NOT LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM! LARRY DAVID RETURNS IN 'CLEAR HISTORY'!

Larry David, as you've never seen him before- with hair, in the comedy CLEAR HISTORY. Image: HBO.

Taking a mini-break from his outrageously below the belt but still achingly funny antics in CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, that comedy grouch genius with his own unique take on life, Larry David, returns to our screen with a new and well-received one-off film for HBO. CLEAR HISTORY, which aired last month Stateside. clearly has the former shows same kind of spirited humour whilst playing on the What If? scenario that we've all felt from time to time- only when it comes to Larry David you know that angst, anger and classic put-downs, with lots of sexual references, will lift this far above the norm!

David, uniquely hairy this time out, plays Nathan Flomm, a soon disgraced former marketing executive who came up with a great idea regarding the genesis of the electric car, only to years later discover that its been stolen and adapted for the better by his former boss, Will Haney (MAD MEN's Jon Hamm, making a fine entry into comedy), since gone on to become a millionaire and one of the most powerful and influential people in the world. Flomm, with his downtrodden life pretty much come to nothing, having hidden within a new identity, is well and truly madly deeply pissed off by this state of affairs, the old wounds soon resurfacing when his former "buddy" moves to a nearby town. And now he wants to get even!

▶ Larry David's Clear History Epic Trailer (HBO) - YouTube

Made in the same kind of fly-on-the-wall style as CURB, written by the star with buddies Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, and with the same kind of stellar supporting cast (Including the likes of Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride and Eve Mendes, plus CURB's always funny J.B. Smoove, playing a new character in a similar vein, Jaspar), there's no confirmation of a UK airdate yet, but SKY ATLANTIC will surely have it by Christmas time.

THE GREAT PERSUADERS! 'MAD MEN' SEASON SIX.

The world according to Don Draper (Jon Hamm). MAD MEN returns. Image: AMC.

"Are you alone?"

Three little enticing words spoken from the lips of an inquisitive and beautiful single woman which act like the ultimate red rag to a bull. The "bull" in this case being the enigmatic, just can't help himself playboy that is sixties ad-man supreme, the cool demeanoured Don Draper-back on his sublime self-annihilistic course of self-distraction and pleasure, played once again to perfection by Jon Hamm, in the new sixth season of Matthew Weiner's critically acclaimed MAD MEN, back on SKY ATLANTIC HD from Wednesday 10th April, transporting us with ease to the dying world that is the stylish and evocative late sixties: a heady brew of neon, nicotine and nylons.

Draper's supposed to be a renewed man- seemingly happily married to a younger woman, Megan (Jessica Paré), herself on the eve of her own career, but the burnt out ashes of past mistakes in his life and career continue to haunt his self obsessed frame. His work at Sterling Cooper Draper proves more intense than ever, the competition both internally and externally closing in like a pack of tigers (his once secretary/protege, Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), now in a league of her own), whilst the suicide of his former colleague, Lane Pryce (Jared Harris), continues to exert a hefty toll of guilt on his mind and spirit.

Just where will the ever-changing and evolving march of time into the dreary early seventies send our chain-smoking, chain-drinking anti-hero? And as the series weaves itself towards its finale years, will he soon be on the endangered species list like so many of the once distinctive brands he helped to create?

Stylish, provocative and an intriguing time capsule of the men and women who made the world to their own image, MAD MEN continues to strike a chord with viewers, whom love their quality television sharply cut.

Mad Men Season 6 Sneak Peek [EXTENDED] - YouTube

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