Larry Charles was a staff writer for the sitcom Seinfeld for its first five seasons.
11 Facts About Larry Charles
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Larry Charles has directed the documentary film Religulous and the mockumentary comedy films Borat, Bruno, and The Dictator.
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Larry Charles had met Seinfeld co-creator David when he was part of the writing staff of the ABC sketch show Fridays, on which David and Michael Richards were part of the show's ensemble cast.
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Larry Charles had been unable to write for the show's first season, as he had been writing for The Arsenio Hall Show.
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Larry Charles is noted for contributing some of the show's darker storylines and scenes.
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Larry Charles's episodes covered such controversial topics as Nazis, a psychotic stalker and a hospital patient committing suicide.
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Larry Charles claimed that his writing on Seinfeld was heavily influenced by Dragnet, Superman and Abbott and Costello.
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Larry Charles has a cameo in the episode titled "The Parking Garage," which was written by David.
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In 1995, Larry Charles left the writing staff of Seinfeld to join that of another hugely successful mid-1990s sitcom: Paul Reiser's Mad About You.
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Larry Charles served as executive producer on two short-lived programs, The Tick, and the Dilbert animated series, which he co-developed with Scott Adams and co-wrote the following episodes:.
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Larry Charles served as an executive producer and writer on the HBO show Entourage for the first two seasons.