I've tried watching season 1 recently and wanted to just bitch slap everybody. The wife is really annoying, and the formula got old real fast for me.
Is season 1 the black sheep or is it the same for 8 more? ;(
Season 1 I felt was just a run up to the most cringe inducing social suicide situation in every episode. After season one, the formula changes a bit to where Larry sometimes 'wins' at the end of the episode, therefore changing formula way more towards what Sienfeld was.
That said, the show is supposed to be about assholes, and that does not change, so probably not for you.
There is only one negative in the whole series: Cheryl David. The actor and character are so damn annoying I just can't stand her. Was so glad when they wrote her out of the show.
It's so weird to hear that, cause she's like the only character who isn't written to be an obnoxious dirtbag...