Watch Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America

Those who don't know history...are doomed to watch Larry David repeat it.

Those who don't know history...are doomed to watch Larry David repeat it.

Larry plays a key role during the showdown at the O.K. Corral. President Lincoln receives advice from his Chief of Staff, Lawrence Butterfield. President Johnson recruits Butterfield to help convince a grieving Mary Todd to move out of the White House.

Bob Woodward receives some questionable intel. Henry Ford is forced to take a local mensch out for a test drive. Bachelor president James Buchanan tries his luck with the ladies. Vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk makes his mother a little too proud.

Larry crashes a party in Boston Harbor. Jonesy makes a stop on the Underground Railroad. The Wright Brothers prepare for their first flight. Senator Joe McCarthy calls out his fellow congressmen for their problematic conduct.

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark prepare for a new expedition while tensions rise on the home front. Presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden receives some difficult news. Larry runs into a recent widow in line at a soup kitchen. George Washington is pressed for answers on a series of burning questions.

At the inaugural Continental Congress, Robert Livingston takes a first pass at the Declaration of Independence. Alexander Graham Bell reveals his marvelous new invention…with some unintended consequences. A soldier in WWI tries to avoid combat. Rosa Parks settles in for an uncomfortable bus ride.