Larry David
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But when we started, we started. Holy shit. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Well... It was, Seinfeld had ended and I was thinking about what I was going to do next. And Jeff Garlin had, I had an office at Castle Rock and Jeff Garlin had an office next door. And he said to me, what are you going to do now? I said, I'm thinking about going back to stand up. And he said, well, you should film it. And then I thought about, oh, well, what is that gonna be?
Yeah. Yeah. Well... It was, Seinfeld had ended and I was thinking about what I was going to do next. And Jeff Garlin had, I had an office at Castle Rock and Jeff Garlin had an office next door. And he said to me, what are you going to do now? I said, I'm thinking about going back to stand up. And he said, well, you should film it. And then I thought about, oh, well, what is that gonna be?
Yeah. Yeah. Well... It was, Seinfeld had ended and I was thinking about what I was going to do next. And Jeff Garlin had, I had an office at Castle Rock and Jeff Garlin had an office next door. And he said to me, what are you going to do now? I said, I'm thinking about going back to stand up. And he said, well, you should film it. And then I thought about, oh, well, what is that gonna be?
Filming it? That sounds intrusive. I don't know. What are they, the camera's gonna follow me into a dry cleaner? I could understand. I could see how it's gonna be on stage. That could be somewhat interesting to see the growth of the act. from beginning to end. But offstage, I didn't like the idea of filming myself. The camera's following me around. I didn't feel I'm all that interesting to follow.
Filming it? That sounds intrusive. I don't know. What are they, the camera's gonna follow me into a dry cleaner? I could understand. I could see how it's gonna be on stage. That could be somewhat interesting to see the growth of the act. from beginning to end. But offstage, I didn't like the idea of filming myself. The camera's following me around. I didn't feel I'm all that interesting to follow.
Filming it? That sounds intrusive. I don't know. What are they, the camera's gonna follow me into a dry cleaner? I could understand. I could see how it's gonna be on stage. That could be somewhat interesting to see the growth of the act. from beginning to end. But offstage, I didn't like the idea of filming myself. The camera's following me around. I didn't feel I'm all that interesting to follow.
And so I thought maybe if I wrote some... fictitious stories that we could do that around the standup. The standup could be real, but the offstage stuff would be just stuff I made up. And so that's what I did. I wrote an outline. I made Jeff my manager, Cheryl auditioned. She was my wife. We had kids in the first special, because that's what it was. It was a special. It wasn't a pilot.
And so I thought maybe if I wrote some... fictitious stories that we could do that around the standup. The standup could be real, but the offstage stuff would be just stuff I made up. And so that's what I did. I wrote an outline. I made Jeff my manager, Cheryl auditioned. She was my wife. We had kids in the first special, because that's what it was. It was a special. It wasn't a pilot.
And so I thought maybe if I wrote some... fictitious stories that we could do that around the standup. The standup could be real, but the offstage stuff would be just stuff I made up. And so that's what I did. I wrote an outline. I made Jeff my manager, Cheryl auditioned. She was my wife. We had kids in the first special, because that's what it was. It was a special. It wasn't a pilot.
It was just a one-off special. Right. We got it. And did you get it? Or should I repeat it one more time?
It was just a one-off special. Right. We got it. And did you get it? Or should I repeat it one more time?
It was just a one-off special. Right. We got it. And did you get it? Or should I repeat it one more time?
Well, I didn't really want to see the kids, I realized, after the special. Sure.
Well, I didn't really want to see the kids, I realized, after the special. Sure.
Well, I didn't really want to see the kids, I realized, after the special. Sure.
Just fucking changed it. I didn't want kids in the show. I just thought the show would be so much funnier without kids. I didn't want to deal with kids. I didn't want to keep having to explain, what about the kids? Where are the kids? Are the kids okay? Who's watching the kids? I didn't want to have to keep justifying everything that was going on and having to explain where the kids were.