Extras Season One
The idea that the second record is gonna flop is one of the rites of passage for an artist
, sorta like turning 30 and the whole midlife crisis, or adolescence. theres nothing you can do about it. though, you can make the best out of what ya got. in ricky gervais' case and his partner stepehen merchant, they sorta follow the vincent gallo version of evolution and with the s-u-c-c-e-s-s of the Office world wide, make an even more challenging introspection. when i first saw this i immediately equated the office as sorta having the spirit of the 20s and extras was definitely more adult and 30s. i dont even want to watch the second season cause i heard there's a christmas special that just came out about a week ago so dont buy this tillthey sell the first second and xmas special , like they did the office, in the coming year. i hope its good. this show pretty much gives you a finely tuned version of awkardness you got from the office, theres plenty of oh my gods and ups n downs. my favorite show is the last one and the premise of andy's bbc show is simply fuckin genius. rent it.

Curb Your Enthusiasm season 4
after the third season i was sorta left with a sore taste in my mouth, all of the sudden larry david had become sort of an asshole. before in the 1st and second seasons, i felt like he was a victim of circumstance, but in the third season he sorta got himself into trouble. ehh. the fourth season though is an awesome balance of his new asshole-ness and being fucked by life again and again. plus it has the Wandering Bear show which i dont know if i laughed so hard in my life when i first saw it, INDIANS ARE FUNNY dont rent this from the library cause it skips and i didnt even get to watch it this time around but maybe its good that way too. " not good, better."
EPILOGUE i sat down and rubbed on the dvd for a good couple hours so i could watch Wandering bear cure the Numb Vagina, and also remembered this season is worth it for that show and The Survivor show. SO FUNNY

p.s. its a interesting observation that ben stiller is in both of these series, both are i guess sorta on the intellectual side of humor, or least in the league of NEW humor. at least a few years back. i always thought neil hamburger and the office went hand in hand then curb your enthusiasm was the show with a masters degree. strangers with candy also fit in there early on with stephen colbert - also finds himself in this season of curb your enthusiam - writing the bulk of the spoken humor that now is sorta commonspeak. "my toys are not play things!"