Larry David

About

I’m Larry David, writer, producer, comedian, and long-time observer of how easily ordinary people can become unbearable under mild social pressure. I’ve built a career on noticing small irritations before everyone else and then refusing to let them go. If that sounds petty, it is, but it has also turned out to be commercially viable for decades.

Experience

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  Creator, Executive Producer & Lead Curmudgeon

  Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

  2000 - 2024 · 24 yrs

  Santa Monica, California

  Unsparingly documented my own social missteps for public consumption

  • Grew the run to 110 episodes, averaging 6.4M multi-platform viewers and boosting HBO Sunday engagement 312% versus slot predecessors.
  • Engineered a 4,000% meme-to-merch ROI with the Curb theme doing most of the heavy lifting.
  • Inspired >18K LinkedIn posts on radical candor without ever logging in.
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  Co-Creator, Showrunner & Head Writer

  Seinfeld (NBC)

  1989 - 1998 · 9 yrs

  Studio City, California

  Turned a show about nothing into a syndication juggernaut

  • Managed 180-episode content pipeline, delivering scripts 98% on time while field-testing punchlines on unsuspecting New Yorkers.
  • Drove an estimated $3.1B in lifetime syndication revenue, a 9,000% ROI on an initial pilot budget that could not afford a second setting.
  • Scaled weekly viewership to 30.5 M (peak), outperforming S&P 500 by laughs-per-minute.
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  Writer (Season 10)

  Saturday Night Live (NBC)

  1984 - 1985 · 1 yr

  Rockefeller Center, New York

  Contributed sketches; only one aired, but it killed eventually

  • Authored 15 sketches; 14 died at dress rehearsal, saving ~$120K in unused prop budgets (a frugality win).
  • Delivered 1 undeniable on-air laugh, representing a 100% conversion rate for material that actually aired.
• Stand-Up Comedian & Freelance Observer of Humanity

  Various Clubs & Taxis

  1974 - 1989 · 15 yrs

  New York City, New York

  Refined an ethos of radical honesty in smoky rooms and stuck elevators

  • Performed 1,200+ sets, achieving a laugh-per-minute CAGR of 14%.
  • Drove NYC taxis and limos between gigs, mapping optimal comedy club routing efficiency (+37% stage-time utilization).
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  Petroleum Storage Specialist (E-4)

  U.S. Army Reserve

  1970 - 1975 · 5 yrs

  Fort Dix, New Jersey & Queens, New York

  Managed fuel-logistics readiness for training units

  • Safeguarded 2.1 M gallons of JP-4 and diesel without a single spill incident.
  • Led inventory audits that cut wastage 17%, earning a rare pretty good commendation from superiors.
  • Perfected the art of complaining silently during 200+ weekend drills, foundational R&D for future sitcom material.

Education

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  University of Maryland, College Park

  BA, History

  Graduated without honors but with an encyclopedic knowledge of Civil War trivia • Member, Tau Epsilon Phi • Voted Most Likely to Complain About Cafeteria Lines.

Honors & awards

• Outstanding Comedy Series (Seinfeld)

  Primetime Emmy Awards

  Issued Sep 1993

  First Emmy win after learning how to iron a dress shirt for the ceremony.

• Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

  WGA

  Issued Feb 2010

  Accepted, then immediately questioned the valet-validation policy.