On A Role

Larry David has traveled to New York in the latest Curb Your Enthusiasm, "The Hero." The show could use a change of scene, so I'm looking forward to this playing out. (Larry did spend a little time in NYC when he was starring in The Producers on the show, but not most of the season.)

One interesting thing about the show is Larry plays himself (or a version of himself) and certain people, like Richard Lewis and Ted Danson, play themselves as well.  Yet Larry employs a lot of comedians and comic actors, fairly well known ones, to play fictional characters.  In "The Hero," we're introduced to Ricky Gervais as Ricky Gervais, who's at a restaurant with Chris Parnell.  Except he's not playing Chris Parnell, he's playing the husband of Ricky's co-star in a fictional Broadway show. If Parnell didn't know already, he now understands he's not the name that Ricky Gervais is.  You really know how you rate on this show.

PS  In the closed captioning, when Larry said "Rodgers and Hammerstein" it was written "Rogers and Hammerstein." A common mistake.