Larry David returns to NYC neighborhood that inspired ‘Seinfeld’ · TODAY
Larry David带我们走进《宋飞正传》灵感来源的纽约街区,分享创作趣事和生活片段,适合练习日常对话与文化表达。
Back now with part two of my conversation with Larry David on the day of the final episode ever of Curb Your Enthusiast.
现在回到我与拉里·戴维的对话的第二部分内容。那是在《Curb Your Enthusiasm》这部剧最后一集播出的那天。
Long before Larry was out front as the lead on Curb,
早在拉里成为《Curb》节目的主演之前……
he was behind the scenes as the co -creator of the most popular comedy in the history of television.
他是这部电视史上最受欢迎的喜剧节目的幕后联合创作者之一。
When NBC called Jerry Seinfeld in 1988 to develop a show, he turned to his old friend Larry David.
1988年,当NBC联系杰瑞·宋飞(Jerry Seinfeld)希望与他合作制作一档节目时,他首先想到了自己的老朋友拉里·大卫(Larry David)。
As they walked the streets of New York and sat in diners, they talked and laughed about nothing.
当他们在纽约的街头漫步、坐在小餐馆里时,他们无所事事地聊天、开玩笑。
But there was a fruit stand right over there.
不过,那边正好有一个水果摊。
That's where I got banned from.
就在那里,我被禁止进入了(某个平台或系统)。
Which became an episode.
这后来被拍成了一集电视剧。
Which became an episode.
这后来被拍成了一集电视剧。
And at this moment, you're banned from the store, you're banned.
从这一刻起,你将被禁止进入这家商店。
But what am I going to do for fruit?
那么,关于水果的问题,我该怎么办呢?
It gave me banned fruit.
它给了我那些被禁止享用的“禁果”。
I had one and it was terrible, and then I wanted to return the others.
我买了一件,质量非常差;后来我想把剩下的那些也退掉。
What's wrong with that?
那有什么不对的吗?
The groundwork for those famous Seinfeld moments was laid here on the gritty streets of Hell's Kitchen.
那些《宋飞正传》中经典场景的雏形,其实是在地狱厨房(Hell’s Kitchen)那些充满现实气息的街道上孕育而成的。
When I would go home at night, because it was such a terrible neighborhood,
每当我晚上回家时,因为那个社区环境非常糟糕……
I would pretend to be a drug addict.
我会假装自己是一个吸毒者。
Oh.
哦。
So I wouldn't get mugged.
这样我就不会被抢劫了。
I'd be walking home like this.
我就会这样走回家。
People would stay away.
人们会避而远之。
People would stay away, yeah.
人们确实会避而远之,没错。
I moved here in 1973, I think.
我应该是1973年搬到这里的。
At night, when I'd come home, I would take my boot off, my army boot.
晚上回到家后,我会脱下我的军靴。
And I would go into the bathroom and turn the light on,
然后我会走进浴室,打开灯。
and attack the roaches in the tub.
然后攻击浴缸里的蟑螂。
It was a routine, every night?
这是每晚都会进行的例行活动吗?
Every night, yeah.
每晚都是这样。
Light on, boom, boom, boom.
灯光亮起,砰砰砰……
Was the army boot from your time in the reserves with the petroleum storage unit?
那双军用靴子是你参加石油储存部队预备役训练时留下的吗?
Yes.
是的。
I'm going to take credit for the army fatigue jacket as a fashion jacket.
我要把这款军用防寒夹克视为一种时尚夹克,并将其归功于自己的创意。
Right.
好的。
Right.
好的。
Because a lot of people, I noticed after I was
因为我注意到,在我……之后,有很多人……
walking around with it for a couple of years, I noticed they became popular.
我带着这个东西走了好几年,渐渐发现它变得越来越受欢迎了。
I will say your fashions between real life and curb is similar.
我得说,你在现实生活中和在社交媒体上展示的穿搭风格很相似。
Is that fair to say?
这么说公平吗?
Well, it's fair to say, because it's the same thing.
嗯,可以说这是公平的,因为它们本质上是同一回事。
No, I haven't shopped in 24 years.
不,我已经24年没有去购物了。