Larry David Plans Fictional Seinfeld Reunion on Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7
After years of being hounded by fans and asked about a possible Seinfeld reunion, it appears that Larry David has finally decided to make it happen… but only within the fictional world of his show Curb Your Enthusiasm! With the seventh season of Curb currently in production and aiming for a September 20th premiere on HBO, Larry David recently revealed that the season will feature a continuing plot thread that involves Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards all playing themselves as the network organizes a Seinfeld reunion TV special.
“We’ll see writing, see aspects of the read-through, parts of rehearsal, see the show being filmed, and see it on TV… You won’t see the entire show. You’ll see parts of the show. You’ll get an idea of what happened (to the Seinfeld characters) 11 years later.”
I have to admit, this is a pretty ingenious way of doing the reunion without actually “selling out”, so to speak. It’s also a great idea to base a whole season on, much like how Season 4 revolved around Larry’s involvement in the Mel Brooks musical The Producers. It will be sure to raise interest in this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm (which could be the last one), and it will allow them to poke fun at the idea too. Just don’t think too hard about it, because when you realize that much of Seinfeld was based on Larry David’s own real-life experiences, this season could end up being a total meta-textual mindbender. What do you think, is the fictional Seinfeld reunion a brilliant idea or just a shameless cop out?
Comments (16)
Not to mention the hilarity of the Larry and the Blacks hanging out with Michael Richards. The comedy to come out of that could be beyond genius.
Posted by Bob The Slob on July 31st, 2009I like the sounds of this!
Posted by Tomas on July 31st, 2009I can’t wait! Based off previous seasons’ frictions with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander, this will hopefully be the ultimate Seinfeld disaster—in the best way imaginable. In the end, all I can ask for is no hugging and no learning.
Posted by Kim on July 31st, 2009this could be EPIC!!!!
Posted by rus in chicago on July 31st, 2009“Meta-textual mindbender”! Are we trying to draw in the Cahiers du cinema crowd now? In that case, my next Treknobabble will be titled, “Liminality: Worf as Metonymic Signifier of Racial, Cultural, and National Differences.” Oh, wait, that title has already been taken.
BTW, Seinfeld grew on me. I’ll have to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm sometime.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 31st, 2009Best sitcom ever.
Posted by Raph on July 31st, 2009Elaine Marie Benes: Best Female Character ever!
Posted by Tomas on July 31st, 2009I wouldn’t mind seeing (frequent guest)Ted Danson get into a discussion with Seinfeld about who made more per episode in one of these episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Posted by Glen on July 31st, 2009this could be EPIC!!!!
I second~
Really hope in the so called reunion episode they could use the PILOT thread once again!!
Posted by Xu on July 31st, 2009>> Elaine Marie Benes: Best Female Character ever!
GET OUUUT!!!
>>Best sitcom ever.
true dat (as the kids say)
Posted by Damndirtyape on July 31st, 2009This is fantastic and plenty of reason to get HBO again after a disappointing year or so (except for Big Love).
Posted by Ryan on August 2nd, 2009Entourage sure isn’t the reason to keep it, it SUCKS this year, big time!
Posted by rus in chicago on August 3rd, 2009i wonder if they will even bring up the michael richards n word fiasco.
Posted by Ledgewood on August 3rd, 2009Larry David seemed to hint that it will probably be referenced at some point.
Posted by Sean on August 3rd, 2009I don’t see why not.
Posted by Tomas on August 3rd, 2009stoked. i liked the michael richards joke in funny people too. next thing, michael richards has gotta star in a tarantino flick …
Posted by Joel on August 3rd, 2009Leave a Reply