Curb Your Enthusiasm - "The Virus"
March 19, 2020 11:56 AM   Subscribe

"Look, everyone is processing Corona anxiety in their own way.
I dealt with it by writing an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm about it.
Enjoy."

Curb Your Enthusiasm - "The Virus" by Dan Ozzi.
posted by mahershalal (16 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
 
So funny this came up, because as Mr. Fantastic and I settled in to watch Curb on Sunday, trying for a moment of relaxation in the midst of...everything, I said, "Man, I wonder what kind of field day Larry David would have with all THIS?!?"
posted by TheFantasticNumberFour at 12:15 PM on March 19, 2020 [1 favorite]


Not bad, but this was the one line that I could absolutely hear being said in an actual Curb episode:
SUSIE: Get lost, you Covoid fuck!
posted by Atom Eyes at 12:21 PM on March 19, 2020 [7 favorites]


Most of Curb is not scripted, but this was still decent.

I will say one thing though, Larry David was way ahead of all you in terms of personal hygiene. The latest Curb episode (written more than a year ago) already has him fretting over providing adequate Purell to everyone that visits his coffee shop.
posted by mysticreferee at 12:44 PM on March 19, 2020 [3 favorites]


Just a word that the current season of Curb has been far superior to previous seasons. The reliance on a script rather than improv has really upped the quality. Highly reccomended
posted by Keith Talent at 1:11 PM on March 19, 2020 [2 favorites]


I thought this was great and very plausible. I could hear the characters speaking in my head with no effort. The toilet paper to restaurant subplot really made me laugh
posted by treepour at 1:19 PM on March 19, 2020 [3 favorites]


Not bad at all.
posted by kevinbelt at 1:44 PM on March 19, 2020


I’ve been rewatching the entire run. My god it’s brilliant. Sometimes painful. But a brilliant-only -slightly-alternate-universe of relatable anxiety.
posted by Everyone Expects The Spanish Influenza at 2:24 PM on March 19, 2020


Along similar lines there was this 9/11 Seinfeld Spec Script that made the rounds in 2016.
posted by Ragged Richard at 2:46 PM on March 19, 2020 [1 favorite]


Really good.
posted by turbid dahlia at 2:48 PM on March 19, 2020


I think he did a great job capturing the characters' voices, especially Leon's.

It doesn't seem like he's been watching the current season though. For example, Larry no longer drives a Prius, OG Funkhouser* is roaming around parts unknown in China, and there's no way Larry would be using a public restroom.

*The Marty Funkhouser character has been replaced by his younger brother, Freddy Funkhouser. So far they haven't addressed the death of the character's portrayer, Bob Einstein.
posted by fuse theorem at 4:19 PM on March 19, 2020


Just wanted to add some love. This had me laughing out loud. Curb has been a bright spot lately.
posted by GerundDMC at 4:38 PM on March 19, 2020


Dear Larry: Hire this man.
posted by Modest House at 5:35 PM on March 19, 2020 [1 favorite]


The Leon/Larry interactions were perfect.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 6:12 PM on March 19, 2020


Only one line seemed out of place—the one about Jeff eating. I could make a case for Susie saying that, but not Larry.
posted by emelenjr at 6:29 PM on March 19, 2020


Good script -- I could see the characters in my mind's eye, and I haven't seen the show in years!
posted by Agave at 7:09 PM on March 19, 2020


Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
posted by mbatch at 10:42 PM on March 19, 2020 [4 favorites]


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