The $10 Joke That Started Larry Charles's Improbable Career
October 1, 2026
Larry Charles grew up in Brooklyn and dropped out of both college and film school. He started by selling jokes, then wrote sketches for the live show Fridays alongside Larry David, where he first worked with Andy Kaufman. A year writing for Arsenio Hall ended in him being fired, and he was on the Seinfeld staff the next day. He…