British comedian Ricky Gervais met
Seinfeld creator Larry David for a special interview on Channel Four in the U.K.
tonight, setting an interview standard that could easily become a sitcom format in its own right.The normally interview-shy Larry David agreed to meet Gervais "because it'll only be shown in the U.K., and no-one who knows me will be watching." That, and he also loves Ricky's work.
The two discussed the structure of Larry's comedy writing and acting style, Jewish comedy, stand-up comedy and comedy in general, hilariously deconstructing some of the methodology behind Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, The Office and Extras.
Larry said if he had quit show business 20 years ago, he would have sold cars for a living.
It was that all-too-rare thing: a genuine celebrity interview, with real ad-libbing and spontaneity, filmed like a documentary, but acted out like a David/Gervais script mashup. And it was funny too.
Very funny.
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8-18-2008 @ 8:14PM
murissa said...
you can find sections of the video on youtube.com
make sure it is with the user Anteatr23 and type in the phrase ricky gervais interviews larry david
you'll find six sections to this video each is about ten minutes long and they all flow into one another.
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4-27-2006 @ 1:06PM
John Money said...
I wonder if that's where the idea for the show where Larry becomes a car salesman is from...?
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5-04-2006 @ 8:35PM
Nathan said...
Larry David is a genius! No one else comes close
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1-05-2006 @ 8:45PM
MW said...
I really wish I could see this. David's appearance on that Sit-Down Comedy show on TV Land was really great, but interviews with him are rare. Just to see he and Gervais playing off each other had to have been amazing.
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1-11-2006 @ 3:53PM
dave said...
If anyone knows where a clip of this interview can be downloaded please post! Gervais and David are two of my favs. The clips of Cleese and Gervais on Ricky's site were priceless as well.... check them out if you haven't already. Very funny stuff.
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