Shortly after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington in September 2001, Esquire's Scott Raab visited Los Angeles to interview "Seinfeld" creator Larry David for an article for the magazine. When Raab, looking for an angle, suggested a trip to Disneyland, David refused. When Raab suggested a trip to a masseuse, David refused. When Raab begged to accompany David to a dental appointment, the comic genius said no again...

"I feel sorry for you," Larry said a little later, pointing at Raab's tape recorder. "Having to go through all those tapes -- it's not gonna be good. Whaddya got? Nothing. You got nothing here. I'm bad at these things. I keep seeing what I'm saying in print and I freeze up. I warned you."

"Warned me?" Raab replied. "You invited me to come! I flew out here during wartime for this. Out of Newark, for pity's sake." "Was anyone else on the plane?" David asked. "Yeah," replied Raab, "Norm Mineta and the Sri Lanka Hotfoot Ballet Troupe."