Editing Larry David (section)

==Career==
=== 1980–1987: Stand-up and ''SNL'' ===
While a stand-up comedian, David also worked as a store clerk, limousine driver, and historian. He lived in [[Manhattan Plaza]], a federally subsidized housing complex in [[Manhattan]]'s [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] neighborhood, across the hall from [[Kenny Kramer]], the inspiration for the [[Cosmo Kramer]] character in ''Seinfeld''.<ref>McShane, Larry. [http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/people/149555,CST-NWS-kramer26.article "The real Kramer says actor no racist: But Richards is 'paranoid,' 'very wound-up'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508103733/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/people/149555,CST-NWS-kramer26.article |date=May 8, 2020 }}, ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]] '', November 26, 2006. Accessed August 11, 2009. "The real Kramer lived for 10 years in a Hell's Kitchen apartment across the hall from ''Seinfeld'' co-creator Larry David, and his life became the framework for Richards' quirky, bumbling Seinfeld sidekick."</ref> From 1980 to 1982, David became a writer and cast member for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Fridays (TV series)|Fridays]]'', where he worked with [[Michael Richards]], who later played Kramer on ''Seinfeld''.<ref name="odds">{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/16/style/the-great-and-wonderful-wizard-of-odds.html |title=The Great and Wonderful Wizard of Odds |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 16, 2000 |author=Marin, Rick |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235959/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/16/style/the-great-and-wonderful-wizard-of-odds.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1984 to 1985, David was a writer for [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (''SNL'') and met [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], who also worked on the show during this period.<ref name="last laugh">{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111102037.html |title='SNL in the '80s': The Last Laugh On a Trying Decade |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 12, 2005 |author=Shales, Tom |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151928/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111102037.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="odds" /><ref>{{cite news |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/03/garden/a-visit-with-julia-louis-dreyfus-she-who-gives-seinfeld-estrogen.html |title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus: She Who Gives 'Seinfeld' Estrogen |work=The New York Times |date=June 3, 1993 |last=Kolbert |first=Elizabeth |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410124900/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/03/garden/a-visit-with-julia-louis-dreyfus-she-who-gives-seinfeld-estrogen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During his time at ''SNL'', he was able to get only one sketch on the air, which aired at 12:50&nbsp;am, the show's last time slot.<ref name="last laugh" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/going-up/n9294 |title=Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: Going Up - NBC.com |work=NBC.com |publisher=[[NBC]] |access-date=2021-10-26 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026013435/https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/going-up/n9294 |url-status=live }}</ref> David quit his job at ''SNL'' in the first season, angrily disparaging the quality of the show to producer [[Dick Ebersol]], only to show up to work two days later as if nothing had happened.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=O'Brien, Conan; David, Larry |date=2024-08-22 |title=Larry David [FULL EPISODE] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMzCHX2ONA |work=[[Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend]] |time=24:44|access-date=2025-01-23}}</ref> That event inspired the second-season ''Seinfeld'' episode "[[The Revenge (Seinfeld)|The Revenge]]".<ref>{{cite video|title=Seinfeld Seasons 1 & 2: Audio Commentary – "The Revenge"|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]|date=November 3, 2004|people=[[Julia Louis-Dreyfus|Louis-Dreyfus, Julia]]; [[Michael Richards|Richards, Michael]]; [[Jason Alexander|Alexander, Jason]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Side-splitting 'Seinfeld' finally arrives on DVD|page=C7|author=Horiuchi, Vince|date=November 22, 2004|work=[[Salt Lake Tribune]]}}</ref> He can be heard heckling [[Michael McKean]] when McKean hosted ''SNL'' in 1984, and can be seen in the sketch "The Run, Throw, and Catch Like a Girl Olympics" when [[Howard Cosell]] hosted the season finale in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=April 21, 2008 |url=http://www.tv.com/saturday-night-live/show/365/episode_guide.html?season=10 |title=Saturday Night Live |website=[[TV.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227052119/http://www.tv.com/saturday-night-live/show/365/episode_guide.html?season=10 |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84dmono.phtml Transcript of Michael McKean's monologue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923190632/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84dmono.phtml |date=September 23, 2013 }}, voice of audience member: Larry David</ref> In 1987, David was a writer and performer for ''Way Off Broadway'', a variety talk show on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] hosted by [[Joy Behar]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Radenhausen |first=Jim |title=Joy Behar to give her 'View,' bring comedy and laughs to Mt. Airy |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/entertainment/2015/04/24/joy-behar-to-give-her/22486088007/ |website=Pocono Record |date=April 26, 2015 |language=en |access-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216185846/https://amp.poconorecord.com/amp/22486088007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Levine |first=Josh |title=Pretty, pretty, pretty good : Larry David and the making of Seinfeld and Curb your enthusiasm |date=2010 |publisher=[[ECW Press]] |location=Toronto |page=25 |isbn=978-1550229479}}</ref>

===1989–1998: Breakthrough with ''Seinfeld''===
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In 1989, David teamed up with comedian [[Jerry Seinfeld]] to create a pilot for NBC called ''[[The Seinfeld Chronicles]]'', which became the basis for ''[[Seinfeld]]'', one of the most successful shows in history,<ref>{{cite news |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/26/us/seinfeld-says-it-s-all-over-and-it-s-no-joke-for-nbc.html |title=Seinfeld Says It's All Over, And It's No Joke for NBC |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 26, 1997 |author=Carter, Bill |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216074902/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/26/us/seinfeld-says-it-s-all-over-and-it-s-no-joke-for-nbc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> reaching the top of ''[[TV Guide]]{{'s}}'' [[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|list of the 50 greatest TV shows of all time]]. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked it the third-best US TV show of all time. David made occasional uncredited appearances on the show, playing such roles as Frank Costanza's cape-wearing lawyer and the voice of [[George Steinbrenner (Seinfeld character)|George Steinbrenner]]. He was also the primary inspiration for the show's character [[George Costanza]].<ref>{{cite news|access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9810/26/seinfeld/index.html |title=The 'real' George Costanza sues Seinfeld for $100 million |work=CNN|date=October 26, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619064459/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9810/26/seinfeld/index.html |archive-date=June 19, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> David left ''Seinfeld'' amicably after the show's seventh season and returned two years later to write the series finale in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=April 25, 2008 |url=http://www.sacbee.com/747/story/471870.html |title=DVD Review: 'Seinfeld: Season 9' wraps up all the hilarious nothingness |work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |date=November 5, 2007 |author=Dancis, Bruce |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080116220709/http://www.sacbee.com/747/story/471870.html |archive-date = January 16, 2008}}</ref> He also continued to voice Steinbrenner.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |title=Still ... seventh-season DVD shines |date=November 21, 2006}}</ref>

David wrote 62 ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episodes, including 1992's "[[The Contest]]", for which he won a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] and which ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked as episode {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 1 on its list of "TV's [[Top 100 Episodes of All Time]]".<ref>"TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time" ''[[TV Guide]]''; June 15, 2009; Pages 34–49</ref> He has also been involved in other films and television series. David wrote and directed the 1998 film ''[[Sour Grapes (1998 film)|Sour Grapes]]'', about two cousins who feud over a [[casino]] jackpot. It was neither a commercial nor a critical success.<ref name="sour grapes">{{cite web |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sourgrapes.htm |title=Sour Grapes |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218171504/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sourgrapes.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sour_grapes/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |title=Sour Grapes |date=June 22, 1999 |archive-date=March 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317225116/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sour_grapes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has also appeared in bit roles in [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Radio Days]]'' (1987) and ''[[New York Stories]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite magazine |access-date=April 2, 2008 |url=http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/02/larry-david-to.html |title=Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood to star in Woody Allen's next movie |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 6, 2008 |author=Sperling, Nicole |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215060041/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/02/larry-david-to.html |archive-date=February 15, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===1999–2024: ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and acclaim ===
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[[File:LarryDavidDec09.jpg|thumb|right|David in December 2009]]

The [[HBO]] cable television channel aired David's one-hour special, ''[[Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', on October 17, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/curb-your-enthusiasm/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-69591/|title=Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm|website=TV.com|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114232618/http://www.tv.com/shows/curb-your-enthusiasm/larry-david-curb-your-enthusiasm-69591/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was followed by ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', an HBO television series whose first episode aired on October 15, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/curb-your-enthusiasm/tv-listings/100103/|title=Curb Your Enthusiasm|magazine=TV Guide|language=en|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419200801/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/curb-your-enthusiasm/tv-listings/100103/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show revisits many of the themes of ''[[Seinfeld]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |access-date=April 19, 2008 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26533172_ITM |title=COMEDY CLUB.(Jerry Seinfeld: a film 'Comedian,' and his influence on the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' TV show) |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=October 28, 2002 |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002172844/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26533172_ITM |url-status=live }}</ref> and is improvised from a story outline only several pages long written by David (and, from the fifth season onward, additional writers).<ref>{{cite magazine |access-date=July 25, 2011 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/curb-your-enthusiasm-and-seinfeld-writers-talk-about-the-legend-of-larry-david-20110720 |title='Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Seinfeld' Writers Talk About the Legend of Larry David |magazine=RollingStone |date=July 20, 2011 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724064741/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/curb-your-enthusiasm-and-seinfeld-writers-talk-about-the-legend-of-larry-david-20110720 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The actors improvise their dialogue based on the outline and direction. David has said that his character in the show, a fictionalized version of himself, is what he would be like in real life if he lacked social awareness and sensitivity.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/larry-david-talks-dating-post-divorce-seinfeld-and-wealth-20110720|title=Larry David Talks Dating Post-Divorce, 'Seinfeld' and Wealth|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 20, 2011|access-date=July 27, 2011|archive-date=July 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724081439/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/larry-david-talks-dating-post-divorce-seinfeld-and-wealth-20110720|url-status=live}}</ref> The character's numerous and frequent social faux pas, misunderstandings, and ironic coincidences are the basis of much of the show's comedy and have led to the entry into the American pop culture lexicon of the expression "Larry David moment", meaning an inadvertently created socially awkward situation. ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' has been described as depicting "the things nobody wants to say, but wish they could".<ref>{{cite news|title='Yeah, I'm available for Woody Allen'|author=David Brinn|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=October 8, 2009 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Yeah-Im-available-for-Woody-Allen }}</ref>

The show is based on David's life following the fortune he earned from ''Seinfeld''; semi-retired, he strives to live a fulfilled life.<ref name="mexico" /> Alongside David is his wife Cheryl ([[Cheryl Hines]]), his manager and best friend Jeff ([[Jeff Garlin]]), and Jeff's wife Susie ([[Susie Essman]]). Celebrities, including comedians [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]], [[Wanda Sykes]], and [[Bob Einstein]], appeared on the show regularly. Actors [[Ted Danson]] and [[Mary Steenburgen]] have had recurring roles as themselves.<ref name="mexico">{{cite web|title=Once Upon A Time In Mexico Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment DVD |url=http://www.rickmcginnis.com/dvd/069.htm |work=Life with Blog: Father |publisher=Rick McGinnis |access-date=August 24, 2012 |first=Rick |last=McGinnis |author-link=Rick McGinnis |year=2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614140331/http://www.rickmcginnis.com/dvd/069.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2008}}</ref>

The show is critically acclaimed and has been nominated for 30 Primetime Emmy Awards, with one win, as well as a Golden Globe win. In the first six seasons, [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] and [[Jason Alexander]] appear in several episodes, and [[Jerry Seinfeld]] has a cameo. In season 7, the cast of ''Seinfeld'', including [[Michael Richards]], return in a story arc involving David's attempt to organize a ''Seinfeld'' reunion special. On June 2, 2010, the series premiered on the [[TV Guide Network]], its network television debut. [[TV Guide Network]] also produced a series of related discussions with high-profile guest stars, media pundits, and prominent social figures called "Curb: The Discussion" debating the moral implications of each episode. David is quoted as saying "Finally, thanks to the TV Guide Network, I'll get a chance to watch actual, intelligent people discuss and debate the issues addressed on 'Curb'. Now if only someone could tell me where this alleged 'Network' is, I might even watch it."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100322005537&newsLang=en |title=TV Guide Network Teams-up with Legendary Show Creator Larry David to Launch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Exclusive Extras Hosted by Series Regular Susie Essman |date=March 22, 2010 |access-date=March 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703073515/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100322005537&newsLang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The show's 12th and final season premiered in January 2024.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gq.com/story/larry-david-cover-profile-february-2020 |date=January 8, 2020 |title=The Incredibly Happy Life of Larry David, TV's Favorite Grouch |first=Brett |last=Martin |magazine=[[GQ]] |access-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111113936/https://www.gq.com/story/larry-david-cover-profile-february-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

David played the leading role in [[Woody Allen]]'s 2009 comedy film ''[[Whatever Works]]'' alongside [[Evan Rachel Wood]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Nicole |first1=Sperling |title=Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood to star in Woody Allen's next movie |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/02/07/larry-david-to/ |access-date=October 21, 2021 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 7, 2008 |language=en |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021213622/https://ew.com/article/2008/02/07/larry-david-to/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had a cameo appearance on the [[HBO]] series ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' as a client of [[Ari Gold (Entourage)|Ari Gold]], and because his daughters were ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' fans, David and his daughters guest-starred as themselves in the episode "My Best Friend's Boyfriend", in which they wait for a table at a fancy restaurant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/09/entourage-every-celebrity-cameo-ranked/larry-david |title=Ranking Every Single Celebrity Cameo in 'Entourage' |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=September 11, 2019 |first=JR |last=Hickey |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202173527/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/09/entourage-every-celebrity-cameo-ranked/larry-david |url-status=live }}</ref> David appeared as a panelist on the [[NBC]] series ''[[The Marriage Ref (American TV series)|The Marriage Ref]]'' and also played Sister Mary-Mengele in the 2012 reboot of ''[[The Three Stooges (2012 film)|The Three Stooges]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/05/03/larry-david-three-stooges-hunger-games-casting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505032028/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/05/03/larry-david-three-stooges-hunger-games-casting/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |title=Larry David Torments 'The Three Stooges' And 'Hunger Games' Finds More Tributes In Today's Casting Call |website=MTV Movies Blog |access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> He co-wrote and starred in the 2013 [[HBO]] television film ''[[Clear History]]''. David wrote and starred in the Broadway play ''[[Fish in the Dark]]''. Also appearing were [[Rita Wilson]], [[Jayne Houdyshell]], and [[Rosie Perez]]. The play centers on the death of a family patriarch. It opened on March 5, 2015. [[Jason Alexander]] took over David's role in July. The play closed in August.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=January 13, 2015 |url=http://www.fishinthedark.com/ |title=Fish In The Dark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113080156/http://www.fishinthedark.com/ |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="fish">{{cite news|last1=Zinoman|first1=Jason|title=Enthusiasm, Entirely Uncurbed: Larry David's 'Fish in the Dark' Comes to Broadway|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/theater/larry-davids-fish-in-the-dark-comes-to-broadway.html|access-date=January 28, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=January 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129035412/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/theater/larry-davids-fish-in-the-dark-comes-to-broadway.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of February 1, 2015, its advance sale of $13.5&nbsp;million had broken records for a Broadway show.<ref name="fish" />

==== Portrayal of Bernie Sanders ====
Since 2015, David has made multiple guest appearances portraying 2016 and 2020 United States presidential election candidate [[Bernie Sanders]] on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''; he also hosted the show on February 6, 2016, with musical guest [[The 1975]] and a cameo by Sanders himself, and on November 4, 2017, with musical guest [[Miley Cyrus]].

In 2017, [[PBS]]'s ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'' discovered through genealogical research that David and Sanders are distantly related. Sanders told David the news. "I was very happy about that," David said, according to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. "I thought there must have been some connection." The comedian explained that Sanders is "a third cousin or something".<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/bernie-sanders-is-related-to-snl-doppelganger-larry-david-122355/ |title=Bernie Sanders Is Related to 'SNL' Doppelganger Larry David |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |first=Joyce |last=Chen |date=July 27, 2017 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101195244/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/bernie-sanders-is-related-to-snl-doppelganger-larry-david-122355/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="variety" /> He is in fact David's sixth cousin once removed.<ref name="variety"/><ref name="Worland"/><ref name="npr.org"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/snl-larry-david-returns-bernie-sanders-campaign-postmortem/ |title= 'SNL': Larry David Returns as Bernie Sanders for a Campaign Postmortem From His Living Room |website= [[TheWrap]] |date= April 11, 2020 |access-date= May 20, 2020 |archive-date= June 1, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200601200136/https://www.thewrap.com/snl-larry-david-returns-bernie-sanders-campaign-postmortem/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

On January 8, 2020, David joked on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'', "I would say, I would beg him [Bernie] to drop out so I don't have to keep flying in from Los Angeles to do ''SNL''. I thought when he had the heart attack that would be it, I wouldn't have to fly in from Los Angeles. But, you know, he's indestructible. Nothing stops this man!" He later added, "If he wins, do you know what that's going to do to my life? Do you have any idea? I mean, it will be great for the country—great for the country, terrible for me."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/larry-david-tells-colbert-president-bernie-sanders-would-be-great-for-the-country-terrible-for-me|title=Larry David: President Bernie Sanders Would Be 'Great for the Country, Terrible for Me'|work=The Daily Beast|first=Matt|last=Wilstein|date=January 9, 2020|access-date=March 4, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308120727/https://www.thedailybeast.com/larry-david-tells-colbert-president-bernie-sanders-would-be-great-for-the-country-terrible-for-me|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== "My Dinner With Adolf" essay and controversy (2025) ====
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On April 21, 2025, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published an opinion essay by David titled "My Dinner With Adolf".<ref>{{Cite news |last=David |first=Larry |date=2025-04-21 |title=Opinion {{!}} Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/larry-david-hitler-dinner.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Framed as a fictional 1939 dinner between the narrator and [[Adolf Hitler]], the satirical piece uses [[Black comedy|dark humor]] to explore how personal charm can dangerously obscure the true nature of monstrous people. Without directly naming any contemporary figures, the essay mirrors the language [[Bill Maher]] used when describing his dinner with [[Donald Trump]]. Despite being a longtime critic of Trump, Maher characterized Trump as "gracious and measured" in private.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=KiMi |title=Bill Maher's full monologue on his Donald Trump meeting: Read the transcript |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/04/12/bill-maher-donald-trump-full-monologue/83055277007/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>