 Colby Donaldson's Guest
Appearance on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
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Colby plays himself (in an unadvertised role) on the episode of
HBO's Emmy-nominated sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm which debuted
Sunday night. It is episode 39 and appropriately enough titled:
"The Survivor".
The story line is that Larry David's Rabbi wants to bring
"a survivor" along to Larry's upcoming dinner party.
Presuming it to mean a Holocaust survivor, Larry debates whether
or not to invite a relative who is also a Holocaust survivor and
decides to do so. The rabbi shows up with Colby and the relative
and soon Colby tells of hardships on Survivor and the relative
interrupts about how that was nothing compared to the
Holocaust... Very un-politically correct, but because Colby is
willing to look egomaniacal, it's funny and even plays out to
the end of the episode.
 "Larry comes down stairs, and the rabbi
introduces Colby. Larry and Colby shake hands..."
Colby explains the show to Larry and tells how
much he loved Seinfeld. While Larry greets other guests, a cute
fan approaches Colby.
Colby: So here we are out in a region of
Australia with 9 of the world's 10 mostly deadly snakes.
It was harrowing! You come across a Taipan on the trail,
you get bit, you're dead in 30 minutes flat.
Solly: That's a very interesting story. Let me tell
you, I was in a
concentration camp. You never suffered one minute in your
life compared to what I went through.
Colby: I'm saying we spent 42 days trying to survive, we
had no rations, very little snacks.
Solly: Snacks! What are you talking snacks. We
didn't eat sometimes a week, a month...
Colby: I couldn't work out when I was over there. We
certainly didn't have a gym. I wore my sneakers out and
then the next thing you know I've got a pair of flip flops.
Solly: Flip flops!
Colby: We slept on the ground, on the dirt. 118 degrees in
the day, 98 at night with 98 percent humidity.
Solly: 45 degrees below zero!
Colby: Did you guys have a bathroom?
Solly: A bathroom! We had 12 people at a time would
go and shit...
Colby: Well I'm sure you had toilet paper...
Solly: We had newspaper.
Colby: We had mosquitoes.
Solly: Do you see this glass eye, huh? huh?
Colby: Have you ever seen the show?
Solly: Have you seen our show, it was called The
Holocaust!
Colby: All I know is I was damn close to that million
dollars, all the time everyone was backstabbing me, undermining
me, trying to get me kicked off the show.
Solly: You don't know nothing about Survivor. I'm a
Survivor!
Colby: I'm a Survivor!
Solly: I'm a Survivor!
 Later in the episode Larry and his Hasidic dry
cleaner's wife (Gina Gershon) flee a hotel during an earthquake.
And there is Colby "Hey, Larry we survived!"
Roll Credits. The role of Colby is played by Colby Donaldson.
Contributor: Keith Privett
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