Cheryl David is the third best female sitcom character of the last 20 years. She slots in right behind Elaine Benes of “Seinfeld” and Liz Lemon of “30 Rock.” Cheryl is funny, charming, and has great chemistry with Larry David (Curbs lead actor).
Season 7 of Curb closed with Cheryl and Larry on the outs, and Season 8 abruptly began with the couple getting a divorce. I didn’t like it, but I knew that Cheryl was such an intricate character that the show would have to find a way to include her in future episodes. To my immediate chagrin Cheryl didn’t appear in episode two, and by the time episode three “Palestinian Chicken” rolled around I wasn’t missing her at all.
Her absence gives the show a prequel type of a feel now. We always wondered how Larry got so lucky as to wed Cheryl in the first place. She’s younger, hotter, and better than him; we assumed that it was the Seinfeld money that made him attractive. So now post-Cheryl we get to see single Larry in all of his glory. And I must say it is “prettay, prettay, prettay” impressive.
In the span of two episodes one of my favorites had become insignificant. Can you imagine “Seinfeld” without Elaine? Cheryl was the table setter of the show. The sneaky hot wife that could stand toe to toe with Larry, and sometimes even outwit him. Larry is certifiably crazy, and we needed Cheryl to make everything believable. Cheryl would hastily apologize for Larry’s social phobias, or try to hijack them before they could do any significant damage. She was perfect. Little did I know, she was actually holding the show back? Season 8 of Curb was the best ever, and the stories told could not have happened organically with Cheryl being an active player.
In Palestinian Chicken (Episode 3) Larry (a Jew) meets a Palestinian woman at a verboten Chicken spot, they have immediate hate chemistry, which leads to the unforgettable scene where she and he are swapping paint, in the bedroom, and she initiates dirty talk by yelling at him “I’m going to Eff the JEW out of you.”
In The Bi-Sexual (Episode 7) Larry and Rosie O’Donnell are courting the same woman, and so Larry resorts to “juicing” to beat the competition. Jane the courted eventually finds out and forbids Larry from entering her Hall of Fame.
In Mister Softee (Episode 9) Larry is dating a woman who doesn’t know about his childhood mental scars and thus doesn’t understand why he goes soft when he hears the Mr. Softee ice cream music. This leads to countless shenanigans ending with Bill Buckner redeeming himself of his 1986 mishandling of a ball at Shea, by catching a baby in New York City.
In Larry vs Michael J. Fox (Episode 10) Larry is dating a woman who has a 6-year-old boy who is “fierce.” The lad’s birthday is coming up and Larry tortures himself trying to find a suitable gift. He settles on a sewing machine. The boy loves it, but Susie feels it’s not appropriate for a boy. Larry confesses that he bought the gift because he assumed the boy was gay. Susie says he’s too young to be gay, in order to be gay you have to have sexual feeling towards the same sex. She continues that the boy probably doesn’t have any sexual feelings, thus can’t be gay. Larry agrees, and then says the boy is “pre-gay.”
Season 8 was fantastic. Larry David is a comedic genius. First “Seinfeid” and now “Curb.” Not too many shows can claim that they are doing their best work in their eighth season. I hate to say it but this is a classic case of “The Ewing Theory” which basically supports the concept of addition by subtraction. Cheryl, you have become a casualty of greatness. We love you, but don’t miss you.
Season 7 of Curb closed with Cheryl and Larry on the outs, and Season 8 abruptly began with the couple getting a divorce. I didn’t like it, but I knew that Cheryl was such an intricate character that the show would have to find a way to include her in future episodes. To my immediate chagrin Cheryl didn’t appear in episode two, and by the time episode three “Palestinian Chicken” rolled around I wasn’t missing her at all.
Her absence gives the show a prequel type of a feel now. We always wondered how Larry got so lucky as to wed Cheryl in the first place. She’s younger, hotter, and better than him; we assumed that it was the Seinfeld money that made him attractive. So now post-Cheryl we get to see single Larry in all of his glory. And I must say it is “prettay, prettay, prettay” impressive.
In the span of two episodes one of my favorites had become insignificant. Can you imagine “Seinfeld” without Elaine? Cheryl was the table setter of the show. The sneaky hot wife that could stand toe to toe with Larry, and sometimes even outwit him. Larry is certifiably crazy, and we needed Cheryl to make everything believable. Cheryl would hastily apologize for Larry’s social phobias, or try to hijack them before they could do any significant damage. She was perfect. Little did I know, she was actually holding the show back? Season 8 of Curb was the best ever, and the stories told could not have happened organically with Cheryl being an active player.
In Palestinian Chicken (Episode 3) Larry (a Jew) meets a Palestinian woman at a verboten Chicken spot, they have immediate hate chemistry, which leads to the unforgettable scene where she and he are swapping paint, in the bedroom, and she initiates dirty talk by yelling at him “I’m going to Eff the JEW out of you.”
In The Bi-Sexual (Episode 7) Larry and Rosie O’Donnell are courting the same woman, and so Larry resorts to “juicing” to beat the competition. Jane the courted eventually finds out and forbids Larry from entering her Hall of Fame.
In Mister Softee (Episode 9) Larry is dating a woman who doesn’t know about his childhood mental scars and thus doesn’t understand why he goes soft when he hears the Mr. Softee ice cream music. This leads to countless shenanigans ending with Bill Buckner redeeming himself of his 1986 mishandling of a ball at Shea, by catching a baby in New York City.
In Larry vs Michael J. Fox (Episode 10) Larry is dating a woman who has a 6-year-old boy who is “fierce.” The lad’s birthday is coming up and Larry tortures himself trying to find a suitable gift. He settles on a sewing machine. The boy loves it, but Susie feels it’s not appropriate for a boy. Larry confesses that he bought the gift because he assumed the boy was gay. Susie says he’s too young to be gay, in order to be gay you have to have sexual feeling towards the same sex. She continues that the boy probably doesn’t have any sexual feelings, thus can’t be gay. Larry agrees, and then says the boy is “pre-gay.”
Season 8 was fantastic. Larry David is a comedic genius. First “Seinfeid” and now “Curb.” Not too many shows can claim that they are doing their best work in their eighth season. I hate to say it but this is a classic case of “The Ewing Theory” which basically supports the concept of addition by subtraction. Cheryl, you have become a casualty of greatness. We love you, but don’t miss you.
