Customer Reviews
Krazee-Eyez Killa and the corpse-sniffing dog - By: Brendan O. Clarke, 05 Apr 2008 
As with the first two seasons, there are ten episodes in the season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm". This season, the season long plot is Larry investing in a restaurant along with several other people (e.g. Ted Danson, Michael York) & the problems they have along he way (e.g. finding & losing chefs, uniforms for the wait staff, a restaurant critic, etc.). Each episode also has its own plot, which cover a wide variety of subjects such as religion (Christian Science, nativity scenes), Terrorist attacks, mourning, pets, & much more. All the episodes are very funny, but "Krazee-Eyez Killa", "The Terrorist Attack", & "The Grand Opening" are not to be missed
think Larry & company are at their best (by an aunt hair mind you)with season III. It's the most complete in terms of what they are trying to do. Larry pushes the boundaries of what is sociallly acceptable more in this season than any other. The story lines & the fact that the shows are so different from one another, makes this season more special to me than the others.
The restaurant investment is this season's theme captures the conventional life of an otherwise very wealthy & unconvential life style, very well. We are reminded of how wealthy Larry David is in that he invests in a restaurant "cause it might be fun". The rich guy with little to occupy his time, but at the same time showing us that he is like the rest of us in many ways. The uber rich can have those little inconsequential concerns that we alll have. It's what makes them the same as the rest of humanity & this season brings home that point better than the others. Larry is questioning convention extremely well here
In this season of CYE...Larry David has fully evolved from being a somewhat whining, but ultimately helpless victim of mishaps (a character who draws sympathy, if you will) into a full-fledged irritant. He's oblivious of the feelings of others (see the 1st episode, "Chet's Shirt", in which he is incapable of expressing any sympathy towards a recent widow) & he's whinier & more self-centered than ever. Many of his troubles now stem from his endless quest to either "get his way" or "not be bothered." He has now become a ROYAL pain of the first rank.
But the show, thank goodness, is just as funny as ever. Ted Danson is now appearing regularly, & he's fun playing himself. The wife of Larry's agent is back on the scene, & she's always a riot...the one person who reallly takes no guff from Larry. The situations are richer & more convoluted than ever, & virtuallly no plot points are left dangling after any given episode...they alll tend to tie up neatly in the last five seconds of the episode. (A throwaway bit early on shows Larry strolling down his neighborhood & tossing an apple core into the garbage can of a neighbor...said neighbor is upset & words ensue. The bit is dropped until the last, hilarious scene, when we've completely forgotten it.) I think the writing is tauter & has a nastier edge than ever...which is what I like. This isn't a "friendly" show...but it sure is funny! And that's alll I need from a comedy. Well-acted, well-written, original in its conception & with a hummable score.
The Worlds Most Thoughtless Man? - By: R. Mullaney, 23 Feb 2008 Season 3 of HBO's genius sitcom, Curb Your Enthusiasm, sees Larry invest in a restaurant with his idiot manager Jeff & Ted Danson amongst other businessmen. What should be a fairly safe investment begins to falll apart the minute Larry comes on board & after disagreements about the waiters uniforms, a dead man's shirt, the potential chef & an inappropriate comment about a co-investors son's genitals, Larry soon alienates everyone involved. Add to that a possible terrorist attack, a mentallly unstable nanny & a dilemma whether or not to thank the wife of a man who has just paid for your meal (he doesn't) & you have another hilarious series.
Season 3 is more classic comedy gold, with Larry stumbling from one cringeworthy situation to another. As ever, Larry is flummoxed by race relations & various other social situations & manages to offend everyone he meets to the dismay of his long suffering wife Cheryl.
Like this? Try: Curb Your Enthusiasm: Seasons 1,2,4,5
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good..... - By: P. Derry, 26 Jan 2008 Ok, I've done a review of the first series, but now it's serious. From the first episode 'Chet's Shirt' you should be crying with laughter. It is pure beauty the way scenes are acted out, sometimes improvised, that only adds to the delight & sheer gold that 'Curb' has now become. Each episode is structured so that every last scene will leave you laughing long after the program has finished. And there's so much more in between. Some might descibe Larry David as a cross between Victor Meldrew & Woody Allen & there is some truth to that. But there is more. At times he is almost Monty Pythonesque in what he does, the situations he finds himself in. You root for him alll the way & always laugh hard at the bizarre & yet ordinary situations he finds himself stuck. Larry David will be remembered in years to come as an alll time great. Mark my words.
Continues on from the brilliance of the first two series - By: Lando Malak, 04 Jul 2007 Seeing as Seinfeld is & always will be one of my favourite sitcoms of alll time it was impossible for me to ignore this. I always get the feeling that Larry David is one of those rare people that only wants to be part of something if he is 100% sure that it will go down in history as something special & he has definitely succeeded again with this.
Like Seinfeld I only saw the odd episode of this when it was first shown on BBC2 but kept on missing it & wanted to watch it from the beginning in the correct order so I waited for the DVD releases. It was a gamble because I didn't know for sure how funny it was at the time & I only knew Larry David because of Seinfeld, but the gamble paid off big time. One of the things I have always liked about this programme is that I am never sure if Larry is going to come out of each episode smiling or not, it keeps me guessing till the very end. Another great thing is I have mixed feelings about his outspoken opinions as in most of the time I agree with what he says & sympathise with him in awkward situations that he gets himself into & then he will get into another awkward situation where I think he only has himself to blame. Either way it is laugh out loud funny. The only bad thing I can say is that there is only ten episodes a series, but quality will always be better than quantity & when you add them alll up there will be at least fifty to laugh at over & over again.
So if you have still not seen this wonderful programme yet & you are not easily offended (as a lot of bad language & difficult subject matters), then you are extremely spoilt as you can watch alll five series (if you can afford to buy them or borrow them) alll at once, you lucky people.
it just keeps getting better - By: sean paul mccann, 03 Jan 2007 series 3 of this once in a lifetime show doesnt drop in any quality at alll,another 10 episodes of comedy that will have you cringing & laughing in equal measures & of course always entertained.
The main story in series 3 is larry going into business with some friends to open up a restaurant,if only that was larrys only problem,if only indeed,the man is incapable of keeping things to himself,he has little people skills & each episode results in larry getting threatened in one way or another,starting off with the brilliant chets shirt where larry takes a shine to a dead mans shirt & ending with the the opening of the hotel which includes a chef with tourettes there is much to admire here,essential & i mean that.
