Pretty Good Facts About Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm is the second coming of the show-about-nothing, created by and starring Seinfeld co-creator Larry David. David’s socially unconventional hi-jinks and idiot savant approach to living life create a world of awkward social interactions that translates into comedy gold for fans. The ones who can sit through an episode without cringing so hard they turn off the TV. To celebrate the recent airing of the ninth season of this comedy, here are 24 crazy facts about Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Curb Your Enthusiasm Facts
24. Real Enthusiasm
If Larry’s wife Cheryl seems genuinely surprised and disgusted when being presented with Larry’s latest lies, that’s because she is!
Cheryl Hines, who plays Larry’s wife Cheryl on the show, is never given the full plot of the show in advance, in order to keep her in the dark, so that her reactions to David’s lies and other antics are more realistic.
23. Surprise Role
When Cheryl Hines auditioned for the part of Cheryl, she was a somewhat unknown actress whose background was in improvisational comedy, from her time as a member of the Groundlings. As a result, Hines did not expect to get the part, stating “
I wasn’t very stressed out about the audition, because I thought 'It’s not going to happen.'” A mere four hours after reading for the part, Hines got a call that she’d won the role.
22. Pretty, Pretty Happy (But Not Too Happy!)
In order to be as true to real life as possible, David didn’t want his TV marriage to appear to be “too happy.” David explains: “I don’t want to see anybody that happy, because it makes me a little sick.
I’m trying to strike the balance that you believe the marriage, that they really like each other, but he’s really not that happy.”
