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=== 1980β1987: 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 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 β "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>
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