Larry David Was Not A Good Fit For “SNL” | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

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[@vectorgen]

Larry cracks me up when he laughs. His lower jaw moves like a wind-up chattering skull.

[@sichard.rimmons]

That is the best description😂😂

[@ciaranfitzgerald2740]

Or reminds me of a puppet laughing haha 😂

[@RJHart1214]

Such a good analogy. True! 😂

[@robmausser]

I've heard it described as a nutcracker

[@jgg75]

Thats what Bill Hader said...

[@paulevans6066]

Larry David berating the crowd for not laughing at his joke is the most Larry David thing ever

[@Somebody33390]

Lol!

[@robinwindsrygg9568]

Imagine someone actually having an audio clip of Larry’s rant at SNL because it was so close to air time that the cameras and microphones were already recording.

[@BAGAKOOS]

That would be like the deranged hillbilly that left a voice message on Mike Judge’s answering machine, which he later used as the inspiration for Boomhauer 😂. That voice message recently came to light.

[@osmoticmonk]

"That's it. This is it. I'm done! Through! It's over! I'm gone! Finished! Over! I will never work for you again! Look at you (chuckle)! You think you're an important man, is that what you think? You are a laughingstock. You are a joke. These people are laughing at you! You're nothing! You have no brains, no ability, nothing! I quit."

[@dudekazoo]

Like all those Orson Welles meltdowns.

[@pb_and_nutella]

I fully speak French and still didn't get the "tu form" joke, because I was reading it as "to", until he explained that it was about grammar 😭

[@EddieFivespeed]

I heard it as 2 form lol

[@jsmithers.]

​@@EddieFivespeed🤡

[@SteveMarzo-ti7fy]

It’s a Latin joke… like who is that even for lmao

[@jsmithers.]

@@SteveMarzo-ti7fy People in New York know basic Spanish...Its an insanely big melting pot. So it would definitely work in NY clubs where Larry performed.

[@SteveMarzo-ti7fy]

@@jsmithers. ah true

[@neuvisean1739]

Larry cracking up in the beginning must be like the set of Curb all day lol

[@jaywinner328]

Larry doing that joke as a mostly unknown comic must have bombed A LOT.

[@MM-yi9zn]

Deepest appreciation for Larry. Lights up the world with laughter. Comedic Genius. Never needed more than now. Rewatch all past episodes, they’re as new!

[@michaelweston2285]

i think the best part of this is imagining Larry trying to tell you he can't take a photo with you and then bursts out laughing in your face. then walks away.

[@michaelrafales2782]

I wish this conversation would never end

[@Kollyn95unoit]

This man is Larry David in real life, just hearing him talk feels like a Curb episode

[@hasselett]

I think you're onto something there!

[@juhaj.5616]

He is so talented writer and creator that it is unbelievable.

[@mj.l]

@@juhaj.5616meh, he’s no conan

[@jtlemay4878]

Conan making LD (of all people) laugh without doing anything.. = the level conan works at

[@jeffreyjensen1055]

So amazing. This combo.

[@DeltaEcho303]

I wish Larry David a long and (reasonably) happy life, but we all know his epitaph will be "Let me stop you right there..."

[@cancangirl2888]

Another one would be “Lemme ask you a question”😂

[@ColtonFromTexas]

LD is a national treasure.

[@allend5399]

No he isn't. Stop simpn for men

[@HOTD108_]

Limp Disket.

[@allend5399]

No he isnt

[@SwiftJustice]

​@@allend5399There there. It's okay. You're okay.

[@allend5399]

@@SwiftJustice wipe your chins

[@brianfong5711]

in french tu = you (informal) sorta like "you fellas" vous = you (formal) sorta like "you fine people"

[@sethland]

I took Spanish but never heard it called "tu form", even though it has the same concept with tu,/usted, or vosotros/ustedes. Therefore, I didn't have a clue what he was saying in his joke. It was just called informal/formal.

[@williamhornabrook8081]

I might have understood the joke if he did the German, sie or du, but probably not.

[@DuncanDonuts119]

It’s a smart joke, and even though I took French he didn’t bother to pronounce it right or make the premise clear so it went over my head :/ Solid opener though

[@reillybova]

Classical Latin did not have a formal ‘you’ form either. That appears to have been a later invention! Curiously, English did have a formal ‘you’ form: ‘You’ (lit. ‘you’ plural). The informal form was ‘thou’ (lit ‘you’ singular) but this fell out of fashion during urbanization.

[@Kitty8791]

Yes, there is a French verb 'tutoyer' that is literally used to ask if you may use the informal 'tu' form w/ someone. I got the joke. 😊😅

[@Uarehere]

Based on his joke, I totally can see how Larry struggled in the comedy clubs for a very long time.

[@mediocreman2]

A lot of comedians use the strange method of expecting people to read their minds to get laughs. Like if the joke isn't set up, most people aren't going to invest the effort to think of all the possible permutations. That's why Larry does better with writing.

[@YOSH-KE]

@@mediocreman2 Oratory is much harder than writing. Maybe not creatively, but in execution.

[@patreekotime4578]

I call them barometer jokes. I once saw a touring comedian preform in North Carolina and he opened with a couple of jokes about sister-banging and jesus. Then he kinda did the "pregnant pause" of anticipation while everyone laughed, and then he did his real set, which was all a tightly-written theme. Im frankly not sure what he would have done if he had gotten booed.

[@cloudzrest]

It's pronounced "thermometer"

[@patreekotime4578]

@@cloudzrest Not sure why you feel the need to "correct" me over my own damn colloquialism, but no, it's not. There are a wide variety of sayings regarding checking the vibes of a group of people, and the one I specifically chose revolves around a device used for testing the pressure of the air... i.e. the tension in the room.

[@ThunderPants13]

Larry told that indoor/outdoor pictures thing on Conan's old show.

[@nworbydnar]

"Let me stop you right there." lol

[@kelownatechkid]

Larry starting to laugh is already gold lmao

[@jrob2473]

I don't think I have laughed at a certain laugh more than I have at Larry David's, lol.

[@genadios]

This has to be my most anticipated episode ever!my two Favorites comedians❤

[@holzkiewuf]

The “no pictures” qualification is brilliant. Put a qualifier on it and people are more likely to accept it. Hey Larry, thats a great idea for a Curb bit! Or better yet, no accepting Curb bits should be a Curb bit!

[@Moekoffee2001]

Larry is true tu form

[@DANGOFORLAINE]

He said the same picture thing on Conan 4 years ago 😂

[@_108_.]

I haven’t seen the rest of the podcast but I hope they’ve somehow brought up Norm. Him and Larry are my two comedy heroes but unfortunately their worlds never got to meet, and I’ve always wondered what Larry thought of him. I know Seinfeld loved him from the Netflix shows. And he also did the roast of Bob Saget with Susie Essman and Jeff Garlin. But unfortunately that’s as close as their worlds ever got to each other.

[@lachauntiswashington231]

I love that they were already laughing befor he told the joke😂😂😂😂

[@chrismofer]

5:00 As a Glendalian, Zankou Chicken is so damn good best work lunch in the biz

[@Gringa_L]

As a lifelong student of both Spanish and French, I think I just heard the joke of my lifetime. Had I been in one of the audiences that didn't laugh, I would've laughed hard at the joke and then at the berating of the non-laughers. It would've been the comedy club-going experience of my life.

[@latenightbaltimore]

When I was a youthful lad I lived in a horrible town where it seemed like no one liked to watch tv, you were a loser, an outcast if you liked tv or talked about shows that were drama or comedy. This was so far back it was kind of before MTV and Comedy Central hit. SNL was in a horrible phase. SCTV was magical. This show “Fridays” came on and it seemed weird, didn’t even address it being an SNL duplicate. They had this guy who I thought was sort of repugnant and I couldn’t figure out how this unfunny, cringe person (although no one really used cringe like that back then) could be on TV. That guy turned out to be Larry David who turned out to be the most brilliant comedian of all time. It goes to show you just never know. I guess I have to add that another show ran at the time that was a lifeblood, Late Night with David Letterman, a broadcast that gave me hope that life could be joyous. On that show Seinfeld appeared as guest, and Jerry’s greatness I saw right away. Anyway that’s my story.

[@ActraStunts]

So much great fun, all !!!

[@michaelwayne1977]

I miss Conan doing a late night show.

[@blues713317]

Larry losing it is everything! 😂😂😂

[@BrokeTheSeal]

Oh so this is a big Usted crowd eh?

[@danielwesterlund1905]

I see Larry is his own best audience.

[@rangers11ization]

This is great 😂😂😂

[@DerekBolli]

Love that Conan does a "you envy me" ad read while wearing "special needs" blue bus / short bus glasses 🙂🥰

[@shane864]

Larry is the Patrick Stewart of comedy, he stopped aging in 1988

[@legend53beast63]

Have you seen the new season? He literally looks ancient lol

[@MrNategriffin]

some of my favorite SNL sketches were the 12:50 ones.

[@samuelmorel9340]

I hope he is hosting snl soon to promote curbs final season

[@theeHeisenberg]

I always liked Louis CK's response to pics: "No. But, what's your name? What do you do for a living?" Several minutes later the stranger left feeling a much stronger bond than if they had just taken a picture.

[@hoalanho]

Larry david has the most infectious laugh 😂

[@AndrewSteffenHB]

I would love to pay money for full episodes

[@embracethemystery]

Who remembers Larry on Fridays, the SNL knock off that I think was better in many ways? He looked like Larry from the Three Stooges, with glasses. Look it up :D

[@edwardcraig3704]

Billy Crystal said Larry forgets that he actually had two sketches make it to air. The second one was about a weatherman.

[@LastAbysshunter]

Larry has never laughed this bad since reading the mean tweets about Kimmel

[@johngrayatkinson1214]

Only Larry David could, or would Heckle the Audience!❤

[@frankmcfarlane-e8m]

ive heard ld talk about quitting snl...someone advised him to come back monday like nothing happened...i forget who

[@bigbenthewomanrespecter5022]

Conan: Untethered is so good. Lol this podcast is amazing

[@chriztee2020]

The King of Avoidance! A true inspiration! 😂

[@keithfulkerson]

His laughter is infectious.

[@batt0usai377]

LD, Bill Burr, Bill Hader, Conan and Sona. The room will be laughter galore.

[@jfjoubertquebec]

Tu es excellent David! 😂🤣

[@elpulpo800]

eres.

[@ltsgoyanks]

Wow!!! The tu form!!! That is hysterical! That is a super high level of comedy there... NOT everyone at a comedy show took a foreign language!!! That is funny though.

[@UPB78]

There was a Seinfeld episode where George had insulted his boss and his entire company and had ended up quitting, and then the next day he came back to work pretending that it had never happened (well, he actually said that it was his way of joking), so i guess this is where Larry and Jerry got the idea.

[@adrianrice2177]

I remember that episode ! 😂😂💀

[@mediocreman2]

Yep. If you listen to this clip, they mention that his quitting and coming back was used in a Seinfeld episode.

[@christopherschreiber5805]

"I'm gonna slip him a mickey!" 🤣 George was so f*ckin' nuts.

[@fintan9218]

Gotta love Larry even if he doesnt love us

[@swapnilnarendra]

06:17 he means pulling a George Costanza !!!

[@lance134679]

If they had an award for best comedian that hates to be bothered, Larry would win hands down.

[@unclenoob3062]

most contagious laugh ever : LD

[@xGuitarInFlamesx]

2:52 man Conan was literally in the mid of a sentence when the ad starts... not cool

[@texo456]

It's crazy, but I actually didn't get the two form joke, cause I was forced to take latinnnnn😂

[@stealthsquirrel4900]

"I was very young I was a young man." said every old guy that was a savage in his youth haha.

[@bandagebandit]

LEGEND

[@amoneydtc]

Angels Envy Bourbon 🥃 presents 8:26 clip of Larry David and Conan!

[@megaforse]

Good God. A lotta people in the comments who deserve some berating from Larry.

[@JAFOpty]

my Mount Rushmore of comedy is Mel, Larry, Rock and Conan 😊

[@kamuelalee]

Mel Gibson? -- Alright

[@coveredindie]

I kinda love how Larry and Conan get on. It would be sick if Jerry went on the pod but I can't help thinking it's never gonna happen 😄Mutual respect between Seinfeld and Conedawg but not super close????

[@jeffersonfox7414]

They definitely seem to respect each other but I would guess they’d never be good friends bc Jerry is close w Leno

[@barlowwe]

Larry David is the Howard Roark of comedy. I so admire those who are uncompromisingly themselves.

[@icarusandtherabbit]

I think Larry would have berated me because I don’t know what a “two form” is. Edit - oh it’s tu form Spanish a formal and informal way of addressing people. So he’s asking if he can speak informally. I think 🤔

[@kellymoses8566]

Larry David is 90% of why Seinfeld was so funny.

[@tomallen5837]

I had a Sona relationship back in the 80s. I was definitely a ball buster in my Boutique office - a small team, small company. But the one guy who was, btw, the only employee I hung onto until the end of my business run, was this guy. He would get fed up with me and curse me out, but he'd always be there the next day. I never realized at the time what an eff-head I can be, and I still think about him to this day. I think there's probably a lot of people who are crazy enough to run a business against all odds, and to be successful, which I considered myself to be at the time.. But to be teamed up with someone who ultimately ends up becoming a family member is perhaps one of the best things you can ever happen to you. And no, I've never learned how not to be an eff-head when I do my own business. I just know that when it's coming up, I try to lay low. There is no magic solution, by the way. We are who we are. I just need to know how to get out of other people's way and still get a product out. btw, Thanks for hanging in there with me Danny.

[@Zoze13]

I never heard of “tu form” before. Larry would have berated me. What an honor…

[@patrickb2862]

Its surreal to witness the real George kastannza...

[@Matilo93]

Zankou Chicken is fire 🔥

[@alarmmclock4460]

Latin does not have a formality system with tu/vos. You could call the emperor tu.

[@steveconn]

Larry was a Woody Allen protege who made good.

[@ctrainbeats]

6:49 dude i wasn't looking at my screen and i thought this was a fart with reverb, am i tripping or what lmao

[@h3artands0uLL]

lol sounds like it if youre not looking. When looking, its his giggle with "yeah"

[@davidechols2016]

Dude, what r u talking about? Lol

[@ctrainbeats]

@@davidechols2016 i must have been litty i have no idea lol

[@mikecantreed]

Oof that commercial break. Conan needs to get back on TV this just isn’t working

[@AlmostReady504]

Why are they laughing so hysterically are they on nitrous oxide?

[@stevo946]

Long ball Larry

[@okaymikegaming]

I don't know what two form or tu form is and I can't even find anything from googling it :(

[@JohnHazenhousen]

Et tu, OkayMike?

[@Grants_jams]

“Tu” is the informal way of saying “you” in French. “Tu form” in this sense means just that - relaxed and causal

[@Kitty8791]

Go look up the French verb tutoyer. People even ask to use the informal 'tu' w/ someone before doing so. The singular Je (I), Tu (you), & il (him) or elle (her). The plural Nous (we, in place of you + I), Vous (you + another, but also formal for just you), & ils (them, all males or a mixed group that includes at least 1 male) or elles (them, all female).

[@arthursdl]

I didn't get the joke, can someone explain to me?

[@mileskoester5395]

Usted vs tu

[@Sammy-dz2hk]

no duh larry is actually funny

[@DarthSiIIious]

What the heck is the two form?! I feel like a fool for not understanding.

[@GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER]

it's spanish

[@DoubleMonoLR]

It's easy to miss in real time, but it's "tu" - it's indirectly explained when he starts talking about (Julius)Caesar staying informal after being stabbed = "et *tu* brute?" (you too Brutus?) This is why he then goes on to say they didn't study French or Spanish, as they both(among other languages) use "tu" from Latin.

[@gregjarnigan3515]

They just had to cram a commercial in there, didn't they?

[@jumpinjohnnyruss]

I have to admit it: Conan was a sociological phenomenon. It might seem like my remarks are taking the form of a joke, but I'm not joking. His self-deprecation was something that just wasn't part of the main-stream until... well, maybe about 1994 or so. I'm remembering the joke on the Simpsons about how "only I may dance", which came (I think) when Conan was a writer for the Simpsons *and* before Conan got huge. That's one example, but there are many from Late Night that serve the hypothesis better.

[@rosyg6602]

Dang, a smart joke. Wow.

[@Rhythmic1]

What is the two form?

[@kibbylollabee1259]

TU. DUH.

[@Kitty8791]

Go look up the French verb tutoyer. People even ask to use the informal 'tu' w/ someone before doing so. The singular Je (I), Tu (you), & il (him) or elle (her). The plural Nous (we, in place of you + I), Vous (you + another, but also formal for just you), & ils (them, all males or a mixed group that includes at least 1 male) or elles (them, all female).

[@aabhishek4911]

Whats a two form ?

[@OmegaDanMan111]

didn't take spanish huh

[@kh2freek]

Usted/vous are the formal versions of “you” in Spanish/French, tu is the informal version you would use with friends. Not as much of a joke as it is a point of reference, if the crowd was smart enough to remember that from high school then it would get a laugh and he’d move on peacefully. If they didn’t give a chuckle of recognition it would give Larry a jumping off point to berate the crowd, which is when he is at his funniest.

[@thomasdemoor874]

It's when there are 2 forms to address someone: tu and usted.

[@sethland]

@@OmegaDanMan111 It was never called "tu form" when I took Spanish. It was called formal/informal. I get the joke now that someone explained it, but the reference seems dated.

[@Thegbear]

@@sethland Well…yeah of course it’s dated, he told this joke decades ago haha

[@TREVONBACH]

Como sonrisa eras usted eras usted eras tu would be so much different, even if i dont know all the words... its in tommy boy and my high school. 47, PA, unemployed.

[@coldwarunicorns]

I Love MikeSweeny 🤣

[@davidharrisiv379]

Im an idiot so can someone tell me what “two form” is? I don’t get his joke

[@Kitty8791]

Go look up the French verb tutoyer. People even ask to use the informal 'tu' w/ someone before doing so. The singular Je (I), Tu (you), & il (him) or elle (her). The plural Nous (we, in place of you + I), Vous (you + another, but also formal for just you), & ils (them, all males or a mixed group that includes at least 1 male) or elles (them, all female).

[@zone07]

I didn't think that the 1st two episodes of the final season are that good. They seem like a repeat of the previous seasons.

[@mzheather4u]

HILARRYOUS 😅

[@ericwatts-et2nl]

Why would I want a whiskey finished in pork barrels? Sounds awful.

[@MaxQuagliotto]

I love Larry David -- and I really want to laugh but what the heck is a "two-form"?

[@MrSergiosaldivia]

There are two main ways to say "you" in spanish. "Usted" is formal, and "tu" is informal. The second you use with people you have familiarity with.

[@lonelyone]

Et tu, Brute?

[@HOTD108_]

OH I GUESS YOU PEOPLE DIDN'T TAKE SPANISH OR FRENCH IN HIGH SCHOOL?

[@Kitty8791]

Go look up the French verb tutoyer. People even ask to use the informal 'tu' w/ someone before doing so. The singular Je (I), Tu (you), & il (him) or elle (her). The plural Nous (we, in place of you + I), Vous (you + another, but also formal for just you), & ils (them, all males or a mixed group that includes at least 1 male) or elles (them, all female).

[@MaxQuagliotto]

@@HOTD108_ ahhh Je suis tres gene! (Yah I was actually not bad at French in school… i just didn’t put two and tu together ;)

[@talondiaz4148]

Conan's Ad reads really need to be placed at the start or end of these clips. More often than not they start right in the middle of a story or in this case, in the middle of a sentence I get that the ads are necessary, but the places they're being inserted are really distracting and throws the whole vibe of the video off.

[@teeell3712]

If you just tap on the screen you can get past them really quick. Hope this tip helps!

[@googleruinedyoutube4707]

Ublock Origin.

[@talondiaz4148]

I have KZbin premium. Conans ad reads are part of the video​@@googleruinedyoutube4707

[@yitziyyb]

Sure it's SNL and not Friday??

[@Dejoblue]

Finished in pork barrels?

[@Kitty8791]

w/ bacon sprinkles too! 🤣

[@lukecasio9810]

This was a lot of laughing for some stories we've all heard 100 times

[@teeell3712]

The great thing is you don’t have to watch any of it! Totally up to you!

[@AD-kv9kj]

@@teeell3712 Good point! Conan fans are able to know everything in an episode before they've watched or listened to it! And if there's anything that's annoying in any episodes then Conan fans can just stop watching/listening to his stuff ever again to avoid it! Really excellent point!

[@teeell3712]

@@AD-kv9kjdo you need a nap?

[@NASkeywest]

@@AD-kv9kjwhy are you so bitter? You are in multiple comment threads being negative. Are you jealous that you are a nobody who never made it?

[@rayc7192]

ho boy. i can't unhear the fake laughter now