Larry David is celebrating the United States’ 250th birthday with his new HBO show, “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America,” but he wasn’t feeling too patriotic when President Donald Trump marked the nation’s milestone anniversary with a UFC fight at the White House.
“It was a travesty,” David told me Tuesday night at the “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness” premiere in Hollywood. “What else can you say about it? It was embarrassing. I was embarrassed to be an American.”
Premiering June 26 on HBO, “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America” is a sketch show satirizing key points in U.S. history.
The series features a slew of celebrity guests, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Hader, Kathryn Hahn, Jon Hamm, Henry Winkler, Sean Hayes, Joe Manganiello, Jane Krakowski, Greg Kinnear, Alan Tudyk, Rita Wilson, Jerry and David Seinfeld. Vince Vaughn also guest stars, as do “Curb Your Enthusiasm” alumni Jeff Garlin, J.B. Smoove and Susie Essman as Susan B. Anthony.
Barack Obama also acts in one of the skits. His and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground is producing the series.
