Former President Barack Obama is producing a new sketch series starring Larry David. Called 'Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,' the show mines comedy from social etiquette violations — the kind that obsessed Larry throughout 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' According to Variety, sketches focus on offenses like being greeted with 'Happy New Year' after January seventh, or someone chatting you up mid-haircut. It's David's signature brand: finding the absurd in the architecture of everyday social awkwardness.

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