'Saturday Night Live' #TBT: A Pretty, Pretty Good Larry David Sketch
Before Larry David help create Seinfeld, and before he masterminded Curb Your Enthusiasm, he was a stand-up comedian who landed the plum gig of writing for Saturday Night Live in 1984.
But David, who is hosting SNL for the first time this weekend, only lasted a season, and he got just one sketch on air. That sketch is “Going Up,” and it’s classic Larry David comedy. Host Ed Begley Jr. plays an architect who has a disagreement with his client (Harry Shearer) about putting a stool in an elevator. Billy Crystal’s assistant tries to make peace, but the men devolve into petty arguing and even fisticuffs.
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Quibbling over a small detail is David’s bread and butter — that’s essentially the plot of every Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm episode ever. And the way Shearer says “Ffffiiiine!” definitely recalls Jerry.
Tune in to see David as host (where he’ll undoubtedly portray Bernie Sanders in at least one sketch) with musical guest The 1975 this Saturday on NBC.
