Rear Guard. Larry David, one of the few comedic geniuses working in the world today, responsible for Seinfeld and the best comedy on television, Curb Your Enthusiasm, writes about his time in the Army Reserve in a NYTimes op-ed piece. An amusing parody of self-justification for taking the safe route of joining the Reserve or the Guard during the Vietnam War era. Other recent pieces about David are in the New Yorker, Salon and the Weekly Standard.