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The only thing HBO has had for many years that was of any interest to me was “The Sopranos”, and that ended with a whimper, not a bang. I cancelled the day after their finale, snice most of HBO’s other programming is junk and old (not recent)movies.

Not true. HBO's "The Wire" is the best television drama I've ever seen. "Deadwood" was a fine show, since canceled. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is still funny. "Flight of the Conchords" is quite funny. "Entourage", "Big Love", and "Rome" are all watchable. I think HBO has more quality programming on it than any other network, cable or air, these days.

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" is still funny.

I find Larry David's deadpan humor right up there with Al Franken. That is to say that they seem to do best writing for other people.(*) The funniest bit that I've seen Larry David do was the bit with his two daughters on a recent episode of "Hannah Montana".

(*)Challenge anyone who thinks Franken is funny to repeat anything funny that he said (not just a character name) from his time on SNL. And it can't involve repeating his own name over and over again.

Most people were totally unaware of his years of past "funniness" until he started taken potshots at the right.