Such a brilliant man. I hope he lives to be 140 and keeps making Curb until about 125. even if LD was in a nursing home it would be incredibly entertaining.
Larry David is a genius. His work has enriched my life in unimaginable ways! Seinfeld and CYE will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you, LD!
This might sound elitist, but I love the real life LD’s intelligence and vocabulary. I get a rush of satisfaction when he uses a clever and unusual turn of phrase …. such as “meaningless gauntlet”. After watching decades of sitcoms tailored for a mass audience, Curb is pure oxygen.
Ditto. That’s why I immediately fell in love with CYE. Imagine how much better the world would be if we were actually encouraged to value the truth over politeness (or compromise). Living like Curb version of LD seems to be a path to fulfillment and true happiness. We Jews don’t believe Jesus is the true messiah; coincidence?
My wife says LD is me. I'm always kicking off about stuff that doesn't matter whilst not really being all that bothered about those things that seem sooo incredibly important to everyone else. I agree with him about 90-95% of the time.
LOL, Oh my god, its even funnier to know that no one suggested changing the concept of the show and Larry went off on a rant about no one is going to change my story. Ha ha.
Huge Seinfeld fan here. Never really delve into behind the scenes stuff. It's interesting to hear Larry talk about burnout after season 7. IMO Seasons 5, 6 and 7 are the best so it kind of makes sense that he felt spent.
'The bad thoughts are funny' ... with Peep Show we got to see the thoughts happening alongside the simultaneous act that they weren't happening. An ingenious technical feat they somehow pulled off, with utter brilliance.
Curb your Enthusiasm is the greatest sitcom in television history. Bless the person at HBO that gave Larry the reassurance that he belonged on TV. And thank god for Jeff Garlin who pushed LD out the door.
@@brodjefferson3513 no doubt, same can be said about anything that’s gone on this long. I will say that season 6-9 were great as well. Who doesn’t love Leon? xD honestly seasons 1-9 were pretty top quality and 10/11 are still pretty damn funny in their own ways.
He is honest, he is a prick in his series and he is how so many of us are right there and then. He does not put a curtain in front of his performance, he is indeed a genius
"We always had a lot of fun writing. It was never a struggle. I don't remember us ever having to rack our brains in writing." They were both brilliantly funny, and made each other even funnier than they were alone.....more than the sum of their parts. And it came naturally to them, it was not a stretch.
@@DayInDaLife Cannot disagree more. There is 'broad' comedy. slapstick, wry humor, so many categories that there are varying levels of acceptance. Curb- like Woody Allen is very arch. self deprecating. I have known ppl for who this goes RIGHT over their heads. You might wanna re-think that, sparky...
Seems to me, for Curb, it's more about the huge cringe factor- if you can see past your own cringing. Some people just can't watch one embarrassing situation after another. I don't "get" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in that I just don't want to spend so much time with such horrible people. I get it, but I don't enjoy it.
When Larry talks about the first day Seinfeld started shooting after he left it almost sounds like he's going through the stages of grief. It really shows how much he truly loved that show and the friends he made it with. The guy is such a big softy underneath.
"It didn't have strong story drive and it was kinda all over the place" I swear, executives in the entertainment industry have to be the least creative and least artistic people on the planet. Every time I hear one of them speak, I become more amazed that anything even remotely good is ever made.
I remember Larry had an open mic night in Soho in Manhattan at a joint called Lucky Stripe on Brooke Street in the 1980s. I never went but years later I thought. Oh shit I remember that dude with the funny hair
I've always felt like Jerry represented Larry's idea of himself as a sucessful standup comic they seem very similar so it seems like it added lots to their chemistry and why they worked so well together and why the show didn't feel completely different after he left
Love Larry’s comedy mind and honesty in life.. I have this jewish friend. We’ve been friends for over 50 years. Even after decades apart, we connect like it was yesterday. We laugh a lot. Early on, I cooked him bacon and eggs and he made some killer bagels and lox with cream cheese.
I really enjoy Larry David, especially "Curb Your Enthusiasm". What really surprised me is that my other favorite comedian is Ricky Gervais is in this documentary. Too funny!
7:47 It is amazing. I just binge watched the complete series and from Season 8 onwards it wasnt that funny to me anymore. There was some subtlety missing.
I'M CERTAIN LARRY bought his friend and wife a house OR cared for them financially. Sometimes great success which otherwise would NOT have happened has origin/seeds planted by one comment of encouragement or suggestion. IRONIC EXAMPLE is time Bryan Cranston was on Seinfeld.. one of MANY talented actors on the show ...few of which went on too huge success. One day during a shooting break of scene when Bryan played Jerry's dentist .. he was on set alone rehearsing his lines with only a gaffer (part of set lighting crew) on stage with him. The gaffer was watching Bryan rehearse and said "you know what would be funny? before you give Jerry the sleeping gas to work on his tooth.. YOU take a hit from it before hand". ... so Bryan improvised during filming which made Jerry continually laugh having to cut and reshoot the scene again and again...which WAS DIRECT REASON Bryan's Demented Dental Character was written into subsequent episodes raising his notoriety AND subsequently led to his casting in Malcolm in the Middle... rest his history. Not to derive Bryan Cranston of his Amazing Acting Talents!! ... but again most if not ALL actors playing minor characters on Seinfeld atw AMAZINGLY talented.. yet didn't see their star rise like Cranston's stellar success...which if ya think about it... can technically ALLLLLLL be owed to that fella on a ladder fixin a light bulb who was watchin Bryan rehearse. .... now I don't know if Bryan ever looked that Gaffer up and bought him a house years later...but it'd be cool to know he did more than just say "thanks".
exactly and the part about the standup idea was from Seinfeld and never even became part of Curb (as far as the ones I have seen anyway). However in that Curb was improve based and Seinfeld was more firmly written, that was a change. I generally seem to prefer Curb, overall but you sure do see that the original and brilliantly funny ideas have the same source/the same writer (at least for the first many years of Seinfeld) and could have come from no body else on the planet.
Im laughing to myself thinking about what would Larry David's reaction be to me saying ( in all honesty) "My life is more enriched with Larry David in it". Larry, at that time, probably didn't have much money, and here some guy in the future is saying that his life is actually better with Larry David in it. LOL...he is a genius who to me, comes off as a great guy to just hang around with.
I think many people live vicariously through Larry David's CYE character. I know I do. Maybe that's why UA-cam started suggesting videos to me on how to be more likeable.
Seinfeld was basically the straight man in his own show and that's what made it the phenomenon that it was. He knew that the other three cast members were far more talented comedic actors than he was so he wrote (and had the other writers) write plenty of funny stuff for them to do. Someone with a lesser ego would've never been able to handle other performers getting all the laughs in a show with their name on it but that's what makes Seinfeld and David truly great, they only cared what was funny.
My favorite episode was when he did the show up to the party the next day move. The look on his face when Jeff and Suzi does the same thing was priceless. I believe the episode was called Meet the Blacks. Lol
@@billblaski9523 Lol I had to read what I wrote twice. Looked a little confusing when I read it out loud. But yeah that was so funny. And then Richard Lewis did the same thing!! That show is the best
I remember last year HBO was supposed to release a Larry David documentary but the day before it was gonna air, Larry supposedly pulled the plug on it lol
I usually do what Larry does on the show. You know, just say what's on your mind, taking it as a joke or a harmless comment. Not on purpose, it's just the way I am. I can assure you it doesn't work in real life. I mean, people get pissed off or look at me like I have some mental problem. Oh well...
You know, the hard part of watching a documentary on Larry David is the fact that his show is shot like a documentary. So you can't tell if any of this is real.
The hardest thing to do is make a comedian laugh, so the fact that a comedian like Ricky Gervais actually loves Curb just shows you how brilliant Larry is
No doubt about it, Michael Richards is a physical comedian on par with the greats of all time: from Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Harpo Marx etc. But it was the entire ensemble that made Seinfeld work. Even those outer characters such as as Newman, Peterman, Uncle Leo, Banya, the parents (Jerry Stiller as George's Dad, how incredible was he?) were top notch. It was a show that struck gold time and time again with such incredible characters. Kramer's exchanges with Mickey were my favourites. A 6ft 3in guy being constantly attacked by someone about 3 ft tall. Brilliant stuff. They probably wouldn't allow that today.
I met plenty of celebrities in my life, but one guy I really always wanted to meet is Larry. I bet you anything under the sun he is not at all that obnoxious as he comes across in Curb.
I heard Larry left Seinfeld because they were pushing for Jerry and Elaine to get together in the end and Larry insisted that he wasn’t making that show. Whatever the reason, it takes character and guts to walk away from a hit tv show like that so, I’m happy in the end it worked out with another show he could ultimately have more creative control over.
It's a bit sad Larry ,and Michael, skip over their time in the early 80's on the late night comedy show Fridays. At the time, Saturday Night Live sucked. The original cast had all left and the brand new cast they replaced them with was terrible. Julia Louis Dreyfus was a member of the first 2ill- conceived cast ,but, later joined Larry, Michael and Jerry on Seinfeld. Fridays ,and the early 80's, are a valuable piece of the puzzle in Larry's career. No, not all the skits they did on Fridays worked ,but, Fridays ,and SCTV, were a lot funnier than SNL was in the early to mid 80's.
This documentary is pretty good. Prettay, prettaaay, prettaaaaaaaay, pretty good.
You just had to, lol. And I had to hit like....
cool
Thanks for the chuckle.
hey i was gonna write that
Don't do that dammit
Such a brilliant man. I hope he lives to be 140 and keeps making Curb until about 125. even if LD was in a nursing home it would be incredibly entertaining.
That sounds like his dark humor. I hope he lives 250 and retain his consciousness.😈
Yes
"he said 'fuck you' and then he walked off the stage and I went 'wow what an act'"
We know Kramer. We know.
Looked for this comment
When Larry was beating himself up for quitting the show, he should have had Kramer there to say, "just go back and pretend you never quit."
Who’s karmer?
I think you mean George Costanza
The show wasn't as good when he left
@@jovonwallace1741 it’s karma, Kramer
@@daveyboy_ It looked like Seinfeld, felt like Seinfeld, but it stunk.
Larry David is a genius. His work has enriched my life in unimaginable ways! Seinfeld and CYE will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you, LD!
well said
After watching Curb you can totally see that Larry was the genius behind seinfeld.
Sienfeld is mostly cutesy escapism in my opinion.
Oh, please, shut up.
@@mumpygumboo8554 thankfully your opinion has zero influence over 99.999999% of the world.
6:09 "He was throwing down *the meaningless gauntlet* "
This might sound elitist, but I love the real life LD’s intelligence and vocabulary.
I get a rush of satisfaction when he uses a clever and unusual turn of phrase …. such as “meaningless gauntlet”.
After watching decades of sitcoms tailored for a mass audience, Curb is pure oxygen.
Guy is an absolute genius
Can’t wait for season 11
That is the right word and his shows are so real.
"The only one Larry wanted to do was the pilot" - that got me.
7 seasons later LOL!
Funny.
@@Rcity2332 11 seasons later.................
“…don’t get your hopes up…” in other words, Curb Your Enthusiasm. ;)
I found Larry's thoughts around quitting his job quite relatable. I've been in a similar position and it's weird, but you get over it.
Major stretch to call this a documentary
Love LD and everything he does,although sour grapes is an acquired taste. Larry is a living legend, a comedy genius.
I liked - Clear History (2013).
LD movie.
@@brucelee4996 Clear History is pretty much Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Movie.
LD! Hilarious!
I agree with Ricky Gervais, I have the same trouble with Larry in that he's always right and no one else sees it 😂
I'm always right, too. I'm waiting for Hollywood and my mom to realize it.
Ditto. That’s why I immediately fell in love with CYE. Imagine how much better the world would be if we were actually encouraged to value the truth over politeness (or compromise). Living like Curb version of LD seems to be a path to fulfillment and true happiness. We Jews don’t believe Jesus is the true messiah; coincidence?
@@discosecret6363 what does Jesus have to do with it?
My wife says LD is me. I'm always kicking off about stuff that doesn't matter whilst not really being all that bothered about those things that seem sooo incredibly important to everyone else.
I agree with him about 90-95% of the time.
LOL, Oh my god, its even funnier to know that no one suggested changing the concept of the show and Larry went off on a rant about no one is going to change my story. Ha ha.
Huge Seinfeld fan here. Never really delve into behind the scenes stuff. It's interesting to hear Larry talk about burnout after season 7. IMO Seasons 5, 6 and 7 are the best so it kind of makes sense that he felt spent.
'The bad thoughts are funny' ... with Peep Show we got to see the thoughts happening alongside the simultaneous act that they weren't happening. An ingenious technical feat they somehow pulled off, with utter brilliance.
The secret is don't use a laugh track
Don't miss Fleabag for that same kinda thing.
@@thijsbergman2424 The secret ingredient?
Curb your Enthusiasm is the greatest sitcom in television history. Bless the person at HBO that gave Larry the reassurance that he belonged on TV. And thank god for Jeff Garlin who pushed LD out the door.
It's crazy it's been on longer than Seinfeld now
Yeah but the last few seasons are nowhere near as good as the first few
@@brodjefferson3513 I hate to agree
@@brodjefferson3513 no doubt, same can be said about anything that’s gone on this long. I will say that season 6-9 were great as well. Who doesn’t love Leon? xD honestly seasons 1-9 were pretty top quality and 10/11 are still pretty damn funny in their own ways.
I love curb, not a fan of Seinfeld though
Nobody does Comedy like Larry David. He’s a genius.
Michael Bloomstein does. Have you ever heard of him?
@@BloomywoodTheSeries
No, never.
Is he one of the Bloomstein kids ?
@@ccdogpark No -- he is a unique original. You should check out some of his videos -- they will make you smile :)
He is honest, he is a prick in his series and he is how so many of us are right there and then. He does not put a curtain in front of his performance, he is indeed a genius
I like how Larry says he didn't get the appeal of the pilot idea of following him around doing ordinary things, while Seinfeld is exactly that
@ed miller Yeah I know it isn't exactly the same of course, because it's scripted. But it's still Larry in 'ordinary' situations
And the interviewer showed great restraint in not saying, "You just described 'Seinfeld.'"
Friendly reminder to water your plants today
Interesting: I just did so to my new cilantro plant, and placed it outside for some real sunshine!
Don't be like Larry David
Is that you miss shapiro ?
Oh shit! Thanks for reminding me.
And respect wood.
"We always had a lot of fun writing. It was never a struggle. I don't remember us ever having to rack our brains in writing." They were both brilliantly funny, and made each other even funnier than they were alone.....more than the sum of their parts. And it came naturally to them, it was not a stretch.
It's not really a documentary, is it? It's just poorly cut stuff you can find on UA-cam on its entirety.
Looks s bit like Uncle Leo on the thumbnail
I guess we now see where Kramer got his inspiration for screaming at the audience
@@mickternow9716 you make a compelling point, thanks for the insight
just realized the pitch for curb was the same exact thing seinfeld was, a stand up comedian and his other life.
this is gold! I love Larry David so much!! Just cracks me all the way up!
I have been called a Young Larry David (and not just by my mom). Also, I watched your videos -- you have a great voice!
Seinfeld and David - the Lennon McCartney of Comedy
03:33 A seed of inspiration is planted in Kramer
Kramer couldn't pull it off, unfortunately
He took It to a whole nother level though
Thinking the same thing. LOL
Lol
He took a risk
Love him
And, JB Smoove. And Suzie and Jeff
What I love about Curb is how you either get it or don't.
@@DayInDaLife Cannot disagree more. There is 'broad' comedy. slapstick, wry humor, so many categories that there are varying levels of acceptance.
Curb- like Woody Allen is very arch. self deprecating. I have known ppl for who this goes RIGHT over their heads.
You might wanna re-think that, sparky...
It's a thinking man's comedy. It don't play well south of the Mason Dixon line.
Seems to me, for Curb, it's more about the huge cringe factor- if you can see past your own cringing. Some people just can't watch one embarrassing situation after another.
I don't "get" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in that I just don't want to spend so much time with such horrible people. I get it, but I don't enjoy it.
@@mikemcmo Totally agree, and I also love Sunny
I just watched this thinking I need something for 5 minutes before bed. Pure time compresssion. I was drawn in and it was gone. Amazing.
OMG check the thumbnail with a British actor called Lionel Jeffries from 60s & 70s.
He was in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Larry David's father?
When Larry talks about the first day Seinfeld started shooting after he left it almost sounds like he's going through the stages of grief. It really shows how much he truly loved that show and the friends he made it with. The guy is such a big softy underneath.
He sounds like a man who had second thoughts after a divorce, LOL!!
@@SusannahPerri wen yr weeni is 2tini
"It didn't have strong story drive and it was kinda all over the place"
I swear, executives in the entertainment industry have to be the least creative and least artistic people on the planet. Every time I hear one of them speak, I become more amazed that anything even remotely good is ever made.
The way he describes the genesis of Curb sounds exactly like what Seinfeld was.
curb is way better!
it is exactly the same. it works. lol
I remember Larry had an open mic night in Soho in Manhattan at a joint called Lucky Stripe on Brooke Street in the 1980s. I never went but years later I thought. Oh shit I remember that dude with the funny hair
"What an act!" Michael Richards saw Larry tell an audience "fuck you people" and then attempted to do the same act but went a little HAM.
Michael Richards praising Larry for saying "F**k you" to the audience is....yeah.
I've always felt like Jerry represented Larry's idea of himself as a sucessful standup comic they seem very similar so it seems like it added lots to their chemistry and why they worked so well together and why the show didn't feel completely different after he left
Love Larry’s comedy mind and honesty in life..
I have this jewish friend. We’ve been friends for over 50 years.
Even after decades apart, we connect like it was yesterday.
We laugh a lot.
Early on, I cooked him bacon and eggs and he made some killer bagels and lox with cream cheese.
Thank you for your service
Lol
You are literally pandering to every single Jewish stereotype..except…did he loan you money too? And charge you interest? 🙄
@@glengamble526 bacon?
I really enjoy Larry David, especially "Curb Your Enthusiasm". What really surprised me is that my other favorite comedian is Ricky Gervais is in this documentary. Too funny!
7:47 It is amazing. I just binge watched the complete series and from Season 8 onwards it wasnt that funny to me anymore. There was some subtlety missing.
I'M CERTAIN LARRY bought his friend and wife a house OR cared for them financially.
Sometimes great success which otherwise would NOT have happened has origin/seeds planted by one comment of encouragement or suggestion.
IRONIC EXAMPLE is time Bryan Cranston was on Seinfeld.. one of MANY talented actors on the show ...few of which went on too huge success. One day during a shooting break of scene when Bryan played Jerry's dentist .. he was on set alone rehearsing his lines with only a gaffer (part of set lighting crew) on stage with him. The gaffer was watching Bryan rehearse and said "you know what would be funny? before you give Jerry the sleeping gas to work on his tooth.. YOU take a hit from it before hand".
... so Bryan improvised during filming which made Jerry continually laugh having to cut and reshoot the scene again and again...which WAS DIRECT REASON Bryan's Demented Dental Character was written into subsequent episodes raising his notoriety AND subsequently led to his casting in Malcolm in the Middle... rest his history. Not to derive Bryan Cranston of his Amazing Acting Talents!! ... but again most if not ALL actors playing minor characters on Seinfeld atw AMAZINGLY talented.. yet didn't see their star rise like Cranston's stellar success...which if ya think about it... can technically ALLLLLLL be owed to that fella on a ladder fixin a light bulb who was watchin Bryan rehearse.
.... now I don't know if Bryan ever looked that Gaffer up and bought him a house years later...but it'd be cool to know he did more than just say "thanks".
Plot twist… you are that gaffer.
Larry describing Curb Your Enthusiasm sounds like a pitch for Seinfeld! The show he was tired of doing LOL
exactly and the part about the standup idea was from Seinfeld and never even became part of Curb (as far as the ones I have seen anyway). However in that Curb was improve based and Seinfeld was more firmly written, that was a change. I generally seem to prefer Curb, overall but you sure do see that the original and brilliantly funny ideas have the same source/the same writer (at least for the first many years of Seinfeld) and could have come from no body else on the planet.
“Seinfeld” the series would have never made it without Larry David in my opinion.
Im laughing to myself thinking about what would Larry David's reaction be to me saying ( in all honesty) "My life is more enriched with Larry David in it". Larry, at that time, probably didn't have much money, and here some guy in the future is saying that his life is actually better with Larry David in it. LOL...he is a genius who to me, comes off as a great guy to just hang around with.
Thanks for putting this together. I enjoyed it so much, it’s edited beautifully.
Would you be interested in a comedy/yoga collaboration?
The creme le creme of comedians. What a dream team once they got moving.
I envision Larry as having mostly the same style of haircut from birth to his final day -- NOT that there's anything wrong with that... 😎
that guy at 6:10 is DEFINITELY the inspiration for the high pitched talking man episode
I think many people live vicariously through Larry David's CYE character. I know I do. Maybe that's why UA-cam started suggesting videos to me on how to be more likeable.
He reminds me of Seinfeld BUT ACTUALLY FUNNY.
Seinfeld was basically the straight man in his own show and that's what made it the phenomenon that it was. He knew that the other three cast members were far more talented comedic actors than he was so he wrote (and had the other writers) write plenty of funny stuff for them to do. Someone with a lesser ego would've never been able to handle other performers getting all the laughs in a show with their name on it but that's what makes Seinfeld and David truly great, they only cared what was funny.
It’s amazing how that show thoroughly sucked after Larry left and Jerry took the helm.
There clearly was own one genius driving that show.
My favorite episode was when he did the show up to the party the next day move. The look on his face when Jeff and Suzi does the same thing was priceless. I believe the episode was called Meet the Blacks. Lol
Lol and Larry was all "u stole my idea!" And Jeff goes "I didn't steal it, I gave u full credit" lol
@@billblaski9523 Lol I had to read what I wrote twice. Looked a little confusing when I read it out loud. But yeah that was so funny. And then Richard Lewis did the same thing!! That show is the best
Look at his crazy hair when he was younger!
I remember last year HBO was supposed to release a Larry David documentary but the day before it was gonna air, Larry supposedly pulled the plug on it lol
If he's so damn good how come he's bald?
I see what you did there. Not bad...
Do you guys even respect wood?
Larry is the reason I want to try stand-up. I relate to his character a lot because of my mild autism. So I'm gonna use my experiences in my favor.
Goddam mild autism is making us all comedians to these straight laced brains. I think it’s because they don’t “see it differently” somehow
I was raised to not get my hopes up as well.😂
That's the best way to be. Then if they come true, you'll be pleasantly surprised!
I love larry couse his comedy has NO SENTIMENTAL moments what so ever like all other shows. I love the offensive style 🤣
Thanks for this, it's interesting to watch and hear this early period of Larry's life and work
I've been called a Young Larry David, if you want to see what he looked like with hair!
Thanks for putting this together. Eagerly awaiting the next season before the end of 2021.
I usually do what Larry does on the show. You know, just say what's on your mind, taking it as a joke or a harmless comment. Not on purpose, it's just the way I am. I can assure you it doesn't work in real life. I mean, people get pissed off or look at me like I have some mental problem. Oh well...
Does this guy respect wood?
I stumbled across this. This documentary is great and wants to be 5x longer.
Would you like to laugh? I have been called a young Larry David (and not just by my mother)
Curb Your Enthusiasm is pretty, pretty, pretty...pretty good.
Larry with Seinfeld at 3:45 is hilarious. It looks like a male Bowerbird has constructed its nest on top of his head.
This might be pretty, pretty, pretty good. However, I can't hear it so I guess I'll never know.
Larry quit early...but he DID create a second hit show afterwards. Jerry stuck with it...but his career after Seinfeld was a bit more weak.
we'd all like to say it ,, like Larry... . .Curb your Enthusiasm,is real life,,.... he's a genius.
You totally skipped his stint on Fridays, with Michael Richards.
Thats what I wanted to see.
Larry David is as interesting and fun to watch in an interview as he is in Curb!
Even the thumbnail had me cracking up laughing 😆
Good doc thanks for putting it together
You know, the hard part of watching a documentary on Larry David is the fact that his show is shot like a documentary. So you can't tell if any of this is real.
You're NOT funny. But your WRITING is funny!
The hardest thing to do is make a comedian laugh, so the fact that a comedian like Ricky Gervais actually loves Curb just shows you how brilliant Larry is
Lol ur joking, it's easy to make a comedian laugh, they laugh just as easy as every one else
There are certain comedians who's whole act is to laugh outrageously at everything. See Bert Kreicher.
he looks just like how he looked back in 1998
To be honest, Seinfeld without Kramer would never have been nearly as good...so Kramer was a huge part of it.
No doubt about it, Michael Richards is a physical comedian on par with the greats of all time: from Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Harpo Marx etc. But it was the entire ensemble that made Seinfeld work. Even those outer characters such as as Newman, Peterman, Uncle Leo, Banya, the parents (Jerry Stiller as George's Dad, how incredible was he?) were top notch. It was a show that struck gold time and time again with such incredible characters. Kramer's exchanges with Mickey were my favourites. A 6ft 3in guy being constantly attacked by someone about 3 ft tall. Brilliant stuff. They probably wouldn't allow that today.
'The audience didnt like me' - Larry David
Love his Bernie Sanders impressions.
Thanks for this. Going back to watch his shows.
I have never seen LD in 'real life'. Seen his show a lot, and I assumed he was pretty much like that guy.
I met plenty of celebrities in my life, but one guy I really always wanted to meet is Larry. I bet you anything under the sun he is not at all that obnoxious as he comes across in Curb.
I have been called a young Larry David, and I'd love to meet you. I promise I am very nice!
Me and you both
The key frame photo of this video makes Larry look like Lionel Jeffries.
Why is there a picture of Lionel Jeffries?
On his first standup outing -- "It's unbelievable, the disrespect" -- LOLOL... Oh for God's sake that's funny
Alan Dershowitz....."Larry is a complete mental case." 😆
I like that they flash the Seinfeld logo, in case you didn't know
A prophet is never accepted in his home town.
why do i feel like he wants to hit me while he screams?
Brilliant man.
I heard Larry left Seinfeld because they were pushing for Jerry and Elaine to get together in the end and Larry insisted that he wasn’t making that show.
Whatever the reason, it takes character and guts to walk away from a hit tv show like that so, I’m happy in the end it worked out with another show he could ultimately have more creative control over.
Never heard that from anywhere
why can't all documentaries be this informative and to the point
Here's the thing;
I actually say what I think.
Yeah I was raising myself to stay a loser
Larry David > anyone
It's a bit sad Larry ,and Michael, skip over their time in the early 80's on the late night comedy show Fridays. At the time, Saturday Night Live sucked. The original cast had all left and the brand new cast they replaced them with was terrible. Julia Louis Dreyfus was a member of the first 2ill- conceived cast ,but, later joined Larry, Michael and Jerry on Seinfeld. Fridays ,and the early 80's, are a valuable piece of the puzzle in Larry's career. No, not all the skits they did on Fridays worked ,but, Fridays ,and SCTV, were a lot funnier than SNL was in the early to mid 80's.
About the only funny thing on Fridays was when Andy Kaufman screwed up his sketch on purpose, and that was only funny because it wasn’t funny.
The genesis of every artist is the audience.