Before it was a comedy series, Curb Your Enthusiasm was a deadpan 1999 mockumentary. See how Larry David tries to persuade HBO executives to gamble on a two-part special about his return to the stand-up circuit, with help from friends like Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander.

Curb Your Enthusiasm will kick off production on an all new season next spring.

For the longtime-fan and the newcomer, dive into a list of ultimate Curb episodes ? in all their antagonistic glory.

Leave it to Larry to verbalize what we?re all silently thinking. See what the curmudgeon despised before the rest of us caught on.

From "Chat-n-Cut" to "Sample Abuser" ? learn what Larry's lingo is all about with this collection of Curb clips.