David, Obama spar over creative notes on HBO comedy series

In the making of a sketch comedy series celebrating America's 250th anniversary, two men accustomed to being the final word in the room — one as leader of the free world, one as architect of his own creative universe — discovered the ancient tension between authority and authorship. Larry David and Barack Obama, longtime friends and now collaborators on HBO's 'Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,' found that genuine creative partnership requires even the most accomplished egos to negotiate who, exactly, is in charge. Their lighthearted standoff on set is less a story about conflict than