I waited and waited... Then even after it made its debut, I waited some more for the first episode of Curb Season 7, and I have to say now that I went ahead and watched it, I was more than a little disappointed.
Although I see where and why it might have been impossible to recover from the bizarre turn of events in the last season -- I truly think he thought it was all over at the end of season 6... he even named the final episode of season 5 "The End."
How *could* he write himself out of the hole he dug by divorcing Cheryl and adopting the Black family? I guess I am more irritated by that plot line than by the new one he obviously is trying to compensate with (getting Cheryl back), but come on... the first episode of season 7 was choppily edited, the dialogue seemed stiff and (gasp) scripted. And let's face it, Larry's faux pas are not as funny unless they are buffered (and reacted to) by Cheryl or some other innocent character.
Larry's (the character) problems largely depend on reaction. I mean it's just not funny enough for him to say vaguely insulting things about gays or dinner invitations without an appropriate reaction. I think somewhere they have lost the whole spirit of the thing.
That, or maybe I have just been waiting too long for this. I don't want to sound mean (or worse), but I hope they get the Black family out of the picture and concentrate more on what was funny, rather than just a collection of stereotypes and gay jokes.
Not that there's anything wrong with that... maybe that phrase and the man who wrote it has seen better days?
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