Larry David Played A Kung Fu Rabbi in This 'SNL' Knockoff

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00:00Well, it's almost Hanukkah, so let's celebrate with the time that Larry David played a Kung

00:04Fu rabbi in this Saturday Night Live knockoff.

00:07That's right, the Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator's first TV gig saw him

00:11breaking stacks of matzah in half with his head.

00:14Of course, everyone remembers the time that Larry David quit SNL in a fit of rage halfway

00:18through his first and only season before returning to work the next day as if nothing had happened.

00:22His antics formed the basis of one of the most iconic Seinfeld episodes ever, The Revenge.

00:27But it wasn't Larry David's first memorable and slightly disastrous brush with televised

00:31sketch comedy.

00:32In his first-ever TV comedy job, Larry served as a staff writer and cast member on ABC's

00:38short-lived late-night sketch show and failed competitor for Saturday Night Live, titled

00:42Fridays, which ran from 1980 to 1982.

00:46On an early episode of Fridays, he played a butt-kicking, matzah-splitting rabbi and

00:51martial artist in a parody of Kung Fu films called Enter the Matzoy.

00:55Written and directed by future Curb Your Enthusiasm director Tom Kramer.

01:00And it's pretty, pretty good.

01:02Fridays represented Larry David's big-ish break, and the project also marked his first

01:07collaboration with fellow cast member and future Seinfeld star Michael Richards, though

01:12they wouldn't work on a true hit together until the end of the decade.

01:15When Fridays bit the dust in 1982, Dick Ebersole attempted to recruit his competitor's entire

01:20cast in order to expand the conquering SNL's ranks, though most of the actors declined

01:25the invitation.

01:27But Larry David had no qualms switching sides to the winning team.