"Larry David Never Figured Out How To Pander To An Audience" - Susie Essman

[@Charlotte_2648]

I just started watching curb last month. How did I go this long without this show in my life!

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

I only just started Seinfeld, I’m a little behind 😂

[@tpad6]

@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated I've watched all of Curb twice now, but have never watched an episode of Seinfeld.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@tpad6 well Seinfeld is on Netflix now (great thing to discover _after_ I’ve already downloaded a bootleg copy lol), maybe Curb is too!

[@findlay1arches]

Welcome to the party pal

[@LewisRich18]

Literally !!! (And I hate Seinfeld)

[@MrDobolinaMrBobDobolina]

Saw her do standup several years ago. At least half of her set was crowd work; totally improvised on the spot. and she freaking KILLED.

[@BlakieTT]

I would love to see more interviews with her. She's gold.

[@AquaAtia]

Susie is without a doubt, the best non-Larry character on Curb. Glad this show is finally getting the recognition it deserves! I love how well she knows the show too, most of what she referenced in the shows were scenes or even complete episodes where Susie didn't make an appearance

[@netomaape2557]

Leon Black

[@joshuadoty4682]

@@netomaape2557Leon and her are tied for me. Both make me die of laughter every time they appear

[@purleybaker]

Her interactions with Larry are the best part of the show.

[@benji3900]

It's always great when people state their opinions as if there's no possible way to have a different opinion. 👍👍👍

[@uwsgrrl2308]

Susie Essman doesn't age. She looks fabulous. Love her, she's a funny lady.

[@MixxxedFruuts]

She's hands down one of the best parts of that show. Love her.

[@ronoccc]

she's great on curb

[@MrJimmy1953]

She’s wonderful. Have her back Stephen.

[@twalrus1]

Susie is always funny. And she always has stories you want to hear.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@twalrus1 But those are stories she can't tell when she's only afforded 5 minutes of interview time. Howard Stern is sadly the only interview venue today where interviewees can actually tell stories. Shouldn't be so, but network TV could care less.

[@twalrus1]

@@hd-xc2lz I want to see Susie on a show like Graham Norton or Hart to Heart where Susie would be drinking and talking. THOSE would be Susie's best stories.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@twalrus1 Oh you know it!

[@ChrisMustard]

True gem

[@laserluver1]

Ted Danson was the Anonymous Donar. I love the way that Larry and Ted are friendly enemies on Curb. The Spite Store story arc was great.

[@TzadikTheManic]

I was feeling the same disappointment as Susie when she said “that’s it?” Love the personality, reminds me of my family that grew up in Brooklyn :) Would love to see her as a special guest for an entire show!

[@hd-xc2lz]

Why can't we have a show like the UK's Graham Norton Show? Every interview on Colbert feels like a "speed round" of questions. And it's the same for the other late night talk shows, must cram in as many ads as the audience will tolerate.

[@TzadikTheManic]

@@hd-xc2lz Agree 100%. The time that most guests have is terribly rushed as they attempt (the networks, and those up high at said networks) to compress everything - thus it’s a format that is never cohesive, too much material etc. kills content every time :/

[@mariekastler5391]

@@hd-xc2lz YES, PLEASE!!!!

[@butterflymoon6368]

Because America is obsessed with commercials

[@oliverortiz5226]

She is just great. An integral part of what made Curb such a great show.

[@corailgris]

Don't we all love Larry, Susie, Jeff, Leon et al ? How great are they for being so consistently hilarious for 11 seasons?

[@mirkokaupat9201]

Far too short. She is fantastic on this show.

[@rmclare]

It's not polite to comment on her stature.

[@titusmccarthy]

@@rmclare lulz.

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

Fantastic interview. Loved how she got Steve to go off his cards -- he always just enjoying it, and leaned into just a conversation. Excellent

[@roamsy]

seems to never happen enough

[@hd-xc2lz]

Sorry, but no six minute interview can be put in the "fantastic" category. Like Colbert as an interviewer, but wish he'd do it someplace other than Network TV after he finishes his contract. His talent is wasted here.

[@batgurrl]

Susie is a riot on talk shows and hysterically funny on CYE. Her distrust of her husband and Larry David is actually usually warranted😂😂

[@batgurrl]

@Sara Sharpe OMG - yes - I almost forgot that. The only episode I felt the need to keep on my DVR was the one with Fran Drescher - I think they went to Florida

[@Burhanontheranch]

The scene where she screams at them in the driveway in the doll head swap episode is one of the funniest TV moments ever

[@wafflekiller1727]

@@Burhanontheranch “WHERE’S THE HEAD???”

[@TheXzonnet]

Her character really grew on me over the years. She may not have changed but the understanding of the dynamic Susie brings did. From the voice of 'no fun allowed' to 'you boys are all idiots and here's why'. They really made her character a part of the group rather than a stick in the mud. And factor in the bullshit the boys pull you really start to empathize and see how she moves the narrative along with her criticisms rather than blocks it.

[@dleet86]

"He couldn't pander to a BEAUTIFUL audience like this?" hahahahaha

[@Willskull]

I love Curb Your Enthusiasm!!! Can't wait for another season of this comedy masterpiece, good to watch over and over for years!

[@terrellrobinson3286]

Best show ever. Ever.

[@Willskull]

@Tom B that's your shitty opinion, dark humor is for adults, kid

[@vivinpan]

I love her!!!! And I love her beautiful, "expressionful," not plastic face!!!!

[@bitchoflivingblah]

Love how the lip fillers move in odd directions, it's so hypnotising.

[@elizabethdalton-jandreau5588]

So do I! She's an under-rated treasure, in my opinion. :)

[@mangafq8]

You can clearly see the plastic surgery lines under her neck.

[@vivinpan]

@@mangafq8 Yeah but, it's like a touch-up. It's not the scary Jane Fonda, Nicole Kidman, Melanie Griffith...etc... scary, mask-under-the-skin, bee-stung-lips look!

[@nadiamccall4311]

@@vivinpan I don't see lip fillers on Susie but I'm no sharp-eye with that stuff. She did get some work done at the show I saw -- now it was very obvious even to me, at that point. It was kind of recent. It made her less funny bc she got too "Hollywooded."

[@JammastaJ23]

The show would be nowhere near as great as it is without Susie as Larry's antagonist

[@EffingtonCouldBe]

I'd rather have 2 interview clips with Susie Essman... than Bret-friggin-Baier. Flip the script on that sh*t.

[@davenorth8922]

Grow up.

[@yesloow]

Amen to this. I could have had a whole three segments with her. She is so entertaining!

[@roberteklund7208]

So true 🤘

[@EffingtonCouldBe]

@@davenorth8922 How's your brother Peter doing?

[@davenorth8922]

@@EffingtonCouldBe Pete is hangin' like a hammer. It runs in the family.

[@imgn8r715]

As a dad of 5 to 10 yr olds, ive moved away from colorful language on tv but there's something therapeutic and genuine about Susie's outbursts. Like a pressure cooker whistle letting out steam, shrill yet oddly satisfying.

[@lessehead]

Larry is on past their bedtime!

[@dcool2u2]

Great description 😊

[@andrewlast1535]

They are gonna learn the colorful language soon enough from other kids. Better to learn their cussing from a genius like Susie.

[@karlbjorkquist7489]

You sound like a dad who drags your kids to queens.

[@BunyanaRed1958]

Best American comedy ever to show in Britain.

[@terrellrobinson3286]

Curb is the greatest show on earth. Love Susie and can't wait for the premiere tomorrow.

[@lisa6894]

Omg I ❤❤❤ susie! This is the first talk show I've seen her on! Thank you Stephen! ❤❤❤ she's so funny!

[@justgivemethetruth]

When Susie came out they should have played the Susie theme from Curb, that Spanish toreador music.

[@LegendaryManSlayer93]

I’m so glad there’s another season. Curb is in my top 5 best comedies. She is awesome.

[@viksra]

what are your other 4?

[@nedim_guitar]

Fantastic!

[@LegendaryManSlayer93]

@@viksra let me preface by saying i’m 28. Please keep that in mind. Top 5 comedies random order: 1. Sunny in Philly 2. Arrested Development 3. Veep 4. Curb 5. Trailer Park Boys

[@troll-fx2zc]

@@LegendaryManSlayer93 no king of queens; blasphemy.

[@egyptianprincess6122]

@@LegendaryManSlayer93 THE TASTE!!!! I think my first is curb, then sunny in philly. Love Barry too. You should check out The Righteous Gemstones if you haven’t seen it.

[@LisaLisa001]

Yes yes yes she needs to be a regular guest! Her spunk is so energizing, gets your creative juices flowing!!! I've never even seen her before and I'm going to start watching Curb Your Enthusiasm because of this interview. She was fun.

[@Anna_Anna92]

Susie Essman is amazing!!!!! I love her enormously in Curb and Broad City 🙌🥰🥰🥰

[@JohnChapman7]

"A donation has been made in your name to the Human Fund: Money for people."

[@cheryal6661]

She was *fantastic* . "What, we're done?" That's the way we all felt at the end of her VERY short interview. (Hint hint)

[@petrab.285]

Way too short. I want an hour of Susie. She's fascinating!

[@natureallmighty]

I could listen to her giving it straight for an hour!

[@brandontabibian4188]

Remember when Stephen Colbert was on Curb, telling Larry: “YOU. WILL. FAILLLLLLLLL 😤” classic

[@cherylanderson3340]

Susie & Joy Bahar are longtime friends. Imagine the two of them in "Curb" as something like sisters or old friends that fought, parted ways years before, & never buried the hatchet. Now one of them feels like it's time to broker peace between each other so they can be friends again.

[@lessehead]

Imagine Joy and Larry going at it…perfect!

[@boathousejoed9005]

That's a pretty,pretty, pretty good outline for a few episodes.Maybe L.D. will read your comment !

[@cherylanderson3340]

@@boathousejoed9005 Fat chance, but TY. Toss in Jimmy Kimmel's aunt Chippy for the mother who'd given them both up at birth. Bingo.

[@cherylanderson3340]

@@lessehead My mind is chomping at the bit to see that. They complain about & at each other. Over time it causes a breaking point.

[@DereckReacts]

Bring her on more! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Obiter3]

Suzie can act so much anger into fellowship. She's a goddamned comedy genius of a treasure.

[@heyheytaytay]

Should've booted Baier and given Susie his time. She's a gem.

[@butterflymoon6368]

I love her. I feel like she's so underrated.

[@LegacyFTW]

I agree with Susie. The show must go on!

[@Coin945]

LOL I love how the “Pandering to an audience” joke went right over the audiences head and they lapped up the pandering.

[@Burhanontheranch]

His audiences are disgustingly slavish shriekers

[@richardaversa7128]

That is so true, masterful move by Colbert

[@joe8924]

You guys are both highly intellectual I can tell

[@luvyou-baby]

that was a great conversation, should have been longer

[@margaretpeabody243]

I busted out laughing during the, " No Gifts", thing and you know it's true because she said it with such fervor.

[@dcool2u2]

Yes 😊 and it was so close to what her Susie character would say. I can see what a master at improv she is and why she does so well on Curb that uses so much improv.

[@darylsavoie7472]

Love Curb, so many great characters, and Susie is one of the best, can't wait for the new season.

[@NxDoyle]

I wonder if Susie was booked because Larry wanted to avoid doing all the talk shows? Whether he did or didn't, Susie was great.

[@phriedokra6158]

Sounds like LD...

[@DD-sr9xm]

Given the unusual way Larry runs the show, with outlines rather than dialogue, what makes this woman SO SPECIAL is that she verbalises and acts through that outline better than any other performer. So great.

[@giorassiccuriosity1796]

I love the fact that she mention Anonymous Donor! One of my most favorite episode!

[@luvyou-baby]

Vince Vaughn is just perfect on this show, love his character

[@mkilptrick]

Loved that clip with Larry David in it!! Reminds me of myself in that situation. Please have Susie Essman back soon.

[@dollcrazy300]

I love when she tells Larry, “just get the f-- out!”🤣

[@vincentpadovano7855]

I love when she screams and yells at Larry and calls him names....lmao

[@nadiamccall4311]

just saw the episode on CYE when she screams at Larry and Jeff (Larry is itching his balls and Jeff looks like he's gonna vomit out of nerves) to "GET ME THE HEAD" when they took the head of her daughter's doll. Like an old Western sheriff. I love it.

[@vincentpadovano7855]

@@nadiamccall4311 yessss..I remember that scene...lmao

[@Enskoennedag]

I love how her honest takes are all the same as Larry's on the show.

[@bluetwinbill794]

Her and Larry,, pure gold.

[@dielaughing73]

"I love Larry more than - _almost_ - as much as I love my husband!"

[@GetBusyDrift]

she slipped up!! hahah

[@cocteaumusic]

She’s so much fun. I want more of her.

[@Jiangster]

"Are we done?!" I agree, interview was too short. We need more Susie!!!

[@leefi1]

I love Susie Essman, I have been a fan for decades. She has strong ties in my community, and appears here often. Imagine my surprise when comedian Amy Schumer used a joke that Susie Essman wrote when Schumer was still in high school. No attribution, no credit, just a right-in-your-face, bold as brass, STOLEN joke. Susie was surprised that Schumer just stole her joke and used it in her special, I was NOT surprised. Schumer is no Susie Essman!

[@wolfgirl3081]

Schumer is no Susie for for sure! Miles away. Do you remember what the joke was about?

[@pampayne4482]

"De-CAP-itated!" Susie

[@tpad6]

Bring me the head!!!!!!

[@BarryRerack147]

The best line delivery of the entire 12 seasons.

[@bingonamo7520]

Finally, an actual REAL person on a talk show. No bullshit with what she says, no bullshit with her appearance. Just a normal person. Curb is my all time favourite US comedy show and I'm so glad it's returned. That whole season with the fatwa on Larry was the best season ever.

[@joshuaphillips755]

I love her character exploding all over Larry.... They're like perfect opposites

[@brydanmeredith9864]

Absolute legend! Great on the show.

[@indieshack4476]

Wow, great interview with Susie - her character on Curb and the way she lays into Larry is sooo darn funny :)

[@jonathancineus6424]

Friggen love her. She’s like that one aunt that you have or wish you had or despite having lol… either way you know she that aunt who makes an impression!

[@ashwinbenegal]

I absolutely love both Susies! On the show and off it.

[@makiburgess5733]

Like Seinfeld, Curb is a “comedy of manners.”

[@woofowl2408]

I'm just disappointed that she didn't call Stephen a "four-eyed f**k"

[@dcool2u2]

Omg yes!! That would've been great!! I heard it in Susie's voice when I read your post!! 😂

[@trenis]

The Moshe dayan and the Ben gurion references were gold. And yea...the interview was way too short

[@patriciahall2223]

I cannot believe I never watched Curb until a month ago.... I am obsessed with Curb ! I love Larry and Susie I love this show 🇨🇦

[@betsyrocks]

Susie would be an amazing dinner guest.

[@Brian_Davies]

one of the best tv characters of all time

[@h.b.7104]

I love her. That is all.

[@hollyhock100]

Susie, you are my hero. 😍

[@jerryjanik480]

Every person on Curb Your Enthusiasm cast Larry David still my spirit animal

[@c.a.savage5689]

I love Susie Green ! The interview just flew by. A good time was had by all!

[@CarrieV9]

Love her and her character

[@stevedenicola2031]

Classy, Smart, Funny, Gorgeous- Susie - you are the best, kid 😉

[@MiddleGreyphoto]

Such a great guest!

[@alisterfolson]

Smacking her lips and saying "ahhhh;" comedic gold.

[@andypike1234]

I didn´t know much about Curbs and even less about her. But recently I finally did and now I freaking love this woman! She is great)

[@AJ-nb9pn]

1000% should’ve been a longer interview

[@andrasjones9161]

Larry never learned to pander but Stephen certainly has.

[@jeffreysnow2640]

" Get the f*ck out of my house Larry !!! " LOL

[@DylanPattyn]

I love this woman

[@brooke9297]

I have a similar runaway story. I put an apple, a small snack pack of Doritos, and a little puzzle book in the closest thing I could make to an old hobo bindle and then sat in an alley around the corner from my house until i got bored (probably 20 minutes). The next time, I packed more to do, lasted about 40 minutes, but it felt like an eternity.

[@rockroll3065]

I feel like when Stephen introduces his guest, he reads off their Wikipedia

[@rgrndu-r7p]

There’s a lot Susie Green in Susie Essman.

[@dmajoriu21]

She’s giving me Aunt Chippy vibes lol 😂

[@ChicagoGirlStuckSW]

Yep! Italians just like that!

[@mariekastler5391]

Actual sign on my actual front door: "No Costume, No Candy."

[@wefixaudio9215]

You're waiting for her to burst into swearing and start screaming for no reason and yet she's a darling.

[@frankvasquez1662]

Great interview!

[@steveehrlich6009]

Most charismatic and grounded woman I've ever seen.

[@BernardJMorgan]

Her love/hate relationship with Larry is such a great part of the show

[@dustinjohnson785]

I was there live. I liked the experience

[@LisaLisa001]

I'm so jealous! Yet happy for a stranger at the same time!

[@tpad6]

That's freaking awesome.

[@themorticians]

I love how quick Stephen is with picking up on her Moshe Dayan reference, and how fast he comes up with a funny reply.

[@butterflymoon6368]

What is Moshe Dayan??

[@lazyperfectionist1]

It's only happened a couple times in my life that I actually had a guest I had invited to my birthday party ask if I expected my guests to bring gifts. Each time, I was pretty young, like 13 or 14 years old, so I didn't have really good judgement. I told him that I didn't really care. I was just planning to have a cake, a few guests and a good time, and that was all the thought I put _into_ the matter, so he didn't bring one. None of my other guests had asked, though. They had all brought gifts and he looked like an ass. The following year, I had not learned my lesson. Yet again, when I invited him to my party, he asked if I was expecting gifts, and again, I wasn't. But again, he was the only one who asked. He, however, _had_ learned his lesson. He brought a gift. So here are the lessons: First, if if's _your_ birthday party and _one_ of your guests asks if you're expecting gifts, don't just consider whether _you_ are expecting them; consider whether anyone else has asked. Second, if you're invited to a birthday party, bring some kind of gift. It doesn't have to be fancy. It doesn't have to be expensive. Indeed, it could be a gift someone else previously gave _you_ that you just haven't had a _use_ for. But bring _something._

[@AmberAmber]

It just feels so crazy to me. I have autism & am brutally honest. When I say no gifts? I mean it. But I do bring people stuff. I definitely don't understand why people don't say precisely what they mean. I freaking L♡VE Susie Essman.

[@bernlin2000]

Wow...well that was far too short, what a wonderful woman! Suzy seems very much not like her character, much sweeter and not judgmental 😄

[@kdgrierstudios51]

I just met her and love her already😍😍😍

[@samcyphers2902]

Hearing Susie compliment Larry is still so weird to me.

[@davidsthubbins176]

Love Susie! But I think it's more accurate to say, "Larry had no INTEREST in pandering."

[@oufaze]

The eye patch of Moshe Dayan had me shocked and cracked up at the same time😂

[@gonzgoesdumb]

I love her. She’s so funny