Larry David’s bark, bite return in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

LOS ANGELES — After too many years away from “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Larry David pronounces himself satisfied with the new season, which he said is just like previous ones, and glad he did it. That’s pretty good — no, very good — on several fronts.

First, it means the blunt-trauma insults that David delivered for eight seasons on the HBO comedy are undiminished, as is the show’s willingness to milk any subject for laughs, from sex to ethnicity to illness. Second, he’s inclined to keep the revival going, and without such a lag.

“I would say leaning toward it,” David said. “If there are more, it’s not going to be five years. … It’s too long. I wouldn’t want people to wait that long.”

And third — but who needs another reason? We’re just happy that “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” a platform for David’s grievances for crimes against humanity (read: Larry David) is back at 10 p.m. EDT Sunday for the first time since 2011, and unaffected by time.

The world of TV Larry, as he’s labeled his alter ego, is insulated from the current White House tenant and national tensions. All the angst is petty, personal and courtesy of David and co-stars Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Richard Lewis and Bob Einstein, along with a bumper crop of guests including Elizabeth Banks, Lauren Graham and Bryan Cranston.

Turns out while we were yearning for “Curb,” David felt the same way.

“I missed everything about it. Because it’s really, to be trite, a lot of fun. It gives me a lot of pleasure, a lot of laughs, and it’s the actual ideal way for me to express myself,” he said.