Some Seinfeld Fans Find Jerry Overrated (& Say Larry David Was The Real Genius) – Looper

In 2000, Larry David struck comedy gold again with “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which follows a fictionalized version of David who is a semi-retired producer and writer. Much of the dialogue is ad-libbed, according to Bryan Cranston, who appeared in Season 9, Episode 4, “Running with the Bulls.” He told the Dan Patrick Show, “There’s no script. Larry David sends out a little breakdown of the scenes that you’re in and he’ll say, ‘In this scene you’re going to talk about your love of truffles and, you know, something else.’ Whatever responsibilities you have as far as information getting revealed and then he says what he’s going to reveal.”

The show has been raking in the laughs for HBO for more than 10 seasons, and some fans think it has truly brought David’s comedic talents to the forefront. “‘Curb’ runs circles around ‘Seinfeld’ and really highlights how much of a success of ‘Seinfeld’ was Larry not Jerry,” u/FloppyShellTaco wrote.

When it comes to “Seinfeld,” David said he left the show a few times before officially departing in Season 7, and it was purely out of strategy. He told The Hollywood Reporter that his first brief exit came after refusing to take notes from an executive during the first two seasons. “… [Jerry] Seinfeld spoke to Castle Rock, and afterward the exec no longer interfered. The lesson there, of course, is just say no … They think, if you’re walking away from this, you must know what you’re doing,” he said.