DBWi: Larry David stays in comedy

JoeMulk

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What if Senator Larry David (D)-New York hadn't given up his career in stand-up comedy to enter politics?
 
I can easily see a guy like Larry radically changing television by getting some of his friends to make a crossover to sitcoms. Didn't he use to be good friends with Jerry Seinfeld? Y'all may not know Seinfeld, but he was all the rage a 10-15 years back in the clubs. He now has a pretty good show in Vegas.

Without David's entry into politics I can easily see that Jon Stewart (D-Virginia Beach) might not have returned William and Mary to get his PhD. He would not have become a social activist in the Tidewater area, and would certainly not have become head of the Defense Appropriations Committee. Could he have made it in television? He was trying to get a show on MTV back when he went back to his adopted Virginia.

Stephen Colbert would not be mayor of Charleston and would not be running for Governor of South Carolina. There are a few old clips on Youtube of Colbert's early acting days. He wasn't that funny. I can't see him as having a chance in any ATL

And I totally am in love with my own representative Janeane Garofalo (D-Houston). This girl from Katy, TX (no, she wasn't born there, but no one there was born there). Former City Council at large delegate Garofalo was elected to the US House after representative Jackson-Lee was killed in the failed 8/22 attacks on lower Manhattan and the Houston Ship Channel. All thanks to National Security Advisor Ray Romano for 8/22 not becoming a worse disaster.

If Larry David had not entered politics perhaps the only comedian in politics would be Al Franken.

Can you imagine how dull things would be without Louis CK as Secretary of HHS?
 
It would be a shame. Larry David, even though he might appear a little stand-offish on TV, is a decent guy. He even opened his house to a family left homeless after Hurricane Katrina. He's a pretty good Senator. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.
 
It would be a shame. Larry David, even though he might appear a little stand-offish on TV, is a decent guy. He even opened his house to a family left homeless after Hurricane Katrina. He's a pretty good Senator. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Curb your enthusiasm there, buddy. I've had to meet Senator David a few times at functions and he is the most uptight, awkward guy you'll ever meet. He only comes alive when there's a camera in the room. He's the very model of a media age politician.
 
Curb your enthusiasm there, buddy. I've had to meet Senator David a few times at functions and he is the most uptight, awkward guy you'll ever meet. He only comes alive when there's a camera in the room. He's the very model of a media age politician.

You have not met Senator David's Chief of Staff Michael Richards.
 
Do you think this trend is spreading to the UK? Hugh Laurie has been in Parliament for years and Dawn French won a seat a few years back. I read some totally ASB piece on another site where Laurie moves to the US and becomes a star here.

The comedians movement has been the best thing for America. How could we have gotten through the 8/22 attacks without Romano's press conferences? And Romano understood so early on what was up that the two planes headed for New York were shot down, the plane headed for Union Carbide was rammed by a NASA t-38 pilot, and the plane headed for Lyondell on the Houston Ship Channel was taken over by the passengers and landed safely at Hobby Airport, though Jackson-Lee died in the takeover.

Things are different in Germany, They seem to be electing pop stars. David Hasselhof moved there when Baywatch was canceled after one season. I understand he has quite a career there.
 
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