(Season 3, Episodes 3-4)
This makes a little more sense. Cheryl has no reason to fear that Larry will leave her — landing her was miracle enough for one lifetime. But Larry should have a healthy fear of Cheryl finding someone better than him and bolting. I doubt she’ll find someone who can give her a more comfortable life (not that he shows it), but “better?” Yeah.
3.3 “Club Soda and Salt”
Leave it to Larry David to throw a good housekeeping tip into one of his episodes. I knew club soda, and I knew salt, but I never knew the power of the duo. I’m anxious for a fresh stain I can try it out on.
Not surprisingly, the restaurant’s chef quit after the incident at dinner at Larry’s house. I’m willing to bet that the peanut allergy had less to do with it than the insult of Jeff putting ketchup on his steak. Auditions were destined not to go well.
Larry was really funny telling Cheryl all about the perfect socks that he found. I also loved him jumping on that cranberry juice stain while he and Cheryl were in the throes of foreplay — he couldn’t wait to try the trick out either!
I’ve said before that Larry’s ability to go unnoticed is not believable to me. But even if that’s the character, no way do I believe that Ted Danson can sit in a restaurant without being accosted. Maybe there was a creative decision made that it would ruin the flow of the show to have all the famous people playing themselves be realistically inundated with fans, but it’s completely inauthentic as a result. I’m not sure which is worse.
What kind of crazy nuts determine that a wedding gift can’t be accepted more than a year after a wedding? Who passes on a gift? Ridiculous.
3.4 “The Nanny from Hell”
I wondered when and how Jeff and Susie would reunite, and apparently the answers are now and a pregnancy. It’s always nice for the kids when their parents stay together when they really shouldn’t.
I really wonder how much of this show is ad-libbed. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the weekly scripts are little more than stage directions and bullet point theme notes. People around Larry generally look like they have no idea what he’s about to say (in a good, natural way), and Cheryl often lacks the fluidity that someone who’s memorized their lines displays. It all works really well.
Larry and his bathroom issues, George and his bathroom issues. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Larry’s so particular. Cheri Oteri, playing Martine the Nanny, is part of a crew of Saturday Night Live actors who should never have been given a chance in front of the camera. What a disaster. The Looney Tunes theme thing was funny, but anyone could have done it. She was not enjoyable.
I loved the side plot with the bakery going out of business and Larry buying a dozen sponge cakes for Jeff. Susie’s a horrible human being for throwing them out (and in general, but here I have a specific reason). If Jeff wasn’t a cheater, I’d say it was he who should leave her.
Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Sep 03, 2010 @ 12:00 EST5EDT
Could Ted Danson sit in a restaurant without being recognized? Definitely not, but if the place is fancy enough he probably won’t have people coming up to bother him. The Beverly Hills/Hollywood Hills locals eating around them are probably jaded anyway toward celebrities. If they were eating in an Applebees I’d be more likely to wonder why no one recognized him. Then again that guy who attacked him for using his garbage can didn’t recognize him either.
*POST AUTHOR*
My wife said the same thing to me, but are people that jaded? Someone in there had to have been just a rich celebrity whore.