This documentary is pretty good. Prettay, prettaaay, prettaaaaaaaay, pretty good.

Such a brilliant man. I hope he lives to be 140 and keeps making Curb until about 125. even if LD was in a nursing home it would be incredibly entertaining.

Larry David is a genius. His work has enriched my life in unimaginable ways! Seinfeld and CYE will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you, LD!

"The only one Larry wanted to do was the pilot" - that got me.

Guy is an absolute genius Can’t wait for season 11

Nobody does Comedy like Larry David. He’s a genius.

When Larry was beating himself up for quitting the show, he should have had Kramer there to say, "just go back and pretend you never quit."

I found Larry's thoughts around quitting his job quite relatable. I've been in a similar position and it's weird, but you get over it.

I just watched this thinking I need something for 5 minutes before bed. Pure time compresssion. I was drawn in and it was gone. Amazing.

Curb your Enthusiasm is the greatest sitcom in television history. Bless the person at HBO that gave Larry the reassurance that he belonged on TV. And thank god for Jeff Garlin who pushed LD out the door.

"he said 'fuck you' and then he walked off the stage and I went 'wow what an act'" We know Kramer. We know.

"We always had a lot of fun writing. It was never a struggle. I don't remember us ever having to rack our brains in writing." They were both brilliantly funny, and made each other even funnier than they were alone.....more than the sum of their parts. And it came naturally to them, it was not a stretch.

6:09 "He was throwing down *the meaningless gauntlet* "

I like how Larry says he didn't get the appeal of the pilot idea of following him around doing ordinary things, while Seinfeld is exactly that

I've always felt like Jerry represented Larry's idea of himself as a sucessful standup comic they seem very similar so it seems like it added lots to their chemistry and why they worked so well together and why the show didn't feel completely different after he left

When Larry talks about the first day Seinfeld started shooting after he left it almost sounds like he's going through the stages of grief. It really shows how much he truly loved that show and the friends he made it with. The guy is such a big softy underneath.

this is gold! I love Larry David so much!! Just cracks me all the way up!

'The bad thoughts are funny' ... with Peep Show we got to see the thoughts happening alongside the simultaneous act that they weren't happening. An ingenious technical feat they somehow pulled off, with utter brilliance.

Thanks for putting this together. Eagerly awaiting the next season before the end of 2021.

Love LD and everything he does,although sour grapes is an acquired taste. Larry is a living legend, a comedy genius.

Larry is the reason I want to try stand-up. I relate to his character a lot because of my mild autism. So I'm gonna use my experiences in my favor.

Huge Seinfeld fan here. Never really delve into behind the scenes stuff. It's interesting to hear Larry talk about burnout after season 7. IMO Seasons 5, 6 and 7 are the best so it kind of makes sense that he felt spent.

What I love about Curb is how you either get it or don't.

Thanks for this. Going back to watch his shows.

just realized the pitch for curb was the same exact thing seinfeld was, a stand up comedian and his other life.

Thanks for putting this together. I enjoyed it so much, it’s edited beautifully.

Thanks for this, it's interesting to watch and hear this early period of Larry's life and work

LOL, Oh my god, its even funnier to know that no one suggested changing the concept of the show and Larry went off on a rant about no one is going to change my story. Ha ha.

Good doc thanks for putting it together

Love him And, JB Smoove. And Suzie and Jeff

Seinfeld and David - the Lennon McCartney of Comedy

Thank you for compiling this!

Larry describing Curb Your Enthusiasm sounds like a pitch for Seinfeld! The show he was tired of doing LOL

This was a great little doco to show as an introduction, to a friend who hadn’t ever watched CYE.

I really enjoy Larry David, especially "Curb Your Enthusiasm". What really surprised me is that my other favorite comedian is Ricky Gervais is in this documentary. Too funny!

I stumbled across this. This documentary is great and wants to be 5x longer.

My favorite episode was when he did the show up to the party the next day move. The look on his face when Jeff and Suzi does the same thing was priceless. I believe the episode was called Meet the Blacks. Lol

Larrys show CYE made me multiple times stop and go (later) because I wasn't emotionally ready to process the idea. Larry is a genius :)

I agree with Ricky Gervais, I have the same trouble with Larry in that he's always right and no one else sees it 😂

Friendly reminder to water your plants today

“…don’t get your hopes up…” in other words, Curb Your Enthusiasm. ;)

Thanks for a great vid! I love his humor !!!!

I guess we now see where Kramer got his inspiration for screaming at the audience

that guy at 6:10 is DEFINITELY the inspiration for the high pitched talking man episode

great compilation

Love Larry’s comedy mind and honesty in life.. I have this jewish friend. We’ve been friends for over 50 years. Even after decades apart, we connect like it was yesterday. We laugh a lot. Early on, I cooked him bacon and eggs and he made some killer bagels and lox with cream cheese.

I think many people live vicariously through Larry David's CYE character. I know I do. Maybe that's why KZfaq started suggesting videos to me on how to be more likeable.

Looks s bit like Uncle Leo on the thumbnail

“Seinfeld” the series would have never made it without Larry David in my opinion.

The hardest thing to do is make a comedian laugh, so the fact that a comedian like Ricky Gervais actually loves Curb just shows you how brilliant Larry is

03:33 A seed of inspiration is planted in Kramer

"It didn't have strong story drive and it was kinda all over the place" I swear, executives in the entertainment industry have to be the least creative and least artistic people on the planet. Every time I hear one of them speak, I become more amazed that anything even remotely good is ever made.

The way he describes the genesis of Curb sounds exactly like what Seinfeld was.

This is great. Thanks!

I remember Larry had an open mic night in Soho in Manhattan at a joint called Lucky Stripe on Brooke Street in the 1980s. I never went but years later I thought. Oh shit I remember that dude with the funny hair

Good job. This was well put together. It'd be cool if maybe an American Masters documentary was made about Larry some day.

why can't all documentaries be this informative and to the point

A nice collection

The genesis of every artist is the audience.

The creme le creme of comedians. What a dream team once they got moving.

Larry David is as interesting and fun to watch in an interview as he is in Curb!

"What an act!" Michael Richards saw Larry tell an audience "fuck you people" and then attempted to do the same act but went a little HAM.

I heard Larry left Seinfeld because they were pushing for Jerry and Elaine to get together in the end and Larry insisted that he wasn’t making that show. Whatever the reason, it takes character and guts to walk away from a hit tv show like that so, I’m happy in the end it worked out with another show he could ultimately have more creative control over.

Love his Bernie Sanders impressions.

I'M CERTAIN LARRY bought his friend and wife a house OR cared for them financially. Sometimes great success which otherwise would NOT have happened has origin/seeds planted by one comment of encouragement or suggestion. IRONIC EXAMPLE is time Bryan Cranston was on Seinfeld.. one of MANY talented actors on the show ...few of which went on too huge success. One day during a shooting break of scene when Bryan played Jerry's dentist .. he was on set alone rehearsing his lines with only a gaffer (part of set lighting crew) on stage with him. The gaffer was watching Bryan rehearse and said "you know what would be funny? before you give Jerry the sleeping gas to work on his tooth.. YOU take a hit from it before hand". ... so Bryan improvised during filming which made Jerry continually laugh having to cut and reshoot the scene again and again...which WAS DIRECT REASON Bryan's Demented Dental Character was written into subsequent episodes raising his notoriety AND subsequently led to his casting in Malcolm in the Middle... rest his history. Not to derive Bryan Cranston of his Amazing Acting Talents!! ... but again most if not ALL actors playing minor characters on Seinfeld atw AMAZINGLY talented.. yet didn't see their star rise like Cranston's stellar success...which if ya think about it... can technically ALLLLLLL be owed to that fella on a ladder fixin a light bulb who was watchin Bryan rehearse. .... now I don't know if Bryan ever looked that Gaffer up and bought him a house years later...but it'd be cool to know he did more than just say "thanks".

I remember last year HBO was supposed to release a Larry David documentary but the day before it was gonna air, Larry supposedly pulled the plug on it lol

Even the thumbnail had me cracking up laughing 😆

Pretty good documentary it's pretttty prettttty pretttty prettty good.

this was really well done

On his first standup outing -- "It's unbelievable, the disrespect" -- LOLOL... Oh for God's sake that's funny

The key frame photo of this video makes Larry look like Lionel Jeffries.

Look at his crazy hair when he was younger!

Larry with Seinfeld at 3:45 is hilarious. It looks like a male Bowerbird has constructed its nest on top of his head.

I like that they flash the Seinfeld logo, in case you didn't know

'The audience didnt like me' - Larry David

OMG check the thumbnail with a British actor called Lionel Jeffries from 60s & 70s. He was in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Larry David's father?

I like this piece. Ricky asks the right questions and makes the right observation. It’s really about going through life saying the things we shouldn’t say. In the real world you’d get into all kinds of trouble and serious trouble. But here on the show you get along just fine especially with an enabling resume like the creator of Seinfeld. In a way it makes a statement on classism and social inequalities. While also being fu*king funny. Although some of the racial stuff is.. outdated.

I was raised to not get my hopes up as well.😂

I’ve never seen an episode of Seinfeld but I’ve seen every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm more than once.

Im laughing to myself thinking about what would Larry David's reaction be to me saying ( in all honesty) "My life is more enriched with Larry David in it". Larry, at that time, probably didn't have much money, and here some guy in the future is saying that his life is actually better with Larry David in it. LOL...he is a genius who to me, comes off as a great guy to just hang around with.

He reminds me of Seinfeld BUT ACTUALLY FUNNY.

You know the fascinating thing is the original premise for both Seinfeld and Curb was virtually identical. Following a comedian around as he prepares his material..

Good stuff

I wish there were more curb bloopers. There’s only bloopers for like season 6.

“… *just goin’ through life compromising* .”

A Comic Genius. His stuff is Iconic

Thank you.

I picture Larry David born looking like he looks now & kvetching on how difficult it was to be squeezed through the birth canal..

7:47 It is amazing. I just binge watched the complete series and from Season 8 onwards it wasnt that funny to me anymore. There was some subtlety missing.

Thank you

As much as I try, and believe me I want to, I really do… I truly can’t… I can’t curb my enthusiasm.

Pretty pretty pretty good

Genius is a most fitting title

we'd all like to say it ,, like Larry... . .Curb your Enthusiasm,is real life,,.... he's a genius.

Love u larry

I love Larry David. He's my spirit animal.

Same here

You know, the hard part of watching a documentary on Larry David is the fact that his show is shot like a documentary. So you can't tell if any of this is real.

This guy is pure comedy gold...

im here for the thumbnail 10/10