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Published Tuesday, October 18, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

COINCIDENCE? So I'm watching Curb Your Enthusiasm and couldn't help but notice that Larry David must've seen Yoshi Obayashi perform his stand-up act at some point, or that someone told Larry David about Yoshi. You see, I remember Yoshi from back in the day when we were both struggling stand-up comics in Seattle, where we and many others toiled and made each other laugh night after night at the Comedy Underground. Those were fun times. Yoshi's act didn't change a lot back then. One of his signature bits involved the fact that his grandfather was a failed kamikaze pilot. This endeth the flashback, because on this week's episode on the HBO, Larry David makes fun of a guy named Yoshi because his dad was a failed kamikaze pilot. Typical cringey comedy ensues. Only in my mind, the rest of the episode becomes a hunt for other clues that the HBO Yoshi is the Yoshi I know. I e-mailed Yoshi late Sunday night, and he said he certainly had no idea about the similarity. Stay tuned for an update on this one.