LarryCharles-related stories
Posted Mar 6th 2007 3:43PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Industry

Most TV viewers don't know who Larry Charles is, but fans of the shows
Seinfeld and
Curb Your Enthusiasm are well aware of him. As one of the more underrated members of Larry David's team, he wrote some of both shows' most memorable episodes. His last project, as the director of the
Borat movie, also earned him praise, even if he toiled away deep in Sacha Baron Cohen's shadow.
But the success of
Borat has been good for everyone, including Charles:
Variety is reporting that
he has signed a two-and-a-half year deal with the ABC TV Studio for what the industry rag said was in the "mid-seven figures." In the deal, Charles will write and direct a number of projects, including "scripted and hybrid comedies and possibly even animation," according to the article. This will be the first time he has worked for broadcast TV in a number of years.
Posted Jun 28th 2006 8:07PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Retro Squad, Seinfeld
(S03E05) Phillip Baker Hall is The Man.
It doesn't matter how many times I see "The Library", or even how many times in the span of an hour I see Hall's scenes as library investigator Lt. Bookman (like I did when I watched the epiosde on DVD just now... once with notes, once with writer Larry Charles' comments, and again in a mini-featurette about the episode). I laugh out loud every single time.
And how can you not? Bookman's Joe Friday-inspired speeches are a complete riot. The intensity that Bookman has for his seemingly mundane task -- investigating overdue library books -- comes through in Hall's performance, especially in the long rant directed towards Jerry in his apartment. More on that a little later.
Continue reading Seinfeld: The Library