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The Birth Of Larry David
David was born on July 2, 1947, in Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. His parents are Rose (née Regina Brandes) and Mortimer Julius "Morty" David, a men's clothing manufacturer, and he has an older brother, Ken. -
Highschool Education
David graduated from Sheepshead Bay High School, now defunct and operating as Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex, in 1965. A sign with his photo is displayed in one of the complex's hallways. -
College Education
He then attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a brother in Tau Epsilon Phi. He graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. At college, he discovered that he could make people laugh simply by being himself. -
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FUN FACT
David enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and received training as a petroleum storage specialist. To avoid the final year of his six-year enlistment, he paid a psychiatrist to write a letter declaring him unfit for duty. -
Moving to LA
In 1979, he moved to Los Angeles when he was hired as a writer and performer on the late night comedy series “Fridays.” -
David's Past Jobs
While a stand-up comedian, David also worked as a store clerk, limousine driver, and historian. -
Fridays
A decade before he started putting Seinfeld together, Larry David was hired as a writer/performer for the ABC live sketch comedy series Fridays, the network's attempt to make an SNL clone. -
Moving to New York
In 1982, Larry David moved from LA to New York and eventually landed a job as a writer for "Saturday Night Live". -
It's Garry Shandling's Show
It's Garry Shandling's Show was an American sitcom that ran on Showtime from 1986 to 1990. The show was known for breaking the fourth wall and was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. Larry David wrote an episode called "Sarah". -
The Creation of Seinfeld
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 -
Larry David's Occasional Appearance!
David made occasional uncredited appearances on the show, playing such roles as Frank Costanza's cape-wearing lawyer and the voice of George Steinbrenner. He was also the primary inspiration for the show's character George Costanza. David left Seinfeld on friendly terms after the show's seventh season and returned two years later to write the series finale in 1998. He also continued to voice Steinbrenner. -
The Contest
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 No. 1 on its list of "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time". -
First Marriage
Larry David and Laurie David got married 1993 and divorced in 2007 due to them having irreconcilable differences. -
Larry David's First Born
Cazzie was born in Boston on May 10, 1994. Her New York Knicks fanatic dad drew some inspiration from the team when naming his firstborn, borrowing her moniker from NBA star Cazzie Russell.
"I was named after a basketball player on the Knicks," she told Coveteur in 2017. "My dad is that much of a Knicks fan that he had to give me the craziest name ever." -
Larry David's Second Born
Romy was born two years after Cazzie on March 2, 1996. On his relationship with his daughters, Larry said his downfall is saying "no" to the pair.
"I think about this a lot ― whether or not I'm a good father," he told The Guardian in 2010. "Sometimes I think I'm a terrible father. I don't really have a spine. In my physical make-up ― you won't find one in my X-ray. I have trouble saying no to people, so anything a kid would ask, I'll just say yes to." -
The creation of Curb Your Enthusiasm
The HBO cable television channel aired David's one-hour special, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, on October 17, 1999. This was followed by Curb Your Enthusiasm, an HBO television series whose first episode aired on October 15, 2000. The show revisits many of the themes of Seinfeld. -
Personal Life
David is an atheist and an avid sports fan. A native New Yorker, he supports the New York Jets, Yankees, Knicks and Rangers. David is also a supporter of the Democratic Party. In 2010, he wrote an article for The New York Times criticizing the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. He ended the article with a sarcastic thank-you to then-President Barack Obama for approving the extension. -
Net Worth
In 2013, Charlie Rose estimated David's net worth at around $500 million. Two years later, two other estimates put the number between $400 million and $900 million. In 2020, National Review offered an estimate of about $400 million. -
David and Berne?
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. "I thought there must have been some connection." The comedian explained that Sanders is "a third cousin or something." He is in fact David's sixth cousin once removed -
Fish In The Dark
Fish in the Dark is a play by Larry David that focuses on fifteen characters as they deal with a death in the family. The play premiered on Broadway in 2015. Cort Theatre, Broadway. -
Second Marriage
David married his second wife, Ashley Underwood, in October 2020. They were introduced by Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen at a birthday party for Cohen in 2017. -
David's Influences
David has named Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Phil Silvers, Abbott and Costello, Jackie Mason, Alan King, Don Rickles, and Mad magazine as influences -
Fun Fact
Larry David's Mother wanted him to work post office. "My mother, she wanted me to be a mailman. That was her dream. That was her best case scenario," David told Host Jimmy Fallon, who revealed his mother, Gloria Fallon, also wanted him to work for the post office. -
Resorces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_David#Early_life_and_education
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-David
https://www.gq.com/story/larry-david-bald-jordan-spieth
https://www.wlen.com/2020/10/12/larry-david-marries-longtime-girlfriend-ashley-underwood-in-private-wedding/#:~:text=October%2012%2C%202020%20Staff%20Entertainment,:%20Jaguar%20PS%20/%20Shutterstock.com
https://people.com/all-about-larry-david-daughters-cazzie-romy-7502080