Most Curb Your Enthusiasm viewers know Larry David wasn’t playing a character on his hit HBO series all those years—he’s that prickly in real life, and he doesn’t smooth over any rough edges for fans or the press. But the perky morning crew over at The View probably hoped that David had mellowed somewhat with time or success, which is why they asked the kind of inane questions we usually hear on daytime talk shows, expecting that he would respond with something other than sarcasm. He did not.