The Larry Sanders Show in its use of celebrity guests, its lack of laugh track, and its comedy of embarrassment by "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Office" and "Arrested Development". Shandling's performance is a precursor to Larry David's in "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and Ricky Gervais ("The Office", "Extras") as David Brent. Gervais said in "Variety" that he was heavily influenced by the show and that "It taught me that flawed characters can be compulsive viewing — seeing them squirm and get their comeuppance." Armando Iannucci said that his political satire "The Thick of It" strove to mix comedy and authenticity in a similar manner to
David Copperfield (comedian) Co" and "Copperfield Comedy Company". He then worked on cruise liners as an entertainer under the name David Copperfield - Not the Magician, including the QE2 on its final voyage to Dubai. In addition to comedy he sings, plays the violin, piano, guitar and mandolin and performs ventriloquism. He is particularly renowned for his acclaimed version of Classical Gas. David Copperfield (comedian) David Copperfield (born Stanley Barlow, 1947, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire), is a British comedian who is best known for his role in the 1980s BBC sketch show "Three of a Kind", in which he starred alongside Tracey