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| Season 3 | |
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| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | September 15 – November 17, 2002 |
Season three of Curb Your Enthusiasm, an American comedy television series created by and starring Larry David, originally aired on the HBO network between September 15, 2002, and November 17, 2002. The season comprises 10 episodes, with an average running time of 30 minutes each.[1] The DVD box set was released in Region 1 on January 18, 2005.
Season three follows Larry's involvement in the launch of a new upscale restaurant, named Bobo's, that Larry invests in. In the season, Larry also works in a Martin Scorsese film and struggles to dislodge a pubic hair that remains stuck in his throat.
Season three received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Directors Guild of America Award, and a Producers Guild of America Award.[2][3][4][5]
Production[edit]
Season three was produced and broadcast by HBO in the United States and Canada. The executive producers for the season were Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, Robert B. Weide, Tim Gibbons, and Erin O'Malley. David wrote the plot outlines for each of the episodes, with cast members improvising the dialogue.[6]
Like the first two seasons, season three is set and filmed in the Los Angeles area.
Cast[edit]
The show's main cast from the first two seasons all return, including Larry David playing a fictionalized version of himself, and Cheryl Hines playing Larry's fictional wife, Cheryl David. Also returning from season one are Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman, who play Larry's manager Jeff Greene, and his wife Susie.
Ted Danson, Richard Lewis, and Wanda Sykes return in recurring roles, playing fictionalized versions of themselves. Michael York joins the cast for season three, also playing a fictionalized version of himself.
There are guest appearances from Joan Rivers, Alanis Morissette, Paul Reiser, Martin Short, and Martin Scorsese.
Episodes[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 21 | 1 | "Chet's Shirt" | Robert B. Weide | September 15, 2002 | |
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Jeff convinces Larry to invest in a new restaurant with Ted Danson and Michael York. Larry is captivated by a shirt he sees in a photograph of a recently deceased friend and decides to skip his dentist's dinner party to go shopping. When Larry later has a dental emergency, his shirt becomes stained and his dentist gets back at him by leaving Larry with two abnormally large front teeth. | |||||
| 22 | 2 | "The Benadryl Brownie" | Larry Charles | September 22, 2002 | |
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Larry decides to get a cell phone but poor reception prevents the delivery of his crucial message. Richard Lewis' new girlfriend is served a dish containing peanuts at Larry's restaurant and develops an allergic reaction. With Richard and his girlfriend scheduled to go to the Emmy Awards later that night and his girlfriend refusing medicine for religious reasons, Larry and Richard devise a plan to feed her Benadryl brownies. | |||||
| 23 | 3 | "Club Soda and Salt" | Robert B. Weide | September 29, 2002 | |
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Larry and his restaurant partners struggle to agree on a new chef, after the previous one quits as a result of the peanut incident. Meanwhile, Larry becomes suspicious of Cheryl's male tennis partner; he purchases a year-late wedding gift that is subsequently rejected; and he learns that Club Soda and salt can remove any stain. | |||||
| 24 | 4 | "The Nanny from Hell" | Larry Charles | October 6, 2002 | |
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Larry and his restaurant partners plan a pool party but nobody else shows up. At the party, Larry gets the host's nanny fired after he convinces her to let him use a private bathroom. To make up for it, Larry recommends the nanny to Jeff and Susie, but they soon realize that she is mentally unstable. | |||||
| 25 | 5 | "The Terrorist Attack" | Robert B. Weide | October 13, 2002 | |
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Wanda Sykes warns Larry and Cheryl about a possible impending terrorist attack in the coming weekend, but makes them promise not to tell anyone. That same weekend Cheryl is helping a friend plan a benefit concert with Alanis Morissette set to perform. When people leave town because of rumours of a terrorist attack and Cheryl's event is cancelled, the blame is placed on Larry. Meanwhile, Larry struggles to stop insulting his friend Paul Reiser's wife Mindy. | |||||
| 26 | 6 | "The Special Section" | Bryan Gordon | October 20, 2002 | |
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Larry's mother dies while he is in New York City filming a movie directed by Martin Scorsese, and he doesn't find out until he gets back to Los Angeles. Larry becomes distraught upon learning that he missed her funeral and that she was buried in a "special section" of the cemetery. Larry begins using his loss as an excuse to get out of social situations, and working with his father, his cousin Andy (Richard King), and Jeff, Larry devises a plan to have his mother's body relocated. | |||||
| 27 | 7 | "The Corpse Sniffing Dog" | Andy Ackerman | October 27, 2002 | |
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Jeff is allergic to the guard dog Susie purchased when he was gone, prompting Larry to conceive a plan to convince Jeff's daughter (Ashley Holloway), who has become attached to the German Shephard, to give away the dog. With the restaurant set to open in just three days, Larry hires a bald chef (Ian Gomez) because of their similar hairstyles. As the restaurant's opening continues to approach, the Greene's dog indicates that there be a corpse buried underneath the restaurant's floor boards. | |||||
| 28 | 8 | "Krazee-Eyez Killa" | Robert B. Weide | November 3, 2002 | |
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Wanda's new boyfriend (Chris Williams), a rapper that goes by the name Krazee-Eyez Killa, accuses Larry of betraying his trust. After being called to do a re-shoot for a scene in the Martin Scorcese film, Larry desperately searches to replace a jacket from his costume that Cheryl threw out. Meanwhile, Larry offends Susie by declining her offer to tour her new house. | |||||
| 29 | 9 | "Mary, Joseph, and Larry" | David Steinberg | November 10, 2002 | |
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Larry's maid (Dyana Ortelli) is offended when she finds out that Larry's gardener (Gary Carlos Cervantes) received a larger holiday tip than her. Larry attempts to make it up to her but in doing so accidentally exposes one of Jeff's elaborate lies to Susie, prompting Susie to kick Jeff out of the house. Later, Larry mistakes nativity cookies baked by Cheryl's religious sister as animal crackers and mistakingly eats the cookies. Larry attempts to make up with Cheryl's family by hiring volunteers dressed in Joseph and Mary costumes. | |||||
| 30 | 10 | "The Grand Opening" | Robert B. Weide | November 17, 2002 | |
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Larry fires the bald chef after catching him wearing a toupee. While scrambling to find a new chef, Larry accidentally injures an important food critic (Paul Willson). The critic forgives Larry and recommends a new chef (Paul Sand) for the restaurant. The restaurant's opening night seems to be a success until they discover that their new chef has Tourette's and begins swearing in front of all the customers. | |||||
Reception[edit]
Critical Reception[edit]
Season three received critical acclaim, with many critics praising its humour and the unpredictability that the improvised dialogue creates.[7][8] The New York Times gave the season four stars, with the reviewer calling the show "the best comedy series on TV", praising the show's ability to accurately recreate awkward social interactions.[9] Review aggregate Metacritic assigned a score of 93/100 (based on 12 critic reviews), making season three the show's most positively reviewed season to date.[10]
Awards and Nominations[edit]
Season three received 10 nominations at the 55th Primetime Emmy Awards, in categories including acting, directing, casting, and editing. The season earned a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series and Larry David and Cheryl Hines were nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, respectively. Four episodes from the season were nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, and Robert B. Weide won the award for the episode "Krazee-Eyez Killa".[2] Three episodes were nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series, with Bryan Gordon winning for the episode "The Special Section".[4][11]
At the 60th Golden Globe Awards, Larry David was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Television Series, and the series won the award for Best Comedy Series.[3] Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Robert B. Weide, and Tim Gibbons won the 2002 Producers Guild of America Award for Comedy Television Producer of the Year.[5] Larry David was awarded the Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.[12]
Season three was nominated for two Television Critics Association Awards and three Online Film & Television Association Awards.[13][14]
Home media[edit]
The complete third season of Curb Your Enthusiasm was released on DVD in North America on January 18, 2005. The set includes two discs with English and French audio available, as well as subtitle support for English, French, and Spanish. The set also includes bonus features including episode previews and interviews from the cast and crew, filmed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.[1]
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- ^ a b "PGA Award Winners 1990-2010 - Producers Guild of America". www.producersguild.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
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- ^ Johnson, Debra (2003-07-07). "Monte Carlo clocking fest kudos". Variety. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ^ "TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2003 AWARD NOMINEES – Television Critics Association". tvcritics.org. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
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