David was the showrunner and the writer of 62 episodes over the first seven seasons.
So much ofSeinfeldcomes from the actual life of Larry David.
Some ofLarry David’s antics became the starting point forSeinfeld’s most iconic moments.
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It’s then that a very upset George barges in, screaming.
“That’s it!
I will never work for you again.
You think you’re an important man, is that what you think?
You are a laughingstock.
You are a joke.
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These people are laughing at you.
You have no brains, no ability, nothing.
George then storms out before Rick can even reply.
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Why did George freak out?
Jerry shakes his head.
“You and your toilets.”
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
Jerry asks George what he’s going to do about a job.
“I think I’d be good at that.
I talk to people all the time.”
He’s disturbed, he’s depressed, he’s inadequate… he’s got it all!
Jerry Has a Simple and Genius Idea for George
Jerry’s idea?
MaybeGeorge can just go back on Monday morningand pretend like it never happened.
“You’re an emotional person.
People don’t take you seriously.”
George likes the idea, so Monday morning he walks right into the office conference room.
When a former co-worker confronts him about quitting, George laughs it off.
When Rick walks in, George tries to hide his face, but he’s still noticed.
“Am I crazy, or didn’t you quit?”
“Are you kidding?
I didn’t quit.
You took that seriously?”
Rick tells George to get out, then humiliates him.
“I’m a winner.
I’ll always be a winner.
And you’ll always be a loser.”
He comes up with a plan for revenge.
“I’m gonna slip him a mickey,” he tells Jerry.
George is going to spike his drink at a party.
He’s even got Elaine to help due to Rick being a sexist who doesn’t recycle.
At the party, Elaine hits on Rick, distracting him, while George drugs his drink.
Rick stands, drink in hand, to give a toast.
Not only that, it waslivedby Larry David,based on a moment he had onSaturday Night Live.
Long before that, however, back in 1984 and 1985, he was a writer forSaturday Night Live.
Ironically, this was also the time period when Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a featured player on the show.
He struggled to get any of his sketches on air at all.
One night he got so angry over his lack of success thathe lost his temper and quit.
Larry David talked about this hilarious and infamous momentduring an interview onThe Late Show With David Letterman.
After another sketch was cut,Larry David snapped in true George Costanza fashion.
“I decided, that’s it.
They’re fooling with the wrong guy.
I’ve had it!
Shove it.'”
When Larry David got home he told his neighbor, Kenny Kramer, what had happened.
It was he of all the people who gave David the advice that would save his career.
So I walked in on Monday and it worked.
“Seinfeldmight not have happened if not for his simple advice.
The best episodes by one of the best writers on one of the best sitcoms in history.
Seven years is a long time for someone to executive produce a show like that.
No,it wasnt burnout, David insisted.
I had plenty of ideas.
I just felt like I was ready.
I had done that, and now I wanted to try something else.
AfterSeinfeld, David tried his hand at feature films, writing and directingSour Grapes.
The 1998 film wasnt well received, sparking harsh criticism from the likes ofRoger Ebert.
Simmons asked when David thought throughoutCurbs run, Thats the last season.
That was season five after I died, David told him.
I died specifically to end the show, David continued.
I died and went to heaven.
I thought, Im not going to do this again, so I died and went to heaven.
I metBen Hogan, and he gave me some golf tips.
In fact, the title of the show was called, The End.
I missed it, David said.
I loved doing it.
Its the most fun Ive ever had.
When David almost quitSNL, he wasnt the big name he is today.
Its the sort of thing that almost certainly wouldnt have worked for anyone but him.
In 2017,Larry David toldVanity Fairthat it wasn’t just any producer that he cussed out.
But what had happened was, he had quit the show.”
Larry David was pretty much a nobody at that time.
Longbefore David was having meltdowns onCurb Your Enthusiasm, he was having meltdowns in real life.
