British comedian Ricky Gervais met Seinfeld creator Larry David for a special interview on Channel Four in the U.K. tonight, setting an interview standard that could easily become a sitcom format in its own right.

The normally interview-shy Larry David agreed to meet Gervais "because it'll only be shown in the U.K., and no-one who knows me will be watching." That, and he also loves Ricky's work.

The two discussed the structure of Larry's comedy writing and acting style, Jewish comedy, stand-up comedy and comedy in general, hilariously deconstructing some of the methodology behind Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, The Office and Extras.

Larry said if he had quit show business 20 years ago, he would have sold cars for a living.

It was that all-too-rare thing: a genuine celebrity interview, with real ad-libbing and spontaneity, filmed like a documentary, but acted out like a David/Gervais script mashup. And it was funny too.

Very funny.