Larry David was on Late Night yesterday, and Seth Meyers did an impressive job going back and forth with the curmudgeon comedian—the best I have ever seen anyone do with the Curb Your Enthusiasm star.
It started off with a bang, as in David going off on the drummer.
Then Meyers called out his guest for not having him guest on the HBO sitcom, even though he made him an offer. David explained to the host that he doesn’t think of him as an actor and doesn’t trust Meyers to act with his precious work. Thus, why he never got the call.
And Meyers wanted to save himself a phone call, so he asked David, who is going to see their friend Susie Essman, to send his regards to her. And he said no, Meyers should reach out to her himself. And he is right. Why do we have someone send our regards when we can do it ourselves?
But the best part came when David told two stories, hoping that Meyers would make the connection. And he did.
Therefore, ending the first part of their interview brilliantly.
But it was not over. There was still five minutes to go.
David called out the show for airing a clip from Curb without an introduction, so it didn’t make sense.
Then Meyers confronted David for attacking the lovable Elmo on the Today show earlier in the day. And he said he would do it again. And I bet he would,
Finally, Seth asked Larry to come back on the show just to chat. And he said, “You know what? I am not going to do that.”
David said that then, but he might change his mind when someone reads this Tweet to him from Meyers, “Top to bottom maybe my favorite interview ever.”
And it was one of mine too. Meyers does not get the respect he deserves because he is hands down the best interviewer on late night TV these days. Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert could learn a thing or two from him.
Finally, these two played so well off of each other I would love to see them star in a father/son comedy. It couild be about Meyers needing to take in his dad, who was kicked out of his assisted living facility for obvious reasons.
