The NRN 50: Star power

During the third season of the acclaimed HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the show’s creator, Larry David, and real-life actors Ted Danson and Michael York were portrayed as they struggled to open a trendy, celebrity-owned eatery in Los Angeles.

Over the course of the season, the wannabe restaurateurs were called upon to deal with a strange array of challenges, such as a corpse-sniffing dog, a cook who lies about his baldness and an executive chef afflicted with Tourette’s Syndrome.