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In Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good, titled after Larry David's key catchphrase, readers follow the early exploits of Larry's stand-up career, his days writing for Seinfeld and learn how Curb was conceived and developed. The book also explores Larry's on and off-screen relationships with famous pals like Richard Lewis, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and the cast of Seinfeld and contains an in-depth episode guide to Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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Publié par	Ecw Press
Date de parution	20 décembre 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781554909476
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	6 Mo

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PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD

JOSH LEVINE author ofMuch Ado About Nothing: The Biography of Jerry Seinfeld

PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD

ECW Press

Published by ECW Press 2120Queen Street East, Suite200,Toronto, Ontario, Canadam4e 1e2 416.694.3348/ info@ecwpress.com

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any process — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of the copyright owners and ECW Press.

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Levine, Josh Pretty, pretty, pretty good : Larry David and the making of Seinfeld and CurbYour Enthusiasm / Josh Levine.

isbn 978-1-55022-947-9

1. David, Larry.2. Curb your enthusiasm (Television program). 3. Seinfeld (Television program).4. Comedians—United States—Biography. 5.Television producers and directors—United States—Biography.i.Title.

pn1992.4.d39l49 2010 791.4502'32092 c2010-901398-0

Cover and Text Design:Tania Craan Cover Image Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Typesetting: Mary Bowness Production:Troy Cunningham Printing: Courier1 2 3 4 5

This book is set in Bembo and Interstate.

The publication ofPretty Pretty Pretty Good: Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasmhas been generously supported by the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit, by the OMDC Book Fund, an initiative of the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund.

Photo Section Credits: 1:ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images;2: Dennis Plehn/ABC via Getty Images; 3: Bob D’Amico/ABC via Getty Images;4: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images, Joseph DelValle/NBCU Photo Bank via AP Images;5: Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank via AP Images;6: Richard Corkery/NY Daily News;7:Archive via Getty Images,AP Photo/Matt Sayles; 8: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images,AP Photo/Chris Polk

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For Yoyo, the other fan in the house

Contents

Introduction The Near Failure 1

Chapter 1 The End of the Beginning,or Farewell toSeinfeld

Chapter 2 An Unfunny Kid

Chapter 3 Larry’s Corner

Chapter 4 The RealSeinfeld

Chapter 5 A Show and a Phenomenon

Chapter 6 Sour Reception

Chapter 7 The Unspecial

Chapter 8 The First Season

Chapter 9 The Real Larry:81Season Two

Chapter 10 That Championship Season:Season Three 89

Chapter 11 Larry David, Auteur:Seasons Four and Five 95

Chapter 12 Television Is Funny, Life Is Not:105Seasons Six and Seven

Chapter 13 Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good

Episode Guide HBO Special127

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Season Four

Season Five

Season Six

Season Seven

Sources

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction The Near Failure

Curb Your Enthusiasmis a show that divides people. There are those who love it, find it excruciatingly funny, and revel in its taboo-breaking humor, in the aggressive outbursts of its char-acters, in its depiction of social, moral, physical, and sexual humiliations.They see Larry David as a Freudian id out of con-trol, unable to conjure up the social restraints that stop the rest of us from saying what we really think and feel. And yet they appreciate that Larry, for all his selfishness, his childlike and neu-rotic behavior, is a man who enjoys and even embraces life. These fans see the show as a step up from the more conven-tionally framedSeinfeldits traditional set, three-camera, with shooting, punch lines, and laugh track. They considerCurba far less comfortable show: darker, edgier, and more honest. They appreciate its use of improvisation and handheld camera work, the result of which is rougher and gives a more “real” feel to the show, despite the often-complicated plotlines.They appreciate its fearless examination of cultural attitudes to reli-gion, race, physical disabilities, and sex — in a manner that, while highly politically incorrect, is in no way conservative or right-wing.They see it as just as funny asSeinfeldbut in a more painful way.