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947 - Laugh Now, Cry Later feat. Larry Charles (6/30/25)
🕑 Added 2025-07-01 06:28:06 +0000 UTCComedy legend Larry Charles (Fridays, Seinfeld, Borat, Curb Your Enthusiasm & much more) returns to the show to discuss his new book Comedy Samurai: Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter. We have a wide ranging discussion of Larry’s life in comedy including post-war Brooklyn as a comedy incubator, grinding out avant-garde sketch comedy with Andy Kaufman, the prevalence of coke and other drugs in the comedy writing scene, getting tackled by the Secret Service trying to get a joint to Jimmy Carter’s sister, and the difficulties in comedic creative relationships. Larry also gets candid about his disappointment with the prevalence of zionism among his erstwhile comedy partners, and we talk about the humanizing force of humor in the face tragedy and despair.
Pick up Comedy Samurai here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/larry-charles/comedy-samurai/9781538771549/?lens=grand-central-publishing
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Comments
Jwood
Ayy, a good old duck hunt! It’s been years since a duck hunt! Well struck, Chris, well struck.
bruce
do you know who woke up every day and was capable of a little humor? refaat alareer
bruce
You can really get a sense of where comedians are on Israel in Palestine from the fact that they will support it openly, but they will almost never make a joke about it. They know that they should be ashamed.
John S
Damn, that's a deep Rick Springfield cut.
