Larry David, Amy Poehler, and Randy Newman

Larry David, Amy Poehler, and Randy Newman

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This week, three highlights from The New Yorker Festival: Larry David explains why he envies his sociopathic alter ego on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Amy Poehler describes the joys of doing comedy while nine months pregnant, and Randy Newman on why he still can’t understand why some people bridled at his song “Short People.”