Larry David wants you to think he's a jerk, but during last night's 60 Minutes interview, a frustrated Charlie Rose tells David that doesn't have the "courage" to be an actual jerk.
David, of course, played the (sometimes) loveable Larry David curmudgeon character on Curb Your Enthusiasm, but it's Rose who seems more curmudgeonly as an interviewer (for instance, when David says he "didn't know things were going on" in high school, Rose stops him to say, "yes you did." To which David says, "I didn't know there was a prom, OK?").
Watch the whole interview if you like the thought of seeing young photos of David, and David feeling backed into a tell-all corner by Rose and saying, "Charlie, don't argue with me on this one, baby." It's classic David, as he emerges an enigma that Rose can't decode.
With the below outtake you can see that Rose approached this whole "Who is Larry David" thing wrong, because, Larry David isn't a bad guy on Curb Your Enthusiasm. He can be a jerk sometimes, but he isn't a bad guy.
David is currently on Broadway, starring in his own play, "Fish in the Dark." The play begins a three-month run this Thursday. Advance ticket sales set a $15 million record—the cheap seats are $425. David gets the last laugh.
