Return with us to Kevin's side-splitting session with the mastermind behind TV's "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm", the frequently-frustrated, forever-funny Larry David!
I haven't finished watching yet but just want to say I am so glad Larry David complemented Kevin so highly. It is absolutely true, he is very good at this.
It's ovbvious that Larry enjoyed himself here, never saw him so spontaneous and laughing up a storm! When I started to write this he said it himself...
That’s funny cause I’m going through major depression currently and I just started over from the beginning on all seasons. It’s the one and only show ever that has made me actually laugh out loud. I appreciate comedy but it takes a lot to make me lol. Curb is my very favorite show of all time. There’s no other show I can watch repeatedly and enjoy so much.
The interweaving on "Seinfeld" always amazed me. They tied together completely unrelated things at the end of the show in ways that were always a surprise!
With mist sitcoms that ever were, the ending was the most predictable part of any show; but with Seinfeld, the surprising interacrion of A and B and sometimes C storylines always managed to bring something from out of left field that was always unpredictable, hilarious, and satisfying.
"The Brooklyn!" Serious Kevin? As for "The Bronx " There's a river that runs through that borough, "the Bronx River," and like all rivers, they are referred to as "The, as in "The Mississippi." Because of the river, that area/borough was referred to as "The Bronx" and it stuck.
If it's not obvious to anyone, this is a repost of an interview last year. Any new interview will numbered. "Kev's Fav" can be thought of as greatest hits.
TIL that Larry kept his job after quitting, I always thought they didn't buy it like what happened to George on the episode of Seinfeld. This was a great interview.
Larry is a legend. Funny, Seinfeld had very intricate plots...far from a show about nothing. I feel it really went downhill after Larry left. Jerry didnt make a great showrunner. He liked it being too goofy. Writers like Alec Berg and Spike Ferensten had the wrong sensibilities for the show imo. Larry kept it grounded while they made the actors whacky cartoon characters and mined for dumb catch phrases. Season 6/7/8 sucked with a few expectations.
Nice interview. That girl seems pretty star struck. At least I hope that’s it and she’s not always that way, because she barely spoke, had no question when asked, and fumbled when guessing who was on SNL w Larry. I might’ve done the same, but again, I hope she loosens up or was maybe just one off star struck.
By coincidence I once screamed at my boss and walked off, calling him names and telling him, I quit. I waited 3 whole days, before returning. I said nothing, my boss said nothing and I returned to my position, among my fellow workers and continued working for the company for another 15 years.
@@billybatts9491 You're right. Because I had a similar situation where I got my ass beat, then proceeded to say nothing about it after, it actually felt good to get my ass beat, because I kinda deserved it, and the tension was crazy, thought I left the job after this, it was for unrelated reasons, bosses son, always leaving me a bunch of dishes, left him the same pile of shit, even though that's against my current morals, I usually like to lead by example now rather than hateful, spiteful backtalk and charades.
@@billybatts9491 But to clarify, I didn't leave him the pile of shit to get back at him, I just didn't care about the company anymore, and they didn't do anything good for me in terms of respect and a helping hand, at least in the term of fair distribution of work. They were friendly to me at times, and I respect that, and he had a good man code seemingly, the boss that is, not the owners son, who also had a good man code, relatively. It was really that his son also worked for us, and would leave an unfair distribution or work, as well as ignorance in the kitchen, that got me to leave.
The Bronx comes from 1600's when there was a Dutchman 'Jonas Bronck and his farm north of Manhattan - people said they were going to the Broncks - and became the Bronx
I’m a Jew from the south, we stick out like sore thumbs. No one in my family hunts but we do have thick accents, own pickup trucks and shop at Walmart.
Does SJ stand for Southern Jew? lol. I grew up in Southeastern Massachusetts in a neighborhood which was about 75% Jewish households. All my Jewish friends were like us non-Jews. Some great people, some jerks, just like every other demographic.
the man who stops the ''chat and cut'' to those few who try to snake into a line. I hope 'CURB' lasts forever. too bad about the Funkhauser 'super Dave Osborne' actor.
The podcast version has an ad for hair re-growth. I thought it was a joke at first. I started to die laughing!!! I can’t believe this was done on the Larry David episode!!!
1:51:20 If I ever make Larry David laugh like that, I'd be bragging about it for the rest of my life... even though the majority of my country dont speak English let alone know LD
What made CYE so special is how they captured true human nature. All their scenes are organic and improvised. It's a tongue-in-cheek parody of the Hollywood mainstream media culture, and their petty self-righteous narcissism in their own little gated communities. The setting writes the jokes for itself... All the characters have to do is react.
It assuredly does not write itself... LD is a master of his craft, the hallmark of genius is in your reaction: it appears to be simple but that is deceptive. No animosity meant by the way, always wary on you tube comments in case they escalate to calling each other Hitler :)
@@icemaglite It's well-known that CYE had basically no script. All the actors and even Larry David himself says that. Watch the documentary. Larry David hated writing scripts, going all the way back to Seinfield. So, beyond an extremely vague outline of the set and setting, everything was improvised and organic reactions. In that sense, the comedy does write itself. It's all done on the fly. That's what made it great and so relatable, despite how hilariously absurd it can be. And that's what truly makes a comedic genius. Not script-writing. There's no complexity in it. He's just a naturally hilarious person and surrounded himself with a great improvisational cast and turned the cameras on. It was most definitely simple. Simply comedy. That's rare and novel these days.
@@veritaslibertas4976 the situations are very meticulously worked out. He couldn't possibly have a story arc for an entire season without a tight structure. Have a look at him talking to Ricky Gervais, he shows him a typical breakdown, for one episode (think it was the carpool lane, but don't quote me on that), they're about 7 pages of solid text. It's planned, but has scope to improvise within the scene.
@@icemaglite Well Larry David himself, along with all the cast, disagree with you lol.. The cast said that many times, they didn't even fully know what the scene would be about. As I said, watch the documentary. There is only an extremely short script with only a vague description of the set and setting. Larry David hates writing scripts. It's mostly improvised and off-the-cuff. Their words, not mine. So until you watch the documentary, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
I was at the Improv in NYC on a Saturday night with some good friends a few decades ago and David Brenner happened to be in the audience. So the MC introduced David who stood up and everyone gave him a big round of applause. Then the MC proceeded to goad the audience into getting Brenner to favor us with a joke. The more David kept shaking his hand and head to indicate "No way!," the more the MC and audience applauded, so finally Brenner relented. He took the mic and began to tell a joke and he was so fucked up on quasudes or something, he could barely talk and the joke fell flat on its face. Lesson learned. Haha
Larry "noticed some moping on the show". In fact Jason Alexander told Larry in no uncertain terms that if his character George wasn't in every show, he might as well leave and go back to theater.
I like Kevin, but man....one of the rules of interviewing is to talk LESS than your guest. He doesn't let his guest talk enough. He needs to be better prepared too.
I do agree for normal guests but someone like larry david they need to feel involved and be recieved and then given, a great interview with larry David is like a true story improvisation.
Doesn't say much about 2 people who only respond in Seinfeld quotes, I mean when are they going to move on, Seinfeld is not even half as talented as Curb. The actors on Curb are 10-1 in quantity and depth over Seinfeld. The improvisation on Curb is heads over heels above the script on Seinfeld. Curb went over the line with the perverted scenes dealing with children, Larry went nuts on that unless he actually has a team of outliners. Curb lost Funkhauser and Richard and that didn't help. Leon's character got better though.
i wonder if larry knew what he was doing after talking about the pressure of making each season of seinfeld better than the last when he then put the pressure on Kevin with the compliments, perfectly demonstrating the very feeling he was talking about
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34:01 "By the way....may I?" Hahahaha, that´s fantastic! Hilarious. (and he´s right, by the way)
...my first time catching Kevin Pollak's chat show. He is terrific on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...plays so well in the scenes with Tony Shalhoub...particularly the ones I recall from the Catkills resort episode. Miss what I assume to have been the prime time of the Jewish Catskills...I worked in Liberty, NY at a special ed. camp from 1981-1984....Singer's Restaurant in Liberty, as well as Grossinger's (famous for golf and rye bread were both closed by 1986)...same with so many area resorts like Kutscher's, Brown's...eventually The Concord. (sigh) The MMM show really seemed to bring the smaller family resort to life (at least from what the 'old-timers' told me...including a couple...the Itzkowitz's who worked for years as Bronwn's accountants)
1.15.00 about texting a few quotes to one another and nothing else. I totally get that. Me and a former collegue of mine do this with names for over 15 years since we left the company. Never seen the guy again but it is part of our daily routines. The sillier the better. For example mr. Bawls, Harry. Still cracks me up.
For somebody who started out as a dweeb, and has played up his obnoxious character for the duration of his career, Larry has surprisingly become very attractive in his senior years
Great. As always Kevin. Keep doing what you're doing. Of course with Larry it's pretty much can't miss. Just a head's up, I contributed $4.50 to Save the Bay Foundation in your name. I won't be surprised if you get a short note of gratitude from them. They're nice people and deserve our support.
Does your “good friend” have a sister? Sounds fascinating, been 10 months and haven’t seen the trailer for the movie based on this post. Come on Mark, the world needs this!
lol. Larry's reaction to Kevin's Woody Allen impression was genuine joy!
I love the way Kevin just lets this conversation flow...I've listened to it several times...great stuff!
I haven't finished watching yet but just want to say I am so glad Larry David complemented Kevin so highly. It is absolutely true, he is very good at this.
Are you Kevin’s mom?
It's ovbvious that Larry enjoyed himself here, never saw him so spontaneous and laughing up a storm! When I started to write this he said it himself...
Wow! What an episode. I was laughing for an entire hour and a half. I've NEVER had such an enjoyable podcast experience in my life.
how can a man be so naturally funny, thank you Larry, your work helped me battling depression, yours and Chappelle's
That's so lovely to hear. Curb was the only thing I could watch in my darkest time. Larry rules!
That’s funny cause I’m going through major depression currently and I just started over from the beginning on all seasons.
It’s the one and only show ever that has made me actually laugh out loud. I appreciate comedy but it takes a lot to make me lol. Curb is my very favorite show of all time. There’s no other show I can watch repeatedly and enjoy so much.
I'm not an old Jewish man but I have one in my head.
The interweaving on "Seinfeld" always amazed me. They tied together completely unrelated things at the end of the show in ways that were always a surprise!
With mist sitcoms that ever were, the ending was the most predictable part of any show; but with Seinfeld, the surprising interacrion of A and B and sometimes C storylines always managed to bring something from out of left field that was always unpredictable, hilarious, and satisfying.
watch curb your enthusiasm episode "the doll"
Kevin IS really good at interviewing, like Larry said. He should have a network talkshow, he's great.
This is extra funny since this was a thing in his show about 2 weeks ago. I am talking about the opening about when to stop saying Happy New Years.
Excellent interview. A lot of fun. And yes 34:02, Kevin is very good at this ....
agree about 'The Doll'- I was crying at the end.
I’m a Larry David aficionado and this is the best Larry David interviews have ever seen. Kevin Pollack is over qualified. Wow
"Now explain that to the folks at home"
Larry's fear and self-loathing is so relatable
He was into women in a way that somone with self-loathing never would be.
@@atengawolsrep - I'm self loathing and I have a girlfriend, Larry hates himself
The coaster is because somebody there respects wood,
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha :)
Underrated comment! 😂😂
That was pretty...pretty...pretty...pretty.......🤣
This is a wonderful interview
That's a really good interview. Thanks!
Great show, so brilliantly honest!
FYI: Original Improv (NY) was started in 1963.
Season 11 Krazy Eyes Killa and Leon become best friends.
"The Brooklyn!" Serious Kevin? As for "The Bronx " There's a river that runs through that borough, "the Bronx River," and like all rivers, they are referred to as "The, as in "The Mississippi." Because of the river, that area/borough was referred to as "The Bronx" and it stuck.
If it's not obvious to anyone, this is a repost of an interview last year. Any new interview will numbered. "Kev's Fav" can be thought of as greatest hits.
TIL that Larry kept his job after quitting, I always thought they didn't buy it like what happened to George on the episode of Seinfeld.
This was a great interview.
I'd like to see Kevin on Curb. He'd play a fantastic shrink to Larry
I agree,,, the end of civilization is "I'm to stupid to be concerned about the next guy".
Hysterical.
enjoyed the interview
Thank u Larry for being u!
Nice, on my rotation now. Gj
Larry is right, I have never ever considered another man's looks, that creep's me out just the thought of it.
Los Angeman?
Subbed
Larry is a legend. Funny, Seinfeld had very intricate plots...far from a show about nothing. I feel it really went downhill after Larry left. Jerry didnt make a great showrunner. He liked it being too goofy. Writers like Alec Berg and Spike Ferensten had the wrong sensibilities for the show imo. Larry kept it grounded while they made the actors whacky cartoon characters and mined for dumb catch phrases. Season 6/7/8 sucked with a few expectations.
Larry REALLY is a pill. No "Happy New Year's?" Good thing he's funny....
Nice interview. That girl seems pretty star struck. At least I hope that’s it and she’s not always that way, because she barely spoke, had no question when asked, and fumbled when guessing who was on SNL w Larry. I might’ve done the same, but again, I hope she loosens up or was maybe just one off star struck.
34:01
This is the most relaxed I've ever seen Larry David in any interview.Good stuff.
Two old jews talking about jewish eccentricities. What could be easier?
He's surrounded by jews
He's surrounded by jews
By coincidence I once screamed at my boss and walked off, calling him names and telling him, I quit. I waited 3 whole days, before returning. I said nothing, my boss said nothing and I returned to my position, among my fellow workers and continued working for the company for another 15 years.
Underrated.
Lol that's beyond awkward to push under the rug for 15 years. The passive aggressiveness must've been intense
@@billybatts9491 You're right. Because I had a similar situation where I got my ass beat, then proceeded to say nothing about it after, it actually felt good to get my ass beat, because I kinda deserved it, and the tension was crazy, thought I left the job after this, it was for unrelated reasons, bosses son, always leaving me a bunch of dishes, left him the same pile of shit, even though that's against my current morals, I usually like to lead by example now rather than hateful, spiteful backtalk and charades.
@@billybatts9491 But to clarify, I didn't leave him the pile of shit to get back at him, I just didn't care about the company anymore, and they didn't do anything good for me in terms of respect and a helping hand, at least in the term of fair distribution of work. They were friendly to me at times, and I respect that, and he had a good man code seemingly, the boss that is, not the owners son, who also had a good man code, relatively. It was really that his son also worked for us, and would leave an unfair distribution or work, as well as ignorance in the kitchen, that got me to leave.
@@billybatts9491 In regards to my statement, I was probably projecting about a situation that is ongoing
Larry David is a national treasure. A true comedic genius.
Great interview. Kevin IS very good at this. Larry's smile could light a room. : )
I always wanted to meet him at a door, open it and say "Here you are, Mr. Doody. Anything for you, Mr. Doody. Right this way, Mr. Doody."
5:00 maybe it would've gone slightly better if the camp director simply said "The future co-creator of Seinfeld, Larry David… please stand up!"
"may I?....I think you're very good at this"
Larry is definitely a top tier human.
I agree, that was very gracious of him to say that.
Its funny that "happy new year" found its way into the latest Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Just like show up to work monday like nothing happened ended up in a seinfeld episode.
Spoilers!
The only Larry David interview that matters.
Dave Sarra u should watch his intervieuw with ricky gervais
Come on, David Cross, huge southern Jew with a brilliant accent. Shameful you didn't know.
movonup ... He doesn’t know what Reddit is!
Comic genius - how larry was able to interweave the stories on seinfeld
Aw man. I was hoping someone would have asked who that loud-ass laugher in the Seinfeld audience was. You know who I’m talking about
Very thoughtful, and excellent interview. Great work Kevin, and staff! "These pretzels are making me Thiiirrrsty!"
Even when Kevin speaks normally, I can still hear a little bit of Christopher Walken lilt to his voice. LMAO.
The Bronx comes from 1600's when there was a Dutchman 'Jonas Bronck and his farm north of Manhattan - people said they were going to the Broncks - and became the Bronx
I’m a Jew from the south, we stick out like sore thumbs. No one in my family hunts but we do have thick accents, own pickup trucks and shop at Walmart.
Does SJ stand for Southern Jew? lol. I grew up in Southeastern Massachusetts in a neighborhood which was about 75% Jewish households. All my Jewish friends were like us non-Jews. Some great people, some jerks, just like every other demographic.
Larry David. The Master of Minutiae.
the man who stops the ''chat and cut'' to those few who try to snake into a line. I hope 'CURB' lasts forever. too bad about the Funkhauser 'super Dave Osborne' actor.
how to go panicking through life, making up as you go, and succeed.
I have watched this at least 5 times. Better than thousands of other interviews.
Kevin really is outstanding because he really listens to the answers.
Wow, Kevin is an amazing interviewer which made Larry very comfortable and in turn got some great insight from the comedy mastermind.
7:30 "Had the family moved to the South when you were a boy..." PERFECT delivery followed by a perfect laugh.
2:20 if you want to skip to Larry.
Only Larry David and Kevin Pollak could keep me entertained for over an hour watching this.
The podcast version has an ad for hair re-growth. I thought it was a joke at first. I started to die laughing!!! I can’t believe this was done on the Larry David episode!!!
"Home For Purim", a Southern Jewish epic.
1:51:20 If I ever make Larry David laugh like that, I'd be bragging about it for the rest of my life... even though the majority of my country dont speak English let alone know LD
when larry laughs he looks like a spooky skeleton
Lol!! He does!!!
Don’t make him more self conscious
He looks like a spooky skeleton in general.
Pretty pretty pretty...😆😆😆👊😷
Scrolled just to find a comment like this lol
What made CYE so special is how they captured true human nature. All their scenes are organic and improvised. It's a tongue-in-cheek parody of the Hollywood mainstream media culture, and their petty self-righteous narcissism in their own little gated communities. The setting writes the jokes for itself... All the characters have to do is react.
It assuredly does not write itself... LD is a master of his craft, the hallmark of genius is in your reaction: it appears to be simple but that is deceptive. No animosity meant by the way, always wary on you tube comments in case they escalate to calling each other Hitler :)
@@icemaglite It's well-known that CYE had basically no script. All the actors and even Larry David himself says that. Watch the documentary. Larry David hated writing scripts, going all the way back to Seinfield. So, beyond an extremely vague outline of the set and setting, everything was improvised and organic reactions. In that sense, the comedy does write itself. It's all done on the fly. That's what made it great and so relatable, despite how hilariously absurd it can be. And that's what truly makes a comedic genius. Not script-writing. There's no complexity in it. He's just a naturally hilarious person and surrounded himself with a great improvisational cast and turned the cameras on. It was most definitely simple. Simply comedy. That's rare and novel these days.
@@veritaslibertas4976 the situations are very meticulously worked out. He couldn't possibly have a story arc for an entire season without a tight structure. Have a look at him talking to Ricky Gervais, he shows him a typical breakdown, for one episode (think it was the carpool lane, but don't quote me on that), they're about 7 pages of solid text. It's planned, but has scope to improvise within the scene.
@@veritaslibertas4976 I also agree, it's fantastic comedy. The man is a genius.
@@icemaglite Well Larry David himself, along with all the cast, disagree with you lol.. The cast said that many times, they didn't even fully know what the scene would be about. As I said, watch the documentary. There is only an extremely short script with only a vague description of the set and setting. Larry David hates writing scripts. It's mostly improvised and off-the-cuff. Their words, not mine. So until you watch the documentary, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Voted most stereophonic swallows three years in a row.
Is this where Larry got the Happy New Years idea for the first episode of season 10 of Curb?
I was at the Improv in NYC on a Saturday night with some good friends a few decades ago and David Brenner happened to be in the audience. So the MC introduced David who stood up and everyone gave him a big round of applause. Then the MC proceeded to goad the audience into getting Brenner to favor us with a joke. The more David kept shaking his hand and head to indicate "No way!," the more the MC and audience applauded, so finally Brenner relented. He took the mic and began to tell a joke and he was so fucked up on quasudes or something, he could barely talk and the joke fell flat on its face. Lesson learned. Haha
Very nice interview for sure, natural and funny
Larry "noticed some moping on the show". In fact Jason Alexander told Larry in no uncertain terms that if his character George wasn't in every show, he might as well leave and go back to theater.
That show was nothing without George anyway
When a year ages the slightest bit it’s no longer new and, it can be argued, no longer happy.
I like Kevin, but man....one of the rules of interviewing is to talk LESS than your guest. He doesn't let his guest talk enough. He needs to be better prepared too.
Agreed. If he talked less I'd listen to every episode rather than cherry pick. And preparation could also be better in general.
Dan Holmes, he started this show so that he could do the talking. He's a show business guy. They like to hear themselves talk
Joe rogan?
I would argue he uses it as a way to open up the guests.
He's treating it as an actual conversation.
I do agree for normal guests but someone like larry david they need to feel involved and be recieved and then given, a great interview with larry David is like a true story improvisation.
Whoa, Kevin started the interview with the New-Year bit from the new episode of CYE ( 2020 )
I have to say it's hard to both do a good job and secretly desire to be cancelled
4:35 - I just keep picturing a younger Larry at camp, but he looks exactly the way he does now.
Doesn't say much about 2 people who only respond in Seinfeld quotes, I mean when are they going to move on, Seinfeld is not even half as talented as Curb. The actors on Curb are 10-1 in quantity and depth over Seinfeld. The improvisation on Curb is heads over heels above the script on Seinfeld. Curb went over the line with the perverted scenes dealing with children, Larry went nuts on that unless he actually has a team of outliners. Curb lost Funkhauser and Richard and that didn't help. Leon's character got better though.
"Jews have trouble cutting!!" Says the Jew who had a bris.
i wonder if larry knew what he was doing after talking about the pressure of making each season of seinfeld better than the last when he then put the pressure on Kevin with the compliments, perfectly demonstrating the very feeling he was talking about
34:01 "By the way....may I?" Hahahaha, that´s fantastic! Hilarious. (and he´s right, by the way)
such a good line
...my first time catching Kevin Pollak's chat show. He is terrific on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...plays so well in the scenes with Tony Shalhoub...particularly the ones I recall from the Catkills resort episode. Miss what I assume to have been the prime time of the Jewish Catskills...I worked in Liberty, NY at a special ed. camp from 1981-1984....Singer's Restaurant in Liberty, as well as Grossinger's (famous for golf and rye bread were both closed by 1986)...same with so many area resorts like Kutscher's, Brown's...eventually The Concord. (sigh) The MMM show really seemed to bring the smaller family resort to life (at least from what the 'old-timers' told me...including a couple...the Itzkowitz's who worked for years as Bronwn's accountants)
Great interview! I'm late to the party finding out how good Kevin Pollak is in this format. Excellent job.
Intentional mumbling...'I heard something, I definitely heard something' that was written in Seinfeld in the 90s
Kevin Pollack knows everyone lol
Like pulling teeth, getting Larry to expound too much on his on own successes. lol
1.15.00 about texting a few quotes to one another and nothing else. I totally get that. Me and a former collegue of mine do this with names for over 15 years since we left the company. Never seen the guy again but it is part of our daily routines. The sillier the better. For example mr. Bawls, Harry. Still cracks me up.
I attended the Kevin Pollack show where they had Weird Al back in the mid 2000s
For somebody who started out as a dweeb, and has played up his obnoxious character for the duration of his career, Larry has surprisingly become very attractive in his senior years
hahaha! errybody s a bubble boy these days
Great. As always Kevin. Keep doing what you're doing. Of course with Larry it's pretty much can't miss. Just a head's up, I contributed $4.50 to Save the Bay Foundation in your name. I won't be surprised if you get a short note of gratitude from them. They're nice people and deserve our support.
When do we stop saying Happy New Year!? When people stop replying. :)
the table was a coaster
I quote David Brent with a good friend still.
Does your “good friend” have a sister? Sounds fascinating, been 10 months and haven’t seen the trailer for the movie based on this post. Come on Mark, the world needs this!
The involuntary mumbling to oneself has been overlooked.
I choose not to participate! Woops I just did! Lol
No stupid questions....lol
Best interview ever!
larry is non stop entertainment
You'll have an incident with a whale and a golfball, and you'll write a bit about it.
Larry has to play Rick Sanchez in a live action R&M.
Great show
Keep these coming
Kevin is so
funny 😁
Excellent 👍👍
I'm shocked with this interviewer... great stuff...