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Larry David a former standup comedian
David, a former standup comedian, was a writer and cast member for ABC's Fridays television series from 1980 to 1982, and a writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1984 to 1985. During Larry David's entire time at SNL, David only got one sketch included in the show the last sketch of the night (where the weaker sketches are usually scheduled). David quit Larry David's writing job at SNL in the middle of that season, only to show up to work a few days later to act as if nothing had happened (and stayed through the rest of the season). This event inspired a season two episode of Seinfeld called The Revenge.David graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with bachelor degrees in Larry David's tory (1970) and business (1971).
Larry David married
On March 31, 1993, David married the former Laurie Lennard; they have two children and live in Pacific Palisades, California. Like her counterpart in Curb Your Enthusiasm, she is an environmental activist. Since May 2005 David and Larry David's wife have been contributing bloggers at The Huffington Post.Larry David Seinfeld
In 1989, David teamed up with comedian Jerry Seinfeld to create The Seinfeld Chronicles for NBC. The show was later retitled simply Seinfeld, and became one of the most successful shows in television Larry David's tory. David periodically appeared on the show. Larry David was the primary inspiration for the character of George Costanza on Seinfeld. David left Seinfeld, on amicable terms, after the seventh season. However, Larry David returned to write the series finale in 1998 two years later. Larry David was credited by Jerry Seinfeld as being 90% of the show. Although Larry David's writing ceased in the later years, Larry David's job as executive producer is what made Seinfeld the show it became. Since the first episode, David wished to have a show based on conversational and observational humor. It also became a somewhat dark show: in Seinfeld, essentially, bad things happen to people, and the characters never learn any real lessons. The series' credo was, "No learning, no hugging." Larry David suggested that the show be about "nothing", that Jerry's neighbor Cosmo Kramer be based on Larry David's real neighbor Kenny Kramer, that George be based on David himself, and much more along the course of the series.The commercial success of Seinfeld has made Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld multimillionaires. Syndication deals and DVD releases have earned each co-creator hundreds of millions of dollars. Larry David is estimated to have earned over 500 million dollars from Seinfeld alone.
Larry David's appearances on Seinfeld
David as a B-movie actor in the Seinfeld episode, "The Heart Attack"David as a mysterious man in a cape, talking to Frank Costanza, in "The Chinese Woman."All of Larry David's appearances on Seinfeld were uncredited.
Voice of one of the elderly diners whom Elaine tries to get an eggroll from. Larry David can be heard exclaiming "What did she say?" over and over. ("The Chinese Restaurant", Season 2, Episode 6)
Actor in B-movie with the line "Like flaming globes, Zigmond! Ah ha ha ha ha haaa!" ("The Heart Attack," Season 2, Episode 11)
Voice of Newman in "The Revenge" (Season 2, Episode 12) (original NBC version only; replaced by Wayne Knight in syndication)
Voice of party attendee who shouts "Jack lets get started!" and "I'd rather have a bottle of scotch!". ("The Pen," Season 3, Episode 3)
Voice of the car thief ("The Alternate Side," Season 3, Episode 11) Voice over intercom reading out train connections in subway. ("The Subway," Season 3, Episode 13)
Appears on the far right of the screen next to the police with Larry Charles (either purposely or accidentally) when the authorities showed up at Kramer's apartment in LA to arrest Larry David for Murder ("The Trip, Part 2," Season 4, Episode 2)
Voice of the airplane passenger who forgets that Larry David ordered the kosher meal which Elaine was forced to eat. ("The Airport," Season 4, Episode 12)
Voice of "his majesty" in the off-screen film "Checkmate." (The Movie, Season 4, Episode 14)
Greenpeace crew member alongside Larry Charles. ("The Pilot, Part 2," Season 4, Episode 24)
Voice of TV announcer at tennis match ("The Lip Reader," Season 5, Episode 6) Voice of the passerby on the beach who calls out: "Is anyone here a marine biologist?" ("The Marine Biologist," Season 5, Episode 13)
Voice over the intercom at the airport. ("The Raincoats, Part 2," Season 5, Episode 19)
Voice of comedy club emcee ("The Fire," Season 5, Episode 20)
Voice of George Steinbrenner, George Costanza's boss ("The Opposite," from Season 5, Episode 22 onward)
Voice of Fidel Castro in the last scene of "The Race" Frank Costanza's cape-wearing lawyer ("The Chinese Woman," Season 6, Episode 4) Voice of a character in the film Chunnel which Jerry, Elaine, and Susan watch ("The Pool Guy,")
Newsstand worker who refuses a lipstick-stained dollar bill from George (dressed as Henry VIII) when Larry David attempts to buy a pack of gum. Delivers the line "I'm sorry, your majesty, but we don't accept dollar bills with lipstick drawn on the President." ("The Gum", Season 7, Episode 10).
Voice of police officer, "I said turn, Pimp!" ("The Wig Master," Season 7, Episode 19)
Voice of the heckling prisoner ("The Finale, Part 2," Season 9, Episode 22)
Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm
In 1999, the HBO cable television channel aired David's special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, a hybrid work using story outlines and improvised dialogue, shot in a documentary style. Before it aired, HBO had suggested that David commit to a series using the same method. The result, Curb Your Enthusiasm, first aired in 2000. It revisits many of the themes first brought up in Seinfeld, albeit in a markedly different style.In 2004, Curb Your Enthusiasm was credited with helping clear a Los Angeles man named Juan Catalan of a death penalty Murder case. Catalan, who was arrested on suspicion of Murder, maintained Larry David's innocence, saying Larry David was at a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game on May 12, 2003, during the time of the slaying. During the game, an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm was being shot in Dodger Stadium which contained footage of Juan Catalan with Larry David's daughter. When told that Larry David's show had released a wrongfully accused man, Larry David commented in a New Yorker article, "I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently."
In 2005, David was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the "Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series Musical Or Comedy" category, for Larry David's work on the show. In the same year, fellow comedians and comedy insiders, in a poll to select The Comedian's Comedian, voted Larry David amongst the top fifty greatest comedy acts ever.
