TY - ADVS AU - David,Larry AU - Hines,Cheryl AU - Garlin,Jeff AU - Essman,Susie AU - Lewis,Richard AU - Smoove,J.B. AU - Fox,Michael J. AU - Gervais,Ricky AU - Bloomberg,Michael AU - Steinberg,David AU - Gordon,Bryan AU - Weide,Robert B. AU - Charles,Larry AU - Berg,Alec AU - Mandel,David AU - Schaffer,Jeff ED - HBO Video (Firm) ED - Home Box Office (Firm) TI - Curb your enthusiasm SN - 078068592X PY - 2012/// CY - [United States] PB - Home Box Office KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Drama KW - Men KW - Sexual behavior KW - Conduct of life KW - Television comedy writers KW - Television comedies KW - lcgft KW - Television series KW - Fiction television programs KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - DVD release of episodes originally broadcast on television in 2011; Special features: Leon's guide to NYC ; Roundtable discussion with Larry and the cast recorded live at New York's 92nd Street Y; Disc 1. The divorce / directed by David Steinberg, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; The safe house / directed by Bryan Gordon, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; Palestinian chicken / directed by Robert B. Weide, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; The smiley face / directed by Jeff Schaffer, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; Vow of silence / directed by Alec Berg, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; The hero / directed by Alec Berg, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; The bi-sexual / directed by David Mandel, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer -- Disc 2. Car periscope / directed by David Mandel, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; Mister softee / directed by Larry Charles, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer ; Larry vs. Michael J Fox / directed by Alec Berg, written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer; Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Michael J. Fox, Richard Lewis, Ricky Gervais, Mayor Bloomberg; Rating: TV-MA N2 - The series proves how seemingly trivial details of one's day-to-day life, a trip to the grocery store, a remark at a dinner party, a fender-bender, can precipitate a 'Murphy's Law' chain of misfortune to hilarious effect. To keep the narrative spontaneous, Curb is shot without a script; cast members are given scene outlines and often improvise lines as they go ER -