Larry Charles
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Larry Charles (1956 - ) is an American television writer, director and producer. He was a staff writer for the American television sitcom Seinfeld through 1994, contributing some of the show's darkest and most absurd early storylines.
Born in 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, Charles performed stand-up comedy in the 1970s until he was hired to write for Fridays, a sketch comedy show. Later, he became a writer for the show Seinfeld.
Although series co-creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld wrote the bulk of the show's episodes during the first five seasons, it was Charles who penned such classics as:
- "The Baby Shower", featuring a dream sequence in which undercover agents shoot and kill Jerry for stealing cable
- "The Library", in which Jerry is hunted down for a 20-year overdue copy of Tropic of Cancer
- "The Subway", where George skips a job interview for a woman (played by Barbara Stock) he meets on the subway, who ends up tying him up and robbing him.
- "The Heart Attack", where George has an allergic reaction to an alternative medicine and literally turns purple.
- "The Limo", where Jerry and George are misidentified as neo-nazis.
- "The Trip", where Kramer is sought by police in connections to a serial killing.
- "The Opera," where Jerry and Elaine are stalked by a psychotic man with a love for Pagliacci,
- "The Outing," the episode in which Jerry and George are mistaken for gay lovers, popularizing the phrase "not that there's anything wrong with that"
Charles went on to write for such shows as Mad About You and Entourage, as well as directing and producing episodes of Larry David's new series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Charles was a producer on the superhero show The Tick. Prior to Seinfeld, Charles wrote for the Arsenio Hall show.
He was executive producer (with Scott Adams) of the acclaimed but short-lived Dilbert animated series. Charles co-wrote many episodes with Adams and others. Charles directed and co-wrote Masked and Anonymous, starring Bob Dylan, and is involved in the production of a yet to be released National Lampoon film This is America.
Larry Charles is said to be a fan of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and the crime show Dragnet, which was the inspiration for Lt. Bookman, in "The Library".[citation needed]
In 2006, Larry Charles was executive producer of the HBO hit show Entourage and directed the low-budget comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, released in November.
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| NAME | Charles, Larry |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American television writer, director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn, New York |
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