http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/24/CURB-YOUR-ENTHUSIASM----The-Ida-Funkhouser-Roadside-Memorial.aspx If there’s one thing we’ve established through five seasons of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, it’s that Larry David is a jackass. A real jackass. In every sense of the word. But sometimes it’s just not his fault, and Sunday was a case in point. First he deals with a woman who can’t make up her mind at the ice cream store, causing great delay (and, of course, a slew of sarcastic remarks) for poor LD. Then he has to deal with taking a stinky 50-dollar bill from the recently orphaned Marty Funkhouser. (Can a middle-aged man become an orphan? Funkhouser claims he can, after his mother just died. We’ll let it slide … I guess.) So, you can’t blame Larry for shorting the painter (because he wouldn’t take the dirty fifty) or stealing flowers (twice) from Ida Funkhouser’s roadside memorial (because the flower shop wouldn’t take the fifty) or stealing perfume from the late Mama Funkhouser’s in-house memorial (OK, that one was probably his fault, but hey, he was just trying to get some lovin’ from Cheryl. And really, how many memorials can one woman have?). en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/24/CURB-YOUR-ENTHUSIASM----The-Ida-Funkhouser-Roadside-Memorial.aspx 77 60