Does anyone else find that they don't enjoy the show nearly as much as they used to? Putting aside the diminished quality of the writing, I think part of the reason, for me anyway, is that Larry's just having too much fun making it. His enthusiasm is no longer being curbed lol.
But seriously, I enjoyed it a lot more when he put some effort into his acting and made Larry the character seem so genuinely frustrated and pained at all the societal faux pas he was experiencing. The antagonism felt so much more real and true to life.
Nowadays there's too much of relaxed, chummy, 'wink, wink' sort of vibe he and the show has going on. I don't like it. When Curb started, Larry was George. And now in the past few years, he's become Jerry. And Larry just isn't as funny when he's being Jerry.