2 Years After 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Ended, Larry David Returns to HBO

Almost two years after HBO closed the curtain on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David returns with a new sketch series titled Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America. The show revisits memorable moments and figures from the nation’s past through David’s comedic lens, is outlined rather than fully scripted, and will run seven episodes with around four sketches each, spanning the country’s founding through World War II and beyond.

It premieres on June 26. A sneak peek inserts David into the famous Time Magazine V-J Day in Times Square photograph, where a sailor kisses a nurse amid celebration. The clip follows David as he imitates the scene, grabs a woman and is met with disgust and accusations of being a "sicko" and "pervo," only to realize others are not kissing, that the woman’s partner is an angry sailor, and that an entire crowd turns on him, even branding him a Nazi.

Jeff Schaffer, who worked with David on Curb and Seinfeld, directs all seven episodes.

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