what society would generally deem – some pretty taboo topics.
“I don’t know. It’s a very good question, I don’t know why. I don’t like to think about it too much,” Larry said during Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival in Los Angeles, according to Consequence.
“Well, here’s the thing. There were fans of the show, they liked the show. And they have a good sense of humour. The fans of the show don’t care about political correctness.”
“You’re just the idiot who didn’t get the memo, and I think that buys you a lot,” Weide suggested, to which David replied: “Yeah, I think idiots can get away with a little bit more than the more intelligent brethren.”
During the conversation, Larry also looked back on his early days during stand up, saying he “wasn’t really a very good comedian”.
“I just assumed that I’m just the person who people hate. It’s a tough way to, you know, do comedy,” he continued.
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So bad were Larry’s sets that brawls would reportedly break out and the Seinfeld creator would be incessantly heckled.
“Jerry Seinfield would come up to me. ‘Why do you keep doing that bit? They don’t like it. They’re not laughing,’” recalled David. “But it’s funny. So that was the problem.”
Back in 2020, Larry announced the news Curb would be returning for an 11th season.
Following everyone’s favourite curmudgeon donning a MAGA hat to ward off people and opening up a “spite” coffee store in the show’s tenth season, the show’s 11th season will see the long-running comedy pass the 100 episode mark.
“This past season tapped into the zeitgeist in such an uncomfortably delightful way,” said Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming said of Curb. “Larry is already busy writing, and we can’t wait to see what he has in store.”
Larry David added, “Believe me, I’m as upset about this as you are. One day I can only hope that HBO will come to their senses and grant me the cancellation I so richly deserve.”
In September, fans were granted a taste of what’s to come with the release of a short clip that sees the creator and star’s head slowly come onto the screen as a subtitle reads “the world has changed” before adding “but he hasn’t”.
It then confirms that the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm is set to air on October 24 on HBO Max.
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