How did Larry David become famous?

Question

He didn't get national acclaim until he was a regular in the show Friday's in 1980, when he was 33. What was he doing before then to work his way to success?

Answer 1

Produced and wrote "Seinfeld".

Answer 2

Larry David (born July 2, 1947) is an American actor, writer, producer, and film director born and raised in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, New York. David was the co-creator, writer and executive producer for the television series Seinfeld. In addition, he created and stars in the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.

David, a former standup comedian, was a writer and cast member for ABC's Fridays television series from 1980 to 1982, and a writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1984 to 1985. During his entire time at SNL, David only got one sketch included in the show — the last sketch of the night (where the weaker sketches are usually scheduled). David quit his writing job at SNL in the middle of that season, only to show up to work a few days later to act as if nothing had happened (and stayed through the rest of the season). This event inspired a season two episode of Seinfeld called The Revenge. Interestingly enough, David first met his future Seinfeld stars at these points in his early career: He worked with Michael Richards (Kramer) on Fridays and with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine) during her one-year stint on SNL.

David graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with bachelor degrees in history (1970) and business (1971).

On March 31, 1993, David married the former Laurie Lennard; they have two children and live in Pacific Palisades, California. Like her counterpart in Curb Your Enthusiasm, she is an environmental activist. Since May 2005 David and his wife have been contributing bloggers at The Huffington Post.


Seinfeld

In 1989, David teamed up with comedian Jerry Seinfeld to create The Seinfeld Chronicles for NBC. The show was later retitled simply Seinfeld, and became one of the most successful shows in television history. David periodically appeared on the show. He was the primary inspiration for the character of George Costanza on Seinfeld. David left Seinfeld, on amicable terms, after the seventh season. However, he returned to write the series finale in 1998 two years later. Larry David was credited by Jerry Seinfeld as being 90% of the show. Although his writing ceased in the later years, his job as executive producer is considered to have defined Seinfeld. Since the first episode, David wished to have a show based on conversational and observational humor. It also became a somewhat dark show: in Seinfeld, essentially, bad things happen to people, and the characters never learn any real lessons. The series' credo was, "No hugging, no learning." Larry David suggested that the show be about "nothing", that Jerry's neighbor Cosmo Kramer be based on his real neighbor Kenny Kramer, that George be based on David himself, and much more along the course of the series.

The commercial success of Seinfeld has made Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld multimillionaires. Syndication deals and DVD releases have earned each co-creator hundreds of millions of dollars. Larry David is estimated to have earned over $200 million from Seinfeld alone

Answer 3

I think it was through his work on "Seinfeld." Jerry credited him with a lot of behind-the-scenes success of the show.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

He's been a major director/producer for years.....

Answer 6

he did stand-up I believe.... he was the writer/producer of Seinfield

Answer 7

I have no clue