{"id":4428,"date":"2026-07-18T04:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4428"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:35:42","slug":"larry-david-mocks-rfk-jr-by-saying-drop-dead-bobby-in-new-hbo-show-which-reunites-curb-cast-except-for-cheryl-hines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4428","title":{"rendered":"Larry David Mocks RFK Jr. by Saying \u2018Drop Dead, Bobby\u2019 in New HBO Show, Which Reunites \u2018Curb\u2019 Cast Except for Cheryl Hines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<strong>SPOILER ALERT:<\/strong> <em>This interview contains spoilers for Episode 4 of \u201cLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America,\u201d now streaming on HBO Max.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4426\">Tom Brady Slaps Logan Paul at Fanatics Fest, Calls Him a \u2018Dork\u2019 and \u2018Nerd\u2019 on X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nLarry David weaponizes history to mock his former pal Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his HBO sketch comedy show \u201cLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the latest episode of the Barack Obama-produced series, Larry dresses in drag to portray Dora Salk, the mother of virologist Jonas Salk, who is known for developing the first successful polio vaccine. As Jonas tries to get work done upstairs, he is repeatedly disturbed by his mother, who is obnoxiously kvelling about his scientific breakthroughs to a neighbor in the yard.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEventually, another neighbor appears \u2014 a tan-skinned, craggy-voiced man named Bobby (sound familiar?) \u2014 who declares, \u201cThat vaccine\u2019s gonna kill people. It\u2019s gonna give them heart attacks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDavid, as Dora, doesn\u2019t hold his tongue: \u201cDrop dead, Bobby. You should die a dog\u2019s death. You don\u2019t know anything about science, you\u2019re not a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBobby replies, \u201cIf I was in charge, I\u2019d make sure that no kids took that vaccine. That goes for measles, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnd Dora fires back: \u201cIf you were in charge, God help us all! If some idiot, some moron, ever put you in charge, that would be a dark day for humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDavid\u2019s thinly veiled attack against the U.S. health secretary has a rich backstory. Kennedy\u2019s wife, Cheryl Hines, played David\u2019s wife (and then ex) Cheryl on 12 seasons of \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm.\u201d And it\u2019s well known that David, who used to be close friends with Kennedy, introduced him to Hines. Despite political differences, they appeared to remain friends through the end of \u201cCurb.\u201d Kennedy, who was running for president as an independent at the time, even appeared on the red carpet for the show\u2019s final season premiere in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4424\">Anne Hathaway\u2019s 13 Best Performances: From \u2018The Devil Wears Prada\u2019 to \u2018The Odyssey\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut David\u2019s relationship with the couple fizzled over the following months, as Kennedy endorsed Donald Trump and later joined his cabinet. (David has been a strong critic of Trump and has mocked him in both \u201cCurb\u201d and \u201cLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.\u201d) Hines said in an interview that she hadn\u2019t spoken to David after the series finale of \u201cCurb\u201d because \u201cI think he\u2019s mad [that] Bobby\u2019s in the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTheir rift is evident in the fact that every main cast member of \u201cCurb\u201d has appeared in \u201cLife, Larry\u201d (or at least showed up to the premiere) except for Hines. As to whether Hines was made aware of the sketch mocking her husband, \u201cLife, Larry\u201d co-creator and director Jeff Schaffer told <em>Variety<\/em>, \u201cNo idea.\u201d And as for why Hines wasn\u2019t asked to make a cameo, Schaffer quipped, \u201cYou know, it just didn\u2019t work out that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn terms of satirizing Kennedy in a sketch set in the 1950s, Schaffer said, \u201cOne of the things we attempted to do with the show was talk about things that are happening right now, but through a historical lens. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. We\u2019re talking about vaccinations, and there\u2019s incredible ignorance about vaccinations going on right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo David and Schaffer, that ignorance has been amplified by Kennedy, a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement who has questioned the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. During his time in the administration, Kennedy has reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccines and overhauled the CDC\u2019s vaccine advisory panel, because he has falsely linked them to autism.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBy calling back to Salk\u2019s groundbreaking advancements, Schaffer said, \u201cIt seemed like a great way to comment on the stupidity that\u2019s going on right now.\u201d The digs against RFK Jr. were simply \u201ctoo good to pass up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe sketch ends as Neighbor Bobby goes on an extended tirade about how \u201cfluoride causes gender confusion\u201d and \u201cthe Spanish flu is a bioweapon \u2026 designed not to touch Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.\u201d He says \u201cI cut the head off a whale with a chainsaw,\u201d and there\u2019s even a direct reference to the dead bear he once transported in his car. Finally, he is taken away by two men in white suits, presumably to a psychiatric ward.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cLife, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness\u201d airs Fridays on HBO. The show places David in pivotal moments in history, from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the trenches of World War I to the bus where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. So far, the comedy series has been unafraid to take jabs at current-day political figures. The second episode featured the late Rob Reiner playing George Washington in a sketch that skewered Trump as a \u201csociopath,\u201d \u201clying asshole\u201d and someone who is \u201cfriends with a pedophile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4422\">Olivia Dean\u2019s First U.S. Arena Tour Is Off to a Smashing Start, With L.A. 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