Interview · moment 16 of 25
Curb Your Enthusiasm's Origins and Legacy
from #258 - Fat Recluse | The Tim Dillon Show · #258
4 min
Guest
Jeff discusses how he and Larry David had no idea Curb would become iconic, comparing the show's impact to The Sopranos and reflecting on how many more seasons might be possible given Larry's age.
- Tim notes comedians improve over decades if they continue putting in work—both on stage and as a person.
- Jeff Schaffer says no one has asked him how many more seasons Curb Your Enthusiasm might have left, and he thinks maybe one more is possible.
- Working on both The Goldbergs and Curb Your Enthusiasm at 59 is exhausting, and Larry David faces similar physical strain being in every scene.
- Tim calls Curb Your Enthusiasm the greatest comedy of the last quarter century.
- Tim's opinion: 90 minutes combining three Sopranos seasons and Curb Your Enthusiasm is the best 90 minutes in television history—both drama and comedy.
- Tim asks how much of Curb Your Enthusiasm is improv versus scripted.
- Schaffer reveals they had no idea the show would become iconic, but they did know to make what they found interesting rather than chase trends.
- He thought early on the show would do well in England because it had a Faulty Towers flavor to it.
Curb Your EnthusiasmThe SopranosLarry DavidFaulty TowersMichael Imperioli