Monday, October 7, 2024

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Ends With a LOL Finale, Sending Up “Seinfeld” Finale (as Predicted) With Lots of Guest Stars

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“Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended as I predicted, with a spectacularly funny send up of the Seinfeld finale.

It was hilarious, and packed with guest stars including Jerry Seinfeld, who saved Larry after he was convicted for giving water to a voter in Atlanta a bottle of water.

Guest stars also included Allison Janney, Greg Kinnear, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Norris. Kinnear’s character, the prosecutor of Larry’s trial, was named for Earl Mack, very wealthy famed Republican donor and former ambassador. Why? Who knows?

The hour long episode went just as I said it would — paralleling the Seinfeld finale as clips were shown from old episodes over the last 20 years. They even found the grown up 8 year old girl from the first season, now 29. Hilarious. The throwbacks also included things like the key throwing from a couple of episodes ago, and Sharlto Copley as the South African man who invited Larry to Atlanta and started the whole mess.

Larry, as I predicted, is found guilty but gets off on a technicality thanks to Jerry. Seinfeld says, that’s the way our show should have ended — which was the whole point of this season. Highlights of tonight included Susie Essman in a blonde wig and wheelchair with oxygen tank. Also, JB Smoove’s Leon finally watching “Seinfeld” up til the the final episode. Tracey Ullman returned, so did Saverio Guerra as Mocha Joe from the famed Spite Store.

A brilliant ending to a meh season and a great, historic series. Very satisfying. A big thank you to the Curb gang. And a nod to Richard Lewis, who toughed it out to the end. He will be sorely missed.

As I predicted:

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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