Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season Six

The sixth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm has Larry taking in a black family (also literally named the Blacks) who were left homeless after a hurricane. As Susie Essman puts it on the DVD's special features, "There's just something about putting Larry with black people that is always funny." (not an exact quote, but close enough.) I didn't directly think about it until she said it, but I'd have to agree. I don't want to sound like I'm stereotyping, but Larry David is pretty much the opposite of a black person in every way, and putting two opposites together is a tried and true foundation for comedy. The season's other, smaller arc involves Larry and Cheryl separating, which opens up a lot of doors for us to see his attempts at dating. We know by now that Larry is not romantic, nor is he selfless, so once again we get comedy by way of opposites. Not to say that he's entirely horrible at it, though. He was effective in using humour to at least obtain dates in the first place.

The season didn't entirely start off strong, if only because the first episode was kind of predictable, and I think I would have to say that season five was funnier overall (it's been too long now since I've watched one to four), but I mean if you're already a fan of Curb Your Enthusiasm, you're going to keep enjoying every season because it's more or less consistent in bringing more of the same old Larry David without getting tiring or unfunny. The fact that season five may have been funnier does not reflect poorly on season six, because it was still a funny batch of episodes, and Larry's ability to call people on their BS every single time will never not be fun to watch.

Best Episode: "The Freak Book", in which a book of deformed people causes Larry to disrupt several parties and gatherings, and Larry finds himself doing some work as a limo driver.