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Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf [Actual Piece from NYT]
New York Times ^ | 4/21/25 | Larry Davis

Posted on 04/21/2025 2:15:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1939 a letter arrived at my house inviting me to dinner at the Old Chancellery with the world’s most reviled man, Adolf Hitler. I had been a vocal critic of his on the radio from the beginning, pretty much predicting everything he was going to do on the road to dictatorship. No one I knew encouraged me to go. “He’s Hitler. He’s a monster.” But eventually I concluded that hate gets us nowhere. I knew I couldn’t change his views, but we need to talk to the other side — even if it has invaded and annexed other countries and committed unspeakable crimes against humanity.

Two weeks later, I found myself on the front steps of the Old Chancellery and was led into an opulent living room, where a few of the Führer’s most vocal supporters had gathered: Himmler, Göring, Leni Riefenstahl and the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII. We talked about some of the beautiful art on the walls that had been taken from the homes of Jews. But our conversation ended abruptly when we heard loud footsteps coming down the hallway. Everyone stiffened as Hitler entered the room.

He was wearing a tan suit with a swastika armband and gave me an enthusiastic greeting that caught me off guard. Frankly, it was a warmer greeting than I normally get from my parents, and it was accompanied by a slap on my back.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: larrydavid; seinfeld; trump
Larry David’s ‘My Dinner with Adolf’ essay skewers Bill Maher’s meeting with Trump
1 posted on 04/21/2025 2:15:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Ahh… the same Larry David that started the whole “Trump is a racist” rhetoric?


2 posted on 04/21/2025 2:19:34 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: nickcarraway

3 posted on 04/21/2025 2:21:47 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: nickcarraway

Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1914 when I had dinner with Woodrow Wilson, D.W. Griffith and racist, segregationist Attorney General James McReynolds. They all sat around talking about the glories of the KKK and how to re-segregate the government after decades of Republican desegregation. Oh wait, that was true. Not some stupid fictional account by a New York Times columnist. The Democrats are and always have been the Party of Race Hatred.


4 posted on 04/21/2025 2:24:06 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: nickcarraway

Trying to make fun of Bill Mahrer?


5 posted on 04/21/2025 2:25:06 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

Larry David is an a$$hole (duh), and IMO has NEVER been funny. I thought Seinfeld was stupid, and Curb Your Enthusiasm wasequally or even more stupid. F*** that guy.


6 posted on 04/21/2025 2:27:38 PM PDT by Psychedelic-Surrealist Artist
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To: nickcarraway
Truth is stranger than stupidity...Home and Garden actually did an article on Hitler's Berghof in 1938, including at least one quote by der Fuhrer; you can see it here.

Better be careful what you wish for, idiot.

7 posted on 04/21/2025 2:28:22 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: nickcarraway

Larry David? No thanks, not reading that tripe.


8 posted on 04/21/2025 2:29:15 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: nickcarraway

Still trying to get Trump killed. And this isn’t remotely funny.
I could write the same article about scumbags Clinton, Obama, Biden.
But then I’d be an “extremist”.


9 posted on 04/21/2025 2:34:19 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: nickcarraway
David may be the bitchiest, dopiest loser on the planet.
10 posted on 04/21/2025 3:05:19 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is there Anything Comidians and
Washed up actors Don’t Know????
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One thing Larry
Did you ever figure out What was the purpose of the Top Button on a collared Shirt was For?
.
Asking for a FRiend.


11 posted on 04/21/2025 3:11:41 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: nickcarraway

Everyone I don’t agree with is Hitler.

The Lefts intellectual bankruptcy is infinite.


12 posted on 04/21/2025 3:39:08 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Big Red Badger

Did Larry make out with Leni the way that Seinfeld did during “Schindler’s List”?


13 posted on 04/21/2025 3:41:13 PM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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Everyone I don’t agree with is Hitler.

The Lefts intellectual bankruptcy is infinite.


14 posted on 04/21/2025 3:44:56 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1914 when I had dinner with Woodrow Wilson,

Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1913 when I was invited to Jekyll Island to have dinner with several bankers.

15 posted on 04/21/2025 4:10:46 PM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: FlipWilson
The Lefts intellectual bankruptcy is infinite.

Not to mention their rabid insanity.

16 posted on 04/21/2025 5:03:43 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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To: chajin
I knew a woman who, as a young girl, lived for a few months inside Hitler's bunker during Germany's collapse. Her father was a crypto radio operator, and they were with him during his last duty rotation in the bunker. She was six years old at the time, and played with the Goebbels' children. Every morning at breakfast everyone would line up and Hitler would greet his entire staff. She recalls him talking to her and tweaking her cheek.

When the bombing started she and her mom were sent away. Of course, the Goebbels stayed.

She recalls the Russian troops taking them into custody, but doesn't remember how they ended up in American custody.

17 posted on 04/21/2025 7:46:54 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Big Red Badger

Is he doing it for clout?


18 posted on 04/22/2025 12:37:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

YET ANOTHER REASON NOT TO BUY THE NYT !!!!


19 posted on 04/22/2025 2:55:31 PM PDT by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-e et !!!)
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To: nickcarraway

Larry has Many issues.


20 posted on 04/22/2025 3:30:23 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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