Larry David is back with a typically cranky look at America’s first 250 years – and it could not be any more starry. Plus: a brave documentary about the chilling crimes of the prolific sex offender and children’s TV host
There’s starry, and then there’s getting Barack Obama to cold-open your new show. Still, while he has impressive friends these days, Larry David is still Larry David – as this irreverent response to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence proves. What unfolds is a sketch comedy – featuring Jon Hamm, Kathryn Hahn and Jerry Seinfeld – in which Larry brings the essence of Curb Your Enthusiasm to scenarios including Alexander Graham Bell’s first ever phone call and the horrors of trench warfare. Larry’s capacity for semi-innocent offence endures through the ages but one truth we surely all know is that sketch shows are patchy. This one is no exception.
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