How Close Are Larry David And Jerry Seinfeld Today?
Highlights
- Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld's friendship remains strong, as the two were recently spotted vacationing together in Italy with friends.
- Both Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld achieved great success individually after Seinfeld ended, with David creating Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld signing a lucrative deal with Netflix.
- While David and Seinfeld had their difficulties working together on Seinfeld, they continue to support each other's projects and have appeared together in each other's shows.
It is without a doubt that the universe orchestrated Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David's friendship. How else can anyone explain the two comedy geniuses coming together to create one of the most phenomenal sitcoms on primetime TV?
Larry and David met in the late '70s on the comedy circuit in New York, and the duo immediately identified their creative potential. With this chemistry, the pair became co-creators of Seinfeld, a sitcom about the fictionalized life of Jerry.
After years of working on Seinfeld together, Larry and Jerry parted ways, but the duo's friendship grew stronger. These days not much is heard of their bromance, and many are wondering how close Larry and Jerry are today.
Updated September 2023: Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld continue to be friends to this day. The duo was most recently spotted vacationing together in Italy in June. They, along with Judd Apatow, Jessica Seinfeld, Leslie Mann, and David Geffen were photographed out at dinner together in Amalfi, enjoying one another's company.
There likely are no future plans for David and Seinfeld to work together, but given their creativity and love of comedy, never say never to another collaboration.
8 Who Is Larry David?
Larry David is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Larry is the comedian's comedian, and he earned this bragging rights by being the brains behind several successful comedy projects.
David's style of comedy was spectacular as he infused reality with humor to bring his projects to life. Although he got his first major career stint as a writer and cast member of ABC's Fridays, the comedian got a significant push for his collaboration on the television sitcom Seinfeld.
7 Who Is Jerry Seinfeld?
Jerry Seinfeld is a standup comedian, writer, actor, and producer. The Bee Movie star went from getting dropped off the '80s sitcom Benson to getting a significant career boost when his first one-hour special, Standup Confidential, went live on HBO.
Although he was already on the path to something great, his collaboration with David on Seinfeld skyrocketed his career.
6 How Did Larry David And Jerry Seinfeld Meet?
The comedic geniuses met in New York in the late '70s. Larry and Jerry were both guests at a party celebrating comedian Carol Leifer's birthday. Larry, who was broke at the time, had presented Leifer with comedic material as her birthday gift.
But the celebrant, being too drunk to read them out, handed the jokes to Seinfeld to read. On reading the material, Jerry killed, indicating a creative chemistry between the comedians.
5 Larry David And Jerry Seinfeld Created Magic Together
Larry and Jerry immediately cashed in on their creative chemistry. On the night after performing at a club, the two had dinner together to trade ideas about potential TV shows.
Post dinner, the pair ended up in a Korean grocery, where they made witty comments about the products, and that was where the premise of what would become one of the best TV sitcoms of all time was conceptualized.
4 Jerry Seinfeld And Larry David's Friendship Wasn't Always Rosy
Like with most friendships, Larry and Jerry's partnership had its low points. While Larry knew his onions when it came to comedy, he was a difficult person to work with. Despite Jerry's confidence in the series, Larry's difficulty translated into his reaction to the success of Seinfeld.
Also, it became a regular occurrence for Larry to announce his desire to quit throughout his time as co-creator. Eventually, Larry left Seinfeld after season 7 due to the pressure mounted on him behind the scenes.
3 Larry David And Jerry Seinfeld Approached Their Comedy Differently
When it came to comedy, the two friends were unique in their approach. While Larry created his jokes based on his real-life experiences, it was Jerry who claimed that his comedy is all lies. This implies that their comedy catered to different audiences.
Larry's comedy was so daring, dark, and controversial that he was close to getting canceled for telling certain jokes. In contrast, Jerry steered clear of the notion that authenticity is the bedrock of a funny joke. For Jerry, "funny is funny" regardless of whether it is invented or original.
2 Jerry Seinfeld And Larry David Achieved Individual Success
Larry and Jerry were unarguably a match made in heaven when they worked together on Seinfeld. But ultimately, even exceptionally brilliant partnerships do not last forever. Two years after Larry left Seinfeld, his solely created series, Curb Your Enthusiasm aired on HBO. The series, which is a semi-fictionalized version of himself, is critically acclaimed and was renewed for a twelfth and final season in 2022.
Post-Seinfeld, Jerry's career has been tremendous. In 2019, the comedian sealed a $500 million-plus deal with Netflix to place his projects, Seinfeld and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, on their streaming platform.
1 Larry David And Jeffery Seinfeld Are Supportive Of Each Other
Although there has not been any recent publicly known interaction between the comedians, Larry and Jerry have continued to support each other's projects. In 2012, Larry was a guest in Jerry's web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
On the episode, the comedians spoke fondly about their work on Seinfeld and their current projects while cracking jokes throughout the ride. Also, Seinfeld appeared as a guest star in a multi-storytelling episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm's seventh season.
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