Larry David documentary

A compilation of videos to try to tell the story of Larry David
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[@patrickwilliamscoaching]

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.

[@bastadimasta]

That sounds like his dark humor. I hope he lives 250 and retain his consciousness.😈

[@shannonallaround9490]

Yes

[@sunlion8866]

This documentary is pretty good. Prettay, prettaaay, prettaaaaaaaay, pretty good.

[@bendmymind486]

You just had to, lol. And I had to hit like....

[@911jehru]

cool

[@TheMcgojoh]

Thanks for the chuckle.

[@kulanmoses5228]

hey i was gonna write that

[@stejer211]

Don't do that dammit

[@RYN988]

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!

[@DancatzMuzik]

well said

[@jflash3451]

After watching Curb you can totally see that Larry was the genius behind seinfeld.

[@mumpygumboo8554]

Sienfeld is mostly cutesy escapism in my opinion.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

Oh, please, shut up.

[@breakfastsurreal5650]

@@mumpygumboo8554 thankfully your opinion has zero influence over 99.999999% of the world.

[@thedudeabides5201]

"The only one Larry wanted to do was the pilot" - that got me.

[@Rcity2332]

7 seasons later LOL!

[@elaineburnett5230]

Funny.

[@pszitalian4267]

@@Rcity2332 11 seasons later.................

[@buridah328]

Nobody does Comedy like Larry David. He’s a genius.

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

Michael Bloomstein does. Have you ever heard of him?

[@ccdogpark]

@@BloomywoodTheSeries No, never. Is he one of the Bloomstein kids ?

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

@@ccdogpark No -- he is a unique original. You should check out some of his videos -- they will make you smile :)

[@SwisstedChef2018]

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

[@rlevitta]

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."

[@jovonwallace1741]

Who’s karmer?

[@anthonytajonar9488]

I think you mean George Costanza

[@daveyboy_]

The show wasn't as good when he left

[@Rodiraskal]

@@jovonwallace1741 it’s karma, Kramer

[@clintonflynn815]

@@daveyboy_ It looked like Seinfeld, felt like Seinfeld, but it stunk.

[@johndoa4839]

Guy is an absolute genius Can’t wait for season 11

[@SwisstedChef2018]

That is the right word and his shows are so real.

[@Brett-yq7pj]

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

[@TrueMakaveli50]

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.

[@billblaski9523]

It's crazy it's been on longer than Seinfeld now

[@brodjefferson3513]

Yeah but the last few seasons are nowhere near as good as the first few

[@billblaski9523]

@@brodjefferson3513 I hate to agree

[@TrueMakaveli50]

@@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.

[@taniaearle4457]

I love curb, not a fan of Seinfeld though

[@El-Burrito]

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.

[@drunkulasretrofuntertainme4746]

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.

[@apurugganan]

6:09 "He was throwing down *the meaningless gauntlet* "

[@chasbodaniels1744]

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.

[@mobydoug]

"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.

[@autismgains2216]

"he said 'fuck you' and then he walked off the stage and I went 'wow what an act'" We know Kramer. We know.

[@rahellseddek8540]

Looked for this comment

[@jeffreyreeves5524]

Love LD and everything he does,although sour grapes is an acquired taste. Larry is a living legend, a comedy genius.

[@brucelee4996]

I liked - Clear History (2013). LD movie.

[@unverifiedusername]

@@brucelee4996 Clear History is pretty much Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Movie.

[@dosesandmimoses]

LD! Hilarious!

[@SingerLucieWalker]

this is gold! I love Larry David so much!! Just cracks me all the way up!

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

I have been called a Young Larry David (and not just by my mom). Also, I watched your videos -- you have a great voice!

[@Ipoop7colors]

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.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

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

[@znido1752]

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.

[@SusannahPerri]

He sounds like a man who had second thoughts after a divorce, LOL!!

[@DennisMHenderson]

@@SusannahPerri wen yr weeni is 2tini

[@Joeri20cm]

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

[@Joeri20cm]

@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

[@mikemcmo]

And the interviewer showed great restraint in not saying, "You just described 'Seinfeld.'"

[@dayflowermusic]

'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.

[@thijsbergman2424]

The secret is don't use a laugh track

[@mikemcmo]

Don't miss Fleabag for that same kinda thing.

[@herzeliedstein573]

@@thijsbergman2424 The secret ingredient?

[@maureengillespie327]

Thanks for putting this together. Eagerly awaiting the next season before the end of 2021.

[@killerspinach8256]

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.

[@ricoz2016]

What I love about Curb is how you either get it or don't.

[@ricoz2016]

@@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...

[@antonewilson4310]

It's a thinking man's comedy. It don't play well south of the Mason Dixon line.

[@mikemcmo]

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.

[@ricoz2016]

@@mikemcmo Totally agree, and I also love Sunny

[@BeachProphet2011]

Thanks for this. Going back to watch his shows.

[@gutz1981]

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.

[@marciasloan534]

Love him And, JB Smoove. And Suzie and Jeff

[@jerryhamer]

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 and Larry was all "u stole my idea!" And Jeff goes "I didn't steal it, I gave u full credit" lol

[@jerryhamer]

@@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

[@TimothyGordon]

Thanks for putting this together. I enjoyed it so much, it’s edited beautifully.

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

Would you be interested in a comedy/yoga collaboration?

[@leogg1402]

Thanks for this, it's interesting to watch and hear this early period of Larry's life and work

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

I've been called a Young Larry David, if you want to see what he looked like with hair!

[@patchandy]

that guy at 6:10 is DEFINITELY the inspiration for the high pitched talking man episode

[@ajoseph87]

Good doc thanks for putting it together

[@JHasselroth]

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!

[@tomitstube]

just realized the pitch for curb was the same exact thing seinfeld was, a stand up comedian and his other life.

[@ronmclay7122]

Seinfeld and David - the Lennon McCartney of Comedy

[@alexvideo1]

I agree with Ricky Gervais, I have the same trouble with Larry in that he's always right and no one else sees it 😂

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

I'm always right, too. I'm waiting for Hollywood and my mom to realize it.

[@discosecret6363]

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?

[@Rick-bn7ez]

@@discosecret6363 what does Jesus have to do with it?

[@cnrspiller3549]

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.

[@mackenziemarden451]

Thank you for compiling this!

[@robertpace901]

I think many people live vicariously through Larry David's CYE character. I know I do. Maybe that's why KZbin started suggesting videos to me on how to be more likeable.

[@asteverino8569]

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.

[@dylanmurtagh666]

Thank you for your service

[@ericray7173]

Lol

[@glengamble526]

You are literally pandering to every single Jewish stereotype..except…did he loan you money too? And charge you interest? 🙄

[@cnrspiller3549]

@@glengamble526 bacon?

[@viewdemonde]

This was a great little doco to show as an introduction, to a friend who hadn’t ever watched CYE.

[@sirraymondluxuryyacht8131]

Larry describing Curb Your Enthusiasm sounds like a pitch for Seinfeld! The show he was tired of doing LOL

[@etamommy]

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.

[@dogsareprecious4842]

Thanks for a great vid! I love his humor !!!!

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

I've been called a young Larry David (and not just by people I paid), if you are looking for more comedy!

[@vanekirk]

“Seinfeld” the series would have never made it without Larry David in my opinion.

[@onooooooooooo]

I stumbled across this. This documentary is great and wants to be 5x longer.

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

Would you like to laugh? I have been called a young Larry David (and not just by my mother)

[@boobooau]

Larrys show CYE made me multiple times stop and go (later) because I wasn't emotionally ready to process the idea. Larry is a genius :)

[@oldcremona]

03:33 A seed of inspiration is planted in Kramer

[@jschnei3]

Kramer couldn't pull it off, unfortunately

[@felipedandrea124]

He took It to a whole nother level though

[@gutz1981]

Thinking the same thing. LOL

[@cipriangheorghe970]

Lol

[@guillermo907]

He took a risk

[@donjezza]

great compilation

[@LoLo-hs7bp]

Friendly reminder to water your plants today

[@jonathannagel7427]

Interesting: I just did so to my new cilantro plant, and placed it outside for some real sunshine!

[@qduck7696]

Don't be like Larry David

[@instagramteam2642]

Is that you miss shapiro ?

[@parkermudsen1063]

Oh shit! Thanks for reminding me.

[@jczer1972]

And respect wood.

[@tripleO16]

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

[@billblaski9523]

Lol ur joking, it's easy to make a comedian laugh, they laugh just as easy as every one else

[@GhastlyCretin85]

There are certain comedians who's whole act is to laugh outrageously at everything. See Bert Kreicher.

[@brooklynboy1000]

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

[@jjmah7]

I guess we now see where Kramer got his inspiration for screaming at the audience

[@jjmah7]

@@mickternow9716 you make a compelling point, thanks for the insight

[@DancatzMuzik]

This is great. Thanks!

[@kuerst]

Good job. This was well put together. It'd be cool if maybe an American Masters documentary was made about Larry some day.

[@fisch723]

“…don’t get your hopes up…” in other words, Curb Your Enthusiasm. ;)

[@dunebats5357]

A nice collection

[@pfftwhut7638]

The way he describes the genesis of Curb sounds exactly like what Seinfeld was.

[@redwoodtrees7068]

curb is way better!

[@Ddub1083]

it is exactly the same. it works. lol

[@sakabula1285]

Looks s bit like Uncle Leo on the thumbnail

[@icrowbot]

why can't all documentaries be this informative and to the point

[@Frank7489]

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.

[@billblaski9523]

Never heard that from anywhere

[@ctfamily40]

"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.

[@davidulrichldj6140]

Larry David is as interesting and fun to watch in an interview as he is in Curb!

[@1badjesus401]

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".

[@Bleepbloopblappp]

Plot twist… you are that gaffer.

[@shannonallaround9490]

Even the thumbnail had me cracking up laughing 😆

[@joecronin4125]

this was really well done

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

Would you be interested in seeing more comedy? I can't pay you -- but I can offer you laughs.

[@Mia444]

I love Larry David. He's my spirit animal.

[@Mimibldr]

The genesis of every artist is the audience.

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

Pretty good documentary it's pretttty prettttty pretttty prettty good.

[@billblaski9523]

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

[@dm95422]

Love his Bernie Sanders impressions.

[@miked1311]

The creme le creme of comedians. What a dream team once they got moving.

[@WillCate]

On his first standup outing -- "It's unbelievable, the disrespect" -- LOLOL... Oh for God's sake that's funny

[@standarduser3886]

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.

[@michaelkelly3221]

Larry with Seinfeld at 3:45 is hilarious. It looks like a male Bowerbird has constructed its nest on top of his head.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

I picture Larry David born looking like he looks now & kvetching on how difficult it was to be squeezed through the birth canal..

[@Moshavnik7272]

The key frame photo of this video makes Larry look like Lionel Jeffries.

[@tedgunther9557]

"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.

[@mark11967AD]

I like this piece. Ricky asks the right questions and makes the right observation. It’s really about going through life saying the things we shouldn’t say. In the real world you’d get into all kinds of trouble and serious trouble. But here on the show you get along just fine especially with an enabling resume like the creator of Seinfeld. In a way it makes a statement on classism and social inequalities. While also being fu*king funny. Although some of the racial stuff is.. outdated.

[@johnr9575]

Who is Ricky?

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

@@johnr9575 Ricky Gervais, the British interviewer, a pretty good comedian himself.

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

Great comment. The racial stuff... outdated, but I still find much of it to be hilarious hilarious. I think he says and perceives things in Curb that mirror the the unspoken thoughts of many white people who are genuinely hostile to racism. The Bryan Cranston anti-Dentite is just brilliant. Larry sends up anti-Semites and the notion that it’s ok for Jews to be anti-Semitic at the same time. Seinfeld is also Jewish, and obsessed with it, but I don’t think he has Larry’s ear for this sort of thing.

[@254JROCK]

Pretty pretty pretty good

[@mrvanflint]

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.

[@lesleymcshanemitchell9651]

A Comic Genius. His stuff is Iconic

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

Would you be willing to give me your honest take on my show, Bloomywood. (I'll pay you if it's positive)

[@mwmingram]

Thank you.

[@godsinbox]

'The audience didnt like me' - Larry David

[@omarbalubaid3649]

Thank you

[@WEIRDWILDPIZZA]

Larry you a genius!

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

My name is Michael, but thank you very much. Watch some more of my videos!

[@mangoMango-ck3et]

we'd all like to say it ,, like Larry... . .Curb your Enthusiasm,is real life,,.... he's a genius.

[@claymac7895]

You know the fascinating thing is the original premise for both Seinfeld and Curb was virtually identical. Following a comedian around as he prepares his material..

[@brucejones1123]

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?

[@keithmichael112]

I like that they flash the Seinfeld logo, in case you didn't know

[@vipkarl]

Good stuff

[@vperkv6554]

He reminds me of Seinfeld BUT ACTUALLY FUNNY.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

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.

[@ruthgunneson-poling1571]

Look at his crazy hair when he was younger!

[@lijit77]

I’ve never seen an episode of Seinfeld but I’ve seen every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm more than once.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

You should check it out, it's not as good as curb but it'll make you laugh, I started watching it a few days ago cause it's on Netflix now and I'm really enjoying it even though I hate Jerry Seinfeld

[@lijit77]

@@radhiadeedou8286 ok, we’ll I just might 👍🏾

[@smallstudiodesign]

“… *just goin’ through life compromising* .”

[@raulp9171]

This guy is pure comedy gold...

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

That's how my mother described me. I think Larry and I can both be comedy gold?

[@Davett53]

I love Larry David!

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

I have been called a young Larry David, if you're looking for someone else ot love.

[@Davett53]

@@BloomywoodTheSeries When I was younger, in my 30s, people said I reminded them of Woody Allen. I am short, Jewish, and was prone to self deprecating humor that I muttered under my breath. I cracked people up with my witty comments and Jewish/Yiddish references. Some people would even call me "Woody",....though at the time I didn't appreciate it. I also talked a lot and expressed my words with hand gestures. Now I like to recall this was the young Woody Allen before he became known as a possible child molester, when he married his adopted daughter, who is like 40 years younger than himself. I was funny Woody Allen, not the real, not so funny version he became later.

[@robertgriffiths1724]

Same here

[@nancat4202]

I was raised to not get my hopes up as well.😂

[@BloomywoodTheSeries]

That's the best way to be. Then if they come true, you'll be pleasantly surprised!

[@jimmyholloway8527]

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.

[@joesimon2018]

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.

[@palacerevolution2000]

I have never seen LD in 'real life'. Seen his show a lot, and I assumed he was pretty much like that guy.

[@cherbutler85]

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.