>>> ANTIBIOTICS. >> ANTIBIOTICS. >> THAT GIVES MEN BREASTS. >> LARRY COULD GROW BREASTS. >> THE THOUGHT OF LARRY WITH BREASTS -- >> PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY CUTE. >> YES, IT IS BACK, THE 12th AND FINAL SEASON OF "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM," A SERIES THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED FOR 51 EMMYS OVER THE YEARS, PREMIERS THIS SUNDAY. >> WE MAY HAVE WON, WHAT, TWO? >> IT'S NOT A GOOD RECORD. >> YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE? YOU ARE THE NEW YORK JETS OF TELEVISION AWARDS. >> GEEZ. >> THAT IS COLD, JOE! >> WHOA. >> WHAT A SICK, SICK MAN. >> A SICK, SICK, MR. PRESIDENT, A SICK WHAT? >> DON'T MAKE ME SAY IT. >> THAT'S SOME INTRODUCTION, HUH? >> LARRY DAVID AND, OF COURSE, THE GREAT SUSIE ESSMAN ARE HERE. CAN WE START WITH THIS BEING THE LAST SEASON? FIRST OF ALL, IS IT REALLY THE LAST SEASON? >> I RESENT THAT. I RESENT THE TONE. WHAT, I'M A LIAR NOW? >> IT WAS WISHFUL THINKING. HOW ARE YOU FEELING IF IT REALLY IS? >> FIRST OF ALL, I SAW MYSELF AT THE SCREENING OF THE FIRST EPISODE THE IT WAS A BIG SCREEN. I THOUGHT, FIRST OF ALL, THIS GUY SHOULD BE IN A NURSING HOME. PEOPLE HAVE TO WATCH THIS? THAT'S IT. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF YOU RETIRE, THOUGH? >> HE'S NOT GOING TO RETIRE, COME ON. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> THERE'S PLENTY, PLENTY TO DO, OKAY? I DO A LOT OF CHARITY WORK. >> SERIOUSLY. >> PRO BONO IS HIS MIDDLE NAME. [ LAUGHTER ] >> HAVE YOU NOT RETIRED ONCE ALREADY? LIKE, WASN'T THERE ALREADY A LAST -- >> WHAT DOES RETIRE MEAN? >> I REMEMBER GOING TO THE 1984 WHO FAREWELL TOUR, RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> AND THE 1987 WHO FAREWELL TOUR. >> NO. HE'S SAYING THIS IS IT FOR CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM." HE'S NOT SAYING FOR LIFE. >> HE'LL BE BACK. >> NO, HE WON'T. >> ARE YOU ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY SUSIE, WHO TRANSLATES FOR YOU? >> I'VE NEVER BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY HER, BUT I LIKE IT. >> DOES SHE PICK YOU UP AT THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY? >> I'M RIGHT THERE WITH HIM. >> TALK ABOUT THE JOURNEY? >> THE JOURNEY? >> IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. I REMEMBER WATCHING BACK IN 2000 AND GOING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY FUNNY. I LIKE IT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO LAST LIKE SIX WEEKS. >> BY THE WAY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MY COUSIN ARLENE SAID AFTER THE FIRST EPISODE AIRED. SHE CALLED ME UP AND SAID, I HAPPEN TO LIKE IT. >> HAPPEN. >> I LIKE IT. >> NOBODY ELSE DID. >> I HAPPEN TO LIKE IT. >> AND I LIKE "MIND OF THE MARRIED MAN," BUT NEITHER OF THESE ARE GOING TO LAST MORE THAN SIX WEEKS. >> IT'S CRAZY. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO LAST THIS WEEK, BUT WE'RE HAPPY IT DID. >> WHY DID IT LAST THIS LONG? >> BECAUSE HE'S REALLY FUNNY. IT WAS ORIGINAL AND INTERESTING AND NOTHING LIKE IT'S EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING LIKE IT WILL EVER BE DONE AGAIN? >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW SCENES COME ABOUT? >> YOU MEAN THE IMPROV? >> IT'S SO FASCINATING. LARRY'S NOT GOING LIKE THIS EVERY NIGHT. >> YOU COULD ASK WILLIE GEIST, WHO EXPERIENCED IT. >> I GOT TO SEE IT UP CLOSE. >> BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING, CAN I JUST SAY YOU WERE SO AMAZINGLY GOOD AND NOT JUST FOR A NEWS PERSON, FOR LIKE AN ACTOR YOU WERE AMAZING. >> I WILL SAY ABOUT THE PROCESS -- AND JEFF SHAFFER IS HERE TOO, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR AND EVERYTHING. THE PROCESS IS KIND OF AN OUTLINE THAT YOU'RE GIVEN. YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S HEADED EVENTUALLY, BUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING THERE IS INCREDIBLY, OTHERWORLDLY FUNNY PEOPLE FINDING WAYS TO GET YOU THERE. LARRY, OF COURSE, IS HYSTERICALLY FUNNY. BUT JEFF WILL COME AND LEAN IN AND SAY, WHY DON'T YOU TRY THAT? IT'S SO NATURAL AND ORGANIC, THEN SOMEHOW AT THE END IT TURNS INTO A TV SHOW. >> THERE'S NO DIALOGUE WRITTEN. WILLIE MADE UP ALL HIS OWN DIALOGUE. ALL THAT FILTH THAT COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH IS ALL MINE. >> JOE REFERRED TO IT WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WATCHING THE FIRST SEASON, THE AMAZING NUMBER OF SHOWS THAT YOU'VE HAD OVER THESE YEARS THAT MOST OF THE SHOWS ACTUALLY REFLECT THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO MOST PEOPLE DURING THEIR ORDINARY LIFE, DURING THE COURSE OF A DAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING PISSES THEM OFF AND THEY DON'T REACT. YOU REACT ON THE SHOW, AND IT'S FUNNY. >> THE CHARACTER, FOR ME, IS AN ALTEREGO REALLY. HE'S MY HERO, THAT GUY. I LOVE THAT GUY. >> NOBODY ELSE DOES, BUT HE DOES. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I DO. >> SO YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT TV'S OWN WILLIE GEIST BEING A GREAT ACTOR. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY. MY WHOLE LIFE I HATED STRAWBERRIES. >> STRAWBERRIES? >> HATED THEM, WOULDN'T EAT THEM, COULDN'T EAT THEM. THEN ONE DAY I HAD A FRESH STRAWBERRY RIGHT FROM THE GROUND. CHANGED MY LIFE. I WAS JUDGING STRAWBERRIES, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE STRAWBERRY. IT'S LIKE PEOPLE, WILLIE. YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW THEM UNTIL YOU TASTE THEM. >> THAT'S GREAT, LARRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED ON THE STRAWBERRIES. >> IS THAT GOOD? HOW ABOUT THE BOYSENBERRY? >> THERE'S A LOT OF FRUIT. I SEE US GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PRODUCE AISLE. I'M GOING TO STOP YOU THERE. IT'S NOT INTERESTING. I HAD A BOBOYSENBERRY. >> VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE? THEY'RE BIG ON BOYSENBERRIES OVER THERE. >> ENOUGH WITH THE FRUIT. >> WE CANNOT PROVIDE ANY CONTEXT ABOUT WHY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BOYSENBERRIES. >> I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WILLIE WAS SO GOOD AT THE IMPROV IS BECAUSE YOU HERE USED TO SITTING HERE WITH THESE PEOPLE TALKING, HAVING AN INANE CONVERSATION EVERY DAY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING, BECAUSE WE HAVE NO SCRIPTS HERE, HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO GET LARRY TO SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING? I'VE GIVEN UP, SO I GO TO YOU. >> IMPROV, ON YOUR FEET. >> SUSIE, HOW MUCH FUN HAS IT BEEN? >> OH GOD, WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN, DON'T? WE LAUGH ALL DAY. FUNNIEST, JEF SHAEFFER, THE FUNNIEST STUFF FOR ME. >> IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO GET THROUGH A SCENE WITH HER. SHE MAKES ME LAUGH, AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCENE, I HAVE TO PUT MY HAND UP LIKE THIS. OKAY. OKAY. >> THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU LOVE BEING YELLED AT. >> I LOVE BEING YELLED AT. >> I LOVE BEING CURSED AND YELLED AT. ANYTIME THAT ANYBODY ON THE SHOW EVER CURSES ME, I ALWAYS LAUGH. WE HAD A SHOW WITH A WRESTLER, AND I WAS SHOOTING -- HIS KIDS WERE IN THE BACKSEAT AND I WAS FOLLOWING THEM IN THE CAR. IT WAS JUST THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THERE WERE KIDS IN THE BACKSEAT AND I STARTED SHOOTING AT THEM LIKE THAT. THE KIDS WERE SHOOTING BACK. AND THEN THE WRESTLER STOPPED THE CAR AND HE CAME OVER TO THE WINDOW. MY GOD, I COULDN'T -- I COULDN'T BREATHE I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD. YOU REMEMBER PHILLIP ECKERHALL. >> YES, FABULOUS. >> ALL THAT GUY HAD TO DO WAS LOOK AT ME, OKAY? AND I COULDN'T -- I COULDN'T ACT WITH HIM. >> HE ALWAYS PLAYED THE DOCTOR. >> DR. MORRIS. YEAH. >> LARRY LIKES TO BE YELLED AT, PARTICULARLY BY SUSIE. LET'S WATCH A LITTLE CLIP OF AN UPCOMING SCENE FROM THIS SEASON WHERE THEY GET IN A BIG FIGHT OVER CHEESE. >> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? >> I'M LOOKING FOR THE CHEESE. >> IT'S GONE. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> I ATE IT. >> IT'S NOT YOUR CHEESE. IT'S MY CHEESE. >> YOU LEFT IT HERE FOR A DAY. >> I LEFT IT HERE TO PICK IT UP. I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO PICK IT UP LATER OR TOMORROW. THIS IS TOMORROW. >> IT WAS IN MY REFRIGERATOR, AND I BELIEVE POSSESSION IS 90% OF THE LAW. >> WHAT'S THE OTHER TENTH? IS THAT THE OTHER TENTH OF THE LAW? >> MAYBE. >> IF I TOOK A NAP ON YOUR KOUCHL, COULD YOU GO THROUGH MY POCKETS AND ROLL ME OVER LIKE A DRUNK? >> YOU MAKE SUCH A BIG MAGILA OVER NOTHING. >> IT'S NOT OVER NOTHING. I WENT ALL THE WAY TO BEVERLY HILLS TO PICK UP THAT CHEESE. >> HE'S COMPLAINING THAT THE VON DER DANK IS GONE. >> GOOD CHEESE. >> YOU HAD IT TOO? >> A SAND WITH ITCH. >> A MELT, I MADE HIM A MELT. >> IT'S VERY SIMPLE. >> YOU DON'T EAT THE CHEESE. >> NO. >> POSSESSION IS 9/10 OF THE LAW. >> I AM RIGHT LIKE 99% OF THE TIME ON THIS SHOW. I'M ON THE RIGHT SIDE. >> YOU ARE, I AGREE. >> MY MORAL COMPASS IS SET CORRECTLY. >> THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS THINK. TRUMP HAS THE WRONG MORAL COMPASS. WE NEED A LEADER MORE LIKE LARRY DAVID. SO YOU REALLY THINK THERE IS A SEPARATION BETWEEN YOU AND THIS CHARACTER? >> OH, FOR SURE, YEAH. >> DO PEOPLE AROUND YOU THINK THERE'S A SEPARATION? >> I AM AROUND HIM, AND I WILL SAY, YES, VERY MUCH SO. ABSOLUTELY. >> WHO CAN WALK AROUND LIKE THAT? >> WHO ARE YOU, HIS PUBLIC DEFENDER? SWEET JESUS. >> LOOK, IN THE SHOW, HE IS COMPLETELY -- HE IS COMPLETELY CONFRONTATIONAL IN THE SHOW. IN REAL LIFE, THIS IS MR. NO CONFRONTATION. >> OH, REALLY? >> SO YOU'RE SAYING HE'S PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, JOE, I FIND YOU'RE BEING HOSTILE RIGHT NOW. >> LARRY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTERS. YOU SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXAGGERATIONS OF THEIR NATURAL SELF, AND CERTAINLY YOU, SUSIE, JUST SORT OF EXAGGERATIONS, AND SO IT'S FUN AND IT'S NATURAL, BUT YOU TOLD ME WHEN WE WERE TALKING BEFORE IN L.A. THAT LEON IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, AND YOU TALK ABOUT LIKE NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. YOU SAY SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GUYS ARE GOING AT IT, IT IS LIKE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO NOT START LAUGHING! INCREDIBLE. >> FIRST OF ALL, EXCUSE ME, IT'S JUST A LUNG SITUATION. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. >> NO, I'M NOT. CALL THE PARAMEDICS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> HERE'S THE THING, SEE, WE'RE DOING THIS EXTENSION OF OURSELVES, REALLY, BUT THIS GUY IS DOING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER, AND HE'S MAKING THIS STUFF UP IN A DIFFERENT CHARACTER. >> AND CRAZY STUFF. >> AND CRAZY STUFF. >> CRAZY STUFF. THE CRAZIEST STUFF, AND AS
