Extra Credit Assignments

Name:_____________________

Class: A B C D


Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 11 “The Car Salesman”
Complete for 5 Extra Credit Points

Characters (write three sentences to describe each character):

Jason Alexander
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Richard Lewis
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Jay Schneider
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Summary: Living out of a hotel, Larry and Cheryl make a successful bid on a seaside home owned by Jason Alexander's new agent, Jay Schneider. Moving in, however, they learn their new dream home has a disturbing "house sound" of unknown origin. Meanwhile, Larry shocks his wife and friends by deciding to take a job as a car salesman, but is foiled by when "high maintenance" friend Richard Lewis shows up at the dealership. And in another case of art imitating life, Larry and Jason Alexander contemplate making a new TV series about an actor who can't find work because he's typecast as a "jackass" character from a hit series.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, describe your favorite scene using a minimum of five sentences. Who was in the scene? What happened? Where did the scene take place? Why do you like the scene?












Name:_____________________

Class: A B C D


Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 12 “The Car Salesman”
Complete for 5 Extra Credit Points

Characters (write three sentences to describe each character):

Susie
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Wanda
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Thor Olson
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Summary: Jeff leaves his wife Susie, and his concerns about his dirty laundry being aired in court filter down to Larry, who becomes obsessed with showing Cheryl how un-kinky he is. Instead, after one of their neighbors (Wanda) takes his casual greeting the wrong way, Cheryl mistakenly concludes that Larry has an ass fetish. Meanwhile, Larry seeks revenge on pro wrestler Thor Olson, who he's convinced slashed his tire following an argument on the road, and recruits Jeff to redress the wrong in return for Larry's delivering Jeff's clothes to the hotel. Larry decides to meet with Jason Alexander about their new show, but the two end up getting into an argument about where to hold their meetings.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, describe your favorite scene using a minimum of five sentences. Who was in the scene? What happened? Where did the scene take place? Why do you like the scene?











Name:_____________________

Class: A B C D


Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 13 “Trick or Treat”
Complete for 5 Extra Credit Points

Characters (write three sentences to describe each character):

Cliff Cobb
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Shelley Cobb
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3.

Teenage Girls Trick or Treating
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Summary: Larry and Cheryl attend the premiere of a movie written by his handicapped friend Cliff Cobb, during which Larry manages to offend a Jewish neighbor, alienate Cliff (as well as the memory of his salad-inventing grandfather), and send out misguided romantic overtures to Cliff's wife Shelly. Later, the Davids experience the "trick" side of Halloween when Larry refuses to give candy to two uncostumed teenagers. Having failed to secure a bracelet for his wife on her birthday, Larry makes amends with the perfect gift on a romantic morning -- until Jeff arrives to pick him up for a round of golf.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, describe your favorite scene using a minimum of five sentences. Who was in the scene? What happened? Where did the scene take place? Why do you like the scene?











Name:_____________________

Class: A B C D


Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 14 “The Shrimp Incident”
Complete for 5 Extra Credit Points

Characters (write three sentences to describe each character):

Allan Wasserman
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Michael Halbreich
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3.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Summary: Larry suspects that HBO exec Allan Wasserman has lifted some shrimp out of his Chinese food following a take-out mix-up. Later, when he and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are pitching their new show to HBO, Larry just can't leave the subject of the shrimp alone. The situation isn't helped when Larry's labeled a misogynist after uttering the "c" word at a poker game. As if that's not enough, Wasserman learns from certain "eyewitnesses" that Larry beats his wife.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, describe your favorite scene using a minimum of five sentences. Who was in the scene? What happened? Where did the scene take place? Why do you like the scene?











Name:_____________________

Class: A B C D


Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 15 “The Thong”
Complete for 5 Extra Credit Points

Characters (write three sentences to describe each character):

Richard Lewis
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2.
3.

Rob Reiner
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Therapist (Psychiatrist)
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Summary: Larry decides he can't continue seeing his shrink after seeing him wearing a thong bathing suit on the beach. Fellow patient Richard Lewis agrees, and the two plot ways to end their doctor/patient relationship. Meanwhile, Rob Reiner convinces Larry to participate in a celebrity auction to benefit Groat's Syndrome, but Larry ends up turning off the winning "lunch with Larry" bidder.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, describe your favorite scene using a minimum of five sentences. Who was in the scene? What happened? Where did the scene take place? Why do you like the scene?












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