Larry David has a bone to pick with the Wright brothers.
In the trailer for his new HBO Max series Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, David plays himself complaining about the airplane experience to one of the Wrights (Jon Hamm). "I've got to sit in the middle with shitty snacks for five hours?" David says in character. "Are you crazy?"
Hamm fires back: "This is the airplane experience."
The seven-episode satire premieres June 26. David takes a grouchy tour through American history, and based on the two-minute trailer, he finds something to complain about at every major moment in the nation's past.
A recreation of the famous V-J Day sailor-kissing-a-nurse photo? David objects. The Boston Tea Party? He's annoyed. Butter churning? A woman insults his technique. Trench warfare, child labor — David is there to explain why each is terrible.
The trailer calls it "an almost history of America." Less textbook, more David's unfiltered take on why everything America did was annoying.
For fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm, this is essentially fan fiction come to life. The show uses the same absurdist cringe comedy that made the HBO hit a cult classic for two decades. Instead of modern-day Los Angeles social mishaps, David deploys his signature curmudgeonly energy against centuries of historical events.
June 26 is when the series arrives. The internet will likely flood with clips of Larry David arguing with historical figures.
