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Jimmy Kimmel pulls hilarious backstage prank on Larry David

On Tuesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Larry David became the newest victim of one of Kimmel’s hilarious pranks. While David was there to promote the new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” he was surprised to see how much the show was promoting him.

“I heard that you noticed your picture was not on the wall,” Kimmel said. “And so what we did is we took all the other celebrities' pictures down [backstage]. We replaced them with only photographs of you.”

As David entered the backstage of the studio, he noticed that all the pictures were of him and Kimmel from previous appearances.

“What a trick,” David exclaimed. “At first I was like ‘Why am I in two pictures?’ That’s so funny.”

Kimmel revealed that he wanted to make the “Seinfeld” co-creator “comfortable.” Apparently the trick worked because David said, “Maybe I'll come back in five years.”

Video transcript

JIMMY KIMMEL: I heard that you noticed your picture was not on the wall. And so what we did is we took all of the other celebrities pictures down. And we replaced them with only photographs of you.

KYLIE MAR: On Tuesday's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Larry David became the newest victim of one of Jimmy's hilarious pranks. And while he was there to promote the new season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," he was surprised to see how much the show was promoting him.

LARRY DAVID: Oh, they put that up just for me. Because I'm here today. [LAUGHS]

What a trick. [LAUGHS] At first I thought, why am I in two pictures? Look.

- [INAUDIBLE] it's like that all of the time.

- Right.

LARRY DAVID: [LAUGHS] That's so funny.

KYLIE MAR: While some of Jimmy's more elaborate pranks have relied on parents pretending to eat their children's Halloween candy or enlisting the help of future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady to torment Matt Damon, this subtle prank relied on Larry's keen sense of observational humor.

JIMMY KIMMEL: I wanted you to feel comfortable.

LARRY DAVID: I like-- I like your style on this show, you know?

JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah.

LARRY DAVID: You really-- you're surprise thing. You know, you got surprises. It's fun.

JIMMY KIMMEL: That's good.

LARRY DAVID: It's good. Yeah.

JIMMY KIMMEL: Thank you.

LARRY DAVID: Maybe I'll come back in five years.