{"id":34208,"date":"2026-08-09T08:23:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T03:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34208"},"modified":"2026-08-09T08:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T03:23:03","slug":"obama-relives-tan-suit-debacle-in-life-larry-pursuit-of-unhappiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34208","title":{"rendered":"Obama Relives Tan Suit Debacle In &#8216;Life, Larry &#038; Pursuit of Unhappiness&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/larry-david\/\" id=\"auto-tag_larry-david\" data-tag=\"larry-david\">Larry David<\/a>\u2018s comedic trip through U.S. history comes to an end, he took credit for one of the nation\u2019s more recent presidential scandals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday\u2019s season finale of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hbo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hbo\" data-tag=\"hbo\">HBO<\/a> sketch comedy miniseries <em>Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness<\/em>, President <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" id=\"auto-tag_barack-obama\" data-tag=\"barack-obama\">Barack Obama<\/a> made a surprise appearance as himself in a sketch set in 2014, as David advised him to wear the now-infamous, outrage-inducing tan suit during his live press conference on military response to ISIS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following some banter on how the POTUS avoids stains, David accidentally spills juice on Obama\u2019s suit jacket when he leaves the room. When the 44th president returns, the comedian recommends he wear the tan suit that Obama planned on taking it to Turin for NATO Summit, for \u201ca daytime event, it\u2019s outdoors, a little more casual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst of all, it\u2019s a gorgeous suit,\u201d David declared. \u201cAnd this is casual Friday!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt <em>is<\/em> a great suit,\u201d admitted Obama, as David told him, \u201cOh boy, oh boy. I think this is the move. \u2026 Old lips won\u2019t let you down. You\u2019ll thank me!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Tan Suit | Season Finale of Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crNcV0k0aMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Obama models the look, David gives him his signature, \u201cPretty good! Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou sure about this?\u201d asks Obama, as David assures him, \u201cNever been more sure about anything in my life. People are going to be talking about this for a long, long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obama\u2019s cameo in the finale comes as David marks the United States Semiquencentennial with the seven-part sketch comedy limited series, which recounts major events in U.S. history through the comedian\u2019s signature observational humor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David\u2019s longtime <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em> partner Jeff Schaffer, who serves as an executive producer on <em>Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness<\/em>, previously told Deadline that Obama, who produced under his Higher Ground banner, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/life-larry-and-the-pursuit-of-unhappiness-larry-david-obama-1236967875\/\">reached out to his buddy David<\/a> to ask if he\u2019d be interested in making the show to celebrate the country\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re doing a show about American history, you want to do it warts and right now we have this orange saggy wart that we wish would go away,\u201d said Schaffer. \u201cBut the nice thing about having President Obama produce this and be a part of it is that this country\u2019s had a lot of fuck ups, we\u2019ve seemed to have learned very little, but we\u2019re still moving forward sometimes, and then we move back a little bit, but we always move forward again. 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