Larry David - Country Club Interview

[@nickotto-bernstein7267]

Larry trying to be a wasp is just comedy gold! So genius in this scene!

[@jaycee30865]

A joiner. A we belong to this or that group type guy. A person who has to flock with others to feel a sense of self knowledge. Ie the worst sort in the world.

[@undertheneonlights]

@@jaycee30865 "A we belong to this or that group type guy. A person who has to flock with others to feel a sense of self knowledge" So literally every person in America right now?

[@michaeltoohey1385]

Comedy gold, but hard to watch...

[@rellman85]

Just like when he thought he was adopted, i.e. that whole montage in Arizona with his “parents” 😅😂

[@roygo10]

The amount of BS Larry has spewed in this scene is unmatched.

[@martinlarocque900]

You should see me on a date.

[@bustinarant]

@@martinlarocque900 "I am a Moose. And an Elk." Is a great open and closer.

[@apocyldoomer]

Yup, he kept on shoveling it!!

[@pascaldegroote9813]

Also have a boat is in the Marina normally myself but when it is storm I rent a captain. Lol Larry is GOD

[@1bcordell]

You could almost see George sitting there spinning the lies. I also love how Cheryl just rolls right along with all the BS.

[@dyates6380]

"Occasionally I'll bring a captain, if it's windy". Priceless.

[@dwaynesala8876]

😂

[@smithyamiami]

Larry taking his glasses off at 1:29 is sheer brilliance.

[@GrowthruGod]

Total mastery moment no doubt

[@qnzman578]

I kept it together until that moment 😂

[@NS-ie2ld]

I must say it was magnificent

[@deadeye4256]

patrick batmane vibe

[@ericday4505]

Nothing brilliant about LD taking his glasses off, stop the bs.

[@patrick.cashmore]

"I got hit with a mallet in the head and fell of the horse, and unfortunately my polo days are over" SO good.

[@porridge57]

Clever move, because he won’t have to prove himself in the future.

[@ericday4505]

Only LD could get hit in the head with a mallet. And make it funny.

[@JohnLoCicero]

I like how he stresses his gentile doctor's name, Anthony Parker.

[@friskydingooo7992]

Funniest part

[@sterlingforbes3872]

That was the only part I didn't get. What's the relevance of Anthony Parker?

[@friskydingooo7992]

@@sterlingforbes3872 wasp doctor name, he said it so larry can exaggerate the point that larry is wasp and has a wasp doctor lmao

[@emaadkhan3031]

@@friskydingooo7992 isn't Anthony a name associated with Italian-Americans? Sounds like WASPs might be a bit skeptical of that

[@friskydingooo7992]

@@emaadkhan3031 no Anthony is a Latin name , any group of people can assume the identity , but in Los angles Anthony is a common name within the Wasp community, that’s where the joke comes from , hence why Larry is stressing the point that Anthony Parker is his doctor , it’s pretty freaking hilarious

[@Fasil777]

The over dramatic removal of his glasses @1:29 gets me every time.

[@irszgatti]

When the glasses go back on its magic, when they come off its the planning. Great acting Larry!

[@frs2768]

Thats from George castanza move

[@CullenCochran]

Larry turns the WASP up to 11..

[@lindaleelaw5277]

Yes! I couldn't understand why he was ever so calm.., and rich.... hummer and a,boat. how,white

[@TheDailyElectronic]

@Brett R Jews are overwhelmingly liberal in the US

[@claytonbrown7120]

They had to try to be Trumptards! 😂

[@judgeholden849]

@@TheDailyElectronic overwhelmingly liberal in the international diaspora* In Israel they are blood and soil nationalists who are actively ethnically cleansing the surrounding arabs. Despite the Zionists racially motivated violence appearing to antithetical to everything the liberal diaspora "believes in" and "stands for", they have little to nothing to say about it, and still support their Levantine ethnostate unwaveringly. I wish they were all more like Larry, aloof and petty but charming, but he seems to be one of a kind.

[@judgeholden849]

@Vlad Hazard good one lol

[@TranquilAssassin]

I think this was one of Larry and Cheryl's cuter moments together. Manipulating and lying to serve their own interests and play these two men like fiddles. Too funny

[@iagas9]

I loved when she went along with his stupid plans in the early seasons. I think people forget how they were mostly happy then

[@jimlamanna9712]

Tyler Pagliazzo They'll figure out he's really Jewish when they see him golf or by the amount or lack of a tip at the bar

[@Braglemaster123]

Excellent

[@Braglemaster123]

Jim Lamanna Actually Larry is an excellent golfer 🏌️ and a very generous tipper . ✡️🕎❤️

[@Braglemaster123]

Jim Lamanna They surely wouldn’t let Italians in that club, no “ Spaghetti 🍝 Benders “ Guido

[@eliseo5416]

The best joke nobody talks about is that Cheryl was 15 when Reagan would have been running for office.

[@garethhancock8525]

The fundraiser was for the Regan foundation which can be anytime

[@eliseo5416]

@@garethhancock8525 the joke is that he was trying to sound like a conservative by saying they volunteered for Reagan despite it being an obvious lie.

[@garethhancock8525]

@@eliseo5416 ~ lol, OK now i get what you mean sorry

[@TheIkaika777]

Um, her character is her real life age and her age is my age and I voted for Reagan’s second term. So her character definitely could have worked for his campaign and voted for his second term 1984. She would have been 18-19.

[@imadbasayev8541]

@@TheIkaika777 Why would you admit to voting for the senile racist inbred mutt?

[@susieq360]

I love that he's rocking the standard W.A.S.P./conservative suit: navy blue blazer, light-blue shirt, red tie, and khakis. lmao

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

We WASPs are well dressed. He only needs either an Omega or Breitling watch.

[@mastercng]

@@keldonmcfarland2969 you're the worst kind of WASP. how embarassing for you to proclaim such a thing to other internet commenters.

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

@@mastercng ????? What's wrong? You have a problem with Brooks Brothers, do you?

[@Joseph-rx9tp]

He looks like Tucker Carlson!

[@Angelfish-wr1pp]

thanks, I'll know what to do in my next life

[@nightmoose]

When Larry says "I'm fairly new to golf....polo is my game" I lost it.

[@anthonyderosa3265]

The look on Cheryl's face when he says he brings a captain if it's windy...priceless

[@Rickmaki]

Occasionally I'll bring in a Captain if it's Windy !!! LMAO..

[@DippinSauc]

sidlarrie2 You took the words out of my mouth lol 😂😂

[@ejrosenthal]

One of my favorite lines in the whole series.

[@jp.loughran919]

Right lolol

[@StephenPaulTroup]

That line never registered until I read your comment! Hilarious!

[@scslre]

Larry's only a fair weather captain.

[@msm1876]

I love watching Larry pretending to be a Republican Gentile,😂😂😂

[@harisadu8998]

He's not pretending to be a gentile. They know he's a Jew. He's just pretending to be just like them in his beliefs and lifestyle.

[@Christobanistan]

@@harisadu8998 Remember later how happy he was to learn he actually WAS a gentile, spending all that time with his 'real' parents, all because he hated his Jewish family so much?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@panjandrum.conundrum]

@@harisadu8998 oh no

[@harisadu8998]

@@panjandrum.conundrum They ask him if he'd be comfortable in their club. Because he is a jew. Then he tried to show them how much he's like them and not like other jews.

[@DimitriTheBarbarian]

@@harisadu8998 it’s not about nationality. It’s about wealth. That’s why they asked about membership in clubs and charitable orgs. There is not such things as “other Jews”. Jews are quite a diverse group of people

[@josephgoodroad5928]

I'm not too worried about the global warming. People LIKE it a little warmer, don't they?

[@georgehornsby6882]

Dennis hahaha found the idiot

[@MrMark945]

@Dennis welp...ur clearly stupid

[@minners71]

@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 lovely grammar, did you manage to finish high school?

[@Gvozd111]

Dennis gees you are actually a pro xD. lold so hard from the people above

[@Gvozd111]

Btw it’s a well known fact that global warming was invented in the 90s as a marketing campaign for save the planet T-shirt’s

[@bajaman92075]

"I'm in the Rotary Club" "Well... Oh my"

[@sirreginalddukeofchutney234]

Indeed. Do tell.

[@josephblanchard6248]

@Jay Caldwell do you not see the check mark?

[@carolverde8439]

Who the Hell is Brian Brady ?

[@rock3tcatU233]

Is that the same Brian Brady who raped and killed a man in 2016?

[@marvincool3744]

He knows how to speak their language. Sometimes a little manipulation comes in handy.

[@Eeland_Stribling]

The way Larry takes his glasses off at 1:28

[@scslre]

Such flourish.

[@MINKVINNA]

the fake delight on larrys face when he walks into the room haha

[@joejohn.]

intentionally showing his teeth

[@tomitstube]

"i got hit in the head with a mallet and fell off the horse..."

[@brookesd4979]

country club man 1: "you know it is a similar swing" Country club man 2: "they're not stationary but its certainly an arc"

[@ElJefe-zu4ee]

“Were those some log cabin Republicans I saw in the parking lot?” LD is the master of BS. 😂😂😂

[@lucianac4388]

What are log cabin republicans?

[@ElJefe-zu4ee]

@@lucianac4388 LBGQ Republicans.

[@beattheovenludwigvan]

​@@ElJefe-zu4eeoh like closet? Okay

[@SAK1855]

Not in the closet. These are openly LGBT Republicans who want the party to be supportive of their rights. So, “Screw everyone but me.”

[@caseylaw2013]

For... Reagan. Ronald Reagan.

[@Raison_d-etre]

Well, Ron Reagan, his son, is an atheist.

[@MsDelorean]

He makes a good gentile

[@eboooo]

MsDelorean he's acting like Pat Bateman

[@thomasdidymus1393]

he makes an even better WASP.

[@StufiBuy]

I don’t see it. He could pass for a pollock or Italian. Maybe just cause I watch him too much.

[@gfoot9916]

Hon. Narcish McTattletale an Italian? Simply not possible with his features.

[@StufiBuy]

gfoot99 he looks a lot like Dominic Chianese, they even made a joke out of it on the sopranos.

[@markwilletts1252]

‘Baxter Churchill’ 😂 such a great name!!!

[@JeffreyGillespie]

The WASPiest name ever created 🤣

[@saltech3444]

Should have been W. Baxter Churchill the 3rd.

[@houseofshuffles449]

@@saltech3444 Commodore W. Baxter Churchill III, Esq.

[@flisko123]

best fake interview

[@NotShowingOff]

This is total trolling.

[@robbiesaunders9602]

Extraordinary

[@DUNGEONDRAGONZ]

I'm fairly new to golf, polo is my game.

[@askhowiknow5527]

"occasionally I'll bring a captain in if its windy" Call a captain like an uber?

[@foljs5858]

Arrange to have a captain on the day you want to sail. It's not much unlike an Uber if you have the money, but there's no app

[@mcrowley8460]

thats costanza talking

[@livingadreamlife1428]

He meant a bottle of Cap’n Morgan.

[@nbadraft08]

Yes

[@vandpgaming2103]

"the national right to life foundation" 😂😂😂 I'm dead

[@jwil4905]

Ironic.

[@afauxican_american]

Larry name dropping every conservative organization he can think of is gold.

[@timconnollycgcs]

When he removes the glasses, I'm dying laughing.

[@StoicismWorks]

“That’s from my PERsonal physician... one, Anthony Parker.... Doctor Anthony Parker” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rollotomassi4768]

They left out the best part, when the two guys show up at the Dodger game and see Larry with the hooker he used to be able to take the hov lane.

[@DWilliams-ce8nb]

No demerits for that at any club I've been around - unless one of the club wives' sees it. Then he's shunned.

[@yusufamplifice8260]

The scenes when Larry acts like someone different are my favorite. When he acts overly Jewish with that doctor guy, or when he pretends to be totally conservative white here, or the scene where he pretends to have Aspergers. Hysterical!

[@cecilyerker]

Yusuf Amplifice I think he has Aspergers in real life, based on his life experiences

[@nomalk]

Yeah he pretended to have retardation so he wouldn't have a roomate in the office. lmao.

[@yusufamplifice8260]

matan kaynar I love that scene so much.

[@jackedkerouac4414]

Honorable mention is when he went back to his brooklyn days and bought everyone drinks at starbucks

[@DanielinLaTuna]

I love the MAGA hat episode too

[@Mandrake591]

R.I.P. Ken Howard, star of one of the best shows ever, "The White Shadow. "

[@ocan1033]

There was a good episode of White Shadow where the team goes golfing. Someone asks Coolidge how he hit such an outstanding tee shot and he says “It’s easy .. ball is just sitting there. Plus, it’s white ..”

[@maddymud]

Thomas Jefferson and so good in Michael Clayton

[@matthewurbas8889]

Larry letting his wasp voice slip when he struggled through the question about whether he brought a captain is a great detail.

[@tobiasgoldman]

I love how Larry's whole cadence is different in this scene.

[@Times397]

Yess he put in a ton of effort for this scene to work !!

[@stephenallen4625]

You can just hear it in Larry's voice at the start how he's trying to sound and it is so brilliant and hilarious 😆

[@BusinessandLifeMastery]

Larry David is the best comedy writer ever, period!!

[@JeffreyGillespie]

"Did you let that one in, Ken?" LOL

[@vantheman12welshman66]

Watching the green jacket ceremony at The Masters reminds me of this.

[@forefatherofmankind3305]

01:27 He was itching to pull that move ... Damn 😂😂♥️🙌🤟👌

[@Cashback13]

"I'm fairly new to golf" Cheryl's face. Hahaha!

[@lexa3210]

"occasionally I'll bring a captain in...if it's windy" 😂😂

[@bobwoods1302]

I love the look on the guys face when Larry hands him his doctors note.😂

[@4747da]

one of the few instances in which larry actually acts in the show.

[@howardstern666]

Love LD's reaction to "You must know Baxter Churchill?"

[@JackHill45]

howardstern666 “Of course.”

[@aroundandround]

2:00 Cheryl’s facial expression like “WTF are you blabbing, you’re going to blow this whole thing up!”😅

[@MrBiggysmalls87]

“We’ve got a uhhhhh, schooner down at the marina.” 🤣

[@ApertureRH]

"I'm an Elk and a Moose"

[@matijabandic]

I am curious what is Larry referencing to?

[@justinelliott3529]

Fraternal organizations

[@matijabandic]

Justin Elliott Thanks

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

I'm suprised he didn't throw the Lions Club in there too.

[@steelyspielbergo]

extraordinary!

[@jcarlovitch]

0:53 I love the look on Cheryl's face when they ask a couple that are easily 20 years apart in age if they met in school.

[@tonybroderick4808]

Larry is not as old as his baldness indicates.

[@jcarlovitch]

Tony Broderick he’s eighteen years older than her

[@Glizzitron5000]

Best scene in all of comedy television. All improv and a fucking great commentary throughout it. So underrated.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

What is its rating?

[@uhh_p]

@@jamesmcinnis208 below

[@dyates6380]

"Occasionally I'l bring a captain in. If it's windy". LOL!!!!!!

[@kristinamusantejd735]

Cheryl is top drawer. She’s so good. She takes comedy Larry to the next level.

[@eminemlovexx]

"occasionally ill bring in a captain.. if its windy"

[@thejew1789]

“Occasionally I’ll bring a captain in if it’s windy.”

[@YK-fj5bj]

2:25 love Cheryl’s fake laugh :-)

[@advancedtv1110]

Sweet Cheryl look at her eyes when Larry is lying. They are all over. Lol

[@samifolio950]

ive never seen anyone ace an interview like that

[@zada1248]

I tried it once but it turns out they do actually check if you graduated with honours from Cambridge and were shortlisted for the Booker Prize

[@liamprendergast6016]

"That's a good question, what do you do after that?" hahahah

[@NotShowingOff]

Liam Prendergast you feel...comfortable here?

[@BlueSpiceSpace]

Firm handshake, pronounced articulation hands folded on table, "hahaha" chuckle, glasses in mouth move combined with moving closer. Plus the gentile doctor name at the end. He's got all the old wasp guy mannerisms down!

[@johndong7524]

I used to know this Ivy League educated old money man who was in his 90s and he once told me that moving your hands during conversation is considered inappropriate. I never knew that. But he wasn't a WASP, his people came from Germany. His father was a freemason too.

[@1bcordell]

That's gold Jerry, GOLD! Cheryl's reactions to Larry's BS is epic.

[@kennyrogers7996]

Quite comfortable..

[@harisadu8998]

My read is that they knew that he was a Jew. That's why the interviewers insinuated if he would be comfortable in the club. This entire interview was for him to prove how much of a Republican he was as a Jew.

[@joyruger]

So many little touches :). Answering with “ New Haven” first when asked where he went to school 😂

[@amyv.]

One Anthony Parker.

[@i.l.l.l.l.]

Lol Cheryl's WASP costume is great. Reminds me of the recurring Laura Bush suit on 30 Rock that Liz wears when she wants to look Conservative

[@NibberKSmooth]

I need to watch every episode again.

[@widndn]

I'd never join a club that would have me as a member.

[@Meltman1000]

What kind of Yogi Berra nonsense is this

[@widndn]

@@Meltman1000 Actually I heard it from Groucho Marx about 60 years ago.

[@DoctorEcks]

Groucho also (supposedly) said to a country club that wouldn’t let him use the pool - “ Since my daughter’s only half-Jewish can she go in up to her knees?”

[@aroundandround]

This is so American funny; wonder if people from other countries would even be able to appreciate how every single sentence coming from Larry and Cheryl is carefully crafted.

[@milfdad]

Definitely not. This is heavily a joke based on context within American culture. They would appreciate it but not 100% there’s too many references

[@cephalopod7300]

English here and appreciated the humo(u)r. It's possible to be familiar enough with American culture from the outside to get the stereotype of WASPy Republican country club types. I can't know if I got every single reference, but I got enough that I can see this scene is packed full of them.

[@mariotorres4232]

@@milfdad Mexican here, and just like the English gentleman, we do get the jokes and references. Also, the reasons why this show is so good are far more than just references to pop and American culture. So much so, that I would bet not even 80% of Americans get them, understand them and therefore like the show. It’s clear that this show and type of comedy is not for everyone.

[@aahxzen]

As a Canadian who is inundated with American culture, I definitely understood the subtlety

[@DimitriTheBarbarian]

Why? Who cares? Enjoy it yourself. Humor is international

[@vladlock]

"We're in the Heritage Foundation.." ahhahah priceless

[@Onion_Smoothie]

Calling Cheryl "sweetheart," referring to his doctor as "one Anthony Parker," holy shit🤣

[@user-lc5km9xs5c]

This clip is sublime.

[@Burgmannn]

I love the voice he puts on here.

[@houseofshuffles449]

Mr. Larry David III, Esq.: - Yale Alumnus - Hummer owner - Regan volunteer - Polo veteran - Sailor (but brings a Captain in, if it's windy) - Moose - and an Elk - Rotary member - patient of Dr. Anthony Parker - etc.

[@StephenPaulTroup]

"Magnificent really...just magnificent."

[@gerrybennett7705]

Never get tired of this vid. Always a hoot

[@georgetrimm319]

the only scene when larry is deliberately trying to not be himself

[@livingadreamlife1428]

The Doctor’s ‘scrip stipulating he’d need a golf cart is classic.

[@user-yn2ru2ep1j]

A moose and an elk? That’s extraordinary.

[@StephenPaulTroup]

Thx Larry for giving us one more Ken Howard gem before he passed. RIP Ken Howard!

[@bobzani]

The White Shadow.

[@davidholzer4155]

Council for conservative citizens

[@scottphelps1496]

One Anthony Parker. Dr. Anthony Parker. said the funny Moose/Elkman.

[@markwegner6100]

Presenting the Dr.'s note at the end was a hoot! Like they knew they were in already.

[@bluefishhh]

As a Brit, had to google "Log Cabin Republican"...gotta love Larry, it's all about the details!

[@YusiDJordan]

I still don't get it. It's like an LGBT thing?

[@jimbarino2]

@@YusiDJordan It's a gay Republican thing. I guess you put the log in the cabin.

[@jshepard152]

Yeah, it's a gay republican. From the days when gays weren't so proud.

[@redpillqueer8303]

@@jshepard152 We're still a thing, thank you very much.

[@alrom125]

We’re in the Heritage foundation 😂😂😂

[@rubenapril1799]

Larry’s opening voice is too fucking spot on LMAO

[@benjaminmairs9302]

Larry was Making America Great Already back in the day

[@buddhastl7120]

Best part is beginning shaking guy’s hand saying ‘what a great pleasure to meet you’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adriamaral300]

The polo swing and golf swing is so alike! 😂

[@deanmacey3554]

"Quite comfortable" is low-key the funniest line in this scene

[@johncooper3636]

one of the funniest skits in the series

[@carreyperea9856]

i worked a club in atlanta ga, this skit is no joke!!

[@relicofgold]

"Occasionally I'll bring a captain in.......if it's windy"............OKAY!!

[@seanmurphy4465]

I occasionally bring in a captain (to sail my boat) when it’s windy… 😅😅😅

[@tommclarty17]

Love the doctors note for the cart hahaha

[@genxx2724]

He should have presented it after being invited to join. Btw, were they admitted? I can’t remember.

[@jeremiahmirkovitz2834]

My polo dayr are over hahahhahaha

[@aroundandround]

0:16 Even the confident handshake Larry puts out is his idea of how wasps shake hands.

[@flatlineoptimism2600]

What does that mean anyway, when Republicans are referred to as wasps?

[@MRC325]

@@flatlineoptimism2600 Wasp means White Anglo Saxon Protestant. WASP's were the first whites to come to America. They are mostly rich, have a deep history, and tend to vote conservative (nowadays that's the republicans). Larry is a Jewish person from the North East. So he votes for liberals and democrats. Do that confuse these people with the folks in the south that vote for Republicans, who also have a long history but are not rich and don't have the same rich history.

[@georgemikal7345]

The global warming line lmaoo

[@YusiDJordan]

God, he's so white. It's perfect.

[@ade910]

Wasn't he white before?

[@eric0380]

I like how the most important thing to Larry was to present the doctors note to the club members so he wouldn't have to walk the course

[@afterthefox]

i was actually at a Reagan fund raiser...lol...