Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good by Josh Levine

Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good

Larry David and the Making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fully Revised and Updated

Josh Levine

ECW Press · Print & ebook · October 28, 2025

For Larry David, success was no sure thing.

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Who it’s for
Follow Larry David’s path from struggling stand-up to sitcom creator, told with candor and humor.
Themes
Larry David's career, Sitcom creation and development, Larry David's relationships
Genres
Lives in Entertainment, TV Comedy, Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor

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For Larry David, success was no sure thing. A frustrated New York comic who was known to walk off the stage in disgust, David was barely making a living. At least until his friend Jerry Seinfeld asked him to create a new kind of television sitcom for NBC. The result — Seinfeld — started slowly but became a gigantic hit. But most people didn’t know that the real genius behind the show was Larry David.

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Rich beyond his wildest dreams, David still had something to prove — and some television boundaries to push. And so he created Curb Your Enthusiasm, the improvised comedy that cast aside political correctness and made for hilarious, cringeworthy TV, a show that dared to relive the disastrous Seinfeld finale and turn it into a triumph. This second, fully updated edition of Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good recounts David's early years in Brooklyn, his first attempts at stand-up comedy, the struggle to succeed in television and movies, the creation and development of his hit sitcoms, and his later success with the HBO film Clear History and the Broadway hit Fish in the Dark. Written with candor and humor, it also explores Larry's on- and offscreen relationship with famous pals like Richard Lewis, Ted Danson, and Jerry, Jason, Julia, and Michael. Also included is an insightful episode-by-episode guide to the complete series of Curb your Enthusiasm.

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Follow Larry David’s path from struggling stand-up to sitcom creator, told with candor and humor.

Come here for

  • The making of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • A comic career shaped by persistence and boundary-pushing

Expect

  • A biographical account spanning stand-up, television, film, and Broadway
  • An episode-by-episode guide to Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Lives in Entertainment93%
TV Comedy41%
Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor40%

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Publisher categories

  • Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor
  • TV Comedy
  • Comedy
Authors
Josh Levine
Publisher
ECW Press
Published
October 28, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Larry David's career · Sitcom creation and development · Larry David's relationships
Reading lane
Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor