While Larry may not look familiar to you, many of you do know him, you just don’t know it. He is one of those Hollywood behind the scenes kind of guys. But if told you “who” he was, you would know him or at least his work. Simply put, the words that you have heard on many TV shows have been his, not his voice, but the spoken words.
Many years ago Larry was a typical hollywood struggling writer. He graduated from NYU film school, but was having the hardest time finding consistant work. But with a bit (OK, a lot) of fortitude, Larry’s success has finally come. His resume now reads like a hit show wonder. And to be honest, I think it is about to get bigger. Larry has either written or produced for shows like Six Feet Under, Alais, Boomtown, Millennium. But this next Sunday, one of the most exciting projects he has worked on thus far will start to air.
I am not exactly sure how long I have known Larry, but my guess is we are at about 20 years or so. Larry is one of those people that I consider one of my best friends. We may not speak every day, or even every month, but when we do, it is like not a day has passed since we last saw each other. Each day when I come to my office, I get to see Larry, along with Bear, (Bear’s name is another story), in a photo from many years ago right after we all jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. The smiles on our faces were as wide as they could get.
Larry and I have been through a lot together. Truly the good bad and ugly. That photo is certainly from the “good”. A number of years ago, Larry was writing for a show and called me a few days before one of the eposides to let me know that he has a little shout out for me that week. I was not sure what to expect, but when we watched it, I laughed out loud. Two of the shows characters that week were “Chris and Priti” (my wife). Thankfully neither of us died in the show, but it was truly funny and one of those things that Larry will at times pull out of his hat.
A few weeks ago, I was in California and had the chance to spend some time with Larry. Just as he was about to take me to the airport, I took 5 minutes and shot a few frames in his backyard by the pool.
If you have a chance and would like to see some of Larry’s work, on Sunday, HBO will start the 10 series show The Pacific. Larry has written two of the episodes for this series. And while I have not seen the final product, I can tell you that the previews look awesome.
