Curb your Enthusiasm

One of Larry’s closest friends, Jeff is his sympathetic manager whose marital problems and adulterous misadventures entangle Larry in embarrassing situations. Jeff often helps Larry with his problems, but that usually leads to Jeff getting involved with the mess. Jeff and his wife, Susie, have a daughter named Sammie (Ashly Holloway). While they ultimately love each other, his wife constantly criticizes him on his decisions and weight, while his daughter at times is neutral about her love for her father. Jeff Garlin stated that he truly does not empathize with his character at all and described him as a “pretty evil guy” who has “no morals, no scruples”.

Candid, neurotic, but generally disposed to pursue what he perceives to be the right course, Larry often finds himself in awkward situations that arise as a result of his obstinate belief in his own ethical principles and codes of conduct, which he is nevertheless prepared to bend when it suits him. He usually has good intentions but often finds himself a victim of circumstance and social convention, not to mention most of the people around him are almost as, if not more so, self-centered and stubborn as he is. The real life Larry David has commented that he could never be the way he is on TV because he is a lot more cautious when it comes to social tension. Larry’s trademark behavior tactics are his probing stare when he doesn’t think somebody is telling the truth and often says something is “prett-ay, pretty good” when he likes something.