Curb Your Enthusiasm Jewish identification greatly enhances its storytelling capacity, as it lends greater realism and dimension to the characters and opens the show up to episodes with meaningful Jewish themes." The character of Larry on the show is in many ways reminiscent of the "Schlemiel" character often present in traditional Yiddish folklore. The "schlemiel" is usually a comic character whose actions lead to his inevitable downfall, but also stands as a form of resistance to social and cultural values and norms. David Gillota wrote: In 2016, Rob Sheffield of "Rolling Stone" ranked "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as the 19th greatest television series ever
David Feldman (comedian) David Feldman (comedian) David Feldman is an American comedy writer, standup comedian and podcaster/radio host. He writes for Comedy Central's "The Burn" and Joy Behar's Say Anything on Current TV. In 2009, Feldman launched the listener-supported "David Feldman Show" (formerly known as the "David Feldman Comedy Podcast"), which includes a diverse mixture of live and prerecorded content which can be downloaded from the iTunes Store for free. In November 2013, he released a special digital download compilation album called "The Very Best of the David Feldman Show, Vol. 1". He has also written on ABC's Roseanne, HBO's Dennis Miller Live,