Larry Charles

Le Batard & Friends - South Beach Sessions

Dan Le Batard, Stugotz

Sports, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.9 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Larry Charles is eccentricity manifested in human form. The creative genius’ journey through television (Seinfeld, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm), film (Borat, Bruno, Religulous), and new media has been winding and star-studded. Larry has worked with greats from every industry, from the likes of Bob Dylan, to Nic Cage, Sacha Baron Cohen, and (quite famously) Larry David. Larry and Dan chat about his upbringing, his struggles with love and identity, and how he began to find peace in his forties. They also revisit his wildest journeys, from seeing the darkness of humanity making Borat and Bruno… to finding light while visiting comedians in Somalia. Larry’s book, “Comedy Samurai: Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter” is available on June 17th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:44.4	Here's a minute. a month trial at shopify.com slash setup. Welcome to South Beach Sessions. This man here in the cowboy hat, one of the things that I wanted to do with this project in general is talk to the creatives who make the creatives and find out a little more about creativity. So Larry Charles, if you're not familiar necessarily, because this is a behind-the-scenes person, but what he's made, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
1:50.3	has directed many episodes. You wrote for Seinfeld, mad about you, the Borat movies,
1:57.8	Religious. You have worked. Entourage. with all of the crazies, all of the creative
2:04.4	crazies and some of the best. I didn't even mention Kanye West. I haven't mentioned yet, Nick Cage.
2:09.5	Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan. So you gravitate, thank you for being with us. You gravitate toward the
2:15.0	eccentric. That's why I'm here. What is it?
2:19.3	Like what is the magnet for you?
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