Curb Your Enthusiasm, Terps
There’s an episode of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry David attempts to order a Girls Gone Wild tape.
“Yes, I was, uh … I was thinking about ordering the tape, the videotape … about the college girls and the … the wild … the wildness,” David, altering his voice, tells the operator. “They’re going wild or something? Somebody told me … about going wild.”
Now the former Terrapin is probably hoping his real-life daughter won’t end up as one of those wild college girls. That’s right — one of David’s daughters is looking at colleges, and David allegedly escorted her on a tour of the campus today.
Rumors began to swirl midday that David was in College Park and quickly spread through social media.
Maryland Images and admissions officials — who ran a series of tours and information sessions in Stamp Student Union for prospective students today — declined to confirm the rumors or comment. Officials said they had only heard of sightings and had no way of knowing if David had attended a session.
But don’t curb your enthusiasm just yet. Despite the official statement, the rumors may actually be true, according to an anonymous source inside Images. The source couldn’t comment on behalf of Images but could confirm David was indeed on the campus for a tour.
It’s the second time in seven months David has made headlines for being a relatively normal dad. Celebrity gossip website TMZ spotted David helping his other daughter move into her Emerson College dorm in Boston in September.
David attended this university from 1966 to 1970, graduating with degrees in history and business. David was also a member of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity, and he drew inspiration for sitcom characters from his classmates, according to a 1998 Washington Post article.
David is best known as the co-creator, executive producer and lead writer for the popular 1990s sitcom Seinfeld, starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards. David also received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Curb.
