Curb Your Enthusiasm 809 Review- You Bucknered It!

Larry- "That's a remarkably idiotic thing that you just said but you know, the fact that you're wearing glasses, I perceive it as a little less idiotic than I normally would."

In a word, the penultimate episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm's eighth season was... enjoyable. With its therapist blunders, sexual accidents, backwards civil rights activism, and heartwarming Bill Buckner moments, "Mister Softee" was an extremely fun half hour of television.

For my money, Fred Melamed put forth some of the best comedic work of the summer in his small role as Larry's therapist. The subtlety he used in blatantly spilling information on his clients, while acting like he wasn't, was absolutely brilliant. He merely mentioned it was an illustrious director Star Wars that frequented prostitutes. That isn't obvious, right?

When LD's broken car seat came into play with Ana Gasteyer having herself a good time in the passenger seat, I wasn't sure if it was going to go to a funny place. But then Susie came running out of the building and towards Larry's car and the game changed. There have been few things as disgusting and as hilarious as watching Susie in the passenger seat, along with LD's reaction while driving that now gross car.

Everyone loves them some Leon Black, but when he tries to take things to another level, he's even better. Like when he pretended to be Danny Duberstein last season. Leon killed it as a Black man with glasses in this episode. Although we didn't get to listen in on his conversation with the security guard or Dr. Thurgood, imagining what he was saying was still funny.

To read the rest of my review of last night's Curb Your Enthusiasm, head over to TV Fanatic.

Curb Your Enthusiasm 809 - "Mister Softee"
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The Arthur Spooner Award- Supporting Character Comedy

Named For: Arthur Spooner played by Jerry Stiller in King of Queens
Awarded To: The best supporting character in a comedy series from
June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Last Year's Winner: Kevin Malone- The Office

Place. Character (Show) Points (My Vote)

10. Robby Ray Stewart (Hannah Montana) 1 point

9. George Christopher (Bored to Death) 6 points

8. Andy Dwyer (Parks and Recreation) 8 points (5th)

7. Frank Reynolds (It's Always Sunny) 10 points

6. Kevin Malone (The Office) 11 points

5. Luke Dunphy (Modern Family) 16 points

4. Pierce Hawthorne (Community) 19 points (3rd)

3. Abed Nadir (Community) 21 points (4th)

Runner-Up
2. Manny Delgado (Modern Family) 24 points (1st)

and the Poolie goes to...
1. Leon Black
(Curb Your Enthusiasm)
32 points (2nd)

In what was an acclaimed eighth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, filled with plenty of guest star's from Seinfeld, Leon Black might have been the best thing about the show for the second year in a row. It has been his ability to be completely oblivious that continues to make me crack up appearance after appearance.

The Black family wormed their way into Larry's life in season six and were still kicking around to start season seven before LD got Loretta to hit the road by being a complete jerk. That was no problem for Leon though. His sister and the rest of his family left LD, but Leon was perfectly comfortable where he was. When LD assumed he would follow Loretta's move and move out, Leon instead decided to "go upstairs and eat this f*ckin' chinese food...in his room."

You see he's completely oblivious. Not only does he not realize what you're supposed to do in given life situations like previously stated, but he also has no idea what Seinfeld is. His complete lack of knowledge while watching Jerry and Julia rehearse for the reunion was classic. He was cracking up like he had never seen the show before; rightfully so because he hadn't. This moment was summed up perfectly when he saw Newman and laughed at how short and fat he was.

The fact of the matter is that Leon Black does what he wants when he wants, and he does it hilariously. I know LD is the cornerstone of this show, but I can't imagine it without this year's winner of the Arthur Spooner Award.