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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3.

Jay Schneider
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2.
3.

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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2.
3.

Shelley Cobb
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2.
3.

Teenage Girls Trick or Treating
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2.
3.

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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3.

Michael Halbreich
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2.
3.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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3.

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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2.
3.

Therapist (Psychiatrist)
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2.
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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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CYE Episode 8

Name:_____________________

Date:_____________________

Class: A B C D

Mills

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 8 “Beloved Cunt”
Characters (write one sentence to describe each character):

Jeff’s Mother –

Becky –

Louise –

Summary: At the funeral for Cheryl's aunt, Larry offers to use his connections (Jeff) to place an obituary in the newspaper. But when the paper comes out, the "a" in "aunt" has been inadvertently replaced with a "c", and Cheryl's family is convinced that Larry did it on purpose. Larry stays for part of the night at Jeff's, but is thrown out after Jeff's mother accuses him of trying to cop a feel. He ends up begging for a room at the hotel where his sister-in-law's now-ex-boyfriend is staying, but ends up getting thrown out of the hotel as well. It's a good thing his car has reclining seats.

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?

The Dude Review

Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski is a single, unemployed California, slacker who enjoys marijuana and spends his days "bowling, driving around, [and having] the occasional acid flashback." A devoted Creedence Clearwater Revival fan, he actively hates The Eagles. He freely uses profanity and is not above postdating a check for $0.69 to buy a carton of half and half for his favorite drink, White Russian cocktails. He claims to be one of the members of the "Seattle Seven" and a former roadie for Metallica, though he is not fond of the bandmembers (he refers to them as a "bunch of assholes"). The Dude is a laid-back pacifist who gets caught up in a scheme of kidnapping and embezzlement after seeking reparations for his beloved rug — which "really tied the room together" — after it was peed on.

Walter Sobchak is a Vietnam War veteran who "lives in the past"; he is the Dude's best friend and bowling teammate. Born a Polish Catholic, he converted to Judaism when he married his wife Cynthia and is accused of having a "sick Cynthia fetish" by The Dude ever since the two were divorced five years prior to the events in the film. Walter is a paranoid, mentally unstable man who often relates situations to his experiences in the Vietnam War. He often deals with situations aggressively and stubbornly, providing the main impetus for much of the story. He is boisterously confident in his actions, though his plans usually backfire, often ending disastrously for himself and the Dude. Walter runs his own security firm, Sobchak Security, and places bowling second to only his reverence to his religion, as evidenced by the memorable line "I'm as Jewish as the fucking Tevye" and his strict rule against bowling on Shabbos.

Theodore Donald "Donny" Kerabatsos is a member of Walter and The Dude's bowling team. Charmingly naïve, he interrupts conversations between The Dude and Walter to inquire about the parts of the story he missed, evoking responses such as "you're out of your element" and "you're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie." He is an avid bowler, and surfer in his younger days. Following his death and cremation, Walter and The Dude scatter his ashes over the ocean, in accordance with what his final wishes "might well have been."

Maude Lebowski is the Big Lebowski's daughter. She is a feminist as well as an avant-garde artist whose work "has been commended as strongly vaginal." She is good friends with video artist Knox Harrington, and she is also the person who introduced Bunny to Uli Kunkle, the nihilist and would-be kidnapper. Maude strongly disapproves of her father's marriage to Bunny.

Jeffrey Lebowski, "The Big Lebowski" to which the movie's title refers, is a multi-millionare who lost his legs to "some Chinaman [...] in Korea." He is married to Bunny and is the father of Maude by his late wife. He is a very vain man who prides himself on the fact that he has "accomplished more than most men, and without the use of [his] legs."

Brandt, a sycophant and loyal assistant to Mr. Lebowski, tries to please everyone. Brandt, who is one of the few people outside the Dude's circle who calls him by his preferred title, has a habit of echoing his boss as well as forcing out nervous laughter during awkward moments.

Bunny Lebowski, is the Big Lebowski's “trophy wife" She ran away from her family in Minnesota and soon found herself making pornographic videos under the name Bunny LaJoya. She is a careless, irresponsible person who is an annoyance to her husband because "she owes money all over town, including to known pornographers."

Jackie Treehorn is a bigtime pornographic film producer who lives in Malibu, California. He employs the two thugs who ambush The Dude in his home at the beginning of the movie. In spite of this apparent disrespect, he does call Lebowski "The Dude".

The Nihilists are a group of ethnic Germans who claim to be nihilists, although they do not seem to completely grasp the tenets of nihilism, vis-a-vis their desire for the money and complaints about unfairness. The group, composed of leader Uli Kunkle, Franz, and Dieter. The group, along with Kunkle's ex-girlfriend, Lu Ahkrugns, are the supposed kidnappers of Bunny Lebowski.

Jesus Quintana is one of The Dude and Walter's opponents in the bowling league semifinals match. This eccentric character served "6 months in Chino for exposing himself to an 8-year-old". He speaks with a thick Hispanic accent, wears a uniform which matches his purple bowling ball, and refers to himself as "The Jesus". Although he only appears in two scenes, his line "You said it man! Nobody fucks with The Jesus!", is one of the most oft-quoted lines in the film.

Curb Your Enthusiasm Episode 7

Name:_____________________

Date:_____________________

Class: A B C D

Mills

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 7 “Aamco”

Characters (write one sentence to describe each character):

Mike (AAMCO Guy) –

Caterer –

Homeless Man –

Julie –

Summary: During a test-drive of Jeff's new "toy", a vintage '57 Chevy convertible, Larry mistakes the horn in an Aamco radio commercial for that of an actual car idling behind him at a red light -- and ends up getting the car rammed. Later, hosting a dinner party catered by an unscrupulous woman who ends up stealing the leftovers, Larry meets Mike Duffy, an actual Aamco repairman, who agrees to fix Jeff's car. But Larry's good fortune is short-lived as he ends up alienating Mike by refusing to invite him to his house on Martha's Vineyard.

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?

This assignment is due Friday September 22^nd, 2006. Failure to complete this assignment will result in the deduction of 10 points from your next “Speaking and Listening” test.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 5

Name:_____________________

Date:_____________________

Class: A B C D

Mills

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 5 “Interior Decorator”

Characters (write one sentence to describe each character):

Interior Decorator –

Female Parking Attendant –

Woman in the elevator –

Doctor –

Summary: By politely holding the elevator door for a woman in an office building, Larry ends up losing his place before her at the doctor's office, and is delayed 40 minutes. As a result, Larry ends up missing an important meeting with Diane Keaton. At home, Larry and Cheryl are visited by their interior decorator, who has Keaton's phone number but won't give it to Larry even though the actress called and left her number, which Larry couldn't decipher because of static. Thanks to Jeff, however, Larry is able to go to Keaton's house, where he runs into his decorator, gets into a fight, and breaks Diane's lamp -- the same type that was in Porno Gil's pad.

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?

This assignment is due Friday September 15^th, 2006. Failure to complete this assignment will result in the deduction of 10 points from your next “Speaking and Listening” test.

Curb Your Enthusiasm Episode 4

Name:_____________________

Date:_____________________

Class: A B C D

Mills

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 4 “The Bracelet”

Characters (write one sentence to describe each character):

Larry David –

Cheryl David –

Restaurant Captain –

Blind Man –

Summary: Cheryl and Larry get into a fight after she returns from a trip and he's too distracted by a game on TV to greet her properly. To make peace, Larry decides to buy her a bracelet at a jewelry store, but isn't allowed in because of his shabby clothes. After bribing a guy to use his cell phone, Larry calls pal Richard Lewis, who arrives to help--except that the store is now closed for lunch. The pair end up helping a blind man move into his apartment, the jewelry store closes for the night, and Richard ends up coveting the same bracelet that Larry wants to buy.

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?

This assignment is due Friday September 8^th, 2006. Failure to complete this assignment will result in the deduction of 10 points from your next “Speaking and Listening” test.

Curb Your Enthusiasm Episode 3

Name:_____________________

Date:_____________________

Class: A B C D

Mills

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Episode 3 “Porno Gil”

Characters (write one sentence to describe each character):

Larry David –

Cheryl David –

Jeff –

Gil –

Gil’s Wife –

Brian –

Summary: By not picking up a golf ball that drops out of a bucket carried by a man in a tacky western hat, Larry sets off a bizarre chain of events in which he's forced to attend a party at the home of a porno businessman named Gil, getting lost with Cheryl along the way. The party ends up being a disaster, as Larry refuses to take off his shoes, breaks a lamp, loses his watch, and is forced to do a dreaded "double goodbye." Meanwhile, Jeff is hospitalized for emergency bypass [heart] surgery and asks Larry to remove the secret porno stash at his home so his wife doesn't find it. While carrying out the favor, Larry discovers a familiar face on one of the video boxes.

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?














This assignment is due Friday September 1st, 2006. Failure to complete this assignment will result in the deduction of 10 points from your next “Speaking and Listening” test.