Tag: Larry David

Larry David returns as George Steinbrenner from Seinfeld in funny Topps John Elway ad

Larry David as George Steinbrenner is back,

Among the greatest Seinfeld sports moments — we ranked all 44 of them! — was many a George Steinbrenner appearance, but of course the New York Yankees owner was voiced by Larry David.

If you loved that, then you’ll enjoy Topps’ new holiday ad in which David as Steinbrenner pushes for John Elway — the Hall of Fame NFL legend, of course — to be drafted over Tony Gwynn in the MLB Draft, which really happened.

There you have it. Here’s the fun video for the ad, which is chock full of Seinfeld references like Keith Hernandez and calzones (also, a Stephen A. Smith cameo!).

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Peyton Manning to host ‘A Conversation with Larry David’ in Denver

Peyton Manning will host ‘A Conversation with Larry David’ at the Paramount Theatre in Denver on Sept. 20.

What a dream team and eventual conversation that will take place soon.

Former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, the NFL’s only five-time MVP in history, will pair with legendary television writer, comedian, and actor Larry David and will take the stage for a show titled “A Conversation with Larry David featuring special guest moderator Peyton Manning” on Friday, Sept. 20, at the Paramount Theatre in Denver.

Manning played for the Broncos from 2012-2015, winning Super Bowl 50 in his final season.

If you are in Denver and would like to go, you should get tickets quickly. The show is in hot demand with the cheapest seats remaining on Ticketmaster listed for $324.

The show starts promptly at 7 p.m. and there’s no opening act, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Doors will open at 6 p.m.

A conversation between two legends in their respective fields will undoubtedly be captivating. Manning’s quick wit and David’s legendary creativity will surely entertain the audience.

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Here’s Larry David casually putting his feet up during UConn’s March Madness blowout

Larry David looked very relaxed.

UConn had a pretty, pretty, pretttttttttttttty good Elite Eight game on Saturday, blowing out Illinois 77-52 to move on to the Final Four again.

That’s something that Larry David might have said while watching the game in person, and as you’d expect, cameras caught him hanging out to watch the Huskies dominate.

What’s funnier is a very Curb Your Enthusiasm moment — should you put your legs and feed up on the divider in front of you at a game? Maybe he’d argue that as long as you’re not hitting the people in front of you, it should be OK! But here’s the photo:

Larry David went on a relatable rant about why he doesn’t fill out a March Madness bracket

Larry David explained why he never makes brackets for March Madness.

Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld creator Larry David was a guest on The Rich Eisen Show and shared his thoughts about March Madness.

During the segment, David immediately wondered how he was supposed to follow all of the sports and didn’t understand how he was expected to know who was on all these college basketball rosters.

Exacerbated, he admitted that he knows absolutely nothing and that he might have time to watch the semifinals. But otherwise when it comes to sports, he is busy watching the Rangers in the NHL and the Knicks in the NBA.

“I can’t follow all of these teams!” he exclaimed. “How do people do it? How do they do it? Who are they married to?”

David, who said he has maybe filled out one bracket in his life and it was for an office pool, isn’t exactly an NCAA expert.

So that probably explains why he didn’t know that Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson was fired and then allowed to continue to coach during March Madness.

RELATED: Fired Long Beach State coach Dan Monson hilariously poked fun at his unusual situation in March Madness remarks

During a recent press conference, Monson said that he felt like he was basically living in the Seinfeld episode where George Costanza quit his job (based on an experience David actually had):

“In real life, I quit SNL … I quit right before the show, came back on Monday morning and pretended it never happened.”

David saw the parallels between himself, Costanza, and Monson.

RELATED: Long Beach State’s AD shamelessly said firing coach Dan Monson was actually just an inspiration ploy

But first, he wanted to confirm that Long Beach State was actually a college. He was then briefly confounded about how many people play sports.

“There are so many of them. How could there be so many athletes? How can so many people play these games? Look at all these colleges and high schools! They all have teams! Let’s go to the colleges. There are really good people playing on these teams. How could there be so many great players?”

He then challenged Eisen, a professional sports media personality, to name “any” college players.

Never change, Larry David.

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Larry David attacked Elmo on the Today Show, and the poor Muppet is having a rough week

Not a typo. Larry David really did assault Elmo.

Poor Elmo.

First, the little furry monster decided to ask on X (formerly Twitter) how everyone was doing, and everyone chose to respond with a lot of trauma dumping.

Elmo handled it well, as he always does. But then, while appearing on Thursday’s edition of Today, he was just sitting there, minding his own business … when fellow guest Larry David decided to walk over to the Muppet and clamp his mouth angrily.

I guess David was trying to do a bit of some sort? But people on X were mad at the Curb Your Enthusiasm star, as you’ll see below:

Spencer Strider’s preference for ‘no fans’ at games is probably just a Larry David impression

This impression was pretty, pretty good.

Spencer Strider upset a lot of people yesterday when he declared that he preferred no fans in the stands at MLB games.

The Atlanta Braves starting pitcher ripped off the hottest take imaginable when he said that he thought the league out to get rid of the fans at games because they are “too loud” for his preference.

Strider added that “we don’t need the cheering” because the players already know that the fans are fans. He compromised, though, and said that fans can potentially watch from the upper bowls or the outfields.

It was a silly quote from Strider who was almost certainly doing his impression of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld creator Larry David.

Here is more from a profile on Strider published last year (via MLB):

While Strider has created laughs with some impersonations, his “Seinfeld”-related humor doesn’t really involve imitating Jerry, George, Kramer or any of the classic show’s main characters.

“I’m more like if somebody says something stupid in the clubhouse, I’ll make it funnier,” said Strider. “I like [‘Seinfeld’ creator] Larry David a lot and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’ I can quote a lot of Seinfeld episodes. I can’t deliver it.”

Strider admitted that he has trouble with his joke delivery, so maybe that is why people didn’t immediately catch on to the fact this was merely a hat tip to the legendary comedian.

The pitcher has a Seinfeld-inspired sticker on his cooler he has also stated that David’s character from Curb is the fictional character he would most like to hang out with for a day. He even says he goes by the name Art Vandelay (a character from Seinfeld) when he plays poker.

We weren’t alone in noticing that Strider was probably just showing some love to David.

RELATED: The 13 greatest George Steinbrenner moments on Seinfeld, ranked

Dr. Andrade? Billy Andrade dishes on his Curb Your Enthusiasm cameo and reacts to Larry David’s congratulatory video, which is pretty, pretty, pretty good

Billy Andrade is good friends with Larry David.

ATLANTA – As congratulatory videos go, Larry David’s for Billy Andrade was, well, pretty…pretty…pretty good.

Andrade, 58, is set to receive the Payne Stewart Award, presented annually by the PGA Tour to a professional golfer who best exemplifies Stewart’s steadfast values of character, charity and sportsmanship, this evening.

The PGA Tour posted a video of David, presumably in his office, congratulating the award winner.

“I heard you won the Payne Stewart Award. That’s fantastic news. So well deserved,” David began. “And you know what’s interesting is you were one of the finalists for the Larry David Most Selfish Man of the World Award. It was right down to you and a couple of other people. Of course, I won it for the 35th year in a row. It’s tough to beat me there. You have to be a little bit more of an —hole. That’s the only advice I can give you. But we’ll invite you to the dinner.”

Andrade threw his head back in laughter as he watched the video.

It turns out that Andrade and David are good friends, originally meeting through the Farrelly Brothers, who are best known for the comedic hit movies “Something About Mary” and “Dumb and Dumber.” In fact, Andrade made a non-speaking cameo as a doctor during Season 6 of David’s hit HBO show “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

“They stuck me with a doctor’s outfit and a stethoscope. I was just in the background when (another doctor) said a very bad word and the look on my face was just utter shock,” he recalled. “Only two people called me and asked me if I was on the episode. It was John Huston who has never called me before, or maybe ever since, although we’re good friends, and my college roommate, Jerry Haas, the coach at Wake Forest. It was such a big appearance that I got two at least two calls.”

Andrade has played a bunch of golf with David and confirmed he remains obsessed with the game.

“Last time I went to his house for dinner in March I walked in and he had to show me this tip he’d gotten that day,” Andrade said. “He wanted to know if he should try it. It turned into a 10-minute lesson before we’d even had a drink. But it just shows how much he loves the game and just wants to get better like everybody else.”

And what’s it like to tee it up with David?

“It’s like being on the show,” Andrade said.

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Super Bowl commercial Rewind: The Director’s Cut of FTX’s ‘Don’t Miss Out’

Looking for more Larry David? You’re in luck!

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.

And if you can get Larry David to tag along, all the better.

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX jumped into the Super Bowl commercial lineup this year, bringing along the bespectacled skeptic as the brand’s “anti-spokesman.”

“We need to meet people where they are—and that means embracing skepticism,” FTX Co-Founder and CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, said in a statement about the brand’s mass-market play. “A lot of people who are now the biggest advocates of crypto once had significant reservations.”

The debut was one of several digital currency movers that competed for attention on advertising’s biggest stage—a group complemented by a pre-release buildup typically reserved for major celebrities on a press tour.

In general, what the crypto world unveiled was a letdown, not uncommon on this stage but certainly exacerbated by the fact that many expected the genre to provide the same type of epic surge as the dot-com era.

But if you’re looking at each with a literal lens—gains and losses—then FTX would undoubtedly be one that gained.

Related: What was that? Coinbase’s QR code Super Bowl commercial confuses viewers

Photo courtesy of Greta Gustafson, dentsuMB

Overall, the 60-second journey through history with Larry David curbing inventors’ enthusiasms was a hit. The heavy doses of “Eh” and “EEEEEHH” toward notable progress eventually landed at No. 16 in the USA TODAY Ad Meter ratings—which was impressive, considering there we 64 national ads and a ton of high-level production from major brands.

And speaking of behind the camera, the overall tone in the ad strikes a familiar style for a good reason. It was directed by Jeff Schaffer, a longtime creative partner on both “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”—who was reportedly the driving force for turning Larry from commercial naysayer to Super Bowl pitchman.

Wrap all that into one spot and it’s pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Watch the extended Director’s Cut here:

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