“I remember a lot of people not liking Curb Your Enthusiasm back when it first started,” says Kind.
Back in 1999, a year after Seinfeld ended, HBO aired Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, a loosely metafictional hour-long comedy in which David, playing himself, approaches HBO about making an hour-long stand-up special.
One year and a few tweaks later, this special was adapted into Curb Your Enthusiasm.
“With Curb Your Enthusiasm, you’re taking a schmuck and making him a hero,” says Richard Kind, who plays Larry’s obnoxious cousin in several of the show’s finest episodes.