TCA: The Triumphant Return of Larry David

For example when he was asked if TV Larry is going to become lovable at some point and David replied quotNo heamp8217s not but that39s a fascinating questionquotamp160the critics lost itAsked if he was concerned that our current president who makes headlines every day and is the subject of endless jokes on latenight talk shows might be competition for him in the humor department David replied quotYouamp8217re talking to mequotAgain gales of laughterquotThe last season was in 2011 so why bring back Curb Your Enthusiasmamp160nowquot one reporter wanted to knowquotWhy nowquot David askedquotYeahquot the reporter replied quotWhy bring it back nowquotquotWhy notquot David said continuing over the laughter that followed amp160quotIamp8217m not a misser so to speakquot he said amp160quotI donamp8217t really miss things oramp160people that much amp160But I was missing it so I thought 39Yeah what the hell39 amp160And I got tired of people asking me 39Is the show coming back39amp160amp160I couldnamp8217t face that question any more and I wasnamp8217t ready to say 39No never39 amp160So I thought 39Yeah I wonamp8217t have to be asked that anymore39quotI like to quit things tooquot he continued amp160quotYou know itamp8217s a very satisfying thing quitting amp160Did you ever go up to a boss and say 39Iamp8217m done Iamp8217ve had it Go to hell39 amp160Itamp8217s funquotquotBy the way in the six years since weamp8217ve been on the amount of uncomfortable situations Larry has been in during these last six years itamp8217s been amazingquot Schaffer interjected amp160quot And youamp8217re going to see it all amp160Itamp8217s like weamp8217re sitting in the Fort Knox of awkwardquotOne critic noted that since Curb made its debut other shows have tried to create the same kind of tone with similar characters and wondered if David was flattered or insulted by thisquotWell what do they say about imitationquot David replied amp160quotNo Iamp8217m not Iamp8217m not insulted no Iamp8217m not insultedquotThe laughter began anewquotI donamp8217t find it insultingquot he continued amp160quotThatamp8217s what television essentially is copyingquotStill more laughterquotHow did TV Larry settle on golf as a sort of relaxing pastimequot one reporter asked referring to preview clips of the upcoming season that we had just seen amp160quotI would have thought he doesnamp8217t have the right temperament for it amp160How is TV Larry a golf guyquotquotI donamp8217t know if youamp8217re aware of this or not but TV Larry is just about a quarter of an inch away from real Larryquot David laughed along with the room amp160quotReal Larry plays golf so TV Larry plays golf amp160See how that workedquotquotFar far down the road at the end of the tunnel in the very final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasmamp160can you confirm or deny that youamp8217re going to have a long episode where everyone that TV Larry has ever wronged will come back to face himquot one critic asked trying to be the funniest guy in the room and failingquotI guess thatamp8217s a Seinfeldamp160referencequot David deadpanned to instant laughterquotBe honest Larryquot a reporter said amp160quotDo people avoid you like the plague when they see you in publicquotquotWhat the fckquot Garlin interrupted getting his share of big laughs amp160quotWhat are these questionsquotquotWhy do you think they want to avoid mequot David asked with mock exasperation amp160quotUnfortunately they donamp8217t avoid mequotquotDoes daily engagement or interaction with people provide you with plenty of fodder for the content you createquot another askedquotA lot of people think theyamp8217re always providing me with fodder but theyamp8217re notquot David explained amp160quotAll of a suddenamp160Iamp8217ll write something downamp160and theyamp8217ll go 39Oh did I just say something Did I just give you that39amp8220No no you didnamp8217tquot he continued amp160quotShut up amp160Noamp8221Over the huge laughter that followed one critic said quotLarry on Finding Your Rootsamp160you found out that you were directly related to Bernie Sanders and I wonder how much of a shock that was for youquotquotHow do you know thatquot David demanded amp160quotThat show hasnamp8217t even been onquotquotThey sent me a screenerquot the critic replied amp160quotI watched itquotquotIs that soquot David mused amp160quotThey told me not to say anything amp160I havenamp8217t said a word about this amp160You just spilled the beansquot amp160The laughter was deafeningGarlin couldn39t believe what he was hearing amp160quotYou agreed to be on a show called Finding Your Rootsamp8221 he askedquotI thought it would be cool to find out all that stuffquot David repliedquotAnything else cool besides Bernie Sandersquot Garlin wanted to knowquotYeah I got Nazis in my familyquot David saidThe room explodedApparently David was kidding amp160But he then said of his family history quotThere are slaveholders thoughquotquotShut upquot Garlinamp160repliedquotI figured thatquot Smoove smoothly interjectedquotThatamp8217s insanequot Garlin roared amp160quotIamp8217d never want to be on that showquotA critic interrupted asking quotLarry can you address that amp160What was your reaction when you found that outquotquotI was very happy about thatquot David replied amp160quotI thought there must have been some connectionquotquotTo Bernie Sandersquot Garlin interrupted amp160quotNot slaveholdersquotquotYeah to Bernie Sandersquot David exclaimedamp8220Larry David thrilled to be related to slaveholdersamp8221 Garlin said imagining the headlines that were being banged out on our laptops at that momentquotLarry you often seem unhappy about things but in Finding Your Rootsamp160you just seemed very happyquot a critic said refusing to let talk of that show endquotI didquot David asked to yet more laughs amp160quotAbout the showquotquotYeahquotquotWell Iamp8217m sure everybodyamp8217s curious about their rootsquot David said with sincerity amp160quotI am human so I thought that it would be interesting to find out who my relatives were who my ancestors were amp160We traced all the lines and everything and then they told me later on that Bernie Sanders was part of that line somehow somewhere amp160Probably some distant cousin amp160I donamp8217t know amp160Maybe a third cousin or somethingquotBriefly suspending the merriment for a moment to break a little news David said amp160quotBy the way Richard Lewis is coming back amp160Heamp8217s in a number of episodes and Ted Danson and Cheryl Hines amp160They are all going to be on the show this yearquotquotOne of the things you said about why you did another season is because people kept asking you 39When is the show coming back39amp8221 a critic said amp160quotSo is the way to get you to do a Season 10 to just start bugging you nowquotquotNot badquot David said laughingquotI got a 39not bad39amp160from Larry Davidquot the critic swooned amp160quotIamp8217ll take itquotquotYou talked about TV Larry and real Larryquot another critic began amp160quotWe know what real Larry has been up to in the past six years amp160What was TV Larry up to in between seasonsquotquotThatamp8217s a trick questionquot David said with mock suspicionSchaffer offered an answer amp160quotWhen the season starts you are going to find out very quickly what heamp8217s been up to for the last five years and what everyone has been up to for the last five yearsquot he said amp160quotOnce the show starts to air it will be self evident andamp160I think the interesting thing is it goes to this really strange fun crazy place amp160Iamp160can honestly say you will never expect where it endsquotClick the social buttons above or below to share this story with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management 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