Word: curbing
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...copy past successes. That's why you got so many sitcoms about aimless twenty-somethings who drink suspicious amounts of coffee. But something weird happens when the distinguishing characteristic of the successes--currently HBO's lineup of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm--is that they break the mold. What you get is a lot of shows copying not-copying: The Bernie Mac Show, 24, Malcolm in the Middle, Undeclared. You get Innovative...
...copy past successes. That's why you got so many sitcoms about aimless twenty-somethings who drink suspicious amounts of coffee. But something weird happens when the distinguishing characteristic of the successes - currently HBO's lineup of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm - is that they break the mold. What you get is a lot of shows copying not-copying: The Bernie Mac Show, 24, Malcolm in the Middle, Undeclared. You get Innovative...
...then there's the challenge of creating a second successful character while the public is still holding on to the last one, not to mention seeing her or him nightly on syndicated reruns. Louis-Dreyfus and Alexander made fun of exactly that situation on recent episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the HBO sitcom made by and starring Seinfeld co-creator Larry David. In one scene, Louis-Dreyfus and David, playing themselves, pitch a show called I'm Not Evelyn, about an actress who can't get work because she's pigeonholed as the character she used to play. Louis-Dreyfus...
...parking in Manhattan. Not all parking, at least not right away - just on the street, and just private vehicles. But take away those two lines of cars - please - that decorate nearly every curb in the city, and New York will be bigger, cleaner, richer and freer, all at the same time. How? Let's count the ways...
...Less traffic. The two lanes of street formerly used by city-dwellers too finicky for public transportation will now be used for pick-ups and drop-offs only. Commercial drivers making deliveries will have easy access to the curb and will no longer clog the streets; buses will make their turns faster; cabs won't have to double-park just to grab a fare. The city's business will run faster and more smoothly, and everyone will get where they have to go in less time, with less stress...