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5 unusual facts about Curb Your Enthusiasm


AAMCO Transmissions

An AAMCO radio commercial was the topic of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry David, unfamiliar with the commercials, mistook the car horn for a real driver honking at him.

Brand X with Russell Brand

FX has reportedly picked up a scripted pilot starring Brand that will be loosely based on his life, similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Mellowdrama Records

A notable entry in their music catalogue is Zbigniew Preisner's "The Beautiful Country", and, including "Frolic", a soundtrack album from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" that includes the show's popular title music composed by Luciano Michelini.

Outnumbered

It's also taken a leaf out of Curb Your Enthusiasm's book with large chunks of improvisation – although the strongest language you'll find here is "ponk".

Rob Huebel

He also appeared on the HBO television series Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as Fox's Arrested Development.


Alec Berg

In addition, Berg is an executive producer of and directed numerous episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In the Season 8 Curb Your Enthusiasm episode "The Divorce," Larry David fires his divorce attorney Andrew Berg (played by Paul F. Thompkins) after he finds out that Berg is not Jewish, but instead is a Catholic of Swedish heritage.

Charles Salzberg

His students have included Lauren Weisberger (author of The Devil Wears Prada), Joy Behar (co-host of The View), Susie Essman (co-star of Curb Your Enthusiasm), Sally Koslow (author of Little Pink Slips), Linda Yellin (author of The Last Blind Date and Such a Lovely Couple), and Stephanie Klein (author of Straight Up and Dirty).

Chip Chinery

As an actor, he has guest-starred on over 50 different TV shows and films, including Seinfeld, Friends, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Better Off Ted, and Coyote Ugly.

Craig Anton

During the 2000s, Anton appeared in guest roles on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000); The King of Queens (2001, 2005); Ally McBeal (2001); Lizzie McGuire (2001); Everybody Loves Raymond (2002), Weekends at the D.L. (2005), Two Broke Girls (2013), and Mad Men (2013).

Holly Wortell

Her few non-Bonnie-related roles include guest spots on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage, and a national advertising campaign for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

Jamie Elman

Recent roles include starring opposite Armand Assante in California Dreaming which won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival; portraying a young Sigmund Freud, again opposite Assante and Ben Cross, in When Nietzsche Wept; and on the small screen, where he improvised with Larry David in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

The Contest

"The Contest" is referenced in the "Shaq" episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm (S02E08), in which Larry David and Shaquille O'Neal watch "The Contest" together.

Tucker Smallwood

On television, he has been a regular and made guest appearances on many series, including Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium, Babylon 5, The X-Files, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Friends, and The Sarah Silverman Program.

Wendell Yuponce

He has written for film (The Debut), television (Daisy Does America, All American Girl, Minor Adjustments, Curb Your Enthusiasm) as well as numerous television commercials.

Whatever Happened to That Guy?

This show could be considered to be the Australian equivalent to Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm.


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